Sharp Bible Course – Lesson 1

THE LOST

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1
Are money and material things the worst things you could lose?
HintDo not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. (Matthew 6:19-20)


2
Is your family the worst thing you could lose?
HintHe who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. (Matthew 10:37)


3
Is your health the worst thing you could lose?
HintFor bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come. (1 Timothy 4:8)


4
Are worldly possessions the worst thing to lose?
HintI said in my heart, \'Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure\'; but surely, this also was vanity. I said of laughter, \'Madness!; and of mirth, \'What does it accomplish?\' (Ecclesiastes 2:1-2)


5
Is your job the worst thing you could lose?
HintDo not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him. (John 6:27)


6
Is youth the worst thing to lose?
HintTherefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh, for childhood and youth are vanity. (Ecclesiastes 11:10)


7
Are your friends the worst thing you could lose?
HintAll my close friends abhor me, and those whom I love have turned against me. (Job 19:19)


8
Is your soul the worst thing to lose?
HintFor what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works. (Matthew 16:26-27)


9
Is anything more important than being right with Christ?
HintYet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ. (Philippians 3:8)


10
Have you sinned?
HintFor all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23)


11
Does sin bring death?
HintFor the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23)


12
Is death the result of separation?
HintFor as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. (James 2:26)


13
Do our sins separate us from God?
HintBehold, the LORD\'s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, nor His ear heavy, that it cannot hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear. (Isaiah 59:1-2)


14
Will it be good for you to remain lost?
Hint...and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power. (2 Thessalonians 1:7-9)


15
Can you save yourself by your own devices or plans?
HintO LORD, I know the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps. (Jeremiah 10:23)


16
Can we earn our salvation by doing good works?
HintFor by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9)


17
Do we need a savior?
HintO wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? (Romans 7:24)


18
Is Jesus the Savior?
HintFrom this man\'s seed, according to the promise, God raised up for Israel a Savior - Jesus. (Acts 13:23)


19
Can you be saved by the death of Christ?
HintBut God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. (Romans 5:8-10)


20
Do you need to be in Christ to be saved?
HintTherefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. (2 Timothy 2:10)


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