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136 C h r i s t i a n M a t u r i t ywith various gods by religious works. Buy these are useless,dead works.Application10 According to Ephesians 2:1, what causes people to be deadspiritually?........................................................................................................Colossians 2:13 says, “You were dead in your sins and in theuncircumcision of your sinful nature.” Human’s acts lack thepower to meet even the basic need of man. How then can wesatisfy the holy God!Believing in GodObjective 6.State what everyone who believes in God’s Sonreceives.The second stone of our foundation conditions for becominga Christian is believing in God. Jesus said in John 6:47, “He whobelieves has everlasting life.” To believe is to place our trust andconfidence in someone or something. Hebrews 11:1–2 tells us,“Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what wedo not see. This is what the ancients were commended for.”John 3:14–21 gives one of the best explanations of theimportance of belief in Christ to the Christian life. Manybelievers around the world are helped by it.Application11 What will everyone who believes in God’s Son receive?........................................................................................................12 According to John 3:18, why is a person judged?a) Because of his sinsb) Because he is not a part of the churchc) Because he has not believed in God’s only Sond) Because he does not do the works of righteousness
F o u n d a t i o n a l T r u t h s a n d B e y o n d 137In the original language, the phrase “believing in God”suggests the idea of being directed toward. Our faith is towardGod. The special tense or time of this word suggests we areresting in that decision.A great missionary was once trying to translate the Gospel ofJohn into the language of the people he was working with. Hecould not find a word for “believe” in their language. One day, afriend from among the people came into the missionary’s house.He was exhausted from working under the hot sun. He fell into achair and used a word in his language which meant: “I’m puttingall my weight on this chair. I’m unable to hold myself up.”Immediately the missionaryjumped up and said, “That’s theword I need.” Faith meansplacing our entire weight andhope in Jesus Christ as God’sSon and our Savior.Practices in theChristian LifeOur second couplet offoundation truths has to do with God-ordained practices in thechurch. Some are called ordinances or institutes. An ordinance isa practice God has ordered the church to keep. For example, theLord’s Supper or communion is an ordinance.Teaching About BaptismsObjective 7.State the purpose of baptism in the Holy Spirit.According to Hebrews 6:2, the teaching about baptisms isa critical part of our Christian foundation. There are severalbaptisms in the Scripture. They include John’s baptism as asign of repentance, the baptism of Christ, and the baptism ofsuffering. The Christian is concerned about three basic baptisms:(1) baptism into Christ’s body through the new birth, (2) baptismin water as an outward evidence of one’s experience in JesusChrist, (3) baptism in the Holy Spirit. A thorough coverage
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