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THE COMPLETE
DISCIPLESHIP
EVANGELISM
48-LESSON COURSE
By Andrew Wommack
and Don W. Krow
Copyright © 2012 Andrew Wommack
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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The Complete Discipleship Evangelism 48 - Lesson Course
1 Eternal Life
2 Salvation by Grace
3 Righteousness by Grace
4 Relationship with God
5 The Nature of God
6 Repentance
7 Commitment
8 Water Baptism
9 Identity in Christ - Part 1
10 Identity in Christ - Part 2
11 What Happens When a Christian Sins
12 Integrity of God’s Word
13 God’s Not Guilty
14 The Power of a Spirit-Filled Life
15 How to Receive the Holy Spirit
16 The Benets of Speaking in Tongues
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125
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137
143
149
157
163
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183
189
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227
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237
249
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263
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283
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307
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1 The Divine Flow
2 Using the Gifts to Minister
3 Miracles Glorify God
4 The Power of Godly Relationships
5 Persecution
6 The King and His Kingdom
7 The Object of Saving Faith
8 The Proper Use of God’s Law
9 Not under Law, but under Grace
10 No More Consciousness of Sin
11 I Am Loved, I Am Pretty
12 The Fruit of Salvation - Part 1
13 The Fruit of Salvation - Part 2
14 A Call to Discipleship
15 How to Use Your Testimony
16 Using Everyone’s Gifts to Disciple
1 Self-Centeredness: The Source of All Grief
2 How to Meditate on God’s Word
3 Renewing the Mind
4 The Importance of Christ’s Church
5 Deliverance
6 Authority of the Believer
7 Healing Is in the Atonement
8 Hindrances to Healing
9 Forgiving Others
10 Marriage - Part 1
11 Marriage - Part 2
12 God’s Kind of Love - Part 1
13 God’s Kind of Love - Part 2
14 Finances - Part 1
15 Finances - Part 2
16 What to Do When Your Prayers Seem Unanswered
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DISCIPLESHIP
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LESSON 1
ETERNAL LIFE
By Andrew Wommack
One of the most familiar passages of Scripture is John 3:16. It seems like everybody knows
that verse from a young age, yet I believe it has really been misunderstood and misapplied. John
3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
in him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
Traditionally, this scripture has been used to teach that Jesus came and died for our
sins so that we wouldn’t perish. As true as this is, this verse is saying that the real purpose of
Jesus coming to this earth and dying for us was so that we could have everlasting life. It just so
happened that our sins were a barrier that stood between us and this everlasting life.
It is true that Jesus did die for our sins, and it is true that if we believe on Jesus, we will
not perish, but there is much more to the Gospel than that. e real message of the Gospel is
that God wants to give you everlasting life. Now let me explain that.
e night before His crucixion, Jesus was praying, and He said, “is is life eternal, that
they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ” (John 17:3)
is says that everlasting life is knowing the Father, the only true God, and knowing Jesus
Christ, whom He has sent. at’s what everlasting life is. Many people think that everlasting life
is living forever. Well, every person lives forever. It’s a misconception to think that when a person
dies they cease to exist. e spirit and the soul go back to God. e body decays in the grave. e
truth is, every person who has ever lived on the face of the earth will continue to live in spirit form.
So, to say that eternal life is living forever is not the whole truth—everybody lives forever. is
verse makes it very clear that eternal life with God is not automatically given to everyone.
Some people would say, “Eternal life is living forever in heaven versus living forever
in hell.” But eternal life is just what Jesus said in John 17:3—to know God and Jesus Christ.
It’s more than an intellectual knowledge. is word “know” is used throughout Scripture to
describe the most intimate, personal relationship that you can have.
e real purpose of salvation is not living forever in heaven, as great as that will be. e
real purpose of salvation is to have intimacy—a personal relationship with the Lord God. ere
are multitudes of people who have cried out to God for the forgiveness of their sins but have
never had intimacy with God as a goal.
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By not explaining the real purpose of salvation, we are doing a disservice to the Gospel.
When we present salvation as something that deals with just spiritual things that will only
benet us in the future, in eternity, we are not helping people. ere are some people who are
living in such a literal hell right now on earth. Many are depressed, living in poverty, dealing
with strife, rejection, hurt, and failed marriages. People are just trying to survive day to day.
ey are just trying to keep their heads above water. By making salvation something that deals
only with the future, many people put o that decision because they are too busy just trying to
survive today.
e truth is that Jesus not only came to aect our eternal destinies so that we can live
forever in heaven in blessing instead of the punishment and curse of hell, but Jesus also came to
deliver us from this present evil world (Gal. 1:4). Jesus came to give you intimacy and a personal
relationship with God the Father today.
Jesus came to bring you back into close, personal relationship with Him. Jesus loves you.
Jesus wants to know you personally. Jesus wants to give you a quality of life that is greater than
anything you could obtain through any other source.
Jesus put it this way in John 10:10: “e thief [speaking of Satan] cometh not, but for to
steal, and to kill and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it
more abundantly” (brackets mine). God wants to give you eternal life. God wants to give you
abundant life, and I believe that you need that today—that you want that. Christ died not only
to forgive your sins, but to bring you close to him. If you don’t know the Lord, you need to know
Him for that purpose. If you’ve already been born again, you need to go beyond just getting
your sins forgiven and enter into everlasting life with the Father.
FACTS ABOUT ETERNAL LIFE
A. e purpose of the Gospel is eternal life (John 3:16).
B. Eternal life is knowing God (John 17:3).
C. Knowing God is an intimate relationship (1 Cor. 6:16-17).
D. Eternal life is available now (1 John 5:12).
E. God wants a personal relationship with you (Rev. 3:20).
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1. Read John 3:16. What was the purpose of God sending
Jesus into the world?
2. e biblical usage of the word “know” means to have an
intimate, personal relationship with a person (Gen. 4:1).
Read John 17:3. What is eternal/everlasting life,
according to this verse?
3. Read 1 John 5:11-12. According to these verses, when
does eternal, or everlasting, life begin?
4. Read John 10:10. What kind of life did Jesus come to
give us?
5. Explain in your own words the attributes of an
abundant life.
6. Do you believe that God sent His Son Jesus into the
world to die for the sins of the world, thereby giving us
who believe eternal/everlasting life?
7. Is it clear to you that eternal/everlasting life is not
only a length of time (eternity) but a quality and
quantity of life?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
JOHN 3:16 – For God so
loved the world, that he gave
his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have
everlasting life.
GENESIS 4:1 – And Adam
knew Eve his wife; and she
conceived, and bare Cain, and
said, I have gotten a man from
the LORD.
JOHN 17:3 – And this is life
eternal [eternal life], that they
might know thee the only true
God, and Jesus Christ
(brackets mine).
1 JOHN 5:11-12 – And this
is the record, that God hath
given us eternal life, and this
life is in his Son. [12] He that
hath the Son hath life; and he
that hath not the Son of God
hath not life.
JOHN 10:10 – e thief
cometh not, but for to steal,
and to kill, and to destroy: I
am come that they might have
life, and that they might have
it more abundantly.
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1. Read John 3:16. What was the purpose of God sending Jesus into the world?
To save the world, giving all who believe on Jesus everlasting life by removing sin’s penalty
2. e biblical usage of the word “know” means to have an intimate, personal relationship
with a person (Gen. 4:1). Read John 17:3. What is eternal/everlasting life, according to
this verse?
Eternal life is knowing God and Jesus Christ (not physically but intimately)
3. Read 1 John 5:11-12. According to these verses, when does eternal/everlasting life begin?
When we receive the Son (Jesus Christ) into our lives
4. Read John 10:10. What kind of life did Jesus come to give us?
Abundant life!
5. Explain in your own words the qualities or attributes of an abundant life.
Abundant life would be the opposite of what Jesus said the thief came to do
6. Do you believe that God sent His Son Jesus into the world to die for the sins of the
world, thereby giving us who believe eternal/everlasting life?
Yes
7. Is it clear to you that eternal/everlasting life is not only a length of time (eternity) but a
quality and quantity of life?
Yes
ANSWER KEY
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Permission is granted to duplicate or reproduce for discipleship purposes on the
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LESSON 2
SALVATION BY GRACE
By Don Krow
Jesus many times used parables, stories which illustrated spiritual truths. Luke 18:9-14 begins,
“And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and
despised others.” Jesus was targeting a certain audience: those who trusted that they were righteous
and automatically despised and looked down on everyone else. He told this parable to these people
who trusted in the things they did. We would call them self-righteous, which is what Jesus was
speaking about when He said they looked down on everyone else saying, “I am better than you!”
In verse 10, Jesus says, “Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee,
and the other a publican.” We would say in modern language that they went to the church to
pray, and one was a Pharisee. A Pharisee was a very religious person. e word actually means
“separated one,” someone who was so religious that in a sense they would say, “Don’t dele me!
Don’t get too close to me. I’m not like other men! I am better than everyone else!” e other
man Jesus mentioned was a publican. Publicans were tax collectors and were known to be very
evil, sinful people who cheated and defrauded. ey collected taxes by any means they could,
stuck a lot of the money in their pockets, and gave some of it to the Roman government, so they
were not looked upon favorably by their peers.
e story continues in verse 11, “e Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God,
I thank thee, that I am not like other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this
publican.” I want you to notice that. Who was he praying to? He was actually praying to himself
even though he was saying “God” and using the right words. God was not acknowledging his
prayer, and we’ll see later why that was so. Notice that he prayed, “God, I thank You I am not like
other men.” is Pharisee, this religious man, said, “I am not like other men. I am not sinful. I
am not an extortioner, not unjust, not an adulterer, and I am not like this publican right here
who came to pray.” You see, he despised and looked down on others because he thought he was
better than them.
In verse 12, the Pharisee said, “I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.”
He was saying, “Notice what I do?” Do you know what it means to fast? It actually means
to go without food. He also gave money to the church. He was one of those people who say,
“Don’t bother me! I live a good life! I give to charity! I give money down at the church!”
en we come to the tax collector in verse 13: “And the publican, standing afar o, would
not li up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to
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me a sinner.” Notice his body language: “standing afar o.” He didn’t even go all the way into the
church. He was so ashamed of his life and the things that he had done that he stood afar o and
wouldn’t even look up, wouldn’t li his eyes to heaven, but smote his breast. When the Bible
talks of smiting the breasts in the Old Testament, many times they also tore their garments,
which was a way of saying, “I am sorry, God, for what I have done!” It was a sign of repentance,
a contrite heart, and a broken spirit, which God would not despise. is tax collector, sinful
man that he was, cried out to God and prayed, “God be merciful to me, I am a sinner!”
Verse 14 says, “I tell you, this man went down to his house justied rather than the other:
for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.”
e publican went home justied, declared righteous before God, in right standing with God,
forgiven by God. Why was he forgiven? Why did he go to his home in right standing before God
and not the religious Pharisee? It was because the Pharisee exalted himself, saying “I am better
than other people! I am not sinful! I am not like other men,” while the tax collector knew he
had no standing before God, nothing he could oer Him. He was a sinful person. e Bible says
Jesus didn’t come to save righteous people but sinners, and we have all sinned and come short
of the glory of God. is tax collector humbled himself and found forgiveness and pardon.
We’re talking about salvation by grace. Grace is a wonderful word, and I am going to
give you an accepted denition of what it means, but grace means much more. In the Greek
language in which the New Testament was written, grace is the word charis. An accepted
denition of grace is this: the free, unmerited favor of God toward people who don’t deserve
it. is tax collector didn’t deserve anything from God, but he found God’s favor because he
humbled himself. ere is another word in the Greek, charisma, which is charis with the sux
-ma on the end. It means a specic manifestation or form of God’s grace, and this tax collector
found justication, right standing, before God as a gi.
Romans 5:17 says, “ey which receive abundance of grace and of the gi of righteousness
shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.” God oers you and me right standing before Him as a
gi and, according to our passage, the tax collector found that gi of justication, that gi of
righteousness that only comes through Jesus Christ. e Bible says in John 1:17, “For the law
was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” is grace is only oered to one
kind of person—those who humble themselves and know they have no standing before God,
who cry for God’s mercy. ese people will nd God’s mercy and pardon.
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1. Read Luke 18:9. What is a parable?
2. Read Luke 18:9. To whom did Jesus direct this parable?
3. Read Luke 18:9 (the last part of the verse). People that
are self-righteous always reveal an attitude toward
others. According to Luke 18:9, what is that attitude?
A. ey like others.
B. ey despise others or look down on others.
C. ey love others.
4. Read Luke 18:10. Two people went to pray; in modern
language, where did they go to pray?
5. Read Luke 18:10. Who were these people?
6. Read Luke 18:11. What was the Pharisee’s prayer?
7. Read Luke 18:12. What does fasting mean?
8. Read Luke 18:12. What does it mean to give tithes?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
LUKE 18:9-12 – And he spake
this parable unto certain
which trusted in themselves
that they were righteous, and
despised others. [10] Two men
went up into the temple to
pray; the one a Pharisee and
the other a publican. [11] e
Pharisee stood and prayed thus
with himself, God, I thank thee,
that I am not as other men are,
extortioners, unjust, adulterers,
or even this publican. [12] I
fast twice in the week, I give
tithes of all that I possess.
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9. Read Luke 18:13. Where was the tax collector
standing? Why?
10. Read Luke 18:13. Why did the tax collector hang down
his head and not look up?
11. Read Luke 18:13. What was this tax collector’s prayer?
12. Read Luke 18:14. Which one of these men was declared
righteous before God when he went to his home?
13. Read Luke 18:14. Why was the tax collector declared
righteous and not the Pharisee?
14. Read Luke 18:14. Did God forgive this tax collector?
15. Read Romans 10:13. If you right now got down on
your knees and cried out to God from your heart
“God be merciful to me, a sinner,” would God treat
you the same way He treated the tax collector?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
LUKE 18:13-14 – And the
publican, standing afar o,
would not li up so much as
his eyes unto heaven, but smote
upon his breast, saying, God be
merciful to me a sinner. [14] I
tell you, this man went down
to his house justied rather
than the other: for every one
that exalteth himself shall be
abased; and he that humbleth
himself shall be exalted.
ROMANS 10:13 – For
whosoever shall call upon the
name of the Lord shall be saved.
1 JOHN 1:8-9 – If we say
that we have no sin, we deceive
ourselves, and the truth is not
in us. [9] If we confess our sins,
he is faithful and just to forgive
us our sins, and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.
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1. Read Luke 18:9. What is a parable?
A biblical parable is a story that illustrates spiritual truth
2. Read Luke 18:9. To whom did Jesus direct this parable?
To those who trusted in themselves that they were righteous; that is, they were
self-righteous
3. Read Luke 18:9 (the last part of the verse). People that are self-righteous always reveal
an attitude toward others. According to Luke 18:9, what is that attitude?
B. ey despise other or look down on others
4. Read Luke 18:10. Two people went to pray; in modern language, where did they go to pray?
To the church
5. Read Luke 18:10. Who were these people?
A Pharisee and a publican/tax collector
6. Read Luke 18:11. What was the Pharisee’s prayer?
God, I thank you I am not like other men (I’m not a sinner). I’m not a swindler, unjust,
an adulterer, or even like this tax collector
7. Read Luke 18:12. What does fasting mean?
To go without food
8. Read Luke 18:12. What does it mean to give tithes?
To give a tenth of one’s income
9. Read Luke 18:13. Where was the tax collector standing?
Afar o
Why?
He was ashamed to go into the church (or temple) because he was such a terrible sinner,
so he stayed outside
10. Read Luke 18:13. Why did the tax collector hang down his head and not look up?
He was ashamed
Have you ever done something wrong and would not look a person in the face?
11. Read Luke 18:13. What was this tax collector’s prayer?
God be merciful to me—I am a sinner!
12. Read Luke 18:14. Which one of these men was declared righteous before God when he
went to his home?
e tax collector
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13. Read Luke 18:14. Why was the tax collector declared righteous and not the Pharisee?
Because he humbled himself before God. e Pharisee was full of pride; he didn’t think
he needed a Savior
14. Read Luke 18:14. Did God forgive this tax collector?
Yes
15. Read Romans 10:13. If you right now got down on your knees and cried out to God
from your heart “God be merciful to me, a sinner,” would God treat you the same way
He treated the tax collector?
Yes, He would. He would forgive me and cleanse me from all unrighteousness
See 1 John 1:8-9.
ANSWER KEY
Copyright © 2012, Andrew Wommack
Permission is granted to duplicate or reproduce for discipleship purposes on the
condition that it is distributed free of charge.
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LESSON 3
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY GRACE
By Don Krow
Today we are going to look at the subject of righteousness by grace. Romans 3:21-23
says, “But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law
and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon
all them that believe: for there is no dierence [distinction]: For all have sinned, and come [fall]
short of the glory of God” (brackets mine).
Notice that this scripture says, “But now the righteousness of God without the law is
manifested.” I once asked a man, “What do you think you have to do in order to go to heaven?”
He responded that he should keep the Ten Commandments, be faithful to his wife, live a moral
life, plus a number of other things. I said, “Do you know what you have to do in order to go to
heaven, to be in God’s presence or in His kingdom? You would have to have a righteousness
that equals God’s righteousness.” He said, “I beg your pardon? ere is no one who can have
a righteousness that equals God’s. Only one man had such righteousness, and that was Jesus
Christ!” I said, “You have the point! at is exactly right! None of us in our own selves have ever
kept the Law or commandments perfectly, outwardly or inwardly, but we need a righteousness
that equals God’s in order to be acceptable before Him.”
That is exactly what is said in verses 21-22, “But now the righteousness of God
without the law is manifested…even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus
Christ unto all and upon all them that believe.” The kind of righteousness that God offers
you and me is a righteousness that is “through faith in Jesus Christ,” and it’s unto all and
upon all who believe. There are two kinds of righteousness—the righteousness of man
and the righteousness of God. The righteousness of man is a person’s very best behavior
and the good works they do, but that can’t make you acceptable before God. You need a
righteousness that equals God’s, and He is offering it to you—the righteousness of God that
is without the law.
In the Greek, there is no indenite article, which means that this text is really saying
God is oering His own righteousness without Law. A righteousness that is according to Law
is a righteousness of doing, earning, and achieving in order to be accepted before God. All
the world religions today think you have to do, earn, and achieve in order for God to accept
you. e word “Gospel” means “good news,” and the good news of the Gospel is that God is
oering His very own righteousness and acceptance to all who will believe in what Jesus Christ
provided—His death on the cross for our sins, imputing to us the righteousness that equals the
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Law. is is the righteousness of God that is apart from the Law, without us doing, earning, and
achieving; and it comes through faith in Jesus Christ.
Notice in verse 22 that it is the righteousness of God that is through faith in Jesus Christ
unto all and upon all. Why is God oering His righteousness to everyone? “For there is no
dierence [no distinction]: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (brackets
mine). You have sinned, I have sinned, and we all come short of God’s standard or perfection.
Because of our sin, the greatest thing we need is acceptance, right relationship, and right
standing with God…and God has oered this not through the works of the Law but through
faith in Jesus Christ. e righteousness of God doesn’t come by your working, your trying, your
earning, or your attempts to achieve; it comes through faith, dependence, and reliance upon the
Lord Jesus Christ.
How was Abraham (the Jewish forefather) saved? e Bible says he believed God—
believed the promise God gave him—and then righteousness was imputed to his account. e
fact that Abraham was declared righteous before God through his faith was not just for him
alone. We read in Romans 3:21-22 that a man is declared righteous through his faith in Jesus
Christ. e Bible says that because of the payment Christ made on the cross when He shed His
blood for our sin, righteousness (right standing) will be imputed to any person’s account who
simply believes upon Christ.
Romans 5:17 says, “For if by one man’s oence death reigned by one; much more that
which receive abundance of grace and of the gi of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus
Christ” (emphasis mine). God is oering you a gi of righteousness, a gi of right standing
before Him. A gi does cost something but not to the person who receives it. If you gave me a
gi and asked me to pay for it, it wouldn’t be a gi, but it did cost you something. God made
righteousness available to you and me as a gi, and this gi of righteousness, acquittal, and
right standing before God comes through faith in Jesus Christ.
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1. Read Titus 3:5. Is the righteousness that we need a
righteousness that we can produce?
2. Read 2 Corinthians 5:21. What kind of righteousness
do we need?
3. Read Romans 3:22. How do we receive this righteousness?
4. Read Philippians 3:9. What is the righteousness of
the Law?
5. Read Galatians 2:21. How could we frustrate God’s grace?
6. Read Romans 5:17. e righteousness of God is
received as what?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
TITUS 3:5 – Not by works
of righteousness which we
have done, but according to
his mercy he saved us, by the
washing of regeneration, and
renewing of the Holy Ghost.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:21 –
For he hath made him to be
sin for us, who knew no sin;
that we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.
ROMANS 3:22 – Even the
righteousness of God which is
by faith of Jesus Christ unto all
and upon all them that believe:
for there is no dierence.
PHILIPPIANS 3:9 – And be
found in him, not having mine
own righteousness, which is
of the law, but that which is
through the faith of Christ, the
righteousness which is of God
by faith.
GALATIANS 2:21 – I do not
frustrate the grace of God: for if
righteousness come by the law,
then Christ is dead in vain.
ROMANS 5:17 – For if
by one man’s oence death
reigned by one; much more
that which receive abundance
of grace and of the gi of
righteousness shall reign in life
by one, Jesus Christ.
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1. Read Titus 3:5. Is the righteousness that we need a righteousness that we can produce?
No
2. Read 2 Corinthians 5:21. What kind of righteousness do we need?
e righteousness of God (that comes through Christ)
3. Read Romans 3:22. How do we receive this righteousness?
rough faith in Jesus Christ
4. Read Philippians 3:9. What is the righteousness of the Law?
A righteousness belonging to me—a works righteousness that I can produce
5. Read Galatians 2:21. How could we frustrate God’s grace?
We could frustrate God’s grace by trying to be saved by our own good works instead of
trusting Christ and His death for us for our salvation
6. Read Romans 5:17. e righteousness of God is received as what?
A gi
ANSWER KEY
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LESSON 4
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
By Andrew Wommack
One of the most important things about relationship is to understand the person with whom
you’re going to have relationship, and that also applies to God. You need to understand the basic
nature and character of God in order to have a healthy relationship with Him. Misunderstanding
His character and nature is one of the reasons many people don’t have a positive relationship with
Him. is is exactly what happened in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve were tempted
by the serpent. ey entered into temptation, ultimately disobeyed God, and plunged the whole
human race into sin. eir lack of understanding God’s nature was actually a part of the temptation.
e story in Genesis 3:1-5 is familiar to most people: “Now the serpent was more subtil than
any beast of the eld which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said,
Ye shall not eat of every tree in the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the
fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath
said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye
shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened,
and ye shall be as gods [God], knowing good and evil” (brackets mine).
ere is a subtle statement by Satan here that God is really not a good God… that He was
trying to withhold something from Adam and Eve…that He didn’t want them to reach their full
potential…that He didn’t want them to be like Himself…and that the reason He made the rule
about not eating of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was to hinder or hurt them. In a
sense, Satan came against the very nature and character of God when he maligned Him by saying
God did not want the best for them. e same thing is exactly what’s happening to people today.
Satan tells them, “If you follow God and don’t experiment with all these things that are contrary to
His Word, you’ll never experience true happiness. Life will be boring…dead.” e sad fact is that
people experience aer the fact that the drugs, alcohol, sex, rebellion, indulgence of self, success
in jobs, and all the other things they tried didn’t satisfy them. By the time they realize it, they’ve
already destroyed their lives, their families, and their health.
e truth is that God is a good God, and His will for us is only good. But Satan uses the
same temptations on us today that came against Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, basically
implying that God is not a good God. ose who have only a little understanding of the Bible could
get that impression because there are instances in the Word where He treated people in harsh,
cruel ways. In Numbers 15:32-36, a man picked up sticks on the Sabbath Day and was stoned
to death for failing to observe the Sabbath. at sounds harsh, but there was a purpose behind
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such punishments, though it’s not obvious to most people in a casual reading of Scripture. Careful
study reveals that Old Testament Law was given to make the sin that we’ve committed become
exceedingly sinful, as Paul says in Romans 7:13. e purpose was that people didn’t realize how
deadly their transgressions were and that they were an oense against God. ey made the mistake
of comparing among themselves and measuring their actions by what other people were doing.
If someone committed a sin and wasn’t struck dead, they thought sin must not be so bad,
and they lowered their standards. ey had lost the true perspective on what right and wrong was.
God had to bring mankind back to a plumb line, a proper standard of what right living was, so
they would reject the devil and his temptations and recognize what the end result of wrong choices
would be. en when He did that, He had to enforce the Law He gave.
God did not give the Old Testament commandments for the purpose of saying, “Until
you do all these things, I can’t accept you or love you.” at is not His nature or character. Rather,
He gave them to make our sense of right and wrong more acute and to bring us back to the fact
that we need a Savior. e problem has been that people thought God was demanding perfection
before He could love them, which led to the attitude many have that His love for them is directly
proportional to their performance. ey feel that until they try to do everything exactly right, they
will not be accepted by God, and that is not the message of the Bible.
God’s heart is to reconcile mankind to Himself not to judge them…not to impute their
sins…not to hold their sins against them. at’s the heart of God for people in the Bible and also
His heart for you today. You need to understand His real heart, that “God is love” (1 John 4:8). He
seeks to take away your sins and anything that would separate you from Him. He’s already done
it through Jesus, and He’s oering you relationship today, not based on your performance but on
your faith and acceptance of Jesus bearing your sins. You can have relationship with God today
regardless of the failures in your life. All He asks is that you put your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
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1. Read Genesis 3:1. What question did Satan ask Eve?
2. Read Genesis 2:17 and 3:3. What word or words did
Eve add to what God actually said to Adam?
3. Read Genesis 3:6. Once Satan was able to instill doubt
into Eve’s mind regarding the Word of God, what did
she do in this verse?
4. Read Genesis 3:9-10. After Adam and Eve sinned,
did God still communicate and pursue a
relationship with them?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
GENESIS 3:1 – Now the
serpent was more subtil than
any beast of the eld which
the LORD God had made. And
he said unto the woman, Yea,
hath God said, Ye shall not eat
of every tree of the garden?
GENESIS 2:17 – But of the
tree of the knowledge of good
and evil, thou shalt not eat of it:
for in the day that thou eatest
thereof thou shalt surely die.
GENESIS 3:3 – But of the
fruit of the tree which is in the
midst of the garden, God hath
said, Ye shall not eat of it,
neither shall ye touch it, lest
ye die.
GENESIS 3:6 – And when the
woman saw that the tree was
good for food, and that it was
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree
to be desired to make one wise,
she took of the fruit thereof,
and did eat, and gave also
unto her husband with her;
and he did eat.
GENESIS 3:9-10 – And the
LORD God called unto Adam,
and said unto him, Where
art thou? [10] And he said, I
heard thy voice in the garden,
and I was afraid, because I
was naked; and I hid myself.
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5. Read Genesis 3:22-24. Why did God drive Adam and
Eve from the Garden?
6. Can you see that this was an act of mercy by God
rather than a punishment?
7. Read Romans 5:17. How do we attain God’s
abundance of grace and gi of righteousness?
A. Buy it
B. Earn it
C. Receive it
8. Read Romans 6:23. What do we really deserve if we sin?
9. By grace, what does God give us instead?
10. Read Romans 10:3. If we try to establish our own
righteousness before God, what do we fail to do?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
GENESIS 3:22-24 – And
the LORD God said, Behold,
the man is become as one of
us, to know good and evil:
and now, lest he put forth his
hand, and take also of the tree
of life, and eat, and live for
ever: [23] erefore the LORD
God sent him forth from the
garden of Eden, to till the
ground from whence he was
taken. [24] So he drove out
the man; and he placed at
the east of the garden of Eden
Cherubims, and a aming
sword which turned every
way, to keep the way of the
tree of life.
ROMANS 5:17 – For if
by one man’s oence death
reigned by one; much more
they which receive abundance
of grace and of the gi of righ-
teousness shall reign in life by
one, Jesus Christ.
ROMANS 6:23 – For the
wages of sin is death; but
the gi of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
ROMANS 10:3 – For they
being ignorant of God’s
righteousness, and going
about to establish their own
righteousness, have not
submitted themselves unto the
righteousness of God.
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11. Read 1 John 1:9 and Romans 4:3. What does God
promise to do with ALL our sins and iniquities
against Him if we would only believe?
12. What does this tell you about the character of God?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
1 JOHN 1:9 – If we
confess our sins, he is
faithful and just to forgive
us our sins, and to cleanse
us from all unrighteousness.
ROMANS 4:3 – For
what saith the scripture?
Abraham believed God,
and it was counted unto
him for righteousness.
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1. Read Genesis 3:1. What question did Satan ask Eve?
“Hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree in the garden?”
2. Read Genesis 2:17 and Genesis 3:3. What word or words did Eve add to what God
actually said to Adam?
at they shouldn’t touch it
3. Read Genesis 3:6. Once Satan was able to instill doubt into Eve’s mind regarding the
Word of God, what did she do in this verse?
Took and ate of the Tree
4. Read Genesis 3:9-10. Aer Adam and Eve sinned, did God still communicate and
pursue a relationship with them?
Yes
5. Read Genesis 3:22-24. Why did God drive Adam and Eve from the Garden?
So they wouldn’t eat from the tree of life and live forever in a sinful state
6. Can you see that this was an act of mercy by God rather than a punishment?
Yes
7. Read Romans 5:17. How do we attain God’s abundance of grace and gi of
righteousness?
C. Receive it
8. Read Romans 6:23. What do we really deserve if we sin?
Death
9. By grace, what does God give us instead?
Eternal life in Jesus
10. Read Romans 10:3. If we try to establish our own righteousness before God, what do we
fail to do?
Submit to Jesus as our righteousness
11. Read 1 John 1:9 and Romans 4:3. What does God promise to do with ALL our sins and
iniquities against Him if we would only believe?
Remove them, forget them, and forgive them
12. What does this tell you about the character of God?
at He is merciful and loving
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LESSON 5
THE NATURE OF GOD
By Andrew Wommack
To have a positive relationship with the Lord, we must know His nature and His real
character. Is He angry because of our sin, or is He a merciful God who wants to give us His life
and blessing, independent of our performance? e Scriptures actually give us two dierent
views of God, not that He has ever changed or done anything dierently. ere was a period of
time that in the terminology used in the Bible, God “held men’s sins against them.”
is can be compared to raising children. When they’re very young, it isn’t possible to
reason with them, to tell them why they should act properly or why they shouldn’t be selsh and
take toys away from their brothers or sisters. ey have to be told the rules and, if they break them,
be disciplined. e rules have to be enforced even though they don’t know about God and the
devil, or that they’re giving place to the devil when they are selsh. ey may not understand the
concepts, but they can understand that if they repeat the action, they will be punished.
In a sense, that’s what the Lord did in the Old Testament. Before people were born
again, they didn’t have the spiritual perception we have under the New Covenant, so He had to
give laws and enforce them with punishment, sometimes even death, to deter them from sin.
Because Satan was destroying people through sin, there had to be restraints placed on sin, and
they had to be enforced. Although this le the false impression that God didn’t really love us
because of our sin, that is not what the Word of God teaches. Romans 5:13 says, “Until the law
sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed where there is no law.” “Until the law” means until
the days of Moses when God gave the Ten Commandments and other ceremonial laws that
applied to the Jewish nation. Up until that time, sin was in the world but wasn’t imputed. e
word “impute” is a bookkeeping term; e.g., you go to the store to buy something and say, “Put it
on my tab.” When it is put on your tab, it is recorded and charged against your account, and the
purchase is imputed to you. If they failed to impute it, that means it wasn’t recorded and held
against you.
is verse is saying that until the time the Ten Commandments came, sin was not being
held against people. at’s an amazing statement. Look at Genesis 3 and 4. Most people have
the concept that when Adam and Eve sinned against God, because He was holy and man was
now sinful, He could have nothing to do with sinful mankind. ey think God drove man out
of the Garden to remove him from His presence because a Holy God couldn’t have anything to
do with unholy man. ey further think that until you clean up your act through right actions,
God once again cannot have any relationship with you. at is contrary to the message Jesus
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brought. Romans 5:8 says God commended His love toward you, and while you were yet a
sinner, Christ died for you; so the New Testament teaches that God extended His love to you
while you were living in sin, not aer you have cleaned up your act. One of the great truths
of the Gospel that will change your life is to understand that God loves you just like you are.
He loves you so much that if you receive His love, you won’t want to stay as you are. You will
change, but you’ll change as a byproduct of God’s love not in order to get His love.
In Genesis 4 you can see that God was still fellowshipping with man, still talking with
Adam and Eve even aer they sinned. He talked with Cain and Abel, and when they came to
oer sacrices to Him, He spoke to them in an audible voice. By their reaction, we can see
that they were accustomed to hearing His voice, and it didn’t scare them. When Cain killed
his brother Abel and became the rst murderer on the earth, God’s audible voice came from
heaven: “Where is your brother Abel?” Cain lied to God, seemingly without compunction. at
can happen only if a person is so used to hearing the voice of God that they take it for granted
and have no fear of it. All this says is that God was still fellowshipping with mankind and had
not broken fellowship, as is commonly believed. He was not imputing man’s sins to him. Does
that mean that He condoned their sins or that they were not wrong? No, that’s the reason He
eventually gave the Law. God had to give the Law to bring man back to a proper standard.
God had to show man that he needs a Savior and that he has to humble himself and receive
forgiveness as a gi. Sadly, religion has manipulated and controlled these things to teach that
the Law was given so you can keep it and thereby earn God’s forgiveness and acceptance. No!
e purpose of Old Testament Law was to magnify your sin to such a degree that you would
despair of ever saving yourself and say, “God, if this is your standard of holiness, I can’t do it.
Forgive me, have mercy on me.” e overall nature of God has always been love.
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1. Read Romans 5:13. What does the word “impute” mean?
2. Read Romans 7:7. What was the purpose of the Law?
3. Read Galatians 3:24. According to this verse, what was
the purpose of the Law?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ROMANS 5:13 – For until
the law sin was in the world:
but sin is not imputed when
there is no law.
ROMANS 7:7 – What shall
we say then? Is the law sin?
God forbid. Nay, I had not
known sin, but by the law: for
I had not known lust, except
the law had said, ou shalt
not covet.
GALATIANS 3:24 –
Wherefore the law was our
schoolmaster to bring us
unto Christ, that we might be
justied by faith.
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4. Read John 8:1-11. How did Jesus deal with the woman
caught in adultery?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
JOHN 8:1-11 – Jesus went
unto the mount of Olives. [2]
And early in the morning he
came again into the temple,
and all the people came unto
him; and he sat down, and
taught them. [3] And the
scribes and Pharisees brought
unto him a woman taken in
adultery; and when they had
set her in the midst, [4] ey
say unto him, Master, this
woman was taken in adultery,
in the very act. [5] Now Moses
in the law commanded us,
that such should be stoned:
but what sayest thou? [6] is
they said, tempting him, that
they might have to accuse him.
But Jesus stooped down, and
with his nger wrote on the
ground, as though he heard
them not. [7] So when they
continued asking him, he lied
up himself, and said unto
them, He that is without sin
among you, let him rst cast
a stone at her. [8] And again
he stooped down, and wrote
on the ground. [9] And they
which heard it, being convicted
by their own conscience, went
out one by one, beginning at
the eldest, even unto the last:
and Jesus was le alone, and
the woman standing in the
midst. [10] When Jesus had
lied up himself, and saw none
but the woman, he said unto
her, Woman, where are those
thine accusers? hath no man
condemned thee? [11] She said,
No man, Lord. And Jesus said
unto her, Neither do I condemn
thee: go, and sin no more.
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5. Did Jesus’ words and actions reect the true nature of
God? See John 3:34.
6. Read 1 John 4:8. According to this verse, what is the
true nature of God?
7. Read Romans 5:6. God’s love was directed toward us
when we were what?
8. Read Romans 5:8. God loved us while we were what?
9. Read Romans 5:10. God loved us while we were what?
10. If you asked Jesus Christ to forgive you and be your
Savior and Lord, trusting Jesus’ sacrice as payment
for your sin, would God show you His true nature of
mercy and grace?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
JOHN 3:34 – For he whom
God hath sent speaketh the
words of God: for God giveth not
the Spirit by measure unto him.
1 JOHN 4:8 – He that loveth
not knoweth not God; for God
is love.
ROMANS 5:6 – For when we
were yet without strength, in due
time Christ died for the ungodly.
ROMANS 5:8 – But God
commendeth his love toward
us, in that, while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us.
ROMANS 5:10 – For if, when
we were enemies, we were
reconciled to God by the death
of his Son, much more, being
reconciled, we shall be saved by
his life.
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1. Read Romans 5:13. What does the word “impute” mean?
To charge to one’s account
2. Read Romans 7:7. What was the purpose of the Law?
To make sin known
3. Read Galatians 3:24. According to this verse, what was the purpose of the Law?
To show mankind their need of the Savior, Jesus Christ
4. Read John 8:1-11. How did Jesus deal with the woman caught in adultery?
In mercy and grace
5. Did Jesus’ words and actions reect the true nature of God? See John 3:34.
Yes
6. Read 1 John 4:8. According to this verse, what is the true nature of God?
Love
7. Read Romans 5:6. God’s love was directed toward us when we were what?
Without strength; i.e., helpless and ungodly
8. Read Romans 5:8. God loved us while we were what?
Sinners
9. Read Romans 5:10. God loved us while we were what?
Enemies
10. If you asked Jesus Christ to forgive you and be your Savior and Lord, trusting Jesus’
sacrice as payment for your sin, would God show you His true nature of mercy and grace?
Yes
ANSWER KEY
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Permission is granted to duplicate or reproduce for discipleship purposes on the
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LESSON 6
REPENTANCE
By Don Krow
Some people have a misunderstanding of what repentance is. Repentance is not
perfection but a change in direction. We’re going to talk about the parable of the prodigal son,
or the lost son. Jesus is telling a story that perfectly illustrates what it means for an individual to
repent. In Luke 15:11-12 Jesus said, “And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger
of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided
unto them his living.”
e younger son wanted his inheritance before his father died, which is quite unusual,
but his father granted the request and gave his sons their inheritance. Verse 13 says, “And not
many days aer the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and
there wasted his substance with riotous living.” e younger son took all of his wealth, his part
of the inheritance, went into a distant country, and wasted it in riotous living. One translation
says, “partying and spending the money on prostitutes.”
Verses 14-15 read, “And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land
[e land became destitute and people were starving]; and he began to be in want. And he
went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his elds to feed swine”
(brackets mine). He got a job working for a man in that country and was sent to feed the pigs.
Verse 16 says, “And he would fain have lled his belly with the husks of that the swine did eat:
and no man gave unto him.” He was so hungry, at the point of starvation, and he said “Just give
me the pig’s food—anything,” but no one gave him anything. He had squandered all of his
inheritance. Verse 17 continues, “And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants
of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!” One translation says,
“when he came to his senses.” In other words, his father’s servants had more than enough food,
and he was dying from hunger.
He made a decision—he repented. Repentance is a change of mind, a change of heart
that causes a person to turn around and move in a new direction. In verses 18-19, he said, “I will
arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before
thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.” “Just
make me a slave, father. I’ve sinned against you, squandered your living, and sinned against
God. Just make me a slave.” en he rose and went to his father. Repentance is more than just a
change of attitude, a change of mind, and a change of heart; it leads a person to act on what they
believe, to turn around (or return) and go in a new direction. We’ve all turned away from God,
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our Father, and from heaven, our home. e Bible says in Isaiah 53:6 that “all we like sheep have
gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way,” but God in His mercy took our sins and
laid them on Jesus.
e story continues in verses 20-24. “And he arose, and came to his father.” One night I
was telling this story to a man who had never heard it before, and he just knew that when the
son returned, his father would say, “Son, look what you’ve done. You’ve wasted all my wealth,
all I accumulated in my life. Be one of my slaves.” Most earthly fathers would probably be very
angry and have an attitude like that, but notice the attitude of this father: “But when he was yet
a great way o, his father saw him, and had compassion [love came out of his heart for his son],
and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned
against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said
to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes
on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my
son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry” (brackets
mine). ey began to have a party.
I once told this to a man who said, “I see what Jesus is saying. If I’ll just turn to the
heavenly Father for mercy and say ‘Father, I’ve sinned against you, and I’m not worthy to be
your son,’ He’ll accept me.” Our heavenly Father will have compassion, and He won’t make you
a slave. He’ll restore you to full sonship with Him. God is waiting. Have you turned away? Why
don’t you turn to God, your Father, and to heaven, your home, today?
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1. Dene repentance.
2. Read Luke 13:1-5. What must one do in order not
to perish?
3. Read 2 Peter 3:9. What is God’s desire for all people?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
LUKE 13:1-5 – ere were
present at that season some
that told him of the Galilaeans,
whose blood Pilate had mingled
with their sacrices. [2] And
Jesus answering said unto
them, Suppose ye that these
Galilaeans were sinners above
all the Galilaeans, because they
suered such things? [3] I tell
you, Nay: but, except ye repent,
ye shall all likewise perish. [4]
Or those eighteen, upon whom
the tower in Siloam fell, and
slew them, think ye that they
were sinners above all men that
dwelt in Jerusalem? [5] I tell
you, Nay: but, except ye repent,
ye shall all likewise perish.
2 PETER 3:9 – e Lord is not
slack concerning his promise,
as some men count slackness;
but is longsuering to us-ward,
not willing that any should
perish, but that all should
come to repentance.
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SCRIPTURES TO USE
WITH QUESTIONS
LUKE 16:19-31 – ere was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and ne linen,
and fared sumptuously every day: [20] And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which
was laid at his gate, full of sores, [21] And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the
rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. [22] And it came to pass, that the
beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and
was buried; [23] And in hell he li up his eyes, being in torments, [24] And he cried and said,
Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his nger
in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this ame. [25] But Abraham said, Son,
remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things:
but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. [26] And beside all this, between us and you
there is a great gulf xed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can
they pass to us, that would come from thence. [27] en he said, I pray thee therefore, father,
that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house. [28] For I have ve brethren; that he may
testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. [29] Abraham saith unto him,
ey have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. [30] And he said, Nay, father Abraham:
but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. [31] And he said unto him, If they
hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
4. Read Luke 16:19-31. In Luke 16:28, why did the rich man want someone to come back
from the dead and speak to his brothers?
5. Read Luke 16:30. What must these brothers do in order to avoid this place of torment (hell)?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
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6. Read Acts 26:18. Although it doesn’t specically say,
this verse is talking about repentance. What will
happen to those who repent?
7. Read Acts 26:20. In the last part of this verse, three
things are stated that the Gentiles should do. What are
these three things?
8. Read Matthew 7:21-23. What did Jesus say these
people practiced instead of the will of God?
9. What does this show you about the importance of
true repentance versus lip service toward God?
10. Read Isaiah 55:7. What must the wicked do?
11. What two things must the unrighteous do?
12. What will God do for the person who does those
things stated above?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ACTS 26:18 – To open their
eyes, and to turn them from
darkness to light, and from the
power of Satan unto God, that
they may receive forgiveness of
sins, and inheritance among
them which are sanctied by
faith that is in me.
ACTS 26:20 – But shewed
rst unto them of Damascus,
and at Jerusalem, and
throughout all the coasts
of Judaea, and then to the
Gentiles, that they should
repent and turn to God, and
do works meet for repentance.
MATTHEW 7:21-23 – Not
every one that saith unto me,
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven; but he that
doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven. [22]
Many will say to me in that
day, Lord, Lord, have we not
prophesied in thy name? and in
thy name have cast out devils?
and in thy name done many
wonderful works? [23] And
then will I profess unto them,
I never knew you: depart from
me, ye that work iniquity.
ISAIAH 55:7 – Let the wicked
forsake his way, and the
unrighteous man his thoughts:
and let him return unto the
LORD, and he will have mercy
upon him; and to our God, for
he will abundantly pardon.
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13. Read Luke 15:7. What is heaven’s reaction to one
sinner who repents?
14. Read Acts 3:19. If you repent and are converted, what
will happen to your sins?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
LUKE 15:7 – I say unto you,
that likewise joy shall be in
heaven over one sinner that
repenteth, more than over
ninety and nine just persons,
which need no repentance.
ACTS 3:19 – Repent ye
therefore, and be converted,
that your sins may be blotted
out, when the times of
refreshing shall come from the
presence of the Lord.
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1. Dene repentance.
A. It is an “about face” to a new commitment
B. It is a change of mind
C. A change of heart that results in one turning to God, from one’s old ways to
God’s ways
D. A change of direction, not perfection
E. To make a decision that changes the total direction of one’s life
F. Turning from old ways and totally committing to God and His ways
G. Turning to a Person, to God through Jesus Christ
2. Read Luke 13:1-5. What must one do in order not to perish?
Repent
3. Read 2 Peter 3:9. What is God’s desire for all people?
at all come to repentance
4. Read Luke 16:19-31. In Luke 16:28, why did the rich man want someone to come back
from the dead and speak to his brothers?
So that they could avoid coming to this place of torment
5. Read Luke 16:30. What must these brothers do in order to avoid this place of torment (hell)?
ey must repent
6. Read Acts 26:18. Although it doesn’t specically say, this verse is talking about
repentance. What will happen to those who repent?
A. Eyes will be opened
B. Turn from darkness to light
C. Turn from power of Satan to God
D. Receive forgiveness of sins
E. Receive inheritance
7. Read Acts 26:20. In the last part of this verse, three things are stated that the Gentiles
should do. What are these three things?
A. Repent
B. Turn to God
C. Prove their repentance by their deeds
8. Read Matthew 7:21-23. What did Jesus say these people practiced instead of the will
of God?
Iniquity or lawlessness
9. What does this show you about the importance of true repentance versus lip service
toward God?
Salvation is from the heart, not lip service
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10. Read Isaiah 55:7. What must the wicked do?
Forsake their way
11. What two things must the unrighteous do?
Forsake their thoughts and return to the Lord
12. What will God do for the person who does those things stated above?
Have mercy and pardon abundantly
13. Read Luke 15:7. What is heaven’s reaction to one sinner who repents?
ere is rejoicing in heaven
14. Read Acts 3:19. If you repent and are converted, what will happen to your sins?
My sins will be blotted out
ANSWER KEY
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LEVEL 1
LESSON 7
COMMITMENT
By Don Krow
Luke 14:25-26 – And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said
unto them, If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and
children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
“And there went great multitudes with Jesus, and He turned, and said unto them” (Luke
14:25). At this time in Jesus’ ministry, there were multitudes of people who followed Jesus. e
English language doesn’t bring this out, but in the Greek language, this is an imperfect tense.
is means that at this time, the great multitudes began to repeatedly and continuously follow
Jesus. Perhaps it was because of His miracles or because He fed them, we don’t know the exact
reason, but great multitudes were following Him. It was at this time that Jesus turned and
deliberately said something which appears to have caused many people to turn and follow Him
no more.
“If any man come to Me [that means wants to go with me, wants to accompany me,
wants to follow me, this is the requirement], and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and
children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple” (Luke
14:26, brackets mine). As I looked at that scripture, I thought, Lord, you can’t mean that. What
does that word “hate” mean? It probably means to love less or something like that. As I began to
study, however, I discovered that the word literally means “hate.”
Jesus used the strongest possible word to emphasize a point. He said unless you hate
your father, your mother, your sister, your brother, even your own life, you can’t be His disciple.
I want to ask you something: What is the closest relationship you will ever have on this earth? It’s
your mother and father or your spouse and children. What happens if your wife turns against
you and divorces you, or your mother and father die? Who will stick with you then? It will be
your brothers and your sisters. Jesus said, unless you hate them, you can’t be His disciple. What
is He saying?
Jesus is talking about the closest relationships we will ever have. He is asking for a
commitment from you, a commitment in which He is preeminent. He wants to be number one
in your life. He is going to compare His relationship with you to the closest relationships you
have on earth. “Hate” is a metaphor, a word of comparison, and Jesus is saying, “My relationship
with you is so important that I want it to be above all earthly things.” ere is one person you
love more than your wife, your children, your mother, your father, or your sisters and brothers.
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Do you know who that is? It’s not God . . . it’s you. You love yourself more than you love your
closest relationships.
Why do marriages break up? Why do people divorce? Because they love themselves more
than they love their spouse. “You’re not doing it like I want you to, so I’m getting rid of you.”
Jesus said there is one relationship I want to be number one above—it’s your own selsh
life. is is true discipleship. He is not talking about a no-cost discipleship. He’s asking us to
follow Him. He’s asking to be number one in our lives.
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LESSON 7 COMMITMENT
1. Read Luke 9:57-62. What does this passage teach
about the level of commitment toward following Christ?
2. Read Luke 8:13-14. Why do some people seem to fall
away, or turn away, from the Christian faith?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
LUKE 9:57-62 – And it came
to pass, that, as they went in
the way, a certain man said
unto him, Lord, I will follow
thee whithersoever thou goest.
[58] And Jesus said unto him,
Foxes have holes, and birds
of the air have nests; but the
Son of man hath not where to
lay his head. [59] And he said
unto another, Follow me. But
he said, Lord, suer me rst
to go and bury my father. [60]
Jesus said unto him, Let the
dead bury their dead: but go
thou and preach the kingdom
of God. [61] And another also
said, Lord, I will follow thee;
but let me rst go bid them
farewell, which are at home at
my house. [62] And Jesus said
unto him, No man, having
put his hand to the plough,
and looking back, is t for the
kingdom of God.
LUKE 8:13-14 – ey on the
rock are they, which, when
they hear, receive the word
with joy; and these have no
root, which for a while believe,
and in time of temptation fall
away. [14] And that which
fell among thorns are they,
which, when they have heard,
go forth, and are choked with
cares and riches and pleasures
of this life, and bring no fruit
to perfection.
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3. Read Ezekiel 16:8. God uses the illustration of
marriage to describe a relationship with His people.
Whose possession does one become in this relationship?
4. Read 1 Corinthians 6:19. Who do you belong to?
5. Read 1 Corinthians 6:20. Who does your body and
your spirit belong to?
6. Read James 4:4. Can you commit spiritual adultery
against God?
7. What would constitute spiritual adultery in God’s
eyes? See Romans 1:25.
