Lesson one: How to be sure you are a Christian

A.
1. Philippians 2:6-11
a. Jesus is God by nature
b. .
c. He became man, taking the form of a bond-servant(ie.
Slave)
d. His obedience extended to humble himself to the point of
death, even death on a cross.
e. Jesus is exalted as the name above every name.
f. Everyone whom is in the kingdom and under the rule of
God(even evil), will bow the knee, and every tongue will
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, for the glory of God.
2. 1 Corinthians 15:3
a. He died for our sins(ie, the sins of the elect whom He
came to save, for if He died for everyones sins, we would
make His blood inefficacious for salvation, because it
would mean that Gods death and sacrifice for non-elect
was powerless to save them and cleanse them and hence,
they would still be steeped in sin. It is also absurd to say
that Christ died for all and left it up to the free will of man
to chose salvation or not, because in doing so, mans free
will is exalted as being the sovereign choice, and is hence
above the will of God, which consequently causes His
blood to be inefficacious. For if it were truly for the entire
world that He died, would He not complete the good work
which He started, and ensure that salvation is for all in the
world? The above point also does not take into account
the depravity of the human mind, which has been steeped
in sin since the fall of the human race into sin, and placing
mens will above that of God is the first error, and in
saying that men would chose salvation on their own
accord is impossible for him whose mind has been sinfully
depraved, that is the second error.)
b. He was buried and rose again after 3 days.
c. Yes, He appeared to the 2 ladies at his grave, Cephas and
the twelve apostles, and to more than 500 brethren at
that time.
B.
1. Romans 3:23
a. All have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God
b. YES!
2. Romans 6:23
a. The wages of sin is death
b. The free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus.
c. This gift comes from God the Father, whom by His great
grace and everlasting mercy, through the death of His Son
Jesus Christ on the cross, who took away our sins, and
reconciled us back to God.

3. Romans 2:6-11
a. God will judge us by our deeds
b. There will be tribulation(catastrophic calamity) and
distress for them.
c. Those whom are selfishly ambitious, do not obey the
truth, obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.
d. These characteristics did indeed describe me, because I
cant even follow Gods law!
II Part Two: Gods promise and your response
A. God promises Eternal life
1. John 6:40
a. Everyone who sees Jesus and believes in Him will have
eternal life, and will rise from the dead on the day of His
return.
b. Behold(see, know Jesus) and believe.
2. Romans 10:9-13
a. Confess that Jesus is Lord(3 part: Acknowledge our sins,
that we need saving grace, that Jesus is the only Lord),
and believe in heart that Jesus rose from the
dead(conquered sin, satan never stood a chance)
b. Heart believes righteousness(refers to blamelessness
can we ever be righteous?). Mouth confesses
salvation(not by works, so that no one may boast)
c. Call on the Lord will not be disappointed. This calling
refers not to merely saying, but is composed of 2 parts:
asking for forgiveness of sins, and enthroning Christ as
Lord in your heart(hence you will desire to stop sinning in
obedience to Christ)
B. The gratitude we owe God for salvation
1. John 14:15; 15:12
a. Keep His commands
b. Love Jesus the most(Luke 14:25-35 => not to hate
parents, honor them, but we must love Jesus more than
even those you deeply love, in comparison to the trials
that we will face, we are asked to count the cost, and
discern if we really love Jesus, more than these)
c. To love one another, just as Christ loved you. You were
undeserving, Christ chose you to savewould you die for
someone who makes you sad? Or someone whom you
dont even know? Such great is a love He has given to
usand He asks that we emulate it, not by our own
strength, but by His.
2. Matthew 22:37-39
a. With all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
mind. With your entire body, thoughts, words, deeds,
actions etc.
b. Your neighbor as yourself.(Philippians 2:3-4 do nothing
out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility,

consider others more significant than yourself. Let us not

look to our own interests, but also to the interests of
others.)
c. Do to them as you would do to yourself, place them before
you. Neighbors = everyone around you!
3. 2 Corinthians 5:14-15
a. The love of Christ compels/controls/binds us
b. Who would be willing to die for someone whom
continuously hurt, rebelled against him? Only Christ
would. His love is just the same as a father who took the
blame for a son whom molested or raped someone. We
are that unclean, nothing about us is pure, or good, yet
God was willing to suffer humiliation for us, to grab us and
say I forgive, how can you not love a Father who took
your place to be punished? Who died to give you life?
c. For Him who died(sacrificial lamb) and rose on our
behalf(conquered sin and gave eternal life)
d. Ourselves(ie. Our selfish wants/lusts/conceit etc)
4. Ephesians 2:8-10
a. What is sin like?.
b. By grace, through faith in God, through the strength of the
Holy Spirit.
c. Since it is a gift, not that you deserved it or was good
enough to receive it, so that no one has the right to boast
of salvation, but to praise and thank God for His precious
gift of life and hope!
d. To give glory to God, as His workmanship, akin to His
final product, that when people look at us(product), they
may give glory to God (Matt 5:16)
i. To authenticate and allow us to make our calling
and election certain, by the manifestation of the
true desire to do good in obedience to Him.
e. We were created to do good works it is our purpose! To
glorify Him and please Him by doing what was right in His
sight! It is our response to the Lords love, that we are
compelled to love him, as said in John 14:15 if you love
Me, you will keep My commandments.

C. The benefits of being a Christian

1. Colossians 2:13
a. Dead in my sins and transgressions. Dead meaning lifeless, I
couldnt do anything to save myself. Dead because I was
destined for eternal damnation if Christ didnt save me and
vindicate me.
f. He has forgiven all my sins, by taking my place on
Calvary.

g. ALL! Even if I sin now, His blood is effectual to cover all

sins! Not that His blood needs to be continuously shed
but rather, because one sacrifice vindicated all my sins on
judgement day.
2. Galatians 4:4-7
a. To redeem(compensate for the faults/evil/bad things) us from
condemnation under the Law(Romans 8:1-2). For no one is
saved by the law, nor can anyone never break it. Note
though, there is a difference between redemption and
abolishing/put to an end of the law(Matt 5:17)
b. I am adopted as a son of God
c. The Holy Spirit. If the Holy Spirit dwells in us, we should seek
not to quench the Holy Spirits work, but to submit to its
conviction, and enjoy the Lords grace provided to you
through Him.
d. Father! Father! Like a needy child, ill-disciplined, questioning,
lacking knowledge, when fearfulhow comforting is the word
Father!
3. John 6:40
a. Eternal life and being raised on the last day by Christ Himself.
b. Nope! Death is but the beginning of a sinless, new life
eternally with Jesus Christ.

LESSON 2: HOW TO PRAY

Part 1: What is God like?
A.

