Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard Sunday, January 30,

John 16:1-6 The Importance of Preparedness.

John 16:4a, “To the contrary, these things I have spoken to you all are for the intended result that whenever their hour (persecutions) comes you all may remember them (Bible Doctrines), that I have spoken (categorically taught) to you all.”

The Process of Storing and Recalling Bible Doctrine in your Soul:

The soul is composed of five invisible but real parts:

The soul is composed of five invisible but real parts: 1. Mentality, Prov 19:2; 23:7; John 20:27; 1 Cor 3:18; James 1:26.

The soul is composed of five invisible but real parts: 1. Mentality, Prov 19:2; 23:7; John 20:27; 1 Cor 3:18; James 1: Self ‑ consciousness, Job 10:15; Acts 20:10.

The soul is composed of five invisible but real parts: 3. Conscience, Rom 9:1.

The soul is composed of five invisible but real parts: 3. Conscience, Rom 9:1. 4. Volition, Gen 3:6; Acts 3:23.

The soul is composed of five invisible but real parts: 3. Conscience, Rom 9:1. 4. Volition, Gen 3:6; Acts 3: Emotion, Luke 12:19; Phil 3:19.

The mentality of the soul is divided into two parts: the left and right lobes.

The left lobe is called the mind or NOUS, Eph 4: It’s the place of assimilating information and the area where your talent functions.

The right lobe is called the heart or KARDIA, Eph 5:18- 19; Rom 10:1. This is where you do your thinking, analyzing, applying of knowledge, and is the seat of common sense.

Rom 10:1, “Brethren, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation.”

The Bible says the heart is designed to dominate the soul. Therefore, it must be the target for doctrinal teaching, 1 Kings 3:9, 12; Psa 19:14; 119:11.

Psa 19:14, “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer.”

Psa 119:11, “Your word I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against You.”

To reach the target, Bible doctrine must pass through two staging areas: the left lobe and the human spirit.

The heart is where we store, retain and apply Bible doctrine to life’s situations. Eph 1:18-19; 5:19; 6:5-6; 1 Peter 3:3-4; 1 John 3:17-21.

Eph 1:18, “I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.”

1 Peter 3:3, “Your adornment must not be merely external—braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses; 4 but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.”

The Essence of the Biblical Heart has 6 compartments. The Frame of Reference, The Memory Center, Vocabulary Storage, Categorical Storage, Conscience, Launching Pad.

Is like a filing cabinet. It’s the central resource center of your soul where you store and recall Bible doctrine.

Is equivalent to the drawers of the filing cabinet where you store information for easy access.

Is the actual files or file folders you place within the filing cabinet. It is the actual storage of information within your soul.

Is analogous to the tabs or headings we put on files or file folders as a technical reference to the information within the file giving us easy access and recall.

Is the systematic grouping of reference material for application. How you arrange the files or file folders.

Is the scanning of information within a file to use as a basis of reference regarding the situations of life. It stores the Norms and Standards of life.

Is the gathering together of things stored within the filing cabinet. It is the animated process of removing a file and utilizing what is in that file.

We need to faith rest when storing Doctrinal information. We must faith rest when applying Bible doctrine to the details of life.

The believer who does not faith rest will instead have chaos in their soul.

1 Tim 1:5, “But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.”

Grace Offering

Grace Fellowship Church Sunday, January 30, 2011 Tape # The Importance of Preparedness The Importance of Recalling Bible Doctrine, Pt 3 Upper Room Discourse, Part 465 John 16:4 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2011