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
EZEKIEL 16:8 – Now when
I passed by thee, and looked
upon thee, behold, thy time
was the time of love; and I
spread my skirt over thee, and
covered thy nakedness: yea, I
sware unto thee, and entered
into a covenant with thee,
saith the Lord GOD, and thou
becamest mine.
1 CORINTHIANS 6:19-20 –
What? know ye not that your
body is the temple of the Holy
Ghost which is in you, which
ye have of God, and ye are
not your own? [20] For ye are
bought with a price: therefore
glorify God in your body, and
in your spirit, which are God’s.
JAMES 4:4 – Ye adulterers
and adulteresses, know ye not
that the friendship of the world
is enmity with God? whosoever
therefore will be a friend of the
world is the enemy of God.
ROMANS 1:25 – Who
changed the truth of God into
a lie, and worshipped and
served the creature more than
the Creator, who is blessed for
ever. Amen.
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8. Read John 2:23-25. What can we learn about
commitment and faith from these verses?
9. Read Luke 14:28-30. Have you counted the cost to
follow Jesus? Do you want to follow Him?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
JOHN 2:23-25 – Now
when he was in Jerusalem at
the passover, in the feast day,
many believed in his name,
when they saw the miracles
which he did. [24] But Jesus
did not commit himself unto
them, because he knew all
men, [25] And needed not that
any should testify of man: for
he knew what was in man.
LUKE 14:28-30 – For which
of you, intending to build
a tower, sitteth not down
rst, and counteth the cost,
whether he have sucient to
nish it? [29] Lest haply, aer
he hath laid the foundation,
and is not able to nish it, all
that behold it begin to mock
him, [30] Saying, is man
began to build, and was not
able to nish.
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1. Read Luke 9:57-62. What does this passage teach about the level of commitment toward
following Christ?
Absolute surrender
2. Read Luke 8:13-14. Why do some people seem to fall away, or turn away, from the
Christian faith?
ey have never put down a root system in the Word of God. e cares, riches, and
pleasures of this life take them away
3. Read Ezekiel 16:8. God uses the illustration of marriage to describe a relationship with
His people. Whose possession does one become in this relationship?
God’s
4. Read 1 Corinthians 6:19. Who do you belong to?
God
5. Read 1 Corinthians 6:20. Who does your body and your spirit belong to?
God
6. Read James 4:4. Can you commit spiritual adultery against God?
Yes
7. What would constitute spiritual adultery in God’s eyes?
A heart that is turned away from Him to idols (things that you have made more
important that God)
See Romans 1:25.
8. Read John 2:23-25. What can we learn about commitment and faith from these verses?
at Jesus wants all of our hearts (a total commitment)
9. Read Luke 14:28-30. Have you counted the cost to follow Jesus?
Do you want to follow Him?
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LEVEL 1
LESSON 8
WATER BAPTISM
By Don Krow
Question: “I need to know if you have to be baptized to go to heaven. I love God and
was baptized when I was seven years old. I am now eighteen years old, and someone from a
non-denominational church told me that no one can be saved and baptized at such a young
age. ey also said that you have to be baptized to go to heaven, but my Baptist family said that
you don’t. I just want to go to heaven. I am living for God in every way that I can, but I need to
know if I must be baptized again now that I am supposedly of age to be baptized. Please help
me ASAP. God bless and thanks.”
Response: Salvation and the forgiveness of sins come freely as a gi through faith in
Jesus Christ. Acts 10:43 states: “All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in
Him receives forgiveness of sins through His Name” (New International Version). Salvation comes
through faith; that is, trust and reliance upon Jesus and His shed blood to give you a right
standing before God. In Acts 10:44-48, the Holy Ghost was given to the believers (conrming
their salvation) before they were baptized.
Even though this is true, at other times it seems that the forgiveness of sins happened
at the time of baptism (Acts 2:38). is is because baptism is an expression, or act, of faith that
was carried out at the time that a person turned to Jesus in repentance and faith (Mark 16:16
says, “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned”).
It was also a way of calling on the Lord for a clear conscience (Acts 22:16 and 1 Pet. 3:21).
If you truly turned to Jesus from your heart at the age of seven and were baptized, God
accepts your childlike faith. Baptism does have requirements. One requirement is repentance.
Did you have a change of heart and a change of mind that resulted in turning from sin to Jesus
and His forgiveness (Acts 2:38, 20:21, and 17:30)? Did you exercise faith in Jesus as your Lord
and Savior (Mark 16:16, John 3:16, and Rom. 10:9-10)? If not, then turn to Jesus now, repent
from your sins, turn to His grace to forgive you, and seal that decision to follow Him through
water baptism.
Baptism is an act that expresses one’s faith in Jesus. Without that faith, the act means
nothing. People who turned to Jesus as Lord and Savior were willing to express that faith and
openly confess Jesus in this public way. People who say “no” to Jesus’ command are showing,
to some extent, a dead faith. Faith is dead when people are unwilling to express it (James
2:18-19). Faith alone saves, but saving faith is never alone. It is always willing to express itself.
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Baptism is a way of expressing that faith. Baptism is not what saves; it is Jesus. Water doesn’t
wash away sins; it is the blood of Jesus. But faith applies His blood to you, and sometimes
that faith is expressed at the time a person is baptized (Acts 22:16). e question is, have you
repented? Do you believe in Him (Jesus)? If so, why do you delay—arise and be baptized!
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1. What is the question that this young man is asking?
2. According to Acts 10:43, salvation comes to us how?
3. Baptism is an expression of faith that usually takes
place at the time of salvation. How does Acts 2:38
express this truth?
4. How does Mark 16:16 express this truth?
5. Baptism is a way of calling upon the Lord. How does
Acts 22:16 express this truth?
6. Baptism is a way to call upon the Lord for a clear
conscience. Does 1 Peter 3:21 conrm this truth?
7. What is the requirement for baptism, according to
Acts 2:38?
8. What is the requirement for baptism, according to
Mark 16:16?
9. Can an infant repent?
10. Can an infant believe?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ACTS 10:43 – To him give
all the prophets witness, that
through his name whosoever
believeth in him shall receive
remission of sins.
ACTS 2:38 – en Peter said
unto them, Repent, and be
baptized every one of you in
the name of Jesus Christ for
the remission of sins, and ye
shall receive the gi of the
Holy Ghost.
MARK 16:16 – He that
believeth and is baptized shall
be saved; but he that believeth
not shall be damned.
ACTS 22:16 – And now why
tarriest thou? arise, and be
baptized, and wash away thy
sins, calling on the name of
the Lord.
1 PETER 3:21 – e like
gure whereunto even
baptism doth also now save
us (not the putting away of
the lth of the esh, but the
answer of a good conscience
toward God,) by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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11. Read Acts 10:43-48. What is the next step, aer faith
in Christ, that a believer should take?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ACTS 10:43-48 – To him
give all the prophets witness,
that through his name
whosoever believeth in him
shall receive remission of sins.
[44] While Peter yet spake
these words, the Holy Ghost
fell on all them which heard
the word. [45] And they
of the circumcision which
believed were astonished, as
many as came with Peter,
because that on the Gentiles
also was poured out the gi
of the Holy Ghost. [46] For
they heard them speak with
tongues, and magnify God.
en answered Peter, [47] Can
any man forbid water, that
these should not be baptized,
which have received the Holy
Ghost as well as we? [48] And
he commanded them to be
baptized in the name of the
Lord. en prayed they him to
tarry certain days.
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LESSON 8 WATER BAPTISM
1. What is the question that this young man is asking?
If he needs to be baptized to go to heaven
2. According to Acts 10:43, salvation comes to us how?
Freely, as a gi through faith in Jesus Christ
3. Baptism is an expression of faith that usually takes place at the time of salvation. How
does Acts 2:38 express this truth?
Peter said to “repent and be baptized”
4. How does Mark 16:16 express this truth?
Jesus said, “He that believes and is baptized shall be saved,” implying that it can
happen at the same time
5. Baptism is a way of calling upon the Lord. How does Acts 22:16 express this truth?
is scripture says that as a person calls upon the name of the Lord, their sins will be
washed away. It appears that calling on the name of the Lord can be vocal (Luke 18:13)
or through the act of baptism, as it appears to be in this scripture
6. Baptism is a way to call upon the Lord for a clear conscience. Does 1 Peter 3:21 conrm
this truth?
Yes
7. What is the requirement for baptism, according to Acts 2:38?
Repentance
8. What is the requirement for baptism, according to Mark 16:16?
A person must believe
9. Can an infant repent?
No
10. Can an infant believe?
No
11. Read Acts 10:43-48. What is the next step, aer faith in Christ, that a believer should take?
Water baptism
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LEVEL 1
LESSON 9
IDENTITY IN CHRIST - Part 1
By Andrew Wommack
Second Corinthians 5:17 says, “erefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old
things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” e phrase “in Christ” is a terminology
that is used over 300 times in the New Testament, always referring to a vital, union relationship
with God. Once that takes place, you become a new creature. Some translations actually say “a
new creation.”
is leads to a critical issue that I believe is imperative to understanding your new
identity in Christ: It did not take place in the physical realm. It isn’t talking about your physical
body, saying that it completely changes, that your looks change. If a person was fat before they
were saved, they’ll still be fat aerward, unless they go on a diet. It also isn’t talking about your
mental or emotional part—what most people consider to be the real “them.” If you weren’t too
smart before you were saved, you won’t be too smart aer you’re saved, but you will still have a
lot of the same memories and thoughts.
ere is a third part, and according to this scripture, by process of elimination, it has to
be the part of us that is changed—our spirit man. A scripture that veries this is 1 essalonians
5:23 where Paul is praying for the essalonians, “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly;
and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ.” at passage shows that we have a spirit, soul, and body. e body part
is very obvious. It’s the part of us that is seen, our outward persons. We all recognize that there
is another part beyond that—our emotional, mental part—which Scripture calls the soul. We
know that even though a person may not physically touch you, they can touch you by their
words, either in a positive or negative way. Most people are in tune with the physical and soulish
parts, but according to Scripture, there is another part, which is the spirit.
e spirit is the part of us that is changed and is new aer salvation. It is actually the life-
giving part. James 2:26 says, “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead
a l s o .” at shows that it is the spirit that actually breathes life into our physical bodies. It is where
our life comes from. In Genesis 2 when God created Adam and Eve, Adam’s body was complete, but
then God breathed into him the breath of life. is word “breathe” in Old Testament Hebrew was
the exact same word that we use for breath, and it is translated “spirit” in other places. God created
the physical body and the soulish person of Adam, but then He breathed into him the breath of life
and he became a living soul. e spirit is the part of us that gives life.
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Prior to salvation, before a person made a total commitment of their life so that the
Lord came into them, the spirit within them was dead. Ephesians 2:1 says, “And you hath he
quickened [made alive], who were dead in trespasses and sins” (brackets mine). We know we
were alive before we were born again, but the word “dead” is speaking of spiritually. Death
in the Bible doesn’t mean ceasing to exist, as some people today think of it. It literally means
“separation.” When a person physically dies, they don’t cease to exist. e Bible teaches that
they go immediately into the presence of God or into the presence of hell. e soul and spirit
continue to live, but there is a separation from the physical body, which dies and decays.
When Genesis 2:17 says “In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die,” it didn’t
mean they would die physically but spiritually, that they would become separated from God.
e spirit, the part that God breathes into us, which actually gives life and motivation, became
separated from God’s supernatural life…His holy and complete life…what the Bible calls zoe life
or “life in an absolute or abundant sense.” Man then began to degenerate. He still functioned,
but he was functioning independently, separately from God. at’s really what causes all the
problems in our lives…all of our emotional stress.
When a person comes to the Lord, they receive a new spirit and are born again, which
is the terminology Jesus used in John 3:5. In the same way man is born physically with a spirit,
soul, and body, when he is born again, he receives the Spirit of Christ. Galatians 4:6 says, “And
because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba,
F a t h e r.” God literally places His Spirit inside of us, and we now have a new quality of life, a new
identity, and are a totally new person in our spirits.
e rest of the Christian life is learning in your soulish, mental realm what has taken
place in your spirit. e truth is, one-third of your salvation is over when you receive Jesus
Christ as your Lord. Your spirit becomes completely changed. It is the exact same spirit you
will have throughout eternity. It already has love, joy, peace, and is full of the presence of God.
ere is no lack or inadequacy in your spirit, but you have to perceive that, which is the reason
studying the Word of God is so vital to the Christian life. You are a totally brand-new person,
but until you get knowledge, you won’t change. Victory in the Christian life comes when you
are able to look into the Word, which is Spirit and life, see who you are, see what God has done,
and begin to believe it.
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LESSON 9 IDENTITY IN CHRIST - Part 1
1. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17. If anyone be in Christ, they
are what?
2. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17. What happened to the old things?
3. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17. What things have become new?
4. Read Ephesians 2:1. What was your condition before
you were born again, or made alive?
5. Read Ephesians 2:2. As an unbeliever, how did you
walk, or live?
6. Read Ephesians 2:3-5. What is God rich in?
7. Read Ephesians 2:4. Why is God so merciful?
8. Read Ephesians 2:5. What did God do for us while we
were still dead in trespasses and sins?
9. Read Ephesians 2:5. How did God save us?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 –
erefore if any man be in
Christ, he is a new creature: old
things are passed away; behold,
all things are become new.
EPHESIANS 2:1-5 – And you
hath he quickened, who were
dead in trespasses and sins.
[2] Wherein in time past ye
walked according to the course
of this world, according to the
prince of the power of the air,
the spirit that now worketh in
the children of disobedience.
[3] Among whom also we all
had our conversation in times
past in the lusts of our esh,
fullling the desires of the esh
and of the mind; and were by
nature the children of wrath,
even as others. [4] But God,
who is rich in mercy, for his
great love wherewith he loved
us, [5] Even when we were
dead in sins, hath quickened
us together with Christ, (by
grace ye are saved).
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10. Read 1 Corinthians 6:9-10. Can you relate with any of
these descriptions on this list?
11. Read 1 Corinthians 6:11. Is the word “were” a past,
present, or future condition?
12. Read 1 Corinthians 6:11. When you became “born
again,” what three things happened to you?
13. Read 1 Corinthians 6:11. Is this a past, present, or
future condition?
14. Read 1 Corinthians 6:17. “He that is joined unto the
Lord is __________________with Him.”
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-11–
Know ye not that the
unrighteous shall not inherit
the kingdom of God? Be not
deceived: neither fornicators,
nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
nor eeminate, nor abusers
of themselves with mankind,
[10] Nor thieves, nor covetous,
nor drunkards, nor revilers,
nor extortioners, shall inherit
the kingdom of God. [11]
And such were some of you:
but ye are washed, but ye are
sanctied, but ye are justied
in the name of the Lord Jesus,
and by the Spirit of our God.
1 CORINTHIANS 6:17 – But
he that is joined unto the Lord
is one spirit.
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1. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17. If anyone be in Christ, they are what?
A new creation
2. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17. What happened to the old things?
ey are gone
3. Read 2 Corinthians 5:17. What things have become new?
All things
4. Read Ephesians 2:1. What was your condition before you were born again, or made alive?
I was dead in trespasses and sins
5. Read Ephesians 2:2. As an unbeliever, how did you walk, or live?
I followed the ways of the world, I obeyed the devil (the prince of the power of the air),
and I lived in the spirit of disobedience
6. Read Ephesians 2:3-5. What is God rich in?
Mercy
7. Read Ephesians 2:4. Why is God so merciful?
Because of His great love for us
8. Read Ephesians 2:5. What did God do for us while we were still dead in trespasses and sins?
Made us alive together with Christ
9. Read Ephesians 2:5. How did God save us?
By His grace
10. Read 1 Corinthians 6:9-10. Can you relate with any of these descriptions on this list?
Yes
11. Read 1 Corinthians 6:11. Is the word “were” a past, present, or future condition?
Past
12. Read 1 Corinthians 6:11. When you became “born again,” what three things happened
to you?
You were washed, made holy, and justied (made righteous) before God
13. Read 1 Corinthians 6:11. Is this a past, present, or future condition?
Present
14. Read 1 Corinthians 6:17. “He that is joined unto the Lord is __________________
with Him.”
One spirit
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LESSON 10
IDENTITY IN CHRIST - Part 2
By Andrew Wommack
In our last lesson, we discussed what it meant to be born again, that in our spirits, our
hearts are changed. We used 2 Corinthians 5:17, which says, “erefore if any man be in Christ,
he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” We began
to see that when we are born again, a total transformation has taken place in our spirits, and
the only way to know what has transpired in our spirits is through the Word of God. We can’t
perceive it through external things, and we can’t perceive it through our emotions, because that
is in the soulish realm. But in the spirit part of us, there is a total transformation.
Let me use a few scriptures which show the things that took place when a person
received Jesus into their life. Ephesians 4:24 says, “Put on the new man, which aer God is
created in righteousness and true holiness.” When a person is born again, their spirit becomes
righteous and truly holy. e Bible actually speaks of two types of righteousness.
ere is a righteousness you produce through your own actions, and you must maintain
that type of righteousness in relationships with other people. If you don’t live right and do
right, your boss may re you or your spouse may divorce you; so you need to have your own
righteousness. God, however, doesn’t accept you based on your external righteousness. God
literally gave you His righteousness.
In 2 Corinthians 5:21 it says that God the Father made the Son to become sin for us that
we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. So there is a righteousness which goes far
beyond our external righteousness and is based on what God did for us. We literally received
the righteousness of God by faith in Christ. We were created in righteousness and true holiness.
We aren’t growing into that righteousness; we are already righteous. A simple denition is that
we are already in right standing with God.
God is pleased with us based on Christ, not on anything else. Our spirits are where the
change took place. We’re already created in righteousness and true holiness and are brand-new
creatures. Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good
works.” In our spirits, we are perfect and complete. ere is no sin or inadequacy. Ephesians 1:13
says, “Aer that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise.”
Some of you may think, Well, when I rst believed on the Lord, I did believe I was totally
forgiven and cleansed, and everything was ne. But since that time, I have sinned, I have failed
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God again. If you did, you failed in your actions and your mental and emotional part, but your
spirit did not sin. It was sealed just as a woman puts fruit into a jar and then puts paran over it
to make it airtight and to keep all impurities out. God sealed you, so when you were born again,
you received a new spirit, and sin does not penetrate your spirit. You have a new identity. For
you to have relationship with God, you have to fellowship with and worship Him based on who
you are in your spirit not in your esh.
is is really the great transformation in the Christian life, that a person has to change
their identity. You have to relate to God based not on what you do in the physical realm, not
what you think in your mind, but by who you are in the spirit based on what He has done for
you. at’s a completed work, something that does not uctuate (change back and forth). You
were created in righteousness and true holiness. at is the spirit part of you, and to fellowship
with God, you have to worship Him in spirit and in truth. You have to stand in this identity of
who you are in Christ.
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1. Read 1 Corinthians 6:17. e only way we can know
that total transformation has taken place in our spirits
is by the Word of God. What does this verse say has
happened to us?
2. Read Ephesians 3:17. Where does Christ now dwell?
3. Read Ephesians 3:17. How does this happen?
4. Read 1 John 5:12. Who must we possess to have salvation?
5. Read Colossians 1:26-27. What is the mystery that
was hidden from ages and generations but is now
made known?
6. Read Ephesians 4:23-24. What was created in
righteousness and true holiness?
7. Read 2 Corinthians 5:21. Whose righteousness do
we possess?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
1 CORINTHIANS 6:17 – But
he that is joined unto the Lord
is one spirit.
EPHESIANS 3:17 – at
Christ may dwell in your
hearts by faith; that ye, being
rooted and grounded in love.
1 JOHN 5:12 – He that hath
the Son hath life; and he that
hath not the Son of God hath
not life.
COLOSSIANS 1:26-27 –
Even the mystery which hath
been hid from ages and from
generations, but now is made
manifest to his saints: [27]
To whom God would make
known what is the riches of the
glory of this mystery among
the Gentiles; which is Christ in
you, the hope of glory.
EPHESIANS 4:23-24 – And
be renewed in the spirit of your
mind; [24] And that ye put on
the new man, which aer God
is created in righteousness and
true holiness.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:21 –
For he hath made him to be
sin for us, who knew no sin;
that we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.
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8. Read Ephesians 1:4. What is the standing of the
believer before God?
9. Read Ephesians 1:6. How were we accepted?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
EPHESIANS 1:4 – According
as he hath chosen us in him
before the foundation of the
world, that we should be holy
and without blame before him
in love.
EPHESIANS 1:6 – To the
praise of the glory of his grace,
wherein he hath made us
accepted in the beloved.
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1. Read 1 Corinthians 6:17. e only way we can know that total transformation has taken
place in our spirits is by the Word of God. What does this verse say has happened to us?
Our spirits have been joined unto the Lord
2. Read Ephesians 3:17. Where does Christ now dwell?
In our hearts
3. Read Ephesians 3:17. How does this happen?
By faith
4. Read 1 John 5:12. Who must we possess to have salvation?
e Son (Jesus Christ)
5. Read Colossians 1:26-27. What is the mystery that was hidden from ages and
generations but is now made known?
Christ in us, the hope of glory
6. Read Ephesians 4:23-24. What was created in righteousness and true holiness?
Our new man (our born-again spirits)
7. Read 2 Corinthians 5:21. Whose righteousness do we possess?
God’s righteousness in Christ
8. Read Ephesians 1:4. What is the standing of the believer before God?
Holy and without blame
9. Read Ephesians 1:6. How were we accepted?
In the Beloved (Jesus Christ)
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LESSON 11
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A CHRISTIAN SINS?
By Don Krow
Today we want to look at the subject of “What Happens When a Christian Sins?” e
Bible tells us in 1 John 1:8-9, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is
not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness.” As Christians, we will eventually stumble and we will eventually sin. What
makes us dierent from what we were before conversion is that now we have a new nature. It
grieves us to sin. We don’t want to sin; we want to live a righteous life. But what happens when
we do sin? Do we need to get saved again? Is that what the Bible is teaching? In that case, we
have no security, and in some sense, we’re worse o than the world. At least the world is not
tormented by a sin conscience. As believers, sin is not to be our focus of attention. Hebrews 10:2
states that through the sacrice of Jesus, the believer should have no more conscience of sins. In
other words, sin should not be the focus of our lives. God should be our focus.
Romans 4:2 says, “For if Abraham were justied [declared righteous] by works, he hath
whereof to glory; but not before God” (brackets mine). If salvation was based on our merit, the
things we do, then we could brag. We could say, “Hey, Lord, I really appreciate what you did on
the cross, but remember the things I’ve done!” So throughout eternity, we’re going to pat Jesus
on the back and pat ourselves on the back for the things that we’ve done. No! God has designed
salvation in such a way that there will be no boasting or glory on man’s part. e only glory and
boasting will be in the Lord Jesus Christ (Rom. 3:27). e gi of eternal life is indeed a gi, and
it cannot be earned (Rom. 6:23).
Romans 4:2 says that if Abraham were justied by his own actions, he would have some
reason to boast, but that’s not what happened. How does the Scripture say a man is saved? By
his own performance? By his own works? By the things he does? How was Abraham counted
righteous, or declared righteous? Was it through the things he did or didn’t do, or was it that
he simply believed, trusted, and relied on God through faith? e Bible says in Romans 4:3,
“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.”
What holds me in position and keeps me from perishing, even though there are times
when I fail and sin? It is that Jesus bore all of my sin on the cross, and through faith in Him (not
by my own works), I am justied (made righteous before God).
Romans 4:6 says, “Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom
God imputeth righteousness without works.” David of the Old Testament is saying there will be a
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day through a new covenant when God will impute righteousness, right standing, without man
working for it. en he said in verse 7, “Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and
whose sins are covered.” is is the clincher: “Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute
sin” (Rom. 4:8). It doesn’t say He might not, sometimes He will and sometimes He won’t. It says,
“Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.” In the Greek that’s what is called an
emphatic negative. It means He’ll never, not ever put sin to our account. is is the good news of
the New Covenant. Hebrews 10:16 says, “I will put my laws into their hearts [on their heart] and in
their minds [upon their mind also] will I write them” (brackets mine), and part of that agreement
is that God says this in verse 17: “And your sins and iniquities I will remember no more.”
What holds you in position, in righteousness and right standing, even when you
sin and don’t have time to confess it? It’s your faith in Jesus Christ. His name is Jesus,
and He saves people from their sins (Matt. 1:21).
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1. Read Romans 4:5. God justies (makes righteous)
people who are ____________________ .
2. Read Romans 4:2-3. God put something to Abraham’s
account (when he believed) which he did not have
before. What was this?
3. Read Romans 4:22-24. If we believe as Abraham did,
what will God put to our account?
4. Read Romans 4:6. God puts righteousness (or right
standing) to a person’s account:
A. According to their works
B. Apart from their works
C. According to how nice they are
5. Read Hebrews 10:14. How long are believers perfected
before God?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ROMANS 4:5-6 – But to him
that worketh not, but believeth
on him that justieth the
ungodly, his faith is counted
for righteousness. [6] Even
as David also describeth
the blessedness of the man,
unto whom God imputeth
righteousness without works.
ROMANS 4:2-3 – For if
Abraham were justied by
works, he hath whereof to
glory; but not before God. [3]
For what saith the scripture?
Abraham believed God, and it
was counted unto him
for righteousness.
ROMANS 4:22-24 – And
therefore it was imputed to
him for righteousness. [23]
Now it was not written for
his sake alone, that it was
imputed to him; [24] But for
us also, to whom it shall be
imputed, if we believe on him
that raised up Jesus our Lord
from the dead.
HEBREWS 10:14 – For
by one oering he hath
perfected for ever them
that are sanctied.
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6. Read Romans 5:17. Righteousness is received:
A. By earning it
B. As a gi
C. By working for it
7. What does the word “gi” imply?
8. To trust Jesus to be your personal Savior, you must
trust Him to take you all the way to:
A. Church
B. Heaven
C. Russia
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ROMANS 5:17 – For if
by one man’s oence death
reigned by one; much more
they which receive abundance
of grace and of the gi of
righteousness shall reign in life
by one, Jesus Christ.
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1. Read Romans 4:5. God justies (makes righteous) people who are __________________.
Ungodly
2. Read Romans 4:2-3. God put something to Abraham’s account (when he believed)
which he did not have before. What was this?
Righteousness, or right standing, with God
3. Read Romans 4:22-24. If we believe as Abraham did, what will God put to our account?
Righteousness, or right standing, with God
4. Read Romans 4:6. God puts righteousness (or right standing) to a person’s account:
B. Apart from their works
5. Read Hebrews 10:14. How long are believers perfected before God?
Forever
6. Read Romans 5:17. Righteousness is received:
B. As a gi
7. What does the word “gi” imply?
Something freely given, without cost to the person receiving it
8. To trust Jesus to be your personal Savior, you must trust Him to take you all the way to:
B. Heaven
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LESSON 12
INTEGRITY OF GOD’S WORD
By Andrew Wommack
Mark 4 is a tremendous chapter about the integrity of God’s Word—the power, the character,
and the faith in it. ere were at least ten parables taught during this one day. You have to compare
Mark 4 with Matthew 13 and Luke 8 to come up with that. ere were a number of parables, one of
which was about the sower sowing seed. In Mark 4:26, it says, “So is the kingdom of God, as if a man
should cast seed into the ground.” Remember that in verse 14 it says this seed is the Word of God.
God isn’t really teaching you how to be a farmer, but is using a natural thing to illustrate spiritual
truth. Verse 27 says, “And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up,
he knoweth not how.” Now, I believe that’s important. It says the man doesn’t really understand. He
doesn’t know how this is happening.
Some people say, “I just don’t understand what you’re talking about. How can reading
the Word of God really change me and cause God’s life to come alive inside me?” I don’t totally
understand it, but I know it works. I don’t understand how you can put a tiny seed in the ground and
have an entire stalk of corn come up with ears of corn on it and reproduce a hundredfold. Nobody
fully understands it, but it works, and I tell you that this works. Reading God’s Word and letting it
begin to saturate you changes your attitude, your experience, and your perceptions.
Verse 28 says, “For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself.” e earth was made to incubate
seed, and to germinate and release that life. Your heart was made for the Word of God—it really was.
God’s Word was created to be placed in your heart. Just taking a Bible and holding it close, putting it
on your coee table, or carrying it with you doesn’t have any virtue. It doesn’t release power in your
life. You have to take the Word, make it a seed, and plant it in your heart. When you do that, your
heart is designed to bring forth fruit of itself. It will automatically change the way things work in your
life. e verse continues, “First the blade, then the ear, aer that the full corn in the ear.” is implies
that there are stages or steps to growth and maturity. People come to me all the time expressing that
they’re believing God for something really good, a godly thing I can agree with. But if they have
never done anything, if they have never led a person to the Lord, I can guarantee they aren’t going to
have a television or radio ministry within the next few weeks.
You have to do things in steps. ere are stages to receiving from God, and that’s what this
parable is illustrating. First of all, you have to start, and then comes the hope, and then the faith,
and then it produces results. ere are always steps to victory. No one is going to go from zero to a
thousand miles per hour all at once. ough it may be a godly desire, it isn’t going to work that way.
is Scripture is showing that the kingdom of God is like a seed. e Word has to be planted in your
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heart, and growth comes in stages: rst the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear. e next
verse says, “But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the
harvest is come.” ere are stages, but eventually there will come a time of fruitfulness and maturity.
e point is made in verse 35, “And the same day when the even was come, he saith unto
them, Let us pass over unto the other side.” Jesus had been teaching them all day about the power
of the Word, how the Word is like a seed, and how it will release God’s life into your life. He’d been
teaching them this in at least ten parables, so here He gives them a test. He tells them, “All right,
here’s the word from the Lord—let’s go to the other side of the lake.” He didn’t say “Let’s get into
the boat, go halfway across the lake, and drown,” but “Let’s go to the other side.” en He got into
the boat and went to sleep. e story goes that a great storm came and water lled the boat. You
have to remember that this wasn’t a cabin cruiser with berths below deck where Jesus was dry
and didn’t know what was going on. It was an open boat and Jesus was asleep, sloshing around
in the water. e reason this was signicant is because He knew what was going on, but He was
still trying to sleep. e disciples got upset, came to Him, and said, “Master, don’t you care that
we perish?” In other words, they were saying, “Do something! Get a pail and bail water! Row, do
something! You’re not pulling your weight!”
Many times people do the same thing with God today and say, “God, why haven’t you done
something?” God has done something. He’s provided everything we need through the atonement
of the Lord Jesus. He has produced His Word and given us all these seeds. It’s our job to sow them
into our hearts. He’s given us the Scripture, and it’s our job to take the seed, put it in our hearts, and
meditate on it until it releases life. But the disciples wanted to wake Jesus up and say, “Why don’t
you do something?” He got up, rebuked the wind and the waves, there was a calm. en He turned
around and said to His disciples, “Why are you so fearful? How is it you have no faith?” He didn’t
say, “Hey, guys, I’m sorry. I should have done something.” No, His part was to teach them the Word
and give them promises, and it was their part to take the Word and believe the promises. God has
provided everything through Jesus coming to this earth. He gave you everything it takes to succeed
in every area of your life in seed form in the Word. All you have to do is take the seeds of the Word
of God and plant them in your hearts through reading it, meditating on it, thinking on it, and letting
it take root on the inside of you. As you do that, you will be able to stand up and stop the storms in
your life.
I believe God’s best was for these disciples to take the teaching Jesus gave them that day and
say, “Let’s go over to the other side.” ey could have said, “According to everything He taught to us
today, this is a promise. is is the Creator of the universe who said let’s go to the other side, not let’s
go halfway and drown. ey could have taken that word, mixed it with faith, and rebuked the wind
and the waves. at’s exactly what Jesus said: “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” You know
what? We need to believe God’s Word and act upon it.
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1. Read Matthew 13:19. If we do not plant God’s Word
into our hearts, what will happen to it?
2. Read Joshua 1:8. When should we meditate on
God’s Word?
3. Read John 6:63. According to this verse, God’s Word is
_____________________ .
4. Read Matthew 4:4. Mankind should live not by
physical food alone but by _____________________.
5. Read Ephesians 6:17. God’s Word is like what kind
of weapon?
6. Can a sword do damage to its enemy?
7. Read Romans 8:6. When we give proper place to God’s
Word in our lives, we will have __________________.
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MATTHEW 13:19 – When
any one heareth the word of the
kingdom, and understandeth
it not, then cometh the wicked
one, and catcheth away that
which was sown in his heart.
is is he which received seed
by the way side.
JOSHUA 1:8 – is book
of the law shall not depart
out of thy mouth; but thou
shalt meditate therein day
and night, that thou mayest
observe to do according to
all that is written therein: for
then thou shalt make thy way
prosperous, and then thou
shalt have good success.
JOHN 6:63 – It is the spirit
that quickeneth; the esh
proteth nothing: the words
that I speak unto you, they are
spirit, and they are life.
MATTHEW 4:4 – But he
answered and said, It is
written, Man shall not live
by bread alone, but by every
word that proceedeth out of the
mouth of God.
EPHESIANS 6:17 – And take
the helmet of salvation, and the
sword of the Spirit, which is the
word of God.
ROMANS 8:6 – For to be
carnally minded is death; but
to be spiritually minded is life
and peace.
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8. Read 2 Corinthians 3:18. What we set our attention on
is what we become full of. What should we set our
focus on?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 –
But we all, with open face
beholding as in a glass the
glory of the Lord, are changed
into the same image from glory
to glory, even as by the Spirit
of the Lord.
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1. Read Matthew 13:19. If we do not plant God’s Word into our hearts, what will happen to it?
e wicked one will take it away so it cannot produce in our lives
2. Read Joshua 1:8. When should we meditate on God’s Word?
Day and night
3. Read John 6:63. According to this verse, God’s Word is __________________ .
Spirit and life
4. Read Matthew 4:4. Mankind should live not by physical food alone but by
__________________.
Every word that proceeds from the mouth of God
5. Read Ephesians 6:17. God’s Word is like what kind of weapon?
A sword
6. Can a sword do damage to its enemy?
Yes
7. Read Romans 8:6. When we give proper place to God’s Word in our lives, we will have
__________________.
Life and peace
8. Read 2 Corinthians 3:18. What we set our attention on is what we become full of. What
should we set our focus on?
e Lord and His glory
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LESSON 13
GOD’S NOT GUILTY
By Andrew Wommack
Today I want to share one of the most important things God has ever done in my life. It
seems people automatically believe everything that happens to them is from God, that He controls
everything. e reason for this is that by denition, God is supreme and all-powerful, and they just
assume He controls everything that happens in their lives. Even unbelievers believe it. ere are
many Christians who promote this doctrine, and it has become ingrained in their lives. I believe
what Scripture teaches is contrary to this, and it’s very important that you learn this lesson. James
1:13-17 says, “Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted
with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own
lust, and enticed. en when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is nished,
bringeth forth death. Do not err, my brethren. Every good gi and every perfect gi is from above, and
cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”
ese verses make it very clear that God is the author of the good things. Jesus said in John
10:10, “e thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might
have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” If it’s good, it’s God; if it’s bad, it’s the devil.
at’s very simple theology. e reason this is so critical is because James 4:7 says, “Submit yourselves
therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will ee from you.” is says we have to submit, or yield
control, to God and resist the devil. e word “resist” means to actively ght against.
When people believe everything that happens in life is totally from God—for example,
sickness, failure in business, losing a job, rebellious children, or divorce—that puts them in the
position of being passive. If they really believe God is the author of a situation and is using it to
punish them or change them, they would be ghting against Him if they resist. Yet, James 4:7 says to
resist the devil and he will ee from you. You have to submit yourself to God. is shows that certain
things are of God and certain things are of the devil. ere is a force of evil in this world, and not
everything that happens in your life comes from God. If you don’t understand that, you will end up
submitting to the devil, and actually empowering Satan.
I want to bring out a passage in Romans because it is misused so oen. I’ve actually been
to funerals where people don’t know anything about God, don’t go to church, and know hardly any
Scripture, but they know this one. Romans 8:28 says, “And we know that all things work together
for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.” is has been
interpreted to say that whatever happens in your life, God does it and works it together for good
in some way. I actually was at a funeral for a young boy and girl who had been mixing alcohol and
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drugs, got into a car, drove too fast on a slick road, slid around a corner, hit a telephone pole, and
were both killed. e preacher quoted this Scripture, “We know all things work together for good,”
and said God must have a purpose in doing this. God didn’t kill those teenagers, and in a sense, you
can’t even say the devil did it. It was the teenagers. I’m sure the devil enticed them to rebel against the
standards their parents and others had taught them, but ultimately it was their choice. ey’re the
ones who did the dope and alcohol; they’re the ones that hit the telephone pole. at was a natural
thing, and God wasn’t the source of it.
What does it mean when it says “we know that all things work together for good”? First of
all, it didn’t say we know all things come from God and work together for good. It says all things
work together for good but puts qualications on it: “to them that love God.” is Scripture doesn’t
work for a person who doesn’t love God. at is so obvious that it should go without saying, but it
is amazing how people apply it toward instances like these young people who were doing drugs and
alcohol and were in total rebellion against God and His principles. is says it only works together
for good to those who love God, and to those that are the called according to his purpose.
In 1 John 3:8 it says, “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the
works of the devil.” God manifested Himself to destroy Satan’s work. at’s His purpose, and it will
only work together for good for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose; that is,
those who are walking in this calling, are resisting the devil, and are out to destroy his works. ose
who are resisting the devil and living for God can say that regardless of what the devil does in their
lives, God can turn it around and use it for good.
We need to start discerning that God does not control everything in our lives. ere is an
enemy that comes to kill, steal, and destroy, but Jesus has come to give us life. We have to choose life
and willfully recognize that God’s not guilty of everything that comes into our lives.
If God was a physical human being who did the things He is accused of, such as putting
cancer, deformities, depression, sorrow, and grief on people, I guarantee there isn’t a government
on earth that wouldn’t arrest, imprison, or try to stop Him. Yet we think God, who is much more
merciful than any person we’ve met or imagined in our lives, is going around striking people and
doing this. ere are some things that are demonic attacks and some that are natural, and not all
disasters are God ordained. e insurance companies write in their policies “acts of God, such as
earthquakes and pestilence.” No, God is not the author of all these things.
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1. Read James 1:13. Does God cause men to be tempted
by evil?
2. Read James 1:17. Where do good gis come from?
3. Read John 10:10. Who is the thief?
4. Read John 10:10. What are his purposes?
5. Read John 10:10. What is the reason Jesus came?
6. Read James 4:7. What is the result of submitting
yourself to God and resisting the devil?
7. Read Romans 8:28. Does Romans 8:28 say that all
things are from God?
8. Read Acts 10:38. Is sickness from God?
9. Read 1 John 3:8. What was the purpose that the Son
of God was manifested?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
JAMES 1:13 – Let no man
say when he is tempted, I am
tempted of God: for God cannot
be tempted with evil, neither
tempteth he any man.
JAMES 1:17 – Every good gi
and every perfect gi is from
above, and cometh down from
the Father of lights, with whom
is no variableness, neither
shadow of turning.
JOHN 10:10 – e thief
cometh not, but for to steal,
and to kill, and to destroy: I
am come that they might have
life, and that they might have it
more abundantly.
JAMES 4:7 – Submit yourselves
therefore to God. Resist the
devil, and he will ee from you.
ROMANS 8:28 – And we
know that all things work
together for good to them that
love God, to them who are the
called according to his purpose.
ACTS 10:38 – How God
anointed Jesus of Nazareth
with the Holy Ghost and with
power: who went about doing
good, and healing all that were
oppressed of the devil; for God
was with him.
1 JOHN 3:8 – He that
committeth sin is of the devil;
for the devil sinneth from the
beginning. For this purpose the
Son of God was manifested, that
he might destroy the works of
the devil.
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1. Read James 1:13. Does God cause men to be tempted by evil?
No
2. Read James 1:17. Where do good gis come from?
e Father of lights
3. Read John 10:10. Who is the thief?
e devil
4. Read John 10:10. What are his purposes?
To steal, kill, and destroy
5. Read John 10:10. What is the reason Jesus came?
To give us life more abundantly
6. Read James 4:7. What is the result of submitting yourself to God and resisting the devil?
He will ee from me
7. Read Romans 8:28. Does Romans 8:28 say that all things are from God?
No
8. Read Acts 10:38. Is sickness from God?
No
9. Read 1 John 3:8. What was the purpose that the Son of God was manifested?
To destroy the works of the devil
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LESSON 14
THE POWER OF A SPIRIT-FILLED LIFE
By Don Krow
Mark 16:15-16 is known as the Great Commission. Jesus said to His disciples, “Go ye
into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall
be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.” In Acts 8, verse 5 and 12, we see how this
commission was worked out through the preaching of Philip in Samaria. “en Philip went
down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them…But when they believed Philip
preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were
baptized, both men and women.”
e question is, did these people of Samaria become Christians according to Mark
16:15-16? Yes, they did. Philip went to the city of Samaria, preached Jesus Christ, and through
faith in Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. According to the Great Commission,
we could say these people were saved, but had they received the baptism of the Holy Spirit?
e Bible speaks about John baptizing in water, but only Jesus Christ could baptize with
the Holy Spirit. According to the Scripture, people believed, were saved, and water baptized,
but they had never received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Acts 8:14-17 says, “Now when the
apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto
them Peter and John: Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive
the Holy Ghost: (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name
of the Lord Jesus.) en laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.”
We can see from the scriptures that just because a person has believed, been baptized,
and saved doesn’t mean they received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. e Holy Spirit has come
into their lives—in John 20:22 we see that the Holy Spirit regenerated the disciples—but it was
on the Day of Pentecost that they were baptized with the Holy Spirit and empowered by God.
ere is a dierence between the quickening of the Holy Spirit in salvation and the baptism of
the Holy Spirit when He comes upon an individual. ere is an immersion in the Holy Spirit
that comes upon individuals and empowers them. Even though a person has been saved, it
doesn’t mean they have been baptized with the Holy Spirit.
In Acts 19:1-2 it states, “And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul
having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and nding certain disciples, He said
unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, we have not
so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.” Paul said, “Have you received the Holy Spirit
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since you believed?” ey said, “We don’t know anything about a Holy Spirit.” Paul said, “If you
weren’t baptized with the Holy Spirit when you believed, what were you baptized with?” ey
said, “We were baptized with John’s baptism.” I believe Paul explained more perfectly about
Jesus being the Christ, and these believers then identied with Jesus through water baptism. In
verses 6-7 it says, “And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came upon them;
and they spake with tongues and prophesied. And all the men were about twelve.”
Even though these people were disciples who believed in the Messiah who was to come,
they hadn’t been baptized with the Holy Spirit. A person can be born again and water baptized
without having been baptized in the Holy Spirit. e baptism in the Holy Spirit is a separate and
distinct experience from conversion.
Although I can baptize a person in water, I can’t baptize them in the Holy Spirit; only
Jesus can do that. If you have never asked Jesus to baptize you with the Holy Spirit, why don’t
you ask Him now? Luke 11:13 says, “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gis unto your
children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?”
Why don’t you ask Him today?
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1. Read Mark 16:16. Now read Acts 8:5 and 12. Did the
people described in Acts 8:12 become Christians?
2. Read Acts 8:14-16. Had these people received the
baptism with the Holy Spirit?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MARK 16:16 – He that
believeth and is baptized shall
be saved; but he that believeth
not shall be damned.
ACTS 8:5 – en Philip went
down to the city of Samaria,
and preached Christ unto them.
ACTS 8:12 – But when they
believed Philip preaching the
things concerning the kingdom
of God, and the name of Jesus
Christ, they were baptized,
both men and women.
ACTS 8:14-16 – Now when
the apostles which were at
Jerusalem heard that Samaria
had received the word of God,
they sent unto them Peter and
John: [15] Who, when they
were come down, prayed for
them, that they might receive
the Holy Ghost: [16] (For as
yet he was fallen upon none of
them: only they were baptized
in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
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3. Read Acts 19:1-5. Are these people believers?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ACTS 19:1-5 – And it came
to pass, that, while Apollos was
at Corinth, Paul having passed
through the upper coasts came
to Ephesus: and nding certain
disciples, [2] He said unto
them, Have ye received the
Holy Ghost since ye believed?
And they said unto him, We
have not so much as heard
whether there be any Holy
Ghost. [3] And he said unto
them, Unto what then were ye
baptized? And they said, Unto
John’s baptism. [4] en said
Paul, John verily baptized with
the baptism of repentance,
saying unto the people, that
they should believe on him
which should come aer him,
that is, on Christ Jesus. [5]
When they heard this, they
were baptized in the name of
the Lord Jesus.
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4. Read Acts 19:6-7. Had they received the baptism of
the Holy Spirit?
5. Read Luke 11:13. What does Luke 11:13 say we need
to do to receive the Holy Spirit?
6. Read 1 Corinthians 14:2. When a person speaks in
tongues, what are they doing?
7. Read 1 Corinthians 14:14. When a person speaks in
tongues, what are they doing?
8. Read 1 Corinthians 14:16-17. When a person speaks
in tongues, what are they doing?
9. Read Acts 2:4. When someone speaks in tongues,
is the Holy Spirit speaking or the personal
individual speaking?
10. Read Acts 2:4. Who is giving utterance to the person?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ACTS 19:6-7 – And when
Paul had laid his hands
upon them, the Holy Ghost
came on them; and they spake
with tongues, and prophesied.
[7] And all the men were
about twelve.
LUKE 11:13 – If ye then, being
evil, know how to give good
gis unto your children: how
much more shall your heavenly
Father give the Holy Spirit to
them that ask him?
1 CORINTHIANS 14:2 –
For he that speaketh in an
unknown tongue speaketh
not unto men, but unto God:
for no man understandeth
him; howbeit in the spirit he
speaketh mysteries.
1 CORINTHIANS 14:14 –
For if I pray in an unknown
tongue, my spirit prayeth, but
my understanding is unfruitful.
1 CORINTHIANS 14:16-17 –
Else when thou shalt bless
with the spirit, how shall he
that occupieth the room of
the unlearned say Amen at
thy giving of thanks, seeing he
understandeth not what thou
sayest? [17] For thou verily
givest thanks well, but the other
is not edied.
ACTS 2:4 – And they were
all lled with the Holy Ghost,
and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave
them utterance.
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1. Read Mark 16:16. Now read Acts 8:5, 12. Did the people described in Acts 8:12
become Christians?
Yes
2. Read Acts 8:14-16. Had these people received the baptism with the Holy Spirit?
No
3. Read Acts 19:1-5. Are these people believers?
Yes
4. Read Acts 19:6-7. Had they received the baptism of the Holy Spirit?
No
NOTE: is shows this experience to be distinct from salvation.
5. Read Luke 11:13. What does Luke 11:13 say we need to do to receive the Holy Spirit?
Ask
6. Read 1 Corinthians 14:2. When a person speaks in tongues, what are they doing?
Speaking to God and speaking mysteries
7. Read 1 Corinthians 14:14. When a person speaks in tongues, what are they doing?
eir spirit is praying to God
8. Read 1 Corinthians 14:16-17. When a person speaks in tongues, what are they doing?
Blessing God with their spirit and giving thanks (praising God)
9. Read Acts 2:4. When someone speaks in tongues, is the Holy Spirit speaking or the
personal individual speaking?
e person is speaking
10. Read Acts 2:4. Who is giving utterance to the person?
e Holy Spirit
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LESSON 15
HOW TO RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT
By Don Krow
We’re going to talk today about how to receive the Holy Spirit. Acts 10:1 says, “ere was
a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band.” is
was a military rank, probably a captain over a regiment. Verse 2 continues, “A devout man, and
one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God
always.” He was righteous, did things that were right, feared God, gave much money to people
in need, and the Bible says he prayed to God always. But we are going to nd out, and it will be
amazing, that even though he did things right, even though he feared God, and had a prayer
life, he didn’t have a personal relationship with God though Jesus Christ.
It says in verses 3-6, “He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day [about
three o’clock in the aernoon] an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, y
prayers and thine alms [giving] are come up for a memorial before God. And now send men to
Joppa, and call for one Simon whose surname is Peter: He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose
house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do” (brackets mine).
This man, although he was God-fearing, righteous as far as doing things that
were right, and had a prayer life before God, was sent an angel who told him to send for
Simon Peter who would tell him what he must do. We see in Acts 10:43 exactly what Peter
was instructed to tell him: “To give him all the prophets witness, that through his name
[through the name of the Lord Jesus] whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of
sins” (brackets mine). Isn’t this amazing? This man who had all these things to his credit
didn’t have a personal relationship with God through the person of Jesus Christ. God said,
“The things you’re doing are great, they’re wonderful, and they are a memorial before me,
but I tell you what I’m going to do. I’ve sent an angel down to tell you to send for a man
named Peter, and he will tell you what you must do.” In Acts 10:43, when Peter went to
Cornelius’ house, he said, “Whosoever believeth in him [the Lord Jesus Christ] shall receive
the remission of sins” (brackets mine).
Now look what happened here. “While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell
on all them which heard the word” (Acts 10:44). Cornelius was receiving as he heard of faith in
Christ, and he put his faith in Christ for the remission of his sins. As soon as he did, the Holy
Spirit fell upon him and all those that were in that house. It says in verse 45, “And they of the
circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the
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Gentiles also was poured out the gi of the Holy Ghost.” How did they know that? “For they heard
them speak with tongues, and magnify God” (verse 46).
Every time the Holy Spirit falls on an individual in the New Testament, a gi of the Holy
Spirit manifests and gives evidence that they have received the inlling of the Spirit. In the New
Testament, they usually spoke in tongues or prophesied.
I got down on my knees one evening in a eld in Dallas, Texas, and said, “God, I don’t
know about all this speaking in tongues and the baptism in the Holy Spirit that people are talking
about, but if there’s a way I can praise you, a way I can magnify you, a way I can go beyond my
human English language, I want it. I started worshiping God, and as I did, the Holy Spirit gave
me a language, an utterance that I hadn’t known or learned. e Bible says in Acts 2:4, “And they
were all lled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them
utterance.” Who did the speaking? ey did. Who gave the utterance? e Holy Spirit.
Luke 11:13 says, “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gis to your children: how
much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?” All you have to do
right now is ask, believe that you receive, yield yourself to God, begin to worship the Lord, and He
will give you an utterance to worship and praise Him in a language you have never learned.
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1. Describe some of the terms that the Bible uses for salvation.
