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Quick Lessons for Lasting Life Change

The Values Formation Program of the Philippine government
and other groups agrees with the command of Jesus Christ (or
Isa al-Mashi of the Qur'an) to teach all nations to obey all that He
commands (Matthew 28:18-20). That is why, whatever religion a
Filipino may belong, the following studies can help him not only
know but also have the power to obey the golden rule—to love
his neighbor as himself:

9The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do
not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may
be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
10 Love does no harm to its neighbour. Therefore love is the fulfilment of
the law.” (Romans 13:9-10)

We will learn to love if we will understand how much God has loved and
forgiven us (1John 4:19; Luke 7:47). The following lessons aim to help you
experience lasting life change through mind renewal (Romans 12:1-2):

Table of Contents
1. Have You Obeyed the 10 Commandments..............................................2
2. Did the Savior Really Rise from the Dead?..............................................6
3. Did the Savior Fulfill Predictions?..........................................................8
4. Can We Also Call Him God?................................................................10
5. What are Other Results of Christ’s Sufferings for You?............................12
05a. Jesus Suffered for You!..................................................................14
6. Are You Sure You are Going to Heaven?...............................................22
7. Will You Be Rewarded at the Judgment?...............................................24
8. Have You Identified Yourself with Christ Publicly?..................................26
9. Rejoice in Pressures?.........................................................................28
10. Have You Received the Holy Spirit?....................................................30
11. Have You Experienced a Miracle?.......................................................32
12. Have You Benefited from the Laying on of Hands.................................34
13. How to Overcome Your Offender.......................................................36
14. What Should You Do When You Sin?..................................................40
15. How to Avoid Sinning......................................................................42
16. How to Receive a Yes Answer to Prayers.............................................44
17. How to Rest with Honor and Joy........................................................48
18. How to Eat Supper with the Lord ......................................................50
19. How Become Rich...........................................................................54
20. How to Multiply Small Groups...........................................................58
21. How to Experience Transformation Daily.............................................60
22. Pray as Christ Would.......................................................................64
23. How to Help Teach Nations...............................................................66
24. The Wonderful Things God Has Said About You....................................68
25. How to Save Others........................................................................72
26. How to Strengthen One Another in Church Gatherings..........................74
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1. Have You Obeyed the 10 Commandments
1. I am the LORD Put a check (in the box or in your mind) beside
your God…. You the sin you committed. Admit to the group what
shall have no you can confess without shame:
other gods 1. I valued the following more than
before Me. God:  self;  money a;
1. 2. You shall not  appetite b;  studies;  work;
make for yourself  computer;  loved ones c;
an idol,… You  idols like that in the movies/sports/news
shall not bow /entertainment or the Queen of Heaven d
down to them or 2. I have made or worshiped an idol when I
worship them …  bowed down to it;  knelt before it e;
2. 3. You shall not  placed flowers f;  prayed to it;  kissed it.
misuse the 3. I have misused God’s name when I:  got
name of the suprised;  cursed others g;  was teaching h.
LORD ……. 4.  I became lazy i—not working ;  In my
3. 4. Six days you busyness, I had no day in a week to spend with
shall labor and the Lord;  gambled j.
do all your work, 5.  I did not obey my parents?  I obeyed them
but the seventh but with grumbling;  I did not respect them;
day is a Sabbath  I did not help them k.
to the LORD 6. I:  killed not as a military duty l;
your God. On it  participated in abortion m;  used prohibited
you shall not do drugs n;  got drunk o;  smoked;  ate/drank
any work unhealthy food p;  did not rest/sleep enough.
4. 5. ….”Honor your 7. I had sexual relations with:  one not my
father and your spouse q;  my grandparent/parent/sibling/
mother grandchild/uncle/aunt/parent or sibling in-lawr;
5. 6. You shall not  same sex s;  an animal t.  I listened to,
murder. obeyed and defended a friend of the opposite
6. 7. You shall not sex though at least one of us is married u;  I
commit adultery. looked to lust for one who is not my spouse v.
7. 8. You shall not 8. I:  stole another’s property though it may only
steal. be a small amount w;  copied others answers in
8. 9. You shall not give an exam;  copied or bought a CD, DVD or a
false testimony copyrighted/patented material without
against your permission from its owner;  borrowed
neighbor. something with no intention of returning it.
9. 10. You shall not 9.  I spoke of negative things about others not
covet … witnessed by myself x nor of 2 others y.  I did
anything that not fulfil my promise z.  I had an alibi;  I
belongs to your hurt another by my joke 1.
neighbor." 10. I coveted anothers’ possessions:  spouse;
(Exodus 20:1-  employee;  house;  car;  cell phone;
17)  toy;  money;  ________________________
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For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is
guilty of breaking A ALL of it. (James 2:10).
How many of the Ten Commandments have you broken? A ______.

WHAT ARE THE RESULTS OF YOUR SINS?

“Jesus replied, "…everyone who sins is a A SLAVE to sin.” (John 8:34)

1. I became a A __________ to sin. Have you been doing something which
you already know to be wrong? … Then you are slave to it!

But your iniquities have B SEPARATED you from your God; your sins
have hidden his face from you… (Isaiah 59:2). … all our righteous acts
are like filthy (or C MENSTROUS) rags … our sins sweep us away. (64:6)
2. My sins have B __________________ me from God. Even my righteous
deeds are like C ___________________ rags, unacceptable to the holy
God. Have you felt that whatever you do, you are still far from God? …

“...you were … without D HOPE and without God...” (Eph 2:12 ) “...in the
E
FUTILITY of … thinking.” (4:17). “...the empty way of life...” (1Pe 1:18)
3. I was without D ________ in the E ______________ of thinking and way of
life. When you reached your dreams, did you become content? …

“...the Lord … destroyed those who did not believe.... gave themselves
up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of
those who H SUFFER the punishment of eternal I FIRE.” (Jude 1:5-7)
4. If I will not turn away from my sins (Luke 13:3), I will be punished with the
eternal I _______ which the unbelievers, immorals and perverts:
 suffered;  are now suffering;  will suffer. (Tick the correct answer H.)

When unbelievers rise again, in their new bodies, …. They will be

punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of
the Lord … (2Thessalonians 1:9). “ … thrown into the lake of J FIRE…
(Revelation 20:14,15; 13:8).
5. If I do not repent, I will also be separated from God who created me,
punished forever in the lake of J ________.

Do you want to be saved from your sins and their effects on you? …
If so, read Do You Want to Always be with God who Reigns in page 4...
Before our next meeting, read John 1-4. Memorize James 2:10.
Verses quoted at the start and related to disobedience to the 10 commandments:
a Mt 6:24; Col 3:5; Eph 5:5; b 2Co 4:4; Phi 3:19; c Mt 10:37; 1Sa 2:27-36; Ge 3:16; Jer 48:10;
Judg 5:23 d Je 7:18; 44:17-19,25; e 1Ki 19:18; f Je 1:16; g Mt 5:33-37; Zac 5:3-4;
h Eze 13:6-9; i 2Th 3:6-15; j Gambling, like dirty business, is a result of the desire to earn
quickly (Pr 13:11). Examples include lottery, sweepstakes, or text games..
k Eph 6:1-3; l Ge 9:6; Ex 21:12,14; m De 18:10 ; Ex 21:22-25; n The word 'sorcery' or 'magic
arts' in Rev 9:21 is related to the word drug. o Ef 5:18; p Ex 15:26; Lev 11; q Le 18:20;
20:10; Ex 20:17; Re 19:2; De 22:13-21; r Le 18:6-18; De 27:20-22; Exo 22:19; s Le 18:22;
20:13; Ro 1:24-27; Ge 19:5-15; 24-25; t Le 18:23; u Ja 4:4; Jn 15:13-15; v Mt 5:27-32 w Jn
12:6; x Pr 6:16,19; y Mt 18:16; z Ps 15:1,4b; 1 Pr 26:18-19.
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BE WITH GOD WHO REIGNS?
If so, admit that YOU HAVE SINNED:

• “Anyone who hates his brother is a

murderer” … “Anyone who says to his brother, ‘Idiot!’,
‘Empty head!’ … ‘Fool!’ will be in danger of the fires
of hell!” 1 Have you hated a person? … Have you
insulted or spoken harsh words to him? …

• “...Do not lie....” 2 Did you say, 'I don't have it', when
you had it with you? Have you told others 'Tell him I
am not here!' Have you said, “I do not have/feel it,”
when you had it?

You also were separated from God 3 and became IN

DANGER OF HELL: “...the sexually immoral …
idolaters … adulterers … male prostitutes …
homosexual offenders … thieves … greedy …
drunkards … slanderers … swindlers … murderers …
those who practice magic arts … and all liars, their place
will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the
second death.” 4

As a slave to sin 5, your righteous deeds are like filthy

garments before the holy God 6. You cannot save
yourself.

Only THE MESSIAH can save you! In

the beginning, He was already with the
one God and Father. 7 Being His Word,
He came from the Father but was not
created by Him. Instead, through Him, the Father
created all things. 8 For this reason, the Father also
called Him GOD 9. The ancient Scriptures predicted that
He will be BORN OF A VIRGIN 10 and will have to suffer
—DIE FOR OUR SINS 11 and BE RAISED FROM THE
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DEAD . As Lord, He will sit down at the right hand of
the Father and judge the world 13.
There is only one person who claimed to be the
Messiah whom God affirmed to be so by raising Him from
the dead—Jesus. He appeared to more than 500! 14

That is why JESUS MUST BE YOUR MESSIAH—Lord

and Savior from sins and hell. He promises:
“HERE I AM! I STAND AT THE DOOR AND
KNOCK. IF ANYONE HEARS MY VOICE AND
OPENS THE DOOR, I WILL COME IN AND EAT
WITH HIM, AND HE WITH ME.” 15
Some, in opening their hearts, prayed this way:
“Oh Jesus, You rose from the dead. I open the door of
my life and receive You as my Messiah—Lord and Savior
from sins and hell. Through the ability that God's Spirit
gives, I shall turn from sin and follow You as Lord.”
Does this prayer express the desire of your
heart? … If it does, pray it right NOW . . .

Did He come in as He promised in the verse above?

… He also says, “I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR
FORSAKE YOU .” 16 WILL YOU ALWAYS BE WITH
HIM? …

Since He will be with you even in supper, what has He

done with your sins? … Yes, HE HAS FORGIVEN
THEM! 17
Do you have a Bible in your house? … If so, begin
reading the Gospel According to John. 18 Bring your
family/friends to a Bible study 19 with ______________
from __________ to __________, _____________day
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at .
1 Exodus 20:13; 1John 3:15; Matthew 5:21-22 EMTV 2 Leviticus 19:11
3 Isaiah 59:2 4 1Corinthians 6:9-10; Revelation 21:8 5 John 8:34-36
6 Isaiah 64:6 7 Micah 5:2; 1Corinthians 8:6 8 Psalm 33:6 9 Ps 45:6; John
1:1-18 10 Isaiah 9:6 11 Isaiah 52:13-53:12 12 Ps 16:10 13 Ps 110:1;
Acts 2:36; 17:31 14 Romans 1:4; 1Corinthians 15:3-6 15 Revelation 3:20
16 Hebrews 13:5 17 Colossians 2:13-14 18 Juan 20:31 19 Hebrews 10:23-
27 20 Download 'Toward Lasting Life Change' from www.scribd.com/equipper
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2. Did the Savior Really Rise from the Dead?
… if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and
believe in your heart that God A RAISED Him from the
dead, you will be B SAVED. (Romans 10:9)
According to this verse, what do you need to believe in
order to be saved? That God A ___________ Jesus from
the dead.
EVIDENCE THAT JESUS DIED
When Jesus was on the cross, “30 …. He bowed His head and gave up His
C
SPIRIT.33… He was already dead, they did not break His legs (finding it
unnecessary). 34Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear,
bringing a sudden flow of blood and D WATER” (John 19:30-34).
According to doctors, this indicates that Jesus died when He had “heart
failure due to constriction of the heart by fluid” that surrounded it. That how
the soldiers knew that He was indeed dead.
What are two proofs that Jesus truly died?
1. He gave up His C _________
2. Blood and D ___________ flowed out of His pierced side.
Even His friends knew that He died. Later, Mary Magdalene even
thought that some have stolen Jesus body (John 19:38-20:2).
EVIDENCE THAT JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD
If He just fainted, it would have been very hard for Him to get out of strips
of linen wrapped around His body with about 75 pounds of myrrh and aloes
(John 19:40). That wrapping had already become hard the third day. His
body then looked like a mummy. Like Lazarus, “His hands and feet were
wrapped with strips of linen …..” For Lazarus, some people had to “Take
off the grave clothes” to “let him go.” (John 11:44).
There are other things that could have made it harder for Him to get out.
There was a stone about 4,000 pounds at the entrance of the tomb.
Guarding the tomb were Roman soldiers who were the mightiest soldiers at
that time. Whatever group would move the stone, it would have broken the
seal (Matthew 27:66) on which was the face of Pilate. Doing so would be
fighting the Roman Empire. Nevertheless, an angel who was not afraid of
Pilate rolled the stone thereby breaking the seal. When Mary Magdalene
arrived, she “*saw the stone already taken away from the tomb” (John 20:1
NAS). (See the drawing at the top.)
The soldiers were bribed to say that the BODY WAS STOLEN: `His
disciples came during the night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’
(Matthew 28:13).
This is very illogical for two reasons: First of all, if the guards were
asleep, how were they able to know who had stolen the body?
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Secondly, if the body was indeed stolen, why did the thief (or thieves) leave
the tomb in order? The “burial cloth that had been around Jesus’ head... was
folded up by itself...” (John 20:7). Have you heard of a thief leaving what
he stole in order? …
The body was not stolen, but PASSED THROUGH “THE STRIPS OF
LINEN” (John 20:6). Having seen those strips rolled up by themselves
without a body inside, John finally believed the “Scripture that Jesus had to
rise again from the dead” (John 20:7-8).
“...you will not … let your Holy One see decay.” (Psalm 16:10; Isaiah
53:10)

Indeed, the fact that the guards told that the body was stolen was an
evidence that it was no longer in the grave. The folded burial cloth on His
head, the large stone raised up and the broken zeal are evidences that
the body was not stolen by fearful disciples. The hardened linen
wrappings without the corpse and Jesus' appearances to many
witnesses (John 20:10-19; 1Corinthians 15:3-8) are evidences that he
indeed rose from the dead!
Jesus’ ability to pass through physical objects was also witnessed by
Thomas - one who initially doubted (John 20:24-25). ‘26A week later….
Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said,
“Peace be with you!” 27Then He said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see
my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and
believe.” 28Thomas said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:26-28).
Some say that Thomas just surprised. Do you agree? ______.
If he was just surpised, Jesus could have rebuked him for using the name
of God in vain (Exodus 20:7). Instead, ‘... Jesus told him, “Because you have
seen Me, you have D BELIEVED; blessed are those who have not seen and
yet have believed.”’ (John 20:29) According to this verse, was Thomas
surprised or did he believe? He E _______________.
Because Jesus rose from the dead: (1) With faith Thomas called Him Lord
and God; (2) Jesus will judge you (Acts 17:31); (3) Jesus is the Son of God
(Romans 1:4)
‘....these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
Son of God, and that by believing you may have F LIFE in His name.’
(John 20:30-31)
Read Romans 10:9 at the start of the lesson again. Now do you believe
that Jesus is the Son of God whom God raised up from the dead?... Have
you confessed Him as Lord? … If so, what has happened to you? I now
have F _______ and will be B __________ already!
If you are not yet sure that you have life already, you may read “Do You
Want...” in pages 4-5 and if you want, you may pray the prayer there.
Read John 5-8. Memorize Romans 10:9.
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3. Did the Savior Fulfill Predictions?

“1 … the gospel I preached to you, which you received
and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel
you are saved, IF you hold firmly to the word I preached to
you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I received I passed
on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to
the A SCRIPTURES, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third
day according to the Scriptures,” (1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
To be sure that you are saved, to what message must you believe and
hold firmly? That in accordance with the A ___________________, Christ
died for our sins, was buried and was raised on the third day.

SOME SCRIPTURES THAT PREDICTED JESUS WILL DIE

Old Testament Scriptures New Testament Fulfillment
3 He was … a man of Then he said to them, "My soul is
B
SORROWS.11 After the overwhelmed with SORROW to the
suffering of his soul …. point of death. …." (Matthew 26:38;
(Isaiah 53:3,11) Mark 14:34)
B
1. He will experience ______________.
7 He was oppressed 12 When he was accused by the chief priests
and afflicted, yet he did and the elders, he gave no answer. … 14 …
not open his C MOUTH not even to a single charge—to the great
… (Isaiah 53:7) amazement of the governor.” (Matthew 27:12-
14; Mark 15:5; Luke 23:9; John 19:9)
C
2. He will not open His ___________ to answer back oppression.
14 …— his Then they spat in his face and struck him with
appearance was so their fists. Others slapped him (Matthew
D
DISFIGURED beyond 26:67) … he had Jesus flogged …. and then
that of any man and his twisted together a crown of thorns and set it
form marred beyond on his head. …. They spat on him, and took
human likeness— the staff and struck him on the head again
(Isaiah 52:14). and again. (27:26,29,30; Mark 15:15)
D
3. He will be __________________ beyond human likeness.
But he was E PIERCED … (Isaiah 53:5) “… When they came to … the
evil men … have pierced My hands and Skull, there they crucified
my feet.” (Psalms 22:16; Zechariah 12;10). him …. (Luke 23:33)
4. His hands and feet will be E _____________.
… he … was numbered with … they crucified him, along with the
the F TRANSGRESSORS. criminals—one on his right, the other on
(Isaiah 53:12) his left. (Luke 23:33)
F
5. He will identified with the __________________________.
They divide my When they had crucified him, they
G
GARMENTS among them divided up his clothes by casting lots.
and cast lots for my clothing. (Matthew 27:35; Mark 15:24; John
(Psalms 22:18) 19:23,24)
G
6. They will divide his ______________________.
…. he … made Jesus said, "Father, forgive
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H
INTERCESSION for the them, for they do not know what
transgressors.” (Isaiah 53:12) they are doing." …. (Luke 23:34)
7. He will make H ______________________ for transgressors.
All who see me The people stood watching, and the rulers
I
MOCK me; they hurl even sneered at him.… (Luke 23:35) Those
insults, shaking their who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking
heads: (Psalms 22:7) their heads (Matthew 27:39; Mark 15:29).
I
8. He will be _________ED and insulted.
“1 My God, my God, why have Jesus cried out in a loud voice, …
J
you FORSAKEN me? …. 3 Yet "My God, my God, why have you
you are enthroned as the Holy forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46;
One …. (Psalms 22:1,3) Mark 15:34).
J
9. The Holy God will ______________ him.
14 I am poured out like K WATER …. My heart has … Jesus
turned to wax; it has melted away within me. 15 My said, "I am
strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue thirsty."
sticks to the roof of my mouth …. (Psalms 22:14,15) (John 19:28)
K
10. He will be very thirsty from lack of ___________.
He keeps all his 33 But when they came to Jesus and found that he
bones; not one of was already dead, they did not break his legs.
them is 36 These things happened so that the scripture
L
BROKEN. would be fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be
(Psalms 34:20) broken, (John 19:33,36)
11. None of his bones will be L ____________.
… the Anointed One will be Jesus called out with a loud voice,
cut off…. (Daniel 9:26) …. For "Father, into your hands I commit my
he was cut off from the land spirit." When he had said this, he
of the living …. (Isaiah 53:8) breathed his last. (Luke 23:46)
12. As the Anointed One (Messiah or Christ), He will die physically.

SOME SCRIPTURES THAT PREDICTED JESUS WILL RISE AGAIN

His grave was “57 … there came a rich man from Arimathea,
assigned with wicked named Joseph, who had himself become a
men, Yet He was with a disciple of Jesus. … 59 Joseph took the body,
M
RICH man in His wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and placed
death … (Isaiah 53:9 it in his own new tomb ….” (Matthew 27:57-60)
NAS)
13. His burial place will be assigned with a M ________ man.
Because you will not 29 "… David … spoke of the resurrection of
abandon me to the grave, the Christ, that he was not abandoned to the
nor will you let your Holy grave, nor did his body see decay. 32 God
One see N DECAY. has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all
(Psalms 16:10) witnesses of the fact.” (Acts 2:29-32)
14. He will not see __________ but will be raised from the dead.

Do you know of a religious leader like Jesus? … Have you trusted in

Him? …
Read John 9-12. Memorize 1Corinthians 15:3-4.
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4. Can We Also Call Him God?

IIAM
AM……
Jesus said, “… if you do not believe that I AM, you
will indeed die in your sins.” (John 8:24) A GOD said to
Moses, “...This is what you are to say to the Israelites: `I
AM has sent me to you.’” (Exodus 3:14).
What should you believe that you will not die in your sins?
That Jesus has the name of the A ______with whom Moses
talked!

HOW CAN JESUS BE CALLED GOD? (John 10:27-38).

“27 My sheep listen to my voice ... they shall never perish; B NO-ONE
can snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father ... is greater than C ALL; no-
one can D SNATCH them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are
one."” (John 10:27-30 )
1. In what sense is the Father greater than all? No one can D ____________
Jesus’ sheep out of His hand.
2. Can anyone snatch the sheep out of Jesus’ hands? B ____________.
3. If so, in what sense is Jesus and the Father one? In being greater than
C
______.

“31 Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him, 32 but Jesus said to
them, "I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which
of these do you stone me?" 33 "We are not stoning you for any of these,"
replied the Jews, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to
be D GOD."” (John 10:31-33)
4. What did Jesus’ listeners understand Him when He said that He is and His
Father are one in being greater than all? He was claiming to be D ______.

“34 Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you
are gods’? 35 If he called them ‘E GODS’, to whom the word of God came—
and the Scripture cannot be broken— 36 what about the one whom the
Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you
accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’? 37 Do not
believe me unless I do what my Father does. 38 But if I do it, even though
you do not believe me, believe the MIRACLES, that you may know and
understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."” (John 10:34-38)
5. How did God call those to whom the word of God came and thus
represent Him? E ________.
6. What is an evidence that God set Jesus apart and sent Him (v.36-38) and
thus represent Him? Jesus does the ____________ the Father does. In
fact, He is “the exact representation of his being” (Hebrews 1:3) and “in
Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form” (Colossians 2:9).
Therefore, is it blasphemy to call Him the Son of God and God? ____.

“... about the Son he [God] says, "... O F GOD ....” (Hebrews 1:8)
7. How did God call His Son? F ______ (2Peter 1:1).
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1 In the G BEGINNING was the Word, and the Word was with the one God,
and the Word was H GOD. 2 I HE was with the one God in the beginning. 3
Through J HIM all things were K MADE; without Him nothing was made that
has been made. 4 In Him was L LIFE…. 10 … the world was made through
him…. 12 Yet to all who M RECEIVED Him, to those who believed in His
name, He gave the right to become N CHILDREN of God— 13 children …
born of O GOD. 14 The P WORD became Q FLESH and made His dwelling
among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the only begotten, who
came from the Father, full of grace and truth…. 17 For the law was given
through Moses; grace and truth came through R JESUS CHRIST. 18 No-one
has ever seen God, but the only begotten S SON who is at the Father’s
side, has made him known.” (John 1:1-18).
8. What was the Word (John 1:1)? H ______.
What are the qualities of the Word which belong to God alone? He is:
a. ETERNAL (v.1,2; Genesis 21:33): In the G ________________ He was
already existing.
b. THE CREATOR (v.3,10; Genesis 1:1; ): He K _________ all things.
c. THE SOURCE OF LIFE (John 1:4; Genesis 2:7): In Him was L ______.
9. What words prove that the Word was not just a thought or something
spoken but a person already when all things were created (v.2-4)? The
use of the pronouns I ____ and J ______ instead of “IT”.
10.What happened to the Word (v.14)? The Word became Q __________.
11.Who is the Word? To answer this question, consider the following:
a. Who was with God (v.1-2) and is full of grace and truth that we can
expect them to come through Him (v.14)? The P _________.
b. Who was with God the Father who made Him known (v.18)? The only
begotten S ______. Through whom grace and truth came (v.17)?
Through R _________ _________.
c. Therefore, who is the Word? He is R __________ ___________, the
only begotten Son!
“...there is but one God, the Father....” In the beginning (Micah 5:2), the
Word, His Son (Proverbs 30:4) whom He called ‘God’ was already with
Him. The Word came from Him (John 8:42) but was not created by Him.
Instead, through the Word, He created all things. (1Corinthians 8:6). The
Word was made flesh and did miracles and came to be known as Jesus,
the Messiah.

YOU NEED TO RESPOND TO JESUS (Isaiah 45:21)

12.What then do we need to do to have a personal relationship with God—to
become His children (v.12). M _____________ Jesus as the Son of God,
God, the eternal life-giving Creator. Have you received Him? ______. If
so what is your relationship with Him? I am now God’s N _________. You
were born of whom (v.13)? Of O ______. Yes, you have been born again
(3:3). God has accepted you as a child! Talk to Him always—ask Him
with thanksgiving and joy (1Thessalonians 5:16-18)
Read John 13-16; Memorize John 17:21.
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5. What are Other Results of Christ’s

Sufferings for You?
ÿ MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL PEACE
1. Check what happened to you or someone you love that
caused mental and emotional pains for you? o Loss of a
loved one 1; o being terrified by a traumatic experience 2;
o being betrayed 3; o being unfairly treated 4; o losing a
position 5; o not getting what one wants 6; o making a wrong
decision 7; o failing to satisfy a loved one 8 especially when
you are missing him/her and he/she knew you were sick 9;
o giving birth 10; o being forced to give 11; o fear with a pampered child 12;
o committing a sin 13 or remaining in it 14; o being chastened for it 15.
Share your most painful experience to a partner now...
Jesus felt the emotions you had in the foregoing verses. Before He
was crucified, “He …began to be in terrible pain a and agony of mindb,”
“horror–stricken c and desperately depressed b” (Matthew 26:37; Mark
14:33 Philips) He said, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow d to the
point of death.” (v.34; Matthew 26:38). And being in anguish, He prayed
more earnestly, and His sweat was like drops of A BLOOD falling to the
ground (Luke 22:44).” (Superscripts a,b,c,d correspond to those above.)
2. How terrible were Christ’s mental and emotional sufferings? His sweat
became like drops of A ________.
There are medical cases where the anguish of the soul became so
extreme that the tiny capillaries in the head burst and the blood mixed with
sweat. That was how terrible Jesus suffered mentally and emotionally
because of your sins. Now your mind and emotions can be peaceful:
“Surely He … carried our sorrows … the punishment that brought us
peace was upon Him ….” (Isaiah 53:4,5).

ÿ BOLDNESS TO COME TO GOD

3. What shameful experience have you had? Being o falsely accused;
o mocked for a condition which I cannot repair; o despised; o forsaken
by friends; o uncovered of my nakedness/sexually assaulted/raped.
Jesus had that too. He was falsely accused as worse than a thief and
a murderer who was clamored by the crowd to be released instead of Him
(Mark 15:6-15; John 18:40). He was mocked and despised by the
people as if he was a worm in a corpse’s body (Psalm 22:6-7). “… all
the disciples [his friends] deserted Him and fled.” (Matthew 26:56)…
“23 … the soldiers … took His [outer] garments and made four parts, to
each soldier a part…. Now the tunic [undergarment] was without seam….
24 They said therefore among themselves, "Let us … cast lots for it…"
(John 19:23-24 NKJV). If they got Jesus’ outer garments and
undergarment, what remained in His body? ______________.
Yes, He was crucified naked before many. Nevertheless, He “…
endured the cross, scorning its shame…” (Hebrews 12:2) so that you may
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not be ashamed (Romans 9:33)?!

ÿ HEALING FROM DISEASES AND PAINS

4. What is the WORST PHYSICAL PAIN you have ever experienced?
________________________________________________________.
Compare it with Christ’s experience… His appearance was so
B
DISFIGURED beyond that of any man and His form marred beyond
human likeness … (Isaiah 52:14).
5. How terrible was His physical suffering? He was B __________________
beyond human likeness. Have you ever been beaten that way? ______.
… “He took up our infirmities and carried our C DISEASES.” (Matthew
8:17). But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our
iniquities … by His wounds [black and blue marks of bleeding in the
inward parts, Proverbs 20:30 KJV] we are D HEALED (Isaiah 53:5).
6. What did Jesus carry on the cross? Our C _________________. Because
of this, what can happen to you when you are sick? I can be
D
________________. When you are sick, you may pray this prayer:
Jesus, thank you for taking up my infirmities and diseases because of my
sins. I believe that by your wounds I am healed of __________________!

ÿ CONTINUED FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD

7. Have you ever felt abandoned by one you trust? _________. If so, what
happened? _______________________________________________ .
If others left you, so was Jesus. When they seized Him, “…all the
disciples deserted him and fled.” (Matthew 26:56).
Did you feel as if God abandoned you? … Consider what happened to
Jesus: It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the
whole land until the ninth hour (Luke 23:44; Matthew 27:45; Mark 15:33).
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, … "My God, my God,
why have you E FORSAKEN me?" (Matthew 27:46 Mark 15:34).
8. How difficult was Christ’s loneliness? Even His God had
E
_________________ him.
Meditate on God’s grace: He suffered mentally and emotionally so that
you can have mental and emotional peace. He was shamed publicly
so that you need not be ashamed before God. He endured sickness
so that you can get healed. God forsook Him so that He can say to
you, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." (Hebrews 13:5).
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your
F
BODIES as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your
spiritual act of worship” (Romans 12:1-2).
9. What is Paul requesting here? That I offer my F ______Y as a living
sacrifice. Do you want to do this? Listen as the prayer house leader
slowly reads. Jesus Suffered for You!
Read John 17-21. Memorize Hebrews 12:2.
Verses using words related to Christ's emotional sufferings:
1 Matthew 17:23; 1Thessalonians 4:13 2 Daniel 7 7 3 Matthew 26:21 4 1Peter 2:19; Matthew 18:31 5 as
by ‘a king who was deposed by his subjects’ (Polyaenus 8,47, an ancient writing) 6 Luke 18:23-24 7 Mark
6:26 8 John 21:17 9 Philippians 2:26-27 10 John 16:20-22 11 2Corinthians 9:7 12 Sirach 30:9 13
2Corinthians 7:8-10; 2:1-7 14 Romans 9:2 15 Hebrews 12:11
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05a. Jesus Suffered for You!
This is the truth that can have the greatest positive impact in your life. I
say this because it is true to the lives of millions—including mine:
Though I was quite religious before I trusted Christ alone for my salvation,
I was a sinner, a slave of sin (Ro 3:23; Jn 8:34) and of Satan (2Ti 2:24-26), my former
father (Jn 8:44). For each sin I have done and will be doing, I deserve God’s
wrath (Ro 1:18), eternal separation from Him (2Th 1:6-10 NAS) and torment in a place
of fire and deep darkness (2Pe 2:17 & Jude 13). Yet Christ loved me so much that
He left all the glories of heaven, took the form (Ph 2:6-7) of a poor carpenter and
SUFFERED FOR ME IN ALL AREAS: mental, emotional, social, physical
and spiritual.

MENTALLY and EMOTIONALLY, as seen in His prayer before He was

crucified. He said, “Father... remove this cup from Me; yet not My will...” “And
being in agony He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like
drops of blood, falling upon the ground” (Mt 26:36-39; Mr 14:32-36; Lu 22:41-44).
SOCIALLY, He suffered too. His own people gave Him to the godless
Roman soldiers. Friends forsook him. He was shamed (He 12:2) publicly.

PHYSICALLY, He suffered also in many stages: He was not given a

chance to sleep. He was forced to travel from Gethsemane to Annas
(Jn 18: 13), to Caiphas (Jn 18:24; Mt 26:57; Mr 14:53), to the council elders (Lu 22:66), to
Pilate (Mt 27:2; Mr 15:1; Lu 23:1; Jn 18:28), to Herod (Lu 23:6-7), back to Pilate (Lu 23:11),
and finally to Golgotha (Mt 27:33; Mr 15:22; Lu 23:33). Some spat on His face.
Others blindfolded Him and beat Him with their fists. Still others
slapped Him (Mt 26:67; Mr 14:65; Lu 22:63). They also scourged His shoulders, back and
legs with flagellum (Mt 27:26; Mr 15:15) (which had sharp, jagged pieces of bone lead
woven to long leather thongs of various lengths). They did this until the skin
of His back was hanging in long ribbons; His veins were laid bare, trickling
with blood (1Pe 2:24) and His muscles, sinews and bowels exposed. Roman
soldiers wove a crown of thorns around His head and gave blows
on His face and kept beating His head (on which the crown was
placed!) with a reed (Mt 27:29-30). Four to six hundred soldiers spat on
him (Mt 27:29,30; Mr 10:34; 14:65; 15:19; Lu 18:32). The sputum was so dirty that His whole
body got more infections. He bore a 110-pound crossbar for sometime but
was so weak that another man was forced to carry it for Him (Mt 27:32; Mr 15:21; Lu
23:26). He refused to drink anesthetic wine mixed with myrrh and gall (Mt 27:34; Mr
15:23) that He may fully experience what I deserve for my sins (Pr 31:6-7). Seven-
inch iron spikes were driven through His forearms and heel bones . . .

On the cross, He experienced arms’ fatigue, with great waves of cramps

sweeping over the muscles, knotting them down in deep, relentless,
throbbing pain. There He was also dizzy, thirsty, starving, and had traumatic
fever and tetanus. The unnatural position made His every movement
painful. The lacerated veins and crushed tendons throbbed with incessant
anguish. The wounds, inflamed by exposure, gradually gangrened. The
arteries, especially at the head and stomach, became swollen and
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oppressed with surcharged blood. While each variety of misery went on
gradually increasing, there was added to them the intolerable pang of
burning and raging thirst. He had a shock and constriction of the heart that
He finally, in rupture of the heart, gave up His physical life. That’s why when
He was pierced at the side, blood and water came out (Extra-Biblical data were taken from
Josh McDowell's books: The Resurrection Factor, pp. 41-49; and Evidence that Demands a Verdict, Revised Edition, pp. 196-199).

Worst of all, He suffered SPIRITUALLY: Before He died physically, on the

cross, He cried out, “My God... why have You forsaken Me.” (Aw 22:1-3 Mt 27:46 Mr
15:34). When He died physically, His soul went to the dark and lowest pit in hell
(Ac 2:22-28; Ps 116:3; 88:6,11,12,18). There, as waves, God's wrath came upon Him in fire
and the torture of demons (Re 6:8; Ps 88:7,15-17; Jonah 2:3). He had no strength (Ps 88:4).
He had no friends; only enemies (v.18). He prayed but there was no indication
that He will be answered nor even be remembered by God (v.1-2,5,9-14).
As a Christian, I have a new nature that hates sin (Ro 7:15). This gives me an
idea, though partial, on how much suffering He received, Him who knew no
sin (2Co 5:21), when He carried all of my sins, including the guilt associated with
each! And it was not just my sins that He took, but also those of the whole
world at all times (He 10:12)!! The Father and the Holy Spirit had no choice but
to forsake Him and place God's entire wrath upon Him (Isaiah 53:4; Mt 27:46; Mr 15:34;
Isaiah 53:10)!!!

He endured all of these in view of the joy (He 12:2) of seeing THE GOOD
THINGS that would happen after He defeats Satan and his demons and
after I RECEIVE HIM. Now I have received every good thing that can be
said about my spiritual condition! Everything I need to live a godly life has
been given to me already (2Pe 1:3; Ep 1:3)! God considers me as as righteous as
Christ (Ro 5:1; 2Co 5:21)!
Yes, because of what He has done and will be doing to me, I presented
my body to Him as a living sacrifice. HOW ABOUT YOU? What Christ did
for me, He did also for you. Have you trusted Him for you salvation? ... If you
haven’t done it yet, trust Him now… Have you given your body to serve Him
and others? If you have not, tell Him something like this:
“Heavenly Father, because You have given Your Son for me, I will
love You with all my heart, mind, soul and strength. Lord Jesus, My
love for my loved ones will now become hatred in comparizon to my
love for You(Lu 14:26; Mt 10:37). I will follow You. I will love others as I love
Myself. That You can use me for others’ well being, I will continue to
study to obey the Bible (Ezr 7:10), pray and join others who believe in You.
I will also seek someone to be my companion who will hold me
accountable in my walk with You. I will accept them just as you have
accepted me. I will remember that God causes all things to work
together that all of us may be more like You (Ro 8:28-29,37). Since that group
will help strengthen Christians and save souls, I will give to helping
that group one of my highest priorities. As you enable me, I will allow
You to use me to save, heal, free and restore others to You.”
Name: _________________________________________; Date: ________
 Evaluation of Your Obedience to God's
Commandments
Check () the sins you have committed.
1.0 I WAS PROUD (1Peter 5:5; Proverbs 18:18):
¨ I compared myself with others (2Corinthians 10:12).
¨ I considered myself better than others (Philippians 2:3-11) that I
asserted that they do things my way or according to my standard or
was not gracious with their mistakes.
¨ I valued/honored myself more than I valued others (Romans 12:10)
¨ I envied others’ possessions, victory or popularity (James 3:16).
¨ I spoke as if I know everything that can be known about a topic
(1Corinthians 8:2): I dominated the conversation; did not listen; I
raised my voice when someone gave a different view from what I
believe.
¨ I trusted my own intelligence, money or connections to accomplish
God’s work (Philippians 3:4-6; Romans 8:8; Hosea 10:13). I acted as
if God’s work would not be accomplished without me.
¨ I got mad at the one who rebuked me (Proverbs 9:8).
¨ I participated in a debate which did not help either toward the
salvation of others or their edification. Instead, it resulted in “envy,
strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions and constant friction.” (1Timothy
6:3-5)
Suggested Prayer: “God, I no longer want to boast of my abilities. I
shall now seek to honor others. I shall follow your humility. When I
want to boast, I will boast of You in my weaknesses.”

1.1,2 I HAVE MADE THE FOLLOWING MY GOD

by giving them priority over the true God:
o Satan (2Corinthians 4:4)
o the Queen of Heaven (Jeremiah 7:18; 44:17-19,25) or a human being,
alive (such as a movie/sports idol) or dead (such as that of saint,
Buddha or Confucius, etc.)
o money & other material possessions (Colossians 3:5); Ephesians 5:5)
like cellular (mobile) phones, computer, etc.
o my loved one (Exodus 20:4)
o my belly (Philippians 3:19).
I served other gods when I got involved in:
o making of idols (Exodus 20:4), even if it were said to be only for visual
aid in worship (John 20:24-29).
o worship (bowing down [Isaiah 44:16-17], kneeling [1 Kings 19:18],
kissing, offering incense [Jeremiah 1:16] or praise or honorable
mention [Exodus 23:13 with Strong]) to other gods
o dedicating myself or my children to a spirit (1Corinthians 10:20) who I
thought was a saint, an angel, a god or Buddha
o trusting a spirit to save me (Isaiah 44:17; 46:7) or make me rich
(Jeremiah 44:17-18; Hosea 2:5).
To get knowledge and guidance, I used divination (Deuteronomy
18:10-12; Genesis 44:5) by:
o examining liver of a sacrifice and casting lots with arrow (Ezekiel
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21:21-22; Genesis 44:5,15)
o interpreting omens (1 Kings 20:33; Genesis 30:27)
o consulting mediums or spirits of ‘dead people’ (Isaiah 8:19-20; 29:4)
such as in ‘spirit of the glass/coin’
o reading, listening or following fengshui, horoscope (Isaiah 47:12-13),
superstitious beliefs, palm/crystal ball reading or automatic writing
instead just obeying God (Deuteronomy 28).
To exercise or benefit from a power, I used witchcraft:
o sacrificing human beings (Deuteronomy 18:10; 2 Chronicles 33:6; 2
Kings 17:17) or animals in rituals
o casting of spells (Revelation 18:23; Psalms 58:4-5), hypnotism, use of
love potions
o blanking of the mind (Colossians 3:2) partly by fast, repeated prayer
(Matthew 6:7) or chant
o consulting for healing a quack doctor who uses utterances or prayers
which I do not understand (Isaiah 8:19-20).
o actively seeking to do astral projection (Ecclesiastes 12:6-7)
o placing of pictures under my head so that my loved one will remember
me (Ezekiel 13:18,20)
o reliance on demonic power in martial arts.
o yoga, transcendental meditation.
o prayer to dead human beings such as to saints
o buying idols
To get acceptance:
o I followed demonic fads (Exodus 23:2; 3 John 1:11 NAS) such as body
piercing or cutting (1 Kings 18:28), putting tattoo marks on the body
(Leviticus 19:28), male earing (Exodus 21:5-6), clothing with pictures
of a skull, dragon, demon or words like ‘Evil Alive’, ‘Sex Instructor’, etc.
o I joined a secret initiation, ceremony or covenant (Leviticus 19:28;
Ecclesiastes 12:14).
o I brought or would not remove in my house idols which are made of
precious material (Deuteronomy 7:25-26)
To get pleasure, I sought entertainment through
o violent and occultic animation (anime) or cartoons such as those which
magnify the power of a dragon (Revelation 20:2 NAS)
o fantasy (Philippians 4:8)
o interaction (conversation, play, intercourse) with dwarfs, ghosts, fairies
or any other spirit (Genesis 6:4; Job 1:6; Jude 1:4-7 NAS)
o demonic computer or card games
God, I shall no longer look for spiritual knowledge, direction, power,
acceptance and comfort except from you. Cleanse me of all defilement I
got from demonic territories. Help me destroy all my properties related
to the worship of demons (Deuteronomy 7:5; 1John 5:21).

