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Block Quote from Bible Introduction 101 about The doctrine of Christian growth

The doctrine of Christian growth.

The Bible presents a number of pictures of advancement in the life of a Child of God, such as the growth of a plant and tree (Ps. 92:12-14; Jer. 17:7-8), the process of maturity from childhood to adulthood to seniority (I Cor. 3:1-3; Heb. 5:11-14; I Pet. 2:2; John 2:12-14), progress in an athletic race (I Cor. 9:24-27), and advancement on a pilgrimage (Ps. 23:1-4; Heb. 11:8-10). However, the biblical presupposition here is that authentic starters will, by means of a process, be finishers (Phil. 1:6); in other words, while a child is secure in its birth and family status, yet there is the necessity of growth, through the employment of various means, that leads to parental likeness and stature. 1. Sanctification defined. “Sanctification” describes the Christian’s definitive “set-apartness” by God (Heb. 10:10) that results in gradual conformity to the likeness of God, especially with regard to His characteristic of holiness (I Thess. 4:3-4). Thus the believer, set apart by election, regeneration, redemption and adoption, yet grows in this “set-apartness,” that is in evident consecration from unrighteousness unto the righteousness of God. 116 BIBLE INTRODUCTION 101 2. Sanctification as definitive. This is God’s setting apart that is definitive, an act that is complete and final, that is not obtained by degrees. It is God’s once-and-for-all declaration that is directed toward His elect, especially with a judicial perspective that concern’s God’s regard for the chosen sinner, His calling that is complete and final (I Cor. 1:2; 6:11). 3. Sanctification as progressive. Here sanctification involves a process whereby the Christian “grows in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (II Pet. 3:18). Thus the Christian is to “sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence” (I Pet. 3:15). a. The dynamic. There is the assumption of regeneration by the Holy Spirit (II Thess. 2:13; I Pet. 1:2) with whom there is to be responsible interaction (Gal. 5:16, 25; Eph. 4:30; 6:18; I Thess. 5:19). b. The means. These are the Word of God (II Tim. 2:15), prayer (I Thess. 5:17; I Tim. 2:8), Christian fellowship (Heb. 10:25), participation in the ordinances (Acts 2:42), the employment of spiritual gifts (II Tim. 1:6), and good works to all men (Gal. 6:10). c. The interest. This is that motivation, that inclination, that affection by which the authentic believer has a personal desire to be holy because God is holy (I Pet. 1:15-16). It is born of the indwelling life of God (Rom. 6:17; 8:10, not mere external mandate. d. The consummation. Complete sanctification is promised, yet it will only be fulfilled “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass” (I Thess. 5:23-34; cf. 1:5-6; 4:7-8).

BIBLE INTRODUCTION 101

Barry E. Horner

Example of Logos Bible Software item that features Bible Outlines

Genesis I. The Creation of the World (Gen. 1:1–2:25)

