Lesson 1: Our Religious Life

Consider the following questions

Did you ever make a commitment to Christ, and if so, how old were you?
What confession did you make at the time of your commitment?
Have you been baptized? How were you baptized?
For what purpose were you baptized?
Where you saved before or after your baptized?

Our Authority in Religion

Christ has all authority today

Matthew 28: 18-20
Yes - No) Did Jesus receive all power in heaven and earth?
Yes - No) Since all authority has been given to Jesus, do we look toward another for authority?

Hebrews 1:1-2
Yes - No) Does God speak to us today through Christ?

John 12:48
Yes - No) Will the words of Jesus judge you in the last day?

1 Corinthians 14:37; Galatians 1:11-12
Yes - No) Is Christ's authority revealed to us in the New Testament?

II Timothy 3:17-18
Yes - No) Since the scriptures make known the will of God to thoroughly equip (furnish) you for every good work, do you need other revelation to make you complete spiritually?

Restrictions Placed Upon Man

Deuteronomy 4:2
Yes - No) Could Moses add to the commandments of God?

II John 9
Yes - No) Can we go beyond the doctrine of Christ?

Revelation 22: 18-19
Yes - No) Can we add to or take away from this book?

Examples

Genesis 2:17-18; Genesis 3:11-24
Yes - No) When Adam and Eve ate of the fruit, were they driven from the garden of Eden?

Leviticus 10:1-2
Yes - No) Did Nadab and Abihu have authority from God to offer this strange fire?

Numbers 20:7-12
Yes - No) Did Moses obey God when he struck the rock?
Yes - No) Did Moses enter the land of promise?

Samuel 8:1-8; Numbers 4:15
Yes - No) Was Uzzah allowed to touch the ark?
Yes - No) Does God want man to obey His commandments?

Understanding God's Word

Ephesians 3:4; Ephesians 5:11
Yes - No) Is it possible for us to read the bible and be able to understand it?
Yes - No) Do you think that God would give us a book to read, believe, and obey, and make it too hard to understand?

Standards Used By Men - Conscience

Genesis 37:34; Genesis 45:26
Yes - No) When Jacob heard a lie (was deceived) did he believe it?
Yes - No) When Jacob heard the truth, did he refuse to believe it?

Acts 26:1-9
Yes - No) When Paul allowed himself to be guided by his conscience, did he do many things which were religiously wrong?
Yes - No) Can one be taught wrong and yet consciously feel right?

Wisdom of Men

I Corinthians 2:5
Yes - No) Can our faith be in our own thinking of in the wisdom of others?

I Corinthians 4:8
Yes - No) Are we to think of the wisdom of men above that which is written?
Yes - No) Should this eliminate all man-made creed books that many denominations have?

The Majority of People Can Be Wrong

I Peter 3:20
Yes - No) Were there only eight souls saved in the ark?

Matthew 7:13-14
Yes - No) Will the majority of people be saved?
Yes - No) Is the majority a safe guide for your spiritual life?

Parents

Galatians 1:13-16
Yes - No) Did Paul persecute the church because of his Jewish traditions?
Yes - No) When Paul began to preach Jesus, did he give up his traditions that contradicted Jesus' laws?

Matthew 10:37
Yes - No) If you love your father, mother, or family more than Jesus, are you worthy of Him?

The Law of Moses

Hebrews 8:8-9; I Kings 8:9, 21
Yes - No) Was the covenant that God made with Israel when He led them from Egypt, the two tables of stone (the ten commandments)?
Yes - No) Is this the new covenant that God will make with us?

Hebrews 8:10; Matthew 5:21-22, 27,28
THOUGHT QUESTION: What is the difference between the old covenant of Moses and the new covenant of Christ?

Galatians 6:2
Yes - No) Are we to fulfill Christ's law?
Yes - No) Are we under the law of Christ today?