A five-lesson journey through the Scriptures’ own answer to the most important question ever asked — taught for those who would know Christ, believe in Him, and find in Him the sufficiency for time and eternity.

• 5 lessons · 35-45 minutes each

• Old Testament and New Testament

• Taught by Pastor Josh Strelecki

• Study guide and printable outline included with each lesson

“In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.” — Colossians 2:9

Why This Question?

No question matters more. How a person answers it determines not only what they believe about a single historical figure, but where they will spend eternity. Pastor Josh Strelecki opens this course with the conviction that the world is full of false views of Jesus — that He was a great moral teacher, a benevolent prophet, a social reformer, one divine entity among many, a mere creature. Scripture permits none of those answers. The Bible’s testimony is singular and exclusive: Jesus Christ is God in the flesh, the eternal second member of the triune Godhead, who came to die and rise again so that everyone who believes might receive eternal life.

This course walks the question from the ground up. It begins by establishing who the God of the Bible is, because no one can rightly understand who Jesus is without first knowing what kind of God claims to have become a man. From there the course examines Jesus’ authority, His claims about Himself, the responses of those who met Him face to face, and finally the sufficiency of His death and resurrection. Each lesson builds on the one before it, and together they leave no honest reader with a third option.

The teaching is doctrinal but personal. It is not a survey of historical opinions about Jesus — it is the witness of Scripture concerning the One who said, “I and my Father are one,” and who said it to be either believed or denied. Pastor Josh’s appeal is the same in every lesson: trust the Lord Jesus Christ today.

Five Questions, One Christ

The course is built on five questions, each answered by a single lesson. They progress in order — foundation, demonstration, declaration, response, application. Together they form the full Scriptural case for who Jesus Christ is.

Question One — Who is the God of the Bible? (Lesson 1) Before the question of Jesus can be rightly asked, the question of God must be answered. Scripture reveals one God in three persons — Creator, triune, holy, good, love, and saving — and Jesus is the second member of that Godhead.

Question Two — What does Jesus do? (Lesson 2) The works of Christ testify to His identity. He has authority over devils, over creation, and over sin and disease — works that only God can do, performed by the One in whom all the fulness of the Godhead dwells bodily.

Question Three — What does Jesus claim about Himself? (Lesson 3) From Caesarea Philippi to the high priest’s court, Jesus claims the divine name, equality with the Father, pre-existence, and absolute authority. His claims permit only two conclusions: He is an egomaniac, or He is God.

Question Four — How did people respond when they met Him? (Lesson 4) Six men were confronted by Jesus and were never the same — Nathanael, Thomas, the writer of Hebrews, Peter, John, and Paul. Their confessions form a witness to every reader who has not yet seen Him but is called to believe.

Question Five — Why did He come? (Lesson 5) If Jesus is God, why did He come to die? Because only God could bear the eternal punishment for sin. The cross is where God’s perfect justice and perfect love meet, and in Christ the believer finds all sufficiency in all things.

What You Will Learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• State the biblical case for the deity of Jesus Christ — from passages that call Him God, passages where He calls Himself God, titles and attributes shared by the Father and the Son, and works that only God can do.

• Trace the relationship between the God of the Bible and the Person of Christ — including the doctrine of the triune Godhead and how Jesus fits as the eternal second member.

• Recognize and answer the false views of Jesus — moral teacher, benevolent prophet, one of many divine beings, mere creature — and explain why Scripture itself rules out every middle position.

• Engage the major “I AM” claims of John’s Gospel and connect them to Exodus 3:14, the divine name first revealed to Moses at the burning bush.

• Read the Gospels with new eyes — alert to the moments where individuals confronted by Christ gave the response Scripture commends, and what their confessions teach about your own.

• Understand why the One who died on the cross had to be God — and why the sufficiency of Christ’s atonement rests entirely on the deity of the Christ who hung there.

• Articulate the gospel of Jesus Christ clearly — His death, burial, and resurrection — and the call to receive it by faith alone.

Lesson-by-Lesson Breakdown

Foundation

Lesson 1 — The God of the Bible: Who Is He?

Hebrews 1:1–4; Colossians 2:9; John 1:1; Genesis 1; Isaiah 6:3; 1 John 4:8; 1 Timothy 2:3–5

The course opens with the most important question reframed: before Jesus, who is the God of the Bible? Pastor Josh walks through six features of the God who has revealed Himself in Scripture — Creator, triune, holy, good, love, and saving. Hebrews 1, Colossians 2:9, and John 1:1 give a first glimpse of the result toward which the entire course points: Jesus is God, the express image of His person, the One in whom all the fulness of the Godhead dwells bodily. The lesson sets the doctrinal floor on which everything that follows is built.

