#Wayne Grudem

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Teologia Sistemática, Completa e atual: Segunda Edição Revisada e Ampliada Autor: Wayne Grudem Edição: 2ª Edição, 2022 Editora: Vida Nova, São Paulo, SP, 2022 Acabamento: Capa dura Páginas: 1744 páginas

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Deus designou o casamento para nos mostrar como Jesus se relaciona com sua Igreja,a sua noiva. (...) A relação entre Cristo e a Igreja não varia com a cultura. É a mesma para todas as gerações. Não �� reversível. Já um papel de liderança ou de governo que pertence a Cristo e não à Igreja.

(Wayne Grudem em Confrontando o feminismo evangélico p. 23)

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The Best Arguments for Cessationism (Pt. 2)

This is part two of The Best Cessationist Arguments (See The Best Arguments for Continuationism) (More) Biblical Arguments First, when considering whether or not we should expect miracles, healings, and exorcisms to be performed today in the same way it was performed in the time of Jesus and the apostles, we should realize (1) how rare these kinds of miracles are in Scripture and (2) what…

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God and the Existence of Evil

CLEARLY THE MOST PROLIFIC argument against the idea of a loving and righteous God is the persistence of evil in the world. Historically, the problem of evil has been raised in many forums, usually with the intention of diminishing or destroying the idea of God. For example, shortly after the terrorist attacks on America in 2001, Victor J. Stenger said, “Science flies you to the moon, religion…

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by Wayne Grudem

Several New Testament passages specify the moral evil of becoming drunk:

I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is . . . [a] drunkard. (1 Cor. 5:11)

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery. (Eph. 5:18)

In addition, Paul includes “drunkards” among those who will not “inherit the kingdom of God” (1 Cor. 6:10). Elsewhere he says that “drunkenness” is among those activities of which “those who do such things will not inherit the…

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Why did God harden the Pharaoh’s? I’m in a Bible as Lit class and someone brought up “wouldn’t that be against free will,” and why did God let the Israelites stay it in slavery for so long. Why is God different in the Old Testament to the New Testament? I hope this doesn’t bother you, with all these questions

Okay, so there are several different questions here and I'm going to try to address them all. I'm sure I'll miss something somewhere, so other more knowledgeable friends feel free to add on. Follow-ups are also very much welcome.

First off, Bible as literature class! Yikes. I took a Bible as lit class for my English minor years ago and my experience was pretty much wall-to-wall frustration. It was mostly an exercise in coming up with the most transgressive reads on Scripture possible and that really upset me.

I hope that your experience is better than mine. However, assuming that the class is at a secular university, I'd still encourage you to be intentional about talking the things you cover in class over with knowledgeable Christians in your life. I certainly benefitted a lot from doing so, both in the sense that I got to vent a whole bunch and in that I got help contextualizing the secular perspectives within Christian scholarship.

That out of the way: The God of the Bible is the same in both the Old and New Testaments.

I do understand where you’re coming from. It’s not uncommon for people to find God kind of inscrutable in the OT when they're more used to reading the NT. I actually think that's a failure on the part of the contemporary church in the West; large swaths of the OT tend to be understudied among lay-Christians.

Systematic theology can help a lot here. I'm just going to hit a few really broad highlights, but I really can't recommend Wayne Grudem highly enough if you're interested in more in-depth reading. Lots of people start with Bible Doctrine, but my family happened to have a copy of his enormous Systematic Theology tome in the basement when I was in high school and I got a lot out of just poking through that a little at a time too. A few quick bullets though:

Across all the Biblical texts, God is love. He glories in kindness to his people, whether it's in the covenant with Abraham, the Exodus, the faithful ministry of the prophets, Christ's ministry/death/resurrection, or the promised coming of his kingdom.

God is holy; he gives the Law to the Israelites so that they can approach his holiness without fearing for their lives and he sent Jesus so that we can do the same. Both Isaiah and Peter react with fear and awe in the face of God's holiness.

God is just. By virtue of his holiness, he cannot allow sin to go unpunished. As modern westerners, we often chafe against this but has any of us experienced justice that was actually pure? Justice is a form of faithfulness, and the same God who sent his people into exile poured out his wrath on his own son in our place. He has promised that one day, every evil will face his perfect justice.

