Deacon Training

• Revelation Scripture Is the Word of God
• Interpretation Christians Can Understand the Word of God
• General Revelation God’s Reality Is Known to All
• Guilt The Effect of General Revelation
• Inward Witness Scripture Is Authenticated by the Holy Spirit
• Authority God Governs His People through Scripture
• Knowledge True Knowledge of God Comes through Faith
• Creation God Is the Creator

• Self-Disclosure “This Is My Name”
• Self-Existence God Has Always Been
• Transcendence God’s Nature Is Spiritual
• Omniscience God Sees and Knows
• Sovereignty God Reigns
• Almightiness God Is Omnipresent and Omnipotent
• Predestination God Has a Purpose
• Trinity God Is One and Three

• Holiness God Is Light
• Goodness God Is Love
• Wisdom God’s Twofold Will Is One
• Mystery God Is Surpassingly Great
• Providence God Governs This World
• Miracles God Shows His Presence and Power
• Glory God’s Glory-Showing Requires Glory-Giving
• Idolatry God Demands Total Allegiance

• Angels God Employs Supernatural Agents
• Demons God Has Supernatural Opponents
• Satan Fallen Angels Have a Leader
• Humanness God Made Human Beings in His Image
• Humankind Humans Are Body and Soul, in Two Genders
• The Fall The First Human Couple Sinned
• Original Sin Depravity Infects Everyone
• Inability Fallen Human Beings Are Both Free and Enslaved

• Covenant God Takes Sinful Humans into a Covenant of Grace
• Law God Legislates, and Demands Obedience
• Law in Action God’s Moral Law Has Three Purposes
• Conscience God Teaches and Cleanses the Heart
• Worship God Gives a Liturgical Pattern
• Prophets God Sent Messengers to Declare His Will
• Incarnation God Sent His Son, to Save Us
• Two Natures Jesus Christ Is Fully Human

• Virgin Birth Jesus Christ Was Born by Miracle
• Teacher Jesus Christ Proclaimed God’s Kingdom and Family
• Sinlessness Jesus Christ Was Entirely Free from Sin
• Obedience Jesus Christ Fulfilled His Father’s Redemptive Will
• Vocation Jesus Christ’s Mission Was Revealed at His Baptism
• Transfiguration How Jesus Christ’s Glory Was Revealed
• Resurrection Jesus Christ Was Raised from the Dead
• Ascension Jesus Christ Was Taken Up into Heaven

• Session Jesus Reigns in Heaven
• Mediation Jesus Christ Is the Mediator between God and Man
• Sacrifice Jesus Christ Made Atonement for Sin
• Definite Redemption Jesus Christ Died for God’s Elect
• Paraclete The Holy Spirit Ministers to Believers
• Salvation Jesus Rescues His People from Sin
• Election God Chooses His Own
• Effectual Calling God Draws His People to Himself

• Illumination The Holy Spirit Gives Spiritual Understanding
• Regeneration The Christian Is Born Again
• Works Good Works Are an Expression of Faith
• Repentance A Christian Changes Radically
• Justification Salvation Is by Grace through Faith
• Adoption God Makes His People His Children
• Sanctification The Christian Grows in Grace
• Liberty Salvation Brings Freedom

• Legalism Working for God’s Favor Forfeits It
• Antinomianism We Are Not Set Free to Sin
• Love Loving Is Basic to Christian Behavior
• Hope Hoping Is Basic to the Christian Outlook
• Enterprise A Christian Lives to Please God
• Prayer Christians Practice Fellowship with God
• Oaths and Vows Christians Must Be Truthful
• The Kingdom of God Christians Must Manifest Kingdom Life

Month 13

• Apostles Jesus’ Representatives Exercised His Authority
• Church God Plants His People in a New Community
• Word and Sacrament How a Genuine Church Is Identified
• Elders Pastors Must Care for the Church
• Sacraments Christ Instituted Two Seals of God’s Covenant
• Baptism This Rite Exhibits Union with Christ
• The Lord’s Supper This Rite Exhibits Communion with Christ
• Discipline The Church Must Uphold Christian Standards

Month 14

• Mission Christ Sends the Church into the World
• Spiritual Gifts The Holy Spirit Equips the Church
• Marriage Matrimony Is Meant to Be a Permanent Covenant Relationship
• The Family The Christian Household Is a Spiritual Unit
• The World Christians Are in Society to Serve and Transform It
• The State Christians Must Respect Civil Government
• FOUR: GOD REVEALED AS LORD OF DESTINY
• Perseverance God Keeps His People Safe
• Unpardonable Sin Only Impenitence Cannot Be Forgiven

Month 15

• Mortality Christians Need Not Fear Death
• Second Coming Jesus Christ Will Return to the Earth in Glory
• General Resurrection The Dead in Christ Will Rise in Glory
• Judgment Seat God Will Judge All Mankind
• Hell The Wicked Will Be Banished into Endless Misery
• Heaven God Will Welcome His People into Everlasting Joy