CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY TABLE OF CONTENTS SUBJECT 1 - GOD AND REVELATION...1 INTRODUCTION...3 I. A Work Of preparation: God prepared the writers...3 II. A work of revelation: God revealed the material...3 III. A Work Of inspiration: God inspired the writing...3 IV. A Work of preservation: God preserves the Record...3 V. A work of interpretation: God interprets the meaning...4 DOCTRINE OF INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE...5 INTRODUCTION:...5 I. TESTIMONY OF CHRIST TO THE INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE...6 II. THE TESTIMONY OF THE BIBLE WRITERS...12 III. THE NATURE OF INSPIRATION...13 SUBJECT 2 THE PERSONS OF THE TRIUNE GOD...17 INTRODUCTION...19 I. SELF-REVELATION...22 II. PERSONALITY OF GOD...26 III. UNITY OF GOD...32 IV. GREATNESS OF GOD...34 V. GOODNESS OF GOD...39 VI. CHRISTLIKENESS OF GOD...50 VII. THE TRIUNITY OF GOD...51 DOCTRINE OF THE SON...57 INTRODUCTION...57 I. THE PREEXISTANCE OF CHRIST...58 II. THE DEITY OF CHRIST...60 III. THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST...71 IV. THE VIRGIN BIRTH...80 V. THE HUMANITY OF CHRIST...89 VI. THE PERSON OF CHRIST...92 VII. THE DEATH OF CHRIST...96 VIII. THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST...108 IX. THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST...112 DOCTRINE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT...115 I. THE PERSONALITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT....115 II. THE DEITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT...117 III. THREE WRONG VIEWS...117 IV. THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT...117 V. THE INDWELLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT...122 VI. THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT...124 VII. THE INFILLING OF THE SPIRIT...127 VIII. POSSIBLE SINS AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT....130 SUBJECT 3 GOD AND THE WORLD...137 INTRODUCTION...139 I. GOD S PURPOSE AND PLAN...140 II. GOD S WORK OF CREATION...143 III. GOD S WORK OF PRESERVATION...146 IV.. GOD S WORK IN PROVIDENCE...148
DOCTRINE OF ANGELS...153 I. EXISTENCE...153 II. NAMES APPLIED ANGELS...153 III. ORIGIN...153 IV. NATURE...153 V. APPEARANCE...154 VI. MORAL CHARACTER...154 VII. POWERS...155 VIII. NUMBERS, ORGANIZATION, and RANK...156 IX. POSITION OF ANGELS IN RELATION TO MAN AND CHRIST....156 X. OCCUPATIONS (in general)...157 XI. SPECIAL MINISTRIES OF GOOD ANGELS....158 XII. SPECIAL MANIFESTATIONS OF ANGELS...159 XIII. ABODE OF ANGELS...160 XIV. JUDGEMENT AND PUNISHMENT OF EVIL ANGELS...160 DOCTRINE OF SATAN...161 I. EXISTENCE, PERSONALITY AND NATURE OF SATAN....162 II. NAMES APPLIED TO SATAN...163 III. MAIN PERIODS OF SATAN S CAREER AND DESTINY...164 IV. ORIGINAL STATE AND MORAL CHARACTER...164 V. SATAN S FALL AND ITS RESULTS...164 VI. PRESENT CHARACTER OF SATAN (since the fall)...164 VII. PRESENT ABODE OF SATAN...164 VIII. THE PRESENT POSITION OF SATAN...164 IX. PRESENT POWERS OF SATAN...165 X. PRESENT WORK AND METHODS OF SATAN...165 XI. SATAN AND THE REDEMPTIVE WORK OF CHRIST...167 XII. THE LIMITATIONS OF SATAN...167 XIII. CHRISTIAN S ATTITUDE TOWARD SATAN...167 XIV. THE EXISTENCE