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What is the subject of Lesson 8? |
Salvation
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What is the key verse for Lesson 8?
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John 14:6 – Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life, No one comes to the Father except through Me”.
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Define Lawful
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Permissible, but not necessarily beneficial.
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Define Edify
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To build up, strengthen, encourage another believer.
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What is the reading assignment for lesson 8?
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John 3
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When the young couple is warned in Lesson 8 about all the hardships adopting a baby will bring, what was their reply?
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“We know, but we’ll love him anyway”
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Why do parents want children when they know, beyond doubt, that there will be pain and problems?
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Because of Love.
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Why did God create us, His children, when He knew we would sin and cause Him pain?
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Because of His love.
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What three things did God know about Adam and Eve before it ever happened? |
-That they would sin. -That their sin would be passed on to every human who was ever born. -That sin would separate every human from Him and His love. -That the only way to bridge that separation would be for God Himself to come to earth as a man and suffer and die. |
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Recite Romans 5:8
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Romans 5:8 – But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us
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Who was Nicodemus?
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He was a Jewish religious leader who followed the law.
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What did Jesus say to Nicodemus that astounded him?
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That he had to “be born again”
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What two terms mean “The Holy Spirit gives life”?
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Regeneration and Born again
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What does the Bible call Adam’s sin nature?
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Fleshly
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We can only understand what things during our natural life?
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Natural things.
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Can becoming religious and educated help us understand things of the Spirit?
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No
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What reason does lesson 8 give for why we are unable to achieve salvation by our own efforts? |
The fleshly, old nature is dead spiritually.
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In our old natures, what is our condition? |
We are totally depraved and incapable of any righteous thing.
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What does the Holy Spirit do when we trust Christ as Savior? |
He indwells us.
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What two things happen to us when the Holy Spirit indwells us?
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-We become partakers of the divine nature. -We become a new creation. |
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When Jesus was talking to Nicodemus, He referred to what in Numbers 21:5-9?
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The account of the bronze serpent.
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In Numbers 21:5-9, what did the poisonous snakes do?
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They bit the Israelites.
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What did God tell Moses to do in Numbers 21:5-9?
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To make a serpent out of brass and put it on a post.
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When those bitten by serpents in Numbers 21:5-9, what were they instructed to do?
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They were to look at the brass serpent. Then they were healed and did not die. |
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Was it the brass serpent or their faith in God’s salvation that saved the bitten Israelites?
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Their faith in God’s salvation |
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What was Jesus’ explanation of the Numbers 21:5-9?
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When we look to faith in Christ, who was lifted up on the cross, and believe that His death paid our penalty, God forgives us and gives us eternal life. |
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Do we inherit our new birth from our parents?
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No – John 1:13 says it is not “of human decision.”
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Lesson 8 says we can’t be born again as a result of what?
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Any ceremony or religion or determination not to sin.
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Give examples of church ceremonies that cannot save us? |
-Baptism -The Lord’s Supper -Confirmation -Dedication -Or anything else |
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What does our regeneration come from?
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It only comes from genuine trust in what God has already done for us through Jesus Christ on the cross. |
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What is the only way God could provide us salvation?
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Through the death of the perfect man, God’s Son, Jesus Christ.
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What did Christ’s death do for us?
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It paid the penalty.
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What did Christ’s resurrection do for us?
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It gave us life.
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Why do Christians still have a problem with sin?
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Because Christians still live in a sin-corrupted world.
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What did Paul write about in Romans 7:14-25?
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About the struggle between his old and new natures. |
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How did Paul describe his new nature?
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Because he was born again, he wanted to do good.
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How did Paul describe his problem with his old nature?
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Sometimes he allowed his old nature to take control
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The Christian life is the battle between the controls of what?
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-Our old nature (the sinful human one we were born with) -Our new nature (the life we received in Christ). |
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Romans 6:11 says with the help of the Holy Spirit, we have what?
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The power to choose not to sin.
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As we grow in Christ, our new nature can what?
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Become stronger and sin has less and less power over us. |
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What was the punishment mentioned in Romans 7:24?
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The dead corpse of a murder victim was chained to the body of the murderer.
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What was the result of being chained to the dead body referred to in Romans 7:24?
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Over time the decaying body infected the murderer and he died. |
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What will corrupt us and weigh us down?
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Ugly and awful sin.
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What did Paul say in Romans 8:1?
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There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.
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What is an often misunderstood aspect of our salvation?
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Sanctification
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What does Sanctification mean?
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To be set apart for God’s purpose, to become pure, a separation from evil. |
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When does sanctification take place?
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At salvation
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If we are sanctified at salvation, why do we still sin?
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We still have our old nature and the choice to sin.
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What are the three aspects or levels of sanctification?
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-Separation from the PENALTY of sin. -Separation from the POWER of sin. -Separation from the PRENSENCE of sin. |
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What aspect of sanctification occurs at salvation?
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Separation from the PENALTY of sin. |
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What aspect of sanctification is occurring daily?
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Separation from the POWER of sin
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When does the separation from the PRESENCE of sin occur?
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On the day when we die or when the Lord returns.
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In what scripture passage does Peter use a striking metaphor to refer to Christians who have the power to resist sin but choose to sin anyway?
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2 Peter 2:22 – “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”
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What will happen in the world when we receive the separation from the PRENSENCE of sin?
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The world we be recreated, we will be given new bodies, and sin will be banished to hell.
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What verse tells us what we will be like when we see Jesus?
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1 John 3:2 – what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. |
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Was there salvation in the Garden of Eden?
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No, Adam and Eve were innocent of sin and in perfect fellowship with God. There was no need for sin. |
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How was salvation provided in Old Testament times?
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It was provided by grace through faith in God and His promised Deliverer.
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How was personal faith demonstrated in Old Testament times?
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Through observing a sacrificial system that looked forward to Christ’s atoning sacrifice on the cross.
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How was salvation provided during the 33 years when Jesus Christ lived on earth?
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The redeemer had come. The kingdom of God |
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What event fulfilled the law of God?
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Christ’s death and resurrection fulfilled the Law.
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Is salvation today the same for Jew and Gentile?
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Yes, salvation is offered to both Jew and Gentile equally.
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What will happen to those who haven’t trusted Christ when He takes Christians to heaven? |
They will spend eternity in hell with no hope of salvation. |
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As Christians, one of our purposes on earth is to what?
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Tell others about the salvation God has provided through Jesus Christ. |
