Big Truths for Young Hearts

Big Truths for Young Hearts: Teaching and Learning the Greatness of God
Bruce A. Ware

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Encourages and enables parents of children 6–14 years of age to teach through the whole of systematic theology in an understandable, chapter-a-day format.

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Contents

Foreword 11
Introduction: On Raising Children to Know and Love God through Raising Them to Know and Love Theology 13
Section 1. God’s Word and God’s Own Life as God
God Has Made Himself Known 18
God Talks—The Bible Is God’s True and Lasting Word 21
God Is God Apart from Us 24
God Is God with Us 27
Some Truths about God’s Richness That Make Him God 30
Some Truths about God’s Kindness That Make Him God 33
Section 2. God as Three in One
There Is Only One God 38
One God in Three Persons 41
The Father Is God 44
The Son Is God 47
The Holy Spirit Is God 51
How the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Relate 54
Section 3. Creator and Ruler of All
Who Made the World? God (the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) Did 60
God Rules the World He Has Made 63
God Provides All Good Things in the World 66
God Controls All Bad Things in the World 70
Our Responsibility in the World God Controls 73
Pain and Suffering in the World God Controls 77
Section 4. Our Human Nature and Our Sin
Men and Women, Boys and Girls—God’s Masterpieces 82
What It Means to Be Made in God’s Image 85
Other Features of Being Human 88
How Sin Came into Our World and What Sin Is 92
How Sin Has Spread to All People 95
The Punishment for Our Sin 98
Section 5. Who Jesus Is
A Person Who Was Alive Long Before He Was Born 104
The Incarnation—God and Man Together 107
How Jesus Emptied Himself in Becoming Also a Man 110
Jesus Lived in the Power of the Spirit 113
Jesus Resisted Temptation, Living a Sinless Life 117
What Christians of the Early Church Came to Believe about Christ 120
Section 6. The Work That Jesus Has Done
Jesus’ Death Shows God’s Justice and His Mercy toward Our Sin 126
Jesus Paid the Full Penalty for Sin 129
Jesus’ Victory over Satan by His Payment for Sin 132
Jesus’ Resurrection: The Proof That Christ’s Death for Sin Worked 135
Jesus Is King over All 139
But Is Jesus Really the Only Savior? 142
Section 7. The Holy Spirit
The Work of the Holy Spirit in Old Testament Times 148
Old Testament Promises of Future Spirit Transformation 151
The Spirit on Jesus and on Jesus’ Followers 155
The Holy Spirit Gives New Life in Christ 158
The Holy Spirit Unites Believers Together in Christ 161
The Holy Spirit Fills Believers to Live for Christ 164
Section 8. Our Great Salvation
God’s Kindness and Wisdom in Choosing Some to Save 170
“Sirs, What Must I Do to Be Saved?” 173
Declared Right in God’s Eyes When We Believe 176
Made More Like Christ through All of Our Lives 180
Saved by Good Works? No—Saved for Good Works? Yes 183
But Must People Know about and Believe in Christ to Be Saved? 187
Section 9. The Church of Jesus Christ
Jesus Is the Lord of the Church 192
A People of the New Covenant 195
Communities of Christians Who Worship and Serve Together 198
Baptism: Picturing Jesus’ Death and Resurrection 202
The Lord’s Supper: Remembering Jesus’ Death and Resurrection 205
Growing the Church through Making Disciples 209
Section 10. What Will Take Place in the End
Knowing the Future Helps in the Present 214
What Happens to Grandma When She Dies? 217
The Promise-Keeping God and the Salvation of Israel 220
Jesus Will Come Again 224
The Suffering of Hell and the Joys of Heaven 227
God’s Greatness and Glory Shown Forever and Ever 231