The Apostle's Teaching, Restoration, and Evidences of New Testament Christianity from the Dark ...

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The Apostle’s Teaching,
Restoration,
and
Evidences of New Testament
Christianity from the “Dark
Ages”
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Promise of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles
• Promises made to the Eleven on Thursday night
before the Crucifixion
– (Judas had left beforehand – John 13:30)
I will ask the Father, and he
• John 14:15-17 -
will give you another Helper
he will teach you all things
• John 14:25-26 -
and bring to your remembrance all that I
have said to you.
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Promise of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles
• John 15:26-27 - he will bear witness about me.
• John 16:4b-11 - if I do not go away, the Helper
will not come to you
• John 16:12-15 - When the Spirit of truth
comes, he will guide you into all the truth

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Promise of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles
• Jesus’ Prayer
– John 17:20-21
• 20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for
those who will believe in me through their
word, 21 that they may all be one, just as
you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they
also may be in us, so that the world may
believe that you have sent me.
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Promise of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles
• Following the beginning of the church, those
who received the word and were baptized
devoted themselves to the Apostle’s
teaching.
– Acts 2:41-47 - they devoted themselves to
the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to
the breaking of bread and the prayers.

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How the Apostles Preached
• Paul and Peter wrote of how the gospel was
preached.
– Ephesians 2:19-22 - you are fellow citizens
with the saints and members of the
household of God, 20 built on the foundation
of the apostles and prophets
– Ephesians 3:4-5 - it has now been revealed to
his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit
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How the Apostles Preached
• 1 Corinthians 2:12-13 – but the Spirit who is
from God, that we might understand the things
freely given us by God. 13 And we impart this
in words not taught by human wisdom but
taught by the Spirit
• 1 Peter 1:10-12 - in the things that have now
been announced to you through those who
preached the good news to you by the Holy
Spirit sent from heaven
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Warnings of Departure
• While preaching and teaching the Gospel, it
was also necessary to warn disciples that
departure from the Apostle’s teaching would
come.
– Acts 20:29-31
– 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5
– 1 Timothy 4:1-5
– 2 Timothy 4:1-5
– 1 John 4:1-3
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Warnings of Departure
• Acts 20:29-31
– 29 I know that after my departure fierce
wolves will come in among you, not sparing
the flock; 30 and from among your own
selves will arise men speaking twisted
things, to draw away the disciples after
them. 31 Therefore be alert, remembering that
for three years I did not cease night or day to
admonish every one with tears.
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Warnings of Departure
• 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5
– 1 Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
and our being gathered together to him, we ask you,
brothers, 2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed,
either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming
to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has
come. 3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that
day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first,
and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of
destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself against
every so-called god or object of worship, so that he
takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself
to be God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still
with you I told you these things?
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