God is faithful. He keeps his Covenant with Abraham even unto the cross. In the OT he is faithful husband to an adulterous people. In the NT he tells us that when we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself.

Lots of other characteristics but this answer is going to be long enough as it is. The only way to get a real sense for the continuity within the Bible is to read the whole Bible with an eye towards the continuity.

The reason that God is more approachable in the NT than the Old is that he became human. In the Incarnation, all of that holiness and justice and faithfulness and love that was God came to earth in our perfect likeness so that he could live beside us and die for us. God is certainly easier to approach in light of Christ's work, but he is utterly the same as he ever was. Read the Transfiguration and tell me that isn’t the God of Mount Sinai. Read John 1 and tell me it doesn’t remind you of the end of Job. Read the Gospels, Hebrews, and Revelation and play spot-the-OT-parallel. It's beautiful.

Why did God leave his people in slavery for so long? You could ask the same question about the Babylonian captivity and even about why Jesus waits to return and finally defeat Death. Why does he wait? Why let his people suffer?

Well. God is sovereign and he only permits evil to the extent that it ultimately accomplishes the very opposite of what it intends. Because the Israelites were slaves in Egypt, the Exodus was able to occur. The Exodus glorified God in extraordinary fashion, both among his own people and to the peoples of the ancient world. It was also a necessary type and precursor to Jesus's work on the cross. I don't think it's an overstatement to say that redemptive history rests on God's work in the Exodus, which is itself contingent on a period of slavery in Egypt.

“How long, O Lord” and “Come Lord Jesus” are the same sentiment in different words. We are still in exile, even now. We are chronologically exiled from the place where we belong, the New Jerusalem, and we mourn because we live in a fallen world in which sin and death can still hurt us. We can ask, just as the Prophets once asked, why God waits to vanquish the Enemy, extract suffering from the world, and restore our years that the locusts have eaten. And in each case (the slaves in Egypt, the Babylonian captivity, and the period of waiting for Jesus to return), the answer is that God does not fix it yet because He is doing something bigger!

Regarding Pharaoh's heart: this is basically a question of human nature. The easiest way that I can articulate it off the top of my head is using Augustine's fourfold state of man:

Prior to the fall, man was able either to sin or not to sin (posse peccare, posse non peccare)

The natural state of man after the fall is one in which he is unable not to sin (non posse non peccare). This was Pharaoh's state.

Following the work of Christ, regenerate man is able not to sin (posse non peccare)

In eternity, glorified man will be unable to sin (non posse peccare)

When we talk about man's will, we must acknowledge that our wills are subject to our nature. In other words, Pharaoh was a natural, fallen man. His nature was inherently sinful and his heart inherently hard.

What we've got here is sort of a "Jacob I have loved but Esau I have hated" situation. Pharaoh, in his natural state, had a hard heart and a natural enmity with God. God did not intervene to give him a heart of flesh. My people I have loved, but Pharaoh I have hated.

Not a perfect parallel, but I think it serves its purpose. The point is that God's sovereignty isn't in conflict with man's will, since our wills are a function of our natures. Man behaves however his nature inclines him to behave at any given time. We call this free will; however, God is entirely sovereign over all of it.

This is definitely a long, messy answer, but like I said, feel free to continue the conversation. I've got some biochem to work on, but I'm always happy to talk theology :)

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Psalm 105:1-5

1Go ahead and give God thanks

for all the glorious things he has done!

Go ahead and worship him!

Tell everyone about his wonders!

2Let’s sing his praises! Sing, and put all of his miracles to music!

3Shine and make your joyful boast in him, you lovers of God.

Let’s be happy and keep rejoicing no matter what.

4Seek more of his strength! Seek more of him!

Let’s always be seeking the light of his face.

5 Don’t you ever forget his miracles and marvels.

Hold to your heart every judgment he has decreed.

God's faithfulness means that God will always do what He said and fulfill what He has promised.

