Following is material I used in preparing for ordination exams in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
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GENESIS:
TO TEACH ISR GOD’S DESIGN FOR THEM AS A NATION THRU THE BACKGROUND OF EARLY WORLD HISTORY AND LIVES OF PATRIARCHS
- 11 – BABEL
- 12 – ABRAHAM “I WILL BLESS THOSE THAT BLESS..CURSE THOSE ATHAT CURSE..IN YOU ALL FAMILIES OF EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED
- 15 – BELIEVED IN LORD AND HE RECKONED IT AS RIGHTEOUSNESS..
- 19 – SODOM
- 21 – COV ABRAHAM
- 22 – THE LORD WILL PROVIDE – ISAAC
- 31 – MIZPAH – JACOB AND LABAN
- 50 – AS FOR YOU, YOU MEANT IT FOR EVIL, BUT GOD MEANT FOR GOOD
- PREPATRIARCHAL 1-11
- PATRIARCHAL 12-50
- PRIMEVAL
- CREATION 1-2
- FALL 3-5
- FLOOD 6-9
- BABEL 10-11
- PATRIARCHAL
- ABRAHAM 12-20
- ISAAC 21-26
- JACOB 27-37
- JOSEPH 37-50
EXODUS:
TO AFFIRM DIVINE AUTHORIY OF MOSES’ LEADERSHIP AND OF COVNT LAW AND WORSHIP REGULATIONS
- 3 – I AM WHO I AM
- 7-11 PLAGUES
- 12 – PASSOVER
- 13-14 – EXODUS
- 20 – TEN COMMANDMENTS
LEVITICUS:
TO GUIDE ISR IN HOLINESS SO THEY WOULD BE SET APART FROM THE WORLD AND RECEIVE BLESSINGS INSTEAD OF JUDGMENT WHILE LIVING NEAR HOLY PRESENCE OF GOD – TO CALL 2ND GEN OR ISR TO ARMS AS HOLY ARMY
- 11:45 – BE HOLY FOR I AM HOLY
DEUT.:
TO GUIDE THE NATION IN COV RENEWAL UNDER JOSHUA
- SUZERAIN, VASSAL = PREAMBLE, HIST PROL, STIPUL, RATIFICATION, SUCCESSION
JOSHUA:
HOW TO LIVE IN THE LAND
JUDGES:
APOLOGETIC FOR ISR’S MONARCHY
SAMUEL
HOPE IN DAVIDIC LINE IN SPITE OF HIS FAILURES
KINGS
ISR DESERVED EXILE BUT RESTORATION POSSIBLE THRU REPENTANCE
CHRON
TO DIRECT RESTORATION OF ISR DURING POST-EXILIC PERIOD
EZ-NEH
TO DEFEND EZ-NEH PROGRAM AND ITS CONTINUATION
RUTH
DEFEND LEGITIMACY OF DAVID’S KINGSHIP DESPITE MOABITE ANCESTRY
ESTHER
A MODEL FOR LIVING IN FIDELITY TO GOD OUTSIDE THE LAND (IN PERSIA)
JOB
TO EXPLORE THE LIMITS OF PROVERBIAL WISDOM IN THE CASE OF INDIVIDUAL SUFFERING
PSALMS
TO PROVIDE ISR SONGS FOR WORSHIP IN VARIOUS SITUATIONS
PROV
A RESOURCE FOR TEACING WISDOM TO YOUNG, ROYAL FAMILY, ALL ISR
ECCL
LIFE VIEWED FROM HUMAN PERSPECTIVE LEADS TO PESSIMISM AND HOPE THRU FAITH IN GOD
SONG OF SONGS
TO CELEBRATE BLESSING OF ROMANTIC LOVE BT HUSBANDS AND WIVES
ISAIAH
TO ENCOURAGE CONTEMPORARIES’ LOYALTY TO GOD AND FUTURE READERS TO BRING REMNANT OF ISR AND OTHER NATIONS BLESSING AFTER EXILE
JER