God is sovereign(all powerful and in control)

1. Jeremiah 32:17, 27
a. The heavens and the earth, everything that we see and
that we dont see.
b. Yes, Himself

c. Nope! Nothing is too difficult for Him

2. Isaiah 46:10-11
a. He will do everything He desires, He is God, nothing is
done without and apart from His decretive/secret will.
b. No one can! If they/he/she could, then the person must be
on the same plane as God almighty!
3. Psalm 24:1
a. All of it
b. Yes! He created the world, and He created me! the earth
is the Lords, and all it contains -> I am part of this earth
and this system He created.
c. Creation, time, heavenly and earthly beings.
4. Reflection
a. In awe and respect, I come before God, humbled by His
grace showered so richly upon me, thanking Him for his
providence:
i. Conservatio The great I AM(Exo 3:14), source of
every created thing(Jer 32:17), all powerful
upholder and sustainer of my life(Ps 54:4) and all
creation(Heb 1:3), apart from whom I have no good
thing(Ps 16:2).
ii. Concursus causes all aspects/areas of life to work
together in conformity to His will and direction(Eph
1:11), for the good of those who love him(Rom
8:28),
iii. Gubernatio - He will fulfill what He set out to
do(Isaiah 46:10-11), allowing me unity of
understanding in the midst of diverse situations,
and surrendering to His ultimate righteous ways
which are higher than my ways and thoughts(Isa
55:9).
b. He does(see above if disbelieving)(:
God is Holy(Pure and Righteous)
1. Psalm 5:4-6
a. Wickedness, evil.
b. Before God,they shall not stand before Him.
c. The Lord hates and abhors them. How fearful is it to have
the sustainer of this world, and your life and everything
you know, hate you?
2. 1 Peter 1:13-15
a. God is holy.
i. What does it mean to be holy?
A. To be sacred(set apart for the Lord in our
lives, consecrated as priests to serve Him.
B. Sanctified, that we no longer should conform
to the shackles of our past sins.
b. We are no longer slave to sin, but do not want to be
conformed to our lusts of the past which were evident in
our past. Also because God calls us to be holy, and since I

was created by Him for His glory, let me do what pleases

and honors Him, for though I am bond-servant, has given
me a crown and adopted me as a son.
3. Reflection
a. Only by His holiness do I see my unworthiness. The law
shows me how much I need grace, so His holiness shows
me how unworthy I am before Him. With a humble,
penitent heart, I should bow before Him in fear and
trembling.
C. God is loving(Merciful, Kind, Gracious)
1. Romans 5:8
a. Yes. He loves the sinner, but hates the sin
b. He died for us, even though we were rebellious, insulters
of His gloryyet He sustained us, yet He told God to
forgive them for they know not what they are doing. Why
would He die for me? AGAPE love.
2. Romans 9:14-18
a. God decides, as the potter decides what to mold the clay
into, does the clay have the right to complain why one
was made into an honorable object, and itself made into
an object of common use?(Rom 9:20-21). All sovereign will
belongs to the Lord this should not make him who has
been saved complacent or proud, but in joyous
thanksgiving, praise God for His grace and salvation, and
henceforth, spread His word, that those whom He has
chosen, may share in your joy.
b. No, we are sinners, we cant pay God back for what He did
for us. Neither can we seek please Him, for daily we sin
and grieve the spirit.
c. Because He choses to have mercy on us sovereign,
decretive will; who can understand?
3. Reflection
a. We should always thank Him, because we do not deserve
it, yet He chose to save us, love us and grant us such
immeasurable mercy. Praying is a way of giving thanks to
Him as it is a direct channel of communication between us
and God.
b. Yes! As a father wants to hear his children speak, so our
Abba Father wants to hear our prayers. He revealed
Himself to us, that we may understand Him and praise
Him, and it pleases Him when we draw near to Him. How
can one have a relationship, if there is no communication?
i. And He will answer prayer, because He can, and He
wants to draw near to those who seek Him in His
courts!(James 4:8)
ii. Great is His power, so much so that according to His
plan, He leads us to pray for things He has already
intended. When we pray and our prayers are

answered, it is not because God was moved by our

prayer, but because from the beginning of time, He
decreed that He wanted to do that particular thing,
and in our context, led us to pray for that in
particular. Whether He answers yes or no, it is His
decreed will, and even if we pray according to His
moral law, may we submit to His best timing and
His higher ways and thoughts.
II: What is prayer?
A. PRAISE: Romans 11:33-36
1. Paul is praising the Lord
2. For :
a. His wisdom and knowledge which is greater than ours
b. For the fact that He is the source, that no one can
question, doubt or even repay Him.
c. For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things
d. He deserves all our glory!
3. For:
a. His awesome power nothing is too difficult for Him
b. His holiness that demands that we be holy, being made
in His image
c. His saving grace and mercy the only thing we deserve is
death, yet He gave us life, and forgave us our sins, and
even chose to make us heirs to His kingdom!
B. CONFESSION OF SIN:
1. He had committed sins and not yet confessed it to the Lord.
2. He acknowledged his sin, confessed his iniquity to the Lord and
confessed his sins lay out his unrighteousness before the Lord,
no more excuses or running away
3. He forgave Davids sins, and freed him even from guilt!
4. <<open ended>>
5. Merciful and gracious, loving to His children He says he will, so
He will(steadfast and unchanging)
C. PETITION
1. Luke 11:2-4
a. 5 things:
i. Gods kingdom come for His return
ii. Gods will be done
iii. For what we need daily only bread which we need,
sobriety and temperance; entrusting in His
providence to provide for our needs
iv. Forgive us our sins as we forgive others who
wrong us(really do it!)
v. Deliver us from temptation for we are weak in
flesh
b. Holy be Your name desiring that You hear our prayers,
that it may all be for Your glory, we praise Your name(the
only one worthy of our praise).

c. What we need daily, only the necessities, not the lusts for
this world. We pray remembering that all providence
comes only from You alone, that it is by Your grace that we
may get what we need. And this bread also is given to
us, that we need not repay it, but gladly and humbly
accept it from You.
2. Luke 11:5-10
a. No! if a friend would even, because of ones persistence
give what the persistent one wants as he is too irritated
by him, will not the Father, abounding in mercy and
lovingkindness, give to His children when they knock on
the door? And this Father will not give evil to us!
b. He will! For He who is faithful tells us to ask, and it will be
given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it will be
opened to you.
3. James 1:5-8
a. Ask in faith without any doubting!(ah! Help me Father, to
have more faith in you, and less in myself!)
b. Not be double minded and faithless of the One whom has
all power, sovereignty and holds the entire universe
together!
c. Like the waves of the sea, tossed and turned by the
wind(ie the surrounding circumstances, which make it
move in one direction for a moment, and at the next, head
the other way!)
d. No! he should not expect God to give him an answer, or
anything!
i. Doubting is a sin it is disbelief that God can do it,
if He wants to confess, and do not sin!
e. Knowing that from Him and through Him and to Him
belong all things, that He is the provider and sustainer,
the loving Father who will not give his son a snake when
he asks for a fish. He can, if it pleases Him. To Him be all
glory forever and ever.

LESSON 3: How to live by the power of the Holy Spirit

I.

