Growing in Christ

A 13-Week Course for New and Growing Christians

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Are you a new Christian? Are you looking for ways to dive deeper in your walk with God? This bestselling discipleship tool contains 13 brief and clear studies to help you navigate a new approach to Scripture and faith. Growing in Christ covers a range of relevant topics, from assurance of salvation to getting involved with the church to sharing your faith. This educational and encouraging resource is designed to help you master the fundamentals of the Christian life and dive deeper into Scripture. In this small and simple study book, you will find

• memory verse cards
• short devotionals at the beginning of each chapter
• Bible reading prompts and discussion questions
• space to journal your thoughts and answers
• prayer prompts

Perfect for personal use or group discipleship, Growing in Christ is a valuable tool for any believer in any stage of their journey with Christ. Get the rest of the Growing in Christ discipleship series to deepen your faith, refresh your soul, and establish a firm foundation for your life.

Part 1: Lessons on Assurance

To assure is to “put beyond all doubt.” Lessons on Assurance will help to assure you or “put you beyond all doubt” regarding some basic promises God has made to Christians. You can become convinced of the reality of these promises in your life as you memorize, meditate on, study, and apply the Scripture verses presented here.

Always memorize the verse presented at the beginning of each lesson. (Use the verse cards in the back of this booklet.) You may want to begin by memorizing the verse, or you may prefer to do the study questions about the verse first. In either case, be sure to memorize the topic and the reference as well as the verse. (The topic for each verse is the same as the lesson title in this book.)

One good way to memorize these is to quote the topic and reference at the beginning of the verse, and the reference at the end of the verse. For example, in quoting the verse in Lesson 1 you would say, “Assurance of Salvation, First John five, eleven and twelve,” and then repeat the verse. At the end you would repeat the reference again.

Learn one phrase at a time. Say, “Assurance of Salvation, First John five, eleven and twelve, ‘And this is the testimony …’” Repeat this several times until you know it. Then, repeating what you have just learned, add the next phrase: “Assurance of Salvation, First John five, eleven and twelve, ‘And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life …’” Repeat all of this several times until you know it. Then add the next phrase. Repeat the process until you have memorized the verse.

In the back of this workbook are Scripture memory cards containing thirteen verses or passages from the King James Version, the New International Version, the New American Standard Bible, and the New Revised Standard Version.

An essential part of Scripture memory is review. Review, review, review! This will help you retain what you have memorized. Be sure to review each verse daily. You can take advantage of spare moments by carrying the verse cards you have learned wherever you go.

In each lesson you will:

• Memorize a verse.
• Think over what the verse says and means, and answer questions about it.
• Study other related passages.
• Write out the verse from memory.
• Write out a way to apply the verse to your everyday life.

Going through this process of memorizing, meditating, studying, and applying will help you understand and live by the principles presented in the verses.

1: Assurance of Salvation

MEMORIZE 1 JOHN 5:11-12

Assurance of Salvation

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

1 John 5:11-12

The five verses you will memorize and study in Lessons on Assurance will equip you for your first encounters with the enemy. His first approach is often to cast doubt on the work God has done in your heart. Although you won’t hear his audible voice, he will whisper this in your mind:

“You don’t think you are saved and your sins forgiven just by believing and receiving Christ? Surely that is not enough!”

What will your answer be? Your only hope of successfully resisting such an attack is to resort to God’s Word. What does God say about the matter? That is the important thing for you to know.

On the basis of this “testimony” — God’s written Word — you can be convinced you have the Lord Jesus Christ, and with Him eternal life. You can thus overcome in this first test of your faith. The attack may recur, but now you can meet it with the Word of God in your heart.

Exploring 1 John 5:11-12

Who gives eternal life?

Where is eternal life found?

Who has eternal life?

Who does not have eternal life?

“THIS IS THE TESTIMONY”

1. What did John say in John 20:31 about why he wrote this book?

“GOD HAS GIVEN US ETERNAL LIFE”

2. According to Romans 5:8, how has God sh...