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Factor for Comparison
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Spiritual Masculinity
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Spiritual Femininity
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Person of the Trinity:
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The
nature of the Father
“planting
of the Father”
(Mt.
15:13)
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typified in the “seed”
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The
nature / work of the Holy Spirit as the
“Comforter”
(Jn.
14:16,26)
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typified in the “water”
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Emphasis on God’s Word:
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Logos
(structural word)
-
principled truth
-
truth raising a standard
(law)
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truth that divides
(Mt.
10:34)
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Rhema
(personal, fluid word)
-
adaptive, relational truth
-
truth releasing from a standard
(grace)
-
truth that mollifies, unifies
(I.
Cor. 1:10)
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Dominant Side of Divine Nature:
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God’s
Justice (Judgment)
-
anger, wrath
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God’s
Mercy (Forgiveness)
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compassion, tenderness
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Responsibility for Establishing & Maintaining
Relationship with God
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Sovereignty
of God
-
election, predestination
-
effective selective (limited) atonement to the
chosen
-
eternally permanent relationship, secure by
divine decree
(Jn.
6:44; 11:11, 26; 11:28; I Jn. 3:9)
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Human
Response
-
decision of the heart
-
provisional (unlimited) atonement to all mankind
-
relational permanence subject to human
faithfulness
(Jn.
3:16; I Jn. 2:2; Jn. 8:31;
Heb.
10:26-29)
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Element of Human Nature:
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Corresponds
to the Spirit
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Corresponds
to the Soul
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Type of Knowledge Emphasized:
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Moral
Knowledge
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Experiential
Knowledge
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-
knowing of God filtered through the knowledge of
evil
-
keen moral discernment of evil
-word
of knowledge
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-
knowing of God filtered through the knowledge of
good
-
keen aesthetic discernment between desirable
alternatives
-
word of wisdom (applied knowledge)
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Main Direction of Love:
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Love
Toward God
(Head
Focused)
-
Christ-aware / sensitive
-
vertical devotion
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Love
Toward Others
(Body
Focused)
-
people-aware / sensitive
-
horizontal devotion
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↑
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┼
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↔
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Approach to Sin:
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Confrontational
(Direct)
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Conciliatory
(Indirect)
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-
holds man responsible for sin (Rom.
1:21-32)
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-
holds satan responsible for sin
(II
Cor. 4:4)
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Focus for Judgment:
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Judges
that within oneself and the body
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Judges
that without the body
(ie,
the world)
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Approach to Church Direction:
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Prophetic
“Tearing Down”
(Jer.
1:10a)
-
awareness of what is wrong and needs to be
changed
-
issues negative warning to repentance and
correction
(II
Cor. 12:20-21)
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Prophetic
“Building Up”
(Jer.
1:10b)
-
awareness of what is right and praiseworthy
-
issues positive encouragement, complementation,
praise
(I
Cor. 14:3)
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I
Cor. 4:21
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-introduces
division through presentation of a higher
standard
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-
preserves unity through reinforcement of present
standard already attained
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Dominant Personal Nature:
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Lionlike
(bold,
aggressive, forthright, direct)
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Lamblike
(gentle,
ameliorating, circumlocutory, indirect)
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Nature of Personal Vision:
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Focused,
Intense, Goal-Oriented
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Unfocused,
Laid-back, Intuitive
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Focus of Personal Vision:
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Individualistic
-
governed by awareness of personal uniqueness
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Corporalistic
-
governed by awareness of homogeneity with others
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Focus of Orientation:
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Invisible
-
internal, eternal work of Christ in the soul
-
heaven aware
-
hidden work of God
-
preparing for the future
(disengaged
from the present)
(II
Cor. 4:18)
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Visible
-
present, external influence of Christ on
temporal affairs
-
earth attuned
-
manifest work of God
-
occupying of the present
(involved)
(Lk.
19:13)
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Reference Point for Verification of Spiritual
Reality:
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Internal
Confirmation of Purpose
-
direct assurance from God
(Ac.
27:23-24)
-
direct self verifying revelation from God
(Jn.
