Kingdom of God: Is it a present kingdom or a future kingdom? - Answers both, for the christian
Kingdom of God: Is it a physical kingdom or a spiritual kingdom? - Answers Spiritual, but it will be
physical in the future
Kingdom of God: List two other characteristics found in the reading. - Answers - People thought his
kingdom was freedom from Rome, but it was freedom from sin
- not a place, but the fact that God rules
Mission of God: How is it related to God's character? - Answers - mission flows out of his character
- character of love
- love is the overarching characteristic of his mission of redemption and restoration for the world
Mission of God: How is God's mission characterized? - Answers - character is one of sending himself,
always going, coming, sending in mission... sending and being sent is fundamental to who God is and
what God does
Read the sidebar on Finding Your Purpose in chapter 11 of the textbook and describe the work ethic
presented. What kind of work is best? - Answers • if you are doing work that is meaningful for the world
but you are miserable doing it you have not found your purpose either
• "The place where God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger
meet"
4. List God's purposes for our lives from Romans 8:28-29 (see Lecture 7). - Answers - Love God
- Be conformed to the image of Christ
What is the relationship between faith and action? - Answers For as the body apart from the spirit is
dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.
6. According to Mark 8:34, is being a disciple of Jesus easy or costly? - Answers Costly - "take up his
cross"
List two functions of the Spirit in a Christian's life. - Answers • carries out the work of the Father in
creation
• works within Christians to grow them up as followers of Jesus Christ.
• work to form a Christian into the image of Jesus Christ.
• Formation reminds a person that the process shapes and molds one into the likeness of Jesus himself