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4. Growing in Christ Contents 1. The Great Controversy: The Foundation 2. Revelation and the God Revealed in It 3. Man: God’s Handiwork 4. Salvation: The Only Solution 5. Growing in Christ 6. Victory Over Evil Forces 7. “Arming” for Victory 8. The Church: In Service to Humanity 9. The Church: Rites and Rituals 10. The Law and the Gospel 11. The Christian Life 12. Last Things: Jesus and the Saved 13. When All Things Become New

5. Growing in Christ Our Goal {169} THE goal of the quarter is to help us to not just believe the Truth (John 14:6), but to love Him even more and to grow in His grace.

6. Growing in Christ Lesson 11, December 15 Growing in Christ Lesson 11, December 15 The Christian Life

7. Key Text 1 John 3:16 NKJV “BY this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.”

8. The Christian Life Initial Words {291} THE Bible’s emphasis on “sound doctrine,” is in the context of holy living in order to point out that the true goal of biblical teaching is an ethical life, one that is manifested in obligations to others. The Christian is saved in order to be God’s agent for the salvation and good of others.

9. The Christian Life Quick Look 1. Christian Stewardship (Psalm 24:1) 2. Christian Marriage (Matthew 22:39) 3. Christian Behavior (John 17:16-18)

10. The Christian Life 1. Christian Stewardship Psalm 24:1 NKJV “THE earth is the Lord’s and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.”

11. 1. Christian Stewardship Acknowledgment of Lordship {292} STEWARDSHIP is “the responsibility of God’s people for, and use of, everything entrusted to them by God—life, physical being, time, talents and abilities, material possessions, opportunities to be of service to others, and their knowledge of truth.”

12. 1. Christian Stewardship Acknowledgment of Lordship {292} We bring glory to God when we acknowledge in both word and deed the complete lordship of Christ over our lives. The complete expression of Christ’s lordship over our lives will involve our service to others through the use of our time, talents, abilities, and material possessions.

13. 1. Christian Stewardship The Tithe {292} “How vain the endeavor to measure with mathematical rules, time, money, and love against a love and sacrifice that is measureless and incomputable! Tithes for Christ! Oh, meager pittance, shameful recompense for that which cost so much!” Testimonies 4:119, 120.

14. The Christian Life 2. Christian Marriage Matthew 22:39 NKJV “YOU shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

15. 2. Christian Marriage Responsibility to One’s Self {294} LOVE of self, in the Christian sense, isn’t selfishness; it isn’t putting yourself first before everyone and anything else. It means that, upon realizing your own worth before God, you seek to live the best possible life, knowing that the results of such a life will be a benefit to yourself and those with whom you come into contact.

16. 2. Christian Marriage Responsibility to One’s Self {294} What’s best for you is a life that is committed to God, a life that reflects the character and love of God, a life that is lived not for self but for the good of others. The surest way to guarantee yourself a miserable existence is to live only for self, never thinking of the good of others.

17. 2. Christian Marriage God’s Plan {295} Marriage is an institution in which two adults of different gender covenant to share an intimate and lasting personal relationship. It is marked by an appreciation of the equality of the male and female, a deep bond of unity where goals are blended, and there is a sense of permanence and faithfulness and trust.

18. The Christian Life 3. Christian Behavior John 17:16, 18 NKJV “ ‘THEY are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.’ ”

19. 3. Christian Behavior Social, Professional Involvements {296} 1. EMPLOYER/Employee Relations Apart from regarding employees as equals in Christ, the Christian employer must be guided by the principle that adequate work requires adequate compensation. Christian workers ought to resist the temptation to be slothful at work.

20. 3. Christian Behavior Social, Professional Involvements {296} 2. Civic Duties “Loyalty to God first does not entitle anyone to become autonomous and create social disharmony or chaos. Christians pay taxes, participate in civic duties, respect traffic laws and property regulations, and cooperate with civil authorities in curbing or controlling crime and violence.”

21. 3. Christian Behavior Social, Professional Involvements {296} 3. Social Responsibility “Motivated by love of neighbor, he carries on his work in the moral communities of family and economic, national, and political life…. Only by engaging in civic work for the sake of the common good, by faithfulness in one’s social calling, is it possible to be true to the example of Christ.”

22. The Christian Life Final Words {297} “WE are not placed in this world merely to care for ourselves, but we are required to aid in the great work of salvation, thus imitating the self-denying, self-sacrificing, useful life of Christ.” Testimonies 1:325