2. Read Acts 11:15. How does this verse describe the
experience of the baptism with the Holy Spirit?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
JOHN 3:3 – Jesus answered
and said unto him, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a
man be born again, he cannot
see the kingdom of God.
ACTS 3:19 – Repent ye
therefore, and be converted,
that your sins may be blotted
out, when the times of
refreshing shall come from the
presence of the Lord.
MARK 16:16 – He that
believeth and is baptized shall
be saved; but he that believeth
not shall be damned.
COLOSSIANS 2:13 – And
you, being dead in your sins
and the uncircumcision of
your esh, hath he quickened
together with him, having
forgiven you all trespasses.
ROMANS 8:9 – But ye are
not in the esh, but in the
Spirit, if so be that the Spirit
of God dwell in you. Now if
any man have not the Spirit of
Christ, he is none of his.
MATTHEW 25:46 – And these
shall go away into everlasting
punishment: but the righteous
into life eternal.
ACTS 11:15 – And as I began
to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on
them, as on us at the beginning.
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3. Jesus’ disciples received the Holy Spirit (John 20:22),
but a few days later were actually baptized with the
Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-4). Look at and compare these
facts (John 20:22 and Acts 2:1-4).
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
JOHN 20:22 – And when he
had said this, he breathed on
them, and saith unto them,
Receive ye the Holy Ghost.
ACTS 2:1-4 – And when
the day of Pentecost was fully
come, they were all with one
accord in one place. [2] And
suddenly there came a sound
from heaven as of a rushing
mighty wind, and it lled all
the house where they were
sitting. [3] And there appeared
unto them cloven tongues like
as of re, and it sat upon each
of them. [4] And they were
all lled with the Holy Ghost,
and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave
them utterance.
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4. Read Acts 1:8. What is the purpose of the baptism
with the Holy Spirit?
5. Read Acts 2:38-39 and 1 Corinthians 1:7. Is the
baptism with the Holy Spirit for us today?
6. Read Luke 11:13. If you have not received the baptism
with the Holy Spirit, what should you now do?
7. Read Acts 2:4. Will you ask, receive, speak, and
worship God in the prayer language that God gives you?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ACTS 1:8 – But ye shall
receive power, aer that the
Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto
me both in Jerusalem, and in
all Judaea, and in Samaria,
and unto the uttermost part of
the earth.
ACTS 2:38-39 – en Peter
said unto them, Repent, and
be baptized every one of you
in the name of Jesus Christ for
the remission of sins, and ye
shall receive the gi of the Holy
Ghost. [39] For the promise is
unto you, and to your children,
and to all that are afar o,
even as many as the Lord our
God shall call.
1 CORINTHIANS 1:7 – So
that ye come behind in no gi;
waiting for the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
LUKE 11:13 – If ye then,
being evil, know how to give
good gis unto your children:
how much more shall your
heavenly Father give the Holy
Spirit to them that ask him?
ACTS 2:4 – And they were
all lled with the Holy Ghost,
and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave
them utterance.
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1. Describe some of the terms that the Bible uses for salvation.
Being born again (John 3:3), conversion (Acts 3:19), believing and being baptized
(Mark 16:16), having been forgiven (Col. 2:13), having received the Spirit of Christ
(Rom. 8:9), and eternal life (Matt. 25:46)
2. Read Acts 11:15. How does this verse describe the experience of the baptism with the
Holy Spirit?
As the Holy Spirit falling on someone
3. Jesus’ disciples received the Holy Spirit (John 20:22), but a few days later were actually
baptized with the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-4). Look at and compare these facts (John 20:22
and Acts 2:1-4).
In John 20:22, the disciples received the Holy Spirit. In Acts 2:1-4, the very same disciples
were then lled with the Holy Spirit (which is an inward and outward immersion)
See Acts 1:8.
4. Read Acts 1:8. What is the purpose of the baptism with the Holy Spirit?
To empower for service (or witness)
5. Read Acts 2:38-39 and 1 Corinthians 1:7. Is the baptism with the Holy Spirit for us today?
Yes. e gis of the Holy Spirit will cease at the second coming of Christ, but not until then
6. Read Luke 11:13. If you have not received the baptism with the Holy Spirit, what should
you now do?
Ask for it
7. Read Acts 2:4. Will you ask, receive, speak and worship God in the prayer language that
God gives you?
Yes, I will speak, but the Holy Spirit will give me the utterance (the language)
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LESSON 16
THE BENEFITS OF SPEAKING IN TONGUES
By Andrew Wommack
One of the things that happened when the baptism of the Holy Spirit rst came was that
all the people who were there spoke in tongues. Acts 2:4 says that on the Day of Pentecost, they
were lled with the Holy Ghost and spoke with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Consistently all the way through the book of Acts, there was a manifestation of God’s presence
when the people received the Holy Spirit.
Of course, there is much more to the Holy Spirit than speaking in tongues, but it
is one of the important manifestations. First Corinthians 14:13-14 says, “Wherefore let him
that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he might interpret. For if I pray in an unknown
tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.” When you pray in tongues, your
spirit prays. Once you speak in tongues, pray that you interpret so your understanding will
become fruitful.
I can give my own personal testimony that when I received the baptism of the Holy
Ghost and started speaking in tongues, it changed my life dramatically. I believe when I got
born again, Christ came to live inside of me and He deposited everything there, but when the
Holy Spirit came upon me, it started to manifest to me and other people. ere are a couple of
things that happened. e rst year I prayed in tongues, my mind told me it was crazy, that all
I was doing was wasting time. It took faith for me to pray in tongues, which is the reason Jude
20 says you build yourself up in your most holy faith. It takes you out of natural thinking and
reasoning and puts you into a supernatural realm of faith.
Another thing I experienced was that when I prayed in tongues, people I hadn’t thought
of for years would come to my remembrance. I’d start praying for them, and within a day or two,
they would contact me and I’d nd that something miraculous had happened. is happened
so many times that I nally began to put these things together and realized that when I was
praying in tongues, I was praying with wisdom that went beyond my mental ability. My spirit
that knew all things and had the mind of Christ was praying for people in ways that I could
never do with my own physical understanding.
One day I was praying in tongues—as I said, it took faith for me to pray in tongues—and
I was battling some thoughts like, You could be speaking in English and doing some good instead
of speaking this gibberish. I had to deal with these thoughts and put them down, and I just kept
praying. A guy I hadn’t seen for four years knocked on my door. He came in, didn’t say hello
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or anything, sat down, and began to cry and pour out his heart because he was having a lot of
problems. I sat there thinking, Boy, I should have been praying in English. My next thought was,
How would I have known to pray for him when I hadn’t seen him in four years? Finally, it just
dawned on me that I had been praying, and God had been preparing me. I had been interceding
for him in a way that I couldn’t have done if I were praying with my understanding. Suddenly, a
revelation began to come to me and I told him, “I can tell you what your problem is.” I nished
his story for him and gave him his answer.
You have to understand that this was back when I was in a denominational church. He
didn’t know what had happened to me and I wasn’t sure. It scared us both. But it was the power
of God in manifestation, and He used it supernaturally. at is what this means: When you pray
in tongues, it’s your spirit praying. Your spirit has been born again, has the mind of Christ, and
knows exactly what to do. It has an unction (anointing) from God so that you know all things,
and there is no limitation in your spirit. If you could walk in the power and revelation of your
spirit, it would transform your physical life. One way of doing that, though not the only way,
is to just start speaking in tongues. Recognize and believe that when you do, you’re building
yourself up in your most holy faith, that your spirit is praying the hidden wisdom of God, and
the perfect revelation of God is coming. en, according to 1 Corinthians 14:13, pray that you
can interpret. at doesn’t mean you have to stop praying in tongues and pray in English to
interpret; it just means your understanding becomes fruitful.
If you give a message in tongues in a church service, you have to stop and interpret
in English. When you’re praying by yourself, what I do is pray in tongues and trust that God
is giving me revelation. Sometimes my attitude just changes. I don’t have a specic word, but
suddenly I see things clearly and get a dierent perspective. It may take a week before I get the
full revelation, but I believe the time spent praying in tongues and believing I interpret is a part
of it.
Speaking in tongues is important for many reasons, certainly more than to prove you’ve
received the Holy Spirit. It should be a part of everyday life. It is a way to communicate directly
from your heart to the Father, bypassing your brain with its doubts and fears. It builds you up
in your most holy faith and releases the hidden wisdom of God. I just pray that all of you will
be able to ow in this, release your faith, and receive the full benet of speaking in tongues.
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1. Read Jude 1:20. What great benet is received by
praying in the Holy Ghost?
2. Read Acts 2:4. How many people were lled with the
Holy Spirit?
3. Read Acts 2:4. What did they do as a result of being lled?
4. Read 1 Corinthians 14:14. What part of you is praying
when you pray in an unknown tongue?
5. Read 1 Corinthians 14:2. When a person speaks in an
unknown tongue, who are they speaking to?
6. Read 1 Corinthians 14:2. When a person prays in an
unknown tongue, do people understand what is being said?
7. Read 1 Corinthians 14:2. When you pray in an
unknown tongue, your spirit is speaking what?
8. Read 1 Corinthians 14:4. When you pray in tongues,
you do what?
9. Read 1 Corinthians 14:16. When you pray in tongues
you are doing what?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
JUDE 1:20 – But ye, beloved,
building up yourselves on your
most holy faith, praying in the
Holy Ghost.
ACTS 2:4 – And they were
all lled with the Holy Ghost,
and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave
them utterance.
1 CORINTHIANS 14:14 –
For if I pray in an unknown
tongue, my spirit prayeth, but
my understanding is unfruitful.
1 CORINTHIANS 14:2 –
For he that speaketh in an
unknown tongue speaketh
not unto men, but unto God:
for no man understandeth
him; howbeit in the spirit he
speaketh mysteries.
1 CORINTHIANS 14:4 – He
that speaketh in an unknown
tongue edifieth himself; but
he that prophesieth edifieth
the church.
1 CORINTHIANS 14:16 –
Else when thou shalt bless
with the spirit, how shall he
that occupieth the room of
the unlearned say Amen at
thy giving of thanks, seeing
he understandeth not what
thou sayest?
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1. Read Jude 20. What great benet is received by praying in the Holy Ghost?
When I pray in the Holy Ghost, I build myself up
2. Read Acts 2:4. How many people were lled with the Holy Spirit?
All of them
3. Read Acts 2:4. What did they do as a result of being lled?
ey spoke in tongues
4. Read 1 Corinthians 14:14. What part of you is praying when you pray in an unknown tongue?
My spirit is praying
5. Read 1 Corinthians 14:2. When a person speaks in an unknown tongue who is he
speaking to?
God
6. Read 1 Corinthians 14:2. When a person prays in an unknown tongue, do people
understand what is being said?
No
7. Read 1 Corinthians 14:2. When you pray in an unknown tongue, your spirit is speaking what?
Mysteries, secret things (New Century Version), intimacies just between me and God
(e Message)
8. Read 1 Corinthians 14:4. When you pray in tongues, you do what?
Edify myself (build myself up)
9. Read 1 Corinthians 14:16. When you pray in tongues you are doing what?
Blessing and giving thanks to God
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LESSON 1
SELF-CENTEREDNESS:
e Source of All Grief
By Andrew Wommack
Self-centeredness is the source of so much of what we experience. ere is a verse in Proverbs
13 that you really ought to look up, because you wouldn’t believe it if you didn’t read it in your own
Bible. Verse 10 says, “Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.” Many
people at rst would take issue with this and say, “Wait a minute. Pride can’t be the only thing that
causes contention or strife. Proverbs 17:14 says that contention is the beginning of strife, so strife
has to be caused by more than just pride. It’s what so-and-so has done to me.” Others will say, “You
don’t understand; this is just the type of person I am.” No, the scripture says that only by pride comes
contention. It’s not one of the leading causes; it’s the only cause. Some people again would take issue
and say, “I’ve got all kinds of problems, but pride isn’t one of them. If anything, I’ve got such low self-
esteem, there’s no way anybody can accuse me of pride.”
We have to redene what pride is. It’s is not just thinking you’re better than somebody else,
but in the simplest terms, it is seeing yourself as the center of everything. Self-centeredness is really
the root of all pride. In Numbers 12:2, Miriam and Aaron, Moses’ sister and brother, came against
him, criticizing him because of an interracial marriage, saying, “Hath the Lord indeed spoken only to
Moses? Hath he not spoken also by us?” e Scripture then says in parentheses in verse 3 that Moses
was the meekest man on the face of the earth. Instead of taking oense at what they said, he began
to pray and intercede for them.
When it says Moses was the meekest man on the face of the earth, stop and think about that.
We don’t know how many people there were on earth, but surely there were millions, and Moses was
the meekest man of all these people. What makes this a really amazing statement is that he was the
one who wrote it. Most people think if you’re truly humble or meek, you won’t even know it. at’s
a false impression of what arrogance really is. Pride isn’t just thinking you’re better than everybody
else—it’s self-centeredness. It’s like having a stick with arrogance on one side and low self-esteem on
the other side. ose are opposite expressions of the same thing, but they’re both on the same stick.
It’s self-centeredness. It doesn’t matter if you think you’re better than everyone else or worse than
everyone else, you’re absolutely self-centered. Everything gets ltered through that. A timid, shy
person is very proud and self-centered, thinking only about self.
e point I’m making is that self-centeredness is really the root of all pride, and if you plug
that back into Proverbs 13:10, “Only by pride cometh contention,” what this says is that it is our own
self-centeredness that makes us angry, not what people do to us. It’s our self-centeredness that causes
us to react to what people do. You will never be able to stop people from rubbing you the wrong way;
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it can’t happen. Faith is not to control other people but to help you deal with yourself and deal with
the things that are inside you. So it doesn’t matter what people do to you.
As Jesus was being crucied, He was able to turn to the very people who were crucifying
Him and say, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” He didn’t control those people
but instead had control over Himself. It’s self-centeredness that makes us angry. Jesus didn’t come
here for Himself, but He so loved the world that He came here for us. He thought of His mother as
He hung on the cross and spoke to one of His disciples about taking care of her. e reason Jesus
was able to forgive and operate in love—in the midst of intense agony, injustice, and everything that
came His way—was because He was not self-centered.
It’s your own selshness that makes you angry, yet the Scripture says you’re supposed to be
dead to yourself. If I had a corpse in front of me, I could insult it, kick it, spit on it, or ignore it, but if
it’s truly a corpse, it wouldn’t respond. e reason you respond the way you do to the things around
you is not because of those external things but because of what’s on the inside of you. You will never
be so strong in faith that you can remove all obstacles and everything that rubs you the wrong way,
but you can deal with yourself. You can come to a place where you make Jesus Lord of your life and
love Him, His kingdom, and other people more than you love yourself. You’ll nd that when you do
that and deal with self that the strife and contention in your life will cease.
One of the great keys for applying all of these things God has done in your life is to realize
that He didn’t give you the kingdom for selsh purposes. He didn’t do these things just so you could
have every need supplied. You need to learn it’s in denying yourself and losing your life that you
really begin to nd out what life is all about. It’s in loving other people and God more than yourself
that you’ll begin to defuse your anger and hurt, all those things that are inside you.
I pray that God will take these few things I’ve said and use them to open your heart to realize
that it’s your own self-centeredness that causes you grief. Instead of placing the blame somewhere
else, you need to accept the responsibility, face it, humble yourself before God, and ask Him to come
in and make Himself big in your life. at’s the way for you to walk in victory.
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1. Read Mark 9:33-34. What were the disciples arguing
about on the road going to Capernaum?
2. Does this reect the selshness in all of us?
3. Read Mark 9:35. According to this scripture, if some
one wants to be rst, they must become what?
4. Explain in detail Jesus’ teaching in Luke 22:24-27.
5. Read Proverbs 13:10. What is the only thing that
causes contention?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MARK 9:33-35 – And he
came to Capernaum: and
being in the house he asked
them, What was it that ye
disputed among yourselves by
the way? [34] But they held
their peace: for by the way
they had disputed among
themselves, who should be
the greatest. [35] And he sat
down, and called the twelve,
and saith unto them, If any
man desire to be rst, the same
shall be last of all, and servant
of all.
LUKE 22:24-27 – And there
was also a strife among them,
which of them should be
accounted the greatest. [25]
And he said unto them, e
kings of the Gentiles exercise
lordship over them; and they
that exercise authority upon
them are called benefactors.
[26] But ye shall not be so:
but he that is greatest among
you, let him be as the younger;
and he that is chief, as he that
doth serve. [27] For whether is
greater, he that sitteth at meat,
or he that serveth? is not he
that sitteth at meat? but I am
among you as he that serveth.
PROVERBS 13:10 –
Only by pride cometh
contention: but with the well
advised is wisdom.
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6. Read Galatians 2:20. How should we live our lives?
7. Read Matthew 7:12. What is the antidote for self-centeredness?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
GALATIANS 2:20 – I
am crucied with Christ:
nevertheless I live; yet not I,
but Christ liveth in me: and
the life which I now live in the
esh I live by the faith of the
Son of God, who loved me, and
gave himself for me.
MATTHEW 7:12 – erefore
all things whatsoever ye would
that men should do to you, do
ye even so to them: for this is
the law and the prophets.
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1. Read Mark 9:33-34. What were the disciples arguing about on the road going to Capernaum?
ey argued about who was the greatest
2. Does this reect the selshness in all of us?
Yes
3. Read Mark 9:35. According to this scripture, if someone wants to be rst, they must
become what?
Servant of all
4. Explain in detail Jesus’ teaching in Luke 22:24-27.
“And they began to argue among themselves as to who would be the greatest in the
coming Kingdom. Jesus told them, ‘In this world the kings and great men order their
people around, and yet they are called “friends of the people.” But among you, those
who are the greatest should take the lowest rank, and the leader should be like a
servant. Normally the master sits at the table and is served by his servants. But not
here! For I am your servant’” (Luke 22:24-27, New Living Translation)
5. Read Proverbs 13:10. What is the only thing that causes contention?
Pride
6. Read Galatians 2:20. How should we live our lives?
By the faith of Christ (or faith in Christ), not centered on our own strengths or weaknesses
7. Read Matthew 7:12. What is the antidote for self-centeredness?
To be God centered and others centered. Treat others like we want to be treated
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LESSON 2
HOW TO MEDITATE ON GOD’S WORD
By Don Krow
The word meditate means “to muse over, ponder, to plan in the mind, to purpose, or
intend.” The Greek word implies “to revolve something in the mind” and is also translated
to imagine.
Two reasons for biblical meditation are “to ponder over correct knowledge, also referred
to as renewing the mind and to contact God behind His Word” through prayer, praise, and
meditation; i.e., musing, pondering, and thinking about Him.
Meditation can be done from topical study—choosing a topic to ponder over. Example:
baptism. Dene the word from the Greek, Hebrew, or a good dictionary. Find the root word
from which it is derived. Consider and ponder the context of verses and that will lead you to
study other related subjects, such as remission (Acts 2:38), repentance (Acts 2:38), faith (Mark
16:16), the conscience (1 Pet. 3:21), calling on the Lord (Acts 22:16), etc.
You need to ponder questions that you have or that the Scripture raises, such as: Are
there qualications to be met before baptism? What is the purpose of baptism? When was it
practiced? In what time frame?
Meditation can be done from expositional study; i.e., a verse-by-verse study of a book of
the Bible. e key is to ponder and think over a book for so long that you become familiar with
its content (verses and chapters).
Meditation can be done through word studies. What do certain words mean? What does
it mean to believe? What does the word Lord mean? What does the word Jesus mean? What
does the word Christ mean? What does the word justify mean, etc.
You can meditate from paragraphs in the Bible. A paragraph is a unit of thought in writing,
usually containing several sentences. When an author changes the subject of emphasis in their
writing, they usually begin a new paragraph.
When meditating through scriptures, look for punctuation such as question marks.
Why is this question being asked? How does it relate to the context, etc.?
Biblical meditation is not just looking at words, but for God behind the Word.
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1. What does the word “meditate” mean?
2. What are two reasons for biblical meditation?
3. What is a topical study?
4. What is an expositional study of the Scriptures?
5. Read Luke 6:46. What do you think the word “Lord” means?
6. Read Matthew 1:21. What do you think the word
“Jesus” means?
7. Read Luke 23:1-2. What do you think the word
“Christ” means?
8. What is a paragraph?
9. Biblical meditation is not just looking at words, but for
_____________________ .
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
LUKE 6:46 – And why call ye
me, Lord, Lord, and do not the
things which I say?
MATTHEW 1:21 – And she
shall bring forth a son, and
thou shalt call his name JESUS:
for he shall save his people from
their sins.
LUKE 23:1-2 – And the whole
multitude of them arose, and
led him unto Pilate. [2] And
they began to accuse him,
saying, We found this fellow
perverting the nation, and
forbidding to give tribute to
Caesar, saying that he himself is
Christ a King.
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1. What does the word “meditate” mean?
To muse over, ponder, or to revolve something in one’s mind
2. What are two reasons for biblical meditation?
To ponder correct knowledge (to renew my mind) and to contact God behind His
Word (by musing, pondering, and thinking about Him)
3. What is a topical study?
Choosing a topic from the Bible to study and think upon
4. What is an expositional study of the Scriptures?
A verse-by-verse study of a book of the Bible
5. Read Luke 6:46. What do you think the word “Lord” means?
Someone we obey (like a boss)
6. Read Matthew 1:21. What do you think the word “Jesus” means?
A Savior that saves others from their sins
7. Read Luke 23:1-2. What do you think the word “Christ” means?
One anointed to be a king
8. What is a paragraph?
A unit of thought in writing
9. Biblical meditation is not just looking at words, but for __________________.
Contacting God behind His Word
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LESSON 3
RENEWING THE MIND
By Don Krow
Today we want to talk about renewing the mind. I’d like to read two passages. e rst
one is out of Philippians 4:8. It says, “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever
things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are
lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think
on these things.” e Apostle Paul is obviously telling us that there are things we should think
on. In other words, we can choose our thoughts. Now I know that we all have thoughts that
are sometimes contrary to the Word of God, according to Romans, chapter 7, verses 22 and 23.
e Law of sin that wars in us attacks our minds. But the Bible tells us out of Philippians that
we don’t have to sit there and let our thoughts build a nest, that we can choose what we think
on. e Bible also tells us that as a man thinks in his heart, so is he (Prov. 23:7). So it’s really
important what we think on.
In Romans 12:1 and 2, the Bible says, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies
of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your
reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing
of your mind.” e Bible says we can be transformed by the renewing of our minds. Did you
know that when the Apollo spacecra went up into space, they had to make a course correction
every ten minutes? ey went to the moon in kind of like a zigzag. And when they eventually
landed, they had a 500-mile designated landing zone, and they just barely made it within that
zone by a few feet. Yet the whole ight was successful. We need to set a course and make a total
commitment to the Lord Jesus Christ by being a living sacrice. e problem with a living
sacrice is that sometimes it wants to crawl o the altar, so we have to make course corrections
in our thoughts. We have to have a heart that says, “God, I want You and I want Your way.”
Not only do we need to make a total commitment, but part of having a victorious
Christian life requires that we take the next step and be transformed by the renewing of our
minds. We can’t think like the world, if we don’t want the world’s results. As we read in Philippians
4:8, we can choose what to think on. Whatsoever is lovely, just, of good report, think on these
things. What they would do in the Old Testament is take the Word of God and put it on their
doorposts and on their garments. It was constantly in front of them. God instructed that they
were to talk about the Word of God night and day that they might observe to do what it said.
And they were also to tell all these things to their children. It’s very important what we think
on. It’s very important that we keep the Word of God in front of us all the time in order to really
have a life of victory. e opposite of thinking on what’s lovely, just, and of good report is to not
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think on the things of God and the things of the Spirit. Romans 8:6 says “To be carnally minded
is death,” but the next part of that verse says, “To be spiritually minded is life and peace.” It is life
and it is peace to think on the things of the Spirit of God. But if we start thinking about adultery,
the things of the world, money, covetousness, and so forth, do you know what will happen in
our lives? As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. We’ll begin to act on those things. We’ll begin to
play those things out in our lives, and it will destroy our lives. You see, the real spiritual warfare
for the believer is really not resisting or rebuking the devil all the time, although there are times
that we need to do that. But spiritual warfare has to do with what we’re thinking on and what
we’re dwelling on.
e Bible says in Isaiah 26:3 that God will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is
stayed upon Him. ere are times during the day that we all need to make course adjustments,
just like it says in Romans 12. We need to say, “God, those are wrong thoughts. I need to turn
around and renew my mind and start thinking about the things that are lovely, just, and of
good report.”
So if you’ve got a stronghold, if you’re in bondage, if you nd yourself thinking things
that you shouldn’t be thinking, you need to catch yourself immediately. e Bible says, If we will
draw near to God, He will draw near to us. If we resist the enemy, he will ee from us. ere
are times in my life when I’ve let things slip and let depression rise up. At those times, it’s hard
to pick up the Bible and sit down and take a passage and say, “God, this is what You say about
me. is is who You say that I am. You are my strength.” Did you know that your victory is just
that simple? You need to say, “I’m going to resist what I’m letting the enemy do to me right now.
I’m going to sit down and open the Bible, and I’m not going to just read some words on these
pages, but I’m going to connect with the God behind these words. I’m going to let my mind be
stayed upon Him. And, Lord, this is what You say about me. You say that I’m forgiven. You say
that I’m cleansed. You say that nothing can separate me from Your love.” When you sit there and
just think about all of the good things that God has done for you, in just a few moments, you’re
going to forget about those other things.
Let me use an illustration. I heard a man one time say, “Now, I’m just admonishing you
to not think about pink elephants for the next ten minutes.” Do you know what happened? For
the next ten minutes, all we did was think about pink elephants. en he asked, “What color
is the Statue of Liberty?” Somebody said green. And he said, “Well, which arm is the Statue of
Liberty holding up?” And somebody said it was the right arm. en he asked, “What does the
Statue of Liberty have in her hand.” And someone said it was a torch. en the man said, “What
happened to your thoughts about pink elephants?” ey were gone. You see, it’s not a matter of
saying, “Now, don’t you think these thoughts,” because you know you’ll think those thoughts.
e Scripture is really telling us that we need to replace those thoughts with God’s thoughts,
and when we see these things coming against us and we’re thinking something we shouldn’t
think, we need to immediately call to mind our new identity. We need to immediately turn to
the Lord, connect with Him, not just with words on a page, but with the God behind those
words. And the Bible tells us in Romans 8:6 that as we do, we will see the transformation the
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life and peace of God gives, as our minds are stayed upon Him and the things of the Spirit.
ink on these things, my brethren, and walk this day in the liberty and freedom that Christ
has purchased for you.
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1. Read Romans 12:1. What are we to do with our bodies?
2. Read Romans 12:2. is scripture is telling us that we
should be dierent than _____________________ .
3. Read Acts 17:11. We must make our thinking line up with?
4. Read Romans 8:5-6. To be spiritually minded is
_____________________ .
5. Read Romans 12:1-2. What two things do we need to
do, according to these verses?
6. Read Isaiah 26:3. How do we stay in perfect peace?
7. Read Isaiah 26:3. What are some ways we can keep
our minds on the Lord?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ROMANS 12:1-2 – I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by
the mercies of God, that ye
present your bodies a living
sacrice, holy, acceptable
unto God, which is your
reasonable service. [2] And be
not conformed to this world:
but be ye transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that ye
may prove what is that good,
and acceptable, and perfect,
will of God.
ACTS 17:11 – ese were
more noble than those in
essalonica, in that they
received the word with all
readiness of mind, and
searched the scriptures daily,
whether those things were so.
ROMANS 8:5-6 – For they
that are aer the esh do mind
the things of the esh; but they
that are aer the Spirit the
things of the Spirit. [6] For to
be carnally minded is death;
but to be spiritually minded is
life and peace.
ISAIAH 26:3-4 – ou wilt
keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on thee:
because he trusteth in thee. [4]
Trust ye in the LORD for ever:
for in the LORD JEHOVAH is
everlasting strength.
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1. Read Romans 12:1. What are we to do with our bodies?
Present, or oer, them to God
2. Read Romans 12:2. is scripture is telling us that we should be dierent than
__________________ .
e world, or unbelievers
3. Read Acts 17:11. We must make our thinking line up with?
e Scriptures, God’s Word
4. Read Romans 8:5-6. To be spiritually minded is __________________ .
Life and peace
5. Read Romans 12:1-2. What two things do we need to do, according to these verses?
Commit ourselves to God as a living sacrice and begin to renew our minds
6. Read Isaiah 26:3. How do we stay in perfect peace?
By keeping our minds on the Lord
7. Read Isaiah 26:3-4. What are some ways we can keep our minds on the Lord?
Prayer, praise, meditation on the Word, giving thanks, etc.
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LESSON 4
THE IMPORTANCE OF CHRIST’S CHURCH
By Don Krow
Today we’re talking about the importance of Christ’s church. I’d like to read a scripture
out of Hebrews 10:25. It says, “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner
of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” As
we look into the importance of Christ’s church, my question is, “What is the church?”
I took the Discipleship Evangelism program into a local church in Colorado Springs,
Colorado. We trained people how to use it, and we used it out in the eld. Within six weeks
of working with this local church, we had established twenty Bible studies outside of that local
congregation. For months, we were working with these people in the Bible studies. e pastor
really confused me one day when he said, “You know, the Bible says that the Lord added to the
church daily such as should be saved. Why aren’t we seeing these people from the Bible studies
come into our church?”
When we were out in the eld, people were being saved and they were being discipled
and ministered to. But what the pastor really meant was, “Why aren’t they coming to meet
together on Sunday morning in this building?” My concept of the church was a little o
too. What the pastor said really troubled me, and I didn’t know what to do. I thought, Is the
Discipleship Evangelism program really working? Are we really reaching people’s lives? I knew
we were reaching many people, but what confused me was why they were not coming to the
Sunday morning service.
I decided to do a study on the word “church.” What’s covered in this lesson is what
I discovered. In Romans 16:3, 1 Corinthians 16:19, Colossians 4:15, Philemon 2, Acts 5:42,
and Acts 20:20, the Bible primarily speaks about the early New Testament church meeting in
someone’s home. I know that there are all kinds of churches. ere are home churches, churches
with small and large congregations, and very large mega-churches. e one thing that really
caught my attention in the Scripture was that the New Testament church seemed to meet
together in small congregations in people’s homes.
e Expository Dictionary of Bible Words by Lawrence O. Richards (p. 164) says, “Anyone
may be excused for being a bit confused about the meaning of the word, ‘church’; we use
the word in so many ways. It means a particular building (e.g., the church on 4th street), a
denomination or organized faith (the Reformed Church in America) [or the Baptist Church],
and even a Sunday meeting (e.g., did you go to church today). None of these uses is particularly
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Biblical.” And I got to thinking, What does this really mean? What does the word “church” really
mean? I’m going to quote further. It says, “Since many persons think of a church as a building
for religious services rather than a congregation engaging in worship, the rendering church
can be misleading.” e Greek word for “church” is ekklesia and literally means an assembly of
people together for the purpose of worship or prayer or praise or just looking unto God. I’m
going to read some other things here. It says, “Ecclesia in the New Testament can encompass
any number of believers. It can be used of small groups that met in homes (Rom. 16:5). It
encompasses all believers living in a large city (Acts 11:22), or a large geographical district, such
as Asia or Galatia.” It goes on to say, “e typical meeting of the church was in a home. When
such a congregation met ‘everyone [had] a hymn, a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue
or an interpretation’ (1 Cor. 14:26). Individuals shared and others ‘weighed carefully what was
said’ (1 Cor. 14:29)...such sharing remains essential to the very existence of the church as a
community of faith...Each person was expected to contribute and to serve others with his or her
spiritual gi(s).”
In Hebrews 10:25 it says, “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together.” e church
is an assembly of people coming together for the purpose of looking to Jesus, praising the
Lord, to receive direction from the Lord, to follow through with that direction. e primary
purpose of the early New Testament church was edication. ey met together for the purpose
of building each other up in the faith.
e early church was an evangelistic church. People were scattered everywhere, sharing
their faith in Jesus Christ, and as they did, the Lord added to the church—not to a building—
but added to the people of God as they repented and believed. en they assembled themselves
together to encourage one another, to exercise their spiritual gis, to serve one another, and to
have a time of fellowship with one another by sharing a meal together. When they were together,
they exercised their spirituals gis to edify one another. en they would go out and preach
the Word, and the whole cycle would begin again. ey believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
they assembled themselves together. It didn’t matter where they assembled. It could’ve been in
a building or someone’s home. It could’ve been a large amount of people, or it could’ve been a
small number of people meeting in homes. It didn’t really matter, as long as they met together
in the name of the Lord for the purpose of exercising their gis, to encourage one another, and
to fellowship with one another with the end result being edication, or building, each other up.
I discovered that what we were doing with the Discipleship Evangelism program through
the local church I mentioned earlier, by meeting in twenty dierent Bible studies throughout
the city, is we were meeting in twenty dierent churches. It wasn’t church as we know it today,
but we were meeting as “the church,” twenty times a week, because we were meeting together in
the name of the Lord Jesus to encourage one another, to look to the Lord Jesus, to be instructed
out of the Word of God, and to exercise our spiritual gis.
No matter what church you go to—no matter if you’re in a denominational church or a
non-denominational church, if you are meeting in a mega-church or a small home group—the
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Scripture is telling us that as you see the Day approaching, and as sin abounds, the grace of God
much more abounds. Grace is going to abound within these assemblies of God’s people. In the
church where each believer has a part of the ministry of Jesus Christ, you can minister to one
another, exhort one another, and encourage one another as you exercise your spiritual gi with
one another.
We would all benet by meeting with a group of believers in this way. Even if it’s just two
or three that are meeting in the name of the Lord Jesus, we need to meet together on a regular
basis. It is good to meet together to use our spiritual gis, to exhort one another, to encourage
one another, to look to Jesus together, and to pray for one another. ere’s a lot we could say
about the church. We could talk about the elders, overseers, pastors, and church government,
but that’s not the purpose of this teaching. e purpose of this teaching is to know the purpose
of the church and to know we do not have to be isolated like one man on an island all to himself.
We cannot survive that way. When we received salvation, God put us in the body of Christ—
the universal body of believers. We need one another, and we need to meet together as God’s
church to encourage one another and serve one another with the spiritual gis that God has
given us. I encourage you, meet together today with God’s people.
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1. Read Hebrews 10:25. What are we not to forsake?
2. Read Acts 5:42. Daily in the temple and in every home
Jesus was _____________________ and
_____________________ .
3. Read Acts 2:42. What four things did the early church
continue to do?
4. Read Acts 2:44-45. True or false: e early church
continued to give money to build a church parking lot.
5. Read 1 Corinthians 12:28. List eight dierent kinds of
gis that God has placed in His church.
6. Read 1 Corinthians 14:26. When the people of God
meet together as the church, there was freedom to
express their gis. Name ve things that happened
when they met.
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
HEBREWS 10:25 – Not
forsaking the assembling
of ourselves together, as
the manner of some is; but
exhorting one another: and so
much the more, as ye see the
day approaching.
ACTS 5:42 – And daily in the
temple, and in every house,
they ceased not to teach and
preach Jesus Christ.
ACTS 2:42 – And they
continued stedfastly in
the apostles’ doctrine and
fellowship, and in breaking of
bread, and in prayers.
ACTS 2:44-45 – And all that
believed were together, and
had all things common; [45]
And sold their possessions and
goods, and parted them to all
men, as every man had need.
1 CORINTHIANS 12:28 –
And God hath set some in the
church, rst apostles, secondarily
prophets, thirdly teachers, aer
that miracles, then gis of
healings, helps, governments,
diversities of tongues.
1 CORINTHIANS 14:26 –
How is it then, brethren? when
ye come together, every one
of you hath a psalm, hath
a doctrine, hath a tongue,
hath a revelation, hath an
interpretation. Let all things be
done unto edifying.
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7. Read Acts 6:1. e early New Testament church
shared daily food with
_____________________ .
8. Read James 1:27. e only kind of religion that God
cares about is the religion that
_____________________ .
9. Read 1 Timothy 5:9-11. Widows who were supported
by the early New Testament church had to meet
what criteria?
10. Read 1 Corinthians 9:14. Besides the church supporting
widows, orphans, and the poor, it also supported
_____________________ .
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ACTS 6:1- And in those
days, when the number of
the disciples was multiplied,
there arose a murmuring
of the Grecians against the
Hebrews, because their
widows were neglected in the
daily ministration.
JAMES 1:27 – Pure religion
and undeled before God and
the Father is this, To visit the
fatherless and widows in their
aiction, and to keep himself
unspotted from the world.
1 TIMOTHY 5:9-11 – Let
not a widow be taken into the
number under threescore years
old, having been the wife of
one man, [10] Well reported
of for good works; if she have
brought up children, if she
have lodged strangers, if she
have washed the saints’ feet, if
she have relieved the aicted,
if she have diligently followed
every good work. [11] But the
younger widows refuse: for
when they have begun to wax
wanton against Christ, they
will marry.
1 CORINTHIANS 9:14 –
Even so hath the Lord
ordained that they which
preach the gospel should live of
the gospel.
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11. Read Matthew 25:35-40. Why do people think
giving money in an offering plate is the only way to
give to God?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MATTHEW 25:35-40 – For
I was an hungered, and ye
gave me meat: I was thirsty,
and ye gave me drink: I was
a stranger, and ye took me in:
[36] Naked, and ye clothed
me: I was sick, and ye visited
me: I was in prison, and ye
came unto me. [37] en
shall the righteous answer
him, saying, Lord, when saw
we thee an hungered, and fed
thee? or thirsty, and gave thee
drink? [38] When saw we thee
a stranger, and took thee in?
or naked, and clothed thee?
[39] Or when saw we thee
sick, or in prison, and came
unto thee? [40] And the King
shall answer and say unto
them, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye have done it
unto one of the least of these
my brethren, ye have done it
unto me.
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12. Read Acts 4:32-35 and Proverbs 3:9-10. e early
church elders and pastors did what with the nances?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ACTS 4:32-35 – And the
multitude of them that
believed were of one heart and
of one soul: neither said any of
them that aught of the things
which he possessed was his
own; but they had all things
common. [33] And with
great power gave the apostles
witness of the resurrection
of the Lord Jesus: and great
grace was upon them all. [34]
Neither was there any among
them that lacked: for as many
as were possessors of lands or
houses sold them, and brought
the prices of the things that
were sold, [35] And laid them
down at the apostles’ feet: and
distribution was made unto
every man according as he
had need.
PROVERBS 3:9-10 –
Honour the LORD with thy
substance, and with the
rstfruits of all thine increase:
[10] So shall thy barns be lled
with plenty, and thy presses
shall burst out with new wine.
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1. Read Hebrews 10:25. What are we not to forsake?
e assembling of ourselves together as believers
2. Read Acts 5:42. Daily in the temple and in every home, Jesus was __________________
and __________________ .
Taug ht and preached
3. Read Acts 2:42. What four things did the early church continue to do?
ey continued in the apostles’ teachings, fellowship, breaking of bread (eating
together and sharing communion), and prayer
4. Read Acts 2:44-45. True or false: e early church continued to give money to build a
church parking lot.
False
5. Read 1 Corinthians 12:28. List eight dierent kinds of gis that God has placed in His church.
Apostles, prophets, teachers, those who do miracles, those who have the gis of healing,
helps, those with gis of administration, and those who speak in unknown tongues
6. Read 1 Corinthians 14:26. When the people of God meet together as the church, there
was freedom to express their gis. Name ve things that happened when they met.
One person had a song, another a teaching, another would tell some revelation God
had given, one would speak in an unknown tongue, and another would explain what
the unknown tongue meant
7. Read Acts 6:1. e early New Testament church shared daily food with
__________________ .
Widows
8. Read James 1:27. e only kind of religion that God cares about is the religion that
__________________.
Cares for orphans and widows in their troubles
9. Read 1 Timothy 5:9-11. Widows who were supported by the early New Testament
church had to meet what criteria?
“A widow who is put on the list for support must be a woman who is at least sixty years
old and was faithful to her husband. She must be well respected by everyone because
of the good she has done. Has she brought up her children well? Has she been kind to
strangers? Has she served other Christians humbly? Has she helped those who are in
trouble? Has she always been ready to do good? e younger widows should not be on
the list.” (1 Timothy 5:9-11, New Living Translation)
10. Read 1 Corinthians 9:14. Besides the church supporting widows, orphans, and the poor,
it also supported __________________ .
ose who minister the Word
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11. Read Matthew 25:35-40. Why do people think giving money in an oering plate is the
only way to give to God?
Because that’s what they have been taught
12. Read Acts 4:32-35 and Proverbs 3:9-10. e early church elders and pastors did what
with the nances?
Gave to those in need, honoring the Lord with the giving
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LESSON 5
DELIVERANCE
By Don Krow
Today we’re going to talk about demonology. Jesus spent His ministry on earth casting
out demons, healing the sick, raising the dead, and doing other miracles. About one-fourth of
His ministry was spent expelling evil spirits from people. e Bible tells us in Acts 10:38, “How
God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good,
and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him.” Also, 1 John 3:8 says, “For
this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.” I used to
have a dierent view of demonology—that demons, evil spirits, unclean spirits, devils, whatever
you want to call them—only appeared in India or third-world countries where the people don’t
worship the True and Living God but worship idols. I was wrong.
I want to tell you about an experience I had a few years ago in a church in Dallas, Texas.
All the people were singing when all of a sudden this girl just fell on the oor. It looked like she
was having a seizure. ere happened to be a medical doctor there whose name was Dr. Rice.
Some people in the church had a home about a block from the church, and he said to take her
there so he could examine her. When we got her to their home, this girl was like a wildcat! Her
eyes were dilated, and there was a strong masculine voice speaking out of this little bitty teenage
girl, who probably weighed less than a hundred pounds. Suddenly, this thing began to attack
me verbally, saying things like, “YOU’RE GOING TO HELL!” I said, “No, I’m not.” I was scared
because I’d never seen anything like this before. It said, “YES, YOU ARE GOING TO HELL,”
and I said, “No, I’m not. I’m not going to hell.” It seemed to have power or authority over me,
and I didn’t know what to do or how to deal with the thing that was in this girl.
One of my good friends was so scared that he le right away. So, there I was. I thought,
What in the world do I do? e girl had supernatural strength, and she began to speak something
like German that she had never learned—all kinds of wild manifestations of the devil came out
of her. She was demon-possessed, and though I didn’t know what to do, I’d always believed the
Bible has power. It’s like when you were a kid and watched those scary Dracula horror movies.
e vampire would come toward the person, and all of a sudden, the person would pull out a
cross and the vampire would go “ARRRGH!” at’s the way I thought about the Bible. I knew
it had power, but I didn’t know how to get the power out of the Bible. e grace of God helped
me, because I’d never experienced anything like this before. I opened my Bible to the New
Testament and happened to turn to the book of Philippians. I began to read in chapter 2 verses
8-11: “And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name
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which is above every name: at at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven,
and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
e demon said, “Don’t say that! I can’t stand those words! Don’t say that!” I thought,
What a reaction! So I said, “Well, at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow—things in
heaven, things on earth, and things under the earth.” “Don’t say that! I can’t stand those words!
Don’t say that, don’t say that!” she yelled. I thought, is devil is going crazy inside this girl, and
all I’m doing is reading the Word of God! So I read it again, “And being found in fashion as a man,
he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God
also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: at at the name
of Jesus every knee should bow.” Again, there was the same reaction; “Don’t say that, I can’t stand
that!” en the demon grabbed the girl by her ears, and she said, “Don’t say that! I can’t stand
those words, don’t say that!” e devil threw the girl down before me, and she began to bow at
the name of Jesus. And I said, “At the name of Jesus every knee will bow, whether in heaven or
in earth or under the earth.”
Just moments before, that devil had authority and power over me. I thought he was
going to whip me, beat me up, throw me out of there—I didn’t know! All I knew was that the
Bible has power, and I opened it and began to read. e Bible says in Ephesians 6:17, “And
take…the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” You see, there is an oensive weapon
which is like a sword that will cut and hurt the enemy. It is the Sword of the Spirit, the Word
of God. Do you remember when Jesus was tempted? e devil came to Him and said, “I’ll give
you all the kingdoms of the world if you will bow down and worship me.” Jesus said, “Get thee
hence, Satan: for it is written, ou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve”
(Matt. 4:10). en the devil tempted Him, and tempted Him again, and Jesus said “It is written,
Satan…it is written,” and then quoted the Word of God. He used the Sword of the Spirit, and
the Bible says the devil took o and le Him for a season.
e only weapon we have to defeat the enemy is the Sword of the Spirit, which is the
Word of God. Do you know what I learned from that? I learned this: Every time I want to study
the Word, I think about how hungry I am and have to go nd something to eat, or I think about
all the things I didn’t do that day. I know that those in a discipleship class will have all sorts of
excuses why they can’t be there. I nally gured out why. ere’s something in the Bible that
God wants us to know and the devil doesn’t want us to know. So every time you come to study
God’s Word, or do a discipleship class, there’s something in the Word of God the enemy doesn’t
want you to know—he doesn’t want you to know the God behind these words.
ere is a kingdom of darkness, and there is the kingdom of God’s dear Son. In Colossians
1:13, it says, “Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the
kingdom of his dear Son.” What kingdom are you in? A kingdom is where someone has the rule
and reign. Jesus Christ is a king. Have you ever given your life to Him? Are you following Him
today, or are you letting other things have priority in your life? Jesus said this in Luke 6:46: “An d
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why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” He wants to be preeminent in
your life, to be number one. ere is a kingdom of darkness that is trying to keep Him from that
preeminence, that place of reigning in your life. e reason for this is the enemy wants to rise
up in that place of preeminence. Turn to Jesus today with all your heart, and realize there is an
enemy. His name is Satan and he has demonic power, but the Bible tells us we have authority
over him.
Jesus said in Matthew 10:8, “Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out
devils: freely ye have received, freely give.” Preach the Gospel of the kingdom, and as you go you
have authority over the enemy. Don’t let the enemy talk you out of what God has for your life
any longer. Make Jesus Lord and number one in your life. You will never regret it.
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1. Read Ephesians 6:12. How does this verse describe
our spiritual conict with the demonic realm?
2. Read Mark 16:17. What does this verse teach us about
the authority of the believer?
3. Read James 4:7. What must a person seeking
deliverance from demons do?
4. Read James 1:14. How does Satan deceive us into
making something evil look desirable?
5. Read Romans 6:13. If a person lls their life with the
things of Christ, demons will get uncomfortable and
leave on their own. What does this verse tell us to do?
6. Read Romans 13:14. Demons feed on the works of
the esh, so starve them out by walking in God’s ways
of love and purity. We are to make no
____________________ the esh.
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
EPHESIANS 6:12 – For we
wrestle not against esh and
blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of
this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places.
MARK 16:17 – And these
signs shall follow them that
believe; In my name shall they
cast out devils; they shall speak
with new tongues.
JAMES 4:7 – Submit
yourselves therefore to God.
Resist the devil, and he will
ee from you.
JAMES 1:14 – But every
man is tempted, when he is
drawn away of his own lust,
and enticed.
ROMANS 6:13 – Neither
yield ye your members as
instruments of unrighteousness
unto sin: but yield yourselves
unto God, as those that are
alive from the dead, and your
members as instruments of
righteousness unto God.
ROMANS 13:14 – But put
ye on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and make not provision for the
esh, to full the lusts thereof.
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7. Read Luke 10:17-19. Jesus never tells us to pray to
Him to cast out demons. He’s given us authority.
is verse tells us we have power and authority over
_____________________ .
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
LUKE 10:17-19 – And the
seventy returned again with
joy, saying, Lord, even the
devils are subject unto us
through thy name. [18] And
he said unto them, I beheld
Satan as lightning fall from
heaven. [19] Behold, I give
unto you power to tread on
serpents and scorpions, and
over all the power of the
enemy: and nothing shall by
any means hurt you.
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1. Read Ephesians 6:12. How does this verse describe our spiritual conict with the
demonic realm?
It is described as wrestling
2. Read Mark 16:17. What does this verse teach us about the authority of the believer?
We have the authority in Jesus’ name to cast out demons
3. Read James 4:7. What must a person seeking deliverance from demons do?
Submit themselves to God and resist the devil
4. Read James 1:14. How does Satan deceive us into making something evil look desirable?
He works with our own lust (to make something evil look desirable)
5. Read Romans 6:13. If a person lls their life with the things of Christ, demons will get
uncomfortable and leave on their own. What does this verse tell us to do?
Don’t yield to sin but yield to God. Yield our members (parts of our body) as
instruments of right doing
6. Read Romans 13:14. Demons feed on the works of the esh, so starve them out by
walking in God’s ways of love and purity. We are to make no __________________ for
the esh.
Provision
7. Read Luke 10:17-19. Jesus never tells us to pray to Him to cast out demons. He’s given
us authority. is verse tells us we have power and authority over __________________ .
All the power of the enemy
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LESSON 6
AUTHORITY OF THE BELIEVER
By Andrew Wommack
God has given us authority as believers. In order to address this, we’re going to have to
deal not only with the authority we have but the authority of Satan. He has been blown out of
proportion. Christians have been led to believe we are ghting a being whose power is superior to
ours, and we are just barely are able to cope with him. at’s not what the Scripture teaches at all.
It does say in Ephesians 6:12, “For we wrestle not against esh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high
places.” So Satan is a factor; he does exist. He has a hierarchy of principalities and powers that we’re
dealing with, but in the verse just prior to that, it says that we have to stand against the wiles of
the devil. e only power Satan really has against us is deception. He doesn’t have power to just
overcome us.
