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Mark Dever's Application Grid Unique salvation Non-Christin history Point #1 Public Christ Christian Your church

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A. Unique Salvation History What about the passage is important for the way God unfolds his plan of salvation in history? Whats unrepeatable by us but worthy of worshipping God for? B. Non-Christian How does the passage speak to the unbeliever? How does it call him/her to repentance and belief? How does it warn, rebuke, correct, or prod the unbeliever? What does it say about the danger of the unbelievers situation, the exclusivity of Christ, the sinners need for a Savior, or the sufficiency of that Savior as a substitute for the sinner? C. Public What does the passage say about our lives and roles in the public sphere, both as Christians and non-Christians (e.g., government, neighborhood)? D. Christ How is Jesus foreshadowed or typed? What particular perfection of Christ does that type depict? How is Jesus remembered or described in character, authority, glory, or essence? E. Christian What does the passage mean for the life of the individual Christian? How does it call him/her to deeper repentance and belief? How does it warn, rebuke, correct, motivate, comfort, or encourage the Christian? F. Your church What does the passage mean for the corporate life of our local church? How does it call the local church body to tend to its life together and witness to the unbelieving community around it?

Job 42:7-17
Unique salvation Non-Christin history Point #1: Public Christ Christian Your church

Job's friends falsely claimed to know God's ways.

When rebuked, they repented. God should be praised for his mercy.

Everything the unbeliever does is a lie about God.

Beware of God is a judge people who have and he does not all the answers. ignore sin. And don't pretend that you have all the answers. We should model Christ is the true God's mediator. redemption in the world by seeking peace, forgiveness, and love among everyone.

We must repent. We must be careful not to lie about God or assume we know all his ways or his plans. We are saved by Jesus, not of ourselves, so that no one can boast. We must seek forgiveness through Christ alone. Our mediator does the work on our behalf. Christ is the heir to heaven, and we are co-heirs with him (Ro 8:17). We must rely on his blood and his promises.

When we see our brothers and sisters suffering, we should comfort them, not chastise them. Our church must always point people toward Christ.

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Job served as Job served as a mediator. mediator between his friends and God.

You cannot save yourself. But God has made a way for us to be forgiven.

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God restores his In the end, God people. made everything right.

The promises of heaven, restoration, and glorification only apply to those who have been forgiven.

We should seek justice in the world. We should seek to restore the world around us.

Christ died for our restoration. It is through Christ that God restores the world and his people.

As a church, we should work together for the building up of each other and the encouragement of each other.

Ezra 1:1-11
Unique salvation Non-Christin history Public Christ Christian Your church

Point #1: God worked in God is in control Do not think that Christ is the true Repent of any As a church, we The king belongs the heart of a of your life. He the government King of kings time we felt must be clear to God. foreign king and can take your life has any power and Lord of hopeless because that our hope is

God fulfilled his today, just as he own plan and his took the entire own glory. kingdom from the Babylonians and gave it to the Assyrians. Habakkuk predicted these events.

other than the lords. power God has given. Understand that God demands that government leaders use their God-given authorities and powers for good. He will hold leaders accountable.

of someone with in Christ and not power over us. in government. Understand and believe that in everything God is working for our good.

Point #2: Material possessions belong to God.

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God always keeps his promises.

James 2:14-26
Unique salvation Non-Christin history Point #1: Even the demons believe in God. Public Christ Christian Your church

Saying you believe in God does not save you. Having knowledge of God does not save you. Being an expert on the Bible does not save you.

The demons fear Christ. In Mt 8:28-34, the demons pleaded with Jesus to cast them into the pigs.

We have nothing to fear from demons. In Job, we see that even Satan has no authority other than what God allows.

We should protect our testimony by ensuring that our members are not merely people who believe in God.

Point #2: We are saved by faith in God.

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Faith results in action.

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