1.3 I HAVE USED GOD’S NAME IN VAIN (Exodus 20:7):

¨ as an expression
¨ to defend myself against
others
¨ in cursing (Leviticus 24:10-
16; Matthew 5:33-37)
¨ in false prophesy (Ezekiel 13:6-9)
¨ in my bad testimony (2Samuel
12:14)
¨ in my use of Jesus’ name in vain
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Suggested Prayer: “LORD, I agree that I carried your name in vain.
Forgive me. Please remind me always that I carry your holy name at all
times. In the power of Your Spirit, I shall take care of your name by
having a good testimony.”

1.4 CONCERNING THE COMMAND TO WORK (Exodus 20:8-11),

there were times when:
¨ I became lazy (2Thessalonians 3:6-15), not working 6 days a week
(Exodus 20:9)
¨ My desire to be rich quickly made me take certain dishonest jobs
and/or gamble (Proverbs 13:11)—buy lottery ticket, sweepstakes, etc.
¨ I did not save for the time when I can no longer work (Pr 30:24-25)
especially for my children (2Corinthians 12:14)
Suggested Prayer: “God, thank You for the work You have given/will give
me

1.4 CONCERNING THE COMMAND TO REST (Exodus 20:8-11),

there were times when:
¨ I did not have my Sabbath--rest one day a week for my physical,
emotional and spiritual well-being (Mark 6:31-32; Romans 14:5).
¨ I went my own way and did as I please on Sabbath (Isaiah 58:13-14)
—I shopped, watched a movie instead of spending the time with God
¨ I did not go to an assembly of those who believe and preach the good
news, who worship & pray to God under the preaching, teaching and
healing ministry of a godly leader (Ezekiel 46:3) and who refresh my
spirit that I am motivated to love and do good works (Leviticus 23:3;
Hebrews 4:1-3; 10:24-25; 1Corinthians 16:17-18; Philemon 1:7).
¨ I do not spend time personally listening to, reading, studying and
meditating on God’s word
“God, thank You for opportunity to rest. I shall now set aside
_________day every week as my day of rest. I am now turning away
from doing my own thing on that day. I want to listen to You and rejoice
in You. I want to rest in Your presence—to worship You, singing some
songs for You, to talk with You in prayer and listen to Your Spirit and
Your word. I will do these things with a church that refreshes my spirit
and stimulates me to love and do good as its members preach the good
news and disciple nations under the preaching, teaching and healing
ministry of at least a godly leader. I believe that I can do these things at
the church that gathers at
__________________________________________________________
___”

1.5 I BECAME A THAT CAN BE SEEN IN

REBEL AGAINST ¨ Not allowing myself to be persuaded by listening
¨ God (Proverbs 1:8,9)
¨ My spiritual ¨ Not submitting after we understood each other’s
leaders (Hebrews side (Hebrews 13:17)
13:17) ¨ Not following the desires of my leaders which are
¨ My parents not contrary to God’s word (Hebrews 13:7).
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(Ephesians 6:1-3) ¨ Not praying for my leaders (1Timothy 2:1-8).
¨ My husband ¨ Lack of respect/love (1Thessalonians 5:12,13;
(Ephesians 5:22; Proverbs 23:22)
1Peter 3:1,7) ¨ Complaining/murmuring/backbiting (Exodus 16:8)
¨ My employer, ¨ Avoiding responsibilities
work supervisors ¨ Judging them
(1Peter 2:18-23; ¨ Vandalism
Colossians 3:22). ¨ Not being honest in paying my taxes
¨ Our government ¨ Not obeying traffic rules
(Romans 13:1- ¨ Throwing my garbage in the wrong places
7).7).
Father, from now on, I will stop rebelling. Instead, I will seek to be
persuaded and submit to my leaders unless doing so would be
disobeying Your commands.. That way, no spirit can continue tormenting
me for my past rebellion (1Samuel 15:23; 16:14).

1.6 I HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MURDER (Exodus 20:13):

¨ Taking the life of one who is not an enemy in my military service
(Genesis 9:6).
¨ Abortion (Exodus 21:22-25; Deuteronomy 18:10)
“God, cleanse my mind, heart and will from all effects of participation in
abortion. Teach me to accept myself and relate well with others.”
¨ Suicide in agreement with the murderer, Satan (John 13:27; 8:44;
Matthew 27:5)
“Please free me from that spirit that incited me to attempt suicide.”
¨ Hatred (1John 3:15)
¨ Insulting others mental capacity (by calling him “Stupid!”, “Dumb
head!”)
¨ Insulting others character (by calling him “Fool!” or telling him, “Fuck
you!”) (Matthew 5:22).
¨ Cursing, slander, gossip and other harmful words (Ephesian 4:29;
Proverbs 18:21)
“God, replace the evil words I spoke with life-giving ones. From now
on, help me to speak only blessings.”
¨ Slow murder of myself through:
¨ Staying near (1Timothy 3:3) so as to gaze (Proverbs 23:31) and be
tempted to get drunk with fermented wine (Ephesians 5:18; Isaiah
65:8). [Drinking wine is not for priests (Lev 10:8-11) and kings (Pr
31:4-5). We are a kingly priesthood (1Pe 2:9).]
¨ Eating more than what I need (Proverbs 23:20)
¨ Eating too much sweets (Proverbs 25:27) especially carbonated
drinks, fats, entrails, chemically polluted food.
¨ Eating food not good for my health (Exodus 15:26; Leviticus 11)
¨ Use of forbidden drugs (Revelation 9:21).
¨ Smoking

1.7 I HAVE COMMITTED ADULTERY

(1Peter 2:11; 1Corinthians 6:9,10,18; Proverbs 6:32-33):
¨ Having sexual intercourse with someone who is
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¨ not my spouse (Leviticus 18:20; 20:10; Exodus 20:17; Rev. 19:2)
¨ of the same sex as mine (Leviticus 18:22; Romans 1:24-27)
¨ an animal (Leviticus 18:23)
¨ my parent/ sibling/(grand)child/nephew/niece/aunt/uncle (or in-
law) (Leviticus 18:6-18)
¨ Marrying though my spouse is still alive (Romans 7:2-3; 1Corinthians
7:39).
¨ Transgressing or defrauding another (1Thessalonians 4:3-7) by:
¨ looking to lust (Matthew 5:27-29; Exodus 20:17), peeping,
reading, hearing or watching pornographic newspapers, magazines,
books, stories, movies, etc.
¨ seductive attire, words and actions (Proverbs 6:12,13,24,25;
2Timothy 2:16; 1Timothy 2:9).
¨ uncovering his/her nakedness (Leviticus 18:6-18)
¨ lustful embracing, kissing, or touching of sensitive parts of his/her
body (Proverbs 5:20; 7:13; Ezekiel 23:3,8,21).
¨ Masturbation (Matthew 5:30).
¨ Making myself a friend of the opposite sex when at least one of us is
engaged or married (James 4:4) by revealing family secrets to
him/her, obeying and defending him/her (John 15:13-15).
Suggested prayer: God, I no longer want to give Satan an opportunity
by following the sinful desires of my body. Instead, I will now use it in
righteousness for your glory alone.

1.8 I STOLE (Exodus 20:15):

¨ other’s property (Exodus ¨ the affection that was originally
22:1) offered to others (2Samuel 15:6)
¨ in bribery (Deuteronomy ¨ through copyright/patent
16:19), infringement—whether the source is
swindle/scam/graft claimed to be from God (Jeremiah
¨ by borrowing with no 23:30-32) or not:
intention of returning ¨ photocopying reading materials
(Romans 13:8; Proverb ¨ buying pirated ones CD, DVD or
22:7) other media or copying ones
¨ in pick pocketing, shop without permission from the
lifting, snatching, not copyright owner
paying what I ate ¨ copying programs intended only to
¨ in robbery/theft/hold-up be used in certain number of
¨ by using money or computers.
supplies (pens, paper, ¨ claiming ownership to materials
etc.) in our work not copyrighted or patented
designated for other ¨ in not giving:
people/purpose/project ¨ the tenth of my income (Malachi
¨ by using company’s 3:8-10; Leviticus 27:30,32) to full-
money and time by time Christian workers (Numbers
claiming to be working 18:21-24; 1Corinthians 9:7-14;
when I was not Galatians 6:6; Mark 12:17)
¨ by kidnapping ¨ the other things He asks me to
(Deuteronomy 24:7) / white give (Mal 3:8-12) for my spiritual
slavery / selling women, growth (Deuteronomy 14:22-23)
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men or children for or charity (14:28-29; 26:12-13)
prostitution
Suggested Prayer: God, forgive me for stealing. Give me my daily
bread. I will choose to fast and suffer rather than steal.

1.9 I LIED AND GAVE SATAN AN OPPORTUNITY (Eph 4:25-27):

¨ I testified about something which I did not personally experience
(Exodus 20:14)
¨ I spread news about others which I did not personally witness
(Proverbs 6:16,19)
¨ I did not testify about something which I have experienced which could
have helped someone to whom wrong was done (Leviticus 5:1) such as
testifying for Christ when an opportunity arose (Acts 1:8).
¨ I found something lost and did not take effort to make it known to the
owner (Leviticus 6:2-5; Exodus 23:4-5) such as surrendering it to the
lost-and-found section.
¨ I gave an advise concerning things I was not certain of (Job 13:14)
¨ I did not fulfill my promise (Psalm 15:1,4b). Examples: I did not come
to our appointment; I came late; I did not give the promised gift.
¨ I said something comes from the Lord when I was not sure
(2Corinthians 4:2; Jeremiah 20:6).
¨ I said I was surrendering myself to God when it was not really true
(Jeremiah 3:10).
¨ I used lies in my jokes (Proverbs 26:18-19).
¨ I said, “Come back tomorrow!” when I had it with me (Proverbs 3:28)
¨ I called sin with a different name (Isaiah 5:20).
¨ I used white lies. For example, I told a borrow, “I have no money!”
when I had it or I instructed another, “Tell him, I am not here!”
¨ I exaggerated, adding details which are not true.
¨ I had alibis and excuses. Example: I blamed the traffic for being late.
¨ I did not return excess change.
¨ I cheated on a person by hiding some information. As a result, he paid
more for what I sold or I paid less for what he sold.
Suggested Prayer: God, I shall allow your word to richly dwell in me
(Colossians 3:16) that I will be able to speak the truth alone. Help me.

1.10 I COVETED MY NEIGHBOR’S (Exodus 20:17):

¨ house ¨ spouse
¨ employees ¨ means of livelihood
¨ land (Deuteronomy 5:21) ¨ other properties
Lord Jesus, I agree that I am a sinner in danger of suffering torments in
hell. I believe that You are the Son of God whom He sent in the form of
a man to judge my sins in Your flesh. I fully believe that God raised You
from the dead. I now open the door of my heart and receive You as my
Savior and God. Thank You that You have forgiven my sins. Let me eat
with You—strengthen me that I may be victorious over sin and Satan. I
want to sit with You on Your throne (Revelation 3:19-21).
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6. Are You Sure You are Going to

Heaven?
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God (1John 4:15; 5:1) promises:
“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice
and opens the door, I will A COME in and eat with him, and he with me”
(Revelation 3:20).
1. According to this verse, what Jesus did do when you opened the door of
your heart? H e A __ A ___ __ in.
“…. Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.” (1John 2:6)
In what way is Jesus seen in your life now?
o I do not continue in sin (3:6-9); o I obey Him (2:3-11; 3:19-22);
o I love other believers (3:14-16; 4:12,16).
Being God (Hebrews 1:1-13),He promises each one who received Him,
“ B NEVER will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5)
2. Will Christ ever leave you? B__________. If so, do you need to invite him
again into your life? B__________.
Since Paul knew that Jesus would not leave him (Acts 18:9-10; Matthew
28:20), he was able to say,
“23 ...I desire to depart and be with C CHRIST…” (Philippians 1:20-25)
To those he assumed to have Christ (2Corinthians 13:5), he said,
“1 Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have
a building from god, an eternal house in D HEAVEN, not built by human
hands. ... 8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the
body and E AT HOME with the Lord...” (5:1-9), made perfect (Heb. 12:23).
3. WHEN YOU DIE, WHERE WILL YOU GO (5:1)? To D____________.
Who will be there with you (Philippians 1:23)? C___________. What will
you do there? I will be E ____________ with the Lord. Do you know this?
We can also know from this study that:
• Dead believers in Christ are not unconscious until the
resurrection.
• Dead believers in Christ do not roam on earth for
some days.
When Christians die, they will IMMEDIATELY go TO
HEAVEN. They will experience what Jesus promised to
the repentant thief on the cross, “... TODAY you will be with Me in Paradise
(Luke 23:43) or “HEAVEN” (2Corinthians 12:2-4). Dead believers are now
with Him in heaven. That is why, later, “… God will bring with Jesus those
who have fallen asleep in Him…For the Lord Himself will come down from
HEAVEN…” (1Thessalonians 4:13-18).

You will no longer experience separation from God (Isaiah 59:2) or death
(Romans 6:23). Instead,
“… God has given us F ETERNAL life, and this life is in His Son. He
who has the Son has life; He who does not have the Son of God does not
have life. These things I have written to you… that you may G KNOW
that you HAVE eternal life” (1John 5:11-13)
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4. Because Christ will not leave you, what kind of life do you have?
F
______________. Do you G know you have this kind of life? ______.
That is true if you are one of Jesus’ sheep. He said,
“My sheep H LISTEN to my voice; I know them, and they I FOLLOW me.
I give them eternal life, and they shall J NEVER perish; K NO-ONE can
snatch them out of my hand. My Father ... is greater than all; K NO-ONE
can snatch them out of my Father’s hand...” (John 10:27-28). Jesus “is
ABLE to save completely those who come to God through Him….”
(Hebrews 7:25)
5. What do you do that shows that you have eternal life? I H ___________ to
Jesus’ voice and I _____________ Him. Will you ever perish in eternal fire
(Jude 1:7; Luke 16:19-31)? J __________. Who can snatch you out of the
hands of Jesus and the Father? K ____________. Is Jesus able to save
you completely if you come to God through Him (Hebrews 725)? ______.
If so, WHEN YOU DIE, WILL YOU STILL GO TO HELL? ____. “8 For it is
by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from
yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 NOT by works, so that no-one can
boast. 10 For we are … created in Christ Jesus to do GOOD works, which
God prepared in advance for us to do” (Ephesians 2:8-10)
6. Were you saved from sin and hell because of good works? ____. Then
why were you created? So that I can do
__________ works

Jesus can now eat with you because …

“... He L FORGAVE us M ALL our sins...” (Colossians 2:13-14) “…
everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins
through his name." (Acts 10:43).
7. What did God do with your sins? He L_____________ them. How many
of them did He forgive? M______. If so, WHEN YOU DIE, WHERE WILL
YOUR SOUL GO (Revelation 6:9)? To ____________.
You may ask, “If all my sins have been forgiven, does that mean that I can
sin all the time and still be assured I am going to heaven?” … No! God’s
grace is not a license to sin (Jude 1:4). Here is what God says …
“... This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the
Lord. I will put my laws in their N HEARTS, and I will write them on their
O
MINDS.” Then he adds: “Their sins and lawless acts i will remember no
more.” ... (Hebrews 10:10,12,14,16-18) “
8. If you are truly forgiven (if God will remember your sins no more): Where
has God placed his laws? In my N ________ and O ________.
Yes, His laws will remain in your mind. Will you still enjoy sin as you
did in the past? ____.
Do you want to thank God for what He has done for you? Then tell Him:
Father, I now know that I am going to heaven because You have
forgiven me of all my sins and I have eternal life. As an expression of
my gratitude, I will now continue to read the Bible daily to obey it
(John 8:31-32). I will also join a Bible study group (Hebrews 10:23-25).
Read 1John. Memorize 2Corinthians 5:1
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7. Will You Be Rewarded at the Judgment?
You might ask, “If I am going to heaven after I die, what
will happen when I rise again?”
“… 16 the Lord himself will come down from A HEAVEN,
with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and
with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
B
17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be CAUGHT UP
together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will
be with the Lord for ever. (1Thessalonians 4:13-18)
1. When the Lord comes, what will happen to those who are “in Christ”:
a. who will have been physically dead already (v.14,16) ? From
A
____________ God will bring them with Jesus and they will rise first.
b. who are still physically alive (v.17)? They will be B____________ ____
with the first group to meet the Lord in the air.

… AFTER YOUR BODY IS CHANGED

42 …. The body … 43 … is sown in (or, with) dishonor, it is raised in (with)
GLORY; it is sown in (with) weakness, it is raised in (with) C POWER; 44 it is
sown a natural body, it is raised a SPIRITUAL body. 45 So it is written: "The
first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam, a D LIFE-GIVING
spirit. ... 47 The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from
heaven. 48 As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the
heavenly, so also are those who are HEAVENLY 49 And just as we have
borne the likeness of the earthy man, so shall we bear the E LIKENESS of
the man from heaven. 51…We will not all sleep, but WE WILL ALL BE
CHANGED— 52 in a flash, … at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will
sound, the dead will be raised imperishable …. 53 For the perishable must
clothe itself with the F IMPERISHABLE, and the mortal with
G
IMMORTALITY. 54 … then the saying … will come true: … 55 "Where, O
death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your STING?" 56 The sting of
death is H SIN ... 57 But … God … GIVES us the victory through … Jesus
…. 58 Therefore …. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to
the I WORK of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord IS
not in vain. (1Corinthians 15)
2. What kind of body will you have? Meditate on its implications:
PRESENT BODY FUTURE BODY (1John 3:1-3).
E
Like that of Adam, _______ that of Jesus (v.49; Ps 17:15)
natural (v.44), flesh&blood (v.50) SPIRITUAL (v.44),
of the earth’s dust (v.47), earthy HEAVENLY (v.48; Da 12:3; Mt 22:30)
a dishonor, disgrace GLORIOUS (v.43a; Ph 3:21)
with weakness with C ___________ (v.43b)
F
perishable, corruptible (KJV) _______________________ (v.53a)
G
mortal, liable to die ________________________ (v.53b)
stung by sin without H _____ (v.55-56)
D
living _______-__________
What is the tense of the words GIVES and IS in v.57-58?
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______________. Because of this, can you have victory NOW though
sin is still with you? _____. What are you to do? Labor and give myself fully
to the H _________ of the Lord.

… AFTER YOUR WORKS ARE TESTED

3:9 … you are God’s … building. 10 … someone else is building on it. But
each one should be careful how he builds. 11 For no-one can lay any
foundation other than … I JESUS Christ. 12 If any man builds on this
foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13 his
J
WORK will be shown for what it is ... the fire will K TEST the quality of
each man’s work. 14 If what he has built L SURVIVES, he will receive his
M
REWARD. 15 If it is N BURNED UP, he will suffer loss; he himself will be
SAVED, but only as one escaping through the flames ….
4:5 … wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in
darkness and will expose the O MOTIVES of men’s hearts. At that time
each will receive his praise from God. (1Corinthians 3:9-15; 4:5)
3. Who is the foundation of believers (v.11)? I __________. What is built on this
foundation (v.13)? One’s J _________.
Indeed, what you do in the body, good or bad (2Corinthians 5:10), hidden or
not (Mark 4:22; Romans 2:16), will have an effect on your ‘neighbors’ (Luke
10:27-37) who trust the foundation and on yourself.
4. What will be done to your work (v.13; 4:5)? The fire will k ________ the
quality of my work (including the O ______________ of my heart), whether:
a. it will L _______________ the fire, if I used gold, silver or costly stones.
b. It will be N ____________ ____, if I used wood, hay or straw.
5. What will happen to you if what you will have built by that time survive the fire
(v.14)? I will receive my R _____________ and praise (Romans 2:6-11).
6. What will you lose if your work is burned up (v.15)? Check þ the correct
answer:
o My potential reward (Ephesians 6:8) o My salvation (Romans 8:1).