In Genesis 3 we see that when the rst temptation came against Adam and Eve, Satan didn’t
come with some superior force. For instance, instead of inhabiting a mammoth or an elephant, putting
his foot on Adam’s head, threatening them, and saying “Serve me or else,” he inhabited a snake, the
most subtle creature God made. e word “subtle” means “sly, deceptive, or cunning.” e reason
Satan came through the snake was because he really didn’t have the power to force Adam and Eve
to do anything. He could only deceive. He came against the nature and character of God and began
to criticize Him, saying, “God doesn’t really love you—He’s holding things back from you.” He used
deception to tempt Adam and Eve to sin against God. ey were the ones who had all the authority,
and the reason Satan had to do it this way was because he didn’t have power to come against God.
ere’s so much more I don’t have time to go in to, but one of the main points I want to get
across is that concerning the authority of the believer, you have to recognize that Satan has zero
power and authority over you. He is a defeated foe. His only power against you is to come against
you with lies and deception. If your life is being destroyed, you can say “Satan is the one who is
ring these shots at me,” but you are the one who is giving him the ammunition. You’re the one
who has to respond to his lies and deception. If you didn’t yield to Satan, he would have no inroads
or power against you. In 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 it says, “For though we walk in the esh, we do not
war aer the esh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the
pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself
against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.”
ese scriptures are talking about the weapons of your warfare, and every weapon mentioned
refers to your mind, dealing with thoughts. Satan doesn’t have the power to do anything to you
except through deception.
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I want to quickly summarize some things. In the beginning God, of course, had all
authority. All power and authority has to emanate from God because He is the only one who has
power in Himself. Everything else is delegated from Him. When He created the heavens and the
earth, He had all power and authority. en in Genesis 1:26, when God created Adam and Eve,
He said, “Let them have dominion…over all the earth.” Put that together with Psalm 115:16, which
says, “e heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of
men.” God had ownership of everything by right of being the Creator, but He gave dominion, or
authority, over the earth to physical human beings. Satan has never had the right and power to
rule over the earth. He took it through deceiving man to sin. God gave that power to mankind,
and when man fell, he yielded his God-given authority and power over to the devil. Satan was
never given power by God to oppress man or to rule this earth.
Scripture does say that Satan is the god of this world, but it’s not because God made him the
god of this world. God never put Satan in a position above mankind. He gave mankind dominion
and authority over this earth. e only reason Satan has ever been able to oppress, dominate,
or cause the problems he does is because people yield their God-given authority to him. is
posed a real problem for God, because He is a Spirit, and He gave authority over this earth to
physical human beings. Only people who have physical bodies have the authority and power to
rule and exercise inuence in this earth. Satan has to come to us and get us to yield our authority
to him. at’s the reason that he likes to inhabit a body. In Scripture, demons have to have a body
to possess because Satan can’t do anything unless he is using a physical human body to work
through. Because God is a Spirit and has given authority to physical human beings, now in a
sense, He has His hands tied. It isn’t because God doesn’t have power and authority but because
of His integrity. He gave authority to physical human beings, and to be true to His own Word, He
can’t just take it back and say, “is isn’t the way I wanted it; time out, stop, we’re going to do it
over.” No, God bound Himself by His own Word. roughout history He looked for someone He
could ow through, but the problem was that all men were corrupted and had yielded themselves
to Satan. So what was He to do?
What God nally did was come to the earth Himself and become a man. is is tremendous
when you understand it, because now the devil was in big trouble. He had been using mankind’s
power, and God couldn’t intervene directly to solve all these problems, because man was willfully,
legally yielding his God-given authority to Satan. Satan was wrong in what he did, but man gave
him the authority and power that was theirs to give. But now, here came God, and He was no
longer only the Spirit but was in the form of physical esh. is put the devil in a bad situation,
because God not only had authority in heaven, but becoming a man gave Him authority on the
earth. Jesus said in John 5:26-27, “For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son
to have life in himself; And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son
of man.” He was referring to His physical body.
Jesus came and exercised God-given authority. e devil tempted Him, and Jesus never
yielded to him. Satan lost in every battle with Him. en Jesus took our sins, died for them, went
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to hell, rose again, and said in Matthew 28:18, “All authority is given unto me in heaven and in
e a r t h .” He won back the authority God had given mankind, which man misused, and as God in
the esh, Jesus now had all authority in heaven and in earth. In the very next verse He said, “Now
you go, and you do these things.” In eect He was saying, “I now have all authority in heaven and
earth, and I’m sharing it with you.” is time, however, there’s a unique dierence in the authority
God has given back to us as believers. It is joint authority between us and the Lord Jesus Christ. It’s
no longer given to us solely as it was to Adam and Eve. ey could give the authority away, allow
the devil to oppress them, and basically be hopeless, but today our authority is shared with the Lord
Jesus Christ. It’s like having a joint bank account that requires both signatures in order to cash a
check. Our authority is shared with the Lord Jesus, and His authority is shared with the church.
Although we may fail, God is never again going to sign this authority over to the devil.
Satan is absolutely powerless. He has no ability to do anything in your life except what he deceives
you in and what you voluntarily yield to. You may give him authority in your life, you may suer
personally for it, but the God-given authority that was given to man will never again pass solely to
the devil. It is now shared between us and the Lord Jesus, and He will remain faithful regardless.
You need to recognize that you’re the one who now has authority and the power. Satan is ghting
you with thoughts, and your weapons are such that you can take these thoughts captive. You can
recognize that it’s wrong for the devil to oppress you physically and nd out what the Scripture
has to say about healing. John 8:32 says, “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you
f r e e .” You’re the one who has power and authority. God has given it to you, and the only thing that
keeps you from exercising it is that you haven’t yet taken your thoughts captive. You haven’t used
these spiritual weapons to renew your mind and to realize what you have. It’s encouraging to nd
out that you’re the one with authority and power.
I pray that you’ll take this, meditate on it, and God will give you the revelation that you’re
the one Satan trembles at. You shouldn’t be trembling at Satan, because you are the one who has
God-given power and authority. If you resist the devil, he will ee from you (James 4:7).
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1. Read Genesis 3:1. Satan does exist, but his real power
exists in his ability to deceive us. What did the serpent
(the devil) try to get Eve to question?
2. Read Genesis 3:1. Why do you think Satan
used deception?
3. Read Genesis 1:26, 28. Who gave man his authority?
4. Read Psalm 8:4-8. How did God create man?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
GENESIS 3:1 – Now the
serpent was more subtle than
any beast of the eld which the
LORD God had made. And he
said unto the woman, Yea, hath
God said, Ye shall not eat of
every tree of the garden?
GENESIS 1:26 – And God
said, Let us make man in our
image, aer our likeness: and
let them have dominion over
the sh of the sea, and over the
fowl of the air, and over the
cattle, and over all the earth,
and over every creeping thing
that creepeth upon the earth.
GENESIS 1:28 – And God
blessed them, and God said
unto them, Be fruitful, and
multiply, and replenish the
earth, and subdue it: and have
dominion over the sh of the
sea, and over the fowl of the air,
and over every living thing that
moveth upon the earth.
PSALM 8:4-8 – What is man,
that thou art mindful of him?
and the son of man, that thou
visitest him? [5] For thou hast
made him a little lower than
the angels, and hast crowned
him with glory and honour.
[6] ou madest him to have
dominion over the works of thy
hands; thou hast put all things
under his feet: [7] All sheep
and oxen, yea, and the beasts
of the eld; [8] e fowl of the
air, and the sh of the sea, and
whatsoever passeth through the
paths of the seas.
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5. Read 2 Corinthians 4:4. What does this scripture
indicate happened?
6. Read Matthew 4:8-9. Do these verses strengthen
this point?
7. Read Matthew 28:18. Aer Jesus’ death and
resurrection, who now has all authority in heaven and
in earth?
8. Read Matthew 28:18-19. To whom has authority been
delegated to, according to this verse?
9. Read Ephesians 1:19. e exceeding greatness of
God’s power is toward whom?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
2 CORINTHIANS 4:4 – In
whom the god of this world
hath blinded the minds of
them which believe not, lest
the light of the glorious gospel
of Christ, who is the image of
God, should shine unto them.
MATTHEW 4:8-9 – Again,
the devil taketh him up into an
exceeding high mountain, and
showeth him all the kingdoms
of the world, and the glory
of them; [9] And saith unto
him, All these things will I give
thee, if thou wilt fall down and
worship me.
MATTHEW 28:18-19 – And
Jesus came and spake unto
them, saying, All power is
given unto me in heaven and
in earth. [19] Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost.
EPHESIANS 1:19 – And
what is the exceeding greatness
of his power to us-ward who
believe, according to the
working of his mighty power.
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1. Read Genesis 3:1. Satan does exist, but his real power exists in his ability to deceive us.
What did the serpent (the devil) try to get Eve to question?
God’s Word (Has God indeed said?)
2. Read Genesis 3:1. Why do you think Satan used deception?
He could not make them disobey by force. He had to deceive them to give up their authority
3. Read Genesis 1:26, 28. Who gave man his authority?
God
4. Read Psalm 8:4-8. How did God create man?
With dominion over the works of His (God’s) hands
5. Read 2 Corinthians 4:4. What does this scripture indicate happened?
at Satan took man’s authority and became the god of this world (this system, or age)
6. Read Matthew 4:8-9. Do these verses strengthen this point?
Yes
7. Read Matthew 28:18. Aer Jesus’ death and resurrection, who now has all authority in
heaven and in earth?
Jesus
8. Read Matthew 28:18-19. To whom has authority been delegated to, according to this verse?
e believer
9. Read Ephesians 1:19. e exceeding greatness of God’s power is toward whom?
To us who believe
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LESSON 7
HEALING IS IN THE ATONEMENT
By Andrew Wommack
Jesus has already purchased healing for us. In Mark 2 and Luke 5 Jesus was teaching in
a house so crowded that a paralyzed man was let down through the roof by friends and Jesus
miraculously healed him. In Matthew 8:14-16, aer Jesus had been healing people, the Bible says,
“And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever. And he
touched her hand, and the fever le her: and she arose, and ministered unto them. When the even was
come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with
his word, and healed all that were sick.” en verse 17 gives the reason for this happening: “at it
might be fullled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our inrmities, and
bare our sicknesses.” In this instance, Jesus was healing many people, and it specically refers back
to and quotes from Isaiah 53:3-5: “He is despised and rejected of men [is is a prophecy about
the Lord Jesus Christ]; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces
from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath born our griefs, and carried our
sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and aicted. But he was wounded for our
transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and
with his stripes we are healed” (brackets mine).
ese are powerful passages of Scripture. Some people take them and say, “Wait a minute;
this is talking in a spiritual sense.” e church I was brought up in didn’t believe in physical
healing for the body. ey would take a scripture like this and spiritualize it—use it to say we
were wounded emotionally, and when we commit our lives to the Lord, He heals us. But if we put
this passage together with the passages we started with, it forever ends that application of these
scriptures. It’s true that Jesus will heal you emotionally and in other ways, but these scriptures are
talking about physical healing for the body. You can see that because in Matthew 8:17, it says that
these healings that took place were the fulllment of the prophecy spoken by Isaiah we just read,
“With his stripes we are healed.” It says this was the fulllment that He Himself took our inrmities
and bore our sicknesses. is is talking about physical sicknesses, hurts, and pains. Jesus healed
people physically to fulll the scripture that says we are healed by His stripes.
e Bible goes on to say in 1 Peter 2:24, “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body,
on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were
healed.” is is in the past tense. Jesus came and part of what He came to do was heal our physical
bodies. I am not diminishing the fact that He also came to forgive our sins. at’s important, and
forgiveness of sins is like the doorway, the entrance to everything else, but He didn’t come only
to forgive our sins. He also came to heal our bodies. In Greek, the word used for “salvation” in
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the New Testament is sozo, an all-encompassing word that applies to many dierent things. But if
you look it up, it’s also translated “healed.” James 5:14 states: “Is any sick among you? let them call
for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the
Lord; And prayer of faith shall save the sick.” e word “save” there is the Greek word sozo, and it is
talking about the sick being physically healed in their bodies. is same word that was translated
forgiveness of sins hundreds of times in the New Testament was also translated healed.
When Jesus sent His disciples out in Matthew 10, the command He gave them was to heal
the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils, and preach the Gospel. In the same
breath that He told them to preach the Gospel, He told them to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers,
and cast out devils. Healing is just as much a part of what Jesus came to accomplish in your life as
forgiveness of sins.
In the same way you would never think that the Lord would want you to commit a sin to
teach you that you could learn something through your sin, He would never want you to live in
sickness. God is not the author of sickness in your life. Sometimes people say things like, “Well,
this sickness is really a blessing from God because it turned me to Him.” It’s true that in crisis
situations people turn to God, but He doesn’t send sickness to teach you. He wouldn’t do that
anymore than He would put sin on you. Can you learn something if you go live in sin? If you
live a life of adultery or homosexuality and get some disease, can you learn that the lifestyle was
wrong? Certainly you can, but God didn’t cause you to live that lifestyle. He didn’t put sin in your
life, yet you can learn from sinning. You can beat your head against the wall and learn that it’s not
the thing to do, but you could also learn that without physically beating your head against the
wall. You don’t have to learn everything by hard knocks. God does not put sickness in your life to
humble you and teach you something. Jesus died to forgive you of your sins and also to heal you
of your diseases. He bore your sins in His own body, and by His stripes you were healed.
God’s supernatural divine healing is available to all of us and is part of the atonement that
Jesus died to produce. If you aren’t receiving your healing, God’s not upset with you. You don’t
have to be healed to love God. You can love God with your whole heart, not believe in healing,
and still go to heaven. As a matter of fact, you’ll probably get there quicker because you don’t know
how to walk in health. But you know what—it’s available to you. Jesus died to produce it. God
wants you to be well.
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1. Read Matthew 8:16-17. How many people did
Jesus heal?
2. Read Isaiah 53:3-5. What type of healing are these
verses talking about?
3. Read Matthew 8:17. What happened to our sicknesses
and inrmity?
4. Read 1 Peter 2:24. What two things does this verse say
Jesus did for us?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MATTHEW 8:16-17 – When
the even was come, they
brought unto him many that
were possessed with devils:
and he cast out the spirits with
his word, and healed all that
were sick: [17] at it might
be fullled which was spoken
by Esaias the prophet, saying,
Himself took our inrmities,
and bare our sicknesses.
ISAIAH 53:3-5 – He is
despised and rejected of
men; a man of sorrows, and
acquainted with grief: and we
hid as it were our faces from
him; he was despised, and we
esteemed him not. [4] Surely
he hath borne our griefs,
and carried our sorrows: yet
we did esteem him stricken,
smitten of God, and aicted.
[5] But he was wounded for
our transgressions, he was
bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was
upon him; and with his stripes
we are healed.
1 PETER 2:24 – Who his own
self bare our sins in his own
body on the tree, that we, being
dead to sins, should live unto
righteousness: by whose stripes
ye were healed.
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5. Read James 5:14-15. e word “saved” in verse 15
is the Greek word sozo, which is translated “to deliver,
protect, heal, preserve, be whole.” It is the same word
the Bible refers to as “salvation.” According to these
verses and the Greek denition for salvation, what is
included in salvation?
6. Read Matthew 10:7. When Jesus sent out His disciples,
what did He tell them to say?
7. Read Matthew 10:8. What did Jesus tell them to do?
8. Read Mark 16:15. What did Jesus tell His disciples to do?
9. Read Mark 16:16. ose that respond to the Gospel
will do what?
10. Read Mark 16:17. What signs will follow the believer?
11. Read Mark 16:18. What other signs follow believers?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
JAMES 5:14-15 – Is any sick
among you? let him call for the
elders of the church; and let
them pray over him, anointing
him with oil in the name of the
Lord: [15] And the prayer of
faith shall save the sick, and
the Lord shall raise him up;
and if he have committed sins,
they shall be forgiven him.
MATTHEW 10:7-8 – And
as ye go, preach, saying, e
kingdom of heaven is at hand.
[8] Heal the sick, cleanse the
lepers, raise the dead, cast out
devils: freely ye have received,
freely give.
MARK 16:15-18 – And he
said unto them, Go ye into
all the world, and preach
the gospel to every creature.
[16] He that believeth and is
baptized shall be saved; but
he that believeth not shall be
damned. [17] And these signs
shall follow them that believe;
In my name shall they cast out
devils; they shall speak with
new tongues. [18] ey shall
take up serpents; and if they
drink any deadly thing, it shall
not hurt them; they shall lay
hands on the sick, and they
shall recover.
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1. Read Matthew 8:16-17. How many people did Jesus heal?
All that came to Him
2. Read Isaiah 53:3-5. What type of healing are these verses talking about?
All types of healing (including physical)
3. Read Matthew 8:17. What happened to our sicknesses and inrmity?
Jesus bore them
4. Read 1 Peter 2:24. What two things does this verse say Jesus did for us?
He bore our sins in His body and took stripes for our healing
5. Read James 5:14-15. e word “saved” in verse 15 is the Greek word sozo, which is
translated “to deliver, protect, heal, preserve, be whole.” It is the same word the Bible
refers to as “salvation.’ According to these verses and the Greek denition for salvation,
what is included in salvation?
Healing
6. Read Matthew 10:7. When Jesus sent out His disciples, what did He tell them to say?
e kingdom of heaven is at hand
7. Read Matthew 10:8. What did Jesus tell them to do?
Heal the sick, raise the dead, and cast out demons
8. Read Mark 16:15. What did Jesus tell His disciples to do?
To go into all the nations and preach the Gospel to everyone
9. Read Mark 16:16. ose that respond to the Gospel will do what?
Believe and be baptized
10. Read Mark 16:17. What signs will follow the believer?
ey will cast out demons and speak with tongues
11. Read Mark 16:18. What other signs follow believers?
Laying hands on the sick and seeing them recover
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LESSON 8
HINDRANCES TO HEALING
By Andrew Wommack
In the previous lesson, I talked about the fact that it is God’s will to heal, and that healing is
part of the atonement. Much more could be said, because even if you accept it and have seen it in
the Scriptures, it still raises a lot of questions such as, “If it’s God’s will to heal us, why isn’t everyone
healed?” ere are many reasons, and I’m just scratching the surface on the things I know. ere is
a lot of information that I simply am not able to get into here, but if it’s God’s will to heal, I want to
address part of why people are not healed. One of the reasons is ignorance. You cannot operate in
something you don’t know or understand, and in my own life that certainly has been true.
I was trained to believe God’s will automatically came to pass, that I had no authority,
power, or say-so in it. So, through my ignorance, a number of things happened. My dad died
when I was twelve years old and two or three people had died in my presence by the time I
was twenty-one. I was praying for all of them to be healed, but I didn’t see healing manifest, not
because it wasn’t God’s will, but because of ignorance on my part. Ignorance is a reason why things
happen, but it’s not an excuse. It’s like the law of gravity: a person could say, “Well, I didn’t realize
that if I walked o a ten-story building it was going to kill me.” You don’t have to realize it to have
the full impact of that law to work against you. People are ignorant about some of God’s laws. ey
don’t know how His healing system works, so ignorance is killing a lot of people.
Another thing that can hinder us from receiving healing is sin. It really upsets people
when you say that, because they interpret what you are saying as all sickness is a result of some sin
on our part, which is not true. at’s not what I’m saying. In John 9, there was an instance where
Jesus was coming out of the temple, and His disciples pointed out a man there who was born
blind. His disciples said in verse 2, “Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born
blind?” In other words, they were trying to relate his sickness directly to sin, asking if it was his sin
or his parents’ sin that caused this sickness to come on him. Jesus’ answer was that neither of them
had sinned. at’s not saying that the parents or the son had never sinned but that it wasn’t their
sin that directly caused his blindness. It’s untrue to say that all sickness is related to sin, but it’s also
untrue to say that sin is not one of the factors.
In John 5 there is an instance when Jesus was at the pool of Bethesda, and He healed a
man supernaturally. ere were multitudes in that place, and only one person was healed. Later
the chapter shows that the man didn’t know who healed him when the Jews asked him in verse 12,
“What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?” Verses 13-14 continue, “And he
that was healed wist [knew] not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being
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in that place, Aerward Jesus ndeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made
whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee” (brackets mine). Jesus said right here that sin
would cause something worse than his paralysis to come upon him. He tied the result of sickness
to sin. He also said in John 9 that it wasn’t because of anybody’s sin that the man was born blind.
Some things just happen naturally, but there are times when sickness, disease, or problems
can be a direct result of sin. Even in such cases, it doesn’t mean God is the one who is doing these
things to us. Take, for instance, a person who lives a homosexual lifestyle, which is a perversion of
nature. e human body is not made to live that way. Sexually communicated diseases come from
that lifestyle. God is not the author of these diseases—it’s just nature rebelling because it’s not set
up to live that way. For instance, if you go out and eat the wrong food, your body will respond, and
it’s not God doing it to you. ere are natural laws, natural factors here. So it is true that sin can be
one of the reasons people aren’t healed.
If there’s a known sin in your life and you are believing God for healing, you need to stop
the sin, because through it, you are giving Satan a direct access that’s hindering you from receiving
what God is doing in your life. Romans 6:16 says, “Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves
servants to obey, his servant ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience
unto righteousness?” at’s not saying that Satan becomes master in the sense that you lose your
salvation and go to hell, but it means that whether you are a Christian or not—if you’re out living
in sin—you’re giving Satan an inroad into your life. John 10:10 says that the thief comes for no
other purpose except to steal, to kill, and to destroy. But Jesus came to give you life. So, you’ve
got Jesus trying to bring His life and health to you, but you’ve also got Satan trying to make you
sick. If through sin you’re yielding yourself to Satan, you are empowering him and giving him an
opportunity in your life. You can pray and ask God for healing all you want to, but your actions are
allowing the devil to come in and bring sickness. So, if you are living in sin, you need to stop it.
I need to add that you could become so introspective that you would say “Well, I’m always
less than what I should be” and get to a place where even though you believe God can heal, you
believe He won’t because you don’t deserve it. at certainly is wrong too. None of us are ever going
to obtain healing from God because we deserve it. God’s never had anyone qualied working for
Him yet, so you don’t need to associate God moving in your life only to your performance, your
holiness. It needs to be based on what Jesus has done for you and your faith in Him. At the same
time, you can’t ignore your actions and yield yourself to the devil without him hindering you.
You’ll see healing work much easier, much better in your life if you repent and quit anything
you’re doing that would give Satan an inroad into your life.
Another factor that concerns healing that some people don’t think much about is the
negativity and unbelief of other people that can aect you. One of the classic examples of this
is in Mark 6 where Jesus was in His hometown, and the people didn’t respect Him because they
remembered Him as a little boy. ey knew His father and mother, brothers and sisters, and didn’t
respect Him the way some people did. ey came against him and criticized Him. Mark 6:4-6
says, “A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his
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own house. And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk,
and healed them. And he marvelled because of their unbelief.” is doesn’t say that Jesus wouldn’t
do any mighty works, but that He couldn’t. Here is Jesus, the Son of God, who came to earth as a
man, who had no lack in His faith. And there certainly wasn’t any inroad of sin in His life. Yet He
was limited to what He could do for other people because of their unbelief. Put this together with
Matthew 13:58, where it says “And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief,”
and we see that Jesus, who had no limitations in Himself and certainly no sin in His life to give
Satan an inroad, was limited in what He could do because of the people around Him.
is is really important to understand: It is God’s will to heal everyone all of the time. If
you believe that, you might possibly make the mistake of going to a hospital and trying to empty
it of every sick person because you believe it’s God’s will for them to be healed. It is God’s will for
them to be healed, but He will not move against their own will. God will protect their right to be
sick, their right not to be healed. No one can force them to be healed—and they can’t get healed
o of someone else’s faith. Someone’s faith can help them if they are struggling, but no one can do
it for them. You can push a car when it’s in neutral, but you can’t push a car in park or reverse. If a
person is set against healing, you cannot overcome it. Because of this, you can’t empty a hospital or
go into a church service and see every person healed without their cooperation. ere’s so much
more that could be said about this. When Jesus healed people, even raising the dead, He would
go up to someone and say, “Weep not.” He would tell a mother not to weep and then raise her son
from the dead. Somebody’s faith has to be used somewhere. ere needs to be faith on our part,
and there are so many, many other things involved in healing. I’ve discussed just a few here, and
hopefully they will help you, but one of the main things you need to get out of this is that God is
faithful. It is His will for you to be healed, but you have to learn how to cooperate with Him. He
can’t do it for you; He has to do it through you. It will come from the inside of you.
I pray that these things will help you to start yielding yourself, to allow the power of God
to ow through you, and to walk in His supernatural health.
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1. Read Matthew 8:17. What did Jesus do to obtain
healing for us?
2. Read Hosea 4:6. Some people are not healed because of:
A. Ignorance (lack of knowledge)
B. ey don’t go to church
C. ey are not good enough
3. Read John 9:1-3. What did the disciples think caused
this man’s blindness?
Was their thinking correct?
4. Read John 5:14. Sin does open the door for sickness,
but not always. Besides sickness, what else could sin
produce in an individual?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MATTHEW 8:17 – at it
might be fullled which was
spoken by Esaias the prophet,
saying, Himself took our inr-
mities, and bare our sicknesses.
HOSEA 4:6 – My people are
destroyed for lack of knowledge:
because thou hast rejected
knowledge, I will also reject
thee, that thou shalt be no
priest to me: seeing thou hast
forgotten the law of thy God, I
will also forget thy children.
JOHN 9:1-3 – And as Jesus
passed by, he saw a man which
was blind from his birth. [2]
And his disciples asked him,
saying, Master, who did sin, this
man, or his parents, that he was
born blind? [3] Jesus answered,
Neither hath this man sinned,
nor his parents: but that the
works of God should be made
manifest in him.
JOHN 5:14 – Aerward Jesus
ndeth him in the temple, and
said unto him, Behold, thou art
made whole: sin no more, lest a
worse thing come unto thee.
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5. Read Romans 5:12-14 (in e Living Bible if possible).
If sin is not always the cause of sickness, what could
be another possible cause?
6. Read Acts 10:38. According to Acts 10:38, sickness
can be caused by?
7. Read Matthew 13:58. Healing can be hindered by?
8. Read James 5:15. What will save the sick?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ROMANS 5:12-14 (e
Living Bible) – When Adam
sinned, sin entered the entire
human race. His sin spread
death throughout all the world,
so everything began to grow old
and die, for all sinned. [13] We
know that it was Adam’s sin that
caused this because although, of
course, people were sinning from
the time of Adam until Moses,
God did not in those days judge
them guilty of death for breaking
his laws—because he had not
yet given his laws to them nor
told them what he wanted them
to do. [14] So when their bodies
died it was not for their own
sins since they themselves had
never disobeyed God’s special
law against eating the forbidden
fruit, as Adam had. What a
contrast between Adam and
Christ who was yet to come!
ACTS 10:38 – How God
anointed Jesus of Nazareth
with the Holy Ghost and with
power: who went about doing
good, and healing all that were
oppressed of the devil; for God
was with him.
MATTHEW 13:58 – And he
did not many mighty works
there because of their unbelief.
JAMES 5:15 – And the prayer
of faith shall save the sick, and
the Lord shall raise him up; and
if he have committed sins, they
shall be forgiven him.
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1. Read Matthew 8:17. What did Jesus do to obtain healing for us?
He took our inrmities and carried away our diseases
2. Read Hosea 4:6. Some people are not healed because of:
A. Ignorance (lack of knowledge)
3. Read John 9:1-3. What did the disciples think caused this man’s blindness?
Sin
Was their thinking correct?
No
4. Read John 5:14. Sin does open the door for sickness, but not always. Besides sickness,
what else could sin produce in an individual?
Many things worse than sickness, even death (Rom. 6:23)
5. Read Romans 5:12-14 (in e Living Bible if possible). If sin is not always the cause
of sickness, what could be another possible cause?
e fall (Gen. 3). Adam through his transgression introduced sin and sickness into the
human race
6. Read Acts 10:38. According to Acts 10:38, sickness can be caused by?
Being oppressed of the devil
7. Read Matthew 13:58. Healing can be hindered by?
Unbelief
8. Read James 5:15. What will save the sick?
e prayer of faith
ANSWER KEY
Copyright © 2012, Andrew Wommack
Permission is granted to duplicate or reproduce for discipleship purposes on the
condition that it is distributed free of charge.
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LESSON 9
FORGIVING OTHERS
By Don Krow
Matthew 18:21-22 says, “en came Peter to him [Jesus], and said, Lord, how o shall
my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto
thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven” (brackets mine). I think Peter thought he
was being very generous to ask how many times he should forgive someone who sinned against
him, “seven times in a day, do you think?” Jesus said, “Peter, not seven but seventy times seven.”
at’s 490 times, but it doesn’t mean that aer 490 times you don’t have to forgive. What Jesus
said was an impossible number of oenses that would happen to an individual in a day. He was
saying forgiveness should be continual, that it should go on and on. Forgiveness should be the real
attitude of a Christian. Jesus said in Luke 23:34, “Father forgive them; for they know not what they
d o .” And also Stephen the martyr, in Acts 7:60 said, “Lay not this sin to their charge.” Not all people
will receive forgiveness, but the attitude in the heart of a Christian should be always to oer it.
Jesus tells a parable about forgiveness when He continues in verse 23 of Matthew 18,
“erefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of [make
a reckoning with] his servants, And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which
owed him ten thousand talents. [e Living Bible says that is like ten million dollars.] But forasmuch
as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he
had, and payment to be made. e servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord,
have patience with me, and I will pay thee all” (brackets mine). Now, here’s the situation: ere is a
man who actually owes ten million dollars to his master. ere is no way he can pay it—he knows
he can’t and the master knows he can’t. In those days, you couldn’t claim bankruptcy like you
can in the United States—they’d sell you, your wife, your children, and everything you had, and
you’d go into slavery. You would be sent to prison until everything was paid, and if it never was,
you’d stay in prison all your life. is man did the only thing he knew to do: He got down on his
knees and cried for mercy, “O master, please be patient with me! Please, I beg you. I’ll repay you
everything. Just be patient!” Notice what happened in verse 27. It says the master was moved with
compassion for him, and he forgave him his debt.
We had a debt we could not pay. e Bible says that the wages of sin is death (Rom.
6:23)—separation from God for eternity—all the silver and gold in the world couldn’t redeem
us. en God in His compassion and in His grace sent His Son Jesus Christ to earth to pay the
debt we couldn’t pay. God looked upon us in His compassion and mercy and said, “I forgive you
that debt.”
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is man who had just been forgiven ten million dollars was owed something like twenty
dollars by a fellow servant. He found him and said, “I’ve just been forgiven ten million dollars,
and what is twenty dollars to me? I want you to be as free as I am! Just let it go. It’s okay, for
I’ve been forgiven ten million dollars!” at is what should have happened, but it didn’t. Let’s
read what really happened in verses 28-31. “But the same servant went out, and found one of his
fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the
throat, saying, Pay me what thou owest. And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought
him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. And he would not: but went and cast
him into prison, till he should pay the debt. So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were
very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.” He threw that man into prison for
twenty dollars aer he’d just been forgiven ten million dollars! Can you imagine that?
Verses 32-34 say, “en his lord, aer he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked
servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: Shouldest not thou also have had
compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? And his lord was wroth and delivered
him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.” is man was then thrown into
prison because of the way he treated his fellow servant, and thus forfeited his original forgiveness.
Jesus said in verse 35, “So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts
forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.” Isn’t it foolish, having been forgiven all our sin—
the wages of which are death and separation from God for eternity—to refuse to forgive? We
beseech God, saying “Forgive me and have mercy on me through Jesus Christ,” receive forgiveness,
and then turn and refuse to forgive someone else for a little thing we think is so big—aer having
received forgiveness for all the things we’ve done. God’s says that’s wickedness.
I pastored a church awhile back, and there was a young woman in the congregation who
was able to see things in the future. She came to me one day and said, “Is it the Holy Spirit telling
me things to come and showing me things in the future? I know when people are going to die
and when someone is going to have a car wreck, and things like that.” I said, “You won’t like my
answer, but I don’t believe that’s the Holy Spirit. I think it’s a spirit of divination, the same spirit
that followed the Apostle Paul around in Acts 16. He nally rebuked it and commanded it to
come out of that girl and she lost her ability to tell fortunes.” I went on to tell her that I wasn’t
God, and said, “I want you to go to Jesus and ask Him, ‘Lord, what is telling me things and giving
me information, even before I was saved? Is it your Holy Spirit, or is it something else?’” She
came back to me one day and said, “I talked to the Lord about it, and I think it’s all right.” I said,
“Whatever the Lord says is all right—I’m not the Great Shepherd.”
is was in early 1986, and do you know what happened in 1986? We had a space shuttle
called the Challenger, and eight people went up in it. One of them was a woman schoolteacher. As
this young lady was watching television, she saw the woman saying, “Tomorrow I’m going up in
the Challenger,” and talking about it. A spirit spoke to her and said, “She’s going to die, she’s going
to die.” e next day when the Challenger was launched, it blew up as the whole world watched,
and all of the crew perished. e young lady came back to me and said, “Brother Don, I think
what’s talking to me and giving me information may not be the Holy Spirit. Would you pray for
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me?” Following the service that night, aer everyone le, I took her by the hand and said, “You
unclean spirit of divination, come out of her!” Nothing happened. Jesus’ disciples tried to cast an
unclean spirit out of a young man once and couldn’t do it. Jesus said, “Bring the young man to
me.” So I said, “Lord, I thought I knew what was going on here, but I bring this lady to you. Show
us what’s going on.” My wife was praying with us and God gave her a word of knowledge. She said,
“It has something to do with her mother.” I said to the woman, “Will you forgive your mother?”
e moment I said that, a voice screamed out of her, “NO! She gave me away!” en I said “I bind
you, you unclean spirit” and asked the woman again if she would forgive her mother. She then
forgave and released her mother and let her go by the grace and help of God. She was able to let
go by making the decision to forgive, and then she received her deliverance and freedom.
Just like Jesus said in the parable in Matthew 18, I’m saying that if we do not forgive from
our hearts aer we’ve been forgiven such a great debt by our heavenly Father, we will be delivered
into the hands of the tormenters. What are the tormenters? ey can be all kinds of things—
demonic strongholds, oppression, sickness, depression, disease, and many other things. e root
is unforgiveness. Not forgiving aer we have been forgiven allows Satan a foothold in our lives.
e Bible says we have to make the decision to forgive. In the Lord’s prayer (Matt. 6:9-11), Jesus
said to forgive as we’ve been forgiven.
Mark 11:25-26 says that when we pray, if we have anything against anyone, we’re to forgive.
What does that mean? Unforgiveness should stay in our hearts how long? Only as long as it takes
us to go to the Lord and pray. And if we have the slightest bit of unforgiveness against anyone, we
should release them and say, “God, I’m letting them go today. I’m forgiving them. I’m making a
choice because You forgave me such a great debt.”
“Lord, I pray for anyone reading this lesson that has unforgiveness in their life, that they make a
decision right this moment to let that person go, to forgive them whether they are living or dead. I
pray they will let it go and let that hurt be healed by your power and your grace today, Lord. I thank
You, in Jesus’ name. Amen.”
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1. Read Matthew 18:21. How many times did Peter oer
to forgive?
2. Read Matthew 18:22. How many times did Jesus say
we were to forgive?
3. Read Matthew 18:23-24. How much money did this
servant owe his master?
4. Read Matthew 18:25. Since this servant could not le
for bankruptcy, what was going to happen?
5. Read Matthew 18:26. What was the servant’s request?
Could he have repaid his debt?
6. Read Matthew 18:27. What attitude did the master
show toward his servant?
What attitude did God show toward us and our
debt (sin)?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MATTHEW 18:21-27 – en
came Peter to him, and said,
Lord, how o shall my brother
sin against me, and I forgive
him? till seven times? [22]
Jesus saith unto him, I say not
unto thee, Until seven times:
but, Until seventy times seven.
[23] erefore is the kingdom
of heaven likened unto a certain
king, which would take account
of his servants. [24] And when
he had begun to reckon, one
was brought unto him, which
owed him ten thousand talents.
[25] But forasmuch as he had
not to pay, his lord commanded
him to be sold, and his wife,
and children, and all that he
had, and payment to be made.
[26] e servant therefore fell
down, and worshipped him,
saying, Lord, have patience
with me, and I will pay thee
all. [27] en the lord of
that servant was moved with
compassion, and loosed him,
and forgave him the debt.
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7. Read Matthew 18:28. e servant that had been
forgiven had a fellow servant who owed him how much?
8. Read Matthew 18:28. What was this servant’s attitude
toward his fellow servant?
9. Read Matthew 18:29-30. What did this servant do to
his fellow servant?
10. Read Matthew 18:31-33. What did the master call the
unforgiving servant?
11. Read Matthew 18:33. What did the master tell his
servant he should have done?
12. Read Matthew 18:34. When the master found out
what had happened, how did it aect his emotions?
13. Read Matthew 18:34. Did this unforgiving servant by
his actions (or decision) forfeit the forgiveness that
had been oered to him originally?
14. Read Matthew 18:35. What is the point of this parable?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MATTHEW 18:28-35 – But
the same servant went out, and
found one of his fellowservants,
which owed him an hundred
pence: and he laid hands on
him, and took him by the throat,
saying, Pay me that thou owest.
[29] And his fellowservant fell
down at his feet, and besought
him, saying, Have patience
with me, and I will pay thee
all. [30] And he would not: but
went and cast him into prison,
till he should pay the debt. [31]
So when his fellowservants saw
what was done, they were very
sorry, and came and told unto
their lord all that was done.
[32] en his lord, aer that
he had called him, said unto
him, O thou wicked servant,
I forgave thee all that debt,
because thou desiredst me:
[33] Shouldest not thou also
have had compassion on thy
fellowservant, even as I had
pity on thee? [34] And his lord
was wroth, and delivered him
to the tormentors, till he should
pay all that was due unto him.
[35] [e Message Bible] –
And that’s exactly what my
Father in heaven is going to do
to each one of you who doesn’t
forgive unconditionally anyone
who asks for mercy.
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1. Read Matthew 18:21. How many times did Peter oer to forgive?
Seven times
2. Read Matthew 18:22. How many times did Jesus say we were to forgive?
Four hundred and ninety (or endlessly, continually)
3. Read Matthew 18:23-24. How much money did this servant owe his master?
Ten thousand talents, or ten million dollars (an amount that probably never could be repaid)
4. Read Matthew 18:25. Since this servant could not le for bankruptcy, what was going
to happen?
He, his wife, his children, and all he owned was to be auctioned o at a slave market to
pay his debt
5. Read Matthew 18:26. What was the servant’s request?
For the master to have patience with him and he would repay him everything
Could he have repaid his debt?
Probably not
6. Read Matthew 18:27. What attitude did the master show toward his servant?
One of compassion and forgiveness
What attitude did God show toward us and our debt (sin)?
One of compassion and forgiveness
7. Read Matthew 18:28. e servant that had been forgiven had a fellow servant who owed
him how much?
A hundred pence (a day’s wage)
8. Read Matthew 18:28. What was this servant’s attitude toward his fellow servant?
One of impatience, violence, and unforgiveness
9. Read Matthew 18:29-30. What did this servant do to his fellow servant?
Cast him into prison till he could pay his small debt
10. Read Matthew 18:31-33. What did the master call the unforgiving servant?
“O thou wicked servant”
11. Read Matthew 18:33. What did the master tell his servant he should have done?
He should have had compassion on his fellow servant as the master had pity on him.
He should have released him and forgiven him
12. Read Matthew 18:34. When the master found out what had happened, how did it aect
his emotions?
He became angry
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13. Read Matthew 18:34. Did this unforgiving servant by his actions (or decision) forfeit the
forgiveness that had been oered to him originally?
Yes
14. Read Matthew 18:35. What is the point of this parable?
“And that’s exactly what my Father in heaven is going to do to each one of you who
doesn’t forgive unconditionally anyone who asks for mercy” (Matthew 18:35, e Message)
ANSWER KEY
Copyright © 2012, Andrew Wommack
Permission is granted to duplicate or reproduce for discipleship purposes on the
condition that it is distributed free of charge.
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LESSON 10
MARRIAGE - Part 1
By Don Krow
Today we’re going to talk about marriage. First of all, I want to give you some statistics: 75
percent of all family units are going to need some kind of marriage counseling. One out of two
marriages will end in divorce. In 50 percent of marriages, a mate will be unfaithful within the
rst ve years. Even in the Christian realm, they say that as high as 30 percent of ministers will
be involved in an inappropriate relationship with someone in their church. It appears to me that
we obviously haven’t understood the principles of the Bible if those statistics are anywhere close.
We’re going to look at the subject of marriage and see some of the things God says about it—how
you might be able to strengthen your marriage relationship.
Marriage is God’s idea. He designed it. Genesis 2:18 says, “And the Lord God said, It is not
good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.” Also Genesis 1:31 says,
“And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the
morning were the sixth day.” You have to remember that this was a perfect creation. God came and
fellowshipped with man. He had a wonderful relationship with him. Each day He would come
in the cool of the evening and fellowship with Adam. Sometimes we think if we had a perfect
relationship with God, we wouldn’t really need anything else, but that’s not true. God said in
Genesis 1:31, concerning the creation He made, “And behold it was very good.” e rst thing that
God said was “not good” is found in Genesis 2:18, “It is not good that the man should be alone.”
So, marriage was God’s idea to meet the need that man had, to give him a help meet to deal with
the problem of loneliness he might experience in his life. Marriage, if we follow the instruction
manual and put into it what God wants, was meant to bring happiness and not misery.
Genesis 2:24 is the rst time the Bible really talks a lot about marriage. It says, “erefore
shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one
e s h .” Marriage is leaving all other relationships to refocus your life on another individual, and
God designed it that way. It’s like a tri-unity relationship. In the marriage relationship, when God
called Adam and Eve together, it wasn’t just Adam relating to God or Eve relating to God. It was
now Adam and Eve as a unit, in oneness of purpose relating to God. e Bible says in 1 Peter 3:7,
“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them [your wives] according to knowledge…that your prayers be
not hindered” (brackets mine). Genesis 5:1-2, a really great passage of Scripture, says, “is is the
book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he
him; Male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day
when they were created.” Notice that Adam named his wife, Eve, but God called Adam and Eve,
together as a unit, Adam. So, in the marriage relationship, it’s no longer God and me or God and
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that woman—it’s me and my wife in oneness, heirs according to the grace of life who have been
called to serve God in purpose, to walk in oneness and unity.
Genesis 2:24, which we just read, says a man will leave his father and mother and cleave
to his wife, and they shall be one esh. e word “cleave” means to stick or adhere to, to become
one, to be one in purpose. If you’re having a problem in your marriage relationship today, let me
ask you a few questions: Are the things you’re doing, the way you’re acting toward your spouse,
the things you’re saying to them, are they causing you to come closer together as one? Or, are they
causing a breach, or separation? e commandment of Scripture for marriage is to cleave, to stick
to. So, are the things you’re doing building your relationship or tearing it down? You need to look
at some of these things.
People think love is just an emotional feeling: “I used to love you, but I fell out of love—I
don’t love you anymore.” Suppose you came from a dysfunctional family. You go before a minister
or judge to be married; you commit to give your life to that individual; you really want this to work
till death do you part. But because of your dysfunctional family, you’ve never seen love, never
seen it expressed in your family, and never seen your parents share any warm expression of love.
Your spouse may have come from a family that expressed a lot of aection, but you don’t know
how. Even though you want to love this person you’re committing yourself to, because you’re so
dysfunctional yourself, having never seen love expressed before, you probably will fail. Chances
are that within a few years you will go in for counseling and say, “We’re just not getting along. I
don’t love them anymore.” Well, I’ve got good news for you today: If you’re having problems in
your marriage, there’s something that can correct it.
When you buy a new refrigerator and have a problem with it, you know to go to the manual.
e manual will tell you what’s wrong, or you can take it to a serviceman. ere is a manual to
work on your marriage, to x it. It’s called God’s Word, and the Bible tells us in Titus 2:4 that love
is something that can be taught, something that can be learned. If you came from a dysfunctional
family and don’t really know how to love your spouse—your marriage is falling apart—there’s
good news. In 1 John 5:3, it says, “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and
his commandments are not grievous.” rough the commandments of Jesus Christ, who shows
us how to love, how to express kindness and generosity, and how to seek the welfare of the other
person in your marriage relationship, God can turn that situation around for you.
is is just an introduction to the subject of marriage. God bless you today as you continue
in your study. I believe that God wants to impart more wisdom and knowledge as you look into
this subject.
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1. Read Ephesians 5:31-32. Ephesians 5:31 is a quotation
from Genesis 2:24. By looking at Ephesians 5:32, what
do you think God is really talking about in this passage?
2. Read James 4:4-5. What are these verses teaching?
3. Read 1 Peter 3:7. Why should you walk in unity and
love toward your wife or husband?
4. Read John 15:5. Can your marriage succeed without
Christ as Lord of your life?
5. Read Titus 2:4. Love is not just an emotion. According
to Scripture, love can be
_____________________ .
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
EPHESIANS 5:31-32 – For
this cause shall a man leave
his father and mother, and
shall be joined unto his wife,
and they two shall be one esh.
[32] is is a great mystery:
but I speak concerning Christ
and the church.
JAMES 4:4-5 – Ye adulterers
and adulteresses, know ye not
that the friendship of the world
is enmity with God? whosoever
therefore will be a friend of the
world is the enemy of God. [5]
Do ye think that the scripture
saith in vain, e spirit that
dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
1 PETER 3:7 – Likewise, ye
husbands, dwell with them
according to knowledge,
giving honour unto the wife,
as unto the weaker vessel, and
as being heirs together of the
grace of life; that your prayers
be not hindered.
JOHN 15:5 – I am the vine,
ye are the branches: He that
abideth in me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much
fruit: for without me ye can
do nothing.
TITUS 2:4 – at they may
teach the young women to be
sober, to love their husbands, to
love their children.
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6. Read 1 John 5:3. When we walk in God’s commands,
we walk in _____________________ .
7. Read Matthew 7:12. If we are having problems in our
marriage, it is because someone is not walking in
____________________ .
8. Read 1 Corinthians 13:4. Love is:
A. Emotional
B. A warm feeling
C. Kind
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
1 JOHN 5:3 – For this is
the love of God, that we
keep his commandments:
and his commandments are
not grievous.
MATTHEW 7:12 – erefore
all things whatsoever ye would
that men should do to you, do
ye even so to them: for this is
the law and the prophets.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:4 –
Charity suereth long, and
is kind; charity envieth not;
charity vaunteth not itself, is
not pued up.
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1. Read Ephesians 5:31-32. Ephesians 5:31 is a quotation from Genesis 2:24. By looking at
Ephesians 5:32, what do you think God is really talking about in this passage?
A relationship between Christ and His church (likened to marriage)
2. Read James 4:4-5. What are these verses teaching?
God is jealous over us and wants us to be true to Him
3. Read 1 Peter 3:7. Why should you walk in unity and love toward your wife or husband?
So that my prayers will not be hindered
4. Read John 15:5. Can your marriage succeed without Christ as Lord of your life?
No
5. Read Titus 2:4. Love is not just an emotion. According to Scripture, love can be
__________________ .
Taug ht
6. Read 1 John 5:3. When we walk in God’s commands, we walk in __________________ .
Love
7. Read Matthew 7:12. If we are having problems in our marriage, it is because someone is
not walking in __________________ .
Love
8. Read 1 Corinthians 13:4. Love is:
C. Kind
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LESSON 11
MARRIAGE - Part 2
By Don Krow
Today we’re going to look again at the subject of marriage, and the question is, “What
is marriage?” Have you ever thought about that? According to the Bible, it was God’s idea to
design marriage. Marriage is a joining together, a oneness, a uniting. Genesis 2:24 says, “For
this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife [they will be joined,
and he will cleave to his wife] and they shall become one esh” (brackets mine, New International
Version). Did you know that marriage is more than a joining, more than oneness? For example,
1 Corinthians 6:15-6 says if I go out, being a Christian, and join myself to a prostitute, I become
one esh with her. en consider the quotation from Genesis 2:24 about marriage. Joining
myself to a prostitute would not automatically make me divorced from my wife or make me
married to the prostitute because I had intercourse with her. So, what is marriage? If marriage
is a oneness, if it’s a joining together, if it’s becoming one esh, what is the dierence between
that and going to a prostitute? Obviously, if you went into a prostitute, you would become one
esh with her.
e Bible does say that marriage is a oneness, a joining together, a uniting together, but it’s
more than that. It is a uniting together by a covenant. e word “covenant” in Hebrew is berith, and
it has the idea of binding together. It’s a nal commitment of an individual, even a commitment till
death do you part. Now, if I went into a prostitute, if I did such an evil sin as that, there would be
no commitment on my part to her. e essence of marriage is to rst of all forsake all others. e
Bible says you shall leave your father and mother and you shall cleave to your wife. Ezekiel says,
“You became mine.” It’s forsaking all others for this one—to commit yourself to this one. Obviously
if you, in an immoral way, go to another person when you are married, that would violate the
principle of marriage, the oneness and unity that comes through a covenant, or commitment.
Ezekiel 16:8 calls it a covenant of marriage. In Ephesians 5, we learn that in marriage, the husband
is to love his wife, even as Christ loved the church, so it’s a covenant of love. e reason it’s a
covenant of love is because love is the ruling principle in marriage. Above all things, love must be
the ruling principle of marriage.
Marriage is a covenant of oneness. It says in 1 Peter 3:7 that if I don’t honor and appreciate
my wife as being the weaker vessel and realize that we are heirs together of the grace of life, our
prayers will be hindered. ink about that—our spiritual lives could be hindered if we do not walk
in the unity and harmony that God has designed for the marriage relationship. Proverbs 2:16-17 talks
about a wayward woman who forsakes her marriage covenant, the guide of her youth, and that
marriage relationship is called a covenant of her God. is is a very serious thing. It’s a covenant
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we make to an individual, but it’s also a covenant that we make before God. As much as I love to
minister to people, God has a priority, and that is to focus on my marriage. Marriage really is a
focusing of my life onto another individual, and as I said, the ruling principle is love.
Matthew 7:12 says whatever you would want someone to do to you, do to them, for this
is the Law and the prophets. is is exactly the principle that should rule in marriage. It’s not a
selsh thing, not for self, not about what this person can give you. e Bible says in 1 Corinthians
13:4 that love is kind. at means to seek the welfare of another, to be generous and kind, and
to always seek the best for another. e reason marriage is designed that way is because it is an
example, a model, of what a real relationship with God should be. He has given us illustrations in
the natural. He has shown us how to have a good marriage, a great marriage, because He wants us
to have a model of what a real eternal relationship is to be with Him. Marriage is only until death
do us part, a temporary thing. e Bible says that in the resurrection, they neither marry nor are
given in marriage. God wants us to understand a good marriage—the principles of love—the
principles of giving unselshly to another. He is saying, “What I want you to really understand is
that I’ve called you into a marriage relationship with Me—not a temporary relationship, not one
that will just last a few years and then be gone, but an eternal relationship where all of My love will
be manifested to you forever and ever.”