OF DEMONS....168 DOCTRINE OF MAN...171 I. Origin of Man...171 II. Man was created in the Image of God, after His likeness...172 III. Man s original environment, and his position and state within it....174 IV. MAN S MENTAL ENDOWMENT BY ORIGINAL CREATION...175 V. SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MAN AND THE ANIMAL WORLD....176 VI. GOD S PURPOSE IN CREATING MAN...177 VII. MAN S ORIGINAL MORAL NATURE BY CREATION...177 VIII. THE MORAL TESTING OF MAN...178 IX. THE TEMPTATION OF MAN...179 X. THE FALL OF MAN Gen. 2:16-17, 3:1-6...180 XI. THE IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES OF THE FALL...180 XII. RESULTS OF THE FALL ON HUMAN RACE...181 XIII. SOME QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS...182 XIV. BEGINNINGS OF CIVILIZATION IN A FALLEN RACE. (Gen. 4)...182 DOCTRINE OF SIN...185 I. THE NATURE OF SIN...185 II. ORIGIN OF SIN...187 III. EXTENT OF SIN...187 IV. CONSEOUENCES OF SIN...188 V. SOME PROBLEMS...189 VI. IS THERE SUCH A THING AS AN UNPARDONABLE SIN?...190 SUBJECT 4 SALVATION AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE...193 I. MEANING OF THE BIBLICAL TERMS...196 II. THE COMPREHENSIVE NATURE OF CHRISTIAN SALVATION...196 III. HOW IS SALVATION BROUGHT TO MEN?...199
IV. How IS SALVATION RECEIVED BY men?...199 V. SOmE PROBLEMS...200 DOCTRINE OF GRACE...201 I. MEANING AND USAGE OF THE GREEK WORD...201 II. THE NATURE OF GRACE IN RELATION TO GOD...201 III. THE SOURSE AND MEDIATOR OF GRACE....202 IV. GRACE AND LAW...202 V. THE DISPENSATIONAL ASPECTS OF GRACE...202 VI. THE ALL-INCLUSIVE WORK OF GRACE....203 VII. WRONG ATTITUDES TOWARD GRACE...204 VIII. THE POPULAR OBJECTION TO THE DOCTRINE OF GRACE: Encourage men to go...204 DOCTRINE OF LAW AND THE CHRISTIAN BELIEVER...205 I. WHAT IS THE LAW IN GENERAL NEW TESTAMENT USAGE?...205 II. UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS COULD THIS LAW SAVE?...208 III. WHY WAS THIS LAW IMPORTANT TO SAVE MEN?...208 IV. WHAT, THEN, WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW?...209 V. WHAT IS THE RELATION OF THIS LAW TO THE JEW?...209 VI. WHAT IS THE RELATION OF THIS WRITTEN LAW TO GENTILES?...211 VII. IS THE CHRISTIAN UNDER LAW?...211 VIII. WHAT IS THE DANGER OF putting CHRISTIANS UNDER LAW?...213 IX. WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE STANDARD OF LIFE FOR THE CHRISTIAN BELIEVER?...214 X. WHAT IS THE PROPER WAY TO USE THE LAW?...217 XI. SOME QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS....217 DOCTRINE OF ELECTION...221 I. THE BIBLICAL IDEA OF ELECTION...221 II. BIBLICAL MEANING OF ELECTION AS APPLIED TO SAVED PERSONS...221 III. THE BIBLICAL PROOF OF SUCH AN ELECTION...222 IV. THE BIBLICAL DEFEnse OF THE PRINCIPLE OF DIVINE ELECTION...222 V. THE BIBLICAL GROUND OF DIVINE ELECTION...222 VI. THE BIBLICAL PURPOSE OF ELECTION...223 VII. THE BIBLICAL EVIDENCES OF ELECTION...224 VIII. THE BIBLICAL WAY OF TEACHING THE TRUTH OF ELECTION...224 IX. SOME PRACTICAL VALUES OF THIS DOCTRINE...226 X. SOME QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS...227 DOCTRINE OF CALLING...229 I. THE BIBLE SPEAKS OF A CALL OF GOD WHICH INVITES ALL WHO HEAR TO...229 II. The Bible speaks of a Call which not only