WHEN JESUS COMES AGAIN, ALL OF US WHO HAVE TRUSTED HIM WILL
HAVE A NEW BODY WHICH WILL NOT PERISH, DIE NOR SIN BUT WILL BE
GLORIOUS, POWERFUL AND LIFE-GIVING. WE WILL THEN MEET THE LORD
IN THE AIR. EACH OF OUR WORK, SECRET OR NOT, WILL BE TESTED AND
OUR MOTIVES EXPOSED. GOD WILL REWARD US FOR EACH WORK DONE
WITH GOOD MOTIVE. THEN WE SHALL BE WITH HIM FOREVER.

… WITH A REWARD YOU MAY WANT

Paul told those who received Christ because of their O WORKS
“…what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the
presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you?”
(1Thessalonians 2:19)
7. What is one of the rewards or crowns that will give you joy and reason to glory
in Christ’s presence? Those who receive Christ because of my
O
___________. Whom will you invite to join you in our study? _________,
____________. With a partner, pray for him now. Invite him to our next study.
Read 1Thessalonians. Memorize 1Corinthians 4:5.
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8. Have You Identified Yourself with
Christ Publicly?
You might ask: “Do I still need to be baptized to be saved?” or “I
was baptized already when I was still an infant, isn’t that enough?”
or “I was baptized as an adult, do I have to be baptized again?”
This lesson answers each of these:

Expecting believers to be baptized, Jesus commanded his disciples, 15

"Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. 16
Whoever believes and is A BAPTIZED will be saved, but whoever does not
believe will be condemned.” (Mark 16:15-16)
1. What are the two kinds of persons according to Jesus?
a. He who believes and is A _______________ and will be saved.
b. He who does not believe and will thus be condemned.

Some misunderstood this passage to mean that baptism is a condition

before one could be saved. Such is not the case, otherwise:
• The repentant thief on the cross could not have been saved. But Jesus
told him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise." (Luke
23:43). Later, his legs were broken that he died (John 19:31-32). That
day, He went with Jesus to paradise.
• Paul would have been sent to baptize too, but he was not. He said:
“…Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel….”
(1Corinthians 1:14,17)
In obeying this command, Paul said, “I am not ashamed of the gospel,
because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who
believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.” (Romans 1:16)

However, Jesus asked John to baptize Him, "Let it be so now; it is

proper for us to do this to FULFILL ALL righteousness."(Matthew 3:15).
2. If baptism is not a condition to be saved, then why should you be
baptized? To help _____________ ______ righteousness.
Do you want to do all that is righteous? Then be baptized!

To ensure that those who are being discipled help fulfill all righteousness,
Jesus commanded:
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, B BAPTIZING them in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,” (Matthew
28:19)
3. In making disciples of all nations, what were the first disciples instructed to
do? They were to B___________E those who are being made disciples.

That Christ’s command will be done, the Apostle Peter in two

occasions commanded his audience to be baptized (Acts 2:38; 10:48).
“...baptism now saves you—C NOT the removal of dirt from the flesh,
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D
but an APPEAL to God for a good conscience—through the resurrection
of Jesus Christ,” (1Peter 3:21 NAS).
4. Water baptism removes dirt from the body, but does it save? C ____.
What kind of baptism saves you? An D ____________ to God for a good
conscience through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
We make that appeal through calling on Christ's name: “...be baptized
and wash your sins away, calling on his name.’” (Acts 22:16).

God can give us a conscience that is good and washed clean by

uniting us with Christ in His death and resurrection to a new life:
“4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in
order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the
Father, we too may live a new life. 5 If we have been united with him
like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his
resurrection.” (Romans 6:4-5)

When a believer is baptized, he is immersed in water and the dirt is removed

from his body, reminding him that his conscience is cleansed from sins. He
is buried in water declaring that his old life died and was buried with Christ.
As he comes out of the water, he confesses that he rose with Christ to a live
a new life of a disciple, following Him.

36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the
eunuch said, “Look, here is water. Why shouldn’t I be baptized?” 37 Philip
said, “If you E BELIEVE with all your heart, you may.” The eunuch
answered, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” 38 And he gave
orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into
the water and Philip baptized him. 39 … they came up out of the water…
(Acts 8:36-39 with note)
5. What is the condition before a person is baptized? He should
E
_____________ with all his heart that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

6. Were you baptized when you were an infant?______. Were you baptized
in a group which teaches that Jesus is NOT the Son of God, the eternal
Word and through whom God made all things and who became a man,
died for your sins and rose from the dead?______.
If so, do you think that baptism is what Jesus wants from you?______.

When you believed that Jesus is the Son of God, what is 1 sin that you
stopped doing ? ______. Do want to be baptized? _____. Then obey him
promptly as the first disciples did (Acts 2:37-41; 8:37-38; 9:17-18).
“I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.” (Ps 119:60)

SCHEDULE OF MY BAPTISM
Name: __________________; Date: _________; Time: _______________
Place: ____________________________________________________
Read Matthew 1-7. Memorize Mark 16:16.
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9. Rejoice in Pressures?
..."We must go through manyC HARDSHIPS to enter the kingdom of
God,"...” (Acts 14:22; 1Thessalonians 3:2-5; Romans 8:18)

I. To enter the kingdom of God, through what must you enter? Many
C
____________________

Jesus said, “17 ...men … will A HAND YOU OVER to the local councils
and B FLOG you in their synagogues...
C
21 Brother will BETRAY brother to death, and a father his child; children
will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. 22 All men will
D
HATE you because of me....
… 36 a man’s enemies will be the members of his own E HOUSEHOLD.’”
(Matthew 10:34-36)
“32 … after you had received the light … you stood your ground in a
great contest in the face of suffering. 33 Sometimes you were publicly
exposed to F INSULT and persecution... 34 You … joyfully accepted the
G
CONFISCATION of your property, because you knew that you yourselves
had better and lasting possessions.” (Hebrews 10:32-34)
II. What are some hardships you may encounter?
A. All men may D ________ me (Matthew 10:22)— F ___________ publicly
(Hebrews 10:33) or say something bad but not true of me (Matthew
5:11), G _________________E my property (Hebrews 10:32),
A
________ me over to local councils and B ________ me (Matthew
10:17) C ____________ me (v.21).
B. The members of your own E __________________ may do these
things (v.36).

III. What must you do, whether or not you are in hardships?

28 “Do not be H AFRAID of those who kill the body but cannot kill the
soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in
hell. ... 38 and anyone who does not take his I CROSS and follow me is not
worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his
life for my sake will find it.” (Matthew 10:28,38-39)
A. Do not be H __________________ of those who kill the body (v.28) but
be ready to lose my life (v.39), take my I ________ daily (Luke 9:23;
Philippians 1:29) and follow Jesus (v.38)

"Whoever J ACKNOWLEDGES me before men, I will also

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acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. 33 But whoever disowns
me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.”
(Matthew 10:32-33)
B. J _______________________ Jesus before men (v.32-33)
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37"Anyone who loves his father or mother K MORE than me is not
worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is
not worthy of me;” (Matthew 10:37)
C. Love Jesus K ________ more than my parent and child (v.37)

He answered: "‘Love the Lord your God with all your L HEART and with all your
M SOUL and with all your N STRENGTH and with all your O MIND’; and, ‘Love
your neighbor P AS yourself.’” (Luke 10:27)
D. Love God with all my L __________, M ________, N ________________
and O ________.
E. Love my neighbor (including my enemies (Matthew 5:44) P ________
myself.

“... he who stands Q FIRM to the end will be saved.” (Matthew 10:22)
F. Be patient (Roma 12:12) even in tribulations (2Corinthians 4:8-11) and
stand Q __________ to the end for my benefit (Matthew 10:22; 24:13)
and that of others (Ephesians 3:13; Colossians 1:24)

3 "Blessed [or HAPPY] are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom
of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”
… 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 "Blessed are you when people
insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you
because of me. 12 R REJOICE and S BE GLAD, because great is your
reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets
who were before you.” (Matthew 5:3,4,10-12; Acts 5:3-5).
G. R _____________ and exceedingly S ______________ (2Corinthians
7:4; Romans 5:3) because great and eternal is my reward in heaven
(Matthew 5:12; 2Corinthians 4:17; Mark 10:29,30).

… 20 Remember the words I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than

his T MASTER.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they
obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.” (John 15:18-20)
IV.WHY would the world hate you? Because my T ____________ and
Teacher have been hated and persecuted also (2Timothy 3:11-12).

“Lord Jesus, because You first loved me (1John 4:9), with the strength
that You give, I will continue to love You with all my mind, heart, soul and
strength more than my love for my loved ones. I shall confess You
before men. I will do these things with faithfulness, rejoicing and leaping
for joy, I will do these things even if I will encounter many pressures—
shame, beatings, insults, false accusations, hatred, confiscation of
properties, lashes or death—even from my loved ones.”

Name: _____________________________________; Date: ___________

Read Matthew 8-14.. Memorize Acts 14:22.

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10. Have You Received the Holy Spirit?
If you have received Jesus, you have already received the
Holy Spirit: “.... if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he
does not belong to Christ.” (Romans 8:9). You are like the
disciples after Jesus breathed on them after His resurrection.
He commanded them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” (John 20:22).

Try to determine if you have received the Holy Spirit in this way: After
Jesus ascended to heaven, they received the Holy Spirit in a different way.
“44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all
who heard the message. 45 ... the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out
even on the Gentiles. 46 For they heard them speaking in tongues and
praising God. Then Peter said, 47 "Can anyone keep these people from
being baptised with water? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we
have."” (Acts 10:44-47)
Peter here was referring to their reception of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2:1-4:
They ‘1 were all together in one place. 4All of them were filled with the Holy
Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.'…
Have you received the Holy Spirit in a way that you were filled with the
Holy Spirit and He controlled even your tongue?

The Apostle Paul explains how to be filled with the Spirit:

18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be
filled with the Spirit. 19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and
A
SPIRITUAL songs. Sing and make music in your B HEART to the
C
LORD, 20 D ALWAYS giving thanks to God the Father for E EVERYTHING,
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 21 F SUBMIT to one another out of
reverence for Christ. (Ephesians 5:18-21; Jeremiah 23:9)
1. According to Ephesians 5:18-21, if you are filled with the Spirit:
a. What kind of speech will you utter (v.19)? A________________.
b. Where will you make your music? In my B__________.
c. To whom will you sing? To the C________.
Check the correct answer/s:
d. When will you give thanks (v.20 D)?
o When I feel like It.; o When one asks me to do it;
o At all times.
e. For what experiences should you give thanks E?
o For pleasant ones; o For unpleasant ones
f. How will you respond to commands from other Christians which are not
contrary to reverence for Christ (v.21)? I will F____________ to them.
Heavenly Father, I admit that I have controlled my attitude, actions
and words. Thank You that Jesus for this sin already on the cross. I
already have the Holy Spirit since I received Jesus. I ask that you give
me the Holy Spirit in a way that He controls my attitude, actions and
words. Thank You that I am now filled with the Spirit since my request
was good for me.
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Does this prayer express your heart's desire? … If so, pray it right now...

“14 For if I pray in a G TONGUE, .... 15 ...I will pray with my spirit … I will
sing with my spirit.... 2 For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not
speak to men but to God. Indeed, no-one understands him; he utters
mysteries with his spirit..... (1 Corinthians 14:14,15,2).
2. How can you speak in spiritual songs? In a G ____________ which no-
one understands but God alone

1 … eagerly H DESIRE spiritual gifts..... 4 He who speaks in a tongue

edifies himself.... 5 I would like every one of you to speak in tongues...”
(1Corinthians 14:1-5). “20 … building yourselves up on your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the I LOVE of God....”
(Jude 1:20-21 NAS95). “When you come together, everyone has … a
tongue.... All of these must be done for the strengthening of the church.”
(1Corinthians 14:26) “...one who speaks in tongues … interprets, so that
the church may be edified.” (14:5)
3. Why should you speak in a tongue you do not understand? Because God
commands me to :
a. H ___________ spiritual gifts and speaking in a tongue is one of them.
b. keep myself in the I ________ of God by
1) praying in the Spirit and speaking in a tongue is one way
2) building (or edifying) myself and speaking in a tongue is one way
c. do all things for the strengthening of the church and speaking in a
tongue and interpreting it afterwards is one way

Are you afraid to receive a demon to speak in a tongue you do not

understand? To answer such fear, remember that a demon is called a snake
or scorpion in Luke 10:19. Now consider Jesus' promise for you:

11"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake
instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then,
though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how
much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit...." (Luke 11:11-
13) and other “good gifts to those who ask him!” (Matthew 7:11).
4. Now if you ask God for the Holy Spirit so that you can speak in a tongue
by which you will be edified and kept in the love of God, what will He give?
o a demon; o the Holy Spirit. Therefore, touch your belly and expect
rivers giving life to others to flow from it (John 7:37-39). Pray:
Heavenly Father, give me the Holy Spirit now in a way that I will speak
in a new tongue with which I can edify myself and keep myself in the love of
God. Thank You that You will not give me a demon, in Jesus' name.”
Express your faith that the Holy Spirit already has given you utterance
(Acts 2:1-4). In Jesus' name, speak in a new tongue (Mark 16:17) which you
have not spoken before...
Ask God for interpretation (1Corinthians 14:13).
Witness for Jesus, trusting in the Spirit's power (Acts 1:8).
Read Matthew 15-21. Memorize Ephesians 5:18.
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11. Have You Experienced a Miracle?
Is this what you want to do? If so, understand what C JESUS said about it:
“12 I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have
been A DOING. He will do even B GREATER things than these, because I
am going to the Father. 13 1That is, C I will do whatever you D ASK in my
E
NAME, so that the Son may bring glory to the F FATHER.” (John 14:12-
13 modified)
1. If you have faith in Jesus, what will you do (v.12)? What he had been
A
_________, and even B ______________ ones. How can this be? Who
will really do what Christ had been doing (v.13)? C ___________. In this
way, who will receive the glory (v.13)? The F ____________. What is
your responsibility (v.? To D ______ in Jesus’ E ________. What does this
mean?…

The word “ask” is translated as “demand” and is synonymous to “look for”

in 1Corinthians 1:22 - “Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for
wisdom”. Thus, “to ask” means “to demand, looking for a response”.

“He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a

prophet’s reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a
righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.” (Matthew 10:41
NASB). Thus, the “name” of a person refers to “who he is”.

Thus, to ask in Jesus’ name means “to demand, looking for a

response, because of who Jesus is”.

Let us see how Peter did Christ’s work. ‘2 … a man H CRIPPLED

from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful…
4
Peter looked straight at him… Then Peter said, “Look at us!” 5 So
the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from
them. 6 Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I
have G I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.”
7I
TAKING him by the right hand, he J HELPED him up, and instantly the
man’s feet and ankles became strong. 8 He jumped to his feet and began
to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and
jumping, and praising K GOD…’ Later, Peter explained, “16 By
faith in the name of L JESUS, this man whom you see and know
was made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes
through him that has given this complete healing to him, as you
can all see.” (Acts 3:1-8,16).
2. What word showed that Peter acknowledged that what he was about to
do was his work (v.6)? The pronoun G‘_’. Whom did Peter ask (v.2)? A
man H ______________ from birth. Aside from talking to the man, how
1
The word “And” in can be translated “That is,” as in 1Corinthians 2:2 - “For I
resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and [or, that
is,] him crucified”. Jesus Christ is the one crucified.
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did Peter demand and look for something, which the man was previously
unable to do (v.7)? Peter I __OO__ him by the right hand and
J
___________ him up. According to Peter, what had given complete
healing to the man (v.16)? The name of and the faith that comes through
L
__________. Therefore, who really did the healing? L __________.
Who was glorified (v.16)? K ______.

‘16 …we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she
predicted the future... by fortune-telling… 18 Finally Paul… said to the
M
SPIRIT, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of
her!” At that moment the spirit left her.’ (Ac 16:16-18).

3. Whom did Paul ask or command in the name of Jesus Christ? The
M
__________ by which the slave girl was able to do fortune telling.

These two examples partly fulfills Mark 16:17-18, “17… these signs will
accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons…
18
… they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

TO DO CHRIST’S WORK,
1. BASED ON YOUR FAITH ON WHO HE IS AND YOUR PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, CONSIDER WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN TO
GIVE GOD THE MOST GLORY.
2. THEN, ASK WHATEVER AND WHOEVER NEED TO BE ASKED TO
GIVE GOD THE MOST GLORY, AND EXPECT JESUS TO DO IT.

Do you know of one who is sick or is demonized? Remember that on the

cross, Jesus already has defeated Satan and all his demons (Colossians
2:14-15; Hebrews 2:14). He also took our sicknesses and pains (Isaiah
53:4 Young’s Literal Translation). However, Jesus is just, even in war
(Revelation 19:11 ). He will not drive out any demon if the demonized person
or anyone in that person’s ancestry has given the devil a foothold and the
person is unwilling to be delivered (Ephesians 4:27).

1. If he is not yet a believer, share the gospel to him (Mark 16:15-18,20).

2. If he is a believer, ask him to first confess his sins (James 5:14-17).

Then, in the name of Christ (Mark 9:38-39), you may command demons to
stop oppressing the sick (Acts 10:38 NASB) and to leave, together with the
sickness they have caused. You may even be more direct and rebuke the
sickness (Luke 4:39) -- ask it to leave in Jesus’ name. You may say,
“You (name of sickness or demon) have no more right. In the name of
Jesus, I command you to leave me (or the name of person tormented
by the demon) now!”
Then expect Jesus to remove sicknesses just as he did in Matthew 8:14-17.

Read Matthew 22-28. Memorize John 14:12-13.

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12. Have You Benefited from the Laying on of Hands
… let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ
and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation
of … the A LAYING ON OF HANDS …. (Hebrews
6:1,2).

I. According to this passage, what is one elementary l teaching you need to

understand to go on to maturity?
The A ___________ ____ ____ __________.

... Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head, …
he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head.... He blessed them that day
and said, "In your name will Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God
make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’" …. (Genesis 48:14-20)

Then little children were brought to Jesus for him to place his
13
hands on them and A PRAY for them…. 14 Jesus said, "Let the little
children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of
B
HEAVEN belongs to such as these." (Matthew 19:13-14)

II. From which kingdom do people receive the benefits or

BLESSINGS TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE LAYING ON OF
HANDS? The kingdom of B ____________. Let us see some of these
blessings:

“Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because
Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to him and
did what the LORD had commanded Moses.” (Deuteronomy 34:9)
`...Ananias…Placing his hands on Saul, said, "Brother Saul, the Lord
—Jesus … has sent me so that you may see again and be FILLED with
the C HOLY SPIRIT." (Acts 9:17; 8:17-19; 19:6).
A. Being FILLED with the C ________ __________

Do not neglect your gift, which was D GIVEN you through a

E
PROPHETIC MESSAGE when the body of elders laid their hands on
you. (1Timothy 4:14)
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is
in you through the laying on of my hands. (2Timothy 1:6)
B. Being D_________ a gift of God.

And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name …

17
18 … they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get
F
WELL." (Mark 16:17,18)
C. Becoming J _________ from sickness (cf. 5:23; 6:5; 7:32; 8:23,25;
Luke 4:40; 13:13; Acts 28:8; 9:12).
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… a ruler came and knelt before him [Jesus] and said, "My daughter
has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will G LIVE."
(Matthew 9:18)
D. G _____ING again (resurrection) in this life.

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his
right hand on me and said: "Do not be H AFRAID….” (Revelation 1:17).
E. Overcoming fear or being H ___________.

