Canadian Christian Education & Heritage Net: July 2012

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

The Return of Christ Index

Unshakable Truth 12: The Return of Christ
Canadian Catholic curriculum: Grade 7 Unit 9: On the third day he rose. He ascended into heaven.
Colson: Chapter 13: Last things

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Unshakable Truth 3: Original Sin

Unshakable Truth 2: God's Word (Chapters 8-11)

Unshakable Truth 1: God Exists

Unshakable Truth 12: The Return of Christ

Unshakable Truth 11: The Church

Unshakable Truth 10: God's Kingdom

Friday, July 27, 2012

Unshakable Truth 12: The Return of Christ

HOW DO YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS (From The Unshakable Truth Study Guide)

Without getting into end-times prophecies, what do you think Jesus is ultimately going to do when he returns?

According to 1 Corinthians 15:42-43, what does Jesus have in store for our bodies?

What does Jesus have in store for this earth? Read Isaiah 65:17, 2 Peter 3:13, and Revelation 22:3.

What does Jesus have in store for the devil and for sin and suffering? Read 1 John 3:8 and Revelation 21:4 and 21:27.

Some people think God’s children will live in heaven for eternity—meaning we live in God’s home. But what does Scripture say—are we going to God, or is God coming to us? (Read Revelation 21:3.)

Acts 1:6-11 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%201:6-11%20&version=CEV)

⁶While the apostles were still with Jesus, they asked him, “Lord, are you now going to give Israel its own king again?”^[a]

⁷Jesus said to them, “You don’t need to know the time of those events that only the Father controls. ⁸But the Holy Spirit will come upon you and give you power. Then you will tell everyone about me in Jerusalem, in all Judea, in Samaria, and everywhere in the world.” ⁹After Jesus had said this and while they were watching, he was taken up into a cloud. They could not see him, ¹⁰but as he went up, they kept looking up into the sky.

Suddenly two men dressed in white clothes were standing there beside them. ¹¹They said, “Why are you men from Galilee standing here and looking up into the sky? Jesus has been taken to heaven. But he will come back in the same way that you have seen him go.”

John 14:1-3 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2014:1-3&version=CEV)

14 Jesus said to his disciples, “Don’t be worried! Have faith in God and have faith in me.^[a] ²There are many rooms in my Father’s house. I wouldn’t tell you this, unless it was true. I am going there to prepare a place for each of you. ³After I have done this, I will come back and take you with me. Then we will be together.

1 Corinthians 15:42-43 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2015:42-43&version=CEV)

⁴²That’s how it will be when our bodies are raised to life. These bodies will die, but the bodies that are raised will live forever. ⁴³These ugly and weak bodies will become beautiful and strong.

Isaiah 65:17 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2065:17&version=CEV)

¹⁷I am creating new heavens
and a new earth;
everything of the past
will be forgotten.

2 Peter 3:13 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Peter%203:13&version=CEV)

¹³But God has promised us a new heaven and a new earth, where justice will rule. We are really looking forward to that!

Revelation 22:3 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2022:3&version=CEV)

³God’s curse will no longer be on the people of that city. He and the Lamb will be seated there on their thrones, and its people will worship God

1 John 3:8 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%203:8&version=CEV)

⁸Anyone who keeps on sinning belongs to the devil. He has sinned from the beginning, but the Son of God came to destroy all that he has done.

Revelation 21:27 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2021:27&version=CEV)

²⁷But nothing unworthy will be allowed to enter. No one who is dirty-minded or who tells lies will be there. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life^[a] will be in the city.

Revelation 21:3-4 and 21:27 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2021:3-4&version=CEV)

³I heard a loud voice shout from the throne:

God’s home is now with his people. He will live with them, and they will be his own. Yes, God will make his home among his people. ⁴He will wipe all tears from their eyes, and there will be no more death, suffering, crying, or pain. These things of the past are gone forever.

