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Introduction
“For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.” (Romans 15:4)
Lesson 1
“Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.” (Ezekiel 1:28a)
Lesson 3
“Then Daniel praised the God of heaven and said: ‘Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his.’” (Daniel 2:19b-20)
Lesson 4
Jesus answered, ‘It is written: “Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.”’ (Luke 4:8)
Lesson 5
“He rescues and he saves; he performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth. He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.” (Daniel 6:27)
Lesson 6
Start the Challenge“His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will worship and obey him.” (Daniel 7:27b)
Lesson 7
“Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act! For your sake, my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.” (Daniel 9:19)
Lesson 8
“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.” (John 5:24)
Lesson 9
“But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.” (Psalm 33:11)
Lesson 10
“With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord: ‘He is good; his love toward Israel endures forever.’” (Ezra 3:11a)
Lesson 11
“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.” (Psalm 119:105)
Lesson 12
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)
Lesson 13
“Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” (Proverbs 19:21)
Lesson 14
“And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14b)
Lesson 15
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23)
Lesson 16
“Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Give careful thought to your ways.’” (Haggai 1:5)
Lesson 17
“Therefore tell the people: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Return to me,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will return to you,’ says the Lord Almighty.” (Zechariah 1:3)
Lesson 18
“So he said to me, ‘This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: “Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,” says the Lord Almighty.’” (Zechariah 4:6)”
Lesson 19
“Tell him this is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Here is the man whose name is the Branch, and he will branch out from his place and build the temple of the Lord.’” (Zechariah 6:12)
Lesson 20
“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I am very jealous for Zion; I am burning with jealousy for her.’” (Zechariah 8:2)
Lesson 21
“The Lord their God will save his people on that day as a shepherd saves his flock. They will sparkle in his land like jewels in a crown.” (Zechariah 9:16)
Lesson 22
“The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.” (Zechariah 14:9)
Lesson 23
“Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name.” (Nehemiah 1:11a)
Lesson 24
“When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God.” (Nehemiah 6:16)
Lesson 25
“I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws.” (Psalm 119:7)
Lesson 26
“’But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.” (Nehemiah 9:31)
Lesson 27
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.” (Romans 12:1)
Basic Truths
Choose a Basic Truth
1. What is the purpose of my life?
1 Psalm 16:11
2 Genesis 1:26
3 1 Peter 4:11
2. Who is God?
God is the Creator and holds everyone and everything together.1 He is holy2 and does not change.3 He has no beginning and no end.4 He is perfect in love, goodness, wisdom, justice, and truth. God is Spirit. Nothing happens except through Him and by His will.5
1 John 1:1-3
2 Isaiah 6:3
3 Malachi 3:6
4 Revelation 1:8
5 Daniel 4:35
3. What is the Trinity?
The Trinity describes the truth that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one God.1 They have always existed in loving relationship as One.2 Each is fully God with exactly the same attributes. They work with one mind to accomplish one will and are equally worthy of worship.3
1 Matthew 28:19-20
2 John 14:16-17
3 2 Corinthians 13:14
4. What is creation?
Creation is God making everything out of nothing by His powerful Word.1 He created man and woman in His own image to know and love Him and live with Him forever. God created them righteous and holy, to rule over everything He created.2 Because God made everything good,3 there was no sickness, death, or decay and no reason to fear or be ashamed.4
1 Genesis 1:1; John 1:1-3
2 Genesis 1:26-27
3 Genesis 1:31
4 Genesis 2:25
5. What is the Fall?
The first man and woman, Adam and Eve, listened to the serpent Satan’s lies and sinned, losing their perfect relationship with God.1 They fell from perfect thoughts, feelings, and actions. Sin damaged all of God’s good creation. Now no one wants to, or is able to, completely obey God.2 Now mankind experiences hardship, sickness, and decay.3 Now all people and all things experience the punishment for sin, which is death.4
1 Genesis 3:1-10
2 Romans 3:12
3 Genesis 3:17-19
4 Romans 5:12
6. What is sin?
Sin is everything in thought, word, and deed that is contrary to the will of God.1 Sin is failure to love God, or to love things more than God. It is sinful to lie, cheat, steal, or disobey our parents.2 Sin is a condition every person inherits from Adam.3 Apart from Christ, all people are slaves to sin and Satan, living to please only themselves.4
