Systematic Theology IV: Salvation, The Church, and End Times

Explore soteriology and the biblical view of salvation as a life-long transformation, beginning with election and atonement, then calling, justification, sanctification, regeneration, and glorification.

Explore the special, effectual calling of God that regenerates hearts and grants spiritual life through the gospel, building on the doctrines of election and atonement in Romans 8.

The lecture explains regeneration and the salvation process, showing God as the active agent who regenerates, justifies, sanctifies, and will glorify believers through faith and repentance.

Explore ecclesiology by outlining the church, three pictures of the church, its purposes toward God, believers, and the world, nine marks, leadership, and baptism and communion.

The church is Jesus's plan to proclaim grace through a universal and local community of believers, a royal priesthood and the bride of Christ.

Explore three biblical pictures of the church—the household of God, the body of Christ, and the temple of God—and how believers, adopted as children, join as family and serve together.

Glorify God through worship, the church's primary purpose unto God. Equip believers through discipleship and extend mercy and evangelism to the world to advance the ministry of reconciliation in Christ.

Outline the nine marks of a healthy church, starting with expositional preaching that draws scripture. Emphasize biblical theology and a complete gospel—repentance and faith that transform lives for God’s glory.

Identify and apply the marks of a healthy church, including a biblical conversion through the spirit’s regenerative work, communal evangelism, church membership, biblical discipline, discipleship and growth, and leadership.

Outline church governance by detailing pastors and elders as biblically qualified men of character and conviction. Show how they know, lead, feed, care for flock, and deacons support ministry.

Explore the church's two ordinances—baptism and communion—as public identity with Christ, signs of the new covenant, remembrance, relation, and reverence, while examining self in a worthy participation.

Explore spirit-empowered ministries, or spiritual gifts, and how the Spirit equips every believer to serve the church, build up the body, and glorify God through diverse gifts.

Reveal the church as God's Plan A, loved by Jesus and sanctified to disciple, equip saints for ministry, scatter into every sphere with the gospel, and gather to glorify God.

Explores eschatology by outlining ten errors to avoid in studying the end times. Champions a christ-centered, scripture-based approach, emphasizes gospel urgency, and affirms Revelation as the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Explore a 30,000-foot overview of eschatology, highlighting believers awaiting Jesus's visible return, universal judgment, the resurrection to eternal life or damnation in hell, and death defeated in Christ.

Explore the second coming: a personal, physical, visible, and unexpected return of Christ to save his people, judge enemies, and establish his kingdom.

Examine three millennial views—pre millennium (pre millennial), post millennial, and all millennial—covering tribulation timing, Christ's reign, and the interpretation of Revelation 20.

Examine the final judgment for believers and nonbelievers, focusing on the judgment seat of Christ, the righteousness of Jesus, and the eternal states of heaven and hell.

God will fulfill his purposes and bring history to its end, with Christ's return, justice established, and evil punished. Choose to turn from sin and trust in Jesus for eternity.

Discover how God makes sinners righteous, grants spiritual life, forgives sins, and transforms hearts, while the church advances his plan and anticipates the final kingdom.

Conclude with reflections on a great God who reveals truth through Scripture and transforms believers by the Spirit, reshaping desires, values, and love for God and others.

Explore who God is, what he has revealed, and how to draw near to him, while accessing ministry resources, other courses, and the book practical wisdom for ministry.