SINGLES FOR CHRIST
CHRISTIAN LIFE PROGRAM
REPENTANCE AND FAITH
Brief Outline
Brief Outline
1. God loves us, God sent His own Son to die for us, God has initiated a relationship with us as Father. Our proper response to all God has done for us is repentance and faith.
2. The greek word for repentance is "metanoia", which literally means a change of mind.
* It is a change of direction in life. It is a change in the way we live our lives, dropping an old set of ideals and values and adopting new ones.
* Specifically, repentance means a turning away from sin, evil, wrongdoing and running your own life.
* Further, it is turning to a life of obedience to God and having Jesus on the throne of your life.
3. Specific serious sins we must renounce: non-Christian religions; Spiritualism and the occult;Sexual wrongdoing; Serious crimes (murder, rape, etc.); Drunkenness and drugs.
4. Faith is belief in the good news of salvation in Jesus.
* It is a belief in Jesus as our personal Savior.
5. Consequences of repentance and faith:
* Salvation from sin, Satan, death.
* Forgiveness and eternal life with God.
* New life in the Holy Spirit.
Discussion starter
1. Share with one another areas where you need to turn more fully to God.
2. Share areas where you need to grow in faith.
The challenge
Jesus sounded the call to repentance and faith 2,000 years ago. This is the same call to us today.Turn away from sin and all obstacles to God, and accept Jesus as Lord and Savior. Then take God up on all His promises.
This talk is still included in module 1, which talk about how God suffered just to save us on our sins and the best response for that is to repent and have faith with Him. Personally, this talk is one of my favorite topic because it discuss more on our faith which i think is a big issue now that many things are happened in not a good way, it tests the faith of each one of us if we can really turn away the evil inside our spirits. Repentance and Faith is relevant to each other. It's really hard not to commit mistakes, not to take advantage of one's weakness but if we are dedicated to repent, we need to have a faith that we will be forgiven and accepted completely.
In the challenge, it is said that Jesus accepted the torment just to save us because He doesn't want us to suffer. Now, we are called to do the same, not literally but the same way He turned away the sins and believe in all of His promises.
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