Intrinsic & Extrinsic Fifth Columns

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1 Intrinsic & Extrinsic Fifth Columns The Fifth Column infiltrates from outside the body through doctrines of demons: Human viewpoint, human good, & evil from cosmic philosophies, e.g., Progressive ideology: multiculturalism, political correctness, & globalism. -V ^ Agent provocateurs from the lust pattern penetrate the soul giving the sinful nature control over thought, decision, & action. Old Sin Nature: A Fifth Column inside the body by Joe Griffin Media Ministries All rights reserved. 41

2 The Ten Problem-Solving Devices (The FLOT Line) 1. Rebound: Confession Alone to God Alone (1 Jn 1:9) 2. Filling of the Holy Spirit (Gal 5:16) 3. Faith-Rest Drill (Rom 4:20-21) 4. Grace Orientation (1 Pet 5:5b-6) 5. Doctrinal Orientation (Rom 12:2-3) 6. Personal Sense of Destiny (Rom 14:7-8) 7. Personal Love for God (Rom 8:28) 8. Unconditional Love for All Mankind (1 Cor 13:4-7) 9. Sharing the Happiness of God (Jn 15:11) 10. Occupation with Christ (Phil 1:20-21) 2003 by R. B. Thieme Jr., Bible Ministries. All rights reserved. Adapted from: R. B. Thieme, Jr., Victory over Fear The Ten Problem-Solving Devices. In Freedom through Military Victory, 4th ed., (Houston: R. B. Thieme, Jr. Bible Ministries, 2003),

3 Map of Asia Minor 43

4 The Staying Power of Our Lord on the Cross PLG + ULM + PH = SP Personal Love for God, plus Unconditional Love for Mankind, plus Perfect Happiness, equals Staying Power 44

5 The Cognate Dative in 1 Peter 1:8 FORMAL: The noun & verb have the same root. The noun car (chará) and the verb ca rw (chaírō). CONCEPTUAL: The root words are different: The noun car (chará) and the verb galli w (agalliáō). The force of the cognate dative will be primarily to emphasize the action of the verb agalliáō. Adapted from: Daniel B. Wallace, Greek Grammar: Beyond the Basics (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996),

6 HARMONY: Outer & Inner xwterik» rmon a (exōterikē harmonía): Outer harmony and concord with others. swterik» rmon a (esōterikē harmonía): Inner harmony of the soul. Adapted from: Steven Pressfield, Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae (New York: Doubleday, 1998),

7 1 Peter 1:8 Corrected & Expanded Translation 1 Peter 1:8 - and though you have never seen Him [ oùk + Ðr w (ouk + horáō) ], you continue loving Him [ gap w (agapáō) ], with reference to Whom at the present time [ rti (árti) ] you continue not seeing Him [ m» + Ðr w (mē + horáō) ], yet you keep on believing [ pisteúw (pisteúō) ] with sublime unalloyed happiness [ galli w + car (agalliáō) ] that is inexpressible [ nekl lh (aneklálē) ] and full of resplendent glory, (EXT) 47

8 The Power Nouns: and what is the surpassing greatness [ dúnamij (dúnamis): omnipotence; intrinsic power ] of His power:[ nšrgeia (enérgeia): active or operational power ] delegated to us who believe [ pisteúw (pisteúō) ], in accordance with the ruling power: [ kr toj (krátos): manifest power, i.e., expressed in Scripture ] of His inner power: [ scúj (ischús): functional power, i.e., resident in the believer s soul ]. Expanded Translation: EPHESIANS 1:19 Power Nouns & Expanded Translation and what is the surpassing greatness of His omnipotence (dúnamis) related to His plan upon us, the believing ones, according to the Holy Spirit s operational power (enérgeia) of the Word of God s intrinsic power (krátos) of the believer s endowed power (ischús) by Joe Griffin Media Ministries. All rights reserved. 48

9 The Ten Problem-Solving Devices and the Spiritual Advance Spiritual Adulthood Spiritual Winner PSDs 7-9 Temporal Escrow PSD 10 Spiritual Adolescence PSDs 4-6 X Y Spiritual Childhood PSDs 1-3 z Physical Birth Salvation Physical Death 2011 by Joe Griffin Media Ministries. All rights reserved. 49

10 The Inner Happiness of the Copacetic Christian PLG + ULM + UH or ExH = EsH or CC Personal Love for God, plus Unconditional Love for Mankind, plus Unalloyed Happiness or Exōterikē Harmonía, equals Esōterikē Harmonía or the Copacetic Christian by Joe Griffin Media Ministries. All rights reserved. 50