Wayne Grudem

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Validating Humility

Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God. —1 Peter 5:6 Here’s a comforting verse: “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you” (1 Pt 5:7). But Professor Wayne Grudem says a vital connection between verses 6 and 7 of 1 Peter 5 is missed by English translations that start a new […] https://www.abiblecommentary.com/blog/2024/11/01/validating-humility/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

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The Poverty of Nations by Wayne Grudem, Barry Asmus

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[FIRST POSTED Aug 16, 2020, at 12:56 PM] Secular "Male Dominance and Male Superiority" // "Husbands act as selfish “dictators...” (Dr. Wayne Grudem) // "If men and women are equally in the image of God, then we are equally important and equally valuable to God." // "...no one should feel disappointed or inferior because she is a woman." // "Children's Ministry/Women's Ministry"

The Bible thus corrects the errors of male dominance and male superiority that have come as the result of sin and that have been seen in nearly all cultures in the history of the world. Wherever men are thought to be better than women, wherever husbands act as selfish “dictators,” wherever wives are forbidden to have their own jobs outside the home or to vote or to own property or to be educated,…

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Holy Spirit’s Role in Revival: Secrets to Hosting the Presence

What is the place of the Holy Spirit in revival?

Abraham Kuyper says, “The work of the Holy Spirit that most concerns us is the renewing of the elect after the image of God” (1979:8). In revival there is a renewing of the Christian by the Holy Spirit. There is a change, transformation, passion, and hunger for God that occurs. “When God pours out His Spirit, Christians are spiritually revitalized and the unsaved in the community are awakened to their need for Christ, resulting in a significant harvest season for the Church and reformation of society” (Towns 1997:180).

In the Old Testament it was predicted that there would be those times of renewal and refreshing when the Holy Spirit is poured out—“until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high” (Isa. 32:15). In Isaiah 44:3, God speaks that “I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants” (NIV). Revival occurs when the Holy Spirit is poured upon us.

Ray Ortlund says, “revival is a season in the life of the Church when God causes the normal ministry of the Gospel to surge for- ward with extraordinary spiritual power” (2000:9). This surging forward with extraordinary spiritual power is the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer and the church. This is called the “unctioning or anointing” of the Holy Spirit that comes from Christ (Owen 2002:160). “But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things” (1 John 2:20). This anointing abides in believers and teaches them concerning all things (1 John 2:27). Believers are anointed with the Holy Spirit given to them by Christ. “This anointing, that is, the Holy Spirit, conveys teaching by illuminating the minds of believers to understand the mind of God and the mysteries of the Gospel” (Owen 2002:162). Revelation, understanding, and wisdom are more easily received from the Word during seasons of revival because of this heightened sense of God and the anointing with the Holy Spirit. Because the anointing with the Holy Spirit opens our eyes that we more clearly see the wonderful things of God, believers are established in the faith. “The anointing brings satisfaction, refreshment and joy to the soul in the clear apprehension of saving truth…the anointing remains the spring from which secret refreshment and support are ministered” (163).

Along with the anointing of the Holy Spirit during seasons of revival, there comes an empowerment. The Holy Spirit invigorates, resurrects, and brings new life. He also gives power for service. He is the power of our power. In the Scriptures there are several occasions when the Holy Spirit empowers leaders for special service—Joshua, Gideon, David, Josiah, Peter, and Paul. Most notably the Holy Spirit anointed and empowered Jesus for His mission of redemption and revival (Isa. 11:2-3; 42:1; 61:1). In the new covenant age, there was an empowerment in which the Holy Spirit would be poured out in great abundance and fullness. The new covenant age was predicted in Joel 2:28-32 and accomplished in Acts 2:1-4.

The Holy Spirit purifies, but during the season of revival there is an extra emphasis placed upon holiness. There is greater manifested wisdom, discernment, and revelation for holy living. There is a greater awareness of God’s presence that is brought by the Holy Spirit during revival. Wayne Grudem says:

Although the Holy Spirit does glorify Jesus, he also frequently calls attention to his work and gives recognizable evidences that make his presence known. Indeed, it seems that one of his primary purposes in the new covenant age is to manifest the presence of God, to give indications that make the presence of God known (1994:641).

