The Four Fold Gospel - Introduction

"For this is the will of the Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I myself will raise him up on the last day." - John 6:40

Purpose
Jesus is indeed the "author and perfector" (Hebrews 12:2) of our faith. He is to be the glorious center of our theology and practice. It is the believer’s incredible joy to seek to enthrone Jesus as mighty and glorious King and yet too often our Christianity is more about us and less about Him.

With John the Baptist we cry: "He must increase, but I must decrease!" (John 3:30) This Sunday School class will seek to present Christ as He is presented in scripture following the C&MA formulation; 'The Fourfold Gospel":

Christ our Savior
Christ our Sanctifier
Christ our Healer
And Christ our soon Coming King

Format
The format of the lesson will include an exposition of the scripture(s) at hand that address the topic; a directed period of questions and discussion and a directed period of prayer and praise to Jesus.

In keeping with the upcoming years thrive-focus: each week, attendees will be assigned a memory verse that they will be expected to commit to memory, so that the Word will dwell in us richly.

Duration
The duration of this study will be 9 weeks; starting with an introduction and with each of the four portions of the Fourfold Gospel taking two weeks.

The Blog
This blog will serve an important role during our study. First, it will be the means by which you will receive the weekly assignments. Secondly, after a week is complete, I will post the study in written form. Finally, feel free to add comments and continue discussion or ask questions via the blog or by email (not posting here).