Study # 1

How did we get into this relationship with God?

The following verses will help you understand what God says is now true of your relationship with Him. After you read the verse, the question that follows will help you notice what that verse says.

(The little numbers in front of each sentence designate “verses” and is simply a numbering system created long ago to help Christians refer to specific sentences in the Bible.)

John 1
¹²Yet to all who received Him [Jesus], to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.

Q- How does a person become a child of God?
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John 15
¹⁶You did not choose me, but I chose you…

1 Corinthians 1
⁹God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

Ephesians 1
⁴For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. ⁵In love He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will.

Q- In verse 5, what was God’s motivation for choosing us?

Colossians 1
¹³For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves, ¹⁴in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Q- As you look at this verse, what four things has God has done for you?

Q- When the Bible says that Jesus saved us, what did He save us from?

Q- Is it up to us to earn our salvation?

Q- Can anyone gain salvation by doing good things?

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Study #2

Will this relationship last?

John 1
¹²Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God- ¹³children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

Q- At what moment did your new life begin?

Q- Once a person accepts Jesus into their life, according to verse 17, how different is their life now?

2 Corinthians 1
²²[He] set his seal of ownership on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a deposit…

Q- What did God give us when we accepted Christ? (The Bible clearly teaches there is only one God, yet in three “persons”…the Father, the Son (Jesus), the Holy Spirit.)

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Q- What does it mean to you that God promises that He will never fail you nor forsake you?

Q- Who keeps you secure in His hand?

Q- In verse 28, what does Jesus say He gives us?

1 John 5
¹¹And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.¹²He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. ¹³I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

Q- According to verse 11, how do we obtain eternal life?

Q- Who has eternal life, according to verses 12 and 13?

Q- Is it possible to have received Jesus, to personally believe in the Son and not have eternal life?

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Conclusion: Summarize from all of these verses how you can know that your relationship with Jesus is secure.

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Study #3

Sin and Its Effects

Romans 3
²³For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. ²⁵God presented Him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in His blood. He did this to demonstrate His justice, because in His forbearance He had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished.

Q- According to verse 23, who sins?

Q- Yet verse 24 says that God declares us not guilty. Why?

Q- Verse 25 – How are people made right with God?

Q- Are we forgiven because we stop sinning?

Q- Why are we forgiven?

Q- Why do we have peace with God?

1 John 1
⁸If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. ⁹If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰If we claim we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar and His word has no place in our lives.

Q- What does God want us to do with our sins?

Q- What two things will God do when we confess our sins to Him?

Q- How does God feel about denial or downplaying our sins?

Conclusion: Summarize what God wants us to do when we sin.

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Study #4

How God Builds His Character in Us

2 Corinthians 5
¹⁷Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

Galatians 5
¹⁶So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. ¹⁷For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.

Q- Before you became a Christian, you simply did what you wanted. But now, according to these verses, what kind of conflict will you now experience?

Q- According to verse 16, what are we to do?

Q- And according to verse 16, if we do, what will be the outcome?

Q- Does God intend for this lifestyle to be characteristic of our lives, now that Christ lives in us?

Q- What does God want to do in your life?

Q- What will happen as we allow the Holy Spirit to change our lives?

Q- Instead of a life characterized by sin, what does God want to produce in our lives?

Q- According to verse 25, how can these qualities become true in our lives?

Q- What three things does Jesus ask us to do?

Q- And how would this change our lives?

Q- Jesus used the example of grapes growing on branches, connected to the main vine. As we seek to obey Jesus, according to verse 5, what produces the fruit (His qualities) in our lives?

John 15
⁵ …apart from me you can do nothing.

2 Corinthians 4
⁷ …this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

Q- According to these verses, who does God want us to rely on for change in our lives? Is it up to us to change ourselves?

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Study #5

What is prayer all about?

Nahum 1
⁷The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in Him.

Q- What three things does this tell you about God’s character?

Q- In light of that, what action does God want you to take?

Philippians 4
⁴Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! ⁵Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. ⁶Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Q – What does God want us to do with our concerns?

Q- In what way do you think these three commands relate to each other?

Q – What prayers does God answer?

Q- How does the Holy Spirit help us in our prayers?

1 Timothy 2
⁵For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus

John 14 — Jesus speaking:
¹³And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. ¹⁴You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

Q- When your prayers are answered, how does it glorify God?

Psalm 145
¹⁸The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth.

Q- What do these verses tell us about the sincerity and honesty God desires when we talk to Him?

Q- According to these verses, what does God want us to believe about Him….how does God want us to trust Him, as we pray?

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