Jesus Christ took on himself the sin of the world when he died on the cross as our
representative and substitute. God thereby showed his love for us and provided the only
way for us to be forgiven and reconciled to Him.
(Statement 5 from BOB—Basis of Belief)
What reasons do people give to explain why they should get to go to heaven?
Beginning in the bible: (10 mins)
Romans 3:9-26
(Take time to read this passage through a couple of times and discuss any words or phrases that you do not understand.)
What reasons do people give to explain why they should get to go to heaven?
Beginning in the bible: (10 mins)
Romans 3:9-26
(Take time to read this passage through a couple of times and discuss any words or phrases that you do not understand.)
Getting started: (5 mins)
Help with understanding (optional)
The sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross reveals the sinfulness of sin, the power of evil, the terror of death, and the holiness, righteousness and infinite love of God. Jesus, the sinless, makes Himself one with the sinners and their guilt and draws the sanction of law, the curse of death, and the separation from the Living God upon himself on the cross.
Redemption from sin and all its consequences is complete and final in Christ’s death on the cross. Therefore the sense of guilt, the fear of punishment, the enslaving dominion and the corruption pollution of sin are removed from the sinner’s conscience when the Holy Spirit applies the benefits of the saving death of Christ to their heart.
Redemption from sin, as a gift of God’s mercy, provokes and enables a practical outworking of Christ’s salvation in each individual believer as well as in the relationship of Christians with one another, and towards all people of the world by the proclamation of the Gospel in word and deed.
The sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross reveals the sinfulness of sin, the power of evil, the terror of death, and the holiness, righteousness and infinite love of God. Jesus, the sinless, makes Himself one with the sinners and their guilt and draws the sanction of law, the curse of death, and the separation from the Living God upon himself on the cross.
Redemption from sin and all its consequences is complete and final in Christ’s death on the cross. Therefore the sense of guilt, the fear of punishment, the enslaving dominion and the corruption pollution of sin are removed from the sinner’s conscience when the Holy Spirit applies the benefits of the saving death of Christ to their heart.
Redemption from sin, as a gift of God’s mercy, provokes and enables a practical outworking of Christ’s salvation in each individual believer as well as in the relationship of Christians with one another, and towards all people of the world by the proclamation of the Gospel in word and deed.
Questions to get to know BOB better: (15 mins)
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What do you think it means that Jesus was our “representative and substitute”?
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Do you believe that Jesus is the ONLY way? Discuss why or why not.
Relating BOB to life: (10 mins)
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How could we live more in the forgiveness that Jesus’ death provides us (second paragraph in Help
with understanding)?
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How would you explain to people what happens to people when they become a Christian?
Where to from here? (5mins)
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How could we live more in the forgiveness that Jesus’ death provides us (second paragraph in Help
with understanding)?
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Pray for an opportunity to talk to a non-Christian friend about what THEY think about Jesus and
whether they think they need saving this week?
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As you go about your week try and be more conscious of what the world (through the media)
thinks about the possibility of heaven and how to get there.
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Memorise this statement from BOB and one or two of the verses from Romans that you might need
to know off by heart sometime.
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