Drilling Bible Basics: The Need for Basic Training Drilling the Basics : “ Constant repetition of foundational principles to increase learning and ability for further study and application.”

Those Who Need Drilling in Bible Basics Young congregations and new converts that are lacking. {Titus 1:5} Christians who are dull of hearing, asleep, or immature. {Hebrews 5:11,12} Christians who are dying spiritually. {Revelation 3:2,3; 1 Corinthians 15:34} All who need to remain established in the present truth. {2 Peter 1:12-15}

Basic Training Goals Know the Lord –Generations arise who do not know the Lord— Judges 2:10. –They lack basic knowledge about God and His will— Deuteronomy 7:9. Lack of teaching— Ezekiel 34:1-5 Rejecting God’s word— Hosea 4:1-6 –Knowing the Lord is knowing the things He revealed. OT — John 1:10; 5:39, 46,47 NT — John 16:13-16; 1 Corinthians 2:10-14

Basic Training Goals Obey the Lord –If one truly knows the Lord, he will obey the Lord’s will — John 16:2,3;Matthew 7:21. –When one learns Christ, he will be a new man who is righteous and truly holy. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Ephesians 4:17-24 Colossians 3:5-10

Basic Training Goals Avoid Error –Mature knowledge of Christ protects us from the trickery of men — Ephesians 4:13,14 –Strong faith builds endurance — 2 Peter 1:5-11 –To be forewarned is to be forearmed — 2 Peter 3:14-18

Basic Training Principles Kingdom —God’s Sovereign Rule Truth —Absolute and Complete Authority —How Established and Applied Covenant —Law Relationship in Christ Salvation —Promise, Grace, Faith, and Obedience Church —Prophecy, Establishment, Nature, and Work

Basic Training Principles Worship and Fellowship —In spirit and truth; abiding together in truth Living Soberly, Righteously and Godly —Walking worthy of our calling **Ignorance or rejection of these foundational principles has been at the root of many divisions and apostasies among religious people.**

Knowing the Lord “Thus says the LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, exercising loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight, says the LORD.” {Jeremiah 9:23,24}

Knowing the Lord “Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.” {Jeremiah 24:7}

Knowing the Lord “Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” Ephesians 5:17 Drilling Bible basics will keep us knowledgeable of the will of the Lord and faithful to it, if…we listen and learn with open ears and hearts to know the Lord!