Part one: What the Holy Spirit does

A. He unites us to Jesus(Conversion)
1. 1 Corinthians 12:3
a. He cannot confess that Jesus is the Lord, unless by the
Holy Spirit.(Total Depravity)
b. Nope! The Holy Spirit removes the veil of sin that has so
covered our eyes ever since the advent of original sin.
c. You cannot curse Jesus.
2. 1 Corinthians 12:-13

a. We are all members of this one body under the headship

of Christ.
b. Yes! Universal church-that of this one body, there are
many members like parts of the body.
3. Ephesians 3:16-17
a. He prays that the Lord may make us strengthened with
power through His Spirit for His glory, that Christ may
dwell in our hearts through faith, and that we may be
rooted and grounded, sure of His great and all-surpassing
love.
b. That in the building up and working out of our faith, we
may be strengthened in the Holy Spirit in our hearts, to be
allotted the strength of perseverance, growth and the
ability to do what He has in store for us. That the Holy
Spirit may also work within us to help us understand, and
be certain and sure of it, that we may truly comprehend
the love of Christ, which surpasses all knowledge.
B. He Assures Us(Witness of the Spirit)
1. Romans 8:15-16
a. He is called the Spirit of adoption
b. With the Spirit, our sins have been forgive, we are set free
from bondage to sin, and are vindicated, adopted and
grafted onto the true vine(Rom 11:17-25), hence, we are
able to recognize God as our Father.
c. That we are children of God and hence, heirs of God
and fellow heirs with Christ. We have an inheritance in
the Holy Kingdom that is yet to come.
2. Ephesians 1:13-14
a. We are sealed in Christ(forever, the H/S is God, is
sovereign, and no one can remove the Holy Spirit from usperseverance of the saints) by the Holy Spirit that He
promised to us, and it is also a promise in itself, that He
will deliver us/has delivered us from the sin on the day of
Judgment.
b. He is the pledge of our inheritance-the Holy Spirit
reassures us that we are children of God, reminding us
that we will be resurrected and have eternal life in Christ.
c. We are redeemed as Gods possession, saved from sin and
eternal condemnation, that we may look forward one day,
to communing with God for all eternity!
C. THE SPIRIT RENEWS US TO BE LIKE JESUS(SANCTIFICATION)
1. 2 Corinthians 3:17-18
a. Where ever the Spirit of the Lord is(dwells)->
anthropomorphism there is no place where God is not
at(relationally, and in terms of sovereignty).
b. More and more like God, in His image
c. The Holy Spirit does the transformation
2. Galatians 5:22-23

a. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,

faithfulness, gentleness and self control
b. Some
c. Hate, fear, anxiety, intolerance, selfishness, devious,
untrusting, brutish, unrestrained
3. Romans 8:9
a. The Spirit that dwells in me I am bought with a price, I
am not my own
b. The flesh and its sinful desires and cravings do not bind
me.
PART TWO: HOW TO LIVE BY THE SPIRIT
A. Being filled with the Spirit
1. Galatians 5:25
a. The Spirit gives us life, freeing us from being dead in our
sins and trespasses
b. Being filled with the Holy Spirit means that one is able to
walk by the Spirit the Spirit strengthens, corrects,
convicts and teaches us what is pleasing in Gods eyes,
that we may not carry out the desire of the flesh(Gal
5:16) and what is leading us astray!
c. Nope! We should act, and familiarize ourselves with Gods
word, that in conjunction with the Spirit, we may mature in
our faith.
2. Ephesians 5:18
a. Not to be drunk on wine on the things of this world, that
lead to nothing productive.
b. To be filled with the Holy Spirit
c. Being captive and strengthened by the Spirit, let us glorify
God in all our actions by keeping His law and doing His
will, not quenching the Spirit.
B. How to live by the Spirit(submit and rely on the Spirit filled)
1. Galatians 2:20
a. it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me
b. The Spirit of God dwells in me(Rom 8:9) If we live by
the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit(Gal 5:25)
c. To live by faith in the Son of God to believe, trust and
surrender to the saving power of Jesus blood, believing
that whatever He said would come to pass, and
surrendering our lives to be subject and empowered by
the Holy Spirit.
2. Ephesians 3:16-17
a. That the Father may strengthen us with power through the
Holy Spirit, that Christ may dwell in our hearts through
faith, and that we may know the fullness and be rooted
and grounded in Christs love.
b. Often! Daily!
c. Memorize Ephesians 3:16-20

LESSON 4: HOW TO PROFIT FROM THE BIBLE

I.

Part one: What the bible is

A. The Bibles author
1. II Tim 3:16
a. All scripture is inspired by God God breathed!
b. All of it! All scripture
2. II Peter 1:20-21
a. No, the revelation of the bible is the mind and will of God
what He wants us to know. It is written by men moved by
the Holy Spirit and [spoken] from God.
b. A scribe - the Holy Spirit dictates, he writes
c. Author of the Bible
B. The Bibles subject
1. Luke 24:44-47
a. God/Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets and
the Psalms(Old Testament), to the New testament, which
is in essence, a record of what Jesus did, and a fulfillment
of the prophecies about Him, His teachings etc.
b. Christ would suffer and die on the cross, after which He
would be resurrected and that His name will be
proclaimed to all the nations of the world, in the call to
repentance and forgiveness of sin through Him, beginning
from Jerusalem
The Bibles purpose
1. Romans 10:17
a. Gods word produces faith.
2. II Timothy 3:15-17
a. Teaching, reproof(rebuke/reprimanding), correction,
training in righteousness
b. That we may have adequate to do every good work that
God has planned for us to do in this lifetime. The bible is
also the means by which we gain wisdom(seeing unity in
diversity, seeing and understanding Gods love for us,
understanding ourselves better, the mind of God, the

wretchedness of man etc etc) that leads to salvation

through faith in Christ Jesus.
i. Crf: Acts 20:32 => the word of God is able to build
you up and give you an inheritance among all those
who are sanctified
c. NOPE! The bible is like a buffet spread, how can one not
eat and still grow?

The Bible is authoritative because God is speaking,

infallible in all it teaches because God is perfect,
completely suffi cient for our needs because God is all-wise.
It is understandable because God was pleased to speak to us
in human words.

II Part Two: How the Bible is to be used

A. Public preaching
1. Romans 10:13-17
a. That others may believe
b. Others hear the gospel and the Holy Spirit may work
within those elect to bring them to God, in His own time.
2. I Timothy 4:13-16
a. To emphasize public reading of scripture, exhortation (An
address or communication emphatically(forcefully, w/o a
doubt) urging someone to do something.) and teaching.
b. Pay close attention to his own conduct, and also to what
he teaches, that he may not lead other astray.
c. That he himself may be strengthened in his faith and
understanding of God, so that he can ascertain his faith
truly, and also save others(tho it is the work of the Holy
Spirit, not us).
B. Baptism(merged with, filled with, washed, overwhelmed) and the Lords Supper

(seal us in
His love, and communicate+ confirm His grace to us through physical symbols: ie. Visible word)

1. Baptism
a. Luke 3:16
i. The Holy Spirit descending on us, being poured out
on us and reigning in our lives.
b. Romans 6:3-5
i. We are baptized into His death merged together,
the efficacy of His death was for us.
ii. Unites us with Christ, hence, we are empowered by
the Spirit to fight and triumph against sin.
c. Acts 2:38
i. We will receive forgiveness from our sins, and also
the gift of the Holy Spirit from God.
ii. We are to repent for our sins.

iii. To those who have faith and truly believe.

2. The Lords Supper
a. 1 Corinthians 11:23-29
i. Bread body of Christ, broken for us. Cup blood of
Chirst, new covenant of grace.
ii. In remembrance of Jesus death on the cross for us.
iii. We proclaim the Lords death, for in His death, we
have life and salvation.
iv. We are to thoroughly examine ourselves(search our
hearts if there are any sins that we have yet to
confess, and pray for our forgiveness), that we may
eat and drink in a worthy manner.
v. If we eat and drink in an unworthy manner, we eat
and drink judgment upon ourselves.
b. 1 Corinthians 10:16-17
i. We are sharing the Lords body and blood
ii. We are united to Chirst and in Christ.

C. Private Bible Study

1. Colossians 3:16
a. Dwell in me richly.
b. To gain wisdom to teach and admonish one another with
the Word of God(psalms), hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with thankfulness in your heart to God.
2. Acts 17:11
a. Examine the word with great eagerness.
b. To ascertain truth for themselves.
c. Yes, that we may not be swayed by false doctrine, that we
may know more about God, and hence ourselves.
3. II Timothy 3:15
a. The sacred writings the Bible
b. Able to have wisdom, and it also leads us to salvation
through faith in Christ Jesus.