invites but actually brings sinners...230 III. The means through which God extends this efficacious Call to salvation:...231 IV. THE GLORIOUS NATURE OF THIS CALL....231 DOCTRINE OF REPENTANCE...233 i. THE OLD TESTAMENT WORDS...233 ii. THE NEW TESTAMENT WORDS...233 III. THE NATURE OF TRUE REPENTANCE...234 IV. RELATION OF REPENTANCE TO FAITH AND CONVERSION...234 V. The DISPENSATIONAL ASPECTS OF REPENTANCE...235 VI. THE PREACHING OF REPENTANCE...235 VII. PROBLEMS AND WRONG VIEWS...236 DOCTRINE OF FAITH...237 i. THE NEW. TESTAMENT WORDS AND THEIR USAGE...237 ii. THE NATURE OF SAVING FAITH...237 III. THE OBJECTS OF SAVING FAITH....239 IV. ORIGIN AND FOUNDATION OF SAVING FAITH...239 V. THE GROWTH AND VERIFIACTION OF SAVING FAITH...240 VI. RESULTS AND EVIDENCES OF FAITH...241 VII QUESTIONS...242 DOCTRINE OF CONVERSION...245
I. THE BIBLE TERMS AND THEIR MEANING...245 II. NATURE OF CONVERSION...245 III. RESULT OF CONVERSION...246 IV. QUESTIONS:...246 DOCTRINE OF UNION WITH CHIRST...247 I. THE FACT OF THE BELIEVER S UNION WITH CHRIST...247 II. THE NATURE OF THIS UNION WITH CHRIST...247 III. RESULT OF THIS UNION WITH CHRIST...248 IV. EVIDENCES OF THIS UNION WITH CHRIST...249 V. THE GREAT PRACTICAL APPEAL OF THIS TRUTH...249 DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION...251 I. THE PLACE OF JUSTIFICTION IN THE BIBLE...251 II. MEANING OF THE TERM JUSTIFY...251 III. THE GREAT PROBLEM OF JUSTIFICATION...252 IV. THE DIVINE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM...252 V. THE METHOD OF SECRING THIS JUSTIFICATION...253 VI. THE RESULT OF JUSTIFICATION...253 VII. THE GUARNTEE OF OUR JUSTIFICATION...254 VIII. THE FOUR GREAT ASPECTS OF JUSTIFICATION...254 IX. PROBLEMS...254 DOCTRINE OF REGENERATION...257 I. MEANING AND USAGE OF THE TERM...257 II. THE UNFOLDING OF THE DOCTRINE OF REGENERATION IN SCRIPTURE....257 III. BIBLICAL BACKGROUND OF DOCTRINE OF REGENERATION...257 IV. THE NATURE OF REGENARATION...258 V. THE WORK OF REGENERATION: Men are said to be...259 VI. THE EVIDENCES OF REGENERATION...259 VII. THE DIVINE PURPOSE IN REGENERATION...260 VIII. PROBLEMS...260 DOCTRINE OF ADOPTION...263 I. THE MEANING AND USAGE OF THE WORDS...263 II. THE GENERAL NATURE OF N.T. ADOPTION....264 III. THE POSSESSIONS OF SONSHIP...265 IV. THE EVIDENCES OF SONSHIP. Sons of God are:...265 V. FUTURE MANIFESTATION OF OUR SONSHIP...266 VI. PRACTICAL VALUES OF THIS TRUTH....266 DOCTRINE OF SANCTIFICATION...267 I. OUR PAST SANCTIFICATION...268 II. PRESENT SANCTIFICATION...269 III. FUTURE SANCTIFICATION...271 IV. GENERAL CONCLUSION...271 DOCTRINE OF ETERNAL SECURITY...273 I. A PRELIMINARY DEFINITION OF THE DOCTRINE...273 II. BIBLICAL BASIS OF THE DOCTRINE OF SECURITY...274 III. DIFFICULT PASSAGE...277 IV. PROBLEMS AND OBJECTIONS...278 SUBJECT 5 THE KINGDOM OF GOD...281 THE GREATNESS OF THE KINGDOM...283 THE DOCTRINE OF THE KINGDOM...299 I. The Greatness of the Kingdom...299 II. Various interpretative ideas about the Kingdom...301 III. Definitions and distinctions for this study....305 IV. The Universal Kingdom of God...309 PART II -A STUDY OF THE MEDIATORIAL KINGDOM PROPER...315 I. The Mediatorial Idea in Old Testament History...316
