Christianity Explained Week 6
Dec 24, 2015
Christianity Explained
Week 6
Review: Three-legged Stool
Son of God
His Death
His Resurrection
Review: Jesus’ Authority as the Son of God...
1. As a teacher (Mark 1:21-22)2. Over sickness (Mark 2:1-12)3. Over nature (Mark 4:30-31)4. Over evil spirits (Mark 1:23-28)5. Over death (Mark 5:35-43)6. To forgive sins (Mark 2:1-12)7. Over people (including us) (Mark
1:16-20)
Review: Jesus’ Death
1. The darkness (15:33)2. The cry (15:34-37)3. The curtain (15:38-39)
Review: Resurrection important for two main reasons
1. It solves the problem of life after death
2. It guarantees the day of judgment
Review: Two Questions
1. Do you know for certain that if you died tonight you would go to heaven? Christians believe that you can know
with certainty
2. If you were to die tonight and God asked you, “Why should I let you into my heaven?”, what would you say? According to Christianity, there are two
answers – a right answer and a wrong answer
Review: Two Answers
If you were to die tonight and God asked you, “Why should I let you into my heaven?”, what would you say?
Wrong Answer: What I have done (salvation by works)
Right Answer: What Christ has done for me (salvation by grace)
“Grace not Works”
Review: What is a Christian?
Mark 1:14-15 14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, 15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel."
A Christian is someone who belongs to the kingdom of God.
To belong, two things are necessary:1. Repentance2. Belief
Review: Repentance
Mark 8:34-38I put Jesus first…
Before my will Before my ambition Before my popularity Before anything and everything
Review: Promises made to a Christian
1. Holy Spirit (Mark 1:8)2. Forgiveness of Sins (Mark 2:10)3. Eternal Life (Mark 10:28-31)
Also, repayment 100 times in this present life
What makes a Christian?(Mark 1:14-15)
1. Repentance2. Belief (or Faith)
Faith is…
1. Mark 5:21-24,35-43 Taking Jesus at his word Facts <= Faith <= Feelings
Faith is…
1. Taking Jesus at His Word (Mark 5:21-24,35-43)
2. Reaching out to Jesus (Mark 5:25-34) It is not the quantity of faith It is the direction of faith Faith is to be open and public
Faith is…
1. Taking Jesus at His Word (Mark 5:21-24,35-43)
2. Reaching out to Jesus (Mark 5:25-34)
3. Having child-like faith (Mark 10:13-16) We are to receive Jesus Christ like a
child Not in a childish way, but like a child
trusting his parents This is a personal decision John 5:24 – the present and the future