1-- Pfhl 140-- After Christian Conversion

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PFHL Course 140-- After an Individual Becomes a Christian (3 pgs.) (special compilation of verses and a few other quotes by Bill Stevenson) Directions: If you really believe most of the quotes in this paper, please tell me which ones and indicate any questions or doubts you might have about the ones you don’t. Otherwise, write an essay as if you had the opportunity to try to persuade an individual to become a true Christian. This assignment is worth 3 units, so write at least 4 quality pages (single spaced lines and no redundancies). 1.) “‘Come to Me, all of you who are tired from carrying your heavy loads, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke and put it on you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in spirit; and you will find rest.’” [Matthew 11:28-29] 2.) “Humble yourselves, then, under God’s mighty hand, so that He will lift you up in His own good time. Throw all your worries on Him, for He cares for you.” [1 Peter 5:6-7] 3.) “For it is by God’s grace that you have been saved, through faith. It is not your own doing, but God’s gift.” [Ephesians 2:8-9] 4.) “‘For God loved the world so much that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not die but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to be its Judge, but to be its Savior.’” [John 3:16-17] 5.) “‘For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.’” [Luke 19:10] 6.) “All men have sinned and are far away from God’s saving presence. But by the free gift of God’s grace, they all can be put right with Him through Christ Jesus, Who sets them free. God offered Him so that by His death He should become the means by which men’s sins are forgiven, through their faith in Him. God offered Christ to show how He puts men right with Himself.” [Romans 3:23-25b] 7.) What is faith? “Flaming zeal is not faith. Firm conviction is not faith. Deep feeling is not faith. Enduring patience is not faith. Hope for the future is not faith. Faith is that which is in Jesus Christ, the truth. This truth does not change according to season or place, for it is not of man but of eternal God.” [Source unknown.] 1

8.) “Jesus answered Thomas: ‘I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life; no one goes to the Father except by Me.’” [John 14:6] 9.) “When anyone is joined to Christ, he (or she) is a new being: the old is gone, the new has come.” [2 Corinthians 5:17] 10.)“‘The wind blows wherever it wishes; you hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. It is the same way with everyone who is born of the Spirit.’” [John 3:8] 11.)“‘Whoever believes in Me, streams of living water will pour out from his (or her) heart.’” [John 7:38] 12.) “Do not conform outwardly to the standards of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God— what is good, and is pleasing to Him, and is perfect.” [Romans 12:2] 13.) “‘I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in Me, and I in him (or her) will bear much fruit; for you can do nothing without Me.’” [John 15:5] 14.)“‘If you obey My teaching, you are really My disciples. You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.’” [John 8:31b-32] 15.)“But the wisdom from above is pure, first of all; it is also peaceful, gentle, and friendly; it is full of compassion and produces a harvest of good deeds; it is free from prejudice and hypocrisy. And righteousness is the harvest that is produced from the seeds the peacemakers planted in peace.” [James 3:17-18] 16.)“For the Spirit that God has given us does not make us timid; instead, His Spirit fills us with the power and unselfish love and self-control.” [2 Timothy 1:7] 17.) “But the Lord is faithful. He will make you strong and keep you safe from the Evil One.” [2 Thessalonians 3:3] 18.)“For God keeps His promise, and He will not allow you to be tempted beyond your power to resist. But at the time you are tempted, He will give you the strength to endure it and if necessary provide you with a way out.” [1 Corinthians 10:13] 19.)“‘Do not be worried and upset’, Jesus told them (His disciples). Believe in God, and believe also in Me. There are many rooms in My Father’s house, and I am going to prepare a place for you. I would not tell you this if it were not so. 2

And after I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take You to Myself; that you will be where I am, you know how to get to the place where I am going.’” [John 14:1-3] 20.)“‘And this small and temporary trouble we suffer will bring us a tremendous and eternal glory, much greater than the trouble. For we fix our attention, not on thinks that are seen, but on things that are unseen. What can be seen lasts only for a time; but what cannot be seen lasts forever.’” [2 Corinthians 4:17-18] 21.)“He will keep in perfect peace all those who trust in Him, whose thoughts turn often to the Lord!” [Isaiah 26:3] 22.)“Let the Spirit direct your lives, and you will not satisfy the desires of the fallen nature. For what our human nature wants is opposed to what the Spirit wants, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to what fallen nature wants: the two are enemies, and this means that you cannot do what you want to do. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have put to death their fallen nature, with all its passions and desires. The Spirit has given us life; He must also control our lives.” [Galatians 5:16-17, 24-25] 23.)“Whoever believes that Jesus is the Messiah is a child of God; and whoever loves a father also loves his child. This is how we know that we love God’s children: it is by loving God and obeying His commands. For this is what love for God means: it means that we obey His commands. And His commands are not too hard for us, for every child of God is able to defeat the world. This is how we win the victory over the world: with our faith. Who can defeat the world? Only he (or she) who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.” [1 John 5:1-5] 24.)“Do everything without complaining or arguing, that you may be innocent and pure, God’s perfect children who live in a world of crooked and mean people. You must shine among them like stars lighting up the sky.” 25.)“But if we live in the light-- just as He is in the light-then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, makes us clean from all our sins.” [1 John 1:7] 26.)“Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, ‘I will never leave you; I will never abandon you.” [Hebrews 13:5] 3

27.)“‘Give to others, and God will give to you. You will receive a full measure, a generous helping, poured into your hands all that you can hold. The measure you use for others is the one God will use for you.’” [Luke 6:38] 28.)“This is why we have courage in God’s presence; we are sure that He will hear us if we ask Him for anything that is according to His will. He hears us whenever we ask Him; since we know this is true, we know also that He gives us what we ask from Him.” [1 John 5:14-15] 29.)“Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of His great mercy, He gave us new life by raising Jesus Christ from the dead. This fills us with a living hope, and so we look forward to possess the rich blessings that God keeps for His people. He keeps them for you in Heaven, where they cannot decay or spoil or fade away. They are for you, who through faith are kept safe by God’s power, as you wait for the salvation which is ready to be revealed at the end of time. Be glad about this, even though it may now be necessary for you to be sad for a while because of the many kinds of trials you suffer. You love Him, although you have not seen Him; you believe in Him, although you do not now see Him; and so you rejoice with a great and glorious joy, which words cannot express, because you are receiving the purpose of your faith, the salvation of your souls.” [1 Peter 1:3-6 & 8-9] 30.)“‘Blessed are those who know they are spiritually poor: the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them! Blessed are those who mourn: God will comfort them! Blessed are the meek: they will receive what God has promised! Blessed are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires: God will satisfy them fully! Blessed are those who show mercy to others: God will show mercy to them! Blessed are the pure in heart: they will see God! 4

Blessed are those who work for peace among men: God will call them His sons! Blessed are those who suffer persecution because they do what God requires: the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them! Blessed are you when men insult you and mistreat you and tell all kinds of evil lies against you because you are My followers. Rejoice and be glad, because a great reward is kept for you in Heaven.” [Matthew 5:3-12- 31] 31.)“For we know that in all things God works for good with those who love Him and those whom He has called according to His purpose.” [Romans 8:28] 32.)“Let us not become tired of doing goon; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we will reap the harvest. So then, as often as we have the chance, we should do good to everyone, but especially to those who belong to our family in the faith.” [Galatians 6:9-10] 33.)“And such trust have we through Christ toward God, for there is nothing in us that allows us to claim that we are capable of doings this work. The capacity we have comes from God.” [2 Corinthians 3:4-5] 34.)“My life is to trust the will of God. My walk is to obey His commandments. I would rather be poor by the divine will, than rich by my own.” [Source unknown.]

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