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Introduction
“I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’” (Isaiah 46:10)
Lesson 1
“Whatever I say will be fulfilled, declares the Sovereign Lord.” (Ezekiel 12:28b)
Lesson 2
“Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.” (Revelation 1:3)
Lesson 3
“‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, ‘who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.’” (Revelation 1:8)
Lesson 4
“Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.” (Revelation 2:7)
Lesson 5
“Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent.” (Revelation 3:3a)
Lesson 6
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.” (Revelation 3:11)
Lesson 7
“Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.” (Ephesians 4:3)
Lesson 8
“His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will worship and obey him.” (Daniel 7:27b)
Lesson 9
“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.” (Revelation 4:11)
Lesson 10
“And they sang a new song, saying: ‘You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.’” (Revelation 5:9)
Lesson 11
“But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.” (2 Peter 3:13)
Lesson 12
“For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?” (Revelation 6:17)
Lesson 13
“For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd.” (Revelation 7:17a)
Lesson 14
“Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!” (Revelation 8:13b)
Lesson 15
“The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: ‘The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever.’” (Revelation 11:15)
Lesson 16
“They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.” (Revelation 12:11)
Lesson 17
“All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.” (Revelation 13:8)
Lesson 18
“Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.” (Romans 5:3-4)
Lesson 19
“He said in a loud voice, ‘Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come.’” (Revelation 14:7a)
Lesson 20
“For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.” (Revelation 15:4b)
Lesson 21
“‘I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,’ declares the Lord.” (Jeremiah 9:24b)
Lesson 22
“They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings.” (Revelation 17:14a)
Lesson 23
“They will say, ‘The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.’” (Revelation 18:14)
Lesson 24
“I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war.” (Revelation 19:11)
Lesson 25
“Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them.” (Revelation 20:6a)
Lesson 26
“Then I saw ‘a new heaven and a new earth,’ for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.” (Revelation 21:1)
Lesson 27
“The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.” (Revelation 21:23)
Lesson 28
“And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.’” (Revelation 21:3)
Lesson 29
“Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.” (Revelation 22:7)
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