1 Leviticus 5:17
2 Exodus 20:1-17
3 Romans 5:12, 19
4 John 8:34
7. How can people know how to please God if they are born sinful?
God’s Word shows us what pleases Him.1 His Word also reveals our sinfulness and need of a Savior because we cannot keep it perfectly.2 We see God’s instructions in the Ten Commandments3 and all other commands in the Bible. Jesus summarized the heart of His teachings this way: to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength and to love our neighbor as ourselves.4
1 Deuteronomy 30:15-18
2 Romans 3:20
3 Exodus 20:1-17
4 Mark 12:28-31
8. Will God allow our sin to go unpunished?
No. Every sin offends God and must be punished.1 God’s holiness means He must hold people accountable to do what is good and right.2 God’s love for all people means He must judge sin and sinners.3 No one can escape punishment by doing good things.4
1 Psalm 51:4
2 Exodus 34:6-7
3 James 2:10
4 John 3:36
9. How is it possible to escape the punishment for our sin?
God sent Jesus the Redeemer to rescue us and take the punishment for our sin.1 On our own, we could never escape punishment for sin. God is loving and kind and in mercy sent His Son, Jesus, to redeem us.2 At the cross, Jesus freely chose to take the punishment for our sin.3 Jesus paid the price to free us from sin’s slavery and judgment.4
1 John 3:16-17
2 Titus 3:5-6
3 Isaiah 53:10-11
4 1 Peter 2:24
10. Who is the Redeemer?
God the Son, Jesus Christ, is the Redeemer.1 He is both fully God and fully man. As God, He has always existed.2 He became man, born in fulfillment of the prophets’ words. Only God could live and suffer perfectly. Only a perfect person could pay for people’s sin.3 On the cross, He willingly paid the penalty for our sin with His own blood.4
1 Galatians 4:4-5
2 John 1:1-2, 14
3 Romans 1:2-4
4 Hebrews 2:17
11. Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die?
Death is the punishment for sin.1 Jesus willingly died on the cross in our place.2 He bore the full wrath of God against sin. He died to deliver us from the grip of sin, death, and hell and to bring us back to God.3 Jesus’s death frees us from slavery to sin now and sin’s punishment for eternity.4
1 Romans 6:23
2 Isaiah 53:5-6
3 Romans 5:9-10
4 Romans 6:18
12. Why must the Redeemer be truly human?
Only a perfect human being could pay for the sins of other human beings. As a man, Jesus perfectly obeyed God’s law and lived without sin.1 He alone was qualified to die for sinful human beings.2 Because Jesus was tempted in every way that we are and never sinned, He understands us and can help us.3
1Hebrews 2:17
2Romans 5:19
3Hebrews 4:15
13. Why must the Redeemer be truly God?
Because Jesus is God, He is infinite and holy. His blood can pay the penalty for an infinite number of sins.1 On the cross, Jesus was able to suffer the eternal punishment and separation from God that our sin deserves.2 Therefore, everyone who trusts Christ can know that He paid for all of their sins.3
1John 1:29
2Matthew 27:46
3Romans 8:1
14. Is Jesus the only Savior?
Yes. No one can be saved except through faith in Jesus Christ1 and His death on the cross on our behalf.2
1 John 14:6
2 Acts 4:10, 12
15. What is faith in Jesus Christ?
Faith is forsaking all other means of saving our souls and believing the gospel taught in Scripture.1 We must believe Jesus is the Son of God, that He died on the cross to pay for our sin, and that He was buried and rose again on the third day to give us eternal life.2 Evidence of faith is seen in the way a person lives.3
1 Acts 4:12
2 1 Corinthians 15:1-4
3 Galatians 2:20
16. Where does faith in Jesus Christ come from?
Faith in Jesus Christ is a gift from God through the Holy Spirit.1 We do nothing to earn or deserve this gift.2 Faith comes to us by God’s grace when we hear the message of the gospel3 and turn from our sins to Christ.4
1 Ephesians 2:8-9
2 Titus 3:4-6
3 Romans 10:17
4 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10
17. What is grace?
Grace is God’s powerful kindness poured out on the undeserving.1 God is especially kind to His children, whom He forgives, justifies, and adopts forever into His family.2 God’s grace is poured on His children as He gives them faith and transforms their lives.3
