1. Series:Is Jesus the Messiah? (CR14) Document: CR14-79 Page: 784 Lesson: 249 Date: Aug. 31, 2016

3. Acts 2:38 -And Peter said to them, “Repent, and let each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for [e„j (eis): “because of”] the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” ( NASB )

5. Acts 2:38 -And Peter said to them, “Repent [ 2d person plural, aorist active imperative of the verb metanošw, (metanoéō): all of you change your minds ], and let each one [ 3d person singular of ›kastoj, hékastos ] of you [ 2d person plural pronoun Ømîn (hum ṓ n): all of you ] be baptized [ 3d person singular, aorist passive imperative of the verb bapt…zw, baptízō ] in the name of Jesus Christ for [ preposition e„j, (eis): “for” or “because of” ] the forgiveness of your [ 2d person plural pronoun Ømîn, hum ṓ n: all of your ] sins; and you [ 2d person plural future middle indicative ] shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

7. 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.

9. The Barrier GOD MAN © 2006 by Joe Griffin Media Ministries All rights reserved GOD MAN Judgment Enmity Propitiated Justified Its Removal Its Cause 1 2 3 4 5 6 1.SIN 2.PENALTY OF SIN 3.PHYSICAL BIRTH 4.RELATIVE RIGHTEOUSNESS 5.CHARACTER OF GOD 6.POSITION IN ADAM 1.REDEMPTION & UNLIMITED ATONEMENT 2.EXPIATION 3.REGENERATION 4.IMPUTATION & JUSTIFICATION 5.PROPITIATION 6.POSITIONAL TRUTH Adapted from: R. B. Thieme, Jr., The Barrier, 4th ed. (Houston: R. B. Thieme, Jr., Bible Ministries, 2003), 36. Reconciled

11. Acts 2:38 -And Peter said to them, “All of you repent, and let each one of you all be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for/because of the forgiveness of the sins of all of you; and all of you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” ( EXT ) Acts 2:38 -And Peter said to them, “All of you repent, (and let each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ) for/because of the forgiveness of the sins of all of you; and all of you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

16. Grace Apparatus for Perception – Operation Z Grace Apparatus for Perception – Operation Z 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 PASTOR LÒgoj HOLY SPIRIT did£skw HUMAN SPIRIT pneumatikÒj SOUL ACADEMIC UNDERSTANDING gnîsij* HOLY SPIRIT TRANSFERS @ + V kard…a COGNIZANCE OF DIVINE THOUGHT ™p…gnwsij ASSOCIATION CORTEX: SHORT-TERM MEMORY. NEURAL NETWORK CEREBRAL CORTEX: LONG-TERM MEMORY ( troci£ : WHEEL-TRACKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS) * VOLITION CHALLENGED: NEGATIVE ( - ) or POSITIVE ( + )? © 2012 by Joe Griffin Media Ministries. All rights reserved. noàj -V Common Grace Efficacious Grace

18. 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.