My Verse Collection · Chapter 3 · The Christian’s Life with God

Q15Are we born good, or born sinful?

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Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.
Ecclesiastes 7:29 · WEB

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God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.Genesis 1:31
And put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.Ephesians 4:24

Q16If everything God made was good, where did sin come from?

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Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden, but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it. You shall not touch it, lest you die.’” The serpent said to the woman, “You won’t really die, for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate. Then she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.
Genesis 3:1-6 · WEB

Q17What does Adam’s sin have to do with me?

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Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death passed to all men because all sinned.
Romans 5:12 · WEB

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But you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.Genesis 2:17
To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. You will bear children in pain. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.” To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and have eaten from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life. It will yield thorns and thistles to you; and you will eat the herb of the field. You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground, for you were taken out of it. For you are dust, and you shall return to dust.”Genesis 3:16-19
But your iniquities have separated you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.Isaiah 59:2
Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.”John 8:34
Behold, I was born in iniquity. My mother conceived me in sin.Psalm 51:5
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins weren’t like Adam’s disobedience, who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.Romans 5:14

Q18Can I work off the penalty of my sin?

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For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, that no one would boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9 · WEB

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The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.Genesis 6:5
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.Job 14:4
For we have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.Isaiah 64:6
But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,Titus 3:4-5
Who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,2 Timothy 1:9

Q19What grace can free us from sin?

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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him. He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only born Son of God.
John 3:16-18 · WEB

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For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.Romans 6:23
So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life. For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.Romans 5:18-19
But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;Ephesians 2:4-7
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.2 Corinthians 5:17

Q20Can other faiths obtain this same grace?

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There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!
Acts 4:12 · WEB

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Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.”John 14:6
For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,1 Timothy 2:5
I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out and will find pasture.John 10:9
Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.Hebrews 7:25
For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.1 Corinthians 2:2

Q21Do I choose Christ, or does Christ choose me?

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Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,
Ephesians 1:4 · WEB

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You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.John 15:16
For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,Romans 9:11
For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.Romans 9:15-16
Even so too at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.Romans 11:5-6
As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.Acts 13:48
According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.1 Peter 1:2

Churches understand this question in different ways; please ask your own church.

Q22Why does God choose anyone at all?

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For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
Romans 8:29 · WEB

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Having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire, to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved.Ephesians 1:5-6
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.1 Peter 2:9

Churches understand this question in different ways; please ask your own church.

Q23I don’t know whether I am chosen. How then can I believe?

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So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Romans 10:17 · WEB

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For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.Matthew 7:8
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with me.Revelation 3:20
What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.Matthew 13:23
I just want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?Galatians 3:2
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word.Acts 10:44

Churches understand this question in different ways; please ask your own church.

Q24Besides hearing it preached, how else do I learn Christ?

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Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
Colossians 3:16 · WEB

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But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’”Matthew 4:4
It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.John 6:63
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.Matthew 11:29
Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.Acts 17:11
Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.1 Corinthians 11:1
Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.Hebrews 12:1-2

Q25How can I be sure the Holy Spirit is in me?

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In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
Ephesians 1:13 · WEB

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Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God’s Spirit says, “Jesus is accursed.” No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” but by the Holy Spirit.1 Corinthians 12:3
Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”Acts 2:38
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;Romans 8:16
And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”Galatians 4:6

Q26What do I do when I sin after believing?

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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 righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:8-9 · WEB

Q27If I sin again, will the Holy Spirit leave me?

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I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever:
John 14:16 · WEB

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In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.Ephesians 1:13-14
Being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.Philippians 1:6

Q28How do I even know what counts as sin?

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Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
Romans 3:20 · WEB

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What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn’t have known sin except through the law. For I wouldn’t have known coveting unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”Romans 7:7
So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.Galatians 3:24
When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;John 16:8
The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly,Romans 5:20

Q29If grace is free, can I enter the kingdom without repenting?

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I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.
Luke 13:3 · WEB

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What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?Romans 6:1-2
“But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, should he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done will be remembered. In his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them he shall die.”Ezekiel 18:24
Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.Galatians 5:19-21
But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God,Romans 2:5
Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lamp stand out of its place, unless you repent.Revelation 2:5

Q30Must I be baptized before my repentance is real?

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Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
Acts 2:38 · WEB

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He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.Mark 16:16
We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.Romans 6:4
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.Galatians 3:27
Having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.Colossians 2:12
One Lord, one faith, one baptism,Ephesians 4:5

Churches understand this question in different ways; please ask your own church.

Q31Repentance is long and hard. What else can I do?

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In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
Philippians 4:6 · WEB

Q32What keeps us repenting?