Demonstration

Lesson 2 — The Authority of Jesus Christ

Philippians 2:5–6; John 5:18; Colossians 2:9; John 1:1–3; Exodus 3:14; Mark 1:21–27; Matthew 14:22–33; Mark 2:1–12

Lesson 2 turns from the question of God to the works of Jesus. Five lines of biblical evidence are presented: passages that call Jesus God, passages where He calls Himself God, titles and attributes shared by the Father and the Son, works that only God can do, and the manifestation of His authority over devils, over creation, and over sin and disease. The disciples’ response in Matthew 14:33 — “Of a truth thou art the Son of God” — is the only honest answer Scripture permits.

Declaration

Lesson 3 — The Claims of Jesus Christ

Matthew 16:13–20; Daniel 7:13–14; John 5:17–18; John 8:23–58; John 17:5; John 18:4–6; Mark 14:61–62; John 10:30

The third lesson moves to the words of Christ Himself. At Caesarea Philippi He presses His disciples on the question of His identity. The title “Son of Man,” drawn from Daniel 7, is not a humble denial of deity but a claim to receive an everlasting kingdom from the Ancient of Days. Pastor Josh walks the great “I AM” claims of John’s Gospel and the climactic moment in John 18, where Christ’s “I am he” causes a Roman arresting party to fall backward to the ground. The lesson closes with the trilemma: egomaniac or God. There is no middle ground.

Response

Lesson 4 — Confronted by Jesus Christ

John 1:43–51; John 20:24–29; Hebrews 1:1–8; Luke 5:1–11; Revelation 1:17–18; Acts 9:1–20

Six men met Jesus face to face and were never the same. Nathanael confessed Him as the Son of God. Thomas, the doubter, confessed Him as “my Lord and my God.” The writer of Hebrews recorded the Father’s own address to the Son: “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever.” Peter fell at His knees in conviction of his sin. John, in the apocalyptic vision, fell at His feet as dead. And Paul — the persecutor — became the proclaimer. Their confessions form a witness to every reader who has not seen Him but is called to believe.

Application

Lesson 5 — The Sufficiency of Jesus Christ

John 8:21–24; Luke 5:17–26; John 5:22–30; Romans 2:16; John 3:14–18; Romans 3:23–26; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 2 Corinthians 9:8

The final lesson answers the question that follows from everything that has come before: if Jesus is God, why did He come to die? Pastor Josh walks through Christ’s teaching on sin, His teaching on judgment, and the necessity of the cross. The judge-and-murderer illustration shows why love without justice is injustice — and why the cross is the only place where God’s perfect justice and perfect love meet without compromise. The series closes on 2 Corinthians 9:8: Christ is sufficient not only for eternal life, but for every grace needed for every good work in this life.

Who This Course Is For

The honest seeker who has heard many things about Jesus and wants to know what Scripture actually says. This course does not summarize cultural opinions — it walks the Bible’s own witness from start to finish and lets the reader weigh the evidence for themselves.

The new believer who needs to know who they have just trusted. If you have called on the name of Christ but feel uncertain about His identity, His claims, or why His death matters, this course will give you the doctrinal anchor every Christian life is meant to rest on.

The doubter who, like Thomas, finds it hard to believe without seeing. Pastor Josh takes the doubter seriously — and points to the One who said, “Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.”

The teacher or evangelist who needs to articulate the deity, claims, and sufficiency of Christ clearly. Each lesson includes a full study guide with discussion questions, a lecture outline, a memory verse, and a printable outline for the student. The course is built to be taught as well as studied.

Begin the Course

“And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.” — 1 John 5:20

There is no more important question, and there is no other answer. Jesus Christ is God in the flesh — the One who claimed it, the One whose works testify to it, the One whose confessions across history confirm it, and the One whose cross secured it. Begin Lesson 1 today.

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Romans: The Establishing Epistle

A fourteen-lesson journey through the foundational document of the dispensation of grace — verse by verse, KJV, taught for those who would be settled, grounded, and built up in Christ.

• 14 lessons · 25 minutes each

• Romans 1–16, full coverage

• Taught by Pastor Josh Strelecki

• Study guide included with each lesson

“Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery...” — Romans 16:25

Why Romans?

Of all the epistles given to the body of Christ, Romans stands first — both in canonical order and in doctrinal weight. Paul wrote to a church he had not yet visited, and in his absence he gave them what he could not deliver in person: the full doctrinal foundation of the gospel of the grace of God. Romans is the establishing epistle. Every other letter Paul wrote presupposes its truths.

