### Bible Study Outlines

Volume 3, Lesson 8
by C.I. Scofield

## Bible History of Believers

1. The Bible tells believers where they were

- Jeremiah 17:9 - "The heart is... desperately wicked"
- Psalm 51:5 - "I was shapen in iniquity"
- Mark 7:23 - "All these evil things come from within"
- Romans 8:7 - "Enmity against God"
- Ephesians 2:1-3 - "Dead in trespasses and sins... children of wrath"

- The Bible tells believers what the are

- Ephesians 2:8,13 - "Saved... made nigh"
- Galatians 3:26 - "Children of God"
- 1Corinthians 6:11 - "Washed... sanctified... justified"
- 1John 4:17 - "As He is, so are we in this world"

- The Bible tells believers how they were saved

- Matthew 26:28 - "Blood... shed for many for the remission of sins"
- 1Peter 1:18,19 - "Redeemed... with the precious blood of Christ"
- Revelation 5:9 - "Redeemed us to God by Thy blood"

- The Bible tells believers what they have, as sinners washed by Christ's blood

- John 5:24 - "Hath everlasting life"
- Romans 5:1 - "We have peace with God"
- 1Corinthians 6:19 - "Holy Ghost which is in you"
- Colossians 1:12-14 - "We have redemption... even the forgiveness of sins"
- 1John 2:1 - "We have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ"
- 1Peter 1:4 - "An inheritance incorruptible and undefiled"

- The Bible tells believers what they may know

- 2Corinthians 8:9 - "Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ"
- Galatians 2:16 - "Knowing that a man is not justified by works... but by the faith of Jesus Christ"
- Romans 8:28 - "We know that all things work together for good..."
- John 14:16,17 - "The Spirit of truth... ye know Him"
- 1John 5:13 - "Ye may know that ye have eternal life"

- The Bible tells believers what they shall be

- 1John 3:2 - "We shall be like Him"
- Colossians 3:4 - "Ye also appear with Him in glory"
- 1Corinthians 15:49 - "We shall also bear the image of the heavenly"
- 1Corinthians 6:2,3 - "The saints shall judge the world... we shall judge angels"
- 1Thessalonians 4:16,17 - "Shall be caught up... to meet the Lord in the air"
- Romans 8:17,18 - "The glory which shall be revealed in us"

- The Bible tells believers how they ought to live now

- Ephesians 2:10 - "Created... unto good works... we should walk in them"
- Romans 6:4 - "We also should walk in newness of life"
- Titus 2:11-13 - "We should live soberly, righteously and godly... looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing"
- 1Thessalonians 1:9,10 - "To serve... to wait for His Son"

It is important to note that in the Dispensation of Grace under which we live, God reverses the old order. Under the law, blessing depended upon works. Now works follow blessing.
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