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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 Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God.

15 “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”

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1)       In accordance with what Jesus said in verse 15 how does a person enter the kingdom of God?

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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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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 kingdom of God?

o   A person enters the kingdom of God by

§  Repenting.

§  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

§  Baptizing them in the name

Ø  Of the Father. 

Ø  And of the Son. 

Ø  And of the Holy Spirit.

§  And teaching them to obey everything.

§  That

§  Jesus has commanded.

 

10)   How is baptism performed?

o   Baptism involves

§  The whole body of a person being submerged under water.

§  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?

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14)   Are we ready to obey Jesus’ command for a disciple to be baptized?

o   ? 

 

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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