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In revival, the Holy Spirit stirs an intense desire for more of God (2 Tim. 1:6). Interventional and intercessory prayer become more evident and passionate—“Lord, rend the heavens and come down” (Isa. 64:1). Conviction comes by the Holy Spirit (John 16:8); repentance of known sin and deliverance from bondages become a common occurrence (2 Chron. 7:14; Isa. 57:15), and provides fertile soil for the work of the Holy Spirit. Jesus is Lord in greater measure and fullness with a spirit of unity and peace woven into the spiritual fabric of the church (Eph. 4:3). “Revival is nothing else than a new beginning of obedience to God” (Towns 1997:185). Relationship with the Father and the Son reaches new depths because the Holy Spirit glorifies them. The glory of God becomes very evident. Jurgen Moultmann says, “The glorifying of the Son and the Father through the Spirit sets men on the road towards the glory for which they themselves are destined” (1993:59). There is also a fresh sense of grace and generosity present in revival as was evident in the early church (Acts 2:44-45), producing a new and transformed community. Swindoll says, “the main agenda of God’s Spirit [is] transformation” (1993:37).

Concerning the work of the Holy Spirit in revival, R.A. Torrey wrote:

When any church can be brought to the place where they will recognize their need of the Holy Spirit, and they take their eyes off from all men, and surrender absolutely to the Holy Spirit’s control, and give them- selves to much prayer for His outpouring, and present themselves as His agents, having stored the Word of God in their heads and hearts, and then look to the Holy Spirit to give it power as it falls from their lips, a mighty revival in the power of the Holy Ghost is inevitable (1906:18).

The Providence of God

Is revival providential? To answer this question a working definition of providence is needed. Providence is a most significant factor in revival. Wayne Grudem defines providence as follows:

God is continually involved with all created things in such a way that he (1) keeps them existing and maintaining the properties with which he created them; (2) cooperates with created things in every action directing their distinctive properties to cause them to act as they do; and (3) directs them to fulfill his purposes (1994:315).

Grudem further states, “Moreover, the biblical doctrine does not teach that events in creation are determined by chance (or randomness), nor are they determined by impersonal fate (or determinism), but by God” (315). God is governing His creation in their every action, causing them to act as they do. This is known as concurrence, which is the second point of Grudem’s definition. God accomplishes all things according to the counsel of His will (Eph. 1:11). God works, brings about, or accomplishes (Greek, energeo) all things according to His will and plan. While His will is not clearly evident from observing that which is around us, it is evident through the rev- elation of Scripture.

Providence is God’s interaction with creation at every moment of history. The Westminster Confession of Faith articulates it as:

God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible fore- knowledge, and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness and mercy (1995:33-34).

While some things can be explained in the natural such as rain falling, grass growing, and the sun and stars’ activities, it is also the work of God to cause these events. This is known as “events fully caused by God and fully caused by the creature as well” (Grudem 1994:319). All our actions are under God’s watch care and providence “for in Him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28). We also know that our success or failure comes from God Almighty, “For exaltation comes neither from the east nor from the west nor from the south. But God is the Judge: He puts down one, And exalts another” (Ps. 75:6, 7). All our talents and abilities come from God who also influences even rulers in their decisions. He has also endowed us with the freedom of choice, and we are held accountable for our choices. God cooperates and participates according to His plan and working and according to our choices— thus the principle of concurrence in providence.

Perhaps 2 Chronicles 7:12-15 more fully illustrates this principle:

Then the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.”

When we participate with God’s plan and working, then He does what He says He will do. Now, one factor that has not been considered is the issue of time: when God will do what He says. The timing of God’s action is not always revealed, but He will respond providentially to His people. Therefore, our actions have definite results and do change the course of events.

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[nao-ao-evangelho-de-facilidades]

Os padrões de liderança na família refletirão os padrões de liderança na igreja e vice-versa. Assim como homens piedosos cumprem suas responsabilidades de liderança na família, eles também devem cumprir responsabilidades de liderança na igreja. Por outro lado, se padrões de liderança feminina forem estabelecidos na igreja, inevitavelmente isso pressionará por uma liderança feminina maior em abdicação da liderança masculina, dentro da família.

Wayne Grudem em Teologia Sistemática

[christophe76460]

QUAND l'IDEOLOGIE DOMINE.

"Concernant le féminisme évangélique, quelque chose devrait nous sembler profondément troublant à propos d'un tel mouvement.

