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Assurance
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the
gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created
in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do (Ephesians 2:8-
10).
I. Assurance of Salvation
Death
Life
B. We are saved by grace through
Faith Grace
faith 1. Grace is God’s part
Man
G _________________ God Jesus
SIN
R _________________
A _________________
Death
C _________________
E _________________ Life
Good works are not the cause of salvation, but they are the result of it!
Three changes occur when you get saved:
I. The Reasons
A. The Bible
1. The Bible is the Word of God and contains the very ________ of God (2
Tim. 3:16-17).
2. The Lord has commanded us to read the Word. Bible reading is an act of
____________ to God (Josh. 1:8; Col. 3:16).
B. The Blessings
The Bible is …
1. _________________ 1 Peter 2:2
2. _________________ Ephesians 5:26
3. _________________ Psalm 119:105
4. _________________ Psalm 19:7b
5. _________________ Psalm 139:16-18
C. The Benefits
1. B ________________
2. E ________________
3. N ________________
4. E ________________
5. F ________________
6. I ________________
7. T ________________
8. S ________________
Literal Dynamic
D. This table shows where well-known English translations fall on the literal–
dynamic continuum:
Literal Dynamic Free Paraphrase
C. The Maximisers
1. SPECS
S _________________ to confess
P _________________ to claim
E _________________ to follow
C _________________ to obey
S _________________ to render
2. Colour coding
3. Journalling
Communion (Prayer)
I. The Paradigm
b. _________________
c. _________________
E. Prayer should be _______________________ (Mark 9:29)
1. Prayer is our source of spiritual _____________
2. Prayer changes things; prayer also changes _____________
3. Prevailing in private prayer produces power in public _____________ F.
Prayer should be _______________________ (Luke 22:42)
III. Pattern
A. _________________
B. _________________
C. _________________
D. _________________
IV. Pointers
A. _________________ in song
B. _________________ in a journal
C. _________________ and talk
D. _________________ through Scripture
Disciplines
I. Fellowship
III. Giving
IV. Service