by Pastor Chris Regh
Three Beliefs that Direct Student Ministry's D-Groups:
1. Man's Sin
a) Total depravity (Rom 3:10-13)
b) Total inability (1 Cor 2:12-14)
c) Mixed condition (Rom 12:2)
2. God's Sovereignty
a) In an unbeliever's salvation (Rom 10:17; Col 1:13)
b) In a believer's sanctification (Phil 2:13)
3. God's Provisions
a) The Holy Spirit
i) Conviction of sin (Jn 16:9)
ii) Illuminator of Scriptures (1 Cor 2:11-12)
b) the Bible
i) Wholeness that transforms the soul (Ps 19:7a)
ii) Reliability that causes wisdom (Ps 19:7b)
iii) Uprightness that brings joy (Ps 19:8a)
iv) Clarity that illumines understanding (Ps 19:8b)
v) Purity that endures forever (Ps 19:9a)
vi) Truth that stands upright (Ps 19:9b)
c) The Church (Acts 20:28; 1 Tim 3:15)