This course walks the entire epistle — sixteen chapters in fourteen sessions — without skipping, summarizing, or smoothing over. The aim is not information but establishment: that the believer would know what God has done in Christ, who they are in Him, where they fit in His unfolding purpose, and how they are now to walk in this present age of grace under His grace.

The teaching follows Romans on its own terms. Doctrine is rightly divided between Israel’s prophesied program and the present dispensation of grace given to Paul. Cross-references are drawn from across the Pauline corpus and from the Old Testament to anchor each truth where it stands in Scripture.

The Four Foundational Stones

Romans builds the believer’s foundation on Jesus Christ, the chief cornerstone, in four progressive movements. Each stone answers a different question. Together they leave nothing wanting.

Stone One — Justification in Christ (Romans 1–5) How can a holy God declare guilty sinners righteous? By the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, freely by grace, through faith — apart from the law. All have sinned; all who believe are justified.

Stone Two — Sanctification in Christ (Romans 6–8) Who am I now? Dead to sin, alive unto God; dead to the law, alive in the Spirit. The believer is identified with Christ’s death and resurrection — and walks after the Spirit, awaiting the redemption of the body.

Stone Three — Dispensational Identity in Christ (Romans 9–11) Where do I fit in God’s plan? Israel set aside as the channel of blessing; Gentiles grafted in; the mystery revealed; God faithful to all His promises. Doxology is the only fitting response.

Stone Four — Walking in Christ (Romans 12–16) How shall I now live? Present the body a living sacrifice; be transformed by the renewed mind; let love be without dissimulation. The walk after the Spirit fulfills the righteousness of the law.

What You Will Learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Trace the full argument of Romans from man’s guilt before God to the closing doxology — and explain how every section fits the whole.

• Define and apply the core doctrines of justification, redemption, propitiation, sanctification, adoption, and glorification from the text itself.

• Distinguish Israel’s program from the dispensation of grace — what God promised to Israel, why Israel was set aside, and what Paul’s apostleship to the Gentiles uniquely revealed.

• Understand the mystery — kept secret since the world began and now made manifest — and your identity within it as a member of the body of Christ.

• Walk after the Spirit — knowing what it means practically to present the body, renew the mind, and prove the will of God in daily life.

• Read Paul’s epistles with greater confidence, equipped with the foundation that every other letter assumes.

Lesson-by-Lesson Breakdown

Stone One — Justification in Christ (Romans 1–5)

Lesson 1 — Introduction to Romans: Author, Audience, and the Establishing Purpose

Romans 1:1–17

Paul writes to the saints at Rome whom he has long desired to visit. The letter provides “some” of the spiritual gift to establish them — the fullness awaits his arrival. The four-fold outline is laid out: justification (1–5), sanctification (6–8), dispensational identity (9–11), and walking in Christ (12–16).

Lesson 2 — The Gospel of God, Paul’s Apostleship, and Man’s Departure from God

Romans 1:1–18; 2:1–17; 3:9

The gospel of God concerns His Son — made of the seed of David, declared Son of God with power by resurrection. Paul’s apostleship was received from the risen Christ for the obedience of faith among all nations. The gospel is the power of God unto salvation, the righteousness of God revealed, and the wrath of God against ungodliness.

Lesson 3 — The Wrath of God, Man’s Unrighteousness, and the Proof of Guilt Romans 1:18–3:20

Paul proves man’s guilt from creation, the Gentile without law, and the Jew with law. The downward spiral: vain imaginations, reprobate mind, dishonored bodies — God gave them up three times. The verdict is total: every mouth stopped, no flesh justified by deeds of the law.

Lesson 4 — Righteousness, Redemption, Grace, Faith, and Justification

Romans 3:21–31; 4:1–25

“But now” — the righteousness of God without the law is manifested. Justification is freely by grace, through the redemption in Christ Jesus, by propitiation through His blood. Abraham (before the law) and David (under the law) both witness that righteousness is imputed by faith alone.

Lesson 5 — Benefits of Justification, the Much More Love of God, and Adam vs. Christ

Romans 5:1–21

“Therefore being justified by faith” — three present benefits: peace with God, access into grace, and hope of the glory of God. The much more love of God shed abroad by the Holy Spirit. The Adam–Christ parallel closes the stone: sin and death came through one man; righteousness and life come through one Man to all who believe.

Stone Two — Sanctification in Christ (Romans 6–8)

Lesson 6 — Baptism as Operation of God, Dead to Sin, Dead to the Law, and Serving in the Spirit

Romans 6:1–23; 7:1–25

Sanctification begins. Spiritual baptism — performed by the Holy Spirit with the water of the word — identifies the believer with Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. Dead to sin; alive unto God. Dead to the law by the body of Christ; married to Christ raised, to serve in newness of spirit. The duality of Romans 7 is the honest tension of awaiting the body’s redemption.