Let me give you a few principles of marriage. Marriage is a merger, not just a partnership.
e Bible talks about it in Genesis 4 as a knowing and in 1 Peter 3:7 as being heirs together of the
grace of life. Marriage is a covenant, which means it is binding; there’s a commitment involved. Sin
did not enter the rst church; it entered the rst marriage, so we need to get the manual, get the
instructions about marriage, and implement the principles of love in our lives. We also ask, “What
is love?” e denition of love is really, in a sense, unselshness. Isaiah 53:6 says we are like sheep,
that we went astray and turned every one to our own way, but in marriage, we focus on the other
individual and seek their welfare and benet.
e Bible tells us in Ephesians that loving your wife is like loving your own body. We
husbands are to cherish and honor the wife God has given to us, which means to appreciate her.
To love your own body doesn’t mean you sit around and hold hands with yourself, pat yourself,
and say, “Oh, I love you.” It’s not that at all. To love yourself is to protect yourself, feed yourself,
and look out for yourself. We should never take our wives for granted, never take one of her
weaknesses and expose it publicly, never make fun of her, or do things that hurt her. We’re to love
her as we love our own selves.
Li yourself up to God in prayer, and rst of all, thank Him for loving you. en, thank
Him for your partner, the mate He gave you. at could be part of the problem. You may not have
appreciated your mate, you may have put him or her down, and the Bible says that is basically
selsh and is sin. It says in Ephesians 5 that Jesus cleansed the church by the washing of water
by the Word, by His Words He spoke over the church. When you speak words over your mate,
they will rise to the level of the words you speak. If you say “You’re no good, you’re ugly, you’re
overweight,” you will suppress your marriage and not cause oneness but separation and alienation.
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But if you speak words of kindness like “Honey, I appreciate the things you do. I appreciate you. I
love you,” and back them up with your actions, your mate will rise up to the level of those words.
Can’t you see today that a lot of the problems in your marriage relationship are the words
you’ve spoken? Have you brought your mate down rather than up? I encourage you to speak good
words over your mate today. Love is not a feeling; love is seeking the welfare and benet of another
person regardless of how you feel. Begin today with acts of kindness, just like painting several
layers of lacquer on a piece of wood. at’s how love is built—by little acts of kindness. Start to
esteem, honor, value, and speak words of love over your mate, and you’ll see a dierence. God
bless you as you implement these principles.
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1. Read Proverbs 18:22. Marriage is:
A. A good thing
B. Terrible
C. Pleasing unto the Lord
2. Read Hebrews 13:4. Sex in marriage (or the marriage
bed) is:
A. Sin
B. Dirty and evil
C. Undeled
3. Read Ecclesiastes 9:9 (New American Standard
Version). True or False: A godly marriage is a gi and
reward to you in this life from the Lord.
4. Read 1 John 3:18 (New Century Version). “Judge
Phillip Gilliam stated that of the 28,000 juvenile court
cases that he judged, the lack of aection between
father and mother was the greatest cause of juvenile
delinquency that he knew” (Together Forever, p. 152).
How are we to show love?
5. Read Ephesians 5:28. True or false: I am not to neglect
my wife any more than I neglect my own body.
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
PROVERBS 18:22 – Whoso
ndeth a wife ndeth a good
thing, and obtaineth favour of
the LORD.
HEBREWS 13:4 – Marriage is
honourable in all, and the bed
undeled: but whoremongers
and adulterers God will judge.
ECCLESIASTES 9:9 (New
American Standard Version) –
Enjoy life with the woman
whom you love all the days of
your eeting life which He has
given to you under the sun; for
this is your reward in life, and
in your toil in which you have
labored under the sun.
1 JOHN 3:18 (New Century
Version) – My children, we
should love people not only
with words and talk, but by
our actions and true caring.
EPHESIANS 5:28 – So ought
men to love their wives as their
own bodies. He that loveth his
wife loveth himself.
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6. Read 1 John 3:16. True or false: e words “I love
you” can be beautiful if they are backed with actions.
Jesus backed up His words by laying down His life for
us. We ought to lay down our lives for our mates in as
many practical ways as we possibly can.
Share some practical ways that you would like to be loved.
7. Read Ephesians 5:25-26. True or false: My wife is
going to live up to what I speak over her. I bring her
to the potential of that which I speak over her.
8. Read Romans 8:38-39 and 1 John 4:19. True or false:
We are wooed (or loved) by the intimate words that
are spoken to us followed by action. God wooed us by
speaking to us intimate words from His love letters,
recorded as Scripture.
9. Read 1 John 5:3 and 2 John 6. True or false: e
how-tos of love are expressed and known by Jesus
commandments. We can learn these principles of love
from God’s Word.
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
1 JOHN 3:16 – Hereby
perceive we the love of God,
because he laid down his life for
us: and we ought to lay down
our lives for the brethren.
EPHESIANS 5:25-26 –
Husbands, love your wives,
even as Christ also loved the
church, and gave himself
for it; [26] at he might
sanctify and cleanse it with the
washing of water by the word.
ROMANS 8:38-39 – For I
am persuaded, that neither
death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor
things present, nor things to
come, [39] Nor height, nor
depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us
from the love of God, which is
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 JOHN 4:19 – We love him,
because he rst loved us.
1 JOHN 5:3 – For this is
the love of God, that we keep
his commandments: and his
commandments are
not grievous.
2 JOHN 1:6 – And this is
love, that we walk aer his
commandments. is is the
commandment, at, as ye
have heard from the beginning,
ye should walk in it.
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10. Read John 14:15. True or false: Love is not a matter of
your emotions but of your will. Every command
in Scripture is given to man’s will, never to his
emotions. God never tells you how to feel, but rather
He tells you how to act.
11. Read Galatians 5:22-23. Love is not natural. It must
be learned and birthed into mankind by the Holy
Spirit. Love is a fruit of:
A. Man’s thinking
B. Man’s nature
C. God’s Spirit
12. Read Ephesians 5:31-32. A good marriage is a small-
scale model of what?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
JOHN 14:15 – If ye love me,
keep my commandments.
GALATIANS 5:22-23 –
But the fruit of the Spirit is
love, joy, peace, longsuering,
gentleness, goodness, faith,
[23] Meekness, temperance:
against such there is no law.
EPHESIANS 5:31-32 – For
this cause shall a man leave
his father and mother, and
shall be joined unto his wife,
and they two shall be one esh.
[32] is is a great mystery:
but I speak concerning Christ
and the church.
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1. Read Proverbs 18:22. Marriage is:
A. A good thing and C. Pleasing unto the Lord
2. Read Hebrews 13:4. Sex in marriage (or the marriage bed) is:
C. Undeled
3. Read Ecclesiastes 9:9 (New American Standard Version). True or false: A godly marriage
is a gi and reward to you in this life from the Lord.
True
4. Read 1 John 3:18 (New Century Version). “Judge Phillip Gilliam stated that of the
28,000 juvenile court cases that he judged, the lack of aection between father and
mother was the greatest cause of juvenile delinquency that he knew” (Together Forever,
p. 152). How are we to show love?
By actions and true caring
5. Read Ephesians 5:28. True or false: I am not to neglect my wife anymore than I neglect
my own body.
True
6. Read 1 John 3:16. True or false: e words “I love you” can be beautiful if they are
backed with actions. Jesus backed up His words by laying down His life for us. We ought
to lay down our lives for our mates in as many practical ways as we possibly can.
True
Share some practical ways that you would like to be loved.
7. Read Ephesians 5:25-26. True or false: My wife is going to live up to what I speak over
her. I bring her to the potential of that which I speak over her.
True. e Greek word used in Ephesians 5:26 is rhema, meaning “spoken words”
8. Read Romans 8:38-39 and 1 John 4:19. True or false: We are wooed (or loved) by the
intimate words that are spoken to us followed by action. God wooed us by speaking to
us intimate words from His love letters, recorded as Scripture.
True. God’s Word is full of loving words toward us
9. Read 1 John 5:3 and 2 John 6. True or false: e how-tos of love are expressed and
known by Jesus commandments. We can learn these principles of love from God’s Word.
True
10. Read John 14:15. True or false: Love is not a matter of your emotions but of your will.
Every command in Scripture is given to man’s will, never to his emotions. God never
tells you how to feel, but rather He tells you how to act.
True
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11. Read Galatians 5:22-23. Love is not natural. It must be learned and birthed into
mankind by the Holy Spirit. Love is a fruit of:
C. God’s Spirit
12. Read Ephesians 5:31-32. A good marriage is a small-scale model of what?
Christ and His church
ANSWER KEY
Copyright © 2012, Andrew Wommack
Permission is granted to duplicate or reproduce for discipleship purposes on the
condition that it is distributed free of charge.
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LESSON 12
GOD’S KIND OF LOVE - Part 1
By Don Krow
In 1 Corinthians 13:13, it says, “Now abideth faith, hope, charity [love], these three; but
the greatest of these is charity [love]” (brackets mine). en 1 Corinthians 14:1 says, “Follow aer
charity [love] and [yet] desire [earnestly] spiritual gis, but rather that ye may prophesy” (brackets
mine). e Bible says to follow aer love, pursue it, and make it your highest aim. Some translations
say to make it your greatest quest. It’s the only thing we’ll take out of this life into eternity. We won’t
take our cars, our homes, or our money, but we will take the love that Jesus Christ has imparted
into our lives by the Holy Spirit. Love is the only thing that has eternal value and substance.
What does love really mean? I say, “I love my wife, I love ice cream, I love apple pie.”
ere’s only one word in English to describe love, so when I say I love my wife and then say I love
the cat, is my wife impressed? Not at all. Do you see what I’m saying? When we use the word love,
some people think it means sex, some think it means an intense warm feeling—people have all
kinds of denitions for love. In the Greek language there are four major words. One is eros, which
really is not used in the Bible, and is dened as sexual attraction or sexual love. God ordained that
kind of love when He said a man shall leave his father and mother, cleave to his wife, and they shall
become one esh. e book in the Bible entitled Song of Solomon is about sexual love that God
has restricted to the marriage relationship. e other kinds of love, God says are free to be used by
all mankind, but eros is restricted to the marriage relationship.
Another kind of love is called storge and is the natural bond or aection in a family
relationship. en there is phileo, which comes from the root word philia. is word is used about
seventy-two times in the New Testament and means a warm feeling of aection that comes and
goes in intensity. Most people who talk about love think that is what love really is, so “I fall in love
and I fall out of love.” If your marriage is built on that kind of love, there will be times when you
have a high and times when you have a low. You could fall in love and out of love based on that.
e Bible says we’re to love each other with God’s kind of love, which is agape love. What
is agape love? ere are many facets, and 1 Corinthians 13 gives the whole denition of what
love involves. In 1 John 5:3 it says, “For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments.”
Jesus’ commandments show us expressions of love, but if I were going to sum it up, I would use
Matthew 7:12, “erefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so
to them: for this is the law and the prophets.” It’s not a matter of all those people down at the church
who don’t love me, don’t care about me, and this and that. No, the Bible says whatever you would
want someone to do to you, you do to them rst. at is love. It goes against our esh, against our
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natural grain to seek the welfare and benet of other people above ourselves. It takes God. Don’t
think I’m saying this can be manifested without God. e Bible says the fruit of the Spirit is love,
and God is love. He is the source of love and the one who will show us how to love through His
commandments. He’s the one who will give us strength, even in light of our esh, to make the
right choices and decisions and act on the right principles.
One day I wanted to go and pray as I usually did aer work. I was in a park, and I said, “God,
I really want to minister to somebody.” It was a fairly warm day, and I saw a little boy and a little girl
sitting on the swings. ere was a swing open, so I went over and got in the swing. I turned to the
little girl and said, “It’s a nice day, isn’t it?” She said “Me no speak English,” and I asked, “Where are
you from?” She said she was from Romania. I knew there were Romanians in that area, and I saw
these people looking at me, probably wondering why I was talking to their children. I went over
and said, “I want to help you.” ey said, “You would want to help us? Why would you want to help
us? You don’t even know us!” I said, “Because God wants to help you.” I had been meditating on
the principles of love in 1 John 3:18 where it says, “Let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in
deed and in truth.” We’re not to love with the words of our mouths only, but also with our actions.
Although I usually don’t carry money around with me, that day I had a little in my pocket. I reached
out, said “is is for you,” and gave them the money. Since I’d been fasting that day, I had a little
bit of food with me, so I said, “And here’s some food for your family.” ey were touched and said,
“Who are you?” I told them, “God has made a divine appointment for us to meet today, and I am
going see you again.”
I went home and told my wife about the encounter with those Romanians. I took a roast
out of our freezer and cooked it. e next day I bought a box full of dishes at a garage sale and
went back to the park with my wife. e Romanians and their children were there, and I said, “I
bring gis to you. ey’re heavy, so I’m going to get in my car, and if you’ll show me where you
live, I’ll take the gis to your home.” When we got to their little one-bedroom apartment, I took
the dishes and silverware—everything matched—out of the box and began to give things to them,
one at a time. As I handed it to them, tears began to roll down their faces, and the lady said, “Me
going to cry! Me going to cry!” I said, “On Monday night we have a Bible study at our home, and I
would like to invite you there.” ey said “We want to come,” but I said, “I don’t want you to come
because I gave you gis.” ey said, “No, we want to come and meet your friends.”
Since they didn’t have transportation, I picked them up, took them to my home, and
before long, God began to touch them. ey couldn’t speak English very well, but He touched
them when we prayed for them. e love of God was being manifested to them. Before long,
we met another Romanian couple, and I said to the rst couple, “Will you go and help me meet
another Romanian couple?” ey agreed and I got a call one day from them, “Mr. Don, we heard
about you. We have the lonelies bad, and we want to meet you.” So I took my Romanian friends
and went to meet them. I took gis, food, and all kinds of things to them. As I did that and began
to visit with them, everything was great until one of the rst Romanian couple said, “You need to
go to the Bible study. ey talk about Jesus, and it’s wonderful!” ey said, “Wait a minute! We
came from a communist country and don’t know if there’s a God. We don’t want this Jesus stu.”
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I said “Let me be a friend,” and began to take them out on the weekends and buy them
clothes, coats, and things they needed. ey were very embarrassed and reluctant. “Well, don’t
you need a coat?” “Well, yes I do, but…” “en let’s get this coat for you.” I began to love them
in action, but they wouldn’t come to our Bible study until I said, “ere are probably some
Americans there who will help you get a job.” en they came right away. At the Bible study that
night, I said something very foolish to the Lord, “Lord, you’re going to have to give me a genuine
gi of tongues tonight because we can’t even communicate with each other very well.” ere
were some Americans at the Bible study that night who gave their testimonies. When I began to
speak, the lady from the second Romanian couple began to lighten up, and I knew something was
happening. Aer the study, I said “Let me pray for you,” and as we prayed, God suddenly touched
them and lled the whole atmosphere of the room with His love. en the lady said, “You know,
when the Americans were speaking, I couldn’t understand anything they were saying, but when
you got up and started speaking about Jesus, His love for us, and what He did so we could have
a relationship with Him, I understood every word you said! I understood it perfectly! It must be
God! It must be God!” As a result, all of our lives were changed, not just the Romanians.
My home began to be lled on Monday nights with international people—Romanians,
Bulgarians, and people from Russia. God was changing lives, and they knew we loved them. We
even had people from Africa. ough we could hardly speak to each other, one thing they knew:
When we prayed, God would manifest Himself to them. ey also knew that I would do anything
for them and that I loved them. God changed their lives and the lives of many other people. It
happened because one day in a park, I saw some people of another color, another nationality. I
didn’t have any warm feeling of aection, but I knew that love was this: Whatever you would want
someone to do to you, do to them. I sought their welfare and benet regardless of the way I felt,
and you know what happened? ey so appreciated it that what rose up in them for me was philia
love, the love that has feelings, and they began to say to me “I love you” and hug me and kiss me.
What it did in me was generate that kind of feeling for them. If you want to have a love that has
feelings in your life, practice agape love. Seek the welfare and benet of others regardless of how
you feel, and this will generate a love that has feelings.
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1. Read 1 John 5:3. God’s love is shown through His
____________________ .
2. Read Romans 13:9-10. Explain how the commandment
in these verses show love.
3. Read Romans 12:19-21. How can we love our enemies,
even when we don’t feel like it?
4. Read Titus 2:4. What does this passage show us about love?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
1 JOHN 5:3 – For this is
the love of God, that we keep
his commandments: and his
commandments are
not grievous.
ROMANS 13:9-10 – For
this, ou shalt not commit
adultery, ou shalt not
kill, ou shalt not steal,
ou shalt not bear false
witness, ou shalt not covet;
and if there be any other
commandment, it is briey
comprehended in this saying,
namely, ou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself. [10]
Love worketh no ill to his
neighbour: therefore love is the
fullling of the law.
ROMANS 12:19-21 –
Dearly beloved, avenge not
yourselves, but rather give place
unto wrath: for it is written,
Vengeance is mine; I will repay,
saith the Lord. [20] erefore if
thine enemy hunger, feed him;
if he thirst, give him drink: for
in so doing thou shalt heap
coals of re on his head. [21]
Be not overcome of evil, but
overcome evil with good.
TITUS 2:4 – at they may
teach the young women to be
sober, to love their husbands,
to love their children.
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5. Read 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (Contemporary English
Version). Describe the principles of love in detail.
6. Read 1 John 3:18. How must we practice love?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-8
(Contemporary English
Version) – Love is kind
and patient, never jealous,
boastful, proud, or rude. [5]
Love isn’t selsh or quick
tempered. It doesn’t keep a
record of wrongs that others
do. [6] Love rejoices in the
truth, but not in evil. [7] Love
is always supportive, loyal,
hopeful, and trusting. [8] Love
never fails!
1 JOHN 3:18 – My little
children, let us not love in
word, neither in tongue; but in
deed and in truth.
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1. Read 1 John 5:3. God’s love is shown through His __________________ .
Commandments
2. Read Romans 13:9-10. Explain how the commandment in these verses show love.
Love works no wrong to its neighbor. Each commandment shows love by showing how
we should respond to our neighbor
3. Read Romans 12:19-21. How can we love our enemies, even when we don’t feel
like it?
If our enemy is hungry, we can feed them; if they are thirsty, we can give them something
to drink. We can seek the welfare and benet of others, regardless of how we feel
4. Read Titus 2:4. What does this passage show us about love?
Love can be taught. It’s not just a feeling
5. Read 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (Contemporary English Version). Describe the principles
of love in detail.
“Love is kind and patient, never jealous, boastful, proud, or rude. Love isn’t selsh or
quick tempered. It doesn’t keep a record of wrongs that others do. Love rejoices in the
truth, but not in evil. Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful, and trusting. Love
never fails!”
6. Read 1 John 3:18. How must we practice love?
Let us not love only with our words, but also in our actions
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LESSON 13
GOD’S KIND OF LOVE - Part 2
By Don Krow
Jesus Christ was the greatest expression of love that ever came on the face of the earth, yet
as far as it is recorded in the Bible, He never said the words “I love you.” Isn’t that amazing? e
greatest expression of love never said “I love you.” Do you know why? It’s because love is more
than words; it is action. Suppose I said to my wife “I love you” and then went out and committed
adultery against her? Would she believe my words, or would she believe my actions? She’d believe
me according to my actions, because 95 percent of love is nonverbal. It’s not in the things you say;
it’s what you do.
In 1 John 3:18 we read, “Let us not love in word, neither in tongue [let us not love just with
the words of our mouths]; but in deed and in truth” (brackets mine). Love is an action word. In
Matthew 25:35-36, Jesus describes love by the actions it prompts, saying, “I was hungry, and you
fed Me. I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink. I was naked, without any clothing,
and you clothed Me. I was sick, and you cared for me.” en in verse 40 He says, “By doing this to
the least of these My brethren, you’ve done it unto Me.” You see, love is an action; it’s something
you do. Hebrews 6:10 says, “God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have
shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them” (New International Version). In
Matthew 22 when Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment was, He said it’s to love God
and love for our fellow man. ese two commandments are really one, if understood correctly.
When you show love to the least of these my brethren, Jesus said you are actually showing it to
Him. e Bible is teaching that we have a wonderful opportunity to love Jesus Christ in practical
ways, by loving others.
In the last lesson, I told about the Romanians I met in a park. eir lives were changed
because I sought their welfare and benet regardless of how I felt. ey were a dierent color and
nationality, but I knew that God’s love expresses itself when we reach out and seek the welfare
and benet of others like Jesus did. He didn’t feel like going to the cross. He said, “Father, if there’s
any other way, let it be, yet not My will but Yours be done.” Jesus sought our welfare and benet
regardless of how He felt.
One day I got a call from the Romanians. ey were in tears. ey had been in the United
States for seven-and-a-half years. ey now lived in Kansas and were working. ey said, “We
nally got a ruling on our political asylum papers. ey’re giving us thirty days to make an appeal,
and then we are going to be deported.” ere is normally only a 2 to 5 percent chance of ever
getting political asylum in this country. e Romanians went to a lawyer, and he basically said
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they didn’t have a chance. I told them we would pray and try to help them. How, I didn’t know.
I thought it would be a great injustice to send them back—especially when their children could
now barely speak Romanian.
A friend of mine called our Colorado congressman who said to contact Senator Sam
Brownback in Kansas, since the Romanians now lived in Kansas. at was great because I have a
friend named Kim who worked for Senator Brownback. I contacted Kim and she got four people
in Washington D.C. working on this case. e community in Sublette, Kansas, got behind the
Romanians with a petition of signatures stating that they wanted these Romanians here. “ey’re
good people, they pay taxes, and they work hard. We want them here.” ere was a full coverage
newspaper article about what had happened. It was a miracle, and because there were high ocials
in our government who understood what was going on, the Romanians got a letter saying the
decision was reversed and they could stay in the United States.
I went to Sublette, Kansas. My friends didn’t know I was coming, and when I got there, they
were on the phone thanking Senator Brownback for helping get their political asylum. He couldn’t
be there personally because it was the last day of President Clinton’s impeachment hearing, but
ABC and NBC News were there with their cameras. As soon as they hung up, they ran over and
hugged me, and the cameras went right over to me. ey said, “Who are you, and how do you
know these people?” I told them the whole story, how I met them and sought their welfare and
benet because of God and what Jesus said in Matthew 7:12.
We then went to the gymnasium where there were red, white, and blue balloons everywhere
and patriotic songs were being sung. When my friends came in, everyone started shouting, and
they were weeping. e mayor of the city said, “Today, February 12th, is going to be Jucan Family
Day, in honor of these Romanians.” ey took an American ag that the senator had own over
the capitol in Washington, D.C. in their honor and presented it to them. He also presented them
with papers that said they were legally able to stay—basically for the rest of their lives. ey all gave
a testimony and then asked me to pray. I said, “ere’s one person we haven’t thanked enough yet
today, and that’s God Almighty. In a park in Colorado Springs, CO, seven-and-a-half years ago, I
was seeking God, telling Him that I wanted to reach out with His love to someone that day. I was
led to these Romanians.” I then repeated the story and said, “God wants to help you—welcome to
the U.S.A.”
e way it all came about was a miracle. I knew the right people in the right places at
the right time. My friend Kim had made arrangements for Senator Brownback to come and
meet me at Andrew Wommack Ministries a year before all this happened. She said, “You just
need to meet Don Krow.” I didn’t know why and I was very uncomfortable. Little did I know
that God was setting things up to help a family He had revealed Himself and His love to, simply
because of the command of Jesus that what you would want someone to do to you, do to them.
It’s a miracle they’ll never forget, and they’ll tell you today, “It’s because of God.” Anka, the
Romanian lady, said, “My faith wavered, but God is faithful, and He allowed us to stay in the
United States of America.”
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ere are multitudes of people right now who are crying out for love. e only way they
can get it is when you and I make the decision to understand the principles of love from God’s
Word. Love is kind, love seeks the welfare of others—just like Jesus sought our welfare when He
went to the cross. God bless you today as you look more into these principles of what it really
means to love with God’s love.
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1. Read Matthew 7:12. In your own words, tell us what the
golden rule is.
2. Read Matthew 7:12. In trying to discover love, many
people try to nd the right person. Should you try to
nd the right person or become the right person?
3. Read 1 John 5:3. Is love a feeling, or is love something
you do?
4. Read 1 John 3:18. If you told your wife or husband “I
love you!” but went out and committed adultery, would
she/he believe your words or your actions?
5. Read Romans 5:6-8. Do you think Jesus felt like dying?
6. Read Galatians 5:22. Can we really love without God as
the center of our lives?
7. Read 1 John 4:8. e reason that we need God to help
us truly love others is because He is the only One who is
____________________ .
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MATTHEW 7:12 – erefore
all things whatsoever ye would
that men should do to you, do
ye even so to them: for this is
the law and the prophets.
1 JOHN 5:3 – For this is
the love of God, that we keep
his commandments: and his
commandments are not grievous.
1 JOHN 3:18 – My little
children, let us not love in
word, neither in tongue; but in
deed and in truth.
ROMANS 5:6-8 – For when
we were yet without strength,
in due time Christ died for the
ungodly. [7] For scarcely for a
righteous man will one die: yet
peradventure for a good man
some would even dare to die.
[8] But God commendeth his
love toward us, in that, while
we were yet sinners, Christ died
for us.
GALATIANS 5:22 – But the
fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuering, gentleness,
goodness, faith.
1 JOHN 4:8 – He that loveth
not knoweth not God; for God
is love.
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8. Read 1 Corinthians 13:5 (New Living Translation).
Choose from the following words a description of what
love is not: Rude, selsh, unforgiving.
9. Read 1 Corinthians 13:8 (New Living Translation).
What is the only thing you will take from this life into
the next life, or beyond the grave?
10. Read Proverbs 10:12. First Corinthians 13:5 (New Living
Translation) says, “Love keeps no record of when it has
been wronged.” Love will cover how much sin?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
1 CORINTHIANS 13:5 (New
Living Translation) – Or rude.
Love does not demand its own
way. Love is not irritable, and it
keeps no record of when it has
been wronged.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:8 (New
Living Translation) – Love
will last forever, but prophecy
and speaking in unknown
languages and special
knowledge will all disappear.
PROVERBS 10:12 – Hatred
stirreth up strifes: but love
covereth all sins.
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1. Read Matthew 7:12. In your own words, tell us what the golden rule is.
Doing to others what you would want someone to do for you
2. In trying to discover love, many people try to nd the right person. Should you try to
nd the right person or become the right person?
Become the right person
3. Read 1 John 5:3. Is love a feeling, or is love something you do?
It is something we do by walking in God’s principles (commandments)
4. Read 1 John 3:18. If you told your wife or husband “I love you!” but went out and
committed adultery, would she/he believe your words or your actions?
Your actions. Actions would speak louder than words
5. Read Romans 5:6-8. Do you think Jesus felt like dying?
No, yet he sought the benet and welfare of all of us, regardless of how He felt
6. Read Galatians 5:22. Can we really love without God as the center of our lives?
No
7. Read 1 John 4:8. e reason that we need God to help us truly love others, is because He
is the only One who is __________________ .
Love
8. Read 1 Corinthians 13:5 (New Living Translation). Choose from the following words
a description of what love is not: Rude, selsh, unforgiving.
All of these words (rude, selsh, and unforgiving) describe what love is not
9. Read 1 Corinthians 13:8 (New Living Translation). What is the only thing you will take
from this life into the next life, or beyond the grave?
Love. It will last forever
10. Read Proverbs 10:12. First Corinthians 13:5 (New Living Translation) states, “Love
keeps no record of when it has been wronged.” Love will cover how much sin?
All sin
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LESSON 14
FINANCES - Part 1
By Andrew Wommack
Jesus wants you to prosper nancially. is is something that is important to everyone. It
takes money to live, to get your needs met, and to be a blessing to others. God didn’t leave us alone
in this area and say, “I’m concerned about your spiritual part, but I don’t care about your nancial
part…you’re on your own.” No, He loves you in every way—spirit, soul, and body—and He’s made
provision for you. Most people recognize that some degree of nancial prosperity is necessary, but
religion basically has taken a stand against having an abundance.
e Word of God teaches against greed in many dierent ways but also makes it very clear
that nances are a blessing. In 3 John 2, the Apostle John said, “Beloved, I wish above all things that
thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.” What a strong statement. John
says, “Above all things!” It’s talking about healing, emotions, relationships, and nances. e Lord
wants you to prosper and be in health above everything else. He wants you to prosper in spirit,
soul, and body. at’s His will for you.
Many religious people actually say that God wants you to be poor, that being poor is
a godly thing, and the poorer you are, the more godly you are. I was raised under that kind of
thinking, that preachers shouldn’t have very much, that a Christian is a person who should do
without. is certainly cannot be substantiated by Scripture. Abraham was the richest man of his
time, so much so that kings asked him to depart because his possessions were aecting the wealth
of their countries. e same was true of Isaac and Jacob. Joseph was a man who prospered and had
super abundance. David gave to the Lord out of his own personal treasury over 2.5 billion dollars
worth of gold and silver to build the temple. Solomon, David’s son, was the richest man that ever
lived on the face of the earth. When you look at it scripturally, people who have really served God
were blessed nancially.
ere are examples of people who struggled and did without. Paul said in Philippians 4:13
that he could do all things through Christ and had learned to be content in whatever situation
he was in. He said he knew how to be abased and how to abound. ere were times when God’s
servants went through poverty and diculty, but you cannot nd in Scripture that the poorer you
are, the more godly you are. at is not true, and you can go out on the streets and see it disproved.
So, yes, there’s a truth here that greed is wrong. In 1 Timothy 6:10 it says, “For the love of money is
the root of all evil.” Some people take that and say money is the root of all evil, but it says the “love
of money is the root of all evil.” ere are people who love money and don’t have a dime; others
have great wealth but don’t love it. ey just use it.
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Deuteronomy 8:18 shows the real purpose of nancial prosperity. e Lord was talking to
the Israelites, who were about to enter into the Promised Land and were going to experience wealth
and prosperity in a way they never had before. He told them, “But thou shalt remember the Lord thy
God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware
unto thy fathers, as it is this day.” According to this passage of Scripture, the purpose of prosperity
is not to have an abundance of things for your own selsh purposes, but so you can establish God’s
covenant here on earth. In other words, God will bless you so that you can in turn be a blessing. In
Genesis 12:2 the Lord told Abraham, “I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be
a blessing.” Before you can be a blessing to anybody else, you have to be blessed yourself.
You need certain things and have certain needs that God wants to meet, but it goes beyond
a selsh thing. He wants to prosper you so He can get His money through you and so you can
be a blessing. In 2 Corinthians 9:8 it says, “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you;
that ye, always having all suciency in all things, may abound to every good work.” is tells why
God is going to prosper you—so you can abound to every good work. It’s actually like a scriptural
denition of prosperity. What is prosperity? Is it having a nice home, a nice car, good clothes,
and food on your table? According to this verse, it is having enough to meet all of your needs
and abound unto every good work. If you are unable to give to things you feel God has touched
your heart about, if you would like to be a blessing to someone but are unable, then you aren’t
prospering nancially according to what the Scripture says. God says He will bless you to the
degree that all of your needs will be met, and you’ll be able to abound unto every good work.
True biblical prosperity is not just to get your needs met, but so you can be a blessing to
other people. e person who thinks only of themselves is actually selsh. If someone says “I’m
believing God for more,” others may think them greedy or selsh, but it depends on the motive. If
you ask God for more so you can get a bigger house or a better car, that’s not the right scriptural
attitude. But if you are believing God for more because you have gone beyond seeing your own
needs met and want to be a blessing to others, that is the attitude He wants you to have. He wants
you to prosper. It’s His will for you to prosper.
Matthew 6 talks about the things we need and then says if we will seek rst the kingdom of
God and His righteousness, all of these things will be added to us. As you begin to put God rst,
He will supply all of these other things. All of your needs will be met, and you will be a blessing to
other people. God does want you to prosper, but it really is dependent on your motive and your
actions in this area.
I pray that this has challenged you and that today you’re going to start believing God for
His very best, which is for you to prosper.
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1. Read 2 Corinthians 8:7-8 (New Living Translation).
When you give to others in need, this is one way that
you can prove?
2. Read 2 Corinthians 8:13-14 (New Living Translation).
When all of us join together to give, God wants there to
be some kind of what?
3. Read 2 Corinthians 8:13-14 (New Living Translation).
How will everyone’s needs be met?
4. Read Ephesians 4:28. e person that has been a thief
should steal no more, but rather should begin to work
and make their own living. What does Ephesians 4:28
also say they should do?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
2 CORINTHIANS 8:7-8
(New Living Translation) –
Since you excel in so many
ways—you have so much faith,
such gied speakers, such
knowledge, such enthusiasm,
and such love for us—now I
want you to excel also in this
gracious ministry of giving. [8]
I am not saying you must do it,
even though the other churches
are eager to do it. is is one
way to prove your love is real.
2 CORINTHIANS 8:13-14
(New Living Translation) – Of
course, I don’t mean you should
give so much that you suer
from having too little. I only
mean that there should be some
equality. [14] Right now you
have plenty and can help them.
en at some other time they
can share with you when you
need it. In this way, everyone’s
needs will be met.
EPHESIANS 4:28 – Let him
that stole steal no more: but
rather let him labour, working
with his hands the thing which
is good, that he may have to
give to him that needeth.
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5. Read Genesis 13:2 and 12:2. God could trust Abraham
with riches because Abraham was not just thinking about
himself but was a ____________________ to others.
6. Read 1 Timothy 6:17-18 (New Living Translation).
What three things is the rich to do with their money?
7. Can God trust you with nances?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
GENESIS 13:2 – And Abram
was very rich in cattle, in
silver, and in gold.
GENESIS 12:2 – And I will
make of thee a great nation,
and I will bless thee, and make
thy name great; and thou shalt
be a blessing.
1 TIMOTHY 6:17-18 (New
Living Translation) – Tell
those who are rich in this
world not to be proud and not
to trust in their money, which
will soon be gone. But their
trust should be in the living
God, who richly gives us all we
need for our enjoyment. [18]
Tell them to use their money to
do good. ey should be rich
in good works and should give
generously to those in need,
always being ready to share
with others whatever God has
given them.
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1. Read 2 Corinthians 8:7-8 (New Living Translation). When you give to others in need,
this is one way that you can prove?
at your love is real
2. Read 2 Corinthians 8:13-14 (New Living Translation). When all of us join together to
give, God wants there to be some kind of what?
Equality, everyone should give what they can
3. Read 2 Corinthians 8:13-14 (New Living Translation). How will everyone’s needs be met?
By giving what you can, when you can
4. Read Ephesians 4:28. e person that has been a thief should steal no more, but rather
should begin to work and make their own living. What does Ephesians 4:28 also say
they should do?
Give to the poor, those that are in need
5. Read Genesis 13:2 and 12:2. God could trust Abraham with riches because Abraham
was not just thinking about himself but was a __________________ to others.
Blessing
6. Read 1 Timothy 6:17-18 (New Living Translation). What three things is the rich to do
with their money?
Do good, give generously to those in need, share with others whatever God has given them
7. Can God trust you with nances?
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LESSON 15
FINANCES - Part 2
By Andrew Wommack
In the last lesson, I explained that it is God’s will for you to prosper. ere are keys to how
this works. Luke 6:38 says, “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and
shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that
ye mete withal it shall it be measured to you again.” ere are many principles involved, but you
can’t talk about prosperity without talking about giving.
When you talk about nancial prosperity, a lot of people say, “All right, so God wants
to prosper me, but I don’t have it to give.” You can see in the Bible where Jesus talked about the
widow who put her last two mites into the oering. He had been watching the rich people put in
huge sums of money, yet He called His disciples together and said this woman gave more than
them all. He said this because they gave out of their abundance, but she gave out of her poverty.
God does not evaluate the size of your gi by its monetary value but rather by the percentage of
what you had to give. When a person says “I don’t have anything to give,” it’s not true. If nothing
else, you could take a piece of clothing you have and give it away. Everyone has something to give,
so do away with this argument that you don’t have anything to give. As a matter of fact, the time
you seem to have little of anything is when your giving can be a greater percentage than any other
time. A person who has ten dollars and gives away ve has given a much larger gi than someone
who gives a million dollars when they have billions and billions le. God set it up so every single
person can give.
Why did God tell us to give? ere are many things involved, but one of the main purposes
is that God wants you to trust Him in every area of your life. If there isn’t a God, and if His Word
isn’t true when He says “Give, and it shall be given unto you,” taking a portion of what you have
and giving it away is the stupidest thing you could ever do. Instead of moving toward the goal of
having all your needs met, you’re actually moving away from it if God hasn’t promised to bless
you. It takes faith to be able to give the way God says, and that’s the reason He told you to do it.
In Luke 16 there is a parable about a steward who cheated his master, and it nally comes
down to this: He says if you haven’t been faithful in the unrighteous mammon (talking about
money), then who will commit to your trust the true riches? If you haven’t believed God in the
smaller things, concerning money, how are you going to get to the more important things, such
as spiritual values? Scriptures like this make money one of the least levels of stewardship. If you
can’t trust God with your nances, how can you trust Him with your eternal destiny? How can
you truly believe Jesus has forgiven your sins and that you’re going to spend eternity in heaven?
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In comparison, the spiritual things we supposedly put our faith in the Lord for are much more
signicant than money. Money is a minor thing, but it’s the bottom line of starting to trust God.
Proverbs 11:24 says there are some that give away more than it looks like is necessary, and yet they
prosper, and there are others that tend to hoard what they have, and it only causes poverty on the
inside of them.
If you seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness rst, then He will add these things
to you. If you say you want God to help you in your nances, and you’re praying for His help—but
aren’t seeking rst the kingdom of God, and you aren’t taking a step of faith, trusting Him with
your nances, and giving—then you really aren’t trusting Him.
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1. Read John 3:16. What motivated God to give?
2. Read 1 Corinthians 13:3. e motivation behind our
giving must be what?
3. Read James 2:15-16. Explain the meaning of this verse.
4. Read Luke 6:38 (New Living Translation). What is this
verse saying to you?
5. Read Ephesians 1:7. Did God give out of His riches or
according to His riches? Explain the dierence.
6. Read Proverbs 19:17. When you give to the poor, what
are you doing?
Will God pay you back?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
JOHN 3:16 – For God so
loved the world, that he gave
his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have
everlasting life.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:3 –
And though I bestow all my
goods to feed the poor, and
though I give my body to be
burned, and have not charity,
it proteth me nothing.
JAMES 2:15-16 – If a
brother or sister be naked, and
destitute of daily food, [16]
And one of you say unto them,
Depart in peace, be ye warmed
and lled; notwithstanding
ye give them not those things
which are needful to the body;
what doth it prot?
LUKE 6:38 – Give, and you
will receive. Your gi will
return to you in full—pressed
down, shaken together to make
room for more, running over,
and poured into your lap. e
amount you give will determine
the amount you get back.
EPHESIANS 1:7 – In whom
we have redemption through
his blood, the forgiveness of
sins, according to the riches of
his grace.
PROVERBS 19:17 – He that
hath pity upon the poor len-
deth unto the LORD; and that
which he hath given will he
pay him again.
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7. Read Psalm 41:1-3 (New Living Translation). Name ve
things that God does for those who give to the poor.
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
PSALM 41:1-3 (New Living
Translation) – Oh, the joys of
those who are kind to the poor.
e LORD rescues them in
times of trouble. [2] e LORD
protects them and keeps them
alive. He gives them prosperity
and rescues them from their
enemies. [3] e LORD nurses
them when they are sick and
eases their pain and discomfort.
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1. Read John 3:16. What motivated God to give?
His love
2. Read 1 Corinthians 13:3. e motivation behind our giving must be what?
Love; i.e., seeking the welfare and benet of others regardless of how we feel (Matt. 7:12)
3. Read James 2:15-16. Explain the meaning of this verse.
Ninety-ve percent of all love is nonverbal. It’s not in what we say but in the things that
we do
4. Read Luke 6:38 (New Living Translation). What is this verse saying to you?
Whatever measure you use in giving (large or small), it will be used to measure what is
given back to you
5. Read Ephesians 1:7. Did God give out of His riches or according to His riches? Explain
the dierence.
According to His riches. He gave everything to redeem us, His only begotten Son
6. Read Proverbs 19:17. When you give to the poor, what are you doing?
Lending to the Lord
Will God pay you back?
Yes
7. Read Psalm 41:1-3 (New Living Translation). Name ve things that God does for those
who give to the poor.
He rescues them in times of trouble. He protects them. He gives them prosperity. He
rescues them from enemies. He heals them; i.e., nurses them back to health
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LESSON 16
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR PRAYERS
SEEM UNANSWERED
By Andrew Wommack
I want to share about what to do when your prayers seem unanswered, and I want to
put the emphasis on the fact that your prayers “seem” to be unanswered. e truth is that God
always, always answers any pray that is prayed according to His Word in faith. In 1 John 5:14-
15 it says, “And this is the condence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to
his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have
the petitions that we desired of him.” at is a lot of condence. God always answers prayer, but
it doesn’t always look like it’s answered. Matthew 7:7-8 says, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek,
and ye shall nd; knock, and it shall be opened to you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and
he that seeketh ndeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” ose verses are saying that
God does answer prayer. Yet every one of us can think of a time in our lives when we asked for
something that we believed was a right thing, a good thing, not totally selsh or outside of God’s
will, yet we didn’t see the answer.
God’s Word says to ask, and it will be given to us. But our experience says we asked, and it
wasn’t given to us. Which is true? e answer may surprise you, but the truth is that probably both
are true. Most people think, Now, wait a minute, God’s Word says He will answer, and I didn’t see it
happen. John 4:24 says, “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and
in truth.” God operates in the spiritual realm to answer our prayers, but it takes faith on our part
to manifest. Faith is what takes things from the spiritual world and moves them into the physical
world. is is basically what Hebrews 11:1 says: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen.” It didn’t say faith is the evidence of things that don’t exist. ey do
exist, but they are not in the seen, physical world but in the unseen, spiritual realm. Faith reaches
over into the spiritual realm and draws those things into the physical world.
It’s like a radio signal. Radio and television stations are broadcasting constantly. You can
be in a room where you can’t see or hear the signals, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t there. You
have to turn a radio on and tune it to the frequency you want to hear. en the radio pulls those
signals out of a realm you can’t perceive and rebroadcasts them in a realm where you can hear
them with your human ear. God answers our prayers in a similar way: He gives things in the
spiritual realm, and by faith, you have to reach out and bring them into the physical world. e
physical and spiritual worlds move parallel to each other. God moves and answers your prayer,
but you may never see it manifest in the physical unless you let faith bridge the gap between the
unseen spiritual realm and the physical world we live in.
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For example, Daniel, a man of God, was praying and asking God to give him a revelation.
For the sake of time, I’ll summarize the story. e Lord sent the angel, Gabriel, to appear to Daniel
and answer his prayer. Daniel 9:22-23 says, “And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O
Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. At the beginning of thy supplications
the commandment came forth; and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore
understand the matter, and consider the vision.” Here is the point: Gabriel said that at the beginning
of Daniel’s prayer, the commandment from God came for him to bring the answer. If you read
how long it took to bring the answer, it was about three minutes, a three-minute lag time between
God’s command and the physical manifestation.
We make a lot of suppositions that if God is really God and something is His will, it just
happens like the snap of a nger; but that’s not true. In this instance, God gave the command, and
it took approximately three minutes for Gabriel to cover that distance. I don’t have all the reasons
for this, and it’s really not essential. e point I’m trying to make is that from the time God gave
the command, there was a lag time of approximately three minutes before it was manifest. Now if
that was the longest we had to believe for an answer to prayer, most of us could probably hold on,
but it’s not always that way.
In Daniel 10 we nd the same man praying another prayer, and this time it took three
weeks for the answer to come. Many people who read this would say, “Why did God answer one
of Daniel’s prayers in three minutes and the next prayer in three weeks?” Daniel 10:11-12 says,
“And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee,
and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood
trembling. en said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the rst day that thou didst set thine
heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come
for thy words.” is shows that God commanded the messenger from the very rst day of Daniel’s
prayer. It took three weeks for that answer to manifest, but God is faithful. Scripture that says He
is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Heb. 13:8).
If you put chapters 9 and 10 together, I believe God answered both prayers instantly. One
took three minutes and the other took three weeks, but God wasn’t the variable. Here’s the point:
God answers our prayers. He does things, but there are a lot of variables that can happen between
the time He answers prayers and you see the answers manifest. You have to believe; faith has to
reach into the spiritual realm and bring the answer into the physical realm. So faith is one of the
critical ingredients.
Also, you can see in verse 13 of Daniel, chapter 10, “But the prince of the kingdom of Persia
withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I
remained there with the kings of Persia.” is isn’t talking about a physical person but a demonic
hindrance. Satan is another variable in the process. Sometimes God answers our prayers, but
Satan hinders them through other people. For instance, if you’re believing for nances, God isn’t
going to give you money personally. He’s not going to counterfeit United States currency or any
other currency of this world. He’s not going to make money, rain it down from heaven, and put it
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in your pocket. Luke 6:38 says, “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down,
and shaken together, and running over, shall men give unto your bosom.” God will move and answer
your prayer, but it’s going to come through people. Some people are bound by greed, and if they
are angry with you or you’re doing things to oend them, Satan can hinder the manifestation of
your prayer through them. When you’re praying, especially for nances, you need to recognize
that other people may be a part of your nancial miracle, and you may have to pray for them.
God is faithful. He has never failed to answer any prayer that was based on His Word
and prayed in faith. He always gives, but you may not see the manifestation, depending on other
variables. I pray this will help you to build your faith and let you know that God always answers
your prayers.
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1. Read Matthew 7:7-8. What can we expect from God if
we ask?
2. Read Matthew 7:7-8. If we seek God, what can we expect?
3. Read Matthew 7:7-8. What can we expect to happen if
we knock?
4. Read John 10:35. Will God give anything less than what
His Word has promised?
5. Read James 4:1-3. Why were these people hindered
from receiving from God?
6. Read 1 Peter 3:7. If you are mistreating your mate, what
will be the result in your prayer life?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MATTHEW 7:7-8 – Ask, and
it shall be given you; seek,
and ye shall nd; knock, and
it shall be opened unto you:
[8] For every one that asketh
receiveth; and he that seeketh
ndeth; and to him that
knocketh it shall be opened.
JOHN 10:35 – If he called
them gods, unto whom the
word of God came, and the
scripture cannot be broken.
JAMES 4:1-3 – From whence
come wars and ghtings
among you? come they not
hence, even of your lusts that
war in your members? [2] Ye
lust, and have not: ye kill, and
desire to have, and cannot
obtain: ye ght and war, yet
ye have not, because ye ask
not. [3] Ye ask, and receive
not, because ye ask amiss,
that ye may consume it upon
your lusts.
1 PETER 3:7 – Likewise, ye
husbands, dwell with them
according to knowledge,
giving honour unto the wife,
as unto the weaker vessel, and
as being heirs together of the
grace of life; that your prayers
be not hindered.
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7. Read 1 John 5:14-15. What is a key to have your
prayers answered?
8. Read Mark 11:24. When you pray, what are you to do?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
1 JOHN 5:14-15 – And
this is the condence that we
have in him, that, if we ask
any thing according to his
will, he heareth us: [15] And
if we know that he hear us,
whatsoever we ask, we know
that we have the petitions that
we desired of him.
MARK 11:24 – erefore
I say unto you, What things
soever ye desire, when ye pray,
believe that ye receive them,
and ye shall have them.
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1. Read Matthew 7:7-8. What can we expect from God if we ask?
We can expect it to be given
2. Read Matthew 7:7-8. If we seek God, what can we expect?
To nd
3. Read Matthew 7:7-8. What can we expect to happen if we knock?
at it shall be opened unto us
4. Read John 10:35. Will God give anything less than what His Word has promised?
No
5. Read James 4:1-3. Why were these people hindered from receiving from God?
eir motives and hearts were wrong. Everything was about them and for them. Total
selshness were their motives
6. Read 1 Peter 3:7. If you are mistreating your mate, what will be the result in your prayer life?
Your prayers will be hindered
7. Read 1 John 5:14-15. What is a key to have your prayers answered?
Asking according to His will
8. Read Mark 11:24. When you pray, what are you to do?
Believe that you receive, and you shall have
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THE DIVINE FLOW
By Andrew Wommack
You can begin to let God ow through you to minister to other people. You have the
power and the anointing of God in you, but how do you get it out to other people? ere are a
number of scriptures we can start with. In Philemon 6, Paul is praying “that the communication
of thy faith may become eectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ
J e s u s .” e very rst step in having the power of God ow through you to other people is that you
rst acknowledge the good things that are inside you. You can’t give away what you don’t have,
but once you know what you have on the inside, things will automatically begin to happen. You’ll
begin to share with others your excitement, give testimonies of what God has done in your life,
and automatically some people will be helped.
In 1 John 4:7-8 it says, “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that
loveth is born of God, and knoweth God…for God is love.” Anytime you feel love ow out of you
toward another person, that’s God owing out of you toward them. ere are actually four major
words for “love” in the Greek language; the highest form, agape love, is God’s supernatural kind of
love. You need to recognize the dierence between attraction, or desire, toward somebody and this
supernatural, high form of God’s love. Whenever you discern God’s love owing out of you toward
someone else, it’s not self-serving. You can verify this by looking at 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, which gives
the qualications of God’s kind of love. It is not envious, selsh, self-serving, easily provoked, etc.
You need to analyze what you call love and make sure it’s really God’s love—that it’s not selsh or
self-serving—that you don’t love a person because of what they can do for you. As you grow in this
and literally begin to discern His kind of love, then when you feel it ow through you for somebody
else, that’s God moving. Once you discern the love of God owing through you for someone, all you
have to do is follow it with some word of encouragement or action—do something.
ere are times when I’ve been praying that a person would come to my mind, and I
would have God’s kind of love and compassion for them. ere was no reason for this to happen;
it was supernatural. I’ve learned to call the person, write them a letter, or contact them in some
way. Nearly every single time that person will say, “Boy, that was God speaking through you to
me, and He touched my life through it.” Do you know how that happened? It happened because
I sensed this love, this godly compassion owing out of me toward that person. When I feel that
now, I recognize it’s not me—it’s God. God is love, and when I love other people, it’s Him loving
other people through me. is is the way Jesus ministered. Matthew 14:14 says, “And Jesus went
forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their
s i c k .” e way the power of God owed through Jesus was through the compassion and love He
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felt toward the people He ministered to. In Matthew 8:2-3 a man with leprosy, who was unclean
and could not be touched according to Jewish Law (no one could come in contact with him, or
they would become contaminated and become unclean themselves) lied up his voice and cried
to Jesus from a distance, “Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his
hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.” He
was moved with compassion toward the man with leprosy and touched him. As you study the
Scriptures, you’ll nd this compassion, this godly love in many places. It’s not just an emotion, but
a compassion that ows out through us.