L'autorité de la Bible est-elle vraiment primordiale pour les égalitaristes ?

Ou y a-t-il une mentalité profondément ancrée qui place le féminisme en premier et la Bible en second ?

Plus j'ai lu ces arguments égalitaires, plus je me suis posé cette question : ces écrivains fonctionnent-ils réellement à partir d'une conviction profonde qui dit : "Je sais que l'égalitarisme est juste, maintenant laissez-moi voir si je peux trouver des moyens de le soutenir avec la Bible. Si une approche ne fonctionne pas, je vais en essayer une autre, et si vingt-cinq approches ne fonctionnent pas, j'en chercherai une vingt-sixième, parce que la seule chose que je ne peux pas accepter, c'est que l'égalitarisme est mauvais."

Wayne A. Grudem

[news-locus]

Theologian Wayne Grudem Urges Trump to Drop Out: ‘He Would Lose the General Election’

[lindajenni]

aug 21

the goodness of God

"then He said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you." exo 33:19

the Lord has really been dealing with me lately about the goodness of God. i believe He prizes it even above His glory. moses pleaded to see His glory and it was His goodness He revealed, shadowed by His protective hand. God always gives more than we ask for and all of His goodness would have extinguished one's sinful flesh. if you have opportunity to listen to the song "the goodness of God," please do so. you will be blessed. the words are partially listed below but the melody only anoints them further.

i love You, Lord oh Your mercy never fails me all my days, i've been held in Your hands from the moment that I wake up until i lay my head oh, i will sing of the goodness of God

cause all my life You have been faithful and all my life You have been so, so good with every breath that i am able oh, i will sing of the goodness of God

i love Your voice You have led me through the fire and in darkest night You are close like no other i've known You as a Father i've known You as a Friend and i have lived in the goodness of God, yeah

and all my life You have been faithful, ohh and all my life You have been so, so good with every breath that I am able oh, I will sing of the goodness of God, yeah

'cause Your goodness is running after, it's running after me your goodness is running after, it's running after me with my life laid down, i'm surrendered now i give You everything

goodness comes from God. we would not know goodness and there would be no goodness without the Lord. the Lord is the standard of all that is good. do you see the goodness of the Lord in the “good news”?

God came down in the form of man to live the perfect life that we could not. Jesus, who is God in flesh, walked in complete obedience to the Father. in love, He took our place on the cross. He thought of you while being bruised and battered. He thought of you as He hung bloody on a cross. Jesus died, was buried, and was resurrected for our sins. He defeated sin and death and is the bridge between us and the Father. we can now know and enjoy the Lord. there is now nothing impeding us from experiencing the Lord.

the christian through faith in the good and perfect work of Christ alone, is forgiven and justified before God. Christ redeemed us from the punishment of sin, and He has made us a new creature with new desires and affections for Him. our response to the gospel of redeeming grace should be thankfulness. christians want to praise the Lord and live a lifestyle pleasing to the Lord. the good that we do is from the Holy Spirit residing in us. God’s goodness changes everything about us. have you experienced the goodness of God found in the gospel?

“there is but one good; that is God. everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.” c.s. lewis

“what is 'good?' 'good' is what God approves. we may ask then, why is what God approves good? we must answer, 'because He approves it.' that is to say, there is no higher standard of goodness than God’s own character and His approval of whatever is consistent with that character.” wayne grudem

remember that goodness has it's existence in God’s character.

“the christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” - c.s. lewis

i have tasted life and i have tasted just slightly of the heavenly realm; Your realm. there remains no doubt in heart or mind of what is good. it is You, my Lord; only You! Jesus, i give you everything; freely, willingly, completely!!! make me completely Your own.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

by Tom Nettles | Recently I received the prayer letter from Wayne Grudem. He sends these out because he really wants the saints to join in prayer that Wayne’s calling, gifts, experience, and projects be owned of God for his glory and the leavening effect of his truth. The letter this week contained a prayer request to pray in light of the “Ending my teaching career.” He explained that at the end of a theology class “I walked out of the classroom with a kind of weariness that I don���t remember feeling before. The combination of my Parkinson’s disease, my prostate cancer and its treatments, and my 76 years of age all…