The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian faith
THE FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
R. A. TORREY Author of How to Bring Men to Christ, What the Bible Teaches, etc., etc.
NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
Copyright, 1918, By R. A. Torrey
Printed in the United States of America
The author of these sermons has had a feeling for a long time that the great need in our churches in this day is systematic indoctrination. He put his theory into practice last winter in his own church, and these sermons are the result. We were having a great many accessions to our church. In the two years of the church's history we had had something like six hundred accessions to the church, and every month considerable numbers of new members were being added. While many of these came by letter from other churches, many of them were new converts and had had practically no systematic instruction in the fundamental truths of the Christian faith, so we announced a series of sermons on The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith. There was immediately a large increase in the attendance at the services where these addresses were given, and this increase has kept up until on the last Lord's Day we had much the largest attendance we have ever had, excepting on Easter Sunday. Many have testified to the blessing received from these sermons, and there has been a great demand that the sermons be printed for general circulation. This request has come from ministers of various denominations, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, and others. It is hoped that this volume will be useful to other pastors in suggesting lines of teaching in their regular pastoral work, and also that it may be used widely by pastors
and others for circulation among Christians. We live in a day in which many of our church members are all at sea as to what they believe on the fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith. These sermons have already helped many through their delivery. It is hoped they will reach and help far more in the printed form.
R. A. Torrey
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I. THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN APOSTLES AND PROPHETS DIFFERENT IN CHARACTER FROM HIS WORK IN ALL OTHER PERSONS
II. TRUTH HIDDEN FROM MEN FOR AGES, AND WHICH THEY HAD NOT DISCOVERED AND COULD NOT DISCOVER, BY THE UNAIDED PROCESSES OF HUMAN REASONING, HAS BEEN REVEALED TO APOSTLES AND PROPHETS IN THE SPIRIT
III. THE REVELATION MADE TO THE PROPHETS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS INDEPENDENT OF THEIR OWN THINKING
IV. NO PROPHETIC UTTERANCE WAS OF THE PROPHET'S OWN WILL, BUT THE PROPHET SPOKE FROM GOD AND THE PROPHET WAS CARRIED ALONG BY THE HOLY SPIRIT AND NOT BY HIS OWN IMPULSE OR REASONING IN WHAT HE SAID
V. THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS THE REAL SPEAKER WHO SPOKE IN THE PROPHETIC UTTERANCES
VI. THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE APOSTLES GAVE NOT ONLY THE THOUGHT, BUT THE WORDS IN WHICH THE THOUGHT WAS TO BE EXPRESSED
VII. ALL SCRIPTURE IS INSPIRED OF GOD
VIII. THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD
I. GOD IS SPIRIT
II. GOD IS A PERSON
III. GOD'S PRESENT RELATION TO THE WORLD AND TO MEN
I. THE INFINITE PERFECTION OF GOD
II. THERE IS ONE GOD
I. DIVINE NAMES
II. DIVINE ATTRIBUTES
III. DIVINE OFFICES
IV. STATEMENTS WHICH IN THE OLD TESTAMENT ARE MADE DISTINCTLY OF JEHOVAH, GOD, TAKEN IN THE NEW TESTAMENT TO REFER TO JESUS CHRIST
V. THE WAY IN WHICH THE NAME OF GOD THE FATHER AND JESUS CHRIST THE SON ARE COUPLED TOGETHER
VI. DIVINE WORSHIP TO BE GIVEN TO JESUS CHRIST
VII. INCIDENTAL PROOFS OF THE DEITY OF JESUS CHRIST
I. THE HUMAN PARENTAGE OF JESUS CHRIST
II. THE HUMAN PHYSICAL NATURE OF JESUS CHRIST
III. SUBJECT TO HUMAN LIMITATIONS
IV. THE HUMAN RELATION OF JESUS CHRIST TO GOD
I. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE PERSONALITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
II. FOUR LINES OF PROOF OF THE PERSONALITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
I. THE DEITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
II. THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
I. THE NECESSITY AND IMPORTANCE OF HIS DEATH
II. THE PURPOSE OF THE DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST
III. THE RESULTS OF THE ATONING DEATH
I. WHAT IS JUSTIFICATION?
II. HOW ARE MEN JUSTIFIED?
III. THE EXTENT OF JUSTIFICATION
IV. THE TIME OF JUSTIFICATION
I. What is the New Birth?
II. RESULTS OF THE NEW BIRTH
III. THE NECESSITY OF THE NEW BIRTH
IV. HOW CAN ONE BE BORN AGAIN?
I. WHAT SANCTIFICATION IS
II. HOW MEN ARE SANCTIFIED
III. WHEN DOES SANCTIFICATION TAKE PLACE
I. THE FACT OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY OF CHRIST AND OF OUR BODIES
II. THE CHARACTER OF OUR RESURRECTION BODIES
III. WHEN WILL THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY TAKE PLACE?
INTRODUCTION
I. THERE IS A DEVIL
II. THE NATURE OF THE DEVIL
III. THE CHARACTER OF THE DEVIL
IV. THE WORK OF THE DEVIL
V. THE DEVIL'S DESTINY
VI. HOW TO GET VICTORY OVER THE DEVIL
I. HELL AND HADES ARE NOT THE SAME
II. THERE IS TO BE A LITERAL HELL
III. IS THE FIRE OF HELL LITERAL FIRE?
IV. IS THE LAKE OF FIRE A PLACE OF CONSCIOUS TORMENT, OR IS IT A PLACE OF ANNIHILATION, I.E., A PLACE OF NON-EXISTENCE OR IS IT A PLACE OF NON-CONSCIOUS EXISTENCE?
I. WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES REGARDING THE ENDLESSNESS OF FUTURE PUNISHMENT
II. OBJECTIONS
III. WHERE ARE THE ISSUES OF ETERNITY SETTLED?
IV. CONCLUSION