LESSON FIVE: HOW TO OVERCOME SIN FORGIVENESS

I. Part one: What sin is and does
A. The nature of sin
1. 1 John 3:4
a. Sin is lawlessness disobedience of the divine law and
instruction given by the Lord, creator, sustainer, director.
It is rebellion against God.
b. His law the law was given to us so that we may know we
are sinful, and that we need grace.(Romans 3:19-20)
c. The Ten Commandments(Exo 20:1-17)
2. James 2:10-11

a. Yes, once guilty of one sin, one has already transgressed

the entire law.(v11)
b. All of it but because we are sinful humans, we cannot.
3. Nahum 1:2-3
a. He treats them as His enemies, reserving wrath, who
being just, will not let the guilty go unpunished(v3; Ex
34:7)
b. Slow to anger, abounding in love
c. Guilty will be punished guilty, not sinful. Guilt/sin is
different upon salvation through the blood of Jesus, we
are now blameless(Col 1:22)
4. Isaiah 59:2
a. Distinction between a Christian and an non-Christian must
be made. For a Christian, it separates us from God. God
is not constricted in the sense that we have the power/sin
has the power to separate us from God (Rom 8:38-39), or
that God is unable to influence us such that we are kept
from sin or that we have blocked God off(still sovereign
and all powerful). See notes sketch page 2 for
example/illustration.
For a non Christian, he has never seen himself as needing a savior, and has
already isolated himself from God. until and unless God works in him, he will
always be separated permanently, not temporarily like the Christian.

b. He cannot not hear, because He is relationally with us

always(omniscience), otherwise the sinner will never be
able to be saved because He cannot hear his heart cry
out in repentance. Rather, we have deliberately chosen
NOT to listen to Him as an act of rebellion.
i. God may chose to let us be in our own sin till we
realize it when something happens to us, or He may
intervene to save before we actually meet with that
something, but either way, it is His decision and His
will.
ii. We must know though, that since we have been
given the Holy Spirit, He will never leave us nor
forsake us, but will dwell in our hearts and bring us
along the path of sanctification. But as a real
Christian, the Holy Spirit will work within us to
convict us of our sins and let us genuinely seek and
desire to please God. If we dont have that.we are
to question if we are indeed a Christian in the first
placeor if we have separated ourselves from God
so much so that our rebellion is so great..God is
loving, and forgiving, if you return to Him, He will
embrace you as He embraced the prodigal son (even to
the extent of humiliating Himself by running to the son in publicawwwthe Love of God)

II.

(:
Part Two: Gods solution to our guilt
A. Christs work for us: The basis of justification
1. 1 John 2:1-2

a. Jesus Christ!
b. He is the propitiation for our sins He died for our sins on
the cross.
c. He turned away the wrath of God from us.
2. Gal 3:10 -14
a. Those who do not believe in Jesus Christ
b. Any trespass of even the most minute of the law, will be
under the curse of God.
c. By the law for the law is dead, and the law was given to
remind people of their need for God, no one is untainted,
everyone will fall.
d. He became a curse for us, in our place, that we may not
need to suffer torment in hell and separation from the
Father!
B. Our forgiveness, justification by faith
1. 2 Corinthians 5:18-21
a. Through Jesus Christ
b. By the death of Jesus Christ on the cross, He died for our
sins, in our place. God placed the trespasses of the world
on Jesus, His son, who bore it all on calvarys cross.
c. No He did not.
d. He was the perfect, all-sufficient price for our sins: He took
our sins on our behalf.
e. Justified through Christ set free from the
bondage(contract to pay for) of sin, we become
righteous in His eyes, in the sense that though we are
not perfect law keepers, we are blameless before God
now.
2. Romans 3:19-28
a. Vindicated, to be declared righteous
b. No the law is the ruler by which we measure and none of
us will/are ever up to mark! (knowledge of sin, Rom 3:20)
c. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God see also
Psalm 14:1-3
d. He died for us! He was the propitiation for our sins!
e. We are justified/acquitted/made righteous by FAITH alone.
f. We are reconciled to God being now considered righteous.
3. Romans 5:1
a. We are at peace with God.
b. Through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
III.
Part three: Dealing with sin as a Christian
A. Confess our sins
1. 1 John 1:8-9
a. The truth is not in us only by recognizing that we are
sinners do we recognize the need for grace and a savior
Jesus Chirst.
b. We must confess our sins to God.
c. He will cleanse us from all unrighteousness and forgive us
our sins.

d. He is faithful(to His promise/covenant through Jesus, as a

loving Father) and righteous(Christ Jesus was the epitome
of righteousness as God, and when He sacrificed Himself
for us, He was poured out for us, vindicating us and
making us righteous- a just God can be satisfied by a just
sacrifice).
2. Psalm 32:2-5
a. His body wasted away, and he was groaning because of
the weight of Gods hand upon him. He was not in good
health, nor at peace, nor had he the energy or the joy of
the Lord.
b. No, he was not in this situation.
c. He acknowledge his sin to God by confessing his
transgressions to the Lord, and did not hide his
iniquity(immoral behavior).
d. Forgave the guilt of his sin.

LESSON 6: HOW TO OVERCOME SIN REPENTANCE

I.

Part one: The power of sin

A. John 8:34
1. We were all slaves to sin
2. Under dominion of, wholly subject to as ones property.
B. Ephesians 2:1-3
1. I was dead! ):
2. I could not save myself, I was totally captive to sin, as an
inanimate puppet is moved only by the puppeteer, all I did was
subject to satans control.
3. Satan):
4. My sinful lusts of the body and mind, indulging in the desires of
the flesh.
5. Children of wrath(only capable of destruction be it to self,
others or of our own evil desires of the heart!)
C. Romans 3:12
1. Cannot do anything good
2. Nope. Dead alr):

3. Despicable, destined for hell and worthless creation that only

infuriates Him!
D. 1 Corinthians 2:14
1. Cannot accept, nor understand the things of the Lord!
2. Foolishness cannot comprehend their own sin, cannot see a
need for a savior, nor understand the things of the Spirit. Simply
because the Spirit does not dwell in them, and they are veiled by
sin, to reject God by the inborn evil within them.
3. NO.
II. Part 2: Christs victory over sin
A. Christs work for us
1. John 8:34-36
a. Free us from bondage to sin!
b. No, there is no middle ground saved or unsaved, God
haters and God lovers
2. 1 Peter 2:24
a. He bore my sins in His body
b. That we may now be empowered(die to sin) to live
righteously the focus is on salvation, not on
righteousness, cos no one can be righteous(ie. Sinless
before God), unless saved by the blood of the Lamb.
B. Our union with Christ
1. Colossians 2:12
a. We are arise by Him from the dead
b. Buried in baptism when we are baptized in the body of
Christ, we are sealed in His death(die to sin); as we are
sealed in His death, so are we also sealed to life(life of
righteousness) when He rose. All this is by faith from God
that we are now made a new creation.
2. Romans 6:1-7
a. It shows our union with Christ inseparably sealed by
baptism through Faith given by God.
b. Our former selves were crucified with Him, that the body
of sin might be done away with.
c. We are no longer slaves to sin.
3. Colossians 3:9-10
a. My old self of immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire,
and greed(which amounts to idolatry)
b. A new self, setting my mind on the things above(by the
true knowledge of Christ), not on the things on earth.
III.
Part 3: How to overcome sin
A. Our attitude
1. Romans 6:11-13
a. We should hate it and think of it as something of our past
life
b. Grateful, thankful! That I am alive in Christ!
c. Do not let sin reign in my body such that I obey its lusts!
d. Present myself to God as one alive from the dead, and
every part of my body as an instrument of righteousness
to God.

