Women of Grace Spring Semester ‘03

Tests of Eternal Life

Homework for Lesson Fourteen: I John 3:19-24

Five Valid Tests That We Are Born of God

Your Homework is Not Only to Sharpen Your Understanding of the Bible but a Ministry to Others in Your Small Groups! Be Faithful to Give Careful Thought to Each Answer with the Expectation of Sharing with Others What You have Discovered.

 

Memory Verse – I John 3:22

1. (a) John gives us several reasons to be assured that we truly are of God in I John 3:18-24. What are they?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Do these tests give you confidence that you know God, or do they concern you that you might not know God?

 

 

 

 

(c) What will you do about it?

 

 

 

 

2. What do you think John means in I John 3:20,21?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. (a) How would you answer someone Biblically who claimed that I John 3:22 was a blank check for asking and receiving anything they wanted?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) What are the conditions to answered prayer according to this verse, and what do you think they mean?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c) Are you meeting those conditions?

 

 

 

(d) Extra Credit: What are some other conditions to answered prayer according to the Scriptures?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. How does Mark 12:28-33 relate to what John says in I John 3:23?

 

 

5. John says we can know we are of God because of the Spirit He has given us (I John 3:24).

(a) What facts do you already know about the Holy Spirit?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) What does the Bible teach us about the Holy Spirit? John 3:6-8; John 14:16-17,26; John 15:26; John 16:7-15; Romans 8:1,2, 14-16; 26-27; Ephesians 1:13,14.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c) How do these verses assure you that you have the Holy Spirit?

 

 

6. (a) What "things" do you think please the Lord?

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Would you say your life is pleasing to the Lord?

 

 

 

 

(c) How could you change your life to be more pleasing to the Lord?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. (a) Does the Lord answer your prayers?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) What prayer(s) has He answered this week? Be prepared to share some of those with your group! Come prepared to tell of His wondrous works!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. What would you like to ask the Lord for this week? Please put it in a form of a prayer request to share with your partner. (Remember to keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Come with a request so that we might pray for you.