18So the LORD said to Moses, "Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in
whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him. 19 Make him stand before
Eleazar the priest and the entire assembly and commission him in
their presence. 20 Give him some of your I AUTHORITY so that the
whole Israelite community will obey him. ... 22 Moses did as the LORD
commanded him. … 23 Then he laid his hands on him and
J
COMMISSIONED him ....” (Numbers 27:18-20,22-23)
F. Being J ________________ publicly as SEPARATED for a specific
task with corresponding I _________________. Examples:

1. Joshua as Moses' successor (Numbers 27:18-20,22-23)

2. Deacons
1 … the Grecian Jews … their widows were being overlooked in the
daily distribution of food. 2 So the Twelve gathered all the disciples
together and said, “….3 … choose seven men from among you who
are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this
responsibility over to them…." … 6 They presented these men to the
apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them. (Acts 6;1-6)

3. Apostles (Acts 13:2-3)

2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said,
SEPARATE me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have
called them. 3 And when they had fasted and K PRAYED, and laid
their hands on them, they sent them away. (13:2-3)

III.What are some things you can also do while laying your hands on
another?
A. K ________ for him (Acts 13:3; Matthew 19:13)
B. Give a E _________________ MESSAGE (1Timothy 4:14)—one which
you believe will enable him to glorify God.

GET A PARTNER. LET THE OLDER BELIEVER ASK GOD TO FILL

HIM WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, TO HEAL HIM IF HE IS SICK, AND TO
GIVE HIM A SPIRITUAL GIFT AND/OR FINANCES WITH WHICH HE
WILL GLORIFY GOD AND TELL HIM GOD'S MESSAGE FOR HIM.

Read Acts 1-7. Memorize Mark 16:17,18.

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13. How to Overcome Your Offender
“Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry, For anger
rests in the bosom of fools.” (Ecclesiastes 7:9 NKJV)
“In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down
while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a
A
FOOTHOLD.” (Ephesians 4:26-27; 2Corinthians 2:10-
11; Matthew 5:22).
In Bible times, when the sun sets and the visitor is still present, the
host is to ask him to sleep in his house (Jn 1:39)

1. When anger visits, why is it foolish to allow it to rest in your heart?

Because if I do so, I will give the devil a A________________. In what
sense?

….34In anger his master turned him over to the

jailers to be B TORTURED, until he should pay
back all he owed. 35This is how my heavenly
Father will treat each of you unless you forgive
your brother from your heart.” (Matthew 18:21-
35; Mark 11:25)

2. How will God treat you if you do not forgive your brother from the heart
(v.34)? God will turn me over to the jailers to be B________________.

So that you will understand the torments you will experience if you do not
forgive, the words that came from the same root are in underlined bold
small letters in the following verses:

“7and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the

filthy lives of lawless men 8(for that righteous man, living among them
day after day, was tormented in his righteous CSOUL by the lawless
deeds he saw and heard)” (2 Peter 2:7-8).

3. If you do not forgive, what PART OF YOU will suffer? My C________.

“She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give
D
BIRTH.” (Revelation 12:2).

4. If you will not forgive, the pain you will experience can be like that of
pain in giving D_________.
“23
In HELL, where he was in torment …. 24 he called to him, ‘Father
Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger
in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this E FIRE.’
(Luke 16:23-24)
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“Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no
murderer has eternal life in him.” (1 John 3:15)
“…the murderers … their place will be in the fiery lake of burning
sulfur. This is the second death."” (Revelation 21:8)
5. If you die in hatred, not forgiving others, where would you suffer? In
the E _______ of hell and later of the burning sulfur.

Then forgive others and confess to God any bitterness you may
have:
• Is there anyone who has done something wrong to you or who has
failed to meet your expectations?... Is he your house mate? … a
Christian you know?... a friend who betrayed you?... a workmate?... a
classmate?... someone you do not even know?... Have you forgiven
him?...
• Have you slept angry?... Have you spoken evil against him
(Colossians 3:8)? … Have you told others about what he did instead of
talking privately to him if he is a believer (Matthew 18:15-20).
• You also may be angry with yourself for making a wrong decision ...
Have you forgiven yourself?... You may pray this prayer, “Lord, thank
You that You still love me though I made a wrong decision!”
• Have you blamed God for something that happened to you?... to
someone you love?... If so, tell him, “Lord, forgive me for getting mad
at you.
”If you want to be angry, focus it on Satan and his demons (Psalms
139:21-22). They are your true enemies (Ephesians 6:12).
Pray the following audibly that they will also hear:
“Lord, forgive me for not forgiving others before the sun goes down.
Just as you have forgiven me (Colossians 3:13; Ephesians 4:31-32;
Luke 6:36), I now forgive... [Write the names of individuals and groups
who wronged you and the corresponding sins they committed against you
(Matthew 6:12,14,15 ) no matter how many times they did it (Luke 17:4 ).
Write also what you felt because of what they did]…
MY- FOR HURTING AS A RESULT, I FELT TORMENTED
SELF ME WHEN (Matthew 18:21-35) BY DEMONS
& ... HE/THEY… (Ephesians 4:26,27) IN MY …
SOUL (2Peter 2:7,8)
¨ I had self-pity and shame
¨ I desired to die or that he will die
¨ I wanted revenge.
¨ I found it hard to sleep
¨ I was angry/furious/full of bitterness
¨ I became irritable, sometimes even with
those who have not offended me.
¨ I have talked about his offense even with
those who cannot help.
BODY ¨. I became sick
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… I will no longer count their sins against me. I will remove their sins as
far is the east is from the west. I will no longer be bitter nor take revenge
against them (Hebrew 12:15).
As the Lord leads at the opportune time, I will talk to each offender
privately. If he does not listen, I will follow your other instructions. If it is
possible, as far as it depends on me, I will live at peace with every one of
them (Romans 12:18).
I will do good to them. … If they will speak negatively against me before
God and others, I will speak positively concerning them. However, I shall
do what has to be done that they will no longer continue to hurt me or
others (Ephesians 5:1)..
Thank you that everything that has happened to me you works together
that I may become more like Christ in my character (Romans 8:28-29)..

(If you have something against God, tell him). Lord, forgive me for
blaming you when ___________________________________________.

“6 ...if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to

sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his
neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. 7 … the things that
cause people to sin … must come, but F WOE to the man through whom
they come!” …. 14 … your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these
little ones should be G LOST. 15 If your brother sins against you, go and
show him his fault, just between the H TWO of you. If he listens to you,
you have I WON your brother over.” (Matthew 18:14-15)
How should you look at the believer in Christ who sinned against you
and thus becoming a source of temptation for you to sin.? With F _______
because he is in danger of being G ________.

“24 And the Lord’s servant must not N QUARREL; instead, he must be
kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. 25 Those who oppose him
he must gently O INSTRUCT, in the hope that God will grant them
p
REPENTANCE leading them to a Q KNOWLEDGE of the truth, 26 and
that they will come to their senses and R ESCAPE from the trap of the
devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.” (2Ti 2:24-26 NIV)
What is your objective when you talk to him? That he will be I _______
as God grants him P ____________________ that He may Q _________
the truth, come to his senses and P ____________ from the devil's trap.

“Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are J SPIRITUAL

should restore him K GENTLY. But L WATCH yourself, or you also may
be M TEMPTED.” (Ga 6:1 NIV)
How are you to win him? I will see to it that I am J ______________,
that in seeking to restore I will not N ______________ but talk to him
K
____________, L ___________ING myself lest I too may be
M
_______________. You may tell him something like this, “I know that
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you love me (1John 3:10,14), but with what I heard you say/saw you do,
this is what I felt.

“But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every
matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’”
(Matthew 18:16)
If he will not listen to you, who will you bring (v.16)? One or two
S
__________________.

“ 5 … there is nobody M AMONG you wise enough to judge a dispute

between believers? 6 But instead, one brother goes to law against
another—and this in front of unbelievers! 7 The very fact that you have
lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated
already. Why not rather be N WRONGED? Why not rather be cheated?”
(1Corinthians 6:5-7)
If there is no witness, to whom will you bring your case? Someone
M
___________ us believers. If there is no one available, what should you
do? Allow myself to be N ________________ than bring the case in front
of unbelievers.

“18 I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth have been bound in
heaven, and whatever you loose on earth have been loosed in heaven.
O
19 "Again, I tell you that if TWO of you on earth agree about anything
you ask for, it will be done for you by my p FATHER in heaven. 20 For
where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.”
(Matthew18:18-20 NIV using notes)

Who is the church being referred to here? The O _______ or three who
are gathered in Jesus' name (v.20). Because Jesus is with them, if the
two or three of you who are witnesses agree in whatever information that
the church ask, who is working to ensure that what you agreed on has
been bound already in heaven (v.19)? The p ____________.

If they are already sure that your testimony is true, they will be the ones
who talk to the offender. If they would not listen even to them, you are to
consider him as not yet a believer in Christ. Pray for him (Matthew 5:44).
Do good to him (Luke 6:27; Romans 12:20,21). This may mean reporting
him to the authorities to prevent him from any further abuses (Ephesians
5:1).

If the witnesses have been found to be false because their testimonies

do not bind because you have different answers to the church, the
punishment he is supposed to be given to the accused will be meted to
you (Deuteronomy 19:16-21).
Read Acts 8-14. Memorize Ephesians 4:26-27.
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14. What Should You Do When You Sin?
When you received Christ, you became a child of
God (John 1:12). You have “been cleansed from”
your “past sins” (2Peter 1:9). Indeed, “your sins have
been forgiven on account of His name.” (1John 2:12).

You might then ask, “What if I sin again? What will

I do?”

"If we ACONFESS our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our
sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." (1John 1:9)

1. According to this verse, what should you do when you commit a sin?
A
___________________ it.

What does it mean to "confess our sins"? We can answer this question
from the context of the verse above:
8
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not
in us... 10If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and
his word has no place in our lives. (1 John 1:8,10)

When we confess our sins, we do not deceive ourselves. We do not

make God out to be a liar. We agree with God that we have a sin and we
have sinned. We say the same thing as with what the truth of his word says
concerning our sins. We say something like this, "God, I agree that I sinned
against you when I called Bill a fool (Matthew 5:21-22)." We do not add,
"...But I would not have done it if he did not do it first! (Genesis 3:12-13)"

My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not BSIN. (1John 2:1a)
B
2. Why did John write this part of the Bible? That I will not ___________.

When you confess your sins, you also agree with God that you should not
commit that sin again. For our example, you may pray something like this,
"Lord, I don't want to call him fool again!" or, "Lord, I forgive him!" (Matthew
6:15).
1
But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our
defense--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2He is the one who turns
aside God's wrath, taking away our sins, and not only ours but also the
sins of the whole world. ... (1 John 2:1b, 2 note, 12)

When you confess your sins, you may say, "...thank you that because
Jesus, the Righteous One, turned aside your wrath, taking away that
bad language I used against Bill, you have forgiven me already."
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3
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may
have E FELLOWSHIP with us. And our F FELLOWSHIP is with the Father and
with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4noteWe write this to make your G JOY
H
COMPLETE 5This is the message we have heard from him and declare to
you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6If we claim to have
fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the
truth. 7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have
E
FELLOWSHIP with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies
us from all sin. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive
us our sins and D PURIFY us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:3-7,9).

3. What does it say will happen to you if you continue to confess your
sins, if you walk in the light (vv. 7,9)? He will forgive me my sins and
D
___________ me from all unrighteousness (or sin - 1John 5:17).

This means that your life will be cleansed from sins - you will commit fewer
and fewer sins (2Corinthians 3:18)! Do you want that?…

4. How will you then relate with other true Christians (vv. 7,3)? I will have
E
__________________ with them. This means that you will be able to eat
together with them with glad and sincere hearts (Acts 2:46).

5. How will you relate with the Father and the Son (vv. 6,3)? I will also have
F
_______________ with them.
G
6. What will you experience in such situation (v.4)? ______ that is
H
________________ (Psalm 51:12).

YOU HAVE TO CONFESS YOUR SINS SO THAT YOU WILL BE

FORGIVEN FROM THEM AND HAVE COMPLETE JOY IN YOUR
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD AND OTHER CHRISTIANS.

Therefore, take a few minutes and pray: "Our Father in Heaven, remind
me of any sin I have not confessed to you." Then as He reminds you of
any sin you have not yet confessed, tell Him, "... I agree that when I
(mention each sin), I sinned against You.” …
Then conclude by praying, “Thank You that You have forgiven me
because Christ died on the cross for each one of my sins. Enable me
not to do them again."

REMINDER: From now on, whenever God tells you that anything you
have done is not pleasing to him, confess it immediately to him - agree with
him that it is a sin, forgiven and to be forsaken.

Read Acts 15-21. Memorize 1John 1:9.

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15. How to Avoid Sinning

Do you want to obey the command to sin no more (John 8:11)
but there is a sin which easily defeats you?…
Do you want to be freed from it? …
If so, understand what Paul said:
2
… We A DIED to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you
know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into
his death? 4We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death
in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of
the Father, we too may live a B NEW life. … 6For we know that our old self
was C CRUCIFIED with him so that the body of sin might be done away
with, {Or be D RENDERED powerless} that we should E NO longer be
slaves to sin-- 7because anyone who has died has been F FREED from
sin. 8Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
… 11In the same way, count yourselves G DEAD to sin but H ALIVE to God
in Christ Jesus. (Romans 6:1-11)

1. When Christ was crucified on the cross, what happened to your old self
(v.6)? It was C ________________ with Him. What was the result to your
body of sin? It was D________________ powerless.
E
2. Do you still have to serve sin?
_____. Why not (v.2,7)? Because I
A F
_________ to and have been __________ from sin already.

3. If this is so, during those times when you do not feel it, how should you
count yourself (v.11)? G________ to sin but H___________ to God. When
you react in this way, WHAT KIND of life will you experience (v.4)?
B
_______.

For example, if the sin you repeatedly did was cursing, when you
feel like cursing, you may pray, “Thank you, Father, that I died to
and is freed from cursing already! I do not have to do it again!”

However, if you open your mouth when you are angry, you still might
curse. That you may avoid this, here’s God’s command:

Therefore do not let I SIN reign in your mortal body so that you obey
12

its evil desires. 13Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments
of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to J GOD, as those who have
been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as
instruments of righteousness. 14For SIN SHALL NOT BE YOUR
MASTER, because you are not under law, but under grace.
(Romans 6:12-14)

4. What should you do that sin will no longer be your master (v.12,13)? I
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I
should no longer allow _____ to reign in the part of my body that is being
tempted. Instead, I should offer it to J ______.

Indeed, when you yield the members of your body as instruments of

wickedness, you sin. On the other hand, when you offer them as instruments
of righteousness, you experience freedom from sin.

If the sin that has reigned in you is cursing, close your mouth!
Instead, speak to bless. You may do so by praying for him. Jesus
said, “…pray for those who persecute you” and (Matthew 5:44) and
“bless those who curse you, pray for those who ill-treat you.” (Luke
6:28) You may pray audibly, “God, my mouth is yours alone. That is
why I ask that you bless (the person you wanted to curse). Let no sickness
fall on him. Give him the money he needs. Draw him closer to you.” Then, if
possible, bless him when you are with him.

5. What is a sin that you have done repeatedly? _____________________.

Do you want to be freed from it? ____. If so, consider the following prayer:

“God, thank you that I am already dead to the sin of (mention that
sin). I can no longer live in it. I am freed from it already. I do not
have to obey it anymore. It shall no longer be my master.
Whatever parts of my body that were affected by it are yours
alone, your instrument/s of righteousness.”
Does this prayer express the desire of your heart? If so, pray it right now...

You may continue also to pray this prayer DAILY until it becomes part of
your prayer life. Jesus instructed us to pray, “… TODAY… lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’ and later, “EACH DAY has
enough trouble of its own.” (Matthew 6:11,13,34)

Utter this prayer especially when you are being tempted. “Let us then
approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy
and find grace to help us in our time of need.” (Hebrews 4:16 NIV) Then
yield those parts of your body being tempted as instruments of
righteousness--do something righteous with them. “… overcome evil with
good.” (Romans 12:21)

Whatever sin it was that enslaved you, it will be helpful if you continue to
read and obey the Bible. To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If
you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the
truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:31-32 NIV)

Read Acts 22-28. Memorize Romans 8:11,13.

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16. How to Receive a Yes Answer to Prayers
Do you want to have COMPLETE JOY in your
life? Then follow one command given to those
who just received Christ—“And now, dear children,
CONTINUE IN HIM, so that when he appears we
may be confident and unashamed before him at
his coming.” (1John 2:28). Let us see how M
JESUS explains how to continue or remain in him:
1
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off (lit.,
RAISES UP) every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch
that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even A MORE fruitful. 3 You
are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 REMAIN IN
ME, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear B FRUIT by itself; it must
remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5 “I
am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he
will bear MUCH fruit; apart from me you can C DO nothing. 6
If anyone did not remain in me, he is like a branch that was thrown
away and withered; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and
D
BURNED. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, E ASK
whatever you wish, and it will be given you. 8 This is to my F FATHER’s
glory, that you bear G MUCH fruit, showing yourselves to be my H
DISCIPLES.
9
“As the I FATHER has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in
my love. 10 If you J OBEY my commands, you will remain in my love, just
as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have
told you this so that my K JOY may be in you and that your joy may be
COMPLETE. 12 My command is this: L LOVE each other as M I have loved
you. 13 Greater love has no-one than this, that he lay down his N LIFE for
his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer
call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s
business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned
from my Father I have made O KNOWN to you. 16 You did not choose me,
but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will P
LAST. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my Q NAME. 17
This is my command: R LOVE each other.” (John 15:1-17 with italics
added).
According to Jesus, why should you remain or continue in him? Because:

I. If I do not remain in him:

A. I will be with those who are being D ____________ (v.6).
B. I cannot C____ anything (v.5)—bear B_________ by myself (v.4).
II. If I am in Him but could not bear fruit because I am touching the ground
(conformed to the world, Romans 12:2), I am like a branch that was *
___________ ____ by the Father (v.2), from the soil, drawn closer to the
vine (Jesus, v.12) that it may bear more fruit (v.3)
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III. If I do remain in him,
A. I will bear G_________ fruit (v.8) that will P________ (v.16) as I help
preach the gospel (Mark 16:15) and disciple nations (Matthew 28:18-
20) and as the Father prunes me that I may become A________ fruitful
(v.2).
1. I will receive whatever I wish and E______ for (v.7) in his Q_________
(v.16), because Jesus is my vine (v.1).
2. I will have his complete K______ (v.11; John 16:24).
Thus, just as the branch receives life-giving nutrients from the vine,
one of the “nutrients” we receive that makes joy in life complete while
remaining in Christ is answers to PRAYERS.
B. I will show myself to be his H_____________ (v.8)
C. The F____________ will be glorified (v.8)

What are you to do so that you will remain in him, in his love (v.10; 1John
3:24; John 14:21; James 1:22)? J___________ his commands. To do this,
first receive another “nutrient” from the Vine—the WORD he has spoken (v.3)
—and let them remain in you (v.7; 1John 2:24). Just as Jesus obeyed the
commands (v.9) which he learned from his Father (v.15), you are also to
OBEY the commands as you hear or read the BIBLE (Romans 10:17). You
must walk as Jesus did (1John 2:6) and not keep on sinning (3:6).

What command does he emphasize in this passage (v.12,17; 1John 4:12)?

That we are to L________ each other. How are we to do this (v.12)? As
M
JESUS has loved us, as the I ____________ has loved Jesus (v.9).

How has Christ shown his love for us, that we are his friends?
I. He made O___________ to us everything he learned from the Father
(v.15). Since the Father has loved you as he has loved Jesus (17:23), you
can also expect to learn from him!
Are you learning from God daily (Isaiah 50:4)? … Are you sharing it
with others believers? …
II. He laid down his N_______ for us (v.13,14).
Are you willing to lay down your life for other believers (1John 3:16)? …
III. Christ's love is described in 1Corinthians 13. Do you rejoice with the
truth?... Are you patient?... kind?... Or do you delight in evil? keep record
of wrongs … envy?... boast?... Are you proud?... rude?... self-seeking?...
easily angered?... (1Corinthians 13:4-8)

TO HAVE COMPLETE JOY WITH CHRIST, CONTINUE IN HIM—HEAR

AND OBEY HIM ESPECIALLY IN LOVING OTHER CHRISTIANS AS HE
HAS LOVED YOU. THEN ASK, AND HE WILL ANSWER.

Response: I, (name)__________________________________, will: (1) set

aside from (time)________ to (time)________ daily to pray and read my
Bible; (2) pray and obey throughout the day (1Thessalonians 5:17);
(3) share to ____________________ what I have been learning from God.
Read James. Memorize 1John 2:28
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Mark (encircle, cross out or underline) the chapter you have read:
OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS & CHAPTERS
Genesis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
49 50
Exodus 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Leviticus 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27
Numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Deuteronomy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Joshua 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Judges 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Ruth 1 2 3 4
1Samuel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
2Samuel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1Kings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
2Kings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
1Chronicles 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29
2Chronicles 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Ezra 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Nehemiah 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Esther 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Job 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
Psalm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72
73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95
96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112
113 114 115116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128
129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144
145 146 147 148 149 150
Proverbs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Ecclesiastes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Song of Songs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Isaiah 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66
Jeremiah 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
49 50 51 52
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Lamentations 1 2 3 4 5
Ezekiel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
Daniel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Hosea 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Joel 1 2 3
Amos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Obadiah 1
Jonah 1 2 3 4
Micah1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Nahum 1 2 3
Habakkuk 1 2 3
Zephaniah 1 2 3
Haggai 1 2
Zechariah 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Malachi 1 2 3 4

NEW TESTAMENT BOOKS & CHAPTERS

Matthew 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28
Mark 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Luke 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
John 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Acts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28
Romans 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1Corinthians 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
2Corinthians 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Galatians 1 2 3 4 5 6
Ephesians 1 2 3 4 5 6
Philippians 1 2 3 4
Colossians 1 2 3 4
1Thessalonians 1 2 3 4 5
2Thessalonians 1 2 3
1Timothy 1 2 3 4 5
2Timothy 1 2 3 4
Titus 1 2 3
Philemon 1
Hebrews 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
James 1 2 3 4 5
1Peter 1 2 3 4 5
2Peter 1 2 3
1John 1 2 3 4 5
2John 1
3John 1
Jude 1
Revelation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
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17. How to Rest with Honor and Joy
“If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as
you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a A DELIGHT and
the LORD’s holy day B HONORABLE, and if you honor it by not going
your C OWN way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,
then you will find your joy in the LORD, and I will cause you to ride on
the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father
Jacob.” The mouth of the LORD has spoken.” (Isaiah 58:13-14)

“There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a
Sabbath of rest, a day of sacred D ASSEMBLY. You are not to do any
work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.” (Leviticus 23:3)

I. To live with delight and honor, what were some of the things the Jews
were commanded to do during Sabbath, the LORD's day, the seventh
day?
A. To call the LORD's day a A _____________ and B an
__________________ day (Isaias 58:13).
B. To rest and cease from doing their C _______ way, pleasure, words and
works (Levitico 23:3).

II. Where are you to spend that day? In a sacred D _________________

(1Corinto 14:23).

“On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we
expected to find a place of E PRAYER. We sat down and began to
speak to the women who had gathered there.” (Acts 16:13)
"The people of the land shall also F WORSHIP at the doorway of that
gate before the LORD on the sabbaths and on the new moons.”
(Ezekiel 46:3 NAS)

III.What are some of the things God's people are expected to do on a

Sabbath?
A. E ________ and F ______________ (Revelation14:6).
1. Sing to Him (Psalms 9:2,11; 47:6-7; Ephesians 5:19; Hebrews 2:12;
Acts 16:25).
2. Praise Him (Psalms 103:1). Here are some of the things you can do:
a. Stand (Psalms 134:1), kneel or bow down (Psalms 95:6).
b. Lift your hands (Psalms 63:4; 134:2).
c. Play a musical instrument or dance (Psalms 150:3-5; 30:11).
d. Tell Him how great He is . He is the king of the whole earth
(Psalms 47:7). Thank Him for the good things He has done
(Psalms 103:2-5).
e. Clap your hands and shout out loud (Psalms 47:1).
3. Pray for the good of others (Acts 12:5).
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“As his custom was, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three
Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the G SCRIPTURES.” (Acts
17:2)
B. Study the G ___________________.

On the Lord's day (Revelation 1:10), Jesus is walking in the midst of

His church (2:1; 1:20) who gathers in His name (Matthew 18:20. It
began daily and later weekly

“Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts.

They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and
sincere hearts,” (Ac 2:46 NIV)

“On the first day of the week we came together to break bread.
Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next
day, kept on talking until midnight.” (Ac 20:7 NIV)

C. Break bread—eat the LORD's supper (1Corinthians 11:20)

“On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a
sum of money in keeping with his H INCOME, saving it up, so that
when I come no collections will have to be made.” (1Co 16:2 NIV)

D. Give in keeping with your H ____________.

“5 One man considers one day more sacred than another; another
man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully I CONVINCED
in his own mind. 10 You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do
you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God’s
judgment seat” (Romans 14:5,10)

“16 Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect

of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of
the coming things, and the body is of the Christ;” (Colossians 2:16-17
YLT)

IV.Write here the day and place agreed upon by your friend's group to
spend for the LORD: _______________________________________.

“God, I shall set aside everyday for you—holy, honorable and joyful. I shall turn
away from doing my own thing. I shall rest in Your presence—worship You, sing
some songs for You, to talk with You in prayer and listen to Your Spirit and Your
word and give. I will do these things with a church that refreshes my spirit and
stimulates me to love and do good as its members preach the good news and
disciple nations_______________________________________________.
Read 1Corinthians 1-7. Memorize Exodus 20:9,10.
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18. How to Eat Supper with the Lord
… On the first day of the Feast of A
UNLEAVENED BREAD (Matthew 26:17) … on
the NIGHT when He was betrayed …
(1Cor.11:23) “ 14 … Jesus and his apostles
reclined at the table. 15 And he said to them, "I
have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with
you before I suffer. 16 For I tell you, I will not eat
it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of
God."
17 After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, "Take this and divide it
among you.” (Luke 22:14-17)

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and B BROKE it,
and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and C EAT; this is my D BODY."
(Matthew 26:26) … given for you; do this ETOWARDS MY REMEMBERING”
(Luke 22:19 literal translation)

In the same way, after the supper he took the F CUP (Luke 22:20), gave
thanks and offered it to them (Matthew 26:27), saying, "This cup is the new
covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you (Luke 22:20). Drink from
it, G ALL of you.” (Matthew 26:27) … And they all drank from it (Mark 14:23).

“This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the
H
FORGIVENESS of sins (Matthew 26:28) … Do this, whenever you drink it,
towards my remembering (1 Corinthians 11:25 literal translation). Truly I
say to you, I shall never again drink of the fruit of the I VINE until that day
when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.” (Mark 14:25 NAS) … in my
Father’s kingdom." (Matthew 26:29)

When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
(Matthew 26:30)

10:21“You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you
cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.
11:18 … I hear that when you come together as a church, …. 20 … it is not
the Lord’s SUPPER you eat, 23 For I received from the Lord what I also
passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the J NIGHT he was betrayed, took
bread,
K
26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you PROCLAIM
L
the Lord’s death until he COMES. 27 Therefore, whoever eats the bread or
drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning
against the body and blood of the Lord. 28 A man ought to M EXAMINE himself
before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. 29 For anyone who eats
and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment
on himself. 30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number
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of you have fallen asleep. 31 But if we judged ourselves, we would not come
under judgment. 32 When we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined
so that we will not be condemned with the world. 33 So then, my brothers,
when you come together to eat, N WAIT for each other. 34 If anyone is
hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you meet together it may not
result in judgment. … (1 Corinthians 11:26-34)

I. Why should you partake of the Lord’s Supper?

A. (1Corinthians 11:26)—to K___________ the Lord’s death until he

comes.

Do you want to be in a place where your friend can hear the gospel?
… Then bring him to where he can hear the Lord’s Supper… There,
you may also share your testimony of the day that God redeemed you
(Psalm 107:2)—when He brought you out of the world (‘Egypt’,
Deuteronomy 16:3).

H
I. He poured out his blood for the ____________________of our
sins (Matthew 26:28)

Do you want to see godly qualities increasing in your life. Then be in

places where you can constantly be reminded of the fact that God has
purified you of your sins (2Peter 1:5-9)? “Do not forsake the
assembling of” believers together (Hebrew 10:24-25) for the Lord’s [or
imperial] Supper (1Corinthians 11:20; Acts 20:7).

D
2. He gave his _______________ for us (Matthew 26:26).

Remember that Jesus gave his body—4 But it was our pain he took,
and our diseases were put on him: while to us he seemed as one
diseased, on whom God’s punishment had come. 5 But it was for our
sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took
the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are
made well. (Isaiah 53:4-5 BBE)

Do you know of one whom you want to be healed? Some have

gotten healed already as they partake of the Lord’s Supper. Invite
them to come to the Lord’s Supper!

3. We are to do this until the Lord L___________ (1Corinthians 11:26).

Do you want to hasten the coming of Christ (2Pete4r 3:12)?… then

join the Lord’s Supper. That will help you live a pure life (1John 3:2-3)
and abide in Christ (1John 2:28)

Do you always fix your eyes on Jesus (Hebrew 12:2)? If not,

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remember that partaking of the Lord’s Supper will help.

16Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a

participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a
participation in the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one loaf, we,
who are many, are O ONE body, for we all partake of the one loaf.
(1Corinthians 10:16-17)

What is the result of partaking of the one bread? Though we are many,
we are O ______ body.

Indeed, the second reason why we should partake of the Lord’s Supper
is…

B. To help in the unity of the body (Ephesians 4:3).

Is the church or Christian group where you are a member of not united?
Then, propose that you conduct the Lord’s supper according to what is
written here.

II. What elements should we prepare in advance when we partake of the

Lord’s Supper?
A. A ________________________________ (Matthew 26:17).

7 Clean out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, just as you
are in fact UNLEAVENED. For Christ our Passover also has been
sacrificed. 8 Let us therefore celebrate the feast, not with old leaven,
nor with the leaven of P MALICE and Q WICKEDNESS, but with the
unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. (1 Corinthians 5:7-8 NAS)

What does the unleavened bread signify? That whenever we celebrate

in the Lord’s Supper, in part (Colossians 2:16 KJV note) the feast of
Unleavened Bread (also called ‘The Passover’ in Luke 22:1), we should
be without P ____________ and Q ________________

III. FRUIT OF THE I ________ in the F ________ of the Lord, of blessing

(which 'fourth part of a log of wine', Gill on 1Corinthians 10:16).
The wine that Jesus will drink in the future is new (Mark 14:25). New
wine is that which “is found in the cluster” or has been just treaded out “in
the presses” (Isaiah 16:10; 65:8 NAS). It is not put “into old wineskins;
otherwise the wineskins burst…." as the fermentation takes place
(Matthew 9:17 NAS). Since it will be new wine, we should not judge other
believers if they use unfermented ‘wine’ or grape juice. We should also
not judge others who will use wine that has undergone some fermentation.
If such wine was not allowed in the first century, how can some get drunk
with grape juice in 1Corinthians 11:21?

IV. What does God expect us to do?

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A. 1Corinthians 11:33— N ______________________ for each other that

we may not be judged with weakness, sickness or death

B. 1Corinthians 11:28— M ________________ourselves (1John 1:9;

Psalm 139:23).
C B
C. Matthew 26:26—take and ______ __________N bread.

D. Matthew 26:27— G ______ of us are to drink of the new fruit of the

vine.

“Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.” (1 Corinthians

11:1)

33So then, my brothers, when you come together to T EAT, wait for each
other. (1Corinthians 10:21; 11:20,23,33)

…. 46 And day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and
breaking bread U FROM HOUSE to house, they were taking their meals
together with gladness and V SINCERITY of heart, 47 praising X GOD,
and having Y FAVOR with all the people. And ZTHE LORD was adding
to their number day by day those who were being saved. (Acts 2:41-47
NAS)

V. If we will follow Christ as the first century disciples did, concerning eating
the Lord’s Supper (1Corinthians 11:20, partaking of His table, drinking His
cup, 10:21):

A. When will we do it (1Corinthians 11:18,20,23? When we T_______

supper together (at J _______) as a church.

B. Where will we do it (Acts 2:46)? U _________ __________ to house

C. What are some other things we can do in those gatherings?

1. Take meals with gladness and V ________________ of heart arising
from Biblical doctrine (Acts 2:42,46). In those meal times together,
they could have discussed that doctrine.
2. Praise X ______ (Acts 2:47). This could be done through a psalm
(1Corinthians 14:26) or a hymn (Matthew 26:30; Ephesians 5:19).
3. Seek to please all the people (1Corinthians 9:19-23) that we have
Y
__________ with all of them.
4. Share the gospel to those whom Z_____________ is adding.

Read 1Corinthians 11. Memorize 1Corinthians 5:8.

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19. How Become Rich
“This is what you have to do in order TO BE PHYSICALLY RICH!” Before
you react to such statement, consider this verse:

“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus CHRIST,

that though He was A RICH, yet for your sakes He
became B POOR, so that you through his poverty might
become CRICH.” (2Corinthians 8:9).

1. What was Christ’s status before He was crucified? He was A_______.

JESUS WAS RICH in that He did not store up treasure for Himself, for
anyone who do so “… is not rich towards God.” (Luke 12:21; Revelation
3:17) Though He had “nowhere to lay His head” (Matthew 8:20; Luke 9:58),
He was “ready to distribute” (1Timothy 6:17-18 KJV) and “willing to share”
(NIV) to the needs of others. He just prayed and needs were met. At one
time, He fed five thousand men (Mark 6:44 Luke 9:14 John 6:10). At another
time, four thousand men (Mark 8:9). Those numbers exclude women and
children who were also fed (Matthew 14:21; 15:38) and the food had excess
(16:9,10 Mark 8:19,20).

2. What happened to Christ when He was crucified (2Corinthians 8:9)? He

BECAME B_______.
23
When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took His clothes, dividing
them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment
remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to
bottom. 24 … they said to one another, “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.”
This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled which said, “They
divided my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.” So this is
what the soldiers did. (John 19:23-24).

3. Since the soldiers took Jesus’ outer garments and the one on whom the
lot fell also took the undergarment, what piece of clothing was then left of
Christ? _____________. Indeed, HE WAS SO POOR THAT HE HAD
NO GARMENT on His body!…

Have you experienced poverthy that you had nothing to wear? …

On the cross, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” (John 19:28). Indeed, He became so

poor that he DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DRINK.

Have you become as poor as Jesus was?…

4. Why did He become poor (2Corinthians 8:9)? That I might become

C
_______. Yes, you can be rich in every way, having all that I need,
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generous on every occasion and abounding in every good work:
“8… God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all
things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every
good work. 11 You will be made rich in every way so that you can be
generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result
in thanksgiving to God.” (2Corinthians 9:8,11)

How will you be made rich? Even if you are in deep poverty, you can
become rich in giving like the Macedonian churches:
2
Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme
poverty welled up in rich generosity. 3 for i testify that they gave as
much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their
own, 4 they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this
service to the saints. 5 And they did not do as we expected, but they gave
themselves first to the DLORD and then to us in keeping with God’s will.
(2Corinthians 8:1-5; Cp. the apostles—6:10)

5. So that you will be truly rich, to whom should you first give yourself (v.5)?
To the D________ and to those who teach the word of God to me.
Having given yourself to God, you also are to give to God…

Then Jesus said to them, “Give … to God what is God’s.” … (Mark 12:17)
“30 A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit
from the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD. 32 The entire
tithe of the herd and flock--every tenth animal… will be holy to the LORD.”
(Leviticus 27:30,32). Be sure to set aside a E TENTH of all that your fields
produce each year. (Deuteronomy 14:22)

6. How much should you give? A E_________ of all my income .

God said, “I give to the Levites all the tithes in Israel … in return for the
F
WORK they do while serving at the Tent….” (Numbers 18:21-24) Anyone
who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with his
G
INSTRUCTOR. (Galatians 6:6)

7. In giving to God, to whom should you give the tithe? To those who do the
F
_________ of God—especially my G___________________ in the word.
(1Corinthians 9:7-14).

Philippi is part of Macedonia. When the Philippians gave themselves to

Paul’s group (2Corinthians 8:5), they gave their tithes for Paul’s team’s
needs. Paul said concerning the Christians there:
11
I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be
content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need,
and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being
content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether
living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do everything through him who gives
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me strength. Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. 15
14

Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your

acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one
church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except
you only; 16 for even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid
again and again when I was in need. 17 Not that I am looking for a gift,
but I am looking for what may be credited to your account. 18 I have
received full payment and even more; I am amply supplied, now that I
have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a
fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. 19 AND my
God will meet ALL your needs according to his glorious riches in
Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:11-19)

If only we will be like the Philippians, God’s workers will lack no

support!

BEYOND THE TITHE FOR THE WORKERS, THE FOLLOWING REFERS

TO OTHER THINGS WE ARE TO GIVE:

A. THE SECOND TITHE IS FOR YOUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH: For the

Jews’ spiritual growth, they are asked to use the second tithe:

“22 Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year.
23 Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and oil, and the firstborn of your
herds and flocks in the presence of the LORD your God at the place he
will choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere
the LORD your God always.” (Deuteronomy 14:22-23)

B. THE THIRD TITHE IS FOR GOD’S WORKER, THE ALIEN, THE WIDOW
AND THE ORPHAN

On the third year, the Jews are asked to give the third tithe to the Levite,
the alien, the widow and the orphan:
so that the Levites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own)
and the aliens, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns
may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the LORD your God may
bless you in all the work of your hands. (Deuteronomy 14:29) 12 When you
have finished setting aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the
year of the tithe, you shall give it to the Levite, the alien, the fatherless
and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied…
(26:12-13)

C. FREE AND ABUNDANT GIVING

6
… whoever sows H GENEROUSLY will also reap generously. 7 Each man
should give what he has I DECIDED in his heart to give, not
J
RELUCTANTLY or under KCOMPULSION, for God loves a LCHEERFUL
giver. (2 Corinthians 9:6-7; Romans 12:8) On the
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first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum
of money in keeping with his M INCOME…. (1 Corinthians 16:2).

How are you to give? H________________, as I have I_____________ in

my heart, not J______________________ (or painful, as if you are giving
birth to a child—John 16:20-22) or under K____________________ but
L
________________LY, in keeping with my M___________, expecting
God to multiply my ability to give that more will praise and thank God
(2Corinthians 9:10,12-14).

The following are purposes to which you can give in this way:

1. For God to indwell the hearts of those who will receive Him.

In the Old Testament, God indwells the sanctuary: "2 Tell the
Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me
from each man whose heart prompts him to give. … 8 Then have them
make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them.” (Exodus
25:2,8). Now, God indwells believers: “Don’t you know that you
yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?” (1
Corinthians 3:16). Thus, we are to do what we can for God to indwell
the hearts of people. One of the means is to use our earthly
possessions so that others will receive Christ and become our friends
who will receive us into their eternal habitation (Luke 16:9).

2. To help those who are affected by calamities, especially the Christians

among them

“3 For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even
beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, 4 they urgently pleaded with
us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints. … 7 But just
as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in
complete earnestness and in your love for us— see that you also
excel in this grace of giving.” (2 Corinthians 8:3,4,7) “1 Now about the
collection for God’s people: … “…. let us do good to all people,
especially to those who belong to the family of believers.”
(Galatians 6:9-10)

If you want to be rich in good works, pray and live according to the following:

Father, I will give the tithe of all my earnings to those who devote their
whole time in prayer and teaching of the Word. Beyond that, I will give
abundantly and purposefully for my personal growth and that of
others.

Read 2Corinthians 8-9; 1Corinthians 9; 16. Memorize Galatians 6:6.

