Guide to Bible Understanding                                  Lesson 5
   
                          LIBERTY IN CHRIST
 
 These lessons were written to aid you in your spiritual growth. They
are only guides to help you use your Bible. For maximum use of these
studies and greater understanding of the scripture, we recommend that
you look up the suggested Bible passages in more than one translation.
 
For those who may be new to studying the Bible, remember the following
when you want to find a reference such as John 3:16 in the Bible: The
number 3 before the colon (:) is chapter 3 in the book of John and the
number 16 after the colon (:) is the verse number 16 in that chapter.

 1) When you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, to
whose family do you belong? (Read John 1:12)
                                            __________________________.
                    
 2) What new experience does a Christian have? (see 2 Corinthians 5:17)
                 
    ___________________________________________________________________
 
 3) What confident statement can Christians make? (see Philippians 4:13)
 
 I can do _________________________ with ____________ help and strength.
    
 4) After you received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior by faith,
what else should you do by faith? (Read Colossians 2:6)
     
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 5) Does Jesus promise to give freedom when we trust in Him? (John 8:36)

                                                  ( ) Yes    ( ) No
 
 6) What warning is given concerning the use of our liberty in Christ?
(see 1 Corinthians 8:6-13)

  Be careful that your __________________ doesn't cause a ______________
  
  person to _____________, for by doing so you ________ against _______.

 7) Does having faith in Christ give us freedom to disobey the law of
God? (Read Romans 3:31 and Galatians 5:13-14)
                                                  ( ) Yes    ( ) No

 8) What does James 2:10-11 say about persons who disobey even one of
God's Ten Commandments?
                                      
  He is ________________ of _____________ _____ God's _________________.

 9) What did Jesus say would happen to those who taught others to break
even the least of God's Commandments? (Read Matthew 5:19)
  
  They would be ___________ in the ____________ of ____________________.

 10) And what did Jesus say would happen to those who taught others to
keep the Commandments of God? (Read again Matthew 5:19)
  
  They would be ___________ in the ____________ of ____________________.

 11) Why were the Ten Commandments given? (Read Romans 5:20 and 7:7)

  ______________________________________________________________________

 12) Should we try to obey God's laws in order to seek His favor and by
it earn our salvation? (Read Romans 3:25-28, 13:8-10 and Galatians 5:4)
 
                                                  ( ) Yes    ( ) No
 
 13) For what reason should Christians obey God's Ten Commandments? (see
John 14:15,21; 1 John 5:3; see also Deuteronomy 5:29)      

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 14) If it is impossible to be perfect how can Christians find the
ability to obey the Commandments of God? (Read Romans 8:4)

  Only if we follow ___________ ______________ and not ________________.

 15) Read the Ten Commandments in Eoxdus 20:1-17. Which command makes
reference to the creative power of God?

   ____________________________________________________________________

 16) Did this commandment exist before God gave the Ten Commandments to
Moses on Mount Sinai? (see Genesis 2:2-3 and Exodus 16:21-30)
 
                                                  ( ) Yes    ( ) No

 17) List two reasons that God gave the Sabbath. (Read Leviticus 23:3)

   (a) It was a time of ________________ from the week's ____________.

   (b) It was a _________________________________ to worship the Lord.

 18) Which day of the week is designated as the Sabbath? (Read Genesis
2:2-3 and Exodus 20:8-11)
                           (  ) the first day of the week

                           (  ) the seventh day of the week
                               
                           (  ) any one day in seven
 
 19) What did Jesus do as a regular custom? (see Luke 4:16)
 
    He went to the _____________________ on the _______________________.

 20) For whom did Jesus say the Sabbath was made? (Read Mark 2:27-28)

                           (  ) for the Jewish people only
                             
                           (  ) for those who follow the Mosaic law
                           
                           (  ) for all mankind

 21) Is there any record in the New Testament that shows the Christians
observed the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath? (Read Acts 13:42-46
and Acts 18:4)
                                                  ( ) Yes    ( ) No
     
 22) Did the Apostle Paul make it his habit to preach on the Sabbath?
(see Acts 17:2)
                                                  ( ) Yes    ( ) No

 23) Which statement best describes what 1 Corinthians 16:2 says we are
to do on the first day of the week?
                     
        (  ) We are to bring our offering to church with us.
                                                       
        (  ) We are to work on financial records at home.

 24) What statement best describes what the women planned to do on the
first day of the week at Jesus' tomb? (Luke 24:1-3)

        (  ) They came to worship Jesus as their risen Savior.
        
        (  ) They were going to work, preparing Jesus' body for death.

 25) In Acts 20:7 the Christians were gathering on what is now known as
Saturday night because Paul was planning to make a long journey leaving
the next morning on Sunday. The reason for meeting at this time was not
because they worshipped on Sunday but because it was their last chance
to meet with Paul before he left to travel on the first day of the week.

                                                  ( ) True   ( ) False
 
 26) Based on a comparision of Revelation 1:10 with Isaiah 58:13-14, the
only day of the week that should be called the Lord's Day is the Sabbath
which is the seventh day of the week.
                                                  ( ) True   ( ) False

 27) Does the Bible say that the Sabbath will continue to be observed
both now after Jesus'death and resurrection and even in the future? (see
Hebrews 4:4-9 and Isaiah 66:22-23)
                                                  ( ) Yes    ( ) No

 28) Did Jesus say that He would change the Sabbath Day or any other of
the Ten Commandments for that matter? (Read Matthew 5:17-18) 

                                                  ( ) Yes    ( ) No
 29) Do you believe the following statements?
     
  2 Corinthians 3:17-18; 2 Timothy 2:15; Romans 12:2; Ephesians 4:3-6,
15; Romans 10:17; 2 Timothy 3:16-17.
          
 Christians should consider liberty of thought under the guidance of the
Holy Spirit essential to Christian belief and practice. Therefore we all
should encourage the unhindered study and open discussion of Scripture.
We should uphold the individual's freedom of conscience in seeking to
determine and obey the will of God.
     
  Genesis 2:2-3; Exodus 16:23-30; Exodus 20:8-11; Matthew 5:17-19; Mark
2:27-28; Luke 4:16; Acts 13:14; 42-44; 16:11-13; 17:2-3; 18:4-11 Ezekiel
20:19-20; Hebrews 4:9-10; John 14:15; Isaiah 58:13-14; Luke 23:56.
          
 The Sabbath of the Bible, the seventh day of the week, is sacred time,
a gift of God to all people, instituted at creation, affirmed in the Ten
Commandments and reaffirmed in the teaching and example of Jesus and the
apostles. The gift of Sabbath rest is an experience of God's eternal
presence with His people. In obedience to God and in loving response to
His grace in Christ, the Sabbath should be faithfully observed as a day
of rest, worship, and celebration.

     ( ) Yes, I do believe these things.              ( ) No 
 
     Signed: ___________________________________________________