Christianity Explained
Week 5
Review: Three-legged Stool
His Resurrection
Son of God
His Death
Review: Jesus’ Authority as
the Son of God...
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As a teacher (Mark 1:21-22)
Over sickness (Mark 2:1-12)
Over nature (Mark 4:30-31)
Over evil spirits (Mark 1:23-28)
Over death (Mark 5:35-43)
To forgive sins (Mark 2:1-12)
Over people (including us) (Mark 1:16-20)
Review: Jesus’ Death
1. The darkness (15:33)
2. The cry (15:34-37)
3. The curtain (15:38-39)
Review: Resurrection
important for two main
reasons
1. It solves the problem of life after death
2. It guarantees the day of judgment
Review: Two Questions
1. Do you know for certain that if you died tonight you would go
to heaven?
 Christians believe that you can know with certainty
2. If you were to die tonight and God asked you, “Why should I
let you into my heaven?”, what would you say?
 According to Christianity, there are two answers – a right answer
and a wrong answer
Review: Two Answers
If you were to die tonight and God asked you, “Why should I let
you into my heaven?”, what would you say?
 Wrong Answer: What I have done (salvation by works)
 Right Answer: What Christ has done for me (salvation by grace)
 “Grace not Works”
What makes someone a
Christian?
Read Mark 1:14-15 (p. 543)
What is a Christian?
A Christian is someone who belongs to the kingdom of God.
To belong, two things are necessary:
1. Repentance
2. Belief
Repentance
I put Jesus first…
Read Mark 8:34-38
I put Jesus first…before my
will (Mark 8:34-35)
1. Take up my cross
 I must undergo some kind of death experience
 I die to the right to run my own life in my own way
2. House Illustration
Money
Ambition
Etc.
Family
Leisure
Job
Marriage
Sexuality
I put Jesus first…before my
own ambitions (Mark 8:36-37)
 Everywhere, people are trying to gain the whole world by
attaining:
 Power
 Fame
 Wealth
 There is nothing wrong with the things of the world unless
they become what we live for
I put Jesus first…before my
popularity (Mark 8:38)
 For some people, feeling ashamed is the main hindrance to
becoming a Christian
 Being a part of the church
I put Jesus before…???
 Read Mark 9:43-48
 Anything and everything
Promises of Mark 10:28-31
1. Repayment 100 times in this present life
2. Eternal life
Homework
Find out what gifts are received when you become a
Christian by reading:
Mark 1:8
Mark 2:10
Mark 10:30