TO REMIND EXILES OF REASONS FOR TRIALS AND ASSURE THEM THAT REPENTANCE WILL LEAD TO REUTRN TO THE LAND AND BLESSINGS
LAM
TO EXPRESS AND GUIDE OTHERS IN EXPRESSING SADNESS OVER BAD CONDITIONS IN JERUS AND TOWARD GOD’S PEOPLE BY BABYLONIANS
EZEKIEL
TO ENCOURAGE EXILES TO FAITHFULNESS SO GOD WOULD RESTORE THEM TO LAND AND REBUILD TEMPLE AND JERUS TO GREATER GLORY
DANIEL
TO ASSURE EXILES AND EARLY RETURNEES GOD IS IN CONTROL OF HISOTRY AND TRUTH OF DANIEL ABOUT PROLONGED TROUBLES BEFORE FINAL STAGE OF GOD’S KINGDOM
HOSEA
TO EXPLAIN TURMOIL OF JUDAH WAS GOD’S JUST JGMET LEADING TO EXILE AND ASSURE OF RESTORATION AFTER
JOEL
TO CALL GOD’S PEOPLE TO REPENTANCE AND TO ESCAPE JGMET AND ENJOY BLESSINGS OF COMING DAY OF THE LORD
AMOS
TO REVEAL SEVERITY OF JGMET FOR COV INFIDELITY AND DECLARE HOPE OF RESTORATION AFTER EXILE
JONAH
TO ENCOURAGE ISRAELITES TO EMBRACE GOD’S CALL TO EXTEND MERCY TO THE NATIONS
MICAH
TO CALL JUDAH TO REPENTANCE AND HOPE DURING ASSYRIAN CRISIS AND PREPARE THEM FOR BABYLONAN EXILE LEADING TO JUGMETN AND RESTORATION
NAHUM
TO COMFORT JUDAH BY ANNOUNCING FUTURE JGMNT AGAINST NINEVAH
HABAKKUK
TO GUIDE ISR TO FAITH IN GOD DURING BABYL CONQUEST AND EXILE BY DISPLAYING HIS PERSONAL STRUGGLE AND RESOLUTION
ZEPHANIAH
TO CALL PEOPLE OF JERUS AND JUDAH TO REPENTANCE IN FACE OF BABYL EXILE AND HOPE OF RESTORATION AFTERWARDS
HAGGAI
TO ENCOURAGE RECONSTRUCTION OF TEMPE AND BRING BLESSINGS TO ISR AFTER EXILE
ZECHARIAH
TO ENCOURAGE BELIEF IN TRIALS AND GREAT BLESSINGS WHEN KINGDOM COMES IN FULNESS
MALACHI:
TO CALL DISCOURAGED PEOPLE IN PROMISED LAND AFTER EXILE TO RENEWED FAITH BY ANNOUNCING COMING JUGMETN OF MESSIAH
MATTHEW:
TO INSPIRE SERVICE AND OBEDIENCE TO GOD BY PRESENTING JESUS AS LONG-AWAITED KING AND KINGDOM AS FULFILLED PLAN OF REDEMPTION
MARK:
TO PRESENT GOOD NEWS TO GENTILES W/ FACTS OF LIFE, DEATH, RES
LUKE:
TO PRESENT ORDERLY ACCT OF J’S MINISTRY AND IMPORTANCE IN SALVATION HISTORY TO PREACH TO THE NATIONS
JOHN:
TO PRESENT JESUS SO UNBELIEVERS WILL COME TO FAITH AND BELIEVERS GROW IN FAITH IN MESSIAH, SON OF GOD
ACTS:
TO GUIDE CHURCH BY SHOWING HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT EMPOWERED APOSTLES TO SPREAD GOSPEL TO GENTILES
ROMANS:
TO PRESENT GOSPEL TO BELIEVERS IN ROME AND EXPLAIN HOW IT HEALS DIVISIONS BT JEWISH AND GENTILE BELIEVERS
1COR:
TO COUNTER DEFIANCE, DIVISIONS AND LOVELESSNESS COMING FROM PRIDE AND SELF-IMPORTANCE
2COR:
