AG STUDY GUIDE FINAL - The Forerunner

Chapter 14: The Law of God
1. Much of what passes for ministry today has been compromised with the
leaven of humanism. It often treats its audience as autonomous creatures that
have every right to sit in judgment on both God and His word – picking out
what they like and throwing out the rest. Along with this has come a
“________________-orientated” approach to soul winning.
2. In part, the answer may be, that instead of seeking the elect by putting forth
food for the sheep, the preached word of God, which the Holy Spirit uses to
convict and convince the elect of their sins, many are seeking the bottom line,
_______________________. And since numbers have often become the standard
by which to judge a ministry’s success, and not wanting to ________________
and drive people away much of the modern church is not preaching the
sinfulness of man or the bloody offense of the cross.
3. In the sixteenth century, during the heart of the Reformation, Luther warned
his contemporaries; he said that anytime the gospel is preached clearly and
boldly it will produce ___________________.
4. Peace and joy are fruits of the gospel. They are not the tree and definitely not
the _____________. If we really love people, then we need to tell them truth!
And what is the truth? That if they are ____________________________, if they
have not submitted to Him as LORD and Savior then they are “sinners in the
hands of an angry God!”
5. God is not ________________________ in His love. Promiscuous love throws
love around sentimentally without discretion or discernment. God is not that
way at all. God’s love has a purpose, the purpose of
______________________________________.
6. Without understanding the depth of our ______ and our _______________
against a thrice-holy God, the “good news” becomes the “______news;” just
another twelve-step program in our modern therapeutic culture.
7. Martin Luther explained that presenting a cure without explaining the
____________________was a trick and device of the arch-enemy of man.
8. The primary means that God has appointed to bring men to the awareness of
the sin and death that rages in their very being is through His law, the ______
______________________.
9. The Church of today has a problem with the law of God as found in the Ten
Commandments. Many believe it to be antiquated, ____________or part of the
___________________________ and therefore of no use to “New Testament”
Christians.
10. If one uses the law of God as a tool for _________________________________
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