2. Colossians 3:5-8, 12-14

a. We are to consider them DEAD lifeless, no longer apart
of us, whom are alive, powerless!
b. <<>>
c. Put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility,
gentleness, patience, forbearance, forgiveness and love!
B. Our means and power
1. The Holy Spirit : Romans 8:12-17
a. We are not under obligation to the flesh we can step out
of sin!
b. Put to death the deeds of the body, by the power of the
Holy Spirit!
c. The Holy Spirit!
d. We are led to know our sins, and empowered to renounce
them; and according to the moral will of God given in the
Bible, bear the fruit of His Spirit, which is love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and
self control.
e. As we suffer against our sins, we must remember that we
will one day be glorified in Him, For I consider that the
sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be
compared to the glory that is to be revealed to us(Rom
8:18-25)
2. The Word of God, John 8:31-32
a. We must know the truth
b. The Word of God which is the Bible understand the
teachings that God reveals to us, and apply them, unlike a
man who sees his image in a mirror and at the next
moment when he walks away, forgets it. The Spirit takes
the word and makes it effective in our lives. Remember
also the armour of God: Shield of Faith, sword of the Spirit,
which is the Word of God.
3. Faith and Prayer: Galatians 2:20
a. Christ is my true life, Christ lives in me!
b. Live by faith in the Son of God obeying His word,
pleasing Him, glorifying Him, enjoying Him, looking
forward to the day that we will meet Him!--- Faith
expresses itself in prayer, because we believe in God,
therefore we call out to Him.
4. Christians & Church discipline : Galatians 6:1
a. We are to restore(notice restore is used, not rebuke. To
restore something is to bring it back to the original, the
original truth in Christ)
b. Be gentle to him/her (in a spirit of gentleness), prayerfully
committing the brother/sister as well as yourself to Christ,
for apart from Him we can do nothing, and we ourselves
may fall into sin!
c. Yes!

LESSON SEVEN: HOW TO LOVE OTHERS

I.

Part One: Our motive for love

A. God is Love : 1 John 4:7-8
1. We are born of God, love is a characteristic of being born again!
2. They are born of God, and they know God!
3. No! if you do not love, you do not know God, if you do not know
God, how can you be a Christian?
B. God has shown us love : 1 John 4:9-11
1. He gave us His own son as the sacrifice/atonement for our sins.
2. We should love others as God has loved us!

II. Part Two: The character of love

A. Love is an action: 1 John 3:16-18
1. Jesus is the patter for us to love what are inconveniences,
scolding, being looked down upon, when considered to the death
Christ paid for our sins? He loved us so much as to die for us.
2. He laid down His life for us
3. He commands us that we ought to lay down our lives for the
brethren(v.16), and not be stingy with what we can provide for
others in need.
4. No. actions speak louder than words!
5. We are to love in deed and in truth in actions and with
sincerity, not a hypocritical heart!
6. <<>>
7. Go out of the way to help others, even when it is clearly not my
job. Show care and concern about them.
B. Love is an attitude: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
1. Patient, kind, not jealous, does not brag, is not arrogant(humble),
does not act unbecomingly(restrained), does not seek its
own(selfless), is not provoked(to quick anger), does not
remember wrong suffered(forgiving), does not rejoice in
unrighteousness but rejoices with the truth(is delighted with
honesty), bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,
endures all things.

a. Bears does not give up or take the easy way out

b. Believes that God is in control(Isaiah 46), and that He
works all things according for the good of those who love
Him,.
c. Hopes does not condemn, but commits to God, knowing
that God can change him/her/the situation etc.
d. Endures while the moment may not yet be right for the
Lords timing, so one endures and waits upon the Lord.
2. Impatience, stingy, jealous, shows off, arrogant, rude, selfish,
easily provoked to anger(hot tempered), counts the wrongs of
others, lies.
3. Only Jesus Christ!(: and I think daddy and mommy, and maybe
bel!(: hee!

III.Part three: The people we love

A. Loving other Christians(The Church)
1. What the Church is
A. Romans 12:4-5
i. Members of one body
ii. We are bound together in Christ
iii. The body cannot function as it is supposed to in the same
way that an automatic transmission, no matter how refined
and sophisticated, even if one gear is missing, the entire
can either not function at all, or not function as well.
B. Ephesians 1:19-23
i. All rulers, authority, power, dominion, man, beast, nature,
satan, Christians etc in short, everything!
ii. The Church is His body the Kings kingdom is His church.
A king has nothing to rule over if he does not have his
people.
C. Ephesians 2:19-22
i. We are fellow citizens within the saints, part of Gods
household(family). We are also building blocks of the holy
temple in the Lord, built together by the work of the Holy
Spirit.
ii. Made up of saints, citizens of Gods household, fitted
together to be a holy temple with Christ as cornerstone,
built together by the work of the Holy Spirit in us.
D. The apostles and prophets apostles => new Testament, prophets =>
old Testamentthus the bible, word of God!
2. Leadership in Church
A. Ephesians 4:11-13
i. Apostles(ardent supporter with direct contact with Christ),
prophets(as in the OT times, to speak forth revelation from
God through His messages to them and us),
evangelists(preachers), pastors(guides/mini shepherds of
His flock in love), teachers(gifted in making known Gods
truth to us).

ii. Evangelists, pastors, teachers(Prophets and apostles were

only for the foundation of the church Eph 2:19-20)
iii. To equip us(for our battle is not against flesh and blood,
but is a spiritual war Eph 6:12), to build up(ie. Strengthen)
the body of Christ.
iv. That true believers may be united in Christ(genuine faith),
and come to possess true knowledge(not speculative, or
simple acknowledgement of God as savior, but genuine
affection, intimacy and honor of Him) of God through the
Word and the work of the Holy Spirit that we may mature
and come to become the perfect man(not in this world)
B. Hebrews 13:17
i. We should obey and submit to them
ii. They are like your shepherds, whom are accountable for
you. If you keep running away, it is likely an act of
arrogance and rebellion, thinking that we know better and
that the shepherd is falsely out to get us, or is not up to
par, provided what he/she says is according to scripture.
3. Life in the Church
A. Colossians 3:12-17
i. We are to put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility,
gentleness, patience and love.
ii. We should bear with them, and forgive them, just as the
Lord forgave our iniquities.
iii. Love unites Christians that we may be set apart in this
increasingly corrupt and selfish society.
iv. Let the peace of reconciliation rule our hearts vindicated
and blameless before God, reunited with Him by His sons
death. That we may do all things with the objective of
glorifying God as His children. Word of God dwell in us,
because nothing in the world can satisfy, nothing is worthy
of this.
v. Do everything(speech or act) for His glory, giving thanks
that we have the opportunity to do so, and can even do so,
solely by His grace and reconciliation.
B. Loving non-Christians
1. Non Christians in general: Gal 6:10
a. Everyone
b. Nope! They will know we are Christians by the love of Christ that
flows from us.
c. <<Colleagues>>
2. Those who hate us : Luke 6:27-28 , 36
a. We are to love our enemies and do good to those who hate us
b. We should pray for them and bless them
c. WE should be merciful just as our Father has shown us mercy
even the non Christians love those whom are good to them, how
can our life be a testimony to God if we do not go beyond that?
Let us witness for Christ following the example of His love.
IV.Part Four: How to love

