“Spiritual Realities Signified” Various Passages (1 Corinthians 10:14-22)
Introduction
· How Do We Understand Reality? Defined · Material and Spiritual Realities · Realities Only Seen by Their Effects: Of this World; Spiritual Truths
I. Two Levels of Spiritual Realities
1. Seen by Outward Attitudes, Actions, and Words
· Man’s Sin Nature: The Works of the Flesh (Galatians 5:19-21) and Death (Romans 5:12; 1 Corinthians 15:5-56) · Regeneration (John 3:5-8; Galatians 5:22)
2. Not Seen by Outward Attitudes, Actions, and Words –
· Invisible, Inward, or Spiritual Events that Can Seen only by the Eyes of Faith · Events According to Promise - Revealed in Scripture
II. Signs & Seals that Point to Actual Events in the True Believer in Jesus Christ – Two Signs & Seals (Sacraments) – The True Believer’s Assurance of the Spiritual Reality Signified (Berkhof):
· Holy Baptism – Signifying the Certainty of the Washing Away of the Pollution of Sin · The Lord’s Supper – The Certainty of Two Spiritual Realities (Heidelberg Catechism #75): o Atonement of the True Believer’s Sins – “Me,” “My,” & “I” (Ephesians 1:4; Revelation 5:9-10) o Christ Feeds & Nourishes Our Soul to Everlasting Life by the Holy Spirit and the Word (1 Corinthians 10:16-17)
Conclusion and Application
· The Lord’s Supper: Ritual or a Sign and Seal of Spiritual Realities? (1 Corinthians 11:29-31; Luke 22:19-20) · Each One of Us Must Examine Our Own Heart (2 Corinthians 13:5)
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