Series:Is Jesus the Messiah? (CR14) Document: CR14-82 Page: 814 Lesson 258 Date: Sept. 15, 2016

Definition of the Divine Decree The decree of God is His eternal [always existed], holy [perfect integrity], wise [the application of omniscience to creation], and sovereign purpose, comprehending simultaneously all things that ever were or will be in their causes [thought, decision, and action], … conditions [positive or negative], successions [subsequent causes and effects], and relations [cumulative impact], and determining their certain futurition. The decree of God is His eternal and immutable will regarding the future existence of events which will happen in time and regarding the precise order and manner of their occurrence. The divine decree is the eternal plan by which God has rendered certain all the events of the universe, including both angelic and human history–past, present, and future. God’s decree rendered all things as certain to occur. In doing so, He did not interfere with angelic or human free will! In fact, He decreed that we would have free will! R. B. Thieme, Jr., “The Doctrine of the Divine Decree” in The Integrity of God, 4th ed. (Houston: R. B. Thieme, Jr., Bible Ministries, 2005), 297–98). The decree of God is His eternal [always existed], holy [perfect integrity], wise [the application of omniscience to creation], and sovereign purpose, comprehending simultaneously all things that ever were or will be in their causes [thought, decision, and action], … conditions [positive or negative], successions [subsequent causes and effects], and relations [cumulative impact], and determining their certain futurition. The decree of God is His eternal and immutable will regarding the future existence of events which will happen in time and regarding the precise order and manner of their occurrence. The divine decree is the eternal plan by which God has rendered certain all the events of the universe, including both angelic and human history–past, present, and future. God’s decree rendered all things as certain to occur. In doing so, He did not interfere with angelic or human free will! In fact, He decreed that we would have free will! R. B. Thieme, Jr., “The Doctrine of the Divine Decree” in The Integrity of God, 4th ed. (Houston: R. B. Thieme, Jr., Bible Ministries, 2005), 297–98).

THE COMPUTER OF THE DIVINE DECREE OMNISCIENCE: God has eternally known all that is knowable. POTENTIAL: Things that could occur in human history but do not and therefore are not decreed. ROM CHIP PROM CHIP ACTUAL: The absolute reality of events that do occur in human history. PRINTOUTS: Foreknowledge Predestination Election Sovereignty of God*Free Will of Man † † The decision-maker of the soul. God has created a free will which can act independently of Himself. * God’s supreme authority and rule over all He creates. Adapted from “The Doctrine of the Divine Decree” in The Integrity of God, 4th ed. (Houston: R. B. Thieme, Jr., Bible Ministries, 2005), 297ff. © 2005 by R. B. Thieme, Jr. Bible Ministries. All rights reserved.

Trichotomy of Christ’s True Humanity Related to His Physical Death HEAVEN: human spirit in the care of God the Father. TOMB: body buried for 3 days & 3 nights. PARADISE: soul in the care of the Holy Spirit. Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into Your hands I commit My human spirit.” Luke 23:46 Joseph “laid Him in a tomb cut into the rock where no one had ever lain.” Luke 23:53 b “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.” Luke 23:43; Psalm 16:10 © 2006 by Joe Griffin Media Ministries All rights reserved.

Chart Pedigree of Jesus from Adam to David © 2011 by Joe Griffin Media Ministries. All rights reserved.

BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Retroactive & Current Positional Truth Jesus Christ SD PD Positive volition at Gospel hearing. Burial CPT: Our SOUL is immersed into Christ & identified with His resurrection, ascension, & session. RPT: Our BODY with its sinful nature (SN) is immersed into Christ & identified with His Spiritual Death, Physical Death, & Burial. 1.At salvation, Retroactive Positional Truth (RPT) identifies the sinful nature (SN) with the Lord’s Spiritual Death (SD) on the cross where its power was broken and its rulership authority terminated. 2.RPT also identifies the sinful nature with the Lord’s Physical Death (PD) and Burial. 3.RPT constitutes the death of the first husband, the sinful nature, which remains with the body at the physical death of the believer. 4.At salvation, Current Positional Truth (CPT) identifies the soul with the resurrection, ascension, & session of our Lord. 5.CPT constitutes the marriage of the believer to a new Husband, Jesus Christ. The soul remains with Christ for all eternity. 6.The believer’s sinful nature is positionally buried. The soul is positionally resurrected. The first husband no longer has rulership authority over the soul. The new Husband does. 7.See Romans 6:1-14. Justice imputes humanity’s personal sins to Christ & judges them in Him. SN © 2006 by Joe Griffin Media Ministries. All rights reserved.