A. Knowing Gods love

1. 1 John 4:19-20
a. We can love because He first loved us we cannot love by
our own power
b. No! If we do not love whom He commanded us to love, we
do not know Him, for if we love Him we will obey His
commands(Jn 14:15).
c. You are a liar, and must truly ask the Holy Spirit to search
your heart if you are truly a new creation in Christ.
2. Romans 5: 5
a. The love of God is poured out into us.
b. The Holy Spirit
3. Colossians 3:13
a. To bear with and forgive one another.
b. Because Christ loved us and forgave us our sins.
4. John 15:9-12
a. Christ has loved us
b. We are to abide in His words, that He may abide in us.
c. Keep His commandments 10 commandments and love
your neighbor as yourself
d. To obey his command to love
B. Trusting God to help!
1. Philippians 4:13
a. All things!
b. He has more than enough with Christ as His supplier
grace supplied to him from God, strength to endure
whatever he may face, through Christ who strengthens
him.
2. Philippians 4:6
a. Everything! In all circumstances, we are to pray to God
with prayer and petition/supplication(to humbly beg) with
thanksgiving.
b. Yes!

LESSON EIGHT : HOW TO ENDURE SUFFERING

I.

Part One: Suffering and our sin

A. Suffering as discipline for our sin: Hebrews 12:1-11
1. Everyone whom the Lord loves He disciplines, and He scourges
every son whom He receives.
2. We should endure it, for it is God caring and loving us, that He
wants us to be more like Himself!

3. We should submit to God, humbly repenting for our sins and

understanding His best intentions for us.
4. He disciplines us for our good, that we may become more holy
sanctification!
5. It yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness though currently
there is physical pain, it yields spiritual peace in holiness and
doing what is right in Gods sight.
6. Fix our eyes upon Jesus, the author(beginner) and perfecter(who
will see it to completion) of our faith, remembering the hostility
he faced to set us free and purchase pardon for us.
7. We will grow weary and lose heart.
B. Suffering as a result of our struggle with sin
1. Romans 7:21-25
a. Though Jesus saved our souls from eternal separation
from God, hence, our inner man(spirit concurs with the
Law of God), but the body wages war against our spirit
while we are in this body, we are still prisoners to the law
of sin in our sinful bodies.
b. Wretched man
c. YES! ): I am so evil):
2. Romans 8:12-23
a. We are under obligation to live by the Spirit, not by the
flesh.
b. The Spirit leads us to put to death the deeds of the flesh
c. The Spirit testifies with our spirit(soul) that we are children
of God(He is our Father), that we are not in bondage to
sin.
d. We suffer with Christ
e. Christ has overcome this world! He is to be glorified
through His suffering in the past.
f. That we may one day be glorified with Him, this glory that
will be revealed in us surpasses our understanding, and
will be greater than the best possible recompense that we
can think of! Hence, we must have faith and hope in the
Lord, believing what He is saying!
g. Unworthy to be weighed against our present sufferings
h. We wait eagerly to be redeemed, and to have a new,
perfect body, when so, we may be blameless and
commune with God as His sons!
II.
Part Two: Suffering and Our Faith
A. James 1:2-4
1. We should consider it ALL JOY all, not just in part, but the whole
process, pain, stings, conclusion etc, all JOY! For we know that
God disciplines His children to make them Holy like Him! His
discipline is a show of His love for us! Praise God in trials, for He
does it for our own good(Heb 12:4-11)
2. That we may become perfect and complete(sanctification
process)
3. That our faith may be tested, and through
perseverance/endurance in trials we may be made more and

more in the image of Christ! That our new man may grow and
mature.
4. That we may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing when
we have first salvation, and then bear the fruit of the Spirit, we
become a holistic, new creation, that when others see the things
we do, they give glory to the Father in heaven(Matt 5:16)
perfect and complete(holistically), lacking nothing(physical and
spiritual reform)
B. Romans 5:3-5
1. Perseverance(endurance), character(bear fruit of the Spirit),
hope(faith in Christ)
2. We do not have an empty hope(faith) in God because His love
has been poured out on us(note poured not sprinkled, not
dripped, but poured, LAVISHED) by the Holy Spirit, whom
testifies with our souls/spirit that we are children of God, that we
may understand with irrefutable certainty that God is whom He
said He is, the one true, promise keeping(covenantal), sovereign
God our bible is hence true, and hence all that it teaches us
and asks us to hope for(suffer now, exceeding glory in Christ
later Rom 8:18) is all credible and true.
C. 1 Peter 1:6-7
1. Because we have an inheritance that doesnt perish(v4-5)
2. That through temptations and trials we find ourselves changed
and sanctified such that we are able to give praise and glory and
honor to God in the circumstances and furthermore when we
meet Him in our new bodies!!
3. Salvation of our souls! Glory & honor to God! Pleasing Him!(v89), at the revelation of Jesus Christ(resurrection).
III.
Part Three: Suffering for Christ and righteousness
A. Suffering for righteousness
1. 1 Peter 2:18-25
a. Consider God, for he gives us the conscience to know we
are not suffering in vain.
b. The Lord is said to favor (shower grace upon) those whom
suffer unjustly for righteousness sake.
c. No, they are not. For we have been called as children of
God to live holy lives, just as our Father is holy(1 Peter
1:16), and in doing so, the flesh is set against the Spirit,
and the Spirit against the flesh(Gal 5:17) we are daily
putting to death our flesh
d. Christ Jesus, who was without sin, yet took the blame for
ALL sin.
e. He did not complain, He did not curse, He just endured
2. 1 Peter 3:13-17
a. You are blessed gaining favor in the sight of God
good((:
b. Do not be intimidated by the dark, foreboding
circumstances, do not be troubled, for we are on the side
of Him who has overcome all these.

c. Sanctify(set apart) God as Lord in your heart(Set apart

holy, revered, on the throne of your heart, to control, to
lead, to command, and to instruct you), and when others
question us why we can take it and not complain, why we
are so different, we must be prepared to share the
hope(gospel) and the source of our strength(Christ) with
them with gentleness and respecting them.
d. By always living in a godly manner, that others will not
have a chance to slander us, and even if they do, our
actions will prove otherwise.
e. They(slanderers) will be put to shame, and God will be
honored!
B. Suffering for the name of Christ(1 Peter 4:12-19)
1. We participate in Christs sufferings too!
2. I should keep on rejoicing, for how pale does my suffering seem
when compared to Chirsts on the cross?
3. When we rise again, we will be joyous when He comes again!
4. To the revelation of His glory!
5. The Spirit of God rests on us, for without the Spirit, we are
unable to do anything good! The Spirit is exceptionally close to
us, to provide strength and help(spiritually, that we may be able
to rejoice!)
6. We are to be glad for He is suffering for the glory of God! We are
to entrust our souls entirely to our FAITHFUL CREATOR(Faithful
will not give us more than we can bear, has a purpose for us,
loves us etc)(Creator conservatio(Conserves: Acts 17:2428),concursus(causes all things to work together: Rom 8:28, Eph
1:11) , gubernatio(Director, everything planned and known:
Isaiah 46))

Lesson Nine: How to deal with your emotions

I.