1 Psalm 145:8-9
2 Ephesians 2:8-9
3 Romans 5:1-2
18. What does justification mean?
Justification means God declares a sinner righteous because of the perfect life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.1 It means that Jesus Christ paid the price for all the sin of His children, saved them from God’s wrath and adopted them into His family.2 Justification means believers are in Christ and declared righteous.3 Therefore, God will never condemn His children.4
1 Romans 5:1-2, 9
2 Ephesians 1:4-5
3 2 Corinthians 5:21
4 Romans 8:1
19. Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity.1 He is eternal God,2 as fully God as God the Father and Jesus the Son.3 God sends His Spirit to live within His children.4
1 John 15:26
2 Genesis 1:2
3 2 Corinthians 13:14
4 Galatians 4:6
20. How does the Holy Spirit help God’s children?
The Holy Spirit convicts God’s children of sin and gives them faith to believe and obey God.1 He unites them with Christ and assures them that they are God’s children.2 The Holy Spirit sanctifies God’s children, keeping them safe until they reach heaven.3 He helps them pray and understand God’s Word.4 He comforts and guides them.
1 2 Thessalonians 2:13
2 Romans 8:15-16
3 Ephesians 1:13-14
4 Ephesians 6:17-18
21. What does sanctification mean?
Sanctification is the Holy Spirit’s work of growing us in holiness to be like Jesus, who is perfectly righteous.1 Sanctification2 also involves our cooperation,3 as we study the Bible, pray, obey, and serve God.4
1 Philippians 2:12-13
2 1 Corinthians 6:11
3 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
4 Ephesians 4:22-24
22. Why do God’s children still sin?
God’s children are tempted to sin by their own sinful nature and by Satan.1 Even though the Holy Spirit helps His children know the joy of obedience, they are still weak.2 God always listens when we ask Him to help us not to sin.3 When God’s children sin, the loving Father disciplines and holds them responsible for their sin.4
1 Galatians 5:17
2 Matthew 26:41
3 1 Corinthians 10:13
4 Hebrews 12:6
23. What defines or describes the providence of God?
God’s providence means He wisely directs and permits all that happens in His creation.1 God involves Himself in all events and directs all things to accomplish His good purposes.2 Health, sickness, riches, and poverty come to us not by chance3 but from the Father’s loving hands.4
1 1 Chronicles 29:11-12
2 Psalm 115:3
3 Acts 17:24-26
4 Matthew 10:29-31
24. What is prayer?
Prayer is talking with God1 by confessing our sin, praising Him, thanking Him, and asking Him for our needs and desires.2 The Bible shows us what to pray for and the Holy Spirit helps and teaches us to pray.3 God always hears the prayers of His children and answers with what we need at the right time.4
1 Matthew 6:9-13
2 Philippians 4:6
3 Romans 8:26
4 James 5:16
25. What is the Bible?
The Bible is God’s truth, taught in words by the Holy Spirit to His prophets and apostles.1 The Holy Spirit inspired the writers of both the Old and New Testaments to write down God’s eternal plan.2 The Bible is totally true and without error.3 The Holy Spirit guides us in understanding the Bible.4
1 1 Thessalonians 2:13
2 2 Timothy 3:16-17
3 John 17:17
4 1 Corinthians 2:12-13
26. What is the Church?
The Church is the community of God’s redeemed people,1 now and forever. It is not a building. Jesus Christ is the head of the Church,2 which he calls His “body.”3 The Church is the bride of Christ, whom He loved and for whom He died.4 God unites His people through the Holy Spirit to love, follow, learn from, and worship God together.5
1 Matthew 16:18
2 Ephesians 5:23
3 Romans 12:4-5
4 Ephesians 5:25
5 Revelation 5:9-10
27. Where is Jesus now?
Jesus is alive in heaven, seated at the right hand of the Father,1 praying for God’s children.2 Three days after His death and burial, Jesus came back to life in a resurrected body and taught His disciples for 40 days.3 He then returned to heaven.4
1 Ephesians 1:19-21
2 Hebrews 7:25
3 Acts 1:1-3
4 Acts 1:10-11
28. Will Jesus return?
Yes! Jesus will return personally and physically,1 first to rule and reign in His kingdom and then to judge the world and Satan.2 Everyone will see Him return.3 Jesus will give God’s children resurrected bodies like His own to live with Him in His kingdom.4
1 Acts 1:11
2 Revelation 20:10
3 Revelation 1:7
4 John 5:25-29
29. What is eternal life?
Eternal life is God’s gift that comes from believing, knowing, and loving God and Jesus Christ.1 Eternal life begins as soon as we become God’s child and never ends.2 Our bodies die but we are alive with Christ and forever freed from all sin.3 God’s children enjoy His presence now, in heaven, and in Christ’s kingdom forever.4
1 John 17:2-3
2 Luke 23:43
3 Matthew 25:46
4 Revelation 11:15