12:49; Gal. 1:11-12; 2:2)
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External
Confirmation of Purpose
-verification
through consultation, consensus, body
affirmation (Ac. 15:25,28)
-
body-mediated and verified revelation from God
(I
Cor. 14:29-31)
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Reference Point for Recognition of Spiritual
Ministry:
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Internal
Spirit Witness
-
“God recognized”
(Jn.
8:12-19, 23-29; I Cor. 4:3-4)
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Relational
Body Witness
-
“Church-recognized”
(II
Cor. 3:1; I Tim. 3:10)
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Focus on Christ:
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His
Hard Sayings, Selectivity, Offensiveness,
Separation & Indifference to Societal
Concerns
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His
Love, Compassion, Works, Self-Sacrificing
Involvement
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Source of Spiritual Self-Esteem & Sense of
Personal Identity
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Pure
Identity in Christ
-
emphasis on sonship
(“son
of man”)
-
no sub-appellations
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Applied
Identity in Christ through Body Function
(sub-identity)
-
emphasis on office / position
(“rabbi”,
pastor, prophet, etc.)
-
identity through sub-appellations
(ex.,
“Rev.”, “Dr.”)
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Relationship to Forward Spiritual Motion:
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Pioneering,
Exploratory
-
pressing into that which is foreign, new,
different
-
forsaking of that which has been attained for
that which should yet be gained (Phil.
3:13)
-
labor: energy, motion expended
(Ac.
20:31; I Cor. 15:10)
-
novelty oriented
-
initiative, thrusting against
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Conserving,
Preservational
-
domestic, remaining safe at home
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protective of and devoted to what has been
gained
(Heb.
2:1; II Pt. 1:12; II Jn.8)
-
rest: conservation of energy and motion (Mk.
6:31; Ac. 9:31)
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tradition oriented
-
responsive, thrusted against
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Relationship to Forward Geographic Motion:
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On
the Move (Mobile)
-
marked by the “tent”
(transition
oriented)
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Settled,
Established (Immobile)
-
marked by the “temple”
(building
oriented)
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Approach to Converting the World:
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Reaching
UP
-
identifying with God alone outside the camp of
men to create a clear, distinctive contrast
(Heb.
11:38; 13:13)
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Reaching
OUT
-
identifying with men in their present place of
need, investing direct involvement with men as a
testimony (I
Cor. 9:19-22)
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Nature of Present Experience:
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Experiential
Evil in Life
-
suffering, deprivation
-
partaker of the cross
(self
denies blessings in order to procure them for
others in Christ’s image)
(Col.
1:24)
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I Cor. 4:8-10
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Experiential
Good in Life
-
blessing, prosperity
-
benefactor of the cross
(enjoys
present blessings of Christ procured by His
death and that of others)
(II
Cor. 8:9; III Jn. 2)
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desert, isolated, lonely
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fruitful, populated, accepted
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Season of Ministry:
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Digging,
Weed Pulling, Hoeing, Planting
-
unrewarded faith, failure
(Heb.
11:36-38)
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Watering,
Reaping, Harvesting
-results
of faith manifested, success (Heb.
11:32-35)
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Season of Prominence:
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Flourishes
During Periods of World Tribulation
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Flourishes
During Periods of World Prosperity
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Some Comparisons within Ascension Gifts:
(Overlapping)
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Apostolic
(Governmental)
-structured
ministry
-
generally administrative
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Prophetic
(Flowing)
-
unstructured ministry
-
personally applicable
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Prophetic
-
discipleship emphasis
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Pastoral
-
membership emphasis
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Pastoral
-
ministry only to saints
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Evangelical
-
ministry to entire world
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Other Scriptural Typology:
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Father
God
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Mother
Jerusalem
(Gal.
4:26)
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Christ
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Eph
5
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The
Church
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King
of Jerusalem
(Ps.
48:2)
Perfected
“many sons” to glory
(Heb.
2:10)
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New
Jerusalem
(Rev.
21:2)
Perfected
One “Bride”of Christ
(Rev.
21:2, 22:17)
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Sons
of the Prophets
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Daughter
of Zion
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Manchild
|
Rev.12
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Glorious
Church
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Foundation
-
Christ and Apostles
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Eph
2
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Superstructure
-
the Church
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The
Head (Eph.
4:15)
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The
body (Eph.
4:16)
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