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
Project 1.A
Ask God to Open Your Heart to Jesus Christ
Week 2
In the previous chapter you read about Lydia. She “worshipped God” but did not know the true God through Jesus Christ. Then “the Lord opened her heart, and she accepted what Paul was saying” (Acts 16:14) about forgiveness forever through faith in Jesus Christ.
If you do not have a personal relationship with Christ, you are encouraged to pray that God would do for you what He did for Lydia. That He would open your heart and remove your spiritual blindness so you can realize who Jesus Christ really is. Then you will have a real and life changing faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.
If you believe God is opening your heart, and you want Jesus to be your Savior and King, then profess the following beliefs to God. They are a summary of the 6 things you must believe about God the Father, yourself, and God the Son to be forgiven forever. You can simply pray to God and tell Him you believe the following:
➊ My sins deserve God’s punishment.
➋ My good deeds cannot pay the penalty for my sin.
➌ God will punish sin because He is holy.
➍ God is willing to forgive sin because He is loving.
➎ Jesus Christ is my only Savior who paid for my sin by dying for them and being raised from the dead.
➏ Jesus Christ is my King and I want to obey His commandments.
► If you have prayed these things and asked Christ to be your Savior and King, please tell your small group when you meet this week or a Christian friend.