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20. How to Multiply Small Groups

24
And let us consider how we may spur one another
on towards LOVE and A GOOD deeds. 25Let us not
give up B MEETING together, as some are in the habit of
doing, but let us C ENCOURAGE one another—and all
the more as you see the Day approaching. (Hebrews
10:24-25) 15 … D SPEAKING the truth in LOVE, we will
in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is,
E
CHRIST. 16From him the F WHOLE BODY, G JOINED
and held together by every H SUPPORTING
LIGAMENT, I GROWS and J BUILDS ITSELF UP in K LOVE, as each part
does its work. (Ephesians 4:15-16) . . . When you come together, everyone
has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an
interpretation. All of these must be done for the L STRENGTHENING of the
CHURCH. (1 Corinthians 14:26)
According to these verses, to be a part of a LOVING CHURCH:
B
1. What must you not give up (Hebrews 10:25)? _____________ together.
2. When you attend such meetings, what you are and what you do will be
closer to whom (Eph 4:15)? E___________. What is His character quality
which will be made more evident in your life (v.15)? K_______________.
In what action will you be able to express this character (v.16)? In
D
_______________ the truth. What kind of deeds will you do (Hebrews
10:24)? A_________________.
3. By what you do and what you say, what do you expect to do to others
(v.25; 1Corinthians 14:26)? To C_______________ and
L
___________________ them to grow in loving and doing good also.
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Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three
thousand were added to their number that day. 42They devoted
themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of
bread and to M PRAYER. 43 … 44All the believers were together and had
everything in common. 45Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to
anyone as he had N NEED. 46Every day they continued to meet together in
the temple courts. They broke O BREAD in their P HOMES and ate together
with Q GLAD and R SINCERE hearts, 47 S PRAISING God and enjoying
[literally, actively having] the T FAVOR of all the people. And the Lord added
to their number DAILY those who were being saved. (Acts 2:41-47)
The first disciples met in large and small groups. The 3,000 who were
added to the 120 (Acts 1:15) devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching in
the temple courts. What did they do that demonstrated LOVE:
1. for God? They devoted to M____________ and S PRAISE to God.
2. for other believers? They met in their P ___________ (Romans 16:5;
1Corinthians 16:19; Colossians 4:15; Philemon 1:2; Acts 5:42) where they:
a. gave to anyone as he had N ________ (Acts 2:45).
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b. ate together with ________ and R_____________ hearts.
Q

3. for non-believers?
a. They actively got the T __________ of all the people.
b. They broke bread, proclaiming Christ’s death (1Corinthians 11:26;
Luke 22:19).
As a result, the Lord was adding to their number daily those who were
being saved. They later grew faster (Acts 5:14; 6:1,7), that Jerusalem was
filled with the gospel (5:28). Still later, the number of churches grew daily
(16:5) that people in ALL NATIONS known to them at that time had a chance
to hear the gospel (19:8-10; Romans 1:8; Colossians 1:6).
Yes, join a LOVING CHURCH, a HOUSE OF GOD, a HOUSE OF
PRAYER FOR ALL NATIONS (Isaiah 56:7). Meet with them in a small group
they consider a HOME. Be devoted with them to PRAYER. Help them
disciple ALL NATIONS (Matthew 28:19) by helping send preferably a pair
(Luke 10:1) of those who HAVE OVERCOME SATAN (Luke 10:18-20; 1John
2:13,14) and…
1. will identify a son of peace (Luke 10:5-6).
2. will fellowship with his contacts (Luke 10:7; 1Corinthians 9:19-27).
3. will demonstrate God’s kingdom by meeting his and those contacts’ needs
(Luke 10:9a; Mark 16:17-18).
4. will preach God’s kingdom urgently (Luke 10:8,9b; Mark 16:15).
When you join a house of prayer (Ac 9:26), someone who joined it
earlier will be assigned to be your FRIEND. He will accompany you so that
every H SUPPORTING LIGAMENT that you need to I GROW in your K LOVE
and work for the Lord and for others is provided. This happens as you are
G
JOINED with him to the F WHOLE GROUP (Ephesians 4:16).
9
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their
work: 10 If one falls down, his FRIEND can help him up. But pity the man
who falls and has no one to help him up! 11 Also, if two lie down together,
they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? 12 Though one
may be OVERPOWERED, two can defend themselves. A cord of three
strands is not quickly broken. (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)
If you and your friend encourage each other daily (Hebrews 3:12-13), both
of you will have a better return for your work for God. If you fall down -
commit a sin or just a mistake - speaking the truth in LOVE, he will help you
up. So that he can speak to you about any truth, it is best that he be of the
same sex or your spouse. If you cannot by yourself OVERCOME Satan, you
can do so with your friend. The warmth in his relationship with God can help
warm yours. When he is the one who needs help, it will be your turn to help.
Whenever God is with the two of you (which has become three!), you will
never be defeated by anyone! You can then start a house of prayer!
Have you found such a friend? Name: _____________; phone: ________
Are you attending a prayer house? Day, time & place: __________________
Read Acts 1-7. Memorize Hebrews 10:24-25
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How to Experience
21.
Transformation Daily

I. PRAY that God will:

A. remind you of your DAILY appointment with Him. “The…
LORD... wakens me morning by morning…” (Isaiah 50:4b).
B. cause you to LEARN from Him. “… He wakens my ear to
listen like one being taught.” (Isaiah 50:4b; Psalm 25:4).
II. STUDY TO APPLY THE BIBLE DAILY. “For Ezra had
devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law
of the LORD, and to teaching its decrees and laws in
Israel.” (Ezra 7:10).
A. READ the Bible - “...devote yourself to the… reading of Scripture...”
(1Timothy 4:13). As you read, mark those words which you see may
be applicable to your situation (Jeremiah 23:18). God’s Holy Spirit may
use those words to teach you and others (1Corinthians 2:13; John
14:26)
B. If you think you have already READ something which you can APPLY
or DO (James 1:22-25; Revelations 1:3), trust His Spirit for guidance
and CHOSE the verse or verses from among those you have paid
attention to (Hebrews 2:1) and marked.
C. Copy portions of SELECTED verse/s. Copying the Bible may help you
lead others well - “When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to
write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the
priests… (Deuteronomy 17:18)
D. Write out what you LEARNED (Romans 15:4) from the passage you
have chosen. “19It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of
his life so that he may learn to revere the LORD his God and follow
carefully all the words of this law and these decrees…” (Deuteronomy
17:19-20). “... ‘Do not go beyond what is written.’...” (1Corinthians 4:6).
Choose to obey and you will learn (John 7:17).
E. Based on what you learned, record a PRAYER or what you WILL DO
(Mt 5:19):
1. in your personal life - “... I have not been rebellious...” (Isaiah
50:5b). 2Timothy 3:16-17 says that the whole Bible is “useful”.
Therefore ask yourself the questions below:
a. “for rebuking” - “Did God convince (related word in Titus 1:9 KJV)
me that I have done something which he calls as sin?” Confess
it to him (1John 1:3-2:1,12).
b. “for correcting” or “restoration” - “Is there anything he wants me
to straighten up (Luke 13:13)? to do again? Is there something I
can do better?” If needed, write steps.
c. “for training in righteousness” - “Does he want me to be more
trained or disciplined to do good, what is right?”
d. “Is there a command I need to obey (John 14:21)?
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an example to follow (1Peter 2:21)? a sin to avoid (1Corinthians
10:1-13)? a promise to claim (2Corinthians 1:20)?
2. in teaching others - “The… LORD has given me an instructed
tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary...” (Isaiah 50:4a;
Jeremiah 23:22) Ask yourself, “What will I say to _____?”

Example: PRAYER - “God, as I read this portion of the Bible, open my eyes
that I may see the wonderful things (Psalm 119:18) you want me to
understand (1Corinthians 2:6-12).”
DATE: 7/1/2010 I READ: Isaiah 50
I CHOSE - 50:4 I LEARNED I WILL/ I PRAY …
THAT...
… GOD ... morning God used to wake I will aim to sleep by 10p.m.
by morning ... the speaker up “God, please wake me up
wakens my ear to every morning so 5:30a.m. every morning.” When
listen like one being that he can listen I wake up, I will rise up, take a
taught. as a disciple. bath and read the Bible.
F. If you have not seen anything you can apply from what you have read,
write the reference of the passage you have READ. Look for other times
you can continue reading. If still you find no action point (as Elijah did not
hear the word of the Lord for days, 1Kings 18:1), select a verse you can
meditate on for the day (Psalm 1:1:1-3). Continue to do what you had
committed to do in the past (Psalm 76:11). Do not delay (Psalm 119:60)
nor make haste (Proverb 19:2). Be steadfast in doing what you have to
continue doing (1Corinthians 15:58).

Practice with Romans 12:9-21. Follow the suggestions above.

DATE: ____________________; I READ: ________________________
I CHOSE: I LEARNED THAT... I WILL/ I PRAY …
_________

Challenge: The Bible can help bring about changes in your life Therefore,
plan to read the whole Bible. Bring it always with you (Deuteronomy
17:19). Read it daily (Acts 17:11). Begin with the gospel of John (20:30-31),
1John (5:13) or whatever part you have not yet read. Study that which is
applicable to you. Meditate on it (Psalm 1:1-3). Memorize it (Psalm 119:9-
11). Live according to it (James 1:23-25).
Commitment: As God enables, I, __________________, will study to apply
the Bible daily from _________ to _________ at _____________________
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21,22. Guide to Remaining in Christ
Date: ____________ I read: ______________________________________

I chose I learned I will do / prayer

Requests Made on Given Date & Answered (ü) / Not (x) Today
Date ü Prayer Request - Answer (nth Yes Answer)
x
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S1a,2a. Guide to Remaining in Christ
Date: ____________ I read: ______________________________________

I chose I learned I will do / prayer

Requests Made on Given Date & Answered (ü) / Not (x) Today
Date ü Prayer Request - Answer (nth Yes Answer)
x
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22. Pray as Christ Would

Do you want to learn this? If so, your desire is like that of the first disciples:
1
One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When
he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach
us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” 2 He said to
them, “When you pray, say: ‘AFATHER, hallowed be
B
YOUR name, your kingdom come. 3 Give us each day
our daily CBREAD. 4 Forgive us our sins, for we also
forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into
temptation.’”
5
Then he said to them, “… 9 So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to
you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who
knocks, the door will be opened. 11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks
for a DFISH, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an EEGG,
will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to
give GGOOD gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in
heaven give the HOLY SPIRIT to those who ask him!” (Luke 11)
5:1
Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat
down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them, saying, 6:5
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray
standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I
tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you
pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is
unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward
you. “7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they
think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like
them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
9
“This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our AFATHER in heaven,
hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your FWILL be done on
earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily HBREAD. 12 Forgive us
our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from the evil one, for yours is the I KINGDOM
and the K POWER and the L GLORY for ever. Amen. ’”
14
For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly
Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their sins, your
Father will not forgive your sins. (Matthew 5:1; 6:1-15 using the some late
manuscripts for v.13)
1. To WHOM should you pray (Luke 11:2A; Matthew 6:9A)? To the
____________ of those who have received Christ (John 1:12).
If you have received Christ, you have a relationship with the One to
whom you are praying!
2. WHOSE name are we to hallow (Luke 11:2B; Matthew 6:10B)? That of the
____________. Why (6:13 note)? Because the C_____________, the
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D E
__________ and the _________ belong to him for ever.

Now take time to praise God using the characteristics you know about Him.
You may begin by saying something like this, “Father, you are king.
Power belongs to you. That is why I give you the glory…”

3. What should you do if God is your king (Matthew 6:10)? I will do his
F
______.

Pray silently, “Our Father in heaven, what do you want me to do?”

(See Acts 9:6 KJV). Then, be silent for few minutes to listen to what God
will tell you… When a thought comes to your mind that will give glory to
God when you do it, then say, “Amen.” Share the thought to your
companion. If he agrees and it will glorify God, if you have a planner, place
it in your schedule.

4. As a child of God, what can you ask from him (Luke 11:13)? G________
gifts. What are some examples of such gifts:
In 11:3 and Matthew 6:11? H__________; In Luke 11:11? J_______;
In 11:12? K______; In 11:13? The ________ __________.

You may ask, “Have I not received the Holy Spirit already when I received
Christ?” You are right (Romans 8:9). “What does it mean then that our
Father will give the Holy Spirit to those [among his children] who ask him?” It
means He will give the Spirit in the same way that He gave to the disciples in
Acts 10:44-47 and 2:1-4 where the Holy Spirit filled them and enabled them
to speak according to the will of God (Ephesians 5:18,19; Romans 8:26). So
do not be afraid to ask the Father to do the same for you. He will not give
you a demon (Luke 11:11,12). Pray then in this manner:
“Father, give me your Holy Spirit in a way that I may know how to
speak to you and to others according to your will.”

Following Jesus, you may pray in a place alone with God (Matthew 6:6)
early in the morning (Mark 1:35) or at night (Luke 6:12). That your joy may
be full as a result of seeing answers to prayers (John 16:24; Matthew 14:23),
you may write in a daily planner each of your prayer requests on the day you
want to check if it has been answered. Here is a sample:

Monday, June 20, 2005

6/13/05 ±Joe will receive Christ - Yes, with his wife! (672)
6/20/05 ±Have a meaningful time with God - (673)
6/20/05 + See my ‘crush’ - No L.

Now, with thanksgiving, take time to ask God for other good things that
you need (Philippians 4:6,7). You may use the form in page 62..
Read Philippians. Memorize 1John 3:22.
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23. How to Help Teach Nations

“I’m not yet ready!” This may have been your response to the thought
of helping a brother in Christ. But before you continue, let’s first read
what the Bible says concerning this:

16Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee ….18 Then Jesus came to
them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given
to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, … teaching
them to obey A EVERYTHING I have commanded you. ….”
(Matthew 28:16-20)

According to this verse, how many of Christ’s commands are we to teach

the nations to follow? A___________________. Does this include teaching
them to obey the command to disciple nations? ______. Are you therefore
commanded to help disciple nations? ______

You might complain, “Why should I be included? I do not know how to

teach?!” You are included among those who are commanded to disciple
others because JESUS DESIRES THE BEST FOR THE GREATEST
NUMBER OF PEOPLE:

I. It will be the best for OTHERS if you will help teach them:

A. What changes have taken place in your life because some taught you?
_________________________________________________. Do you
want to do to others what they did to you? ______.

B. If one will not be taught, his life will be in danger:

1. He will remain lacking in knowledge: God said, “My people are
B
DESTROYED from lack of knowledge. ….” (Hosea 4:6)
2. What happened to God’s people when they lacked knowledge?
They were B __________________.
3. Do you want to help ensure that the lives of some Christians are not
destroyed? ______. Then teach them what has been helpful to
you!

II. Helping others is best for YOU (1Timothy 4:8):

A. In this life. Jesus wants you to experience what the Apostle John
experienced:
1. John said, “3 It gave me C GREAT JOY to have some brothers come
and tell about your faithfulness to the truth and how you continue to
walk in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children
are walking in the truth.” (3John 1:3-4)
2. When John learned that those he helped in their faith were
walking in the truth, what did he experience? C __________ ___.
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B. In heaven. Eternal benefits are prepared for you:

1. The Apostle Peter said, “2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under

your D CARE, serving as overseers—not because you must, but
because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not greedy for
money, but eager to serve; 3 not lording it over those entrusted to
you, but being E EXAMPLES to the flock. 4 And when the Chief
Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of F GLORY that will
never fade away.” (1Peter 5:2-4)
2. If you shepherd some of God’s flock as God instructs, what reward
will you receive when Jesus comes back (v.4)? The crown of
F
__________ that will never fade away. Yes, in heaven you will
receive honor, which only those who faithfully took care of other
believers will receive!

Perhaps you want to shepherd some believers already, but you do not know
whom to care for. According to v.2 above, whom should you shepherd?
Those whom God has entrusted to my D ________ as his overseer. The
word translated “serving as overseers” is translated as “see to it” in the
following verse:

“See to it that no-one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root
grows up to cause trouble and defile many.” (Hebrews 12:15)

Indeed, the one entrused to your care is the one you are to help not miss
God’s grace and not get bitter and defile many

In 1Peter 5:3, how are you to help him? By being an E _________________

to him. You are to be open to him that he can follow you. You also know him
that you can stimulate him to love and do good (Hebrews 10:23-25).

Whom do you think has God entrusted to your care? _________________.

When do you plan to talk with him? Time: ________; day/date: ________. It
would be best to bring your discipler that he can see how you do it and tell
you what in the way you do things is right and agree with you in what you
need to change (Philippians 4:8-9).

If the one you think God has entrusted to your care has not yet received
Christ, pray that you will be able to share the gospel to him. … If you do not
know how to share Christ yet, ask your discipler to show you how.

If the one you think God has entrusted to your care has received Christ,
pray that you will be able to share to him Lesson A9,10 and he will want you
to be his discipler.
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24. The Wonderful Things God Has Said

About You
Is there anyone who said something bad about you? That need not affect
you anymore… if you are already in Christ and you understand the good
things God said about you:
… God… has blessed us in the heavenly realms with EVERY spiritual
A
BLESSING IN CHRIST.” (Ephesians 1:3).
1. What spiritual thing did you receive from God? A ______________.

The words “has blessed” and “blessing” come from the same root word that
means “to speak well”, the opposite of to curse as those who hate and
persecute you would: “…bless those who curse you…” (Matthew 5:44 note;
Romans 12:14).

“His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of
God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly
realms,” (3:10; 1Peter 1:12; 1Corinthians 4:9)
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers,
against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against
the B SPIRITUAL forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” (6:12)
2. Who are in the heavenly realms? The rulers and authorities, some of
whom are our B ________________ enemies. Thus, the heavenly realms
are plces where angels are -- whether they are good or bad.

3. Check þ the correct answer. In Ephesians 1:3, what did God speak about
us? o Some good and bad things.
o everything that can be well spoken spiritually about us.

GOD HAS SPOKEN BEFORE ANGELS AND DEMONS ALL THAT CAN
BE WELL SPOKEN SPIRITUALLY ABOUT YOU!

What evil thing has anyone spoken about you? … Has anyone slandered
you? … gossipped about you? … Has anyone accused you of doing
something you have not done? … Will that change the good good things God
said about you? ____. If everything that can be well-spoken about you God
has already said, and if what others say about you are not true, to whom will
you listen to—to them or to God?

“... He D-CHOSE us ... E BEFORE the creation of the world to be F HOLY

and blameless in his sight...” (Ephesians 1:4) us who were dead in our
“2:1… transgressions and sins… 3All of us also lived … gratifying the
cravings of our G SINFUL nature and following its desires and thoughts.
Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath…” (2:1-4; Titus 1:2).
D
4. What has God done for you? He __________ me. Why did he choose
F
you? So that I can be _______ before him! When did He do this?
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E
____________ I was born. How did you live in the past? Like
others, I was gratifying the cravings of my G ___________ nature.
If so, did he chose you because you are better than others? ____.

Think about this: He chose you that you can become like Jesus, though
you are like the rest—not worthy!…

Were you not treated as a true child? … Were you abused by your parent?

“he predestined us to be adopted as his son through Jesus Christ…” us

who “received” Christ, who were given “the right to become children of
God” (John 1:12-13) “… now we are H CHILDREN of God, and what we
will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears,
we shall be Hlike him, for we shall see him as he is” (1John 3:1-3).
5. According to these verses, what is your relation with God? I am His
H
________ and will be like Jesus when he appears.

Ponder on this truth: You are a child of the King of kings and Lord of
lords!

Since God is your Father, as you obey Him, will He give good things that you
ask from Him (Matthew 7:7-11)? ______.

“In Him we have redemption through His H BLOOD, the forgiveness of

sins…” (Ephesians 1:7).

6. How much did Christ pay for you so that you can be forgiven of your sins?
His H________.

Jesus bought you with the highest payment—his own blood.

Therefore,glorify God in your own body (1Corinthians 6:20). When time
comes and one bribes you to join an evil work, will it be more than what
Jesus paid for? ____. Will you therefore compromise? ____.

Have you committed a sin which you think may not be forgiven?

“... the riches of God’s I GRACE... He lavished on us... (1:7-8)

7. What did God cause to abound on us? The riches of his I __________.

Indeed, God’s grace is more than enough for you to be forgiven—no matter
how sinful you may be!

This word is translated “highly favored” when an angel used it of

Mary’s condition, “...you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
(Luke 1:28). Yes, what is said about Mary is also spoken about you!…
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J
“... He made known to us the MYSTERY of His will...” (1:9-10)

8. What has He made known to you? The J _______________ of His will.

Does the most intelligent unbeliever you are acquainted with know this?
____. You have something he does not have! Share the gospel!…

Do you feel that you have become a bad testimony? … that you have not
glorified God in your life? … Has anyone said to you, “If Christians are like
you, I don’t want to be one!”? …

“6to the K PRAISE of his glorious grace… 12in order that we, who were the
first to hope in Christ, might be for the Opraise of his glory…” (1:6,12,14)
K
9. What is his plan for you? To ___________ the glory of himself and his
grace.

God will indeed be more glorified in your life. People will praise His grace in
you. Time will come when people will tell you something like this, “Your God
is amazing! His grace is really different! Imagine, even you were changed!
Even you, He has accepted! … I want to know your God!” Just wait patiently
for this!…

“13... you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit. 14who is
a deposit guaranteeing our L INHERITANCE “ (1:13-14) “that can never
perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you.” (1Peter 1:4).

10. What is kept in heaven for you? An L____________________. Yes, you

are not just going to heaven; you also have an inheritance there!…’

Rejoice in this: you are not only going to heaven, you will also have an
inheritance there!

