This is an important lesson! Everything you
have studied so far has led up to this lesson. It is extremely important that
we always be honest with ourselves whenever we read the Bible and consider how
it applies to us. May God bless your study.
As with the previous lessons, the best way to go through
this lesson is to print it out and look up the verses in your Bible. If you
cannot do that, click on each verse to see quotations from the New American
Standard Bible (updated edition).
Faith
1. What two things must we believe about Jesus? (Read
the passages and write your answer on the lines):
a. Read John 8:24 and
John
20:30-31 _______________________________________________________
b. Read Romans
10:9-10.
______________________________________________________________
2. Read James 2:17, 24, 26.
Can faith (belief) save a person all by
itself? YES or NO
Repentance
3. Read Acts 17:30.
What does God want all men everywhere to do?
_________________
4. Read 2 Corinthians
7:9-10.
Is repentance simply feeling sorry about
something? YES or NO
5. Read Matthew
21:28-30 and Colossians
3:5-10.
What does repentance involve
according to these passages? ________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
6. Read Luke 13:3.
What will happen to a person if he does not
repent? ____________________________________________
Confession
7. Read Romans
10:9-10.
Is confession necessary to
salvation? YES or NO
What must one confess in order to be saved?
________________________________________________
8. Read Matthew
10:32-33.
What will happen to a person if he does not
confess Christ? _____________________________________
Baptism
9. Read Matthew 26:28
and Acts
2:38.
Do we contact the cleansing blood of Christ in
baptism? YES or NO
Hint: why was Christ's blood shed for according to
Matthew 26:28? and why did Peter tell people to be baptized in Acts 2:28?
Are these two reasons the same?
10. Read Romans 6:4
and Colossians
2:12.
Circle the correct answer: Baptism is a: burial
sprinkling pouring
Is sprinkling or pouring a
burial? YES or NO
11. Read Romans 6:5-6
and Colossians
2:12-13.
Is baptism an imitation of what Christ went
through? YES or NO
12. Read 2 Timothy
2:10.
Where is salvation to be
found? in
____________________________
13. Read Romans 6:3
and Galatians
3:27.
How does one get in Christ?
_______________________________
14. Read Acts 2:38.
Why should a person be baptized according to this
verse? for ___________________________________
Could baptism for any other reason be considered
New Testament baptism? YES or
NO
15. Read Acts 22:16.
Are a person's sins washed away in
baptism? YES or NO
16. Read 1 Peter 3:21.
Does baptism save a
person? YES or NO
17. Thought Question:
Based upon your answers to questions 3-7
immediately above, is a person saved before or after baptism?
BEFORE
or AFTER
Obeying the Gospel
18. Read Acts 16:33.
How long did the
jailer wait before obeying the gospel?
______________________________________
19. Read Acts 22:16.
Was Paul encouraged to delay?
YES or NO
IMPORTANT!
Go back to the answers you gave for “Before We Begin”
and compare what you answered there with what you now know. Did you do what
the Bible says a person must do in order to be saved? That is, did you do what
the Bible says without variation or substitution? Did you confess what the
Bible says you must confess? Were you baptized in the right way, and for the
right reason? If you did not do all that God says one must do to be saved, or
if you did something other than what God says one must do to be saved, then
you need to obey the gospel.
If you would like help in obeying the gospel, click here to contact us by e-mail and we
will be happy to assist you.
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Lesson 5
Scriptures for Lesson 4 -- from the New
American Standard Bible (updated edition)
John 8:24 -- Therefore I said to you that you will die in
your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.
John 20:30-31 -- Therefore many other signs Jesus also
performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this
book; but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.
Romans 10:9-10 -- that if you confess with your mouth Jesus
as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will
be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness,
and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
return to question
#1
James 2:17 -- Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead,
being by itself.
James 2:24 -- You see that a man is justified by works and
not by faith alone.
James 2:26 -- For just as the body without the spirit is
dead, so also faith without works is dead.
return to question
#2
Acts 17:30 -- Therefore having overlooked the times of
ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should
repent
return to question
#3
2 Corinthians 7:9-10 -- I now rejoice, not that you were
made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance;
for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might
not suffer loss in anything through us.For the sorrow that is according to the
will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but
the sorrow of the world produces death.
return to question
#4
Matthew 21:28-30 -- But what do you think? A man had two
sons, and he came to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.'
And he answered, 'I will not'; but afterward he regretted it and went. The man
came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered, 'I will, sir';
but he did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?
Colossians 3:5-10 -- Therefore consider the members of your
earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed,
which amounts to idolatry. For it is because of these things that the wrath of
God will come upon the sons of disobedience, and in them you also once walked,
when you were living in them. But now you also, put them all aside: anger,
wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth. Do not lie to one
another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, and have
put on the new self who is being renewed to a true
knowledge according to
the image of the One who created him
return to question
#5
Luke 13:3 -- I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you
will all likewise perish.
return to question
#6
Romans 10:9-10 -- that if you confess with your mouth Jesus
as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will
be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness,
and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
return to question
#7
Matthew 10:32-33 -- Therefore everyone who confesses Me
before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. But
whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in
heaven.
return to question
#8
Matthew 26:28 -- for this is My blood of the
covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.
Acts 2:38 -- Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you
be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and
you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
return to question
#9
Romans 6:4 -- Therefore we have been buried with Him
through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through
the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
Colossians 2:12 -- having been buried with Him in baptism,
in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God,
who raised Him from the dead.
return to
question #10
Romans 6:5-6 -- For if we have become united with Him
in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of
His resurrection, knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in
order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer
be slaves to sin
Colossians 2:12-13 -- having been buried with Him in
baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the
working of God, who raised Him from the dead. When you were dead in your
transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive
together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions
return to
question #11
2 Timothy 2:10 -- For this reason I endure all things for
the sake of those who are chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation
which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.
return to
question #12
Romans 6:3 -- Or do you not know that all of us who have
been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?
Galatians 3:27 -- For all of you who were baptized
into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
return to
question #13
Acts 2:38 -- Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you
be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and
you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
return to
question #14
Acts 22:16 -- 'Now why do you delay? Get up and be
baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.'
return to
question #15
1 Peter 3:21 -- Corresponding to that, baptism now saves
you -- not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good
conscience -- through the resurrection of Jesus Christ
return to
question #16
Acts 16:33 -- And he took them that very hour of the night
and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his
household.
return to
question #18
Acts 22:16 -- 'Now why do you delay? Get up and be
baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.'
return to
question #19