THE MEDIATORIAL KINGDOM IN OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECY...325 I. The Nature of Kingdom Prophecy...325 II. The interpretation of Kingdom Prophecy...326 III. Extent of Old Testament Kingdom Prophecy...327 IV. The Character of Government in Kingdom...332 V. The External Organization of the Kingdom...333 VI. The Extensive Nature of the Mediatorial Kingdom....334 VII. The Extent and Duration of the Kingdom...340 THE KINGDOM IN THE GOSPELS...341 I. The Announcement of the Kingdom....341 II. The Identity of the Kingdom...342 III. The Rejection of the King and His Kingdom....346 IV. The Preparatory Teaching of Christ about the Kingdom...347 THE MEDIATORIAL KINGDOM IN THE PERIOD OF THE ACTS....354 THE MEDIATORIAL KINGDOM DURING THE PRESENT CHURCH AGE....361 THE MEDIATORIAL KINGDOM IN THE MILLENNIAL AGE...365 THE MEDIATORIAL KINGDOM IN THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF GOD....367 SUBJECT 6 THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH...371 INTRODUCTION...373 THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH...375 I. THE REVELATION OF THE CHURCH...376 II. THE HISTORICAL BEGINNING OF THE CHURCH...376 III. THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH...377 IV. THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHURCH...378 V. THE NATURE OF THE CHURCH...378 VI. THE POSITION OF THE CHURCH IN ITS VARIOUS RELATIONS...379 VII. THE GIFTS AND MISSION OF THE CHURCH...379 VIII. THE DIVINE PURPOSE IN THE CHURCH...380 IX. THE CONSUMMATION OF THE CHURCH...381 X. THE EXTERNAL ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH...381 THE LOCAL CHURCH...383 I. THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THE LOCAL CHURCH...383 II. THE MEMBERSHIP IN THE LOCAL CHURCH...384 III. ORGANIZATION OF THE LOCAL CHURCH...386 IV. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE LOCAL CHURCH....388 V. THE OFFICES IN THE CHURCH...391 VI. DISCIPLINE IN THE CHURCH...401 VII. RELATION OF LOCAL CHURCHES TO ONE ANOTHER....403 VIII. THE WORSHIP OF THE CHURCH...405 SUBJECT 7 THE LAST THINGS...407 VARIOUS THEORIES OF CHRIST S SECOND COMING...411 INADEQUATE THEORIES...411 THE BIBLICAL DOCTRINE OF CHRIST S SECOND COMING...414 SECOND COMING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT....415 SECOND COMING IN THE NEW TESTAMENT...417 PRACTICAL VALUE OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE SECOND COMING...426 THE SECOND COMING AND THE ANTICHRIST...428 THE RESURRECTION...436 PHYSICAL DEATH...441 THE INTERMEDIATE STATE...447 THE DOCTRINE OF JUDGMENT...454 THE FINAL STATE OF THE UNSAVED...459 ANNIHILATIONISM...462
EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT...466 ROMANS THE DOCTINES OF GRACE...471 Salutation...474 PERSONAL COMMUNICATION...479 THE THEME OF ROMANS...482 CONDEMNATION OR THE WRATH OF GOD REVEALED...485 SALVATION OR THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD REVEALED...495 The Results of Justification...504 VINDICATION OR THE WISDOM OF GOD REVEALED - 9:1-11:36...523 EXHORTATION, OR THE WILL OF GOD REVEALED...541 CONCULSION 16:1-27...557 MCCLAINS S STUDENT BOOK LIST...561 BOOK LIST SORTED BY AUTHORS LAST NAME...563 BOOK LIST SORTED BY TITLE...567 BOOK LIST SORTED BY CATEGORY...571