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Lesson OneNew Testament Introduction4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoThe Gospels4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeWho Is Jesus Christ?4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourJesus's Ministry4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveActs' Story4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SixPaul's Life and Ministry4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SevenPaul's Epistles - Part I4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson EightPaul's Epistles - Part II4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson NineHebrews and the General Epistles4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TenThe Johannine Letters4 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
Discussion Questions
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Why is it impossible to do this in your own strength? How has Christ helped you in following Him?
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Due to original sin, all humans are fallen, and do not have the ability to free themselves from sin. We must call on the Lord for help should we truly want to be released from the slavery of sin.
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We are sinful men, we need the HS to empower us to obey.
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Because our own strength is based our flesh and its sinful desires – It is only possible to live the Christian life through the power of the Holy spirit which transforms our sinful nature to talk in the Spirit.
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It is impossible because all faith, election, and desire is from God. Christ has helped me by, dying for me so that I could even come to the Father. He has given me the Holy Spirit to help me in my weakness. He has given me faith to believe, and support to continue. I am nothing without Christ.
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He has given me a church family to help teach me, fellowship with me and correct me when needed. With His help and theirs I have grown a lot in the last few years.
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In 3 John we learned how to deal with someone teaching false doctrine. How do you respond to teachings that contradict Scripture?
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I currently do not respond or gently disagree.
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We must always turn to scripture to identify false teaching – false teaching must be addressed in love.
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I use my Bible to show them in love what the Bible really says about a subject. In fact I had someone ask me to give her a Bible reference so that she can confront a false teaching
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I use Scripture to show where and how that teaching contradicts Scripture. When we are confronting false teachings we cannot do it in a combative way but in love.
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In the past, more so than now, I would argue against false teachings without responding in love. As I grow in the Lord, I am trying not to just point out the errors through aggressive behavior without love but rather share the “truth in love”.
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In commenting on 1 John, Dr. Buzzell said, “If you want to be convinced that you are in Christ, then you have to live the way Christ taught you to live.” Why?
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The Holy Spirit, Christ’s power in us, works in the hearts of believers towards obedience.
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If we don’t live the way Christ has taught us then we are hypocritical – the way to experience christianity is to live according to Gods word and do what it says.
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Faith without works is dead.
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If we are truly saved we will want to walk as Christ taught us and if we are living as Christ taught us to live he will give us the confidence we need to know that we are HIs. If we are not walking as Christ taught then we can never be sure if we are truly saved and the world will be convinced that we aren’t.
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As unnatural as it maybe to our fallen humanity, living out the teachings of Jesus and patterning our lives after Him are definite proofs that we truly believe He is the Son of God, the Messiah, our Savior or else why would we want to follow Him? If we don’t believe the teachings of tge Bible, the following after fleshly desires would be our norm.