Extra Reading all of Rev. 21,22 and I Cor. 3

Matthew 19:28 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2019:28%20&version=CEV;NKJV)

²⁸Jesus answered:

Yes, all of you have become my followers. And so in the future world, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, I promise that you will sit on twelve thrones to judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

Matthew 25:31,34
Eph. 1:10
II Cor. 5:18 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=II%20Cor.%20%205:18%20&version=CEV;NKJV)
¹⁸God has done it all! He sent Christ to make peace between himself and us, and he has given us the work of making peace between himself and others.
Matt. 6:19-21
II Cor. 4:8-9,14-18

Also see The Return of Christ Index

Unshakable Truth 11: The Church

HOW DO YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS (From The Unshakable Truth Study Guide)

How would you define the Christian church—the church as God intended it?
“I define the church as God meant it to be as….”

The true nature of the church is explained in this excerpt from chapter 45 of The Unshakable Truth book.“The late author and Christian historian Dr. Robert Webber passed along this startling quote:

• ‘The church started as a missionary movement in Jerusalem.
• It moved to Rome and became an institution.
• It traveled to Europe and became a culture.
• It crossed the Atlantic to America and became a big business.’

“While there may be some truth to that quote, Christ’s true church is still alive and well today. It’s true that ‘church’ organizations and institutions disappoint, and many may have lost their way as God’s visible expression of himself. But if you look, you can find the church active and involved in the world. Bob Roberts Jr., pastor of a megachurch and author of the book Transformation, said he had to travel halfway around the world to see firsthand what the church looked like. He relates this story:“‘I didn’t even realize how lost I was until I saw what the church was really supposed to look like. At first, I didn’t even recognize it; then I wanted to rationalize it. I had to go halfway around the world to find it

—in the persecuted underground house church in Asia. I had heard the stories and statistics, but I had never met anyone face to face. They were nothing like me. They were nothing like any believers I had ever met. Not just culturally, but spiritually they blew me away. Sure, their theology is fuzzy. Some don’t even have whole parts of the Bible, only perhaps an entire book or a few passages. But they know God at a depth I never had nor knew anyone else who had.“‘Worship takes on a completely new expression on the other side of the world. No sound systems, no calculated transitions, just sweaty believers crammed together into small rooms, weeping as the Holy Spirit oozes out among them, as I never before experienced. I don’t know if they are charismatic or not (all I knew was it wasn’t my tongue), but it doesn’t matter. No one is getting rich, and no one is fighting for control or position. If there is a favored position, it is the privilege of being the first to die. Living on the edge as they do leaves little room for insincerity or self-promotion. These people are living what I grew up hearing the church should be.

Luke 19:1-9 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2019:1-9&version=CEV)

19 Jesus was going through Jericho, ²where a man named Zacchaeus lived. He was in charge of collecting taxes^[a] and was very rich. ^3-4Jesus was heading his way, and Zacchaeus wanted to see what he was like. But Zacchaeus was a short man and could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree.

⁵When Jesus got there, he looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down! I want to stay with you today.” ⁶Zacchaeus hurried down and gladly welcomed Jesus.

⁷Everyone who saw this started grumbling, “This man Zacchaeus is a sinner! And Jesus is going home to eat with him.”

⁸Later that day Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “I will give half of my property to the poor. And I will now pay back four times as much^[b] to everyone I have ever cheated.”

⁹Jesus said to Zacchaeus, “Today you and your family have been saved,^[c] because you are a true son of Abraham.^[d]

^{Romans 12:15a (}http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2012:15a&version=CEV)
¹⁵When others are happy, be happy with them, and when they are sad, be sad.

Romans 12:15b (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2012:15b&version=CEV)

¹⁵When others are happy, be happy with them, and when they are sad, be sad.

^{John 13:34-35 (}http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2013:34-35&version=CEV)

³⁴But I am giving you a new command. You must love each other, just as I have loved you. ³⁵If you love each other, everyone will know that you are my disciples.

