Life after Salvation
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These lessons have been prepared by
Pastor Ralph H. Flynn
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The Word of God is very clear
concerning the Christian's witness for Christ. How you were saved is your
testimony to a lost and sinful world. Salvation is offered to all only by grace
through faith, but God gives each of us our own story or testimony to share with
other people. Remember how you were saved? When was the last time you shared
your story with others? Been a while? Why? Let's learn what the Bible says about
witnessing.
the world?
(a) Matthew 28:18-20
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(b) Mark 16:15
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(c) Luke 24:46-48
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(d) John
17:18-21______________________________________________
08.02 In Acts 1:8, where did God say that Christians should be
a
witness?
"Ye shall be witnesses unto me
in (Fill in the name of your
city)________________________
in (Fill in the name of your
state)________________________
in (Fill in the name of your country)
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and unto the uttermost part of the
earth."
Pastor's Note:
Your mission begins at church.
Your mission field is your hometown.
Your mission work begins when you leave church each service.
Your mission is to do the will of the Father:
Tell your story daily.
Tell your story to everyone.
Tell your story to listeners.
Tell your story to non-listeners.
Remember: God will bring
across your path each day a soul to witness to. What a joy it is to see someone
accept Christ as their Saviour! That
joy can be yours! Your mission: Tell how you were saved. Or just . . .
invite them to your church and let
God speak to them!
08.03 What is God's eventual purpose for all the earth?
Habakkuk 2:14
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Isaiah 11:9
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08.04 What are some evidences of the world's condition today?
(a) II Timothy 3:1-5
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(b) II Timothy 3:7
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(c) Romans 3:14-18
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08.05 What awaits all who do not accept Christ's salvation? Rev.20:12,15
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08.06 What is God's attitude toward the world in spite of all its sin and
rebellion?
John 3:16
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Romans 5:8
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08.07 Because of this, what did Jesus do?
(a) II Cor. 5:15
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(b) I Tim. 2:5-6
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08.08 What is Christ's ministry, and to whom?
(a) I John 4:14
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(b) I John 2:2
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(c) John 1:29
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(d) John 8:12
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08.09 In Peter's sermon in Acts 3, of what promise did he remind his hearers?
Acts 3:25 (See Gen. 12:1-3)
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08.10 Through whom is the promise fulfilled?
Gal. 3:16 ___________________________
08.11 Did this promise include any besides the Jewish nation?
If so, who?
(a) Gal. 3:8 ___________________________________________________
(b) Gal. 3:9 ___________________________________________________
(c) Gal. 3:29 __________________________________________________
08.12 God's desire for all mankind without Christ is:
(a) II Peter 3:9
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(b) Acts 26:20
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Christ's last command to
His disciples was to reach the world with the Gospel. In the following
statements
of the Great Commission:
08.13 What is the goal? Mark 16:15 ____________________________________
08.14 What is to be our procedure in reaching the goal? Acts 1:8
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08.15 How are we to achieve the goal? Matt. 28:19-20?
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08.16 What kind of person does God want for such a task? II Chronicles 16:9
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08.17 In the light of the world's need and God's commission to us, what should
we do?
(a) Romans 12:1
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(b) Romans 12:2
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(c) Hebrews 12:1-2
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08.18 As Jesus looked on the need, what did He ask His disciples to pray?
Matt. 9:36-38
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08.19 In Romans 1:16, what is our message to be?________________________
And, what has this message the power
to do? ____________________
08.20 When persecution broke out against the young church, Acts 8:1,4:
(a) Who were the ones scattered?
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(b) Who remained in Jerusalem?
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(c) What did those who were scattered
do? ______________________
08.21 What was the result of the lives and the witness of the ordinary church
members?
(a) In Thesalonica? I Thess. 1:8
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(b) In Rome? Romans 1:8
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08.22 What was Paul's greatest desire?
Ro. 15:20-21
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08.23 When should we begin to see and reach the world?
John
4:35_________________________________________________________
08.24 What else can we do to share in the world-wide harvest?
(a) II Thess. 3:1-2
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(b) Phil. 4:15-17
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(c) Matt. 28:20
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(d) II Tim. 2:2
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Read II
Corinthians, Chapters 8 and 9.
08.25 What did Samuel say when the Lord called him?
I Sam. 3:9-10?
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08.26 The Lord has called us His ambassadors to the world. II Cor. 5:20
What should our response
be? Isaiah 6:9 ____________________________
08.27 What was the first thing Andrew did after he met Jesus?
John 1:40-42
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08.28 In Mark 5:19, after Jesus had healed a man:
(a) Where did he tell him to
go?________________________________
(b) What did he tell him to do?
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08.29 What did Peter say about speaking of Jesus Christ? Acts 4:20
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08.30 What was Paul to tell the people?
Acts 22:15
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A witness in a courtroom is expected to tell what he knows about a given
situation. The Christian witness is
to tell others what he knows about Jesus Christ and what it means to have
personally trusted in Him as his
Saviour.
08.31 Of what did Paul say he was not ashamed?
Ro. 1:16
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08.32 Why was he not ashamed? Ro. 1:16 _________________________________
08.33 In Luke 24:46-48:
(a) What prophecies had just been
fulfilled?
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(b) What messages were the disciples
to
proclaim?
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(c) Whom were they to tell?
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(d) Who is to tell?
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08.34 Since we are God's children, living in a warped and wicked age, Phil.