“2:6… God raised us up with Christ and seated M US with him… 1:20… at his
right hand in the heavenly realms 21far above all rule and authority,
power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the
present age but also in the one to come... (2:6; 1:18-23).
M
11. Who is co-seated with Christ at the right hand of the Father?
____. If
so, who is higher in position: the demons or you? ____. Satan or you?
____. The angels or you? ____. What you used to be afraid of or you?
____. Sickness or you? ____.
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Check þ on the first column next page the curse pronounced over
you. Then, read (in a normal tone of voice) the curse and the corresponding
truth on the second column to nullify the curse, set you free, and tell Satan
and the demons who have disturbed you that they have no more right:

THE CURSE … IS NOT TRUE BECAUSE …

¨ “Nothing is ever right about Every good thing that can be said
me!”; “I am good for nothing!”; “I spiritually about me, God said already
am a black sheep!” (Ephesians 1:3) in the presence of
good and evil spirits (3:10; 6:12)
¨ “I am God chose me that I may become like Jesus, though I did
nothing…!” not deserve it (Ephesians 1:4; 2:1-4; Romans 8:29)!
¨ “I cannot expect anything good I can expect good things because I am
because my parents are good a child of God (Ephesians 1:5; John
for nothing!” 1:12-13; 1John 3:1-3)!
¨ “God has forsaken me! I am He will not leave me (Hebrews 13:5).
under a curse!” God’s favor is upon me (Ephesians 1:6)!
¨ “I am not important!” I was bought by the blood of Jesus
(Ephesians 1:7)!
¨ “The sin I committed God’s grace was sufficient to forgive me of all
cannot be forgiven!” my sins (Ephesians 1:7,8; 1John 1:9)!
¨ “I am stupid, empty-head! I know God’s mysteries which are not
I don’t have common known by even the most intelligent person
sense (Matthew 5:22)! who is not close to God (Ephesians 1:9,10)!
¨ “I can no longer glorify Because I am still alive, I can still glorify God
God in my life!” in my life (Ephesians 1:6,12,14)!
¨ “I cannot be sure that I The Spirit of God in me is the seal that I am
am going to heaven!” His and I am going to heaven (Ephesians
1:13)
¨ “It is okay if I will not Because I am going to heaven, I will also
inherit anything in have an inheritance there (Ephesians
heaven!” 1:13,14;1Peter 1:4)!
o “I cannot defeat Satan!” I am in a position
“I am afraid of: o what I read; o what I far above than Satan,
heard; o the movie I watched; o what I sicknesses and any other
dreamed of; o what I saw; o death; thing I used to be afraid of
o idols; o creatures; o demons/Satan; (2:6; 1:18-21)! I shall not be
o ghosts; o darkness; o war; afraid of them anymore. If
o persecution; o losing my sanity; God will be glorified, I can
o loved ones may meet accidents or be command anything in Jesus’
killed; o some people; name (John 14:12-14).
o ______________________________
“Father, thank You that everything that can be well-spoken about my spiritual
condition, You have already said in the presence of good and evil angels.
Because of that, apart from you, I will no longer have any other god.”
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25. How to Save Others

After the disciples reported their effective
witnessing experiences, Jesus said, “20 However, do
not rejoice that the spirits A SUBMIT to you, but
rejoice that your names are written in heaven." 21 At
that time Jesus, full of B JOY through the C HOLY
SPIRIT, said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven
and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and
learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was
your good pleasure.” (Luke 10:20-21). After he rose from the dead,
Jesus said, “But you will receive D POWER when the Holy Spirit comes
on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea
and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8).

1. According to these passages, what are some things you need to

understand in witnessing? I need to trust in the C ________
__________ to give me:
a. D ___________ to witness and to cause the spirits to
A
____________ to me.
B
b. ______ that my name has been written in heaven.

2He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the E WORKERS are few.
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his
harvest field.” 5 "When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this
house.’ 6 If a MAN OF PEACE is there, your peace will rest on him; if
not, it will return to you. 7 Stay in that house, eating and drinking
whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not
move around from house to house. 8 "When you enter a town and
are welcomed, F EAT what is set before you. 9 G HEAL the sick who
are there and H TELL them, ‘The kingdom of God is near you.’” (Luke
10:2,5-9)

2. What are we to ask God to send out (v.2,5)? E _______________.

Whom can we expect to become an additional worker? The _______
____ __________—those on whom peace will rest when I say, “Peace
to this house.”

3. What are we to do in witnessing?

a. FELLOWSHIP— F ______ what they give us.
b. HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS—G ________ the sick and the weak
and the demonized.
c. PREACH— H ________them the kingdom of God is near and they
need to respond (v.4,9b-11). Ask those who want to pray audibly
confess Jesus as Lord (Romans 10:9-10).
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Pray: “Father, fill us with the Holy Spirit who will lead us to additional workers
with whom we can fellowship, meet needs and preach the gospel.”

MEMORIZE THE FOLLOWING SCRIPT IN WITNESSING:

1. “Good morning/afternoon/evening! I am ______ and this

is_________. You are …? One of the things we like to do is to pray
for people. May we pray for you?” ‘Okay!’
2. If he agrees, you may use the following suggested prayer: “God who
made the heavens and the earth, give ___ perfect health now. Give
his family more than enough for his family that he can also help
others.” (Add whatever the Holy Spirit adds in your prayer.)
3. “When we prayed, did you feel that God is with us?”
4. (Whatever his answer is, ask the question in the gospel tract) “DO YOU
WANT TO ALWAYS BE WITH GOD WHO REIGNS?”
5. (Read the tract and wait for his answers to the questions… until you
reach “Does this prayer express the desire of your heart?”)
6. (If he answers ‘No,’ ask why. If he says ‘Yes,’ say) “If it does, pray this
prayer right NOW . . . “I’M GOING TO REPEAT THIS PRAYER A
PHRASE AT A TIME. FOLLOW AFTER ME. …
“Oh Jesus/ You rose from the dead./ I open the door of my life / and
receive You as my Messiah / —Lord and Savior / from sins and hell./
Through the ability that God's Spirit gives, / I shall turn from sin / and
follow You as Lord.”
7. “Did He come in as He promised in the verse above? (Ask him to read
Revelation 3:20 in the tract, pointing to “…IF ANYONE HEARS …”.
Then ask him again.) Did He come in?… Yes!
8. He also says, “I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU .” 13
WILL YOU ALWAYS BE WITH HIM? Yes. If so, when you die, where
will you be with Him? In heaven!
9. Since He will be with you even in supper, what has He done with your
sins? He removed/forgave them… Yes, HE HAS FORGIVEN THEM!
10. Do you have a Bible in your house? (If he says, ‘No,’ try to give him
one. If he has, tell him) “If so, begin reading the Gospel According to
John.
11. “Bring your family/friends to a Bible study with us (writing on the blanks
your first name, the time, day and place, preferably in his own house.)”
12. (If he uses a computer, point to him www.equippers.spaces.live.com or
equippers@pldtdsl.net at the tract.)
13. (Repeat your time and place of appointment, asking him to invite
others.)

Go out and witness with at least a partner. Share your experience later.
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26. How to Strengthen One Another in Church
Gatherings
“What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has
a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation.
All of these must be done for the strengthening of the church.”
(1Corinthians 14:26).

I. COME TO THE MEETING WITH SOMETHING WITH WHICH YOU MAY

BE ABLE TO BUILD UP ANOTHER.

A. hymn.
1. This is a song sung with a musical instrument” (Zodhiates) - “Take a
psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the
psaltery.” (Ps 81:2 KJV) Examples of psalms are those which are a
major division of the Old Testament (Lu 24:44), containing the
Psalms (Lu 20:42 Ac 1:20 13:33) up to Song of Solomon (Evidence
that Demands a Verdict)
2. Its content may be thanksgiving. An ancient writing used it this way:
"And the priests sung psalms of thanksgiving."
3. Although this may be sung, it may be just spoken (Ephesians 5:19)
4. This can be used in teaching or admonishing (Colossians 3:16).
5. There are different ways to come with a psalm:
a. Have at least a musical instrument ready so that if anyone would
be led to sing a song, he may be accompanied. Others may then
sing along with him.
b. Come ready to share what you would like to thank God for.
Consider the past week or the last time you were unable to attend
the meeting. Is there anything you would like to thank God for?
c. Include reading part of Psalms - Song of Solomon in your daily
Bible reading

B. a word of instruction, teaching, a word learned

1. from God (Joh 7:16) during your personal study of God's word.
2. not of yourself (Joh 7:17), not stories invented by your creative mind.

C. a revelation, a disclosing of a mystery (Ro 16:25), something

previously in darkness (Lu 2:32), covered or hidden (Mt 10:26 11:25 Lu
12:2) but has been made known (Eph 3:3) by the Father (Mt 16:17 Lu
10:22) through his Spirit (1Co 2:10) or by Jesus (2Co 12:1,7; Ga 1:12
2:2). It may be
1. a thought or secret in someone’s heart (Lu 2:35; 1Co 14:24),
2. how you became a Christian - how the faith was revealed to you (Ga
3:23).
3. something which God has prepared for and freely given to those who
love him (1Co 2:9-13).
4. how Jesus is revealed in your life (Ga 1:16) - that is, how Jesus was
seen in your life, the changes that has taken place recently.
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5. a character of God you have known recently (such as righteousness,
Ro 1:16,17), what Jesus has made known about the Father (Lu
10:22).
6. an area in your life where you need to be more like Christ (Php 3:8-
15).
7. an experience of power in your life, such as that over demons (Lu
10:19-21).

D. a tongue and an interpretation

1. A tongue is a language or dialect spoken (1Jo 3:18) by angels (1Co
13:1) or a nation [or group of people (Re 5:9 7:9 10:11 Re 11:9 13:7
14:6 17:15) who dwell together (Ac 2:5,9,11) and have rulers (Mt
20:25 Mr 10:42)].
2. A sign for those who believe the gospel is that they also speak
tongues that are new (Mk 16:16-17) [or previously unspoken by them
(or unheard by them as in Ac 17:21 where the same Greek word is
used)].
3. Do not forbid their use (1Co 14:39).
a. Why? In or out of the gathering, he who speaks in a tongue
edifies himself (1Co 14:4).
b. How? In a gathering, use it "decently and in order" (1Co 14:40):
1) Every believer may come with "a tongue" to use for edification
(1Co 14:26) either of others (1Co 14:5) or himself (1Co 14:4a)
alone.
2) A tongue spoken may be understood:
a) by no man except God (1Co 14:2). In such a case, when
used in prayer, the speaker's spirit prays, but his
understanding is unfruitful (1Co 14:14). The speaker should
therefore "pray that he may interpret" (1Co 14:13).
b) by others who hear it as is (Ac 2:4) or as interpreted (1Co
14)
1. The speaker may be praying (1Co 14:14). He may be
giving thanks (1Co 14:16,17) or magnifying God (Ac
10:46) such as in speaking about His wonderful works
(Ac 2:11).
2. The tongue can also be a revelation, knowledge,
prophecy or doctrine (1Co 14:6).
3) "If any man speaks" it in the hearing of others, he should do so
"by two or at the most [by] three and that by course [or, part]
and let one interpret" (1Co 14:27). This way, others will be
edified and the speaker is equal to the one who prophesies
(1Co 14:5).
4) When there is no interpreter, one should just speak in a
tongue / tongues "to himself, and to God" (1Co 14:28)
5) When there is an unbeliever or unlearned person present, not
everyone should speak at the same time (1Co 14:23).

II. LET THE ONE WHO LEADS THE MEETING ENSURE THAT ALL
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THINGS ARE DONE FOR EDIFICATION:

A. Let each of the 2 or 3 prophets speak (1Co 14:29,31) words with his
mind (1Co 14:19) on behalf of God.

B. Let the others (who listened, which may include the other 1 or 2
prophets) pass judgment (1Co 14:29; 1Th 5:21). A true prophecy
makes evident that God is in the person speaking (1Co 14:25).
1. Let each one of them first ask himself, "Am I willing to do God's will
(Jn 7:17)? If so, is there a witness in my spirit that it is the voice of
God (Jn 10:2-5)?" Let two or three confirm (Mt 18:16) the prophecy
as from Jesus (Re 19:10).
2. Does the prophecy edify, exhort (1Co 14:3) or comfort or console
(NAS 3-5)? Does it manifest the kindness of God (Ro 2:4)?
Prophecy should immediately be stopped once it:
a. is condemning (Ro 8:1), accusing the brethren of something they
have confessed already (Re 12:10 1Jn 1:9).
b. sharply rebukes an older person (1Ti 5:1) or a ruler (Ac 23:5).
c. is publicly used to to confront someone (Mt 18:15).
3. Is the teaching faithful (Tit 1:9) and not contrary to that of the
doctrine of Christ (2John 1:3) as written in the Bible (Jn 16:13)?
4. Does the revelation stir up the faith of those who hear it (Joh 12:38)?
5. Does the person prophesied over confirm that what one who
prophesied revealed something about his heart (1Co 14:24-25,30-
31)?
6. Does the life of the one prophesying support his prophesying (Lu
6:43-45 Jer 23:10,11,14)? Or is he presumptuous (1Ki 22:24)?
7. Let no one immediately accuse one who prophesies as being a false
prophet if:
a. his prophecy is not 100% accurate. Nathan was not accurate
about David’s building a temple (2Sa 7:1-5)
b. he is not certain concerning what he heard (Je 32:8)

C. If a revelation is made to another who is seated while the prophet is

prophesying, let the prophet keep silent (1Co 14:30).
1. All can prophesy one by one (1Co 14:31), not just the prophets.
2. The prophet who is prophesying at first can control his spirit (1Co
14:32).

III. PRACTICE:

A. Group yourselves into three or fours. Sit in a circle. Revelation may

come while you are sitting (1Co 14:30).

B. Have each person share briefly to the group his answer to this
question, “If God were to appear to you and you were given a privilege
to ask anything, a request or a question that will be answered, tell the
group in five words (1Co 14:19) or so, what would that be?”
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C. Spend time in prayer

1. Pray for each other - such as that which was requested
2. Listen to God, since we are Jesus’ sheep (Jn 20:27)
3. Should one speak in a tongue, follow the instructions given on
tongues and interpretation.

D. Share to the group anything God may have told you during the prayer
time, such as an answer to the question that was asked or a promise
related to the request that was made.

E. Let others pass judgment.

F. Thank God for the results.

G. Believe the prophecies that were judged to be from God (2Ch 20:20)
and act accordingly (Jn 14:21).

IV.ASSIGNMENT:

A. Continue to follow the suggestions here in your next meetings.

B. Based on the suggestions above, here are some questions you can ask
at the beginning of the house of prayer meeting. Pray for wisdom on
what to do, such as on what one question to ask. From the last time
you were here…
1. How did you receive Christ. (This is useful in starting a group.)
2. What would you like to thank God for? Has any of your prayers last
time been answered?
3. What is the most important lesson you learned from God? From
your experience with him? From your Bible reading?
4. What attribute of God did you understand better?
5. What character of Jesus have your seen in your life? Which one
would you like to see in your life?
6. How did God give you victory recently?
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Discipleship Objectives to Pray For ____________
to present him/her complete in Christ (Col 1:28-29; Gal 4:19).

Tel./cell. _________________________ Birthday: ____________________

Address (home, mailing or email): _________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
Other information (day & time attending, office, school, year & section, etc.):
_____________________________________________________________
For the SPIRITUAL AGE you want to attain, check () or write in the
blank the date when God's objective that you prayed for was accomplished
(1John 5:14,15).

WIN him (1Co 9:19-27) to become LITTLE CHILD—having Jesus (2Co

13:5; 1Jn 2:12). During weekly gatherings, he:
____0. Has received Jesus as the Messiah—the Word & Son of God
(John 1:1-18) Anointed as Savior (4:42; Mt 1:21)
____1. Has realized he has sinned and needed a Savior from sin (Matthew
1:21) and eternal judgment (He 6:2d; Ac 24:25)—has repented
from works that are dead (Hebrews 6:1a) & contrary to the law (1Ti
1:8,11). [1.0-1.10 expands on this objective].
____2. Believes in his heart God raised Jesus from the dead (Ro 10:9)
____3. Has been warmed by the knowledge that Jesus died, was buried
and resurrected according to the Scriptures (1Co 15:3-6; Lu
24:27,32; Ac 17:3).
____4. Confesses with his mouth that Jesus is Lord (Ro 10:9) and God (Jn
20:24-31).
____5. Holds fast the word that Jesus died for his sins (1Co 15:1-8) that
he has peace, confidence, healing & companionship.

WELCOME him as a CHILD, who has known the Father (1John 2:12,13).

____1.0 Puts off pride (Proverbs 16:8).

____1.1,2.Abstains from idols (Exo 20:4-6; 1Jn 5:21)
____1.3. Reveres God’s name (Exo 20:7).
____1.4. Works to help his family’s needs & rests for God (Ex 20:20)
____1.5. Puts off rebellion (Exo 20:12; 1Sa 15:23)
____1.6. Does not murder in actions, thoughts and words (Exo 20:13; Mt 5:21-26)
____1.7. Abstains from fleshly lusts (Exo 20:16; 1Pe 2:11).
____1.8. Puts off falsehood (Exo 20:16; Eph 4:25,27)
____1.9. Has repented from stealing others’ properties, time, affection, etc. (Ex
20:15)
____1.10.Does not covet his neighbors properties (Ex 20:17)

____6. Is sure that he has been forgiven of past sins (2Pe 1:9-10; 2Jn
2:12); has prayed while his friend shares the gospel to others (2Ti
2:2).
____7. Has brought someone to his friend (Jn 1:45-46) so that he can
receive a reward (1Co 3:9-15; He 6:2).
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____8. Has been baptized (Ac 8:37; 2:41; He 6:2a; Mt 3:8; 28:19; Mr
16:16).
____9. Endures persecutions & tribulations (2Th 1:4) as he enters the
kingdom of God (1Th 3:2-5. Christ's love ) constrains him (2Co
5:15).to love God with all his mind, soul, heart and strength (Mr
12:28-34) that his love for his life, parent, child or best friend is
hatred in comparison (Mt 10:16-42) to His love for Christ (Lu
14:25-35)
____10. Walks in and is filled by the Spirit (Gal 5:16; Ac 2:38,39; 19:2; He
6:2a).
____11. Does Christ’s work in His name (John 14:12-13).
____12. Lays hand (Hebrews 6:1,2) to affirm the salvation, edification or
calling of others (Matthew 19:13,14).

DISCIPLE him as a YOUNG MAN—Strong (1John 2:13,14).

____13. Has forgiven those who wronged him (Eph 4:26-27).
____14. Maintains fellowship with God and other believers through
confession of his sins (1Jn 1:3-2:2).
____15. Has overcome sin which has enslaved him (1Jn 2:1). Considers
himself to be dead to sin and alive to God and offers his body as
an instrument of righteousness (Ro 6:1-14).
____16. Remains in Christ (1Jn 2:28) by hearing, obeying and asking him
(Jn 15).
____17. Rests to spend time with God (Exo 20:8-11)
____18. Helps proclaim the Lord’s death and coming through the Lord’s
supper (Lu 22:19; 1Co 11:25).
____19. Gives to the needs of God’s workers not less than the 10 th of what
he earns (Malachi 3:7-12), to the poor & for his spiritual life.

SEND him as a FATHER—who has known Christ, the Word (1John 2:13,14;
1:1-3) that he speaks as if he knows only of Christ & his death (1Co 2:1-5;
Re 12:11) that unbelievers receives Christ (1Co 4:5).
____20. Helps multiply small groups (Ac 2:46;20:20) that meet for teaching,
fellowship (1Co 14:26), evangelistic breaking of bread (1Co 11:26)
and prayer (Ac 2:42). Has a friend (a companion) who comes
alongside him in his relationship with God and in multiplying small
groups (Ec 4:9-12).
____21. Daily studies the Bible to be transformed through it (1Jn 2:13,14;
1Pe 2:2,3; Ac 17:11; Co 3:16).
____22. Prays to the Father in Christ’s way (Luke 11:1).
____23. Helps disciple others—helps provide every supporting ligament for
him to grow in his Christian life (Ep 4:16; Ec 4:9-12).
____24. Lives according to the good things God said about him (Eph 1:3-
2:10)
____25. Has led at least one person to receive Christ as a result of his
witness (1Co 4:15)
____26. Contributes toward the gathering and edifying of believers in his
locality (1Co 4:26)
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