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Begin Section 1: Bible Text
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Repent and believe the good news!
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Mark 1:14-15
14 After John was put in
prison, Jesus went into
15 “The time has come,” he said.
“The
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1)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 15 how does a person enter the
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Repent and believe the good news!
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What is repentance?
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Matthew 21:28-29
28“What do you think? There
was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work
today in the vineyard.’
29“‘I will not,’ he answered,
but later he changed his mind and went.
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2)
What was the change of mind in the son in terms
of disobedience and obedience to his father?
3)
What is the
descriptive term for the change of mind from disobedience to obedience in the son?
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What is repentance?
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Jesus was delivered over to death
for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
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Romans 4:25
25He was delivered over to
death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
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4)
What does it mean for Jesus to be delivered over to death
for our sins, given that he died on the cross to
pay the penalty for the sins of the whole world?
5)
What is the
consequence for us of Jesus being
raised to life, given that justification means being righteous before God?
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Jesus was delivered over to death
for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
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What is the good news?
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Romans 1:17
17For in the gospel the
righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to
last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.
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6)
How does a person
obtain righteousness?
7)
What does a person
further gain by faith in addition to righteousness, given that living means
having eternal life?
8)
What is the good
news for us, given that a person can have eternal life by faith?
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What is the good news?
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A disciple must be baptized.
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Matthew 28:18-20
18Then Jesus came to them and
said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
19Therefore go and make
disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20and teaching them to obey
everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very
end of the age.”
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9)
What does making disciples involve?
10)
How is baptism
performed?
11)
What is the first of
Jesus’ commands that a disciple must obey, given that the first thing a new disciple
does is to be baptized?
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A disciple must be baptized.
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A disciple should be baptized immediately upon
repenting and believing the good news.
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Acts 16:29-33
29 The jailer called for
lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.
30 He then brought them out
and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31 They replied, “Believe in
the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.”
32 Then they spoke the word
of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house.
33 At that hour of the night
the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his
household were baptized.
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12)
According to the current
passage of the bible how soon should a disciple be baptized after repenting and believing the
good news?
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A disciple should be baptized immediately upon
repenting and believing the good news.
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Are we ready to repent,
believe the good news and be baptized?
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13)
Are we ready to
repent and believe the good news?
14)
Are we ready to
obey Jesus’ command for a disciple to be baptized?
15)
What happens when
the answers to the above two questions are affirmative?
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Are we ready to repent,
believe the good news and be baptized?
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Begin Section 2: Questions &
Answers
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Repent and believe the good news!
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Mark 1:14-15
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1)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 15 how does a person enter the
o
A person enters
the
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Repenting.
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And believing the
good news.
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Repent and believe the good news!
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What is repentance?
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Matthew 21:28-29
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2)
What was the change of mind in the son in terms
of disobedience and obedience to his father?
o
The son changed his
mind
§
From disobedience.
§
To obedience to
his father.
3)
What is the
descriptive term for the change of mind from disobedience to obedience in the son?
o
Repentance.
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What is repentance?
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Jesus was delivered over to death
for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
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Romans 4:25
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4)
What does it mean for Jesus to be delivered over to death
for our sins, given that he died on the cross to
pay the penalty for the sins of the whole world?
o
It means that Jesus died on the cross to
pay the penalty for our sins.
5)
What is the consequence
for us of Jesus being raised
to life, given that justification means being righteous before God?
o
Jesus was raised
to life.
o
So that
o
We become righteous
before God.
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Jesus was delivered over to death
for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
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What is the good news?
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Romans 1:17
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6)
How does a person
obtain righteousness?
o
A person obtains righteousness
by faith.
7)
What does a person
further gain by faith in addition to righteousness, given that living means
having eternal life?
o
A person further gains
eternal life by faith.
8)
What is the good
news for us, given that a person can have eternal life by faith?
o
The good news for
us is that we can have eternal life by faith.
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What is the good news?
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A disciple must be baptized.
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Matthew 28:18-20
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9)
What does making disciples involve?
o
Making disciples involves
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Baptizing them in
the name
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Of the Father.
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And of the Son.
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And of the Holy
Spirit.
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And teaching them
to obey everything.
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That
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Jesus has
commanded.
10)
How is baptism performed?
o
Baptism involves
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The whole body of
a person being submerged under water.
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And the person
coming up out of the water.
11)
What is the first of
Jesus’ commands that a disciple must obey, given that the first thing a new disciple
does is to be baptized?
o
The first of
Jesus’ commands that a disciple must obey is to be baptized.
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A disciple must be baptized.
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A disciple should be baptized immediately upon
repenting and believing the good news.
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Acts 16:29-33
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12)
According to the current
passage of the bible how soon should a disciple be baptized after repenting and believing the
good news?
o
A disciple should
be baptized immediately
upon
§
Repenting.
§
And believing the
good news.
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A disciple should be baptized immediately upon
repenting and believing the good news.
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Are we ready to repent,
believe the good news and be baptized?
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13)
Are we ready to
repent and believe the good news?
o
?
14)
Are we ready to
obey Jesus’ command for a disciple to be baptized?
o
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15)
What happens when
the answers to the above two questions are affirmative?
o
Facilitator of
the bible study would proceed to baptize the new disciples in accordance with
the document ‘Procedure of Baptism’.
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Are we ready to repent,
believe the good news and be baptized?
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