PPT-Turning Points: God’s Faithfulness in Christian History

Augustine and Early Medieval Church 410 AD Rome Sacked Goths Visigoth barbarian tribe triumph Rome paid ransom did not work Goths destroyed infrastructure set up barbarian kingdom Goths . Faithfulness. Two Expressions of. God’s Faithfulness. 1. . Faithful to Israel. “. Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” God said to Moses, “. The Faith and Faithfulness of Four Centurions . Faith to Respect Authority . Matt. 8:5-14; Acts 10:1-33. Faithfulness in Discharging Duties . Acts 27; 2 Timothy 2:3. Galatians 5:22-24. Goodness. Fruits Of The Spirit. What Is. Goodness?. Fruits Of The Spirit. “Uprightness Of Heart” – . Thayer. “Virtue” - . Strongs. What Is. Goodness?. Basic question: “What makes actions or people good?”. . . James 5:13. Faithfulness. It . is for FREEDOM that Christ has set us free. ! . . . James 5:1. Faithfulness. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance . (patience. ), kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. . of the . Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.”. . Colossians 3:17. FAITHFUL and FRUITFUL. God holds every Christian accountable for his or hers faithfulness and fruitfulness.. Christian History. 6. . 19. th. century Revivals & Free Churches. Eighteenth-Century . Enlightenment. Le siècle des . Lumières. . (. century of light. ) . Zeitalter. der . Aufklärung. . (. Love. Joy. Peace. Patience. Kindness. Faithfulness . Defined. Active: Trust, Faith, Belief. Ex. I have faith in something and I am faithful to that. Faithfulness . Defined. Passive: Reliability, Fidelity, Trustworthy. Dr. Susan Mobley. November 21, 2014. A Brief History of History. From Ancient to Modern. The Ancient World. Assurnasirpal. , King of Assyria, spoke:. “600 of their warriors I put to the sword; 3,000 captives I burned with fire; I did not leave a single one of them alive to serve as a hostage . . . . Their governor I flayed and his skin I spread upon the wall of the city; the city I destroyed, I devastated, I burned with fire.” . History. Early Church . 100-300. The Crucifixion of Saint . Peter. . Michelangelo Merisi da . Caravaggio. . (1571-1610) painting . 1601. . . intensely emotional realism= formative influence Baroque school. . Lord. forever…”. "I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever". From the truths of God set to music we receive solace, encouragement, . and a . renewed strength. .. Singing praises to God can do God’s work when other avenues . Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father. There is no shadow of turning with Thee. Thou . changest. not, Thy compassions, they fail not;. As Thou has been, Thou forever will be. Great is Thy faithfulness. The Seventh Part of the Fruit of the Spirit. Means . being full of faith, strong or firm in one’s belief, loyal, constant in the Performance of duties or services, true to one’s work, Reliable and dependable.. “Great is Thy faithfulness,” . O . God my Father. ,. There is no shadow of . turning with Thee;. Thou . changest. not, . Thy compassions, they fail not. As Thou hast been . Thou forever wilt be.. Peace Conferences. Victory. TURNING POINT: . North Africa. Battle of El Alamein. November 2, . _________. _____________ . control North Africa by May 1943. July 1943: Allies invade . _______________ .