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Baptism Bible Study. Define valuable?. Genesis 1 : 26-27 (ncv). Then God said, “ Let us make human beings in our image and likeness. And let them rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the tame animals, over all the earth, and over all the small crawling animals on the.
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Genesis 1 : 26-27(ncv) Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image and likeness. And let them rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the tame animals, over all the earth, and over all the small crawling animals on the
Genesis 1 : 26-27(ncv) earth.” So God created human beings in his image. In the image of God he created them. He created them male and female.
God’s image Man was made in ____________ to be like God.
Genesis 1:31 (ncv) God looked at everything he had made, and it was very good. Evening passed, and morning came. This was the sixth day.
When you create something and call it “very good,” would it be valuable to you? ______ Are you valuable to God? _____ yes yes
Have you ever done something you knew was wrong, but did it anyways?
1 John 3:4 (erv) The person who sins breaks God's law. Yes, sin is living against God's law.
Sin is___________________. breaking God’s law
James 4:17(ncv) And when a person knows the right thing to do, but does not do it, then he is sinning.
right Sin is knowing the ______thing to do, but ______doing it. not
Romans 3:23(ncv) All people have sinned and are not good enough for God's glory.
Who has sinned? Everyone
Romans 6:23(erv) When people sin, they earn what sin pays -- death. But God gives his people a free gift – eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
death Wages of sin is_______.
Isaiah 59:2(ncv) It is your evil that has separated you from your God. Your sins cause him to turn away from you, And then he does not hear you.
separates Sin ___________ me from God
1 Timothy 2 : 4-6 (ncv) God wants all people to be saved. And he wants everyone to know the truth. There is one God. And there is only one way people can reach God. That way is through Jesus Christ, who is also a man . Jesus gave himself to pay for the sins of all people. Jesus is proof that God wants all people to be saved.
In order to get back into relationship with God, He gives me a gift!
John 3:16 (ncv) God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son. God gave his Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life.
God loves us so much that he ______ Jesus over to die so we could be brought back into a relationship with Him. gave
2 Corinthians 5:21 (ncv) Christ had no sin. But God made him become sin. God did this for us so that in Christ we could become right with God.
Only ______ can bring us back into a relationship with God. Jesus
Romans 4:25 (ncv) Jesus was given to die for our sins. And he was raised from death to make us right with God.
sins Jesus died for our______ to make us ______ with God. right
Ephesians 2 : 8 (ncv) I mean that you have been saved by grace because you believe. You did not save yourselves. It was a gift from God.
Grace is a _____ from God. Can you do anything to earn the gift of Jesus dying for your sins? ____ gift No
I now understand that : - I was made to be with God - My sin separated God & I - Jesus died to bring me back into relationship with God… But how do accept God’s gift of reconciliation?
1 John 3:23 (ncv) This is what God commands: that we believe in his Son, Jesus Christ, and that we love each other, just as he commanded.
I must _________in Jesus. believe
Hebrews 11:6 (ncv) Without faith no one can please God. Anyone who comes to God must believe that he is real and that he rewards those who truly want to find him.
James 2:17 (ncv) It is the same with faith. If faith does nothing, then that faith is dead, because it is alone.
Faith is believing to the point in which your ________show what you believe. actions
Acts 3 : 19(ncv) So you must change your hearts and lives! Come back to God, and he will forgive your sins.
Matthew 7 :13-14(ncv) Enter through the narrow gate. The road that leads to hell is a very easy road. And the gate to hell is very wide. Many people enter through that gate. But the gate that opens the way to true life is very small. And the road to true life is very hard. Only a few people find that road.
Choose one of the two roads : The road that leads to ____ or the road that leads to _____. God Hell
Mark 16 : 16(ncv) Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved, but anyone who does not believe will be judged guilty.
Anyone who believes and is __________ will be saved. baptized
Acts 2 : 36-38(ncv) “So, all the people of Israel should know this truly: God has made Jesus both Lord and Christ. He is the man you nailed to the cross.” When the people heard this, they were sick at heart. They asked Peter and the other apostles, "What shall we do.”
Acts 2 : 36-38 Peter said to them, "Change your hearts and lives and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Be baptized in the name of ______________for the _____________of your sins. Jesus Christ forgiveness
1 Peter 3 : 21 (ncv) And that water is like baptism that now saves you - not the washing of dirt from the body, but the promise made to God from a good heart. And this is because Jesus Christ was raised from death.