1. Go back in your mind to your conversion experience, and try to recall the thoughts of that day. What do you think was your greatest sin? Was there a knowledge of future punishment? Think of what would have happened to you if you had died in your sins. then write out a prayer expressing your gratitude to God for the cross.
2. Make an effort this week to greet at least 10 strangers this week before the next session. Say something like "Hi, how are you doing?".
For deeper study.
1. What is the biblical definition of sin. (see I John 3:4)
2. What is it that will cause a sinner to agree with our message. (Romans 2:15, 21, 22)
3. Spurgeon warned, "The law is the needle, and you cannot draw the silken thread of the gospel through a man's heart unless you first send the needle of the Law to make way for it." Explain what a needle does for thread, and then what the Law does for the gospel. (Rom. 5:20, 7:13)
4. J.C. Ryle wrote "let us expound and beat out the Ten Commandments, and show the length, and breadth, and depth, and height of their requirements. This is the way of our Lord in the Sermon on the Mount. We cannot do better than follow His plan." In Matthew 5:21-37, note where Jesus "beat out the Ten Commandments.
5. Study Matthew 15:19, 20 and identify each Commandment to which Jesus refers. Do the same thing with Mark 10:17-22.
6. Read Romans 7:7. How did Paul gain an understanding of the true nature of sin? Based on Paul's statement (and I John 3:4), is there any way people can know they have sinned against God, other than by the Law?
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