Dr. John Hartmann

Dr. Hartmann expounds from the Scriptures the necessity to establish a mental framework that links saving faith to works of righteousness, and exhorts his listeners to walk in the reality of their redemption.

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Dr. Hartman exhorts people to have faith in God. He describes a Biblical conceptualization of what genuine faith looks like by examining several passages from the Book of Psalms.

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Dr. Hartmann soberly assesses the Day of Judgment based on Romans 2:1-11. A reason for both hope and terror is expounded through a thorough analysis of the passage. This is an excellent teaching that is extremely beneficial for all mankind.

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Dr. John Hartmann exhorts the saints to pray based on 1 Timothy 2:1-4. Dr. Hartmann issues warning to use the word of God is the final arbiter of truth despite the onslaught of propaganda through the various media outlets in the United States.

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As suggested by the title, Dr. Hartmann in this study discusses the work of the Holy Spirit in the Church as the Body of Christ. Ephesians 4:7-10 teaches that Jesus ascended to the right hand of God and poured out gifts (in the gift of the one Spirit) on the church, so that every member in the body of Christ has received grace for service in accordance with the measure of the gift Christ gave. There is a oneness and unity in the Body that is not a creation of man, but created by God: one Body, one Spirit, one hope to which all have been called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, Who is above all, through all, and in all. The body of Christ thus is unified by something supernatural: the gift of the one Spirit. By the Spirit all were baptized into one Body, and made to drink of one Spirit. Thus, just as the human body is one and has many members, and all the members of that human body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ (1 Corinthians 12:12). Note not just “so also is the body of Christ”, but “so also is Christ”. Dr. Hartmann suggests that Paul deliberately worded it this way, wishing to emphasize the union of Christ as Head and His body the church.

Two related mysteries are found here. First, that Christ and His body are one. Paul’s logic in this regard is demonstrated in the argument of 1 Corinthians 6, where he thus reasons with those who had fallen into sexual sin: “do I take the members of Christ and join them to a harlot?” Here the union with Christ is so real, so vital, that the bodily members of the one joined to Christ are viewed as being Christ’s own members. Paul also speaks of believer’s body as the temple of the Holy Spirit, something so sacred and holy that it is not to be polluted with something so unclean and profane as fornication, which is actually sin against one’s own body, which in this case is a defiling of the temple of the Holy Spirit. Two metaphors are thus in play here, stressing the church’s vital and real union with Christ: our bodily members are the members of Christ; our bodies are likewise the temple of the Holy Spirit. Which leads to one more metaphor: the “purchased possession”, bought with a price of redemption (Christ’s blood). Paul thus reasons that we are not our own, and that we therefore ought to glorify God in our bodies.

So here again is the first mystery: that Christ and His body are one. The second related mystery is that all the members of that body, though different in function (Rom 12:3-5), are one body in Him. Unity and diversity work together. Varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit, varieties of ministries, and the same Lord, varieties of effects, but the same God working all things in all persons (1 Corinthians 12:4-6). The goal is stated in 1 Corinthians 12:7: to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. We find joy in employing the gifts we have been given in service of others, for their benefit. The manifestation of the Spirit imparts “life” to the Body, so that it becomes strong, healthy and grows into something: “the measure of stature belonging to the fullness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13). This “fullness language” is found throughout Ephesians (1:22-23; 3:19; 4:10; 5:18-19). Paul declares in Ephesians 3:20 that God is able to bring the church to such fullness, “exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us”, and follows with this doxological statement: “to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever, Amen (3:21). All of this becomes a part of the revelation of the mystery: Christ in you (plural pronoun, hence collective) the hope of glory.

This emphasis on the gifts of the Spirit is not to the neglect of the fruit of the Spirit. The two go hand in hand, both being the work of the one Spirit given as the down payment and first fruits of our inheritance. Those who walk by the Spirit will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh and spiral downward into the deeds of the flesh described in Galatians 5:19-21. Instead they will bear the “fruit” of the one Spirit: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, meekness, self-control, and faithfulness.

It thus is to our advantage that Jesus has ascended to the right hand of God, for in doing so He has now sent the Spirit, Who is the Spirit of power, conviction, witness, revelation, comfort, peace, utterance and, last but not least, the Spirit of adoption, through Whom we know the love of the Father and our acceptance in Him as those beloved of God.

Passages to be considered in response to the message: Romans 12:1-21; Colossians 3:1-4:6; James 3:1-4:10, especially 4:6-10; 1 John 1:1-2:2.

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Dr. Hartmann opens describing King David as a man after God’s own heart that was a Warrior King who drove out the enemies of God’s people from the land of Israel.

Dr. Hartman reminds his listeners that Joshua did not drive out all of Israel’s enemies – and that after more than 300 years of judges ruling in Israel the enemies of Israel still had not been driven from the land. The last judge of Israel named Samuel initiates the kingdom period with the first king named Saul. And then finally David emerges on the scene. David is anointed to accomplish God’s purposes for Israel.

Dr. Hartmann describes some of the characteristics of David, who is called a man after God’s own heart, and that understood God’s plans. We learn that David wanted to build a House for God.

It behooves us to understand David, how his kingdom is described in scripture, and the promises God made regarding the Davidic kingdom, in order to understand the characteristics of the inheritor of David’s throne – Jesus, and His kingdom.

In the gospel of Luke1:32, Jesus is described as inheriting the throne of his father David

What did Jesus say about the kingdom and how does that look when cast against the backdrop recorded in the Old Testament and its many passages and promises about David, His kingdom, and the promises related to David’s House?

Dr. Hartman closes with and exhortation to study the Word and find out where Psalm 110:1 appears in the New Testament. He says to study Philippians 2:6-11, Ephesians1: 19-23, and 1 Peter 3:22 to find out what these passages say about the Reign of Christ.

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Dr. Hartmann examines the importance of divinely imparted vision and various eschatological views held by Christians.

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In this teaching Dr. Hartmann outlines an essential theme in Paul’s writings regarding boasting. Paul wants us to set our confidence in the work the Lord Jesus Christ did through the blood of his cross to atone for human sin so that we can boast in what He did rather than what we know, what we do, keeping the law, circumcision, human wisdom, riches, and strength, etc.

The question arises as to what we place our confidence in for righteousness before God. In Paul’s various epistles, he addresses multiple contexts in which people put their confidence in something other than Jesus blood and righteousness. A comparison contrast is made regarding boasting in the Lord versus boasting in the flesh.

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Dr. Hartmann delves into a proper understanding of faith and works. He surveys some of the classics positions various groups have taken upon themselves to emphasize in their proclamation of the Gospel. The gospel of grace is properly weighted in this accurate exposition rooted primarily in Romans 5:1-11.

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Boasting is essentially that in which we place our confidence. In Romans Paul uses it to mean that in which one relies upon for final justification. 37 times Paul uses boasting in NT. He is drawing from Jeremiah 9:23-24 and it is a central theme in his writings conveying an essential axiomatic reality of authentic faith. For Paul, that in which one boasts is an acid test in determining the object of ones hope in relation to eternal judgment.

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