PH Be Like Jesus
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1. Understand the steps to salvation:
• God is love (). God loves me very much (). God loves everyone ().
8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
3 The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
1 John 4:8
). God loves me very much (
• I am a sinner. Everyone does wrong and is a sinner, thus everyone needs salvation because sinners will die forever ().
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
• God sent Jesus to die so I wouldn’t have to die forever (). Then He rose again as my Saviour (). When I receive Jesus, all my sins will be forgiven (; ; ).
Jer. 31:3
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
3 For I indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were present) him who has so done this deed.
4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
18 “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.
). God loves everyone (
• God sent Jesus to die so I wouldn’t have to die forever (). Then He rose again as my Saviour (, ). When I receive Jesus, all my sins will be forgiven (; ; , ).
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me hear joy and gladness, That the bones You have broken may rejoice.
9 Hide Your face from my sins, And blot out all my iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
1 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
John 3:16
). • I am a sinner. Everyone does wrong and is a sinner, thus everyone needs salvation because sinners will die forever (
• Salvation is a gift God gives me. I must personally ask Jesus to be my Saviour
Rom 3:23
• (). God hears me when I pray.
). • God sent Jesus to die so I wouldn’t have to die forever (
John 3:16
). Then He rose again as my Saviour (
• If I have accepted Jesus, I have become a new person, one who doesn’t want to do wrong because I love Jesus and Jesus loves me (; ).
1Cor.5:3
• I can be sure that I am saved when I have asked Jesus to be my Saviour (; ). Because I am sinful, I will still make mistakes. But I if I confess my sins to Jesus, He will forgive me and remove my guilt completely (). God wants me to confess to others who are hurt by my actions () and make restitution to them (), and then totally turn away from sin ().
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). When I receive Jesus, all my sins will be forgiven (
2. Read and discuss with an adult four of the following Bible stories on conversion/salvation.
Isa. 1:18
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• The Ethiopian converted ()
• Naaman washed clean ()
Ps. 51:7-11
• Jesus loves children (
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1 John 2:1
• The lost coin, sheep and son ()
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• Zachacus ()
• Jailer converted ()
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). • Salvation is a gift God gives me. I must personally ask Jesus to be my Saviour • (
John 1:12
). God hears me when I pray. • If I have accepted Jesus, I have become a new person, one who doesn’t want to do wrong because I love Jesus and Jesus loves me (
3. Memorize , , and .
John 3:3-7
4. Spend a regular quiet time with Jesus.
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2 Cor. 5:17
5. Make a personal choice to accept Jesus as Saviour and Lord. Discuss your decision with a parent or club teacher
). • I can be sure that I am saved when I have asked Jesus to be my Saviour (
John 3:26
• Trace around your foot on paper and decorate any way you like, including the words of commitment: I _____(your name) have taken my first steps to Jesus today____(date) with ____(adult witness’ name).
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• Show the foot (commitment response to a club teacher, to receive a certificate and award patch.
Heb. 13:5
). Because I am sinful, I will still make mistakes. But I if I confess my sins to Jesus, He will forgive me and remove my guilt completely (
Jer. 31:34
). God wants me to confess to others who are hurt by my actions (
1 John 1:9
) and make restitution to them (
Luke 19:8
), and then totally turn away from sin (
John 8:11
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