Christianity Explained

Week 6

Review: Three-legged Stool

Son of God

His Death

His Resurrection

Review: Jesus’ Authority as the Son of God...

1. As a teacher (Mark 1:21-22)2. Over sickness (Mark 2:1-12)3. Over nature (Mark 4:30-31)4. Over evil spirits (Mark 1:23-28)5. Over death (Mark 5:35-43)6. To forgive sins (Mark 2:1-12)7. Over people (including us) (Mark

1:16-20)

Review: Jesus’ Death

1. The darkness (15:33)2. The cry (15:34-37)3. The curtain (15:38-39)

Review: Resurrection important for two main reasons

1. It solves the problem of life after death

2. It guarantees the day of judgment

Review: Two Questions

1. Do you know for certain that if you died tonight you would go to heaven? Christians believe that you can know

with certainty

2. If you were to die tonight and God asked you, “Why should I let you into my heaven?”, what would you say? According to Christianity, there are two

answers – a right answer and a wrong answer

Review: Two Answers

If you were to die tonight and God asked you, “Why should I let you into my heaven?”, what would you say?

Wrong Answer: What I have done (salvation by works)

Right Answer: What Christ has done for me (salvation by grace)

“Grace not Works”

Review: What is a Christian?

Mark 1:14-15 14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, 15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel."

A Christian is someone who belongs to the kingdom of God.

To belong, two things are necessary:1. Repentance2. Belief

Review: Repentance

Mark 8:34-38I put Jesus first…

Before my will Before my ambition Before my popularity Before anything and everything

Review: Promises made to a Christian

1. Holy Spirit (Mark 1:8)2. Forgiveness of Sins (Mark 2:10)3. Eternal Life (Mark 10:28-31)

Also, repayment 100 times in this present life

What makes a Christian?(Mark 1:14-15)

1. Repentance2. Belief (or Faith)

Faith is…

1. Mark 5:21-24,35-43 Taking Jesus at his word Facts <= Faith <= Feelings

Faith is…

1. Taking Jesus at His Word (Mark 5:21-24,35-43)

2. Reaching out to Jesus (Mark 5:25-34) It is not the quantity of faith It is the direction of faith Faith is to be open and public

Faith is…

1. Taking Jesus at His Word (Mark 5:21-24,35-43)

2. Reaching out to Jesus (Mark 5:25-34)

3. Having child-like faith (Mark 10:13-16) We are to receive Jesus Christ like a

child Not in a childish way, but like a child

trusting his parents This is a personal decision John 5:24 – the present and the future