When Jesus was hanging on the cross, He loved the people around Him so much that
He said, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34). ese were the very
people who were crucifying Him, yet He had compassion on them and asked God to forgive them.
We know He didn’t have goose bumps—it wasn’t just a feeling, or an emotion—it was a choice.
Nonetheless, He felt it and released it toward other people. Every one of you who is born again
has God living inside of you. According to the verse we started with, 1 John 4:8, God is love, and
He wants to ow through you to reach other people. To do that, He will release this compassion.
You’ll feel it ow out of you toward other people, and when you do, you need to respond.
You don’t always have to do something special. It doesn’t have to be “thus saith the Lord.”
Sometimes, if you have a feeling of compassion toward a person, just go over and put your arm
around them and say, “God loves you and so do I.” I know one time this worked when I was on the
receiving end, in a situation where I was about to be run out of a church. People had lied about me,
and one person even threatened to kill me. I was feeling so discouraged like, “God, what’s the use?
Nobody appreciates what I’m trying to do.” I was ghting the devil over this, and a friend called
long distance. He talked for a few minutes, and I said, “Well, what did you call for?” He said, “I
just wanted to call and let you know I love you. I was praying and felt the love of God toward you.
I appreciate you.” at’s all he said. He didn’t know anything about the situation going on in my
life, but God used that. I knew it was Him loving me through that person, and it kept me in the
ministry and changed my life.
It doesn’t have to be profound or necessarily some great word. God is love, and whenever
you discern that love owing through you, it’s the divine ow…the divine life of God. When
you sense that, you need to follow it up. Go do something, say something, be a blessing to some
person. God will put words in your mouth. He will use you, and He will set people free as you are
moved with compassion and minister to those around you.
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Note: In this lesson, we will examine how to let what God
put in us ow out to others.
1. Read Philemon 6. What is the rst step in allowing God
to ow out of us?
2. Read 1 John 4:7-8. What is the real source of reaching
out to love others?
3. Andrew states, “Anytime you feel love owing out of
you, that’s God owing out of you.” What phrase in 1
John 4:7 proves this fact?
4. Read 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. What are some of the
characteristics of God’s love?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
PHILEMON 6 – That the
communication of thy faith
may become effectual by
the acknowledging of every
good thing which is in you in
Christ Jesus.
1 JOHN 4:7-8 – Beloved,
let us love one another: for
love is of God; and every one
that loveth is born of God,
and knoweth God. [8] He that
loveth not knoweth not God;
for God is love.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-8
Charity suereth long, and
is kind; charity envieth not;
charity vaunteth not itself,
is not pued up, [5] Doth
not behave itself unseemly,
seeketh not her own, is not
easily provoked, thinketh
no evil; [6] Rejoiceth not in
iniquity, but rejoiceth in the
truth; [7] Beareth all things,
believeth all things, hopeth
all things, endureth all things.
[8] Charity never faileth: but
whether there be prophecies,
they shall fail; whether there
be tongues, they shall cease;
whether there be knowledge, it
shall vanish away.
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5. Read Matthew 14:14. How was Jesus moved in
ministering to others?
6. Read Matthew 25:37-40. When we reach out to others
in love and compassion, in reality who are we loving
and caring for?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MATTHEW 14:14 – And
Jesus went forth, and saw
a great multitude, and was
moved with compassion
toward them, and he healed
their sick.
MATTHEW 25:37-40 – en
shall the righteous answer
him, saying, Lord, when saw
we thee an hungered, and fed
thee? or thirsty, and gave thee
drink? [38] When saw we thee
a stranger, and took thee in?
or naked, and clothed thee?
[39] Or when saw we thee
sick, or in prison, and came
unto thee? [40] And the King
shall answer and say unto
them, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye have done it
unto one of the least of these
my brethren, ye have done it
unto me.
HEBREWS 6:10 (New
International Version) – God
is not unjust; he will not forget
your work and the love you
have shown him as you have
helped his people and continue
to help them.
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1. Read Philemon 6. What is the rst step in allowing God to ow out of us?
To acknowledge every good thing He has put in us in Christ Jesus
2. Read 1 John 4:7-8. What is the real source of reaching out to love others?
God, for God is love (1 John 4:8)
3. Andrew states, “Anytime you feel love owing out of you, that’s God owing out of you.”
What phrase in 1 John 4:7 proves this fact?
“Love is of God” (He is the source)
4. Read 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. What are some of the characteristics of God’s love?
Love is slow to anger and patient. It is in the present tense, meaning love continually
behaves this way. Love is kind. It demonstrates itself in kindly acts. It is in the present
tense, meaning love continually behaves this way. Envieth not. It doesn’t resent the
good fortune or success of others. Vaunteth not itself. It does not boast, or
brag, about one’s self. It is not proud. Not pued up. It is not consumed with self.
It is not proud, or arrogant. Does not behave itself unseemly. It doesn’t behave itself in
violation of what is right. It is not rude. Seeketh not her own. It is not self-centered.
Not easily provoked. It is not easily angered, or quick tempered. inketh no evil. It’s
not always thinking the worst of others. It keeps no record of wrongs. Rejoiceth not in
iniquity. It takes no pleasure in injustice, or that which is wrong. Love rejoiceth in the
truth. Beareth all things. It is always supportive. It never gives up. Believeth all things.
Love always trusts. Love never faileth. It always perseveres. It keeps going to the end
and lasts forever
5. Read Matthew 14:14. How was Jesus moved in ministering to others?
He was moved with compassion toward others. e dictionary denes “compassion” as
“sympathetic feeling; pity, mercy”
6. Read Matthew 25:37-40. When we reach out to others in love and compassion, in reality
who are we loving and caring for?
Jesus Himself
See Hebrews 6:10.
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LESSON 2
USING THE GIFTS TO MINISTER
By Andrew Wommack
How can you take the love of God you have received and share it with other people—how
you can be an eective minister to others? In 1 Peter 4:11, it says, “If any man speak, let him speak
as the oracles of God.” e term “oracles of God” refers back to the Old Testament when they had
the holy of holies and put God’s Word in the Ark of the Covenant. at was called “the oracle,”
so when it says “speak as the oracles of God,” it means speak as the mouthpiece of God. Speak as if
you are speaking from God. e verse continues, “If any man minister, let him do it as of the ability
which God giveth: that God in all things may be gloried through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and
dominion for ever and for ever.” What this says is that you need to minister to other people, not out
of your own ability, but out of the ability that God gives.
One of the great things about the Christian life is that it isn’t just me or you talking to
someone and sharing things from our own ability, but God Himself comes and lives on the inside
of us. He begins to speak through us and ow through us. We can literally be God-possessed
and have the Spirit of God owing through us. As we start sharing with other people, we need to
remember that this is what is called the gis of the Spirit and is what they’re for. God takes every
single person in the body of Christ and gives them specic gis. In 1 Corinthians 12 it says every
one of us has been given dierent gis according to His will. In verses 4-6 it says, “Now there
are diversities of gis, but the same Spirit. And there are dierences [diversities] of administrations
[ministrations], but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations [workings], but it is the
same God which worketh all in all” (brackets mine). is means that God works these things in all
of us, as verse 7 says, “But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to prot withal,” or to
prot everyone.
ese verses say that God has put supernatural ability within every single one of us. You
may not feel it, you may not be aware of it, but this is a promise of God’s Word. If you’ve come this
far in the Discipleship Evangelism series, if you’ve already made Jesus your Lord, if you’ve learned
how to receive from God and begin to apply it in your life, then I can promise that the power of
the Holy Spirit is at work inside you. You have other people’s miracles on the inside of you. God
has put the seed form of a miracle inside you for somebody else. It’s up to you to be able to release
it and get it out into their lives. Scripture says this has been given to every one of us by the Spirit.
Not a single person has been le out. Nine dierent gis of the Spirit are listed in 1 Corinthians
12, such as a word of wisdom, a word of knowledge, discerning of spirits, working of miracles,
gis of healing, etc. ere are other gis listed in Romans 12. You need to study them on your
own and be aware that every single one of you has had the Holy Spirit place within you special
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anointing—special ability—to be able to minister to other people. Not everyone will be able to
minister the way I do, for instance. You may not have a teaching gi, but every person in the body
of Christ can teach by sharing their faith with another person. ere are people who are called
specically to teach, people who are called to preach and pastor churches. Another gi listed in
Romans 12 says there are those whose gi is hospitality. Many of you may have an ability, or gi,
without being aware of it. You just have a desire to be able to be a blessing to someone. You may be
the kind of person who, when you walk into a room, picks out people who seem to be ill at ease.
You empathize with them, you know what they’re going through, and you have a desire to make
them feel at ease and to minister to them. Did you know that’s a supernatural gi of God?
Romans 12 says some people have been called to the gi of giving, the ability to make
money and give to support the Gospel. at is their gi, their call in life, and some of you may
be called to that very thing. Some of you have the gi of exhortation. Others have the gi of
administrations, typically called by the church a gi of helps. ere are all kinds of things that
can be done, not only in the church setting, but on a day-to-day basis dealing with people. ere
are some of you who have the ability to encourage those who are discouraged, something I would
never be able to do just through teaching the Word. You just have a supernatural ability to go up,
put your arm around somebody, bless them, and enable them. e point I’m making is that you
don’t need to see this as just being natural, as, “Well, that’s just my personality type.” You may have
classied yourself as this type of person, but you know what, it was a supernatural ability God
placed inside you that gave you the gis, the talents, and the perspective that makes you gravitate
toward doing certain things.
When you are ministering to other people, Scripture says you need to be ministering the
things God has placed on the inside of you. We all need to become ministers, whether as a full-
time vocation, on our jobs, or wherever we are. If you do it with your neighbors or people at the
store, you need to do it out of the ability God gives, not out of your own ability. So, I encourage
you to seek God, discover the gis He has placed inside you, and don’t discount them if you aren’t
called to one of the ministry gis that is a vocation. Recognize that every one of you has had the
Holy Spirit place within you supernatural ability, and then minister to other people through the
gis that God has placed inside you.
It will take time and practice. You won’t be perfect the rst time, so don’t be afraid to
practice. If you make a mistake, God won’t fall o His throne, and other people will see the sincerity
of your heart. Your love will minister to them even if you don’t do something perfectly. Start
ministering to others. Recognize that you are gied of God, and start sharing the supernatural
ability He has given you with other people.
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1. Read 1 Peter 4:11. Whose ability are we supposed to
minister from?
2. Read 1 Corinthians 12:4. ere are varieties and
dierent kinds of spiritual gis, but who is the source of
them all?
3. Read 1 Corinthians 12:6. Choose the correct statement.
A. God works in only one way
B. ere are dierent ways that God works
through people
C. God only works through the preacher
4. Read 1 Corinthians 12:7. True or false: e Holy
Spirit’s presence and spiritual gis are given to each of
us for the good of all.
5. Read 1 Corinthians 12:8-10. List and dene some of the
spiritual gis that God gives people.
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
1 PETER 4:11 – If any man
speak, let him speak as the
oracles of God; if any man
minister, let him do it as of
the ability which God giveth:
that God in all things may
be glorified through Jesus
Christ, to whom be praise
and dominion for ever and
ever. Amen.
1 CORINTHIANS 12:4 –
Now there are diversities of
gis, but the same Spirit.
1 CORINTHIANS 12:6-10 –
And there are diversities of
operations, but it is the same
God which worketh all in all.
[7] But the manifestation of
the Spirit is given to every
man to prot withal. [8]
For to one is given by the
Spirit the word of wisdom;
to another the word of
knowledge by the same Spirit;
[9] To another faith by the
same Spirit; to another the
gis of healing by the same
Spirit; [10] To another
the working of miracles;
to another prophecy; to
another discerning of spirits;
to another divers kinds of
tongues; to another the
interpretation of tongues.
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6. Read Romans 12:6-8. Dene the spiritual gis listed
here that God gives people.
7. Have you noticed any of these gis working through
you? If so, what gis?
ROMANS 12:6-8 – Having
then gis diering according
to the grace that is given to
us, whether prophecy, let us
prophesy according to the
proportion of faith; [7] Or
ministry, let us wait on our
ministering: or he that teacheth,
on teaching; [8] Or he that
exhorteth, on exhortation: he
that giveth, let him do it with
simplicity; he that ruleth, with
diligence; he that showeth mercy,
with cheerfulness.
2 TIMOTHY 4:11 – Only Luke
is with me. Take Mark, and
bring him with thee: for he is
protable to me for the ministry.
ACTS 13:1 – Now there were in
the church that was at Antioch
certain prophets and teachers;
as Barnabas, and Simeon that
was called Niger, and Lucius of
Cyrene, and Manaen, which had
been brought up with Herod the
tetrarch, and Saul.
ACTS 13:15 – And aer
the reading of the law and
the prophets the rulers of the
synagogue sent unto them,
saying, Ye men and brethren, if
ye have any word of exhortation
for the people, say on.
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8. Read 1 Corinthians 12:7. Who is supposed to prot
from these gis?
PROVERBS 22:9 – He that
hath a bountiful eye shall be
blessed; for he giveth of his bread
to the poor.
ACTS 20:28 – Take heed
therefore unto yourselves, and
to all the ock, over the which
the Holy Ghost hath made you
overseers, to feed the church of
God, which he hath purchased
with his own blood.
MATTHEW 5:7 – Blessed are
the merciful: for they shall
obtain mercy.
1 CORINTHIANS 12:7 –
But the manifestation of the
Spirit is given to every man to
profit withal.
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1. Read 1 Peter 4:11. Whose ability are we supposed to minister from?
God’s ability
2. Read 1 Corinthians 12:4. ere are varieties and dierent kinds of spiritual gis, but
who is the source of them all?
God/the Holy Spirit
3. Read 1 Corinthians 12:6. Choose the correct statement.
B. ere are dierent ways that God works through people
4. Read 1 Corinthians 12:7. e Holy Spirit’s presence and spiritual gis are given to each
of us for the good of all.
True
5. Read 1 Corinthians 12:8-10. List and dene some of the spiritual gis that God gives people.
e word of wisdom = A supernatural revelation from God of His mind and purpose
See Acts 27:21-25.
e word of knowledge = A supernatural revelation from God of any fact or event
See Acts 9:11-12.
e gi of faith = e supernatural ability to believe God without doubt or reasoning
See 1 Corinthians 13:2.
Gis of healing = Supernatural ability to heal sickness without human aid or medication
See Mark 16:18.
Working of miracles = Supernatural intervention that produces miracles contrary to
natural laws
See Hebrews 2:3-4.
Prophecy = A supernatural utterance, inspired by God, spoken in a known language by
the speaker
See Acts 11:27-28 and 1 Corinthians 14:3.
Discerning of spirits = A supernatural revelation from God of the presence or activities
of spirits
See Acts 16:16-18.
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Dierent kinds of tongues = A supernatural utterance, inspired by God, in an
unknown language (i.e., unknown to the person speaking)
See Acts 2:4-11.
e interpretation of tongues = A supernatural utterance, inspired by God,
interpreting an unknown tongue
See 1 Corinthians 14:13-14.
6. Read Romans 12:6-8. Dene the spiritual gis listed here that God gives people.
Prophecy = A supernatural utterance, inspired by God, spoken in a known language by
the speaker
Ministry = Serving others, practical service
See 2 Timothy 4:11.
Teaching = To explain, expound, to impart instruction
See Acts 13:1.
Exhortation = To urge, advise, encourage, beseech, admonish, comfort, or warn
See Acts 13:15.
Giving = Sharing generously gis oered to God and others
See Proverbs 22:9.
Ruling = Leading or leadership
See Acts 20:28.
Mercy = Compassion shown to an oender or victim
See Matthew 5:7.
7. Have you noticed any of these gis working through you? If so, what gis?
8. Read 1 Corinthians 12:7. Who is supposed to prot from these gis?
Everyone. By using gis to help others, you are letting God work through you
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ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURES
FROM THE LESSON
ACTS 27:21-25 – But aer long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said,
Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained
this harm and loss. [22] And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss
of any man’s life among you, but of the ship. [23] For there stood by me this night the angel of
God, whose I am, and whom I serve, [24] Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before
Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. [25] Wherefore, sirs, be of
good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
ACTS 9:11-12 – And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called
Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he
prayeth, [12] And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his
hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:2 – And though I have the gi of prophecy, and understand all
mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains,
and have not charity, I am nothing.
MARK 16:18 – ey shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not
hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
HEBREWS 2:3-4 – How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the rst
began to be spoken by the Lord, and was conrmed unto us by them that heard him; [4] God
also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gis of
the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
ACTS 11:27-28 – And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. [28] And
there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signied by the Spirit that there should be
great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
1 CORINTHIANS 14:3 – But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edication, and
exhortation, and comfort.
ACTS 16:16-18 – And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with
a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: [17] e
same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, ese men are the servants of the most high
God, which show unto us the way of salvation. [18] And this did she many days. But Paul,
being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to
come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
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FROM THE LESSON
ACTS 2:4-11- And they were all lled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. [5] And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews,
devout men, out of every nation under heaven. [6] Now when this was noised abroad, the
multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak
in his own language. [7] And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another,
Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? [8] And how hear we every man in our own
tongue, wherein we were born? [9] Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers
in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, [10] Phrygia, and
Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and
proselytes, [11] Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful
works of God.
1 CORINTHIANS 14:13-14 – Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray
that he may interpret. [14] For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my
understanding is unfruitful.
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MIRACLES GLORIFY GOD
By Andrew Wommack
We’ve talked about walking in the power of God and ministering to other people through
the gis that He gives us. I’d like to share some things about how this really glories God and
how He expects us to use His supernatural ability. ere are so many scriptures on this that I can
only touch on a few. In Matthew 9 there’s an instance where Jesus healed a paralytic man, and I’ll
deal with that in more detail in Mark 2. Matthew 9:8 says, “But when the multitudes saw it, they
marvelled, and gloried God, which had given such power unto men.” Did you know that the gis
of the Spirit—miracles—glorify God, and that’s the reason He gave that miraculous ability to us?
When you start sharing with other people, there’s a natural tendency for them to doubt and
begin to question, “Well, how do I know what you’re saying is true?” I once heard T. L. Osborne,
a famous evangelist who led hundreds of thousands of people to the Lord, discuss his experience
when he was rst on the foreign missions eld. He tried to witness to people, and they just didn’t
believe what he said. Finally, one day he was talking to a man, saying “But the Bible says,” and the
man said, “What makes your black book any dierent than any other black book?” en T. L.
Osborne thought, How do these people know the Bible is true? I have faith that the Bible is the Word
of God, but how do I convince them?
He le the mission eld defeated and discouraged, came home, and began to seek God.
e Lord told him that he had to use His supernatural ability. Signs and wonders are for the
purpose of validating the Word of God, which is what will change people’s lives. In 1 Peter 1:23
it says, “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which
liveth and abideth for ever.” God’s Word is what changes people’s lives, but how do you get them to
believe that it really is God speaking? Well, that’s the purpose of miracles. When we preach and
say that it’s God’s will for a person to be healed, we demonstrate it by speaking over them in the
name of Jesus. eir blind eyes or deaf ears that are opened validate that it is God. Miracles aren’t
going to change people, but they will cause them to believe that the word you’ve spoken is the
Word of God.
A scriptural example of that is Mark 2:1-9, where there is further detail on the paralytic
who was healed: “And again he [Jesus] entered into Capernaum aer some days; and it was noised
that he was in the house. And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was
no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. And when they
could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they
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had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. When Jesus saw their faith,
he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. But there were certain of the scribes
sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? Who can
forgive sins but God only? And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned
within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? Whether it is easier
to say to the sick of the palsy, y sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk”
(brackets mine). e truth is that both of those things are technically impossible. It’s impossible
for a man to forgive sins, and it’s also impossible for a man to heal another person of paralysis. So
if God could do one, He could certainly do the other.
Jesus said in verses 10-12, “But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth
to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go
thy way into thine house. And immediately he arose, took up the bed and went forth before them
all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and gloried God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.”
Jesus made it very clear when He said, “But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on
earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy).” He produced the healing so people would
know that if He could do things in the physical realm that they could see happen at His word, then
spiritual things such as the forgiveness of sins could also take place. Jesus used miracles to validate
His word.
is exact same thing is said in Hebrews 2:2-3: “For if the word spoken by angels was
stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; How shall
we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the rst began to be spoken by the Lord, and was
conrmed unto us by them that heard him.” It says that God conrmed this word by the power of
the Holy Spirit. Put this together with Mark 16:20, “e Lord working with them, and conrmed
the word with signs following.” e point I’m making is that God wants you to use His supernatural
ability and power to minister to other people. He uses the miracles that take place through the
gis of the Holy Spirit to conrm to people that He is actually speaking to them. Ultimately, He
wants people to be set free in their hearts, but sometimes the way to a person’s heart is through
their bodies and their emotions. If you can deal with those areas and see a person set free, then
they will open up and allow the Lord to touch the rest of their lives and literally commit their
entire being to Him.
In 1 Corinthians 2:1 Paul was writing to the Corinthians, telling them how he rst
approached them: “And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of
wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among
you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucied. And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much
trembling. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in
demonstration of the Spirit and of power: that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but
in the power of God.” He made it very clear that the reason he didn’t come emphasizing and using
words only but came in demonstration of the Spirit and power, was so their faith would stand in
the power of God and not in the wisdom of man.
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Christianity has wonderful logic to it. Once you see the truth, you wonder how you ever
missed it and why everybody doesn’t embrace it. But Christianity isn’t only logic…it is a real
experience with a real God. He’s alive today, and He wants to manifest Himself in power exactly
the same way He did in His Word. Hebrews 13:8 says, “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day,
and for ever.” Jesus came and He was a man approved of God among us by signs and wonders
and miracles. Acts 10:38 says, “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with
power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was
with him.” He had His word conrmed, and those miracles rang like a bell to draw people to
His message. ey gloried God. Many scriptures say that these miracles gloried God, and if
Jesus had to use the power of the Holy Spirit to minister and to change people’s lives, how do we
think that we can do better than He did? If Jesus drew on miracles to draw people to Himself to
receive His message, how can we possibly think that we can convince the world today without
operating in the supernatural power of God? e truth is that miracles glorify God. ey are a
bell that draws people. It’s like ringing the dinner bell—it’s the food that will ll you, but it’s the
bell that gets your attention. Without the bell, some people are going to miss the meal. Without
the miraculous power of God, many people are going to miss out on the fact that God is real and
He can change their hearts and forgive their sins.
I encourage you to realize that God wants to ow through each one of us and work these
miracles through us in other people’s lives. Some of you may say, “But that intimidates me. What
happens if I pray for a person and they aren’t healed? How do I know this is going to happen?” You
need to recognize it’s not you doing the miracles; God is doing them. You don’t take responsibility
if the miracle works and the person gets set free, and you don’t take the blame if it doesn’t work.
You just do the praying; God’s the one who does the healing, but He has to ow through you. God
wants to use you in miraculous ways. You need to get into God’s Word, see how it worked for
other people, apply those things in your life, and let the miraculous, supernatural power of God
start owing through you today.
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1. What is a miracle?
2. Read Mark 2:10-12. What did Jesus’ miracle demonstrate
that He had power to do?
3. Read Mark 16:15-18. As believers, what are we to do?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MARK 2:10-12 – But that
ye may know that the Son of
man hath power on earth to
forgive sins, (he saith to the
sick of the palsy,) [11] I say
unto thee, Arise, and take
up thy bed, and go thy way
into thine house. [12] And
immediately he arose, took up
the bed, and went forth before
them all; insomuch that they
were all amazed, and gloried
God, saying, We never saw it
on this fashion.
MARK 16:15-18 – And he
said unto them, Go ye into
all the world, and preach
the gospel to every creature.
[16] He that believeth and is
baptized shall be saved; but
he that believeth not shall be
damned. [17] And these signs
shall follow them that believe;
In my name shall they cast out
devils; they shall speak with
new tongues; [18] ey shall
take up serpents; and if they
drink any deadly thing, it shall
not hurt them; they shall lay
hands on the sick, and they
shall recover.
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4. Read Acts 8:5-8 and 12. What did the people see, and
how did they respond?
5. Read Acts 3:12. What did the Apostle Peter say about
his own holiness producing miracles?
6. Read Acts 3:16. How do miracles happen?
7. Are there instances of miracles happening in the New
Testament that were not by the apostles?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ACTS 8:5-8 – en Philip
went down to the city of
Samaria, and preached Christ
unto them. [6] And the people
with one accord gave heed
unto those things which Philip
spake, hearing and seeing the
miracles which he did. [7]
For unclean spirits, crying
with loud voice, came out of
many that were possessed with
them: and many taken with
palsies, and that were lame,
were healed. [8] And there was
great joy in that city.
ACTS 8:12 – But when they
believed Philip preaching the
things concerning the kingdom
of God, and the name of Jesus
Christ, they were baptized,
both men and women.
ACTS 3:12 – And when Peter
saw it, he answered unto the
people, Ye men of Israel, why
marvel ye at this? or why
look ye so earnestly on us, as
though by our own power or
holiness we had made this
man to walk?
ACTS 3:16 – And his name
through faith in his name hath
made this man strong, whom
ye see and know: yea, the faith
which is by him hath given
him this perfect soundness in
the presence of you all.
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8. Read 1 Corinthians 1:7. When will the gift of
miracles cease?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
1 CORINTHIANS 1:7 – So
that ye come behind in no gi;
waiting for the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
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1. What is a miracle?
An extraordinary or unusual event that is considered to be a manifestation of divine
power. It is also a supernatural intervention of God’s power over natural law
2. Read Mark 2:10-12. What did Jesus’ miracle in Mark 2:10-12 demonstrate that He had
power to do?
To forgive sins
3. Read Mark 16:15-18. As believers, what are we to do?
Preach the Gospel, baptize converts, cast out devils, speak in tongues, and heal the sick
4. Read Acts 8:5-8 and 12. What did the people see, and how did they respond?
ey saw miracles (verse 7), they believed in Jesus, and were water baptized (verse 12)
5. Read Acts 3:12. What did the Apostle Peter say about his own holiness producing miracles?
It was not his own holiness or power that healed the man; it was God’s
6. Read Acts 3:16. How do miracles happen?
rough Jesus’ name and faith in Him
7. Are there instances of miracles happening in the New Testament that were not by the apostles?
Yes. An unnamed follower of Christ (Mark 9:38-39), Philip (Acts 8:5-7), Ananias (Acts 9:10-18)
8. Read 1 Corinthians 1:7. When will the gi of miracles cease?
At the coming of the Lord Jesus; i.e., when He returns
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ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURES
FROM THE LESSON
MARK 9:38-39 – And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy
name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. [39] But Jesus
said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly
speak evil of me.
ACTS 9:10-18 – And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him
said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. [11] And the Lord said
unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas
for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, [12] And hath seen in a vision a man
named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. [13]
en Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done
to thy saints at Jerusalem: [14] And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that
call on thy name. [15] But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me,
to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: [16] For I will shew
him how great things he must suer for my name’s sake. [17] And Ananias went his way, and
entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus,
that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy
sight, and be lled with the Holy Ghost. [18] And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had
been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
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LESSON 4
THE POWER OF GODLY RELATIONSHIPS
By Don Krow
Today we’re talking about the power of godly relationships. When you think about it, the
entire Bible talks about this subject. For instance, the word “church” is the Greek word ekklesia,
and it means “a called out group.” As you look in the Word of God, you’ll see that the church, or
the people of God, are encouraged to meet together. ey’re encouraged to pray together and to
encourage one another daily. ey’re encouraged by the power of godly relationships as they walk
together. If you would also consider the word “elder,” it is used many times in Scripture, and it is
used to describe someone who is older, someone who is mature, someone who has walked the
life of Christ, and who has been successful in his family and in his marriage. If I were having a
problem with my marriage, I would want to go to a man who was godly, who has obtained godly
wisdom over the years.
We also have to realize that the Scripture describes the body of Christ as a physical body.
It has hands, eyes, ears, and other dierent parts. We are all part of one another. And as part of
one another, we draw strength from one another. Each ligament, each part of the body has its own
giing, its own talents, its own way of giving strength and knowledge.
e Bible says in James 5:16, “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another,
that ye may be healed. e eectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” is is one
example in Scripture of the power of godly relationships. You know, there’s something in the body
of Christ that is missing. I think that because we’ve emphasized the priesthood of the believer,
going directly to God and not to one another, we’ve lost some things. e Bible talks about
confessing our faults one to another. I have a friend whose name is Dr. Loren Lewis. He’s an older
gentleman, and we’ve spent a lot of time together. He’s a Greek scholar and reads directly from the
Greek. When there’s something from the Scriptures that I can’t gure out, I’ll go to him and ask
him what the Greek has to say about it. I’ll also ask him about the tenses of the Greek, and he helps
me in my biblical studies a lot. I’ve spent hours and hours with this man. He’s a man of wisdom.
He’s a godly man. He has a successful marriage. He has a successful family. And there’s times when
all of us need to confess our faults. Now, I know the Bible says that we’re to confess our sins to God,
and I’m not saying you should confess your sins to someone as if they could forgive them, because
we need to go directly to God. But we need to have accountability in our lives.
e power of having godly relationships is the power that we need for accountability and
for someone to encourage us to seek the Lord. In Hebrews, the Bible tells us to exhort one another
daily, to not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together, to encourage one another, and to
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warn one another lest any of us be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. All of this is
speaking about the importance of godly relationships. On the negative side, the Bible warns
us many times about ungodly relationships and how that ungodly relationships can aect our
minds and our thinking. Before we know it, we can be led into things that we shouldn’t be in, it’s
because we have not protected ourselves and surrounded ourselves with godly counsel (Prov.
11:14, 13:20, and 1 Cor. 15:33). e Bible says, “For what fellowship hath righteousness with
unrighteousness” (2 Cor. 6:14).
As you walk this Christian life, be encouraged to surround yourself with godly relationships
and ee those who would inuence you in a negative way. It is very important that we have godly
believers in our lives with whom we can sharpen ourselves (Prov. 27:17) and be accountable to.
God bless you as you continue to meditate and think on these things.
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1. Read 1 Corinthians 15:33. What does this verse teach
us about relationships?
2. Read 1 Corinthians 12:12. What does this verse show
us about our Christian life?
3. Read Hebrews 10:24. What can we learn about godly
relationships from Hebrews 10:24?
4. Read Hebrews 10:25. What can we learn from this verse
about relationships?
5. Read Proverbs 5:22-23. Why must we guard our hearts
from ungodly relationships?
6. Read 2 Timothy 2:22. We are to pursue righteousness,
faith, love, and peace with whom?
7. Read Hebrews 13:7. Who are we to remember and
pattern our lives aer?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
1 CORINTHIANS 15:33 –
Be not deceived: evil
communications corrupt
good manners.
1 CORINTHIANS 12:12 –
For as the body is one, and
hath many members, and all
the members of that one body,
being many, are one body: so
also is Christ.
HEBREWS 10:24-25 – And
let us consider one another to
provoke unto love and to good
works. [25] Not forsaking the
assembling of ourselves together,
as the manner of some is; but
exhorting one another: and so
much the more, as ye see the
day approaching.
PROVERBS 5:22-23 – His
own iniquities shall take the
wicked himself, and he shall
be holden with the cords of
his sins. [23] He shall die
without instruction; and in
the greatness of his folly he
shall go astray.
2 TIMOTHY 2:22 – Flee
also youthful lusts: but follow
righteousness, faith, charity,
peace, with them that call on the
Lord out of a pure heart.
HEBREWS 13:7 – Remember
them which have the rule over
you, who have spoken unto you
the word of God: whose faith
follow, considering the end of
their conversation.
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1. Read 1 Corinthians 15:33. What does this verse teach us about relationships?
Bad company corrupts good character
2. Read 1 Corinthians 12:12. What does this verse show us about our Christian life?
Just like the physical body, we all need the other members of the body of Christ
3. Read Hebrews 10:24. What can we learn about godly relationships from Hebrews 10:24?
ose in godly relationships spur on others to love and to good works
4. Read Hebrews 10:25. What can we learn from this verse about relationships?
We need to meet together, fellowship, and encourage one another
5. Read Proverbs 5:22-23. Why must we guard our hearts from ungodly relationships?
Lest we be led astray by folly (verse 23)
6. Read 2 Timothy 2:22. We are to pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with whom?
With them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart
7. Read Hebrews 13:7. Who are we to remember and pattern our lives aer?
Your leaders who have spoken the Word of God to you
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LESSON 5
PERSECUTION
By Don Krow
In Matthew 10:16-23, Jesus wanted to prepare His disciples for opposition; He wanted
them to know opposition was going to come. All those who live godly, Christ-centered lives will
suer persecution (2 Tim. 3:12). It’s not something you can rebuke. e enemy may be behind it,
but persecution is part of standing for righteousness. e Bible says those who live godly in Christ
will suer persecution. Jesus is preparing His disciples by saying, “Behold, I send you forth as sheep
in the midst of wolves” (Matt. 10:16). e word “behold” is saying, “Listen to Me, guys. I want you
to get this. I’m going to send you as sheep in the midst of wolves.” Sheep are the most defenseless,
dependent animals I know of. A sheep doesn’t have fangs, doesn’t have venom like a snake—it has
no defense whatsoever. e only defense it really has is the shepherd.
A shepherd’s responsibility is to keep wolves out of the ock of sheep, but Jesus is saying
the very opposite: “I’m sending you out as sheep into a pack of wolves.” Isn’t that amazing? e
reason He is saying it is that He’s preparing them for opposition. Ephesians 6:12 says, “For we
wrestle not against esh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of
the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” ere will be opposition. Part
of the Christian life is opposition, and Jesus wants you to know that. He wants to prepare you for
that by saying, “Be ye therefore wise as serpents” (Matt. 10:16). at word “wise” means in every
situation, you will not needlessly incite problems but will have wisdom that you carry with you.
Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
He then says, “But beware of men” (Matt. 10:17). e enemy is going to use men. Ephesians
2:2 says that there is “the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of
disobedience.” Satan is going to use men to oppose us, to oppose the purposes of Jesus Christ, and
to oppose the Word of God. “Beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they
will scourge you in their synagogues” (Matt. 10:17). Paul said, “Five times I was scourged, ve times
I was beaten with thirty-nine lashes, because of Jesus Christ, and the message of Jesus Christ, and the
message of the gospel” (2 Cor. 11:23-24). Jesus said you will be brought before governors—even
the government will sometimes be used to oppose the purposes of Jesus Christ. You’ll be brought
before governors and kings for Jesus’ sake, for a testimony to them or against them.
I was teaching a course on evangelism, and I was showing the students how they could use
an evangelism letter and personal testimony to reach out to the lost. I did one myself and sent it
out to y to a hundred people. Just a couple of days aer that, I got a phone call from a woman
in town named Mary Anne. She said, “You’re not going to get away with it; you can’t tell me about
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Jesus Christ; you can’t get away with this. Where did you get my name, anyway?” I said, “Well, I
got it right out of the phone book.” She said, “You’re a liar! My name and address are not in the
phone book!” I said, “Well, that’s where I got it.” She said, “Tomorrow the police will contact you.”
I thought to myself, Is the Bible really true? And the police did contact me the next day and they
spent about two hours trying to interrogate me.
Do you see what I’m saying? When there are criminals out on the street, the police
wasted two hours of their time. Why? For the sake of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the
Gospel. Is the Word of God really true? If you stand on the Word of God, if you’re bold to
witness, if you’re bold to proclaim Jesus, if you’re bold to live a righteous life before men,
there will be opposition. There are forces of evil; there are forces of good. Jesus wanted His
disciples to be prepared.
Jesus said in Matthew 10:19, “But when they deliver you up, take no thought [be not
anxious] how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall
speak” (brackets mine). With God’s Spirit, you’ll have wisdom like Stephen of old. e people
couldn’t handle the wisdom by which he spoke. Jesus says in verses 22-23, “And ye shall be
hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. But when
they persecute you in this city, ee ye into another.” Opposition against righteousness, against the
purposes of Jesus Christ, is a reality if you’re a doer of the Word and not just a hearer.
I was in a park a while back, and I saw an elderly lady sitting in the swing. I thought to
myself, She’s harmless; she can’t hurt me! I asked her if I could sit down in the swing with her,
and I sat down and began a conversation with her. I found out her name was Jane, and I said,
“By the way, Jane, what do you do?” She said, “Oh, I’m an old lady; I don’t work anymore. I’m
retired.” en she said, “And, by the way, what do you do?” I said, “I work for a parachurch
ministry, a parachurch organization.” Suddenly her countenance changed. She said, “Don’t you
tell me about God! Don’t you tell me about Jesus!” I said “Oh, Jane, you shouldn’t talk that way,”
and she said, “If Jesus Christ was in front of me, I would spit in His face!” I said, “Jane! You
shouldn’t say things like that! You must have had a lot of people hurt you in churches for you to
talk like that. Jane, you shouldn’t talk like that! Let me tell you about my family.” She said, “No!
I said you can’t talk to me. You’re going to tell me about Jesus Christ and what God did in your
family, and I’m not going to let you. You cannot speak.” I said, “Jane, please. I’ve got to tell you
about Jesus.” She said, “No! I’m telling you to SHUT UP!”
She had a little dog on a leash, and she just pulled that little dog until he was sitting there
going “Arrgh,” and away she went. Here was a woman out of control because a spirit rose up in
her, the spirit of disobedience. She was controlled by the Enemy. I thought to myself, I’m not
used to having people yell at me. I’m not used to people getting in my face. But I had nothing but
compassion, nothing but love for Jane. She was out of control, and I was totally in control. I
went home and said, “Lord, You know what? e greatest miracle is that I was in control. When
someone was in my face, I had nothing but love and compassion.”
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Persecution and opposition will come when we go out in the name of Jesus. e same
Spirit of God that gives boldness to proclaim Jesus even when we’re rejected for His sake, that
same Spirit will give us comfort and strength in any situation.
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1. Read 2 Timothy 3:12. ose who live a godly life will
experience what?
2. How would you dene “persecution”?
3. Read Mark 4:16-17. Aiction and persecution come
for what reason?
4. Read Acts 8:1 and 4. e persecution in Jerusalem
resulted in what?
5. Read Matthew 5:10-12. ere is a blessing upon those
who are persecuted for __________________ .
6. Read Matthew 5:12. When believers are persecuted for
righteousness’ sake, what can they expect in the future?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
2 TIMOTHY 3:12 – Yea, and
all that will live godly in Christ
Jesus shall suer persecution.
MARK 4:16-17 – And these
are they likewise which are
sown on stony ground; who,
when they have heard the word,
immediately receive it with
gladness; [17] And have no root
in themselves, and so endure
but for a time: aerward, when
aiction or persecution ariseth
for the word’s sake, immediately
they are oended.
ACTS 8:1 – And Saul was
consenting unto his death. And
at that time there was a great
persecution against the church
which was at Jerusalem; and
they were all scattered abroad
throughout the regions of
Judaea and Samaria, except
the apostles.
ACTS 8:4 – erefore they
that were scattered abroad
went every where preaching
the word.
MATTHEW 5:10-12 –
Blessed are they which are
persecuted for righteousness’
sake: for theirs is the kingdom
of heaven. [11] Blessed are
ye, when men shall revile you,
and persecute you, and shall
say all manner of evil against
you falsely, for my sake. [12]
Rejoice, and be exceeding
glad: for great is your reward
in heaven: for so persecuted
they the prophets which were
before you.
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7. Read Acts 9:4-5. Who was Saul persecuting?
8. Read Acts 9:1. In reality, who was Saul persecuting?
9. Read Galatians 6:12. e Judaizers in the book of the
Galatians tried to add the keeping of religious Law to
the Gospel. In so doing, they avoided what?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ACTS 9:4-5 – And he fell to
the earth, and heard a voice
saying unto him, Saul, Saul,
why persecutest thou me? [5]
And he said, Who art thou,
Lord? And the Lord said, I am
Jesus whom thou persecutest: it
is hard for thee to kick against
the pricks.
ACTS 9:1 – And Saul, yet
breathing out threatenings
and slaughter against the
disciples of the Lord, went
unto the high priest.
GALATIANS 6:12 – As many
as desire to make a fair show
in the esh, they constrain you
to be circumcised; only lest
they should suer persecution
for the cross of Christ.
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1. Read 2 Timothy 3:12. ose who live a godly life will experience what?
Persecution
2. How would you dene “persecution”?
To harass; to cause to suer because of belief
3. Read Mark 4:16-17. Aiction and persecution come for what reason?
For the Word’s sake; i.e., to take away the Word
4. Read Acts 8:1 and 4. e persecution in Jerusalem resulted in what?
People going everywhere preaching the Word
5. Read Matthew 5:10-12. ere is a blessing upon those who are persecuted for
__________________.
Righteousness’ sake
6. Read Matthew 5:12. When believers are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, what can
they expect in the future?
A great reward in heaven
7. Read Acts 9:4-5. Who was Saul persecuting?
Jesus
8. Read Acts 9:1. In reality, who was Saul persecuting?
e disciples (Christians) of the Lord
9. Read Galatians 6:12. e Judaizers in the book of the Galatians tried to add the keeping
of religious Law to the Gospel. In so doing, they avoided what?
Suering persecution for the cross of Christ. In other words, they avoided the persecution
that came from preaching that salvation is by grace through faith in Christ alone
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LESSON 6
THE KING AND HIS KINGDOM
By Don Krow
In the Old Testament, what made Israel distinct from all other nations was that it was a
theocracy. In other words, it was ruled directly by God (Is. 43:15). Later in Israel’s history, they
wanted to be like the other nations of the world, to be ruled by an earthly king (1 Sam. 8:5-19). So
God granted their request and chose for them a king named Saul (1 Sam. 10:24-25). Later, because
of Saul’s disobedience, God raised up David to be king, a man aer His own heart (Acts 13:21-22
and 1 Kin. 15:3).
e king was to be the visible representative of the invisible God (Deut. 17:14-20). When
the king followed the Lord, he and his kingdom would prosper. When the king failed to follow the
Lord, he and his kingdom would go into captivity and ruin (1 Sam. 15:22-23).
When God chose a king, He would send a prophet to anoint that one with oil. is
typied the Holy Spirit coming upon this one to empower and anoint him to rule. At this time,
the Spirit of God would come upon him and change his heart to rule in righteousness, for God
was with him (1 Sam.10:1, 6-7, and 9). is anointing to rule (or to be king) is where the idea of
the Messiah comes from. e word “anointed” in Hebrew is mashiac (Messiah) and translated
christos (Christ) in Greek. e Old Testament prophets prophesied that in the future, the Messiah
(or Anointed One) would come, and the God of heaven would set up a kingdom which would
never be destroyed (Dan. 2:44, 7:14, and 27). In the Scriptures, if you notice, Jesus never explained
to the Jews what He meant when speaking about the kingdom. It was an Old Testament concept
that they were already looking for (Is. 9:6-7, 11:1-6; Dan. 2:44, 7:13-14, 18, and 27).
It is impossible to understand the message of Jesus without a basic understanding of
the kingdom. e kingdom was the message that Jesus spoke and the only one He instructed
His disciples to preach (Mark 1:14-15, Luke 9:1-2, Acts 28:23-31, Luke 16:16, and Matt. 24:14).
is message was also referred to as “salvation” or the oer of “eternal life” (Heb. 2:3; Matt.
19:16 compare with 19:23; Acts 28:23-24, 28, and 30-31). Within the phrase “the kingdom
of God” is the idea of a group of people that would be ruled by God. In order to enter God’s
kingdom, conditions had to be met. A change of heart was required. is change of heart is
what the Bible calls repentance. It was a change of heart toward God; that is, it was a turning
away from Satan, sin and its ways, unto God, Christ and His ways. As one turns, God oers
(as a gi through Jesus’ shed blood) the forgiveness of sins and everlasting life (Rom. 6:23).
is “good news” is referred to as the “Gospel of grace” or the preaching of the “kingdom of
God” (Acts 20:24-25). e kingdom of God is characterized by grace (Matt. 20:1-16) and has
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come quietly and secretly in the ministry of Jesus (Matt. 13:33). It will one day in the future
come to a glorious and visible consummation (Matt. 13:36-43).
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1. Read Daniel 2:44. e Old Testament prophets
prophesied that in the future, the Messiah (or Anointed
One) would come, and the God of heaven would set up
a kingdom which:
A. Would last for 1,000 years
B. Would never be destroyed
C. Would be temporal
2. Read Matthew 4:17, 23. What was Jesus’ message?
3. Read Mark 1:14-15. Jesus preached the Gospel of
__________________ .
4. Read Luke 4:43. e reason that Jesus was sent from
God was to
__________________ .
5. Read John 4:25. In the Scriptures, Jesus never explained
to the Jews what He meant when speaking about the
kingdom. It was an Old Testament concept that they:
A. Knew little about
B. ought would never come
C. Were already looking for
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
DANIEL 2:44 – And in
the days of these kings shall
the God of heaven set up a
kingdom, which shall never be
destroyed: and the kingdom
shall not be le to other people,
but it shall break in pieces and
consume all these kingdoms,
and it shall stand for ever.
MATTHEW 4:17 – From that
time Jesus began to preach, and
to say, Repent: for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand.
MATTHEW 4:23 – And
Jesus went about all Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues,
and preaching the gospel of
the kingdom, and healing all
manner of sickness and all
manner of disease among
the people.
MARK 1:14-15 – Now aer
that John was put in prison,
Jesus came into Galilee,
preaching the gospel of the
kingdom of God, [15] And
saying, e time is fullled,
and the kingdom of God is at
hand: repent ye, and believe
the gospel.
LUKE 4:43 – And he said
unto them, I must preach the
kingdom of God to other cities
also: for therefore am I sent.
JOHN 4:25 – e woman
saith unto him, I know that
Messias cometh, which is
called Christ: when he is come,
he will tell us all things.
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6. Read Luke 9:1-2. What three things did the twelve
disciples do?
7. Read Luke 10:1-2, 8-9. What message did Jesus tell the
seventy to proclaim?
8. Read Luke 23:2. According to the Jews’ own denition,
the word “Christ” means one that is a
__________________ .
9. Read Acts 17:7. Contrary to Roman law, the Jews
said that the Apostle Paul taught that there was another
__________________ one __________________ .
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
LUKE 9:1-2 – en he called
his twelve disciples together,
and gave them power and au-
thority over all devils, and to
cure diseases. [2] And he sent
them to preach the kingdom of
God, and to heal the sick.
LUKE 10:1-2 – Aer these
things the Lord appointed other
seventy also, and sent them two
and two before his face into
every city and place, whither
he himself would come. [2]
erefore said he unto them,
e harvest truly is great, but
the labourers are few: pray
ye therefore the Lord of the
harvest, that he would send
forth labourers into his harvest.
LUKE 10:8-9 – And into
whatsoever city ye enter, and
they receive you, eat such
things as are set before you:
[9] And heal the sick that are
therein, and say unto them,
e kingdom of God is come
nigh unto you.
LUKE 23:2 – And they began
to accuse him, saying, We
found this fellow perverting the
nation, and forbidding to give
tribute to Caesar, saying that
he himself is Christ a King.
ACTS 17:7 – Whom Jason
hath received: and these all
do contrary to the decrees of
Caesar, saying that there is
another king, one Jesus.
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10. Read Acts 19:8-10. Paul spoke boldly in Ephesus
disputing and persuading others concerning
__________________ .
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ACTS 19:8-10 – And he
went into the synagogue, and
spake boldly for the space
of three months, disputing
and persuading the things
concerning the kingdom of
God. [9] But when divers
were hardened, and believed
not, but spake evil of that
way before the multitude,
he departed from them,
and separated the disciples,
disputing daily in the school of
one Tyrannus. [10] And this
continued by the space of two
years; so that all they which
dwelt in Asia heard the word
of the Lord Jesus, both Jews
and Greeks.
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11. Read Acts 28:23-31. In verse 31, what was it that the
Apostle Paul was preaching?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ACTS 28:23-31 – And when
they had appointed him a day,
there came many to him into his
lodging; to whom he expounded
and testied the kingdom of God,
persuading them concerning
Jesus, both out of the law of
Moses, and out of the prophets,
from morning till evening. [24]
And some believed the things
which were spoken, and some
believed not. [25] And when they
agreed not among themselves,
they departed, aer that Paul
had spoken one word, Well spake
the Holy Ghost by Esaias the
prophet unto our fathers, [26]
Saying, Go unto this people, and
say, Hearing ye shall hear, and
shall not understand; and seeing
ye shall see, and not perceive:
[27] For the heart of this people
is waxed gross, and their ears are
dull of hearing, and their eyes
have they closed; lest they should
see with their eyes, and hear
with their ears, and understand
with their heart, and should be
converted, and I should heal
them. [28] Be it known therefore
unto you, that the salvation of
God is sent unto the Gentiles,
and that they will hear it. [29]
And when he had said these
words, the Jews departed, and
had great reasoning among
themselves. [30] And Paul dwelt
two whole years in his own
hired house, and received all
that came in unto him, [31]
Preaching the kingdom of
God, and teaching those things
which concernthe Lord Jesus
Christ, with all condence, no
man forbidding him.
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12. Read Matthew 24:14. What is the message that is to be
preached in all the world?
13. Read Acts 20:24-25. Sometimes the Gospel of the
kingdom is referred to as the Gospel of
__________________ .
14. Read Luke 16:16. It is impossible to understand the
message of Jesus without a basic understanding of the
kingdom. e kingdom was the message that Jesus
spoke and the only one He instructed His disciples to:
A. Preach
B. Disregard
C. Ponder
15. Read Matthew 6:10. Basically, the kingdom of God is
the rule of God. How is this expressed in this verse?
