PREFACE INTRODUCTION The Syllogism The Need for the Course |
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Chapter One: PAUL’S UNIQUE APOSTLESHIP |
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I. Proof’s of Our Major Premise: “Paul is the Revelator to the Church” | |
A. Why God Could Not Use Any of the Original Twelve Apostles | |
B. Seventeen Out of the Twenty-eight Chapters of Acts Taken Up by One Not of the Twelve | |
C. God Needed a Different Kind of Man as
Revelator to the Church Than Any of the Twelve Apostles |
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D. Paul Not Commissioned or Ordained by the Twelve | |
E. Paul’s Unique Call Directly by Christ | |
F. Paul’s Defence of His Apostleship in Galatians 1 and 2 | |
II. Some Concrete Illustrations of Errors Taught as Church Truths Because of the |
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A. The Number and Significance of the Church Ordinances | |
B. Feetwashing as an Ordinance Tested | |
C. Unknown Tongues Tested | |
D. The Partial Rapture Theory Tested | |
Chapter Two: PAUL’S UNIQUE GOSPEL | |
I. Paul’s Distinctive Doctrines About Christ | |
A. The Universal Headship of Christ | |
B. The Headship of Christ Over the Church (1) Paul’s Teaching About the Cross of Christ (2) Paul’s Teaching About the Present High-Priesthood of the Lord Jesus Christ |
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II. Paul’s Distinctive Doctrines About the Church A The Definition of the Word “Mystery” and Its Usage B. The Mystery of the Church as Building, Body, and Bride of Christ C. The Church as the End or Purpose of All God’s Dealings with Men and of Creation Itself D. The Mystery of Israel’s Blindness . . . E. A Warning Against Hyper-Dispensationalism |
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III. Paul’s Distinctive Doctrines About Believers A. Paul’s Doctrine of Free Grace . . . B. Paul’s Distinctive Doctrine of Justification C. Paul’s Distinctive Doctrine of the Believer’s Standing and State D. Paul’s Doctrine of the Believer As Being “In Christ” (1) Identification With Christ (2) The Habitation of Christ Within the Believer (3) The Heavenly Citizenship of the Believer in Fellowship With Christ |
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E. Paul’s Distinctive Doctrine of the
Believer’s Victory (1) The Threefold Classification of Mankind by Paul (2) The Two Natures in the Believer (3) Paul’s Distinctive Doctrine of Sanctification as the Believer’s Life of Victory (a) Our Part (b) God’s Part 1. The Fact of the Spirit’s Filling 2 The Method of the Spirit’s Filling 3. The Results of the Spirit’s Filling |
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IV. Paul’s Distinctive Doctrine of the Believer’s
Freedom or Liberty in Christ |
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V. Paul’s Distinctive Doctrine of the Eschatology of the Church A. The Rapture of the Church, the Body and Bride of Christ B. The Judgment Seat of Christ C. The New, Spiritual Body We Shall have at the Rapture |
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FOOTNOTES | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
About The Author |