Part One: Fear and worry

A. Proper and improper fear
1. Ecclesiastes 12:13
a. To fear God and to keep His commands
b. No!
c. Godly fear fear such that we flee from sin!
2. Matthew 10:27-31
a. Fear of those or anything who cannot kill your soul
b. We need not fear them nor the circumstances because we
ourselves are loved by God, and He has power and

dominion over all things, He is in control, and

circumstances that we face are in His secret(decretive)
will.
c. Fear Him who can both kill the body and the soul in hell.
(Jesus Christ)
3. 1 Peter 3:13-14(??)
a. The world or anything in it, everything, except the Lord.
b. Death!
B. Wrong and legitimate concern
1. Matthew 6:25-34
a. What you shall eat, what we need to survive on, what we
shall wear
b. YES! Not pleasing God =P
2. James 4:13-17
a. Yes, to plan it without including God in it
b. Yes
c. Pray and commit the plan that you have to the Lord, that
it may be honoring to Him, and ensuring that your plan
does not go against His commandments, after which,
keeping in mind that we do all things for His glory, go
ahead!(:
C. Gods solution to improper fear and worry
1. Gods sovereignty: Ephesians 1:11
a. Yes
b. All things
c. Nope, none by luck either, all in His plan
d. Yes, all things are predestined according to His purpose
who works all things after the counsel of His will.
2. Gods promise: Romans 8:28
a. He causes all things to work together for the good of those
who love Him, and whom are called to His
purpose(salvation).
b. Yes
c. Nope! Only when we draw far away from God
3. Romans 8:38-39
a. No! Christ is all-powerful God, if He chose me, whose
power is greater than His to draw me away from Him?
b. Nothing!
4. Matthew 6:32:33
a. Yes He does!
b. No!
D. Overcoming the habits of fear and worry
1. Focusing on Gods promises(Faith)
a. 1 Peter 3:13-15
i. We are to sanctify(set apart) God as Christ in our
hearts!
ii. To place God as Lord over everything that we think
about, always remembering that He is in sovereign
control, and that He works all things for the good of
those who love Him.
b. Psalm 37:1-5

i. Trust in the Lord and do good, have faith in Him,

delight in the Lord, commit my way to the Lord, trust
in Him.
ii. He will give me the desires of my heart, for I desire
according to His will!
2. Calling upon God(Prayer)Philippians 4:4-7
a. Pray about everything
b. Humbly beg and thank God
c. We will be at peace in knowing that He is in ultimate
control not the feeling, or just the feeling alone, but we
will no longer have anxiety.
d. Yes. Knowing that God hears our prayers!
3. Obeying God first
a. Matthew 6:31-34
i. Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness.
ii. Seek to do His will - that the furtherance of His
kingdom, that good may be done to others first, that
His gospel may be spread, and His righteousness be
lived out in our lives, according to what pleases Him,
for He will provide all that we need, according to what
He knows we need.
b. Ecclesiastes 12:13
i. Fear God and obey His commandments
ii. No!
II. Part two: Anger and bitterness
A. Anger and bitterness are forbidden: Ephesians 4:30-32
1. Unwholesome words all bitterness(marked resentment),
wrath(vengefully angry), anger, clamor(unruly protest),
slander(falsely/maliciously state something about someone),
malice(evil intent to harm)
2. The Holy Spirit ):
3. Be kind to one another, tender hearted and forgiving, following
in the example of Christ
B. How to deal with anger and bitterness
1. Following the example of Christ: 1 Peter 2:21-23
a. NO
b. He did not revile in return, He did not threaten, He just
kept entrusting Himself to God who judges righteously.
c. Entrust it to God who judges righteously.
d. No, for how different will we be from non Christians if we
are?
2. Practical suggestions: Ephesians 4:26-32
a. Nope! We will give the devil a foothold!!!
b. With patience, grace and not unwholesome words.
c. Edify and give grace to others, building them up.
d. Yes, as Christ did, so must I do!
e. Just as how by grace I have been loved, as Gods child, let
me be a chip off the old block(:
III. Part Three: Depression

A. What depression is
B. Gods solution to depression
1. Changing our focus: Philippians 4:4-9
a. Rejoice in the Lord!
b. Always!
c. Whatever is true(Word of God), honorable(decent), right,
pure(clean), lovely, commendable, excellent, worthy of
praise.
d. Practice what God teaches us through His word.
2. Changing our actions: Genesis 4:2-7
a. God looked with favor upon him whom had done right in
His sight, to him whom the Lord did not favor, was
miserable.
b. To master sin: To do good, not evil, for in doing well, he
would be accepted by Christ, but if he did not, sin was
crouching at his door, waiting to devour him.
c. He would be accepted by the Lord.
d. Sin and how it is crouching at our door, it desires for us, to
make us rebel against God.
Lesson Ten: How to have a Christian Marriage
I.

Part one: The Marriage bond

A. Gods plan for marriage: Genesis 2:18-35
1. The beasts of the field were not suitable helpers for Adam
2. Get all the beasts to come before him to find a suitable helper.
3. A suitable helper.
4. From his ribs, he made a woman
5. He cherished her as the bone of his bones, the flesh of his flesh.
6. His father and his mother
7. Joined together as one flesh.
B. Gods requirement of fidelity: Matthew 19:4-6
1. God joined together
2. Man must not divorce unless there is immorality
3. No!
C. Divorce and re-marriage
1. Matthew 19:8-9
a. Adultery
b. Immorality
2. 1 Corinthians 7:12-15
a. Nope
b. Let her go in peace
c. Yes, he or she may remarry

*Divorce is not part of Gods original plan for marriage(Matt 19:4-6), and
only under the circumstances of adultery or desertion of a non believing
spouse is re-marriage allowed
II. Part Two: The roles of husbands and wives
A. Wives: Ephesians 5:22-24
1. Wives are to be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord in
everything

2. When she submits to her husband, she submits to Christ

3. As Christ is the head of the Church, the husband is the head of
the wife. Just as the church is subject to Christ, so the wife must
also be subject to Christ.
B. Husbands: Ephesians 5:25-33
1. Love your wife
2. To the same extent as Christ loved the church and gave Himself
up for Her
3. He died for the church that we may be sanctified and cleansed,
holy and blameless such that we may be reconciled to God.
4. Husbands ought to love his wife as his own body
5. Nope, the husband should care for his wife on the same level, or
even deny himself for his wife. (sacrificially)
III. Part 3: Solving problems in marriage
A. Seeking forgiveness: Matthew 7:1-5
1. Judge others
2. Your own sin!
B. Granting forgiveness: Ephesians 4:31-32
1. Being angry is a motivator to solve problems is acceptable when
out of love, though we must be cautious that it is only a
righteous anger that is acceptable, and that in your anger, do
not sin(ie. Lash out, spite, etc).
2. Be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other
3. As Gods children, we seek to remember Christs example, that
he has forgiven you so hefty the weight of your many sins, can
you not be more forgiving?
C. Attacking problems, not people.
1. Ephesians 4:29
a. No unwholesome word at any moment, and speaking
sparingly according only to what is necessary, for where
words are many, sin is not absent.
b. Edify according to the need of the moment that it may
give grace to those who hear it
2. James 1:19
a. Quick to listen(instead of jumping to conclusions)
b. Slow to anger and slow to speech

LESSON ELEVEN: HOW TO USE YOUR RESOURCES

I.