Luke 19:1-9 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2019:1-9&version=CEV)

⁵When Jesus got there, he looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down! I want to stay with you today.”⁶Zacchaeus hurried down and gladly welcomed Jesus.

⁷Everyone who saw this started grumbling, “This man Zacchaeus is a sinner! And Jesus is going home to eat with him.”

⁸Later that day Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “I will give half of my property to the poor. And I will now pay back four times as much^[b] to everyone I have ever cheated.”

⁹Jesus said to Zacchaeus, “Today you and your family have been saved,^[c] because you are a true son of Abraham.^[d]

Also see The Church Index

Unshakable Truth 10: God's Kingdom

HOW DO YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS (From The Unshakable Truth Study Guide)

Can you define your worldview and explain how you formed it?

If you can, explain in brief what your worldview is and how you formed it.

Most of us can’t clearly define our worldview verbally, even though we all have one. The thing about Jesus’ kingdom worldview is that it is a whole new way to see God, ourselves, life, and relationships. It is a view of life that is defined by God and his Word.

Has Jesus’ kingdom worldview, as lived out by his followers past or present, made a positive difference in the world? Name some people or groups and their actions toward others that have been honorable and good.

John 18:36 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2018:36&version=CEV)

³⁶Jesus answered, “My kingdom doesn’t belong to this world. If it did, my followers would have fought to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. No, my kingdom doesn’t belong to this world.”

Matthew 5:43-45 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%205:43-45&version=CEV)

⁴³You have heard people say, “Love your neighbors and hate your enemies.” ⁴⁴But I tell you to love your enemies and pray for anyone who mistreats you. ⁴⁵Then you will be acting like your Father in heaven. He makes the sun rise on both good and bad people. And he sends rain for the ones who do right and for the ones who do wrong.

Matthew 5:27-28 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%205:27-28&version=CEV)

²⁷You know the commandment which says, “Be faithful in marriage.” ²⁸But I tell you that if you look at another woman and want her, you are already unfaithful in your thoughts.

Matthew 6:31-33 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%206:31-33&version=CEV)

³¹Don’t worry and ask yourselves, “Will we have anything to eat? Will we have anything to drink? Will we have any clothes to wear?” ³²Only people who don’t know God are always worrying about such things. Your Father in heaven knows that you need all of these. ³³But more than anything else, put God’s work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well.

Corinthians 2:12-14 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+1&version=CEV)

¹²We can be proud of our clear conscience. We have always lived honestly and sincerely, especially when we were with you. And we were guided by God’s wonderful kindness instead of by the wisdom of this world. ¹³I am not writing anything you cannot read and understand. I hope you will understand it completely, ¹⁴just as you already partly understand us. Then when our Lord Jesus returns, you can be as proud of us as we are of you.

Hebrews 1:3 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=hebrews%201:3&version=CEV)

³God’s Son has all the brightness of God’s own glory and is like him in every way. By his own mighty word, he holds the universe together.
After the Son had washed away our sins, he sat down at the right side^[a] of the glorious God in heaven.

Genesis 1:1 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1&version=CEV )

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.^[a]
Genesis 1:26 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201:26&version=CEV  )
^{²⁶God said, “Now we will make humans, and they will be like us. We will let them rule the fish, the birds, and all other living creatures.”}
^{John 17:3 (}http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2017:3&version=CEV)
^{³Eternal life is to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, the one you sent.}
^{Deuteronomy 32:4 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/}
^{search=Deuteronomy%2032:4&version=CEV)}
^{The Lord is a mighty rock,^[a]
    and he never does wrong.
God can always be trusted
    to bring justice.}
^{Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 (} http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%2012:13-14&version=CEV )

¹³Everything you were taught can be put into a few words:

Respect and obey God!
This is what life
    is all about.
¹⁴God will judge
    everything we do,
even what is done in secret,
    whether good or bad.

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