2:15:
(a) What kind of lives should we
live? ____________________________
(b) What can be the result?
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08.35 According to Matthew 5:16:
(a) What do people notice that makes
a Christian's life
shine?
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(b) What can be the
result?_____________________________________
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO YOU
You are writing a Gospel, a chapter each day,
By the deeds that you do and the words that you say.
Men read what you write . . . distorted or true;
What is the Gospel according to
you?
Selected
08.36 Who are the ones who should openly speak of their salvation?
Psalm
107:2_______________________________________________________
08.37 The blind man whom Jesus healed had little or no theological training, but
he could give a simple and
effective testimony. What
two facts did he relate? John 9:25
(Fact 1)
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(Fact 2)
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08.38 For what should we always be prepared? I Peter 3:15
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Read Acts 26:1-29
08.39 Underline the correct answer of how Paul started his testimony. Acts
26:2-3
(a) By "telling off" his
listeners.
(b) By apologizing for speaking of
Christ to them.
(c) With a polite approach.
08.40 In spite of an exceptionally religious background (26:4-5), what had been
his attitude toward Christians?
Acts 26:9-11
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08.41 What reversed the direction of Paul's life? Acts 26:12-15
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08.42 FILL IN THE BLANKS Acts 26:23
He explained the Gospel, that Christ
must _____________________________
and then,
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08.43 What is the Gospel? Write out and memorize I Corinthians 15:3-4.
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08.44 He asked King Agrippa if he __________________ the prophets. Acts 26:27
08.45 CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER Acts 26:29
Paul said he wanted everyone who
heard him to become as he was
(a) a prisoner (b) a
believer
08.46 Look over Acts 26:1-23 again and observe the natural outline of Paul's
testimony.
List the verses that
apply to each part.
(a) His approach
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(b) His background
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(c) His meeting with Christ and the
results ____________________
(d) The Gospel
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Now that you've seen how Paul gave his testimony, how would you give yours?
Giving your testimony is one of your
best ways of witnessing. It's particularly helpful in presenting Jesus Christ to
relatives and close friends . . . usually
the most difficult to witness to, because they know you.
08.47. What should you avoid and why? II Timothy 2:23
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08.48 In II Timothy 2:24-26
(a) What should the Lord's servant
do? _____________________________
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(b) What should he be?
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FOUR THINGS ABOUT A TESTIMONY:
(1) Make it personal . . . don't
preach. Tell what Christ has done for you. Use "I", "me",
not "you."
(2) Make it short. Three or four
minutes. Cover essential facts.
(3) Keep Christ central. Highlight
what Christ has done for you.
(4) Use the Word of God. Scripture
adds power to your testimony.
08.49 Write out your testimony . . . the way you would tell it to an unbeliever.
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08.50 What should we ask for as we pray for witnessing opportunities? Acts
4:29
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08.51 According to Romans 3:10, we are not what?________________________
08.52 Does this include everyone? Yes ______________ No ________________
08.53 What two reasons are given to show that we are not righteous. Romans 3:11
(Reason 1) ____________________________________________________
(Reason 2) ____________________________________________________
08.54 According to Romans 3:23, what have we done? _____________________
And what is the result of what we
have done? ________________________
08.55 The reason we are sinners and have come short of God's standard of living
for our life is explained in
Romans 5:12. The one man
in this verse is Adam. (Read Gen. 2:17, 3:1-24) He brought sin upon the
human race, and as a
result, what other penalty?
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08.56 According to Romans 6:23, has the penalty
changed?
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08.57 In Romans 6:23, if the wages of our sinful life is eternal separation from
God, what statement in that verse
teaches us that God
cares?
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08.58 What word in Ro. 6:23 denotes that we cannot work for salvation?
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08.59 It is hard to understand why God would want to give us the gift of eternal
life when we don't seek after
Him or understand His
Word. The reason God gave us this gift is found in Romans 5:8.
What is it?
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08.60 Romans 5:8 teaches us that God loves us. But what else did He do?
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08.61 In what condition were we when He did this?_______________________
Now, if we are all sinners, separated from God right now by our sins, and we
were to die in that condition, we
would be separated from God for an eternity in Hell. But, God saw our condition
and knew that we
couldn't save ourselves; He gave us the gift of eternal life. Because He loved
us, Christ died for us, paying our sin
penalty for us. We need to ask the question:
If it is a gift, how do we accept it?
Read Romans 10:9-10, 13 and answer the next six questions:
08.62 What two parts of the human body are used in Ro. 10:9, and what are
they to do?
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08.63 Does Romans 10:9 say that we
(a) might be
saved?
(b) could be
saved?
(c) hoped to be saved?
(d) wouldn't know until
we got there?
(e) would be saved?
08.64 Confession is not just confessing a particular sin, but that we are a
_________________ Ro.3:23.
This is the reason we commit
particular sins.
08.65 According to Romans 10:10, we believe unto _______________________ and
confess unto
____________________________ .
08.66 According to Ro. 10:13, who can call on the name of the
Lord?
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08.67 What will happen to ALL who call? _________________________________
CONCLUSION:
One of the most exciting things that
will ever happen to you outside of your own salvation is witnessing to another
and watching them put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ. Remember: God did
not save us just to take us to heaven. We are redeemed to have fellowship with
our Lord, and through that fellowship witness to others of what God has done in
our own personal life.