THE WAY TO THE SPIRITUAL LIFE

… A Bible Study

 

•      This is one of  Three basic Bible lessons that you can teach.

 

•      I hope each one has a copy so you can follow along and see how easy it can be to teach these lessons.

 

•      Jesus teaches us that to be like him, we must care about people like He does.

 

Matthew 9:36,37

  “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.”

 

   I.    WHERE DO WE BEGIN?

 

•     We begin with JESUS,  He is central to Spiritual Life.

 

John 14:5-9

 

Isaiah 53:4-6

II.    HOW DOES JESUS  
        GUIDE TODAY?

 

Hebrews 1:1-3           Hebrews 9:15-18

 

Hebrews 10:8,9           John 6:63

 

2 Timothy 3:16,17

 

 

III.    HOW ARE WE DRAWN
          TO JESUS?

 

•      The power of Jesus to draw us is the  Cross

John 12:32,33

 

Luke 23:20-25,32-56

 

Luke 24:1-8

 

 

  IV.   HOW MUCH OF MY
          LIFE DOES JESUS      
          WANT?

 

 

•      Jesus wants all of my life

 

Mark 8:34-38

 

 

V.   WHEN I COME TO
       CHRIST; WHAT IS THIS
       NEW FAMILY BONDING?

 

•      If we give our lives to Jesus, we must have a support system. Our new family  (the church) becomes our support system.

 

Ephesians 3:14-21    Matthew 16:13-19

 

 

 VI. WHAT NEW STRENGTH
        DOES GOD GIVE EACH
        NEW FAMILY MEMBER?

 

•      In Jesus, we have NEW POWER to live for Him

Acts 2:36-38                   Romans 5:1-5

 

Ephesians 3:16            Hebrews 3:16

                      

                    Romans 5:6-8

 

 

 VII.  WHAT IS MAN’S
          RELATION TO GOD?

 

•      All people are TRAPPED IN SIN and can only escape through God.

Romans 1:18-20           Romans 3:9

 

Romans 3:23                Romans 5:6-8

 

 

VIII.       HOW DO I GET A NEW

IX.                             START?

 

•      The Scriptures clearly show how to accept God’s salvation through Jesus

 

Acts 22: 4-16                 Romans 6:3-8

 

                        Titus 3:3-8

 

 

 IX.   HOW DO I SHOW MY 
         LOVE FOR JESUS AND
         BEGIN THIS NEW
         LIFE?

 

•      We come to Jesus and His saving death, burial and resurrection, through WATER and SPIRIT

Acts 8:35-39

 

John 3:3-5

 

 

 X.  IN THIS OBEDIENCE, AND
       OUR OBEDIENCE
       THROUGHOUT LIFE WE
       SHOW OUR LOVE FOR
       JESUS

 

                          John 14:15