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For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”
Romans 1:17 · WEB

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He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.”Matthew 17:20
Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”Mark 9:23
For we walk by faith, not by sight.2 Corinthians 5:7
For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,Hebrews 3:14
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.1 John 5:4
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.Revelation 3:19

Q33And where does faith itself come from?

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By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
Acts 3:16 · WEB

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Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.”John 14:6
That your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.1 Corinthians 2:5
To another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit,1 Corinthians 12:9
For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.Galatians 3:26
For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.Galatians 2:19-20
Who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.1 Peter 1:21

Q34How does faith show itself?

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Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
James 2:17-18 · WEB

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We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.Romans 3:28
Even so, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.Matthew 5:16
What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?James 2:14
But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead? Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected.James 2:20-22
Having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good works and glorify God in the day of visitation.1 Peter 2:12
My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.1 John 3:18

Q35How can you tell that someone has truly repented?

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Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!
Matthew 3:8 · WEB

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Therefore by their fruits you will know them.Matthew 7:20
“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.”Matthew 12:33
“In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.”John 15:8
But declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.Acts 26:20

Q36What happens if there is no fruit?

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Every tree that doesn’t grow good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 7:19 · WEB

Q37What does good fruit look like?

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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23 · WEB

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For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,Ephesians 5:9
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.Philippians 1:11
That you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,Colossians 1:10
All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.Hebrews 12:11

Q38How is such fruit produced?

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Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:4-5 · WEB

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Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge; and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control, perseverance; and in perseverance, godliness; and in godliness, brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love. For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to not be idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble. For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.2 Peter 1:5-11
He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.”Luke 9:23

Q39Who enters the kingdom of heaven?

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“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”
Matthew 7:21 · WEB

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“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.”Matthew 5:3
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.Matthew 5:10
And said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.”Matthew 18:3-4
But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”Matthew 19:14
“Hear, then, the parable of the farmer. When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside. What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word and immediately with joy receives it; yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”Matthew 13:18-23

Q40I am already saved. Must I still overcome?

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He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne.
Revelation 3:21 · WEB

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For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, that no one would boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.Ephesians 2:8-10
Strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.Acts 14:22
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.Revelation 2:7
He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.Revelation 3:5
Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a wedding feast for his son, and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast!”’ But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise; and the rest grabbed his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them. When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren’t worthy. Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the wedding feast.’ Those servants went out into the highways and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests. “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing, and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless. Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’ For many are called, but few chosen.”””Matthew 22:1-14
It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.Revelation 19:8

Q41Besides repenting and bearing fruit, what else is asked of me?

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He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to the whole creation.”
Mark 16:15 · WEB

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For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about, for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me if I don’t preach the Good News.1 Corinthians 9:16
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,”Luke 4:18
Yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another’s foundation.Romans 15:20
When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them.Acts 16:10
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,1 Peter 3:15

Q42What should I watch for when I share the gospel?

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My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
1 Corinthians 2:4 · WEB

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Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him? I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.1 Corinthians 3:5-9
For God’s Kingdom is not in word, but in power.1 Corinthians 4:20

Q43What does God require me to keep?

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“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?” Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
Matthew 22:36-40 · WEB

Q44How do I face temptation?

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No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
1 Corinthians 10:13 · WEB

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Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”Matthew 4:10
Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.Matthew 26:41
Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him. Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.James 1:12-14
Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.James 4:7
For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.Hebrews 4:15
Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.Galatians 6:1

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The Christian’s Life with God

Q15Are we born good, or born sinful?

Q16If everything God made was good, where did sin come from?

Q17What does Adam’s sin have to do with me?

Q18Can I work off the penalty of my sin?

Q19What grace can free us from sin?

Q20Can other faiths obtain this same grace?

Q21Do I choose Christ, or does Christ choose me?

Q22Why does God choose anyone at all?

Q23I don’t know whether I am chosen. How then can I believe?

Q24Besides hearing it preached, how else do I learn Christ?

Q25How can I be sure the Holy Spirit is in me?

Q26What do I do when I sin after believing?

Q27If I sin again, will the Holy Spirit leave me?

Q28How do I even know what counts as sin?

Q29If grace is free, can I enter the kingdom without repenting?

Q30Must I be baptized before my repentance is real?

Q31Repentance is long and hard. What else can I do?

Q32What keeps us repenting?

Q33And where does faith itself come from?

Q34How does faith show itself?

Q35How can you tell that someone has truly repented?

Q36What happens if there is no fruit?

Q37What does good fruit look like?

Q38How is such fruit produced?

Q39Who enters the kingdom of heaven?

Q40I am already saved. Must I still overcome?

Q41Besides repenting and bearing fruit, what else is asked of me?

Q42What should I watch for when I share the gospel?

Q43What does God require me to keep?

Q44How do I face temptation?