16. Read Colossians 1:13-14 and Romans 14:9. Within the
phrase “the kingdom of God” is the idea of a group of
people that would:
A. Ask Jesus into their hearts
B. Accept God’s rule (and reject Satan’s) and receive
His forgiveness
C. Join the church
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MATTHEW 24:14 – And this
gospel of the kingdom shall be
preached in all the world for a
witness unto all nations; and
then shall the end come.
ACTS 20:24-25 – But none
of these things move me,
neither count I my life dear
unto myself, so that I might
nish my course with joy, and
the ministry, which I have
received of the Lord Jesus, to
testify the gospel of the grace of
God. [25] And now, behold, I
know that ye all, among whom
I have gone preaching the
kingdom of God, shall see my
face no more.
LUKE 16:16 – e law and
the prophets were until John:
since that time the kingdom
of God is preached, and every
man presseth into it.
MATTHEW 6:10 – y
kingdom come. y will be done
in earth, as it is in heaven.
COLOSSIANS 1:13-14 –
Who hath delivered us from
the power of darkness, and
hath translated us into the
kingdom of his dear Son: [14]
In whom we have redemption
through his blood, even the
forgiveness of sins.
ROMANS 14:9 – For to
this end Christ both died,
and rose, and revived, that
he might be Lord both of the
dead and living.
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17. Read Matthew 4:17. In order to enter God’s kingdom, a
change of heart is required. is change of heart is what
the Bible calls:
A. Penance
B. Works of the Law
C. Repentance
18. Read Acts 26:18. Have you turned from
_____________________ to light, from the
_____________________ of Satan unto
_____________________ to receive the forgiveness of
your sins?
19. Read Ezekiel 36:26-27 and Acts 11:15-18. Have you
been given a new heart and a new spirit that causes you
to walk in God’s ways?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MATTHEW 4:17 – From that
time Jesus began to preach, and
to say, Repent: for the kingdom
of heaven is at hand.
ACTS 26:18 – To open their
eyes, and to turn them from
darkness to light, and from the
power of Satan unto God, that
they may receive forgiveness of
sins, and inheritance among
them which are sanctied by
faith that is in me.
EZEKIEL 36:26-27 – A new
heart also will I give you, and a
new spirit will I put within you:
and I will take away the stony
heart out of your esh, and I
will give you an heart of esh.
[27] And I will put my spirit
within you, and cause you to
walk in my statutes, and ye
shall keep my judgments, and
do them.
ACTS 11:15-18 – And as
I began to speak, the Holy
Ghost fell on them, as on us
at the beginning. [16] en
remembered I the word of the
Lord, how that he said, John
indeed baptized with water; but
ye shall be baptized with the
Holy Ghost. [17] Forasmuch
then as God gave them the
like gi as he did unto us, who
believed on the Lord Jesus
Christ; what was I, that I could
withstand God? [18] When
they heard these things, they
held their peace, and gloried
God, saying, en hath God
also to the Gentiles granted
repentance unto life.
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20. Read Luke 18:13-14. Have you called upon God for the
forgiveness of your sins?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
LUKE 18:13-14 – And the
publican, standing afar o,
would not li up so much as
his eyes unto heaven, but smote
upon his breast, saying, God be
merciful to me a sinner. [14] I
tell you, this man went down to
his house justied rather than
the other: for every one that
exalteth himself shall be abased;
and he that humbleth himself
shall be exalted.
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1. Read Daniel 2:44. e Old Testament prophets prophesied that in the future, the
Messiah (or Anointed One) would come, and the God of heaven would set up a
kingdom which:
B. Would never be destroyed
2. Read Matthew 4:17, 23. What was Jesus’ message?
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand
3. Read Mark 1:14-15. Jesus preached the Gospel of __________________ .
e kingdom of God
4. Read Luke 4:43. e reason that Jesus was sent from God was to __________________ .
Preach the kingdom of God
5. Read John 4:25. In the Scriptures, Jesus never explained to the Jews what He meant
when speaking about the kingdom. It was an Old Testament concept that they:
C. Were already looking for
6. Read Luke 9:1-2. What three things did the twelve disciples do?
Cast out demons, cure diseases, and preach the kingdom of God
7. Read Luke 10:1-2, 8-9. What message did Jesus tell the seventy to proclaim?
e kingdom of God
8. Read Luke 23:2. According to the Jews’ own denition, the word “Christ” means one
that is a __________________ .
King
9. Read Acts 17:7. Contrary to Roman law, the Jews said that the Apostle Paul taught
that there was another __________________ one __________________ .
King / Jesus
10. Read Acts 19:8-10. Paul spoke boldly in Ephesus disputing and persuading others
concerning __________________ .
e kingdom of God
11. Read Acts 28:23-31. In verse 31, what was it that the Apostle Paul was preaching?
e kingdom of God and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ
12. Read Matthew 24:14. What is the message that is to be preached in all the world?
e Gospel of the kingdom
13. Read Acts 20:24-25. Sometimes the Gospel of the kingdom is referred to as the Gospel
of __________________ .
e grace of God
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14. Read Luke 16:16. It is impossible to understand the message of Jesus without a basic
understanding of the kingdom. e kingdom was the message that Jesus spoke and the
only one He instructed His disciples to:
A. Preach
15. Read Matthew 6:10. Basically, the kingdom of God is the rule of God. How is this
expressed in this verse?
God’s will being done in earth like His will is done in heaven
16. Read Colossians 1:13-14 and Romans 14:9. Within the phrase “the kingdom of God” is
the idea of a group of people that would:
B. Accept God’s rule (and reject Satan’s) and receive His forgiveness
17. Read Matthew 4:17. In order to enter God’s kingdom, a change of heart is required. is
change of heart is what the Bible calls:
C. Repentance
18. Read Acts 26:18. Have you turned from __________________ to light, from the
__________________ (authority or rule) of Satan unto __________________ to
receive the forgiveness of your sins?
Darkness / Power / God
19. Read Ezekiel 36:26-27 and Acts 11:15-18. Have you been given a new heart and a new
spirit that causes you to walk in God’s ways?
20. Read Luke 18:13-14. Have you called upon God for the forgiveness of your sins?
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LESSON 7
THE OBJECT OF SAVING FAITH
By Don Krow
Suppose that on a man’s wedding day as he stood before the pastor, the pastor suddenly
began to say these words: “Do you take this woman to be your personal cook, to clean your house,
and do your dishes? Do you take her from this day forth to vacuum the oors and to dust the
furniture as long as you both shall live?” Suddenly his wife-to-be says, “Stop! If you want me as a
person that only does things for you, you can hire a maid. I want you to love me and take me for
who I am. If you take me for who I am, I will do all those things for you, but I want you to take
me! All of me! I don’t want you to just take my benets and not my person.”
A.W. Tozer said this, “Now, it seems odd that some teachers never notice that the only
true object of saving faith is none other than Christ Himself; not the ‘saviourhood’ of Christ nor
the ‘lordship’ of Christ, but Christ Himself. God does not oer salvation to the one who will
believe on one of the oces of Christ, nor is an oce of Christ ever presented as an object of faith.
Neither are we exhorted to believe on the atonement, nor on the cross, nor on the priesthood of
the Saviour. All of these are embodied in the person of Christ, but they are never separated nor
is one ever isolated from the rest. Much less are we permitted to accept one of Christ’s oces and
reject another. e notion that we are so permitted is a modern-day heresy, I repeat, and like every
heresy it has had evil consequences among Christians” (e Root of the Righteous, pp. 84-86).
Do you get the point? Why do we emphasize a part of Christ (His benets), an oce of Christ,
and not Christ? at’s like taking a wife in marriage as your personal cook and not for her person.
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1. Read John 1:12. As many as received:
A. Him (the Lord Jesus Christ)
B. Jesus as Savior
C. Jesus as Lord
D. Jesus as priest, to them gave He power to be
come the sons (or children) of God
2. Read Acts 16:31. We are to believe (that is, trust or
entrust) ourselves to whom?
3. Read Luke 6:46. What does the word “Lord” imply?
4. Read Matthew 1:21. What does the word “Jesus” imply?
5. Read Luke 23:2. What does the word “Christ” imply?
6. Read Romans 1:16. According to this verse, the Gospel,
or Good News, is
__________________ .
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
JOHN 1:12 – But as many
as received him, to them gave
he power to become the sons of
God, even to them that believe
on his name.
ACTS 16:31 – And they
said, Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be saved,
and thy house.
LUKE 6:46 – And why call ye
me, Lord, Lord, and do not the
things which I say?
MATTHEW 1:21 – And she
shall bring forth a son, and
thou shalt call his name JESUS:
for he shall save his people from
their sins.
LUKE 23:2 – And they began
to accuse him, saying, We
found this fellow perverting the
nation, and forbidding to give
tribute to Caesar, saying that he
himself is Christ a King.
ROMANS 1:16 – For I am
not ashamed of the gospel of
Christ: for it is the power of
God unto salvation to every one
that believeth; to the Jew rst,
and also to the Greek.
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7. Read Romans 1:1-3. e Gospel of God centers around,
or is concerning, __________________ .
Part of His Son or all of His Son?
8. Read John 6:54. When you eat something, what does
that imply?
9. Read Galatians 3:27. When a person is baptized into
Christ, they put on __________________ .
What part of Christ do they put on?
10. Read Acts 9:5-6. When Saul was converted, what two
questions did he ask Jesus?
11. Read Romans 7:4. To whom are we to be married?
To what part of Him are we married?
12. Are you enjoying a good marriage with Christ?
Do you talk, communicate, love, and worship Him?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ROMANS 1:1-3 – Paul, a
servant of Jesus Christ, called
to be an apostle, separated unto
the gospel of God, [2] (Which
he had promised afore by his
prophets in the holy scriptures,)
[3] Concerning his Son Jesus
Christ our Lord, which was
made of the seed of David
according to the esh.
JOHN 6:54 – Whoso eateth
my esh, and drinketh my
blood, hath eternal life; and I
will raise him up at the last day.
GALATIANS 3:27 – For
as many of you as have been
baptized into Christ have put
on Christ.
ACTS 9:5-6 – And he said,
Who art thou, Lord? And the
Lord said, I am Jesus whom
thou persecutest: it is hard for
thee to kick against the pricks.
[6] And he trembling and
astonished said, Lord, what wilt
thou have me to do? And the
Lord said unto him, Arise, and
go into the city, and it shall be
told thee what thou must do.
ROMANS 7:4 – Wherefore,
my brethren, ye also are become
dead to the law by the body
of Christ; that ye should be
married to another, even to him
who is raised from the dead,
that we should bring forth fruit
unto God.
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1. Read John 1:12. As many as received:
A. Him (the Lord Jesus Christ), to them gave He power to become the sons (or children)
of God
2. Read Acts 16:31. We are to believe (that is, trust or entrust) ourselves to whom?
e Lord Jesus Christ
3. Read Luke 6:46. What does the word “Lord” imply?
Master, ruler, boss, the one who has the right to control our lives. is word also
implies deity
4. Read Matthew 1:21. What does the word “Jesus” imply?
Jesus as Savior
5. Read Luke 23:2. What does the word “Christ” imply?
Jesus as our King and Messiah
6. Read Romans 1:16. According to this verse, the Gospel, or good news, is
__________________.
Christ Himself, which includes all His benets
7. Read Romans 1:1-3. e Gospel of God centers around, or is concerning,
__________________.
God’s Son, Jesus Christ our Lord
Part of His Son or all of His Son?
All of Him
8. Read John 6:54. When you eat something, what does that imply?
at you take all of it in. In a sense, what you eat becomes your life, your strength
9. Read Galatians 3:27. When a person is baptized into Christ, they put on
__________________.
All of Him
10. Read Acts 9:5-6. When Saul was converted, what two questions did he ask Jesus?
Who are you, and what would you have me do?
11. Read Romans 7:4. To whom are we to be married?
To the Lord Jesus Christ
To what part of Him are we married?
All of Him
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12. Are you enjoying a good marriage with Christ?
Do you talk, communicate, love, and worship Him?
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LESSON 8
THE PROPER USE OF GOD’S LAW
By Don Krow
One day Joe and I were talking to Bill and Steve at the lake. e question was brought up,
“How could people possibly be held accountable before God who have never heard of God or
Jesus Christ?” I said, “Bill, suppose you went to visit Steve at his home, but he was gone and his
wife was there. If you entered into an adulterous aair with her, would you feel guilty for violating
your friend’s wife? Even though you had never heard of the Ten Commandments or read the
Bible? Where did that sense of guilt and feeling of accountability come from?”
God has given every person, through the Law and conscience, the ability to sense right
and feel guilt for wrong. e Law and the conscience are the self-judging functions that either
accuse or excuse us in regard to our conduct (Rom. 2:14-15).
Bill had been telling me what a good person he was. He didn’t really see any need for
a Savior. I turned to Exodus 20 and began to read to Bill the Ten Commandments. “Bill, has
God always been rst in your life, and have you always loved Him more than anything in the
world? If not, you have broken the rst commandment” (Ex. 20:3). “Have you ever exalted
anything before God? If so, you have broken the second commandment” (Ex. 20:4). “Have you
ever used the name of Jesus Christ as a four-letter word? You are guilty of breaking the third
commandment” (Ex. 20:7). “Have you always set aside a day to honor and worship God? You
have broken the fourth commandment” (Ex. 20:8). “Did you always honor your father and
mother in your youth? You have broken the h commandment” (Ex. 20:12). “Have you ever
become extremely angry with a person? You have broken the sixth commandment” (compare
Ex. 20:13 with Matt. 5:21-22). “Have you ever looked upon a woman and lusted aer her? You
have broken the seventh commandment” (compare Ex. 20:14 with Matt. 5:27-28). “Have you
ever taken something that did not belong to you? You have broken the eighth commandment”
(Ex. 20:15). “Have you always told the truth? If not, you have broken the ninth commandment”
(Ex. 20:16). “Have you ever had a desire to have what belongs to someone else? You have broken
the tenth commandment” (Ex. 20:17). “Do you see why Jesus said He came to save sinners?”
(Mark 2:16-17).
e problem with thinking we are good enough, or trying to be good enough to go to
heaven, is the fact that we have all broken the Ten Commandments. James 2:10 tells us that
whoever keeps the whole Law yet fails to keep just one point is GUILTY of breaking the Law. e
Law was never meant to make you righteous but only to reveal your sin (Rom. 3:19-20).
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We all need a Savior! e word “Savior” has the idea of one that can rescue you from the
penalty of sin. Jesus rescues the perishing so that they might have eternal life (Matt. 1:21).
To be good enough to go to heaven, we must have a righteousness that equals God’s
(2 Cor. 5:21). e good news of the Gospel is that not only will Jesus forgive your sins, but He is
oering—freely—His very own righteousness to us as a gi (Romans 5:17: “For if by one man’s
oence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gi of
righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ”).
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1. Read Mark 2:16-17. Who did Jesus come to save?
2. Read Romans 2:1. When we judge others, what are we
doing to ourselves?
Why?
3. Read James 2:10. If we keep most of God’s Law but just
miss the mark on a few things, what are we guilty of?
4. Read Galatians 3:10. If we are going to be righteous by
keeping God’s Law, how much of it do we have to keep?
And how long must we keep these commandments?
Do you see why we cannot be saved by trying to be
good enough?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MARK 2:16-17 – And when
the scribes and Pharisees
saw him eat with publicans
and sinners, they said unto
his disciples, How is it that
he eateth and drinketh with
publicans and sinners? [17]
When Jesus heard it, he saith
unto them, ey that are whole
have no need of the physician,
but they that are sick: I came
not to call the righteous, but
sinners to repentance.
ROMANS 2:1 – erefore
thou art inexcusable, O
man, whosoever thou art
that judgest: for wherein
thou judgest another, thou
condemnest thyself; for thou
that judgest doest the
same things.
JAMES 2:10 – For whosoever
shall keep the whole law, and
yet oend in one point, he is
guilty of all.
GALATIANS 3:10 – For as
many as are of the works of the
law are under the curse: for
it is written, Cursed is every
one that continueth not in all
things which are written in the
book of the law to do them.
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5. Read Galatians 2:16. Justication is the gi of
righteousness, supplied by God, that brings a person
into right standing and relationship with God.
Justication of sinners is oered through faith in
Jesus Christ and is accomplished once and for all
through His death and resurrection (1 Cor. 15:3-4 and
Rom. 4:25). What is a man not justied by?
How is a person saved?
How many people will be justied by the Law?
6. Read Romans 6:14. As a Christian, you are:
A. Under the Law
B. Under grace
7. Read Ezekiel 18:20. If you were under the Law, what
would be the punishment for your sins?
8. Read Romans 4:6-8. Under grace, what three things
does God do with your sins?
9. Read Romans 5:1. Now that we are justied, what
benet do we enjoy?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
GALATIANS 2:16 –
Knowing that a man is not
justied by the works of the
law, but by the faith of Jesus
Christ, even we have believed
in Jesus Christ, that we might
be justied by the faith of
Christ, and not by the works of
the law: for by the works of the
law shall no esh be justied.
ROMANS 6:14 – For sin
shall not have dominion over
you: for ye are not under the
law, but under grace.
EZEKIEL 18:20 – e soul
that sinneth, it shall die. e
son shall not bear the iniquity
of the father, neither shall the
father bear the iniquity of the
son: the righteousness of the
righteous shall be upon him,
and the wickedness of the
wicked shall be upon him.
ROMANS 4:6-8 – Even
as David also describeth
the blessedness of the man,
unto whom God imputeth
righteousness without works,
[7] Saying, Blessed are they
whose iniquities are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered.
[8] Blessed is the man to
whom the Lord will not
impute sin.
ROMANS 5:1 – erefore
being justied by faith, we have
peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ.
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10. Read Romans 5:9. Now that we have been saved by
Jesus’ blood, what will we be saved from?
11. Read Romans 10:4. Christ ended the Law as a means of
obtaining ____________________ before God.
12. Read 1 Corinthians 1:30. God made Jesus Christ to be
our ____________________,
____________________, ____________________,
and ____________________.
13. Read Philippians 3:9. When you go under the Law of
Moses, you are trying to obtain your own
____________________ .
14. Read 1 Corinthians 11:1. As Christians, we are living
under the law of Christ. e law of Christ is not a set of
rules to obey; it is living a life in response to a person.
at person is ____________________ .
15. Read Romans 8:3. e Law could never save us, not
because the Law was wrong, but because in the
weakness of our ____________________, we could
not keep it.
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ROMANS 5:9 – Much more
then, being now justied by his
blood, we shall be saved from
wrath through him.
ROMANS 10:4 – For Christ
is the end of the law for
righteousness to every one
that believeth.
1 CORINTHIANS 1:30 – But
of him are ye in Christ Jesus,
who of God is made
unto us wisdom, and
righteousness, and
sanctication,
and redemption.
PHILIPPIANS 3:9 – And be
found in him, not having mine
own righteousness, which is
of the law, but that which is
through the faith of Christ, the
righteousness which is of God
by faith.
1 CORINTHIANS 11:1 – Be
ye followers of me, even as I
also am of Christ.
ROMANS 8:3 – For what
the law could not do, in that
it was weak through the flesh,
God sending his own Son in
the likeness of sinful flesh,
and for sin, condemned sin in
the flesh.
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1. Read Mark 2:16-17. Who did Jesus come to save?
Sinners
2. Read Romans 2:1. When we judge others, what are we doing to ourselves?
Condemning ourselves; that is, pronouncing judgment against ourselves
Why?
Because although we judge others, we do the same things they do
3. Read James 2:10. If we keep most of God’s Law but just miss the mark on a few things,
what are we guilty of?
We are guilty of all
4. Read Galatians 3:10. If we are going to be righteous by keeping God’s Law, how much
of it do we have to keep?
All
And how long must we keep these commandments?
We must always continue in them (without one slip).
Do you see why we cannot be saved by trying to be good enough?
Yes
5. Read Galatians 2:16. Justication is the gi of righteousness, supplied by God, that
brings a person into right standing and relationship with God. Justication of sinners is
oered through faith in Jesus Christ and is accomplished once and for all through His
death and resurrection (1 Cor. 15:3-4 and Rom. 4:25). What is a man not justied by?
His own works; that is, the works of the Law
How is a person saved?
rough faith (trust) in Jesus Christ
How many people will be justied by the Law?
No esh; that is, no person
6. Read Romans 6:14. As a Christian, you are:
B. Under grace
7. Read Ezekiel 18:20. If you were under the Law, what would be the punishment for your sins?
Death
8. Read Romans 4:6-8. Under grace what three things does God do with your sins?
Forgives them, covers them, and does not impute them (put them) to my account
9. Read Romans 5:1. Now that we are justied, what benet do we enjoy?
Peace with God (He is not mad at us)
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10. Read Romans 5:9. Now that we have been saved by Jesus’ blood, what will we be saved from?
Wrath (judgment for our sins)
11. Read Romans 10:4. Christ ended the Law as a means of obtaining
__________________ before God.
Righteousness
12. Read 1 Corinthians 1:30. God made Jesus Christ to be our __________________.
Wisdom, righteousness, sanctication, and redemption
13. Read Philippians 3:9. When you go under the Law of Moses, you are trying to obtain
your own __________________ .
Righteousness
14. Read 1 Corinthians 11:1. As Christians, we are living under the law of Christ. e law
of Christ is not a set of rules to obey; it is living a life in response to a person. at
person is __________________ .
Christ
15. Read Romans 8:3. e Law could never save us, not because the Law was wrong, but
because in the weakness of our __________________ , we could not keep it.
Flesh
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LESSON 9
NOT UNDER LAW, BUT UNDER GRACE
By Don Krow
I dreamed about a woman who kept being punished for all the things she did wrong (her
sins). A man followed her around, and whenever she would make a mistake, he would shake his
head in disgust, take o his belt, and beat her. If she said a wrong word or did something wrong,
he’d punish her. She was limping around trying to smile and have a good attitude, but she kept on
doing things that would get her in trouble. ey were not big things, but every little thing that this
man saw her doing wrong would get her a beating. It seemed hopeless. She couldn’t keep from
doing things that got her in trouble. I remember feeling sorry for her. I wanted to help her get
away from the mean man who always beat her. And then I woke up.
I started thinking about God’s grace, the unearned, undeserved favor and ability of God.
When the heart is established in grace, we no longer try to earn God’s acceptance through our
performance or by trying to keep His Law in our own strength and ability. We are nally able to
get away from the beatings we earned from breaking the Law of God. We are rescued by Jesus.
ink about favor. It means getting someone’s approval, support, or blessing. When you
want someone’s favor, what do you do? You try to do and say everything that would please them,
and nothing that would displease them. It’s acting right all the time. Is that really possible to
accomplish? It’s like defying gravity. You can do it for a little while, but in the end, you will fail. It’s
stronger than you are.
I related to the woman in my dream. I’ve felt like that when I’ve tried hard to do everything
right but missed one little detail and failed. I thought that if only I could make it through the
day without messing up, I would’ve accomplished something. But no, my shortcomings always
caused me to be imperfect. I thought that not only had I disappointed my heavenly Father, but
I would condemn myself and beat myself up. I was self-defeated. I was focused on my abilities
and inabilities. Never measuring up, never good enough to make the grade, I needed someone to
rescue me!
God in His mercy sent us help; His name is Jesus. God sent Him to deliver us from
ourselves and our powerless attempts to fulll His Law. Jesus took the punishment for the Law we
could not keep, so we wouldn’t have to die, but could go free and have eternal life with Him. Jesus
gave us the gi of righteousness so we could be righteous and holy before God the Father and
meet all the requirements of the Law. We have peace with God through what He did for us in His
death, burial, and resurrection. We have favor with God, unearned and undeserved. at’s grace.
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Believing this, your heart must be settled without a doubt, knowing that He did this because
He loves you. Make your heart sound, secure, stable, and rm in His grace; that is, be established
without question or doubt that He has given us everything we need to live an abundant life in and
through Jesus.
If we continue to look at and focus on our shortcomings, mistakes, and sins, instead of
Jesus the author and nisher of our faith, our hearts will be sad and powerless to believe we can
receive anything from God. It is with the heart that we believe and receive His righteousness and
grace. Our hearts must be wholly His. at is when we will be fullled and at rest.
“Above all else, guard your heart. For it aects everything you do” (Prov. 4:23, e Living Bible).
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1. How was “grace” dened in this lesson?
2. When the heart is established in grace, we no longer try
to earn God’s acceptance through our
____________________ .
3. Read Hebrews 10:14.
Don’s shortcomings always caused him to be imperfect.
How are we made perfect, according to this verse?
4. Read Romans 5:17. Jesus gave us the
____________________ of righteousness so we could
be righteous and holy before God the Father and meet
all the requirements of the Law.
5. Read Isaiah 26:3.
If we continue to look at and focus on our
shortcomings, mistakes, and sins, instead of Jesus the
author and nisher of our faith, our hearts will be sad
and powerless to believe we can receive anything from
God. What must we keep our minds stayed on?
6. Read Ephesians 3:17.
Our hearts must be wholly His. at is when we will be
____________________ .
7. Read Romans 4:5.
Is salvation a reward to be earned or a free gi of
God’s grace?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
HEBREWS 10:14 – For by one
oering he hath perfected for ever
them that are sanctied.
ROMANS 5:17 – For if
by one man’s oence death
reigned by one; much more
they which receive abundance
of grace and of the gi of
righteousness shall reign in life
by one, Jesus Christ.
ISAIAH 26:3 – ou wilt
keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on thee:
because he trusteth in thee.
EPHESIANS 3:17 – at
Christ may dwell in your
hearts by faith; that ye, being
rooted and grounded in love.
ROMANS 4:5 – But to him
that worketh not, but believeth
on him that justieth the
ungodly, his faith is counted
for righteousness.
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8. Read Romans 5:17. Righteousness (right standing with
God) is a gi. Do you have to work for a gi?
How do you obtain a gi?
9. Read Romans 6:23. What is the free gi of God’s grace
in this verse?
10. Read Titus 3:5. How many of your good works and
deeds contribute to your salvation?
11. Read Romans 6:14. Explain in your own words what it
means to be under God’s grace.
12. Read Romans 11:6. If God’s blessings are given to us by
grace, they are not by our ____________________ .
13. Read Romans 3:24. Explain in your own words the
meaning of this verse.
14. Read Ephesians 1:7. e forgiveness of our sins was
according to __________________ .
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ROMANS 5:17 – For if
by one man’s oence death
reigned by one; much more
they which receive abundance
of grace and of the gi of
righteousness shall reign in life
by one, Jesus Christ.
ROMANS 6:23 – For the
wages of sin is death; but
the gi of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
TITUS 3:5 – Not by works
of righteousness which we
have done, but according to
his mercy he saved us, by the
washing of regeneration, and
renewing of the Holy Ghost.
ROMANS 6:14 – For sin shall
not have dominion over you:
for ye are not under the law,
but under grace.
ROMANS 11:6 – And if by
grace, then is it no more of works:
otherwise grace is no more grace.
But if it be of works, then is it no
more grace: otherwise work is no
more work.
ROMANS 3:24 – Being
justied freely by his grace
through the redemption that is
in Christ Jesus.
EPHESIANS 1:7 – In whom
we have redemption through
his blood, the forgiveness of
sins, according to the riches of
his grace.
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1. How was “grace” dened in this lesson?
e unearned, undeserved favor and ability of God
2. When the heart is established in grace, we no longer try to earn God’s acceptance
through our __________________ .
Performance
3. Read Hebrews 10:14. Don’s shortcomings always caused him to be imperfect. How are
we made perfect, according to this verse?
By Jesus’ oering, He has perfected us forever
4. Read Romans 5:17. Jesus gave us the __________________ of righteousness so we
could be righteous and holy before God the Father and meet all the requirements of the Law.
Gi
5. Read Isaiah 26:3. If we continue to look at and focus on our shortcomings, mistakes, and
sins, instead of Jesus the author and nisher of our faith, our hearts will be sad and
powerless to believe we can receive anything from God. What must we keep our minds
stayed on?
Our minds must be stayed on the Lord
6. Read Ephesians 3:17. Our hearts must be wholly His. at is when we will be
__________________.
Fullled and at rest
7. Read Romans 4:5. Is salvation a reward to be earned or a free gi of God’s grace?
A free gi of God’s grace
8. Read Romans 5:17. Righteousness (right standing with God) is a gi. Do you have to
work for a gi?
No
How do you obtain a gi?
By simply reaching out and taking it
9. Read Romans 6:23. What is the free gi of God’s grace in this verse?
Eternal life (instead of eternal death)
10. Read Titus 3:5. How many of your good works and deeds contribute to your salvation?
None
11. Read Romans 6:14. Explain in your own words what it means to be under God’s grace.
We are not getting what our sins deserve but rather God’s best through Christ.
Righteousness, acceptance, forgiveness are ours (all as a gi of God’s mercy)
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12. Read Romans 11:6. If God’s blessings are given to us by grace, they are not by our
__________________ .
Works
13. Read Romans 3:24. Explain in your own words the meaning of this verse.
Righteousness (justication) is a free gi of God’s grace given to the believer because
of Christ’s redeeming work on the cross
14. Read Ephesians 1:7. e forgiveness of our sins was according to __________________ .
e riches of God’s grace
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Permission is granted to duplicate or reproduce for discipleship purposes on the
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LESSON 10
NO MORE CONSCIOUSNESS OF SIN
By Don Krow
One day a drunken man got into his automobile, started driving in the wrong direction,
and had a head-on collision with a party in another car. In this accident, a young eighteen-year-
old girl was killed. e family of this girl sued the man and won $1.5 million in the lawsuit.
Instead of taking the money the family settled for $936. e reason was that they wanted
the man to pay this sum in a specic manner. ey wanted the man who had been drunk to
remember what he had done. He was to write out a check, in the name of the girl he had killed, for
one dollar each week and send it to the family. You would think that a settlement of $936 would
be a good deal in the light of $1.5 million. At rst paying the one dollar a week was easy, but aer a
while, writing a check in the name of the girl he had killed began to dominate his thinking. Every
week he went into depression, thinking about the girl he had killed.
Aer years of this, he nally quit making the payments. e family took him back to
court and ordered him to resume making payments. In the last six or seven years, he quit making
payments four or ve times. However, each time he was taken back to court and again made to
resume making payments.
e family said they were not angry anymore, but they just wanted to remind him of what
he had done.
If you think about it, that family was in bondage as well as the man making the payments.
Every week they got a check that reminded them of their loss, so in a sense, they couldn’t put their
daughter’s death behind them either.
at man is now suing the family for what he calls “cruel and unusual punishment.” He
says, “is is killing me! It’s destroying my life! I can never put the past behind me and go on with
my life.”
In light of this story, I have met a lot of Christians who feel they are under the same kind of
judgment. ey were told “Jesus paid it all,” but still feel as if they have to make a weekly payment
of religious duties, or God will not accept them.
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1. What kind of relationship can this man have with the
family while this kind of thing is going on?
2. Read Hebrews 10:1. What could the Law not do?
3. Read Hebrews 10:1. What does this verse say that gives
us an indication that the sacrices of the Old Testament
were inadequate to make us perfect?
4. Read Hebrews 10:2. If a sacrice came that could really
deal with sin, what would it do for the worshipers?
5. What was the drunk driver forced to do?
6. Read Hebrews 10:14. God perfects His people by:
A. Good works
B. Going to church
C. Keeping the Ten Commandments
D. e oering (sacrice) of Jesus
7. Read Hebrews 10:14. Jesus’ oering (received by faith)
perfects the believer:
A. Until the next time they sin
B. From their past sins
C. Forever
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
HEBREWS 10:1-2 – For the
law having a shadow of good
things to come, and not the
very image of the things, can
never with those sacrices
which they oered year by year
continually make the comers
thereunto perfect. [2] For then
would they not have ceased
to be oered? because that the
worshippers once purged should
have had no more conscience
of sins.
HEBREWS 10:14 – For by one
oering he hath perfected for ever
them that are sanctied.
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SCRIPTURES TO USE
WITH QUESTIONS
GENESIS 20:1-18 – And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and
dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. [2] And Abraham said of Sarah
his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. [3] But God came
to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the
woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife. [4] But Abimelech had not come near
her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? [5] Said he not unto me, She is my
sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency
of my hands have I done this. [6] And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou
didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore
suered I thee not to touch her. [7] Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet,
and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou
shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. [8] erefore Abimelech rose early in the morning,
and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
[9] en Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and
what have I oended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou
hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. [10] And Abimelech said unto Abraham,
What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? [11] And Abraham said, Because I thought,
Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake. [12] And yet
indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and
she became my wife. [13] And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s
house, that I said unto her, is is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; at every place
whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother. [14] And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen,
and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah
his wife. [15] And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
[16] And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold,
he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was
reproved. [17] So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his
maidservants; and they bare children. [18] For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the
house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.
8. Read Genesis 20:1-18. Who are the two men mentioned in this story?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
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DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
GENESIS 20:2 – And
Abraham said of Sarah his
wife, She is my sister: and
Abimelech king of Gerar sent,
and took Sarah.
GENESIS 20:5 – Said he not
unto me, She is my sister? and
she, even she herself said, He is
my brother: in the integrity of
my heart and innocency of my
hands have I done this.
GENESIS 20:7 – Now
therefore restore the man his
wife; for he is a prophet, and
he shall pray for thee, and thou
shalt live: and if thou restore
her not, know thou that thou
shalt surely die, thou, and all
that are thine.
GENESIS 15:1 – Aer these
things the word of the LORD
came unto Abram in a vision,
saying, Fear not, Abram: I am
thy shield, and thy exceeding
great reward.
GENESIS 15:18 – In the
same day the LORD made a
covenant with Abram, saying,
Unto thy seed have I given
this land, from the river of
Egypt unto the great river, the
river Euphrates.
JAMES 2:23 – And the
scripture was fullled which
saith, Abraham believed God,
and it was imputed unto him
for righteousness: and he was
called the Friend of God.
9. Read Genesis 20:2 and 5. Who was the man who lied
and deceived the other in this story?
10. Read Genesis 20:7. I am sure that God did not approve
of Abraham’s actions. But who did God side with,
Abraham or Abimelech?
Why? Read Genesis 15:1, 18; and James 2:23.
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DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
GENESIS 20:7 – Now therefore
restore the man his wife; for he is
a prophet, and he shall pray for
thee, and thou shalt live: and if
thou restore her not, know thou
that thou shalt surely die, thou,
and all that are thine.
GENESIS 20:17-18 – So
Abraham prayed unto God:
and God healed Abimelech,
and his wife, and his
maidservants; and they
bare children. [18] For the
LORD had fast closed up all
the wombs of the house of
Abimelech, because of Sarah
Abraham’s wife.
ROMANS 8:31 – What shall
we then say to these things?
If God be for us, who can be
against us?
ROMANS 4:8 – Blessed is the
man to whom the Lord will
not impute sin.
HEBREWS 8:12-13 – For
I will be merciful to their
unrighteousness, and their
sins and their iniquities will
I remember no more. [13] In
that he saith, A new covenant,
he hath made the rst old. Now
that which decayeth and waxeth
old is ready to vanish away.
11. Read Genesis 20:7 and 17-18. Even though Abraham
was in the wrong, who did God say should pray for
the other?
A. Abraham was to pray for Abimelech
B. Abimelech was to pray for Abraham
C. ey were to pray for each other
12. Read Romans 8:31. Even though we sometimes fail,
who is on our side?
13. Read Romans 4:8. Even though we make mistakes,
what did God say He would not do?
14. Read Hebrews 8:12-13. In the New Covenant, what did
God promise He would not do?
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15. Read Ephesians 2:5 and 8-9. How are we saved?
16. Read Titus 3:5. How are we not saved?
How are we saved?
17. Read Ephesians 1:6. We will praise God
throughout all eternity for saving us by His
__________________. For He hath made us
__________________ in the beloved (Christ Jesus).
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
EPHESIANS 2:5 – Even when
we were dead in sins, hath
quickened us together with
Christ, (by grace ye are saved).
EPHESIANS 2:8-9 – For by
grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of
yourselves: it is the gi of God:
[9] Not of works, lest any man
should boast.
TITUS 3:5 – Not by works of
righteousness which we have
done, but according to his
mercy he saved us, by the
washing of regeneration, and
renewing of the Holy Ghost.
EPHESIANS 1:6 – To the
praise of the glory of his grace,
wherein he hath made us
accepted in the beloved.
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1. What kind of relationship can this man have with the family while this kind of thing is
going on?
A relationship full of unforgiveness, bitterness, and strife
2. Read Hebrews 10:1. What could the Law not do?
Make those that worship perfect (without defect or aw)
3. Read Hebrews 10:1. What does this verse say that gives us an indication that the
sacrices of the Old Testament were inadequate to make us perfect?
ey were repeated continually—daily, weekly, monthly. e very fact that they were
repeated proved they couldn’t permanently deal with the problem of sin
4. Read Hebrews 10:2. If a sacrice came that could really deal with sin, what would it do
for the worshipers?
It would cause them to no longer be sin conscious (always beat down by failure)
5. What was the drunk driver forced to do?
ink about his sin always
6. Read Hebrews 10:14. God perfects His people by:
D. e oering (sacrice) of Jesus
7. Read Hebrews 10:14. Jesus’ oering (received by faith) perfects the believer:
C. Forever
8. Read Genesis 20:1-18. Answer the following questions. Who are the two men
mentioned in this story?
Abraham and Abimelech
9. Read Genesis 20:2 and 5. Who was the man who lied and deceived the other in this story?
Abraham
10. Read Genesis 20:7. I am sure that God did not approve of Abraham’s actions. But who
did God side with, Abraham or Abimelech?
Abraham
Why? Read Genesis 15:1, 18, and James 2:23.
Because Abraham had a covenant with God and was a friend of God
11. Read Genesis 20:7 and 17-18. Even though Abraham was in the wrong, who did God
say should pray for the other?
A. Abraham was to pray for Abimelech
12. Read Romans 8:31. Even though we sometimes fail, who is on our side?
God
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13. Read Romans 4:8. Even though we make mistakes, what did God say He would not do?
Impute our sin to us; that is, hold our sins against us
14. Read Hebrews 8:12-13. In the New Covenant, what did God promise He would not do?
God will not remember our sins or hold them against us
15. Read Ephesians 2:5, 8-9. How are we saved?
By His grace; that is, by His undeserved favor and kindness toward us
16. Read Titus 3:5. How are we not saved?
By works of righteousness we have done
How are we saved?
According to His mercy. He washed us by the new birth (regeneration) and made us
new by His Holy Spirit
17. Read Ephesians 1:6. We will praise God throughout all eternity for saving us by His
__________________. For He hath made us __________________ in the beloved
(Christ Jesus).
Grace / accepted
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LESSON 11
I AM LOVED, I AM PRETTY
By Don Krow
One day, Michael came into my oce to tell me some very condential information
about one of his fellow students. As I was lecturing in one of my sessions at Charis Bible College,
it appeared that Patricia was writing herself some notes on her legal pad. Her notes contained
these statements: “I am loved, I am pretty,” etc. Patricia was also the kind of person that always
dressed in a way that brought attention to herself. e real reason that Patricia expressed these
words was the fact that she didn’t feel loved or pretty, but felt rejected and unloved.
As humans, we all have the same basic needs—the desire to be loved, accepted, and
valued, as well as having a sense of self-worth and knowing that we are right with God. A
lot of religion today makes us feel unloved, not valued, and not accepted. One of the greatest
strongholds that Satan uses against believers is the feeling of guilt and condemnation, while all
along making us feel quite spiritual about it.
Here’s a question: How many of you when you rst came to Jesus were told that not
only did He love you, but by accepting Him, He would become your perfect righteousness? In
fact, the righteousness He would supply would be all the righteousness you would ever need (1
Corinthians 1:30 says, “But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and
righteousness, and sanctication, and redemption”). is is the good news of the Gospel: “For I
am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that
believeth; to the Jew rst, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed
from faith to faith: as it is written, e just shall live by faith” (Rom. 1:16-17). “But to him that
worketh not, but believeth on him that justieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness”
(Rom. 4:5). God did not call us to have faith in faith or faith for stu, but a condent, reliant,
dependent trust in Him.
God can’t love you anymore than He already does. He is love (1 John 4:8). But you can
receive it more, feel it more, and experience it more. e more you believe it, the more you will
nd yourself loving God. e Scripture says, “We love Him, because He rst loved us” (1 John
4:19). ink about this, believe it, and receive it!
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DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ROMANS 8:38-39 – For
I am persuaded, that neither
death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor
things present, nor things to
come, [39] Nor height, nor
depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from
the love of God, which is Christ
Jesus our Lord.
ROMANS 5:19 – For as by
one man’s disobedience many
were made sinners, so by the
obedience of one shall many be
made righteous.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:21 –
For he hath made him to be
sin for us, who knew no sin;
that we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.
COLOSSIANS 1:21-22 –
And you, that were sometime
alienated and enemies in
your mind by wicked works,
yet now hath he reconciled
[22] In the body of his esh
through death, to present you
holy and unblameable and
unreproveable in his sight.
EPHESIANS 1:6 – To the
praise of the glory of his grace,
wherein he hath made us
accepted in the beloved.
1. Read Romans 8:38-39. What was the Apostle Paul
persuaded of?
2. When I was in Bible college, I had a professor who
passed out some notes that stated: “Justication is the
judicial act whereby God declares righteous
anyone who believes, not makes righteous.” As
I studied the Scriptures for myself, I became convinced
that justication is a gi of righteousness that makes
you righteous in God’s sight. Read Romans 5:19.
rough Jesus Christ’s obedience (of keeping the Law
and going to the cross), many will be:
A. Declared righteous
B. ought to be righteous
C. Made righteous
3. Read 2 Corinthians 5:21. “For he [God] hath made him
[Jesus Christ] to be sin for us, who knew no sin [He
never sinned]; that we might be
__________________” (brackets mine).
4. Read Colossians 1:21-22. Jesus Christ came to earth
and died for our sins. Because of this, we stand in God’s
presence as people who are holy, faultless, and innocent in:
A. Your spouse’s sight
B. Your friends’ sight
C. God’s sight
5. Read Ephesians 1:6. We will praise God throughout all
eternity for His grace because He has made us
__________________ .
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6. Read Hebrews 10:14. rough Jesus and His sacrice
on the cross, we have been perfected for how long?
A. Until you sin again
B. Until you go to church
C. Forever
7. Read Hebrews 10:15-17. In the New Covenant, God
promises to remember our sins:
A. Every time we commit one
B. When we don’t pay our tithes
C. No more
8. Read Romans 6:1-2. God’s grace is greater than all our
sin. Should we continue in sin so that God’s grace can
be shown to be great?
9. Read Hebrews 9:12. What kind of redemption
(freedom from the penalty of our sins) did Jesus obtain
for us?
A. Temporal redemption
B. Partial redemption
C. Eternal redemption
10. Read Romans 8:33. Name someone who can bring a
charge against God’s chosen ones.
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
HEBREWS 10:14-17 – For by
one oering he hath perfected
for ever them that are
sanctied. [15] Whereof the
Holy Ghost also is a witness
to us: for aer that he had
said before, [16] is is the
covenant that I will make with
them aer those days, saith
the Lord, I will put my laws
into their hearts, and in their
minds will I write them; [17]
And their sins and iniquities
will I remember no more.
ROMANS 6:1-2 – What shall
we say then? Shall we continue
in sin, that grace may abound?
[2] God forbid. How shall we,
that are dead to sin, live any
longer therein?
HEBREWS 9:12 – Neither
by the blood of goats and
calves, but by his own blood he
entered in once into the holy
place, having obtained eternal
redemption for us.
ROMANS 8:33 – Who shall
lay any thing to the charge of God’s
elect? It is God that justieth.
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11. Read Romans 8:34. Name someone who can condemn
(that is, bring into judgment) God’s people.
12. Read Romans 8:35. Name someone who can separate a
Christian from God’s love.
13. Read Romans 8:31. What is the conclusion to this
discipleship lesson?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ROMANS 8:34-35 – Who
is he that condemneth? It is
Christ that died, yea rather,
that is risen again, who is even
at the right hand of God, who
also maketh intercession for
us. [35] Who shall separate
us from the love of Christ?
shall tribulation, or distress,
or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword?
ROMANS 8:31 – What shall
we then say to these things?
If God be for us, who can be
against us?
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1. Read Romans 8:38-39. What was the Apostle Paul persuaded of?
He was persuaded that nothing can separate us from God’s love—not life or death,
angels or spirits, the present or the future, powers above or powers below. Nothing can
separate us from God’s love found in Christ Jesus our Lord
2. When I was in Bible college, I had a professor who passed out some notes that stated:
“Justication is the judicial act whereby God declares righteous anyone who believes,
not makes righteous.” As I studied the Scriptures for myself, I became convinced that
justication is a gi of righteousness that makes you righteous in God’s sight. Read
Romans 5:19. rough Jesus Christ’s obedience (of keeping the Law and going to the
cross), many will be:
C. Made righteous
3. Read 2 Corinthians 5:21. “For he [God] hath made him [Jesus Christ] to be sin for us,
who knew no sin [He never sinned]; that we might be __________________ ”
(brackets mine).
“Made the righteousness of God in Christ”
4. Read Colossians 1:21-22. Jesus Christ came to earth and died for our sins. Because of
this, we stand in God’s presence as people who are holy, faultless, and innocent in:
C. God’s sight
5. Read Ephesians 1:6. We will praise God throughout all eternity for His grace because He
hath made us __________________ .
Accepted in the Beloved (that is, Christ)
6. Read Hebrews 10:14. rough Jesus and His sacrice on the cross, we have been
perfected for how long?
C. Forever
7. Read Hebrews 10:15-17. In the New Covenant God promises to remember our sins:
C. No more
8. Read Romans 6:1-2. God’s grace is greater than all our sin. Should we continue in sin so
that God’s grace can be shown to be great?
God forbid. No!
9. Read Hebrews 9:12. What kind of redemption (freedom from the penalty of our sins)
did Jesus obtain for us?
C. Eternal redemption
10. Read Romans 8:33. Name someone who can bring a charge against God’s chosen people.
ere is no one
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11. Read Romans 8:34. Name someone who can condemn (that is, bring into judgment)
God’s people.
ere is no one
12. Read Romans 8:35. Name someone who can separate a Christian from God’s love.
ere is no one
13. Read Romans 8:31. What is the conclusion to this discipleship lesson?
at God is for us, and no one can be against us
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LESSON 12
THE FRUIT OF SALVATION - Part 1
By Don Krow
Can a one-time act of faith “save” if it does not continue? Can it cease and still receive
the promise? Abraham believed God and it was imputed to him as righteousness (Gen. 15:6). If
Abraham’s faith ceased (stopped), would imputed righteousness cease?
From Scripture, we know that “faith” begins as a complete one-time action (aorist tense)
but continues in the Christian life as is brought out by the Greek present tense. Commands that
are given in the present tense are expected to have continuous, or repeated, application. When
using the present tense, if we would supply the following words or phrases to the Bible reader,
we would signicantly enhance his or her understanding of Bible passages. ese words are:
repeatedly; that is, over and over again, constantly, continuously, customarily, as a habit or
lifestyle, or uninterruptedly.
Consider the following passages and how the Greek present tense aects them:
John 3:16 – For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth [present tense: believes and continues to believe] in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life. (Brackets mine)
Hebrews 10:14 – For by one oering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctied
[present tense: those that are set apart and continue to be set apart, that one oering has perfected
forever. e New King James Version says “being sanctied.” e New International Version says
“being made holy”]. (Brackets and emphasis mine)
1 John 3:9 – Whosoever is born of God doth not [present tense: i.e., he does not continue to
sin as his lifestyle, showing an unrepentant heart] commit sin; for his seed remaineth [present
tense: God’s seed remains and continues to remain] in him: and he cannot [present tense: as his
lifestyle or uninterruptedly] sin, because he is born of God. (Brackets mine)
Mark 1:15 – And saying, e time is fullled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent
ye [present tense: i.e., repent and continue to repent as oen as the situation or need arises], and
believe [present tense: i.e., believe and continue to believe] the gospel. (Brackets mine)
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John 5:24 – Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth [present
tense: and continues to believe] on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come
into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (Brackets mine)
Luke 15:7 – I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth
[present tense: and continues in repentance], more than over ninety and nine just persons,
which need no repentance. (Brackets mine)
Acts 17:30 – And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth [present
tense: and continues to command] all men every where to repent [present tense: and to continue
in repentance]. (Brackets mine)
John 6:47 – Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth [present tense: and continues to
believe] on me hath everlasting life. (Brackets mine)
Romans 4:5 – But to him that worketh not, but believeth [present tense: and continues to believe]
on him that justieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. (Brackets mine)
Acts 26:20 – But shewed rst unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout
all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent [present tense: and
continues in repentance] and turn [present tense: and continues to turn] to God, and do [present
tense: and continues to do works, or deeds, that prove your repentance] works meet for repentance.
(Brackets mine)
Conclusion: e present tense is used hundreds of times in Scripture. It is not my
intention to show all the scriptures that relate to this subject. e truth about saving faith is
that it is continuous and is taught by both Arminianism and Calvinism theology, although they
come from dierent perspectives.
Calvinism, which professes eternal security, teaches that genuine believers may stumble
or fall, but they will nevertheless persevere in the Christian faith (1 Cor. 1:8). ose who believe
in eternal security believe also that true Christians have experienced a death to sin and will not
continue in it (Rom. 6:1-3). ose who would later turn completely away from Christ show that
they were never truly born again (1 John 2:19).
Arminian theology teaches that genuine believers can fall away from the Christian faith.
ey generally believe and teach that those who do fall away lose, or forfeit, their salvation.
eir system makes no room for so-called Christians (those by name only) to live in continuous
rebellion or deliberate sin with no fruit that proves their repentance.
e Apostle John said, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves” (1 John 1:8),
but he also said, “Whosoever is born of God doeth not commit sin” (1 John 3:9). Here we have a
paradox, but not an inconsistency in Scripture. All Christians sin (1 John 1:8), but all Christians
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also obey (1 John 2:3). Sin and carnality are still present with Christians, but sin cannot be
their master or distinguishing trait (1 John 3:9). True repentance and faith requires a change of
mind, a change of heart, a change of direction, even though it is not perfection (Acts 26:18 and
1 John 1:8). “Fruit” is still a test of faith’s reality and genuineness. Faith is a rm supernatural
conviction that governs the true believer’s behavior and results in accompanying actions. is is
shown from the examples of faith in Hebrews, chapter 11, that results in corresponding actions.
