Table of Contents
1 The Bad News about Humanity & Good News about Jesus Christ
2 An Introduction to the World’s Biggest Religion
3 What Must I Believe About God to be Forgiven Forever?
4 What Must I Believe About Myself to be Forgiven Forever?
5 What Must I Believe about Jesus to be Forgiven Forever?
Growth Project A Ask God to Open Your Heart to Jesus Christ
Growth Project B Share the Good News About Jesus with a Non-Christian Friend
6 Being Certain about the Most Important Thing in Your Life
7 Why You Can Be Certain You Are Forgiven Forever
8 How You Can Be Certain You Are Forgiven Forever
Growth Project C Make Sure You Are a Christian
9 What is God’s First Commandment for a Christian?
Growth Project D Be Baptized or Baptize Others
10 What are Important Commitments to Grow as a Christian?
Growth Project E Planning & Pursuing My Christian Commitments
Appendix A Memory Verses for the FORGIVENESS Study
Appendix 1.A
Memory Verses for FORGIVENESS Study
All verses are in New Living Translation (NLT) unless otherwise noted.
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Reference |
Verse |
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1 Peter 3:18 |
Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. |
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John 14:6 |
I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. |
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John 3:16, 18 |
This is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. . . But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son. |
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Rom 3:23 |
Everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. |
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Rom 3:20 |
No one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are. |
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Rom 3:22 |
We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are. |
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1 John 5:13 |
I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life. |
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1 John 4:13 |
God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us. |
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1 John 3:10 |
Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers does not belong to God. |
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Acts 2:38 |
Each of you must repent of your sins, turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ to show that you have received forgiveness for your sins. |
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Acts 2:42, 47 |
All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles ‘teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer. . . And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved |