Women of Grace Spring Semester ‘03

Tests of Eternal Life

Homework for Lesson Seventeen: I John 4:13-18

Three Gifts—Three Tests!

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 4:15

 

1) (a) Read I John 4:13-18 and make note of all the names that are used for the Godhead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Write down any facts you see regarding each part of the

trinity, (The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) according to this passage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2) Read John 13:1,2; 14:16,17,26; 15:26; 16:7.(a) When did Jesus promise the gift of the Holy Spirit?

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Where did Jesus say the Spirit would come from?

 

 

 

 

(c) Read Acts 1:1-9; 2:1-21. When did the Holy Spirit come?

 

 

 

 

(d) What things happened when He came?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3) (a) What do the following passages teach you about our Savior? Luke 2:11; Acts 5:31; Ephesians 5:23; Philippians 3:20,21; II Tim. 1:8-10; Titus 2:13,14; 3:4-6.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) What does "Savior" mean to you?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c) Do you think it is possible or impossible to receive Christ as Savior but not as Lord? Support your answer with Scripture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4) (a) What do the following verses teach you about the "day of judgment"? Matthew 12:35-37; II Peter 2:9; 3:7; Jude 6; Rev. 20:11-15.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) What do you think John means when he says that those whose love is perfected "will have boldness in the day of judgment?" (I John 4:17)

 

 

 

 

 

5) (a) Do you have a fear of the judgment to come?

 

 

 

 

(b) What do you think is producing that fear?

 

 

 

 

 

(c) What will you do about it?

 

 

 

 

6) (a) What are some ways we can know that the Spirit is in us?

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) What are some ways we can know we have confessed Christ as Lord? (Scriptural support please!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7) What would you say is your greatest spiritual need as a result of this study this week? Please put it in the form of a prayer request for your partner.

 

 

 

 

 

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