6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Based on this verse, how does God's word say we should react to anything that could bring anxiety to us?
a. be a little fearful, you cannot help it.
b. know that God sees what is happening
c. not be anxious
What strategy should you use to overcome an anxious situation?
a. prayer, and petition and keep quiet
b. prayer, know that God is in control
c. prayer with petition and thanksgiving
Who should you approach to get help?
a. God, he said you must make your request to him.
b. Your best friend, because he or she is a Christian.
c. Your pastor, because many people give their pray request to him.
What will God's peace do for you when you are faced with an anxious situation?
a. It will calm your spirit and help you live in Christ Jesus.
b. It will increase your understanding of the situation.
c. It will guide your heart and mind in Christ Jesus.
Petition is
a. a kind of intense prayer, pleading your case for God's help.
b. a call to humble yourself and pray, acknowledging God's sovereignty and power to deal with your problem.
c. a verbal request appealing to the Divine for help in respect to your particular case.
d. All of these
Answers
d. don't be anxious; 2. c. pray, with petition and thanksgiving; 3. a. God, by making your request; 4. c. It will guide your heart and mind in Christ Jesus; 5. d. All of these.
ROMANS 8:1-8 NKJV Free from Indwelling Sin
1. There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
2. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
3. For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh,
4. that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
5. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
6. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
8. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
QUIZ
1. There is no condemnation to all man. T/F
2. Some people are free from condemnation because
a. They are righteous
b. They are in Christ
c. both
3. To be in Christ means to walk according to the Spirit. T/F
4. There are two distinct laws or principles which influence Christians. Choose two:
a. The Law of Obedience to Christ Jesus
b. The Law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus
c The Law of sin and death (indwelling sin)
5. Why did God send his own Son…because
a. There was no law,
b. The law was not enough,
c. The law was weakened by the flesh.
6. God sent his Son in the likeness if sinful flesh on account of sin. T/F
7. Who condemned sin in the flesh?
a. God when he gave the commandments to Moses
b. Christ when he came in the flesh
c. The Holy Spirit who lives in believers
8. Why was sin in the flesh condemned?
a. To fulfil the righteous requirement of the law
b. To give everyone the chance to come to God
c. To free everyone from condemnation
9. How you live, determines what you set your mind on. If you live according to the Spirit, you set your mind on things of the Spirit; if you live according to the flesh, you set your mind on things of the flesh. T/F
10. ________________ mindset is death; _________________ mindset is life and peace
11. Which mindset is enmity/enemy to God:
a. The disobedient mindset
b. The flesh or carnal mindset
c. The Spiritual mindset
12. When a mindset is enmity to God, it is not subject to the law of God and cannot please God. T/F
False
b. They are in Christ
True
b. The law of the Spirit in Christ Jesus; c. The law of sin and death (indwelling sin)
c. The law was weakened by the flesh
T
b. Christ when he came in the flesh
a. To fulfill the righteousness required by the law.
True
Carnal; Spiritual
b. The flesh or carnal mindset
True
John 1:1-13 The Word
1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2. He was in the beginning with God.
3. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
4. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
6. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe.
8. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9. That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
10. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.
11. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
12. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
13. who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
QUIZ note! for some questions there are more than one answer.
John 1:1 tells us 3 things about the Word:
a. The Word was of God;
b. The Word was in the beginning;
c. The Word was with God;
d. The Word was God;
2. In John 1:2, “He” refers to the Word. T/F
3. In John 1:3, “Him” refers to the Word. T/F
4. The Word is a divine, eternal person. T/F
5. He who was in the beginning began and completed the creation of all things. T/F
6. Somethings were made without the Word. T/F
7. The life that was in Him, was the light of men. T/F
8. Where does the light shine?
a. In the life of men;
b. In Him alone;
c. In the world;
d. In the darkness.
9. Does darkness understand the light?
a. Yes, it does.
b. No, it doesn’t.
10. John was sent from God to bear witness of the true Light. T/F
11. Through the true Light, God hoped that all men might believe. T/F
12. The true Light gives light to every man coming into the world. T/F
13. Whom did He give the right to become children of God?
a. everyone;
b. only those who received Him;
c. those who were His own;
d. anyone who knew Him;
14.Those who received Him:
a. believe in His name
b. were born of the flesh
c. were born of God
d. were born of the will of man
15. The Word became flesh and dwelled among us. The Word is
a. God
b. Jesus Christ
c. The Holy Spirit
1. a, c, d; 2. T; 3. T; 4.T; 5. T; 6. F; 7. T; 8. D; 9. B; 10. T; 11. T; 12. T; 13. B; 14. a, c; 15.