Lesson 7 — Walking After the Spirit, Suffering and Glory, God’s Purpose, and Nothing Can Separate Us

Romans 8:1–39

Romans 8 answers the cry of Romans 7:24. The law of the Spirit of life frees from the law of sin and death. Walking after the Spirit is a matter of the mind — the Spirit teaches, quickens, leads, and intercedes. Heirs with Christ; redemption of the body; the golden chain of God’s eternal purpose; nothing shall separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Stone Three — Dispensational Identity in Christ (Romans 9–11)

Lesson 8 — Cursed Israel, Israel and Israel, Much Longsuffering, End of the Law, Israel’s Rejection

Romans 9:1–33; 10:1–21

Has the word of God failed? God forbid. Israel is accursed from Christ as a nation but not abandoned. Not all Israel is of Israel — children of promise distinguished from children of the flesh. God is the potter; vessels of mercy called from both Jews and Gentiles. Israel stumbled at Christ — pursued righteousness by works. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes.

Lesson 9 — The Remnant, Israel’s Fall, the Olive Tree, the Mystery, and the Counsel of God

Romans 11:1–36

Has God cast away His people? God forbid — Paul himself is proof. A remnant according to the election of grace. Israel stumbled but did not fall. The casting away of Israel: the reconciling of the world. The olive tree — goodness and severity. The mystery: blindness in part until the fullness of the Gentiles; all Israel shall be saved. Doxology: of Him, through Him, to Him are all things.

Stone Four — Walking in Christ (Romans 12–16)

Lesson 10 — The Foundation of the Walk: Living Sacrifice and the Renewed Mind

Romans 12:1–17

“Therefore” — the conclusion of all chapters 1–11. Present the body a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable — the reasonable service in view of all God’s mercies. Not conformed to the world; transformed by the renewing of the mind. Prove the will of God: good, acceptable, and perfect. Seven initial expressions of love previewed.

Lesson 11 — Love to the Body, Love to All Men, and Love to the Enemy

Romans 12:9–21; 13:1–7

Let love be without dissimulation. The body of Christ — many members, one body. Bless those who persecute; rejoice with rejoicing; weep with weeping; condescend to men of low estate. Recompense no evil for evil. Higher powers ordained of God: minister of God’s wrath upon violent evil. Subject for conscience’ sake.

Lesson 12 — Love as the Fulfilling of the Law, the Day at Hand, and the Weaker Brother

Romans 13:8–14; 14:1–23

Owe no man anything but to love one another — love is the fulfilling of the law. The day is at hand; cast off works of darkness; put on the armor of light, even the Lord Jesus Christ. Make no provision for the flesh. The weaker and stronger brother: God received both; both serve the same Lord; walk charitably and put no stumbling block in a brother’s way.

Lesson 13 — Receive One Another, Paul’s Ministry, and the Saluting of the Saints

Romans 15:1–33; 16:1–16

The strong bear the infirmities of the weak. Receive one another as Christ also received us — to the glory of God. Paul’s ministry of the gospel of God to the Gentiles — minister of Jesus Christ, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable. The saluting of fellow laborers — the walk in real lives, real names, real labor.

Lesson 14 — Mark and Avoid, the Power to Establish, and the Closing Doxology Romans 16:17–27

Mark and avoid those who cause divisions contrary to the doctrine you have learned. The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The closing doxology gathers up the entire epistle: the power to establish is God’s alone — exercised through His Son, according to Paul’s gospel, the revelation of the mystery, and the scriptures of the prophets. To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen.

Who This Course Is For

The new believer who needs the foundation. Romans is the doctrinal floor of the Christian life. If you have come to Christ and want to know what has happened to you and what comes next, this course is the right starting place.

The returning student who wants depth. If your understanding of Romans is fragmented — a verse here, a passage there — this course gives you the whole letter as one argument, in order, with every section in its proper place.

The dispensationalist seeking a thorough grounding. The course honors Romans’ careful distinctions between Israel’s program and the dispensation of grace. The mystery is given its full weight; the prophesied program is given its full weight; neither is collapsed into the other.

The teacher or study group leader. Each lesson includes a complete study guide with discussion questions, a lecture outline, and a quiz. The course is built to be taught as well as studied.

Begin the Course

“To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.” — Romans 16:27

The work of establishment is God’s alone, but He has given the means: His Son, the gospel committed to Paul, the revelation of the mystery, and the scriptures of the prophets. Romans gathers all four into one establishing document. Begin Lesson 1 today.

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