TO EXPRESSS AFFECTION AND GRATITUDE FOR PAST REPENTANCE AND ENCOURAGE LOYALTY TO PAUL AS APOSTLE OF X
GALATIANS:
TO HELP BELIEVERS RESIST FALSE TEACHERS WHO SAY THAT SALVATION COMES TO THOSE WHO ADD HUMAN MERIT OF OBEDIENCE TO THE LAW TO FAITH IN X
EPHESIANS:
TO TEACH THE WONDERFUL AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF BEING THE CHURCH IN X
PHILIPPIANS:
TO THANK THEM FOR SOLIDARITY W/ PAUL IN PRISON AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO UNITY AND HUMBLE SERVICE TO ONE ANOTHER
COLOSSIANS:
TO AFFIRM SUFFICIENCY OF AND SUPREMECY OF X AGAINST ALL OTHER POWERS AND ATTEMPTS TO GAIN SALVATION
1THESS:
TO ASSURE OF PAUL’S LOVE AND IMPORTANCE OF LIVING FOR X AND RAMIFICATIONS OF HIS RETURN
2THESS:
TO CONTINUE RE RETURNS OF X AND RESPONSIBLE DAILY LIVING
1TIM:
TO GUIDE TIM AGAINST FALSE TEACHERS IN EPH
2TIM:
SAME AS ABOVE AND TO CALL FOR TIM TO VISIT PAUL IN HIS LAST DAYS
TITUS:
TO ENCOURAGE TITUS TO COMPLETE ORGANIZATION OF CHURCHES ON CRETE, COUNTER FALSE TEACHERS AND INSTRUCT RE PROPER XIAN CONDUCT
PHILEMON:
TO OBTAIN FORGIVENESS FOR RUNAWAY ONESIMUS
HEBREWS:
TO ENCOURAGE FIDELITY TO X AND THE NEW COVENANT BY SHOWING THAT X IS THE NEW, FINAL AND SUPERIOR HIGH PRIEST
- X is superior to angels, moses, aaron, and ot priests
- The ot admitted temp character of its structures, so the new cov is not at all contrary to the old
- Turnig from x and back to outmoded forms of faith will lead to divine judgment
- People of the church must persevere to the end in faithfulness to x or they will suffer jgmet
JAMES:
TO TEACH WISDOM FROM GOD FOR PERSEVERING THRU DIFFICULTIES UNTIL THE RETURN OF X
1PETER:
TO ENCOUAGE PERSCUTED AND BEWILDERED XIANS TO STAND FAST TOGETHER IN THEIR FAITH
2PETER: SAME
1JOHN:
TO WARN AGAINST THE FALSE TEACHING THAT CHRIST HAD NOT ACUTALLY COME IN THE FLESH AND TO ENCOURAGE A LIFESTYLE APPROPRIATE FOR FOLLOWERS OF INCARNATE X
2JOHN:
TO WARN AGAINST THE FALSE TEACHING THAT CHRIST HAD NOT ACUTALLY COME IN THE FLESH AND TO ENCOURAGE HOSPITALITY TOWARD PREACHERS OF TRUE GOSPEL
3JOHN:
TO ENCOURAGE SERVICE TOWARD OTHERS, ESP TO HOSPITALITY TO MINISTERS OF GOSPEL
JUDE:
TO COMBAT FALSE TEACHING THAT XIAN LIBERTY AND SALVATION BY GRACE GIVE BELIEVERS LICENSE TO SIN
REV:
TO ENCOURAGE FIDELITY TO X IN THE MIDST OF SUFFERING BY AFFIRMING THAT GOD RULES HISTORY AND WILL SURELY BRING IT TO A GLORIOUS CONSUMMATION OF JUDMENT AND BLESSING IN X
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