In other words, what we do is the outcome of what we believe. e book of James 2:18 says,
“Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.”
When the apostles speak in a negative way about works, they are referring to “works of
the Law”; that is, anything one is doing to earn, or work for, their salvation.
e Scriptures also speak of the fruit of salvation, which is good works, or works of
faith. ose are the works, or actions, that proceed from repentance and faith (Acts 26:20, Matt
3:7-10, 1 ess. 1:3, and James 2:14-26), they show the evidence of salvation. e unity that is
expressed between both repentance and faith is that they both have the same fruit or evidence:
good works. We are not saved by good works, but we are saved unto good works (Eph. 2:8-10
for the contrast of being saved by and unto). Works are a test of faith’s reality, and grace that
does not eventually aect one’s life and actions cannot be considered being the true grace of
God (Titus 2:11-12). Jesus teaches that by fruit, true believers will be known (Matt. 3:8, 7:16-20,
25:34-40; John 13:35, 14:23; Acts 26:20; Rom. 2:6-11; James 2:14-18; and 1 John 3:10).
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1. Commands that are given in the present tense are
expected to have __________________ .
2. Read John 3:16. According to the present tense in the
Greek, what is John 3:16 stating?
3. Read 1 John 3:9. Whosoever is born of God doth not
commit sin. What does this mean?
4. Read Luke 15:7. ere is joy in heaven over one
sinner that __________________ .
5. Read Acts 17:30. God commands all men everywhere to
__________________ .
6. Read Acts 26:20. What is this verse stating?
7. Read 1 John 2:3. What is the outcome of having a
personal relationship with God, that is, knowing Him?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
JOHN 3:16 – For God so
loved the world, that he gave
his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have
everlasting life.
1 JOHN 3:9 – Whosoever is
born of God doth not commit
sin; for his seed remaineth
in him: and he cannot sin,
because he is born of God.
LUKE 15:7 – I say unto you,
that likewise joy shall be in
heaven over one sinner that
repenteth, more than over
ninety and nine just persons,
which need no repentance.
ACTS 17:30 – And the times
of this ignorance God winked
at; but now commandeth all
men every where to repent.
ACTS 26:20 – But showed
rst unto them of Damascus,
and at Jerusalem, and
throughout all the coasts
of Judaea, and then to the
Gentiles, that they should
repent and turn to God, and
do works meet for repentance.
1 JOHN 2:3 – And hereby we
do know that we know him, if
we keep his commandments.
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8. Read James 2:18. James says, “Show me your faith with
out your works (which is impossible to do), and I will
show you my faith by __________________ .”
9. Read 1 essalonians 1:3. Works, or actions, that
proceed from faith are referred to as
__________________ .
10. Read Galatians 2:16, 21. Works of the Law are works
that people do in order to try to obtain salvation or
____________________ (verse 21). ey cannot save,
they have no saving power.
11. Read Romans 2:7-10. ese verses are describing the
fruit of what two groups of people?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
JAMES 2:18 – Yea, a man
may say, ou hast faith, and I
have works: show me thy faith
without thy works, and I will
show thee my faith by my works.
1 THESSALONIANS 1:3 –
Remembering without ceasing
your work of faith, and labour
of love, and patience of hope
in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the
sight of God and our Father.
GALATIANS 2:16 – Knowing
that a man is not justied by
the works of the law, but by the
faith of Jesus Christ, even we
have believed in Jesus Christ,
that we might be justied by
the faith of Christ, and not by
the works of the law: for by the
works of the law shall no esh
be justied.
GALATIANS 2:21 – I do not
frustrate the grace of God: for if
righteousness come by the law,
then Christ is dead in vain.
ROMANS 2:7-10 – To them
who by patient continuance
in well doing seek for glory
and honour and immortality,
eternal life: [8] But unto them
that are contentious, and do
not obey the truth, but obey
unrighteousness, indignation
and wrath, [9] Tribulation
and anguish, upon every soul
of man that doeth evil, of
the Jew rst, and also of the
Gentile; [10] But glory, honour,
and peace, to every man that
worketh good, to the Jew rst,
and also to the Gentile.
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1. Commands that are given in the present tense are expected to have
__________________ .
Continuous, or repeated, application
2. Read John 3:16. According to the present tense in the Greek, what is John 3:16 stating?
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth (present tense: believes and continues to believe) in him should not perish, but
have everlasting life
3. Read 1 John 3:9. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin. What does this mean?
Whosoever is born of God doth not (present tense: i.e., he does not continue to sin as
his lifestyle, showing an unrepentant heart) commit sin
4. Read Luke 15:7. ere is joy in heaven over one sinner that __________________ .
Repents and continues in repentance
5. Read Acts 17:30. God commands all men everywhere to __________________ .
Repent and continue in repentance
6. Read Acts 26:20. What is this verse stating?
But shewed rst unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the
coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent (present tense: and
continue in repentance) and turn (present tense: and continue to turn) to God, and do
(present tense: and continue to do works or deeds that prove your repentance) works meet
for repentance
7. Read 1 John 2:3. What is the outcome of having a personal relationship with God, that
is, knowing Him?
Doing what He says, keeping His commandments
8. Read James 2:18. James says, “Show me your faith without your works (which is
impossible to do), and I will show you my faith by __________________ .”
Works, or by what I do
9. Read 1 ess. 1:3. Works, or actions, that proceed from faith are referred to as
__________________ .
Works of faith
10. Read Galatians 2:16, 21. Works of the law are works that people do in order to try to
obtain salvation or __________________ (verse 21). ey cannot save, they have no
saving power.
Righteousness
ANSWER KEY
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11. Read Romans 2:7-10. ese verses are describing the fruit of what two groups of people?
Believers and nonbelievers
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THE FRUIT OF SALVATION - Part 2
By Don Krow
Notice this scripture: “is is how we know who the children of God are and who the
children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone
who does not love his brother” (1 John 3:10, New International Version). It did not say, “is is
how we save ourselves.” It says, “is is how we know who the children of God are.” (1 John 3:10,
emphasis mine).
Jesus said it like this, “By their fruits ye shall know them” (Matt. 7:20, emphasis mine).
In Scripture, God speaks of salvation in two ways: (1) that salvation is by grace through
faith (Eph. 2:8-9) and (2) in terms of the good works that every saved person will perform (Eph.
2:10). Why are we afraid to speak of the fruit of the believer? e Bible does not shy away from
such a subject. Here is how we can know we are in God’s kingdom and under God’s rule:
1 John 2:3-5 – We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. e man
who says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in
him. But if anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. is is how we
know we are in him. (Emphasis mine)
If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has
been born of Him (1 John 2:29). (Doesn’t this make sense? e nature of God and Christ is
righteousness, and everyone who practices righteousness is giving evidence of sharing His
nature or, as John says, has been born of Him).
1 John 3:5-10 – But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And
in him is no sin. No-one who lives in him keeps on sinning. [In Greek, this is in the present
tense; this conveys continuous, or habitual, action. e Bible reader can signicantly enhance
their understanding of the passage by supplying the words: continuously, repeatedly, over and
over again, uninterruptedly, constantly, keep on, customarily, habitually, as a lifestyle.] No-one
who continues to sin [present tense] has either seen him or known him. Dear children, do
not let anyone lead you astray. He who does [present tense: repeatedly, over and over again
does] what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. He who does what is sinful [present
tense: habitual as a lifestyle because it’s their nature] is of the devil, because the devil has been
sinning from the beginning. e reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s
work. No-one who is born of God will continue to sin [present tense: that is, as their lifestyle,
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showing an unrepentant heart], because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning
[present tense: uninterruptedly], because he has been born of God. is is how we know who the
children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does [present tense]
not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love [present tense] his
brother (brackets and emphasis mine). (John says, “is is how we know who the children of God
are and who the children of the devil are.” ose who do not practice righteousness and love show that
they do not have the nature of the Father. Is evidence of the new birth not important?)
1 John 3:14 – We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers.
Anyone who does not love remains in death. (Emphasis mine)
1 John 4:6 – We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us [the apostles]; but
whoever is not from God does not listen to us [the apostles]. is is how we recognize the
Spirit [or spirit] of truth and the spirit of falsehood. (Brackets and emphasis mine)
1 John 4:8 – He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. (Love is the mark of a
believer, for the nature of God is love.)
1 John 5:2 – is is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God [present
tense: and continually loving Him] and carrying out [present tense: and continuing to keep]
his commands. (Brackets mine)
1 John 5:18-19 – We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin [present tense: as
a lifestyle, showing an unrepentant heart]; the one who was born of God keeps him safe [King
James Version – keepeth himself, present tense: and continues to keep himself], and the evil one
cannot harm him. [19] We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is
under the control of the evil one. (Brackets and emphasis mine)
WHY DID THE APOSTLE JOHN SHARE ALL THESE THINGS WITH US? I write
these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you
have eternal life (1 John 5:13).
Conclusion: Righteousness, holiness, love, the fruit of God’s Spirit are evidences of the new
birth. You yourself have no condence that you belong to Him (God) while practicing an ungodly
lifestyle. e conscience condemns, and there is no condence toward God. e Apostle Peter
admonishes you to make your calling and election sure (2 Pet. 1:10); i.e., assure your heart that
you really do belong to Him by a lifestyle that corresponds to the glorious Gospel. I did not say,
“is is how we are saved”; I said, “is is how we know we belong to Him.”
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1. Read Acts 8:13 and 18-22. First John is speaking about
the “fruit,” or evidence, of a true believer. ese are all
issues that spring from the heart. When a believer’s
heart is found not to be right (such as Simon’s), what
are they to do?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ACTS 8:13 – en Simon
himself believed also: and when
he was baptized, he continued
with Philip, and wondered,
beholding the miracles and
signs which were done.
ACTS 8:18-22 – And when
Simon saw that through laying
on of the apostles’ hands the
Holy Ghost was given, he
oered them money, [19]
Saying, Give me also this
power, that on whomsoever I
lay hands, he may receive the
Holy Ghost. [20] But Peter
said unto him, y money
perish with thee, because
thou hast thought that the
gi of God may be purchased
with money. [21] ou hast
neither part nor lot in this
matter: for thy heart is not
right in the sight of God. [22]
Repent therefore of this thy
wickedness, and pray God, if
perhaps the thought of thine
heart may be forgiven thee.
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2. Read 2 Peter 1:5-11. What is the proof, or evidence,
that a person is really among those God has called
and chosen?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
2 PETER 1:5-11 – And beside
this, giving all diligence, add
to your faith virtue; and to
virtue knowledge; [6] And to
knowledge temperance; and to
temperance patience; and to
patience godliness; [7] And to
godliness brotherly kindness;
and to brotherly kindness
charity. [8] For if these things
be in you, and abound, they
make you that ye shall neither
be barren nor unfruitful in
the knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ. [9] But he that
lacketh these things is blind,
and cannot see afar o, and
hath forgotten that he was
purged from his old sins. [10]
Wherefore the rather, brethren,
give diligence to make your
calling and election sure: for
if ye do these things, ye shall
never fall: [11] For so an
entrance shall be ministered
unto you abundantly into the
everlasting kingdom of our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
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3. Read Matthew 25:34-40. What are the qualities demon
strated by the believer in these verses?
4. Read John 13:35. Jesus’ disciples are known by what?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MATTHEW 25:34-40 – en
shall the King say unto them
on his right hand, Come, ye
blessed of my Father, inherit
the kingdom prepared for
you from the foundation of
the world: [35] For I was
an hungered, and ye gave
me meat: I was thirsty, and
ye gave me drink: I was a
stranger, and ye took me in:
[36] Naked, and ye clothed
me: I was sick, and ye visited
me: I was in prison, and ye
came unto me. [37] en
shall the righteous answer
him, saying, Lord, when saw
we thee an hungered, and fed
thee? or thirsty, and gave thee
drink? [38] When saw we thee
a stranger, and took thee in?
or naked, and clothed thee?
[39] Or when saw we thee
sick, or in prison, and came
unto thee? [40] And the King
shall answer and say unto
them, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye have done it
unto one of the least of these
my brethren, ye have done it
unto me.
JOHN 13:35 – By this shall
all men know that ye are my
disciples, if ye have love one
to another.
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5. Read Matthew 7:21-23. Why were these individuals
turned away from God’s kingdom?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MATTHEW 7:21-23 – Not
every one that saith unto me,
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven; but he that
doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven. [22] Many
will say to me in that day, Lord,
Lord, have we not prophesied
in thy name? and in thy name
have cast out devils? and in thy
name done many wonderful
works? [23] And then will I
profess unto them, I never knew
you: depart from me, ye that
work iniquity.
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6. Read John 14:23. If a person loves Jesus, what will
they do?
7. Read Acts 26:20. What is this verse saying?
8. Read James 2:17. If your faith is not followed by good
works, or actions, then what kind of faith is it?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
JOHN 14:23 – Jesus
answered and said unto him,
If a man love me, he will keep
my words: and my Father
will love him, and we will
come unto him, and make our
abode with him.
ACTS 26:20 – But showed
rst unto them of Damascus,
and at Jerusalem, and
throughout all the coasts
of Judaea, and then to the
Gentiles, that they should
repent and turn to God, and
do works meet for repentance.
JAMES 2:17 – Even so faith,
if it hath not works, is dead,
being alone.
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1. Read Acts 8:13, 18-22. First John is speaking about the “fruit,” or evidence of a true
believer. ese are all issues that spring from the heart. When a believer’s heart is found
not to be right (such as Simon’s), what are they to do?
Repent of your sin (wickedness) and pray to God that the thought of your heart be forgiven
2. Read 2 Peter 1:5-11. What is the proof, or evidence, that a person is really among those
God has called and chosen?
ey add to their faith all the qualities of the Spirit, the qualities of their new nature
3. Read Matthew 25:34-40. What are the qualities demonstrated by the believer in these verses?
Practical works that proceed from faith—such as giving food to the hungry, hospitality
toward others, clothing the destitute, caring for the sick, reaching out to those in prison, etc.
4. Read John 13:35. Jesus’ disciples are known by what?
e love they show one another
5. Read Matthew 7:21-23. Why were these individuals turned away from God’s kingdom?
ey were workers of iniquity. In Greek, the present tense is used, which indicates
that iniquity was their lifestyle, their nature. Jesus said He never knew them. ey
were lost religious people that had never had a change of heart, a change of mind that
turned them toward God
6. Read John 14:23. If a person loves Jesus, what will they do?
Keep His Words, or do His sayings
7. Read Acts 26:20. What is this verse saying?
Prove your repentance by what you do
8. Read James 2:17. If your faith is not followed by good works, or actions, then what kind
of faith is it?
Dead faith, Non-saving faith (James 2:14)
ANSWER KEY
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LESSON 14
A CALL TO DISCIPLESHIP
By Andrew Wommack
Today we’re going to talk about being a disciple and how to make disciples of other
people. I want to remind you that the Lord gave us a command not to go make converts, not
to just get people to confess Jesus as their Lord and receive forgiveness of sins, but to make
disciples. Although those rst two are vital, and I’m not minimizing that at all, the real purpose
has to be to go beyond being born again and to go on to maturity. e goal of a Christian, who
is a disciple, should be to go and make disciples of other people.
Jesus told us to go and make disciples, to bring people to maturity, and to be able to
reproduce. Our church world today hasn’t done this. We’ve put the responsibility of getting
people born again on what we call the clergy, or ministers. We have evangelists who travel
around, hold large crusades, and see thousands of people make decisions for the Lord. ough
some of them are not really born again but are just experiencing emotions, I’m sure there
are people who are truly born again and have a relationship with the Lord. Most of the time,
however, there’s not an emphasis on going on and becoming a disciple, and that’s not the way
God intended it to be.
I compare this to a person who loves babies. It would be totally irresponsible to have
a baby, be excited about him or her, but only like seeing him or her born. When you have a
child, you have to assume responsibility to train and raise that child. We tell people, “e main
thing is to get born again, to confess Jesus as your Lord.” When that happens, we pat them on
the back and say, “Now you’re a Christian. Believe God, study the Bible, and everything will
be okay.” at is not the Lord’s emphasis.
Because of this, we’ve produced people, many of whom have made heartfelt commitments
to the Lord, but have no maturity. ey are unable to reproduce their faith because there is
no material to help them. Instead of being positive witnesses for Jesus, they actually become
negative witnesses. He intends for us to go out and reach people in a way that they become full-
edged disciples and are able to reproduce their faith in others.
If you led one person to the Lord every six months, separated yourself and discipled
them to the point that they became a mature Christian who could reproduce their faith, at the
end of six months there’d only be two Christians. en, if each one of you led one person to the
Lord, separated yourselves and discipled them for six months, at the end of a year there’d be four
Christians. is doesn’t look comparable to a person who could lead a thousand people to the
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Lord in a crusade and get them to confess Jesus. Most people would say, “Well, this discipleship
method only produces four converts in the rst year, whereas the other method would produce
a thousand converts. We have to go with the other one.” e man who could lead a thousand
people to the Lord would have led 35,000 people to the Lord. at’s good, and nobody would
criticize it; but it’s just a drop in the bucket compared to the world population. Basically, that’s
the way the church has been functioning.
If we emphasize discipleship, the person who leads one person to the Lord every six
months and those two do the same, in just a little over twelve and a half years they would
evangelize more than the population of the world. Some people think at can’t be, but I
challenge you to gure it out. I’ve multiplied it out, and in a little over twelve-and-a-half years,
one person discipling another person every six months, making them a reproducing member
of the body of Christ, could evangelize ve and a half billion people versus twelve-and-a-half
thousand people with the other method.
If we could get you to where you not only experienced victory and maturity yourself
but had a desire to go out and reproduce it in other people, if you became the trainer instead
of the trainee, here are some of the things that could happen if only one person got a hold of
this concept, followed the Lord to a place of maturity, and started discipling another person. If
you only did this with one person per year, at the end of one year, there would be you and the
person you discipled—two. At the end of two years, there’d be four. But, if you could continue
to follow that, at the end of ten years there’d be 1,024 people who had been discipled and were
reproducing members of the body of Christ. If you continued, with only one person originally
receiving this, at the end of twenty years there’d be over a million people. at’s awesome. is is
the method of multiplication that the Lord established—going and making disciples, not going
and making converts. It’s by far the best way to expand the kingdom to reach people, but our
mindset is looking for the quick x.
How many people go to large crusades, make commitments, go proclaim to be
Christians, still have anger, bitterness, and jealousy, and become negative witnesses? If we want
to count statistics, how many people have been turned away from the true Gospel because they
saw someone who proclaimed Christianity and thought, I’m as good as the hypocrites down
there at church. I don’t need it.
e whole point is that discipleship is the method God set down for evangelizing the
world. e truth doesn’t make you free until you continue in the Word (John 8:31-32). at’s
what God wants for each individual so they can experience His fullness, but it’s also the method
of evangelism that He set down. Whoever decided that was not the way to do it has substituted
another method that hasn’t worked.
I pray that God speaks this to your heart to show you the value of discipleship. I
encourage you to go on and become a disciple and a discipler of other people.
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1. It may surprise you to know that Jesus never called
anyone to become a “Christian,” rather His call was for
people to become “disciples.” Look through the Gospels
(Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), and on a separate
sheet of paper, nd and list as many scriptures as you
can that show Jesus’ calling was to discipleship.
2. In the book of Acts, people were not invited to be
“Christians,” rather their call was to become “disciples.”
Look through the book of Acts, and on a separate sheet
of paper, nd and list as many scriptures as you can that
show people being called to discipleship.
3. In Scripture, the word “disciple(s)” is used a total of
273 times. In all the Bible, the word “Christian(s) is
used a total of three times. List and write out on a
separate sheet of paper the three times that the word
“Christian(s)” is used in Scripture.
4. Read Matthew 10:25. What is a disciple, according to
this verse?
5. Read Luke 14:26. True or false: Being Jesus’ disciple
means the unconditional sacrice of one’s life for the
whole of another’s life.
6. Read Luke 14:33. True or false: In at least some cases,
being Jesus’ disciple meant the literal abandonment of
everything, to put the claim of Jesus rst.
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MATTHEW 10:25 – It is
enough for the disciple that
he be as his master, and the
servant as his lord. If they
have called the master of the
house Beelzebub, how much
more shall they call them of
his household?
LUKE 14:26 – If any man
come to me, and hate not his
father, and mother, and wife,
and children, and brethren, and
sisters, yea, and his own life
also, he cannot be my disciple.
LUKE 14:33 – So likewise,
whosoever he be of you that
forsaketh not all that he hath,
he cannot be my disciple.
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7. Read Matthew 19:29. True or false: Everyone that has
forsaken houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife,
children, or lands, for Jesus’ sake, will receive a hundred
times as much, and shall inherit everlasting life.
8. Read Acts 14:22. True or false: Disciples need to
continue in the faith.
9. Read Hebrews 10:14. True or false: e real objection
that some have to the Scriptures that emphasize
discipleship is that to be a “Christian” requires no eort
(it is by grace), but to be a “disciple” requires real
sacrice and commitment. e truth is that the
redemption of Christ required no eort on our part; it
is perfect and requires no eort from us, but Christ’s
call was always for our whole and absolute life.
10. Read Acts 11:26. True or false: Christ’s call was not for
two kinds of believers, some to be Christians
that remain carnal and some to be disciples. In reality,
Christians and disciples were supposed to be the same.
11. Read Matthew 28:19. Jesus’ commission to the believers
was to go and make:
A. Disciples
B. Converts of all nations
12. Read Matthew 28:20. True or false: Believers are to
teach others to obey everything that Jesus commanded.
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MATTHEW 19:29 – And
every one that hath forsaken
houses, or brethren, or sisters,
or father, or mother, or wife,
or children, or lands, for my
name’s sake, shall receive an
hundredfold, and shall inherit
everlasting life.
ACTS 14:22 – Conrming
the souls of the disciples, and
exhorting them to continue
in the faith, and that we must
through much tribulation
enter into the kingdom of God.
HEBREWS 10:14 – For by one
oering he hath perfected for
ever them that are sanctied.
ACTS 11:26 – And when
he had found him, he
brought him unto Antioch.
And it came to pass, that a
whole year they assembled
themselves with the church,
and taught much people.
And the disciples were called
Christians rst in Antioch.
MATTHEW 28:19-20 – Go
ye therefore, and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
[20] Teaching them to observe
all things whatsoever I have
commanded you: and, lo, I am
with you always, even unto the
end of the world. Amen.
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13. Read John 1:12. True or false: Jesus did oer His
benets (forgiveness, justication, etc.), but not without
taking His person.
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
JOHN 1:12 – But as many
as received him, to them gave
he power to become the sons of
God, even to them that believe
on his name.
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1. It may surprise you to know that Jesus never called anyone to become a “Christian,”
rather His call was for people to become “disciples.” Look through the Gospels
(Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), and on a separate sheet of paper, nd and list as many
scriptures as you can that show Jesus’ calling was to discipleship.
2. In the book of Acts, people were not invited to be “Christians,” rather their call was to
become “disciples.” Look through the book of Acts, and on a separate sheet of paper,
nd and list as many scriptures as you can that show people being called to discipleship.
3. In Scripture, the word “disciple(s)” is used a total of 273 times. In all the Bible, the word
“Christian(s) is used a total of three times. List and write out on a separate sheet of
paper the three times that the word “Christian(s)” is used in Scripture.
Acts 11:26, 26:28; and 1 Peter 4:16
4. Read Matthew 10:25. What is a disciple, according to this verse?
A disciple is one who becomes like his teacher or master
5. Read Luke 14:26. Being Jesus’ disciple means the unconditional sacrice of one’s life for
the whole of another’s life.
True
6. Read Luke 14:33. In at least some cases, being Jesus’ disciple meant the literal
abandonment of everything, to put the claim of Jesus rst.
True
7. Read Matthew 19:29. Everyone that has forsaken houses, brothers, sisters, father,
mother, wife, children, or lands, for Jesus’ sake, will receive a hundred times as much,
and shall inherit everlasting life.
True
8. Read Acts 14:22. Disciples need to continue in the faith.
True
9. Read Hebrews 10:14. e real objection that some have to the Scriptures that emphasize
discipleship, is that to be a “Christian” requires no eort (it is by grace), but to be a
“disciple” requires real sacrice and commitment. e truth is that the redemption of
Christ required no eort on our part; it is perfect and requires no eort from us, but
Christ’s call was always for our whole and absolute life.
True
10. Read Acts 11:26. Christ’s call was not for two kinds of believers, some to be Christians
that remain carnal and some to be disciples. In reality, Christians and disciples were
supposed to be the same.
True
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11. Read Matthew 28:19. Jesus’ commission to the believers was to go and make:
A. Disciples
12. Read Matthew 28:20. Believers are to teach others to obey everything that Jesus commanded.
True
13. Read John 1:12. Jesus did oer His benets (forgiveness, justication, etc.), but not
without taking His person.
True
ANSWER KEY
Copyright © 2012, Andrew Wommack
Permission is granted to duplicate or reproduce for discipleship purposes on the
condition that it is distributed free of charge.
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LESSON 15
HOW TO USE YOUR TESTIMONY
By Don Krow
Today I want to talk to you about using your personal testimony. Acts 5:42 says, “An d
every day in the temple and from house to house, they kept right on teaching and preaching Jesus as
the Christ” (New American Standard Version). Notice that the disciples of the early church met
in the temple every day, and from house to house, they kept right on teaching and preaching
Jesus as the Christ. Many people feel a house-to-house or door-to-door type of approach is
unnatural or uncomfortable. I want to share a few things we’ve learned in actually going out,
having doors opened for discipleship, and seeing people converted and turning to Jesus Christ.
It’s not nearly as hard as you’ve been told, and one of the things I noticed in the Scriptures
is that the Apostle Paul used his personal testimony three times when talking to an unconverted
person. In Acts 9, 22, and 26, he gave his testimony, his experience, and what happened to him
as he talked to unbelievers. One of the best approaches we have found in bringing the message
of Jesus Christ to other people is what we call “prayer-walking.” We go to a door, knock, and tell
them, “We’re just in the area praying for people. We believe God hears and answers prayer, and
we wondered if you’re having any problems in your family—health or other problems—and
would like for us to pray for you.” Sometimes they say “Well, yes, I have a problem” and want us
to pray; other times they feel a little uncomfortable or embarrassed and say, “No, we don’t have
any prayer requests at this time.” en we just begin to tell them our personal testimony.
I say, “I notice you have children. I have three of my own. On December 14, 1981, my
girls who were twins were born. e second twin born was stillborn.” ey reply, “Oh, I’m so
sorry to hear about that.” en I say, “Don’t be sorry. Let me tell you what happened.” I begin
to tell the story. e second twin to be born had a breech birth; that is, she was born feet rst.
Oxygen was cut o from her sometime during the birth process. She was stillborn; that is, she
was born dead.
e midwife picked her up, slapped her (hitting her as hard as she could), suctioned her
lungs in case uid had lled them, did everything she could, and nally gave up. I was like any
other father. I just lost my daughter—what am I going to do? At this point, I say to the people at
the door, “I would like to ask you, have you ever read much of the Bible?” ey say “Well, I’ve
read a little bit” or sometimes “No, not really.” I explain, “e reason I’m asking is because the
Bible says in Acts 10:38 that Jesus went about doing good, healing all who were oppressed of the
devil, for God was with Him. I’m just going to tell you what happened. You can take it or leave
it for whatever it means to you, but my baby was dead, and I was thinking that in a few days,
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we would bury her. I thought to myself, I just want to hold her. As I went to pick her up, there
was an evil presence over her, which the Bible calls a demonic spirit. It physically attacked me
and paralyzed me momentarily. Immediately when that happened, I said, ‘In the name of Jesus
Christ, I command you, unclean spirit, to get o this baby, and I command life into this child in
Jesus’ name.’ at little baby, who had never breathed, gasped, took one breath, and then ceased
to breathe. I said again, ‘In the name of Jesus Christ, you unclean spirit, I command you o of
this child right now, and life to come into her!’ is time she gasped several times, breathed,
and continued to breathe.”
I call the person I am talking to by name and say, “You know, aer a period of about three
minutes, a person without oxygen to the brain has brain damage. My daughter is perfectly normal
in every way. We named her Vita, which in Latin means ‘life,’ because we wanted to tell the story
of what God did for her. He brought life back into her. From that time on, I’ve studied the Bible a
lot, and this is what I’ve discovered: Just like the unclean spirit over my child, there is a kingdom
of darkness, a dominion of Satan and his rule, and there is a kingdom of God’s dear Son.
“When Jesus came to the earth, He began to call people out of the kingdom of darkness
into His own kingdom through repentance and faith in Him—receiving the forgiveness of
sins and turning to follow Him. I don’t know what you believe, but I’m just telling you what
happened in my family and in my life. I want to tell you the real reason we’re at your door. Jesus
told us to go make disciples. I realize a lot of people are busy and can’t go to church or don’t want
to. If you have a question there, you can’t raise your hand and say, ‘Pastor (or priest), what does
what you just said mean?’ So, this is why we’re coming to your door. In ten minutes, we have a
concentrated teaching from God’s Word. en we go to the Scriptures and ask some questions
to make sure we all understand. It’s really a dialog that goes back and forth. We’re not preaching
at people or telling them what the Bible says, but trying to help them discover what it says by
asking a few questions.
“Would that interest you? We’ll set up a time at your convenience, come here to your
home, and just talk to you and give you the lesson. If you don’t get something out of the very
rst lesson, if it doesn’t help, encourage, and build you up, you’ll never see our faces again. We’re
not here to bother you, to get you to join a church or organization, or anything like that. We’re
only here to tell you what Jesus Christ did for you personally and help you come to understand
the Word of God for yourself. ere are a lot of things in the Bible we don’t know or understand
completely, but we’re here to oer you a short study. Would you be interested in that?” A lot
of people have said “Yes, I would be interested,” so we set up a time to go into their homes and
begin these discipleship lessons. We’re not there to do what I call “microwave evangelism,” twist
their arm, and get them to say a little prayer when they don’t even understand what they’re
doing. We follow the discipleship lessons and help them understand Christ and Him crucied.
I told a pastor about our discipleship lessons, and he said, “Don, what happens aer the
rst lesson?” Aer the rst lesson, a person understands what they need to do to respond to
Jesus Christ and to receive the mercy and pardon He oers. We’re not high-pressure salesmen.
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at’s not our approach, but through the rst lesson, they’ll come to a realization of what they
need to do from their heart. He then asked, “Well, what happens aer lesson 15?” I said, “Aer
lesson 15, if a person has stayed with us, they will have repented of their sins and been water-
baptized and baptized with the Holy Sprit. We’re seeing that kind of thing happen, not aer
lesson 15, but even aer lesson 6.”
In Matthew 28, Jesus said to go into the nations and make disciples and, in the process,
baptize them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In the midst of discipling, we
bring understanding of Jesus Christ and Him crucied to the unbeliever. In bringing that
understanding week aer week, we build a relationship with them, a friendship. ey come
to love and trust us. We’re bringing God’s Word to them, not coming to preach at them. We’re
reading the Scriptures, getting them to read them, and asking questions in a way that they see
the answers from God’s Word for themselves. Week aer week, we see people come to a place
where they’re willing to openly confess Christ because they know what it means to accept Him,
to follow Him, and to be committed to Him. It’s much dierent than many of the evangelism
approaches today.
e way we go out to reach the lost is rst of all by personal testimony, and each of us
has a personal testimony. Many times we write our own tracts. I wrote one called “e Death of
My Daughter,” which I leave at doors many times. Other people on our Discipleship Evangelism
team have written tracts, like “A Slave Set Free,” by Joe Rose, who was bound by alcohol and
drugs and “e Death of a Dope Fiend,” by Rocky Forry, who was bound by drugs since he was
een years old and Jesus set him free. We tell these testimonies at people’s doors.
Some people say, “But I don’t have a dynamic testimony. I didn’t see my baby raised
from the dead aer eight minutes.” I realize a lot of people don’t have those kinds of testimonies.
You might have a testimony like Andrew Wommack who had the power of God sustain his life,
which, throughout his childhood, kept him out of the sin, lth, and ungodliness most people
deal with. Each one of us has a testimony, and if you don’t think yours is dynamic enough, use
mine. When we rst began our Discipleship Evangelism teams and started reaching out to
people, Joe Rose used my testimony. Aer a while, he gave it better than I did, so I’d just say,
“Hey, Joe, go ahead and tell them what happened to me.”
If the Apostle Paul used his personal testimony three times in the New Testament in
reaching the lost, you can do it too. We have computers today with all kinds of programs:
Word Perfect, Microso Word, or whatever. It’s very easy to set up a tract of your own personal
testimony. It’s much more eective to say, “is is not something I bought at a Bible book store.
It’s what happened to me that I’m sharing with you.”
I’d like for you to sit down and begin to write your personal testimony—what happened
to you—how you came to Jesus Christ. en give your testimony to someone as if you were
presenting it at someone’s door.
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If you need more information on this subject, go to my website: www.krowtracts.com
and look at the information on “Tips on Sharing Your Faith.” Write your personal testimony,
practice presenting it, and study “Tips on Sharing Your Faith.” It is very important that you
study it—not just read it—as you go out and evangelize the nations, one person at a time. God
bless you.
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1. Read Mark 16:15. Who is the Gospel to be proclaimed to?
2. Read Matthew 28:19-20. Who should be discipled?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MARK 16:15 – And he said
unto them, Go ye into all the
world, and preach the gospel to
every creature.
MATTHEW 28:19-20 – Go
ye therefore, and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
[20] Teaching them to observe
all things whatsoever I have
commanded you: and, lo, I am
with you always, even unto the
end of the world. Amen.
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3. Read Acts 8:5, 26; 16:13-15, 23; and 20:20-21.
Where did evangelism take place?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ACTS 8:5 – en Philip went
down to the city of Samaria,
and preached Christ unto them.
ACTS 8:26 – And the angel of
the Lord spake unto Philip,
saying Arise, and go toward
the south unto the way that
goeth down from Jerusalem
unto Gaza, which is desert.
ACTS 16:13-15 – And on the
sabbath we went out of the city
by a river side, where prayer
was wont to be made; and we
sat down, and spake unto the
women which resorted thither.
[14] And a certain woman
named Lydia, a seller of purple,
of the city of yatira, which
worshipped God, heard us:
whose heart the Lord opened,
that she attended unto the things
which were spoken of Paul. [15]
And when she was baptized,
and her household, she besought
us, saying, If ye have judged me
to be faithful to the Lord, come
into my house, and abide there.
And she constrained us.
ACTS 16:23 – And when they
had laid many stripes upon them
they cast them into prison, charging
the jailer to keep them safely.
ACTS 20:20-21 – And how I
kept back nothing that was
protable unto you, but have
shown you, and have taught you
publicly, and from house to hous
[21] Testifying both to the Jews,
and also to the Greeks, repentance
toward God, and faith toward
our Lord Jesus Christ.
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4. Read Mark 4:11-12. Before true conversion can take
place, a person must:
A. See
B. Perceive
C. Hear
D. Understand
E. All of the above
5. Read Acts 28:23-24. When Paul expounded and
testied about the Gospel, how long did he do so in
order to convince people of the claims of Jesus?
6. Read Acts 16:14. When someone truly turns to Christ,
what has to be opened?
7. Read Acts 2:37. What happens when a person’s heart is
opened and they are convicted?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
MARK 4:11-12 – And he
said unto them, Unto you it
is given to know the mystery
of the kingdom of God: but
unto them that are without,
all these things are done in
parables: [12] at seeing they
may see, and not perceive; and
hearing they may hear, and
not understand; lest at any
time they should be converted,
and their sins should be
forgiven them.
ACTS 28:23-24 – And when
they had appointed him a
day, there came many to him
into his lodging; to whom he
expounded and testied the
kingdom of God, persuading
them concerning Jesus, both
out of the law of Moses, and
out of the prophets, from
morning till evening. [24]
And some believed the things
which were spoken, and some
believed not.
ACTS 16:14 – And a certain
woman named Lydia, a
seller of purple, of the city of
yatira, which worshipped
God, heard us: whose heart the
Lord opened, that she attended
unto the things which were
spoken of Paul.
ACTS 2:37 – Now when they
heard this, they were pricked
in their heart, and said unto
Peter and to the rest of the
apostles, Men and brethren,
what shall we do?
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8. Read Acts 16:31 and 2:38. And what is a person to do?
9. Read Acts 2:42 and John 8:31-32. And then what is a
person to do?
10. Read Romans 10:14-15. In reverse order (in these
scriptures), how does a person come to Christ?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ACTS 16:31 – And they
said, Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be
saved, and thy house.
ACTS 2:38 – en Peter
said unto them, Repent, and
be baptized every one of you
in the name of Jesus Christ
for the remission of sins, and
ye shall receive the gi of the
Holy Ghost.
ACTS 2:42 – And they
continued stedfastly in
the apostles’ doctrine and
fellowship, and in breaking of
bread, and in prayers.
JOHN 8:31-32 – en said
Jesus to those Jews which
believed on him, If ye continue
in my word, then are ye my
disciples indeed; [32] And ye
shall know the truth, and the
truth shall make you free.
ROMANS 10:14-15 – How
then shall they call on him in
whom they have not believed?
and how shall they believe in
him of whom they have not
heard? and how shall they hear
without a preacher? [15] And
how shall they preach, except
they be sent? as it is written,
How beautiful are the feet of
them that preach the gospel of
peace, and bring glad tidings of
good things!
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1. Read Mark 16:15. Who is the Gospel to be proclaimed to?
Every creature, everyone
2. Read Matthew 28:19-20. Who should be discipled?
e people of all nations
3. Read Acts 8:5, 26; 16:13-15, 23; 20:20-21. Where did evangelism take place?
In cities, deserts, riversides, jails, in public, and from house to house
4. Read Mark 4:11-12. Before true conversion can take place, a person must:
E. All of the above
5. Read Acts 28:23-24. When Paul expounded and testied about the gospel, how long did
he do so in order to convince people of the claims of Jesus?
From morning till evening, probably around six to eight hours
6. Read Acts 16:14. When someone truly turns to Christ, what has to be opened?
e heart, the center-most part of man’s being
7. Read Acts 2:37. What happens when a person’s heart is opened and they are convicted?
If they respond correctly, they will ask, “What shall I do?”
8. Read Acts 16:31 and 2:38. And what is a person to do?
Repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and be baptized
9. Read Acts 2:42 and John 8:31-32. And then what is a person to do?
Continue in the apostle’s doctrine (teaching). Continue to learn and practice Jesus’ words
10. Read Romans 10:14-15. In reverse order (in these scriptures), how does a person come
to Christ?
Someone is sent. Someone is preached, or proclaimed, to. Because they hear the
message of Christ, they can believe. Because they believe, they call on the name of the
Lord for salvation
ANSWER KEY
Copyright © 2012, Andrew Wommack
Permission is granted to duplicate or reproduce for discipleship purposes on the
condition that it is distributed free of charge.
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LESSON 16
USING EVERYONE’S GIFTS TO DISCIPLE
By Don Krow
Everyone’s gis can be used to disciple. We’ve been working with this discipleship program
for many years with great success, seeing people’s lives changed by being born again, baptized in
the Holy Spirit, and water baptized. One day I was talking to a friend and said, “We’re missing
some things—they’re falling through the cracks.” He said, “I thought everything was working
great. What do you mean?”
What I’m going to share with you is how to bring an inward church—where people just
sit, listen to the pastor, and go home—to be an outward church where they reach beyond the four
walls of the church building. ese are the real statistics: 95 percent of all Christians have never
led anybody to the Lord and 90 percent of evangelism is directed toward Christians. e church
building is the most evangelized area in the world. We evangelize the Sunday school rooms, and
we evangelize the sanctuary. e way we evangelize the building, you would think the church
needs converting.
It wasn’t until the third century under Constantine that church buildings came into
being. Since that time, as far as reaching out to the lost, the church has gone inward and hid
behind the walls of the church buildings. We want to reach out beyond those walls to turn
an inward church into an outward church. Statistically, there are only 0.5 percent (less than
one percent) of programs that reach beyond the four walls of our buildings. at says there
is no major denomination in the United States today that has a plan to really reach the lost.
Reaching and discipling people outside our church buildings is a part of Christianity that
needs to be rediscovered.
rough the Reformation, Martin Luther brought the revelation of justication through
faith to the church’s attention. In the 1800s, mass evangelism came through John Wesley. But it
seems that personal one-on-one discipling and evangelism has not been rediscovered since the
Apostles. You may say, “I don’t know how.” rough this program, we denitely will show you
how—it’s very easy. We’ll show you how easy it is to work with people and to meet new people at
the door through using your testimony. is is what I want to focus on now. is is the good news.
How would you like to do just what you want to do, not what somebody else wants you to
do (that you really don’t want to do), but exactly what you want to do? at’s what we’re talking
about. When I show people how Discipleship Evangelism works, saying, “Look, this is what we’re
doing: We’re touching people’s lives. ey’re being saved, born again, lled with the Holy Spirit,
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and water-baptized.” People say, “at’s great!” But if I said “Now, how many of you want to go
with me,” there would be maybe three of you out of two hundred, because the rest are scared or
don’t know how to do it. Or, if I said, “Now, forget about it. Don’t worry about it; you don’t have
to be afraid. We’ll go out and get the Bible studies and set up discipleship lessons for you.” How
many would want to teach? ere would be more then—about ten or twelve—saying, “Yes, I want
to teach.” But it wouldn’t go beyond that.
What we want to do is show you how every gi in the body of Christ can be used to reach
the lost, to love and disciple them. It will take every gi, and those gis are found only in the
body of Christ, the local church. Some of you say, “I like to pray for the baptism of the Holy Spirit,
healing, and things like that.” Well, there’s a time in our discipeship when we can bring you in just
for that purpose. Other people say, “I’m not comfortable with that,” but can you bake a pie? Can
you send a card? Can you make a phone call? Can you paint a fence? Can you baby-sit for a single
mom we’re ministering to and give her an hour to herself so she can get out of the house? Can
you do the practical things? What about intercession? Some of you are called to intercede, to pray.
We’ll show you the people we’re ministering to, give you their names, and you can be praying and
interceding, alone or in groups, for them and for the Discipleship Evangelism teams that go out
each week.
ere is room for everyone to reach out to others, to disciple. We have a program where
every gi can be used. We’re developing teams of a teacher and a teacher’s assistant who go out in
a discipleship capacity to minister. en two people in the helps ministry come in behind them to
do practical things, like giving food, baking a pie, or calling to see how things are going. We also
have people who are interceding for us and the people we minister to.
Do you know what we’re seeing? We’re seeing God change people’s lives because they are
being pastored and cared for, because His love is being shown to them. And do you know who is
doing the work of the ministry? It’s being done by the ones who are supposed to do it—the people.
Ephesians 4:11 says the apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, and teacher are given to perfect the
saints so they can do the work of the ministry. e church is doing the work of the ministry, not
only the man at the front called “the pastor.” When the pastor teaches and equips the church for
works of service and they go and do them, that is true success.
Let me illustrate. If we declared war on another nation and our president said, “We lose
too many men in war, so I have decided to do away with the army and send just the generals out
there to ght.” e rest of the world would laugh at us, and really that’s what’s happening. e devil
is laughing at us because we have sent the generals, the vefold ministry, to do it all. “Let them
do it—we’re paying them to do it.” We have failed to develop an army. God wants to develop that
army, and every one of our gis can be used in Discipleship Evangelism.
We want to help create an army, equipped with powerful tools to disciple—not just here
in our city—but reaching around the world. It can be done through the tools we have developed,
the discipleship lessons and all of the strategies God has given us. God bless you as everyone
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comes together to use their gis to minister to the lost, to the new believer, and to keep Jesus’
commandment to go and disciple the nations.
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1. e following is a brief description of the way that we put teams together to evangelize,
disciple, and reach the lost. Your church body may sign up for any of these teams. If you
continue with follow up, using all of your gis to minister, you can bring a person into the
kingdom and onto maturity quickly. e following is a questionnaire that you are to give to
your church members. en organize teams to do the follow up.
is is what I am interested in doing: (Check one or more)
____ Contacting new people at their door
____ Intercession: Praying for the lost and the Discipleship Evangelism teams
____ Giving food or other items to families in need
____ Contacting others by phone or visitation
____ Kindness Evangelism: Baking food for others, sending a card, helping in any way you can
____ Working with single moms and children
____ Providing transportation to church, etc.
____ Other: I want to __________________
2. e following is a sample of a discipleship follow up form that is to be used aer teaching a
discipleship lesson. is form will show the pastor or those in authority how many lessons
have been taught and the results in each study.
Discipleship Follow-Up Results Form
Date of visit/lesson:
Person(s) teaching the lesson:
Name(s) of persons being visited/taught:
Location of presentation:
Subject of Lesson:
How did this study go?
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3. Read James 1:22. If we just hear God’s Word but never
put it into practice, what have we done?
4. Read Matthew 7:24-27. In order to be a wise man,
we must not only hear the sayings of Jesus, but we
must do what?
5. Read Ephesians 4:11-12. Who is to do the work of
the ministry?
6. Read Acts 8:1 and 4. Who went everywhere
preaching the Word?
7. Read Acts 8:1 and 4. Who did not go everywhere
preaching the Word?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
JAMES 1:22 – But be ye doers
of the word, and not hearers
only, deceiving your own selves.
MATTHEW 7:24-27 –
erefore whosoever heareth
these sayings of mine, and doeth
them, I will liken him unto a
wise man, which built his house
upon a rock: [25] And the rain
descended, and the oods came,
and the winds blew, and beat
upon that house; and it fell not:
for it was founded upon a rock.
[26] And every one that heareth
these sayings of mine, and doeth
them not, shall be likened unto
a foolish man, which built his
house upon the sand: [27] And
the rain descended, and the
oods came, and the winds blew,
and beat upon that house; and it
fell: and great was the fall of it.
EPHESIANS 4:11-12 – And
he gave some, apostles; and
some, prophets; and some,
evangelists; and some, pastors
and teachers; [12] For the
perfecting of the saints, for the
work of the ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ.
ACTS 8:1 – And Saul was
consenting unto his death. And
at that time there was a great
persecution against the church
which was at Jerusalem; and
they were all scattered abroad
throughout the regions of Judaea
and Samaria, except the apostles.
ACTS 8:4 –erefore they that
were scattered abroad went
every where preaching the word.
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8. Read Acts 11:19-22. In the early New Testament
church, the believers did the work of the ministry, and
it was followed up by apostolic leadership and
instruction. In our churches today, it’s the leadership
that starts things and the believers then follow. How
does Acts 11:19-22 verify this statement?
9. Read 1 Corinthians 12:14-18. Each part of the body
of Christ is necessary. We should not compare ourselves
among ourselves. Rather, total commitment to Christ
is not doing everything but doing what God has
equipped you to do. What will you do with the
information you’ve received in this lesson?
DISCIPLESHIP QUESTIONS
SCRIPTURES
TO USE WITH
QUESTIONS
ACTS 11:19-22 – Now they
which were scattered abroad
upon the persecution that
arose about Stephen travelled
as far as Phenice, and Cyprus,
and Antioch, preaching the
word to none but unto the
Jews only. [20] And some of
them were men of Cyprus and
Cyrene, which, when they
were come to Antioch, spake
unto the Grecians, preaching
the Lord Jesus. [21] And the
hand of the Lord was with
them: and a great number
believed, and turned unto the
Lord. [22] en tidings of
these things came unto the ears
of the church which was in
Jerusalem: and they sent forth
Barnabas, that he should go as
far as Antioch.
1 CORINTHIANS 12:14-18 –
For the body is not one mem-
ber, but many. [15] If the foot
shall say, Because I am not the
hand, I am not of the body; is
it therefore not of the body?
[16] And if the ear shall say,
Because I am not the eye, I am
not of the body; is it therefore
not of the body? [17] If the
whole body were an eye, where
were the hearing? If the whole
were hearing, where were the
smelling? [18] But now hath
God set the members every one
of them in the body, as it hath
pleased him.
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1. e following is a brief description of the way that we put teams together to evangelize,
disciple, and reach the lost. Your church body may sign up for any of these teams. If you
continue with follow up, using all of your gis to minister, you can bring a person into the
kingdom and onto maturity quickly. e following is a questionnaire that you are to give to
your church members. en organize teams to do the follow up.
is is what I am interested in doing: (Check one or more)
____ Contacting new people at their door
____ Teaching discipleship lessons
____ Intercession: Praying for the lost and the Discipleship Evangelism teams
____ Giving food or other items to families in need
____ Contacting others by phone or visitation
____ Kindness Evangelism: Baking food for others, sending a card, helping in any way you can
____ Working with single moms and children
____ Providing transportation to church, etc.
____Other: I want to __________________
2. e following is a sample of a discipleship follow up form that is to be used aer teaching a
discipleship lesson. is form will show the pastor or those in authority how many lessons
have been taught and the results in each study.
Discipleship Follow-Up Results Form
Date of visit/lesson:
Person(s) teaching the lesson:
Name(s) of persons being visited/taught:
Location of presentation:
Subject of Lesson:
How did this study go?
3. Read James 1:22. If we just hear God’s Word but never put it into practice, what have we done?
We have deceived ourselves
4. Read Matthew 7:24-27. In order to be a wise man, we must not only hear the sayings of
Jesus, but we must do what?
We must do them
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5. Read Ephesians 4:11-12. Who is to do the work of the ministry?
e saints, not a certain class of people referred to as clergy
6. Read Acts 8: 1, 4. Who went everywhere preaching the Word?
e believers that were scattered abroad
7. Read Acts 8:1, 4. Who did not go everywhere preaching the Word?
e apostles. We see from this that the early New Testament church were the ones
responsible for discipleship and evangelism
8. Read Acts 11:19-22. In the early New Testament church, the believers did the work of
the ministry, and it was followed up by apostolic leadership and instruction. In our
churches today, it’s the leadership that starts things and the believers then follow.
How does Acts 11:19-22 verify this statement?
e church heard of the conversion of new believers and sent Barnabas to go and help
them (verse 22)
9. Read 1 Corinthians 12:14-18. Each part of the body of Christ is necessary. We should
not compare ourselves among ourselves. Rather, total commitment to Christ is not doing
everything but doing what God has equipped you to do. What will you do with the
information you’ve received in this lesson?
Hopefully, putting it into practice by going out and using my gis to help others
ANSWER KEY
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