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Grace Fellowship Church www. Grace. Doctrine. org Pastor / Teacher James H. Rickard Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Memory Verse 1 John 1: 9, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ”

The Upper Room Discourse John 13 -16; John 13: 15, Jesus Christ is our Role Model.

"For I gave to you" The grace provision by God in giving Jesus Christ as an example for all teachers and ambassadors.

"An example" HUPODEIGMA Jesus Christ is our pattern, copy, imitation, model.

Heb 8: 5; 9: 23 shows the earthly Tabernacle was a copy of the true heavenly Tabernacle in God's Throne Room.

“As I did to you” He did it once, as a training aid commanding them to communicate Bible doctrine to others.

“You also should do” (and keep on doing it) The communication of Bible Doctrine.

“For I gave to you (in grace) an example so that just as I did it once to you, you also should do and keep on doing (communicating Bible Doctrine). ”

Jesus Christ is the precedence, pattern and example for Pastor-Teachers to study and teach, and as the prototype spiritual life for all Church Age believers.

All precedence for the Church Age is derived from the Incarnation of the Hypostatic Union, residing in the prototype of God's Power System (GPS), Heb 9: 14.

Heb 9: 14, “How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? ”

We have thinking of Christ, 1 Cor 2: 16, that pertains to us today. The Mystery Doctrine. Rom 16: 25; 1 Cor 2: 7; Eph 3: 3 -11; Col 1: 20, 27; 1 Tim 3: 9, 16

The N. T. was written to explain the relationship between the great power experiment of the Hypostatic Union and the great power experiment of the Church Age.

It is divided into 4 parts. a. The Gospels present the great power experiment of the Hypostatic Union.

b. The Book of Acts is the history of the transition between the great power experiment of the H. U. and the great power experiment of the Church Age.

c. The epistles delineate the great power experiment of the Church Age; i. e. , what is expected of you post salvation.

d. The Book of Revelation presents the transition between the Church and the Kingdom of Christ, the Tribulation.

1 Cor 10: 11 -13 tells us that the Old Testament has benefit for us, but it does not tell us how to live the Christian life.

By living in the prototype Power System, our Lord was qualified by impeccability to go to the cross and be judged for our sins.

Our Lord used the Mystery Doctrine and established a precedent for the use of our Problem Solving Devices in the Church Age.

The humanity of Christ during the incarnation utilized the prototype Power System to execute the Incarnation Plan of God.

The Royal Family of God during the dispensation of the Church utilizes the operational-type Power System to execute the Royal Family Plan of God.

The precedence for the Plan of God for our lives during the Church Age is taken from the great power experiment of the H. U. , He is our example for executing the spiritual way of life.

Mat 5: 16, “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. ”

1 Peter 5: 2, “Shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness; 3 nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the flock. ”

Grace Fellowship Church Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Tape # 08 -012 Jesus Christ is our Role Model Upper Room Discourse, Pt 154 John 13: 15; Mat 5: 16; Heb 9: 14; 1 Peter 5: 2 -3 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2008