Part One: Perspectives on your resources

A. God is the owner of all things
1. Psalm 24:1-2
a. God
b. God
c. God
d. He is the creator of all things, and even of TIME!
2. James 1:17
a. From God
b. God, because every good and perfect gift is from Him.
B. God is the ruler of all things
1. Job 14:5
a. Gods will dictates that we live for a set time.
b. God
c. Nope, for I do not know when I will die, or be stricken, time
is in the hands of the Lord!
2. Isaiah 45:7
a. God
b. Nope! Nothing is by chance! Gods sovereignty owns!
c. No! God is in control
d. God rules and controls all!

II. Part Two: How to use your time and energy

A. Good stewardship of time and energy
1. Ephesians 5:15-16
a. We are to live carefully, not as unwise but as wise because
satan wants to tempt us to use our time unwisely in vain
persuits
b. No!
c. Time probably the most precious resource from God,
every second that is wasted cannot be turned back
d. Days are evil! Want to lead us to stray from doing things
pleasing to God!
2. 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12
a. Nope!
b. Busybodies, not doing their own work but seeing and
thinking about what others are doing
c. Work in humility and eat according to their work! Not to
live off others!
B. Priorities in your use of time and energy
1. Time with God
a. Psalm 119:9-11(reading the word meditating on
commandments)

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3.

4.

5.

i. By seeking God with all my heart and keeping His

commandments
ii. Treasuring the Word of God in heart that we may not
sin against God.
b. Colossians 4:2-4(Prayer and sharing the gospel)
i. Praying for and in everything, with an attitude of
thanksgiving
ii. That we may have a way and opportunity to speak the
gospel of Christ, for which is our duty(imprisoned).
Time Working: 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
a. Lead a quiet life, attend to your own business, work with
your hands
b. That we may walk decently in the eyes of outsides(whom
are always prying towards Christians lives!) and be in
need of nothing.
Time with family: Ephesians 5:22-6:4
a. Respect their husbands and be subject to them
b. Love their wives as they love themselves and as Christ
loved the church
c. Not to provoke your children but bring them up in
discipline and instruction in the Lord
d. Honor your parents
Time with the body of Christ: Hebrews 10:25
a. Meeting together
b. Encourage each other and support each other, not be like
a brood of vipers attacking each other!
Time in service to others
a. Galatians 6:10
i. To all people
ii. When we have the breath of life(while we have the
opportunity). While we are still able to!
b. James 1:27
i. Nope!
ii. Those in need
c. Colossians 4:5-6
i. Yes, at every opportunity let us share!
ii. Not always =X

III. Part three: How to use your money and possessions

A. The needs of your family
1. 1 Timothy 5:8
a. His own family
b. You have denied the faith and are worse than an
unbeliever.
2. Titus 3:14
a. Learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing
needs(not wants, but the dire needs of those whom really
need)
b. Because we are commanded to, and also that through this
denying of ourselves, we learn to love and bear the fruit of
the spirit.

B. The Elders(ministers, pastors) who instruct you

1. 1 Timothy 5:17-18
a. Elders who rule well, especially those working hard in
preaching and teaching
b. YES!
2. Galatians 6:6
a. The one who is taught the word is to share all good things with
the one who teaches him.
b. Nope, but we should show our gifts and heart in appreciation of
their guidance, help, and teaching(:
A. Those in need
1. 1 Timothy 6:17-18
a. He should not be conceited or fix his hope on the riches of this
world which are uncertain
b. Fix my hope on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.
To do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to
share.
c. No!!!
2. 2 Corinthians 9:6-9
a. Nope! He loves a cheerful giver!
b. I must decide on my own
c. No! He is able to make all grace abound to you, that I may have
sufficiency in everything, abundance for every good deed(:

LESSON TWELVE: How to witness to others

I.

Part One: The motivation to witness Gods command

A. Our corporate responsibility as Gods people
1. The command of Christ: Matthew 28:18-20
a. All authority on heaven and on earth
b. Go and make disciples of all nations
c. Teach them to obey all Gods commands
2. 1 Thessalonians 1:4-10

a. By word of mouth, and also in power(miracles and signs

then at that time) and in the Holy Spirit with full
conviction.
b. They welcomed it with much joy though they were
persecuted.
c. The word of the Lord was spread far and wide
B. The power to witness(The Holy Spirit)
1. Gods promise to the Church: Acts 1:8
a. We will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon
us(the Holy Spirit is poured out upon us when we come to
believe in Christ(Pentecost, and Acts 2:37-38)
b. His witnesses
c. To all parts of the earth!
2. Acts 4:23-31
a. Grant that your servants may speak your word with
confidence
b. God filled them with the Holy Spirit
c. They began to spread and speak of the gospel with
boldness.
II. Part Two: The Message
A. The Basic Message(Christ)
1. 1 Corinthians 15:1-7
a. Christ
b. He died for our sins, and was buried and rose again on the
third day according to the scriptures. And He revealed
himself to his 12 disciples and then to all the apostles, and
about five hundred people.
2. John 3:16-17
a. Gods only son
b. His love for us- that we would not perish but be saved
c. Believe in the name of God
B. Necessary background knowledge( Acts17:22-31)
1. He began with observations about them that they were very
religious
2. Points
a. God made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of
heaven and earth.
b. He does not live in temples made with hands, nor is He
served by humans, as though He needed anything, since
He was the giver of life and breath and all things.
c. He made every nation out of one man, and has
determined their history and the things to be, their waking
up and their falling asleep.
d. That we might grope around in darkness and try to find
Him, though He is not far from any one of us, for we
subsist in Him, and He alone sustains us!
e. He is not like any gold, silver or stone, nor an image
formed by the art and thought of man(we cannot
comprehend Him).

f.

He makes a call to all people that they should repent from

their ignorance, for there is a date of judgement in
righteousness which none without the blood of the perfect
sacrificial lamb that will not be damned.
g. His judgement will occur through Jesus Christ in His
second coming since He rose from the dead 3 days after
He was crucified on the cross!
III. Part 3: The Method
A. General Principles
1. Colossians 4:5-6
a. Be wise in the way we deal with them- remember that
testimony is not just in speech, but also in works!
b. Every opportunity that the Lord allows us to share the
gospel and reap the blossoming fruit
c. Always be gracious, with Christian conduct, and without
back biting or putting the other down harshly, showing all
manner of wisdom in explaining our points and gently
refuting theirs. As a meal seasoned well, that they may be
inclined to know and willing to hear more.
d. Always be ready to give a response for the reason of our
hope, with meekness and in fear(reverence of the Lord): 1
Peter 3:15
2. 1 Peter 3:15-16
a. He should be set apart as Lord in my life!
b. To give a defense to everyone who asks me to give an
account of the hope that is in me
c. With gentleness and reverence and in good conscience

The great I AM(Exo 3:14), God of all flesh for whom nothing is too
difficult(Jer 32:17). You are my sole helper, the sustainer of my
soul(Ps 54:4) and [upholder] of all things (Heb 1:3). God is our refuge
and strength, a very present help in trouble(Ps 46:1), who according to
His purpose [,works] all things after the counsel of His will (Eph 1:11), by
which all things work together for good to those who love God, who are
called according to His purpose (Rom 8:28).
[Your] purpose will be established according to [Your] good pleasure
(Isaiah 46:10). For just as you [call] a bird of prey from the east, the man
of [Your] purpose from a far country, so truly [You] have spoken; truly
[You] will bring I to pass(Isaiah 46:11). As [Your] ways are higher than
[my] ways, and [Your] thoughts than [my] thoughts(Is 55:9), so I humbly
submit to You my Lord, I have no good besides you(Ps 16:2).