1. Inquirer’s Class Introduction: Welcome!
New Covenant Presbyterian Church
Inquirer’s Class

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3. Course Outline What is the Bible? Who is God? What is Man?
Who is Christ?
Who is the Holy Spirit?
How Do I Live as a Christian?
What is the Church?
How do I Grow?
The Pilgrim’s Progress
Course Outline

4. Membership Procedures
Finish the course
Fill out the Membership Application
Meet with the elders
Personal testimony
Sufficient understanding of the Gospel
Understanding of the Membership Vows
A public reception during a worship service.
Membership Procedures

5. “Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.” “Again, it is certain that man never achieves a clear knowledge of himself unless he has first looked upon God’s face, and then descends from contemplating him to scrutinize himself.” John Calvin
We start with the Bible

6. The Old Testament written over a period of 1,500+ years, utilizing many different, human authors in the form of history, prophecy, poetry, and wisdom literature; The New Testament written over a period of years utilizing 8-10 different, human authors in the form of gospel, history, instruction, prophecy

7. What do we find in the Bible?
Historical record of creation and of God’s people
What do we find in the Bible?

8. What do we find in the Bible?
Poetry, Wisdom Literature
What do we find in the Bible?

9. What do we find in the Bible?
Gospels and Prophecy
What do we find in the Bible?

10. What do we find in the Bible?
Instruction & Teaching
What do we find in the Bible?

11. “This is what the Lord says …”
Over 2,000 times, it says:
“This is what the Lord says …”
The Scriptures are about:
One divine author (the Holy Spirit)
One divine revelation (message)
One divine purpose (story)

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Gen. 1: Rev. 22:21
It all points to Christ

13. 
Gen. 1: Rev. 22:21
It’s all about Christ!
It all leads to Christ

14. God’s Word is:
Inspired
Inerrant
Infallible
Complete
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV)

15. We stay with the Bible The History of Man’s Regard for the Bible
325 – 1400s AD – Roman Catholic Church
“Church tradition is equal to Scripture”
October 31, 1517 – Martin Luther
Sola Scriptura
1700s – The Age of Reason
“Man’s reason is over Scripture”
1800s – Literary criticism &
the rise of evolutionary theory
20th c. – the rise of “Liberalism”
21st c. – Relativism, Feminism & Gnosticism
We stay with the Bible

16. We live according to the Bible.
God reveals Himself in His Word.
God reveals Himself in His Works.
God reveals Himself in His Purpose.
“We cannot know God fully
But we can know God truthfully.”
James Boice
We live according to the Bible.

17. Read Chapters 1-3 Of The Westminster Confession of Faith
Homework:

18. New Covenant Presbyterian Church
Preaching God’s Sovereign Grace
to a World of Need
128 St. Mary’s Church Rd., Abingdon, MD