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LESSON NO. 8

Coverage: The Gifts of the Spirit to the Dark Ages
Page 46. The Gifts of the Spirit
   1. The Gifts of the Spirit - wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing miracles, tongues, interpretation of tongues, discerning of spirits, and prophecy, I Cor. 12:8-11
   2. Different Gifts, but the same Spirit, I Cor. 12:4-7
   3. Paul explains the operation of the gift of tongues and the gift of interpretation of tongues, I Cor. 14
   4. Purpose of the gifts - to glorify Christ, to strengthen, uplift, admonish, warn, or correct the members of the Church.

Page 47. Works of the Flesh and Fruits of the Spirit
   1. Our three enemies - the Devil, the world, and our carnal natures. We are born in sin, Ps. 51:5
   2. Works of the flesh, Mark 7:21-23, 1 John 2:15-17, Titus 2:11-15, Gal. 5:19-21
   3. If we live in the flesh, we cannot please God, Rom 8:6-8
   4. The heart is wicked, Jer.l7:9-10. God must search our hearts, Ps. 139:23-24
   5. All things become new in Christ, II Cor. 5;17, Rom. 6:12-13
   6. Fruits of the Spirit, Gal. 5:22, John 15:5,8
   7. Warning if we do not bear fruit, Luke 13:6-9
   8. How to be fruitful Christians, II Peter 1:5-8

Page 48. Holiness, Without Which No Man Can See the Lord, Heb. 12:14
   1. We must be holy because God id holy, I Pet. 1:16, 1 John 3:1-9
   2. We are a peculiar people, I Pet. 2:9, Ti. 2:14, Phil. 2:15
   3. We must guard our tongue, I Pet. 1:15, our hands, II Co5r. 6:17, our eyes, Ps. 101:3, and watch our appearance, I Tim. 2:9-10
   4. Our bodies are to be holy, I Cor. 3:17, Rom. 12:1, II Cor. 7:1
   5. Our fruit is unto holiness, Rom. 6:22

Page 49. Paul, Apostle to the Gentiles
   1. Saul, persecutor of the Church, Acts 8:1-3, 9:1-2,1 Cor. 15:9
   2. Struck down on the road to Damascus, Acts 9:3-9
   3. Ananias prays for him and he receives sight, Acts 9:10-19
   4. Goes to Arabia, Gal. 1:16-17, and back to Damascus, Acts 9:22
   5. Apostles at Jerusalem send him to Tarsus, Acts 9:23-31
   6. Barnabas brings Saul to Antioch, Acts 11:19-26
   7. Paul's first missionary journey, Acts 13 & 14
   8. Paul stoned at Lystra, Acts 14:19-20
   9. Paul's second missionary journey, Acts 15:36-18:22
   10. Paul and Silas beaten at Philippi, Acts 16:22-24
   11. Paul's third missionary journey, Acts 18:23-21:17
   12. Seized by Jewish mob at Jerusalem and taken to Caesarea, Acts 21:27-23:35
   13. Paul appears before Felix, Festus, and Agrippa, Acts 24, 25, & 26
   14. Paul wrote thirteen, possibly fourteen epistles in New Testament
   15. Beheaded in Rome by Nero, around AD 68

Page 50. Persecution Spreads the Burning Torch of the Gospel
   1. Persecution in Jerusalem spreads disciples to Samaria, Acts 8; 1, Caesarea, Acts 10:24, Antioch, Acts 11:19, uttermost parts of the earth, Acts 1:8, 8:4
   2. Christians meet severe persecution under Nero, emperor of Rome
   3. All apostles are martyred except John.

Page 51. The Destruction of Jerusalem
   1. Jesus foretells destruction of Jerusalem, Luke 19:41-44, 21:20-24
   2. Roman general Titus fulfills it in AD 70

Page 52. Dark Ages
   1. Persecution turns to compromise, Col. 2:8, Matt, 15:9
   2. Warnings of a falling away, I Tim. 4:1-2, II Tim. 4:4,1 John 2:18-19, Gal. 1:8
   3. Church and state unite—form catholic, or universal church

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