A. The Beginning of Creation (Gen. 1:1–2)
B. The Days of Creation (Gen. 1:3–2:3)
C. The Beginnings of Man and Woman (Gen. 2:4–25)
II. The Sin of Man (Gen. 3:1–24))
A. The Temptation (Gen. 3:1–7))
B. The Judgments (Gen. 3:8–24)
III. The Beginnings of Civilization (Gen. 4:1–5:32))
A. Cain and His Descendants (Gen. 4:1–24))
B. Seth (Gen. 4:25–26))
C. Adam to Noah (Gen. 5:1–32)
IV. The History of Noah (Gen. 6:1–9:29)
A. The Causes of the Flood (Gen. 6:1–13)
B. The Course of the Flood (Gen. 6:14–8:19)
C. The Events After the Flood (Gen. 8:20–9:29)
V. The Descendants of Noah and the Tower of Babel (Gen. 10:1–11:26)
A. The Sons of Japheth (Gen. 10:1–5)
B. The Sons of Ham (Gen. 10:6–20)
C. The Sons of Shem (Gen. 10:21–32)
D. The Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9)
E. The Descendants of Shem (Gen. 11:10–26)
VI. The History of Abraham (Gen. 11:27–25:11)
A. The Family of Abram (Gen. 11:27–32)
B. The Call of Abram (Gen. 12:1–20)
C. The Separation of Abram and Lot (Gen. 13:1–18)
D. The Deliverance of Lot by Abram (Gen. 14:1–24)
E. The Covenant with Abram (Gen. 15:1–21)
F. The Birth of Ishmael (Gen. 16:1–16)
G. The Circumcision of Abraham (Gen. 17:1–27)
H. The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 18:1–33)
I. Jacob’s Blessing of His Sons (Gen. 19:1–38)
J. Abraham and Abimelech (Gen. 20:1–18)
K. The Birth of Isaac (Gen. 21:1–34)
L. The Offering of Isaac (Gen. 22:1–24)
M. The Death and Burial of Sarah (Gen. 23:1–20)
N. The Marriage of Isaac (Gen. 24:1–67)
O. The Death of Abraham (Gen. 25:1–11)
VII. The Descendants of Ishmael (Gen. 25:12–18)
VIII. The History of Isaac and His Sons (Gen. 25:19–36:43)
A. The Birth of Jacob and Esau, and Selling of Esau’s Birthright (Gen. 25:19–34)
B. Isaac and Abimelech (Gen. 26:1–35)
C. The Blessing of Jacob by Deception (Gen. 27:1–46)
D. Jacob’s Flight to Paddan-aram (Mesopotamia) (Gen. 28:1–9)
E. Jacob’s Dream at Bethel (Gen. 28:10–22)
F. Jacob and the Daughters of Laban (Gen. 29:1–30:43)
1. Jacob meets Rachel (Gen. 29:1–14)
2. Jacob marries Leah and Rachel (Gen. 29:15–30)
3. Jacob begets children (Gen. 29:31–30:24)
4. Jacob bargains with Laban (Gen. 30:25–43)
G. Jacob’s Return to Canaan (Gen. 31:1–33:20)
1. His separation from Laban (Gen. 31:1–55)
2. His reconciliation with Esau (Gen. 32:1–33:20)
H. Jacob’s Later Life (Gen. 34:1–36:43)
1. The massacre at Shechem (Gen. 34:1–31)
2. The renewal of the covenant at Bethel (Gen. 35:1–15)
3. The deaths of Rachel and Isaac (Gen. 35:16–29)
4. The descendants of Esau (Gen. 36:1–43)
IX. The History of Joseph (Gen. 37:1–50:26)
A. Joseph Sold into Slavery (Gen. 37:1–36)
B. Judah and Tamar (Gen. 38:1–30)
C. Joseph in Potiphar’s House (Gen. 39:1–23)
D. Joseph Interprets the Dreams of the Cupbearer and the Baker (Gen. 40:1–23)
E. Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dream (Gen. 41:1–57)
F. Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt (Gen. 42:1–45:28)
1. The first visit of his ten brothers (Gen. 42:1–38)
2. The second visit of his eleven brothers (Gen. 43:1–44:34)
3. Joseph’s revelation of his identity (Gen. 45:1–28)
G. Joseph’s Family in Egypt (Gen. 46:1–47:31)
H. The Blessing of Joseph’s Sons (Gen. 48:1–49:27)
I. Jacob’s Death and Burial (Gen. 49:28–50:14)
J. The Last Days of Joseph (Gen. 50:15–26)
Charles Caldwell Ryrie, Ryrie Study Bible: Outlines (Chicago: Moody, 1995). (

Charles Caldwell Ryrie, Ryrie Study Bible: Outlines (Chicago: Moody, 1995).

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Spicq-Theological Lexicon of The New Testament

agoge, conduct in BDAG and Spicq-Spicq-Theological Lexicon of The New Testament

ἀγωγή agōgē, conduct agōgē, S 72; TDNT 1.128–129; EDNT 1.25; NIDNTT 3.935; MM 8; L&N 41.3; BAGD 14–15 St. Paul praises Timothy for having followed him “in teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience …” (2 Tim 3:10). Clearly, the nt hapax agōgē, here used in a figurative sense, should be translated “conduct, manner of life.” It is sometimes used in a derogatory sense, for foul schemes, but for the most part it expresses either the culture or the conduct or manner of life peculiar to a given race or a given individual (Diodorus Siculus 5.26), such as Esther, who changed nothing of her ways (Esth 2:20), or the Jews who preferred their particular way of life, or Herod entreating, “Let everyone consider my age, the life that I lead (tēn agōgēn tou biou) and my piety” (Josephus, War 1.462). Frequently—and this nuance is discernible in 2 Tim 3:10—this conduct is adopted in imitation of a master, of a model, of ancestors. This is what St. Paul called “my ways in Christ” (tas hodous mou tas en Christō). The subject for imitation, then, is not the conduct of the person but the manner of life of the apostle. It has to do with conforming to the requirements of the faith that are transmitted in the didaskalia and bear upon customs and specific mores: practical, observable applications. In the Pastorals, which develop a theology of beauty, this agōgē of the apostle seems to involve a sense of the brilliance or splendor (cf. Phil 3:17; 4:9) that this term can connote in the first century, and which is at the same time a characteristic of virtue and a grace of the apostle (2 Cor 4:6).

Ceslas Spicq and James D. Ernest, Theological Lexicon of the New Testament (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1994), 29–31.Ceslas Spicq, Theological Lexicon of the New Testament, Theological Lexicon of the New Testament | TLNT (3 Vols.), n.d.