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S o much has changed since the Bible was written. How caI be sure its answers still appl

to my life today?

Even if it was written in Scripture long ago, you can besure it’s written for us.

R omans 15:4 the message

I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, notthe smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will byany means disappear from the Law until everything isaccomplished.

m atthew 5:18 niv

People are like grass; their beauty is like a flower in thefield. The grass withers and the flower fades. But theword of the Lord remains forever.

1 P eter 1:24−25 nlt

Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful oneway or another—showing us truth, exposing our rebellion,correcting our mistakes, training us to live God’s way.

2 t imothy 3:16 the message



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The word of God is living and powerful.

h ebRews 4:12 nkjv

They are not just idle words for you—they are your life.D euteRonomy 32:47 niv

— P r AYe r s —

Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions.

P salm 119:18 nlt

Your eternal word, O Lord, stands firm in heaven. Your faithfulness extends to every generation, as enduring asthe earth you created. Your regulations remain true tothis day, for everything serves your plans.

P salm 119:89–91 nlt

From studying your laws, I found out long ago that youmade them to last forever. . . . All you say can be trusted;your teachings are true and will last forever.

P salm 119:152, 160 cev

— P r o m I s e s —

The instructions of the Lord are perfect, reviving thesoul. The decrees of the Lord are trustworthy, makingwise the simple. The commandments of the Lord areright, bringing joy to the heart. The commands of the



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Lord are clear, giving insight for living. . . . The laws of

the Lord are true; each one is fair. They are more desir-able than gold, even the finest gold. They are sweeter than honey, even honey dripping from the comb. Theyare a warning to your servant, a great reward for thosewho obey them.

P salm 19:7–11 nlt

[Jesus said,] Heaven and earth will pass away, but Mywords will not pass away.

m atthew 24:35 nasb



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I believe in God and I go to church. Is that enough,or is there more?

“Men, what is it necessary for me to do that I may besaved?” And they answered, “Believe in and on the LordJesus Christ [give yourself up to Him, take yourself outof your own keeping and entrust yourself into His keep-ing] and you will be saved.”

a cts 16:30−31 amP

Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are bornagain, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.” “Whatdo you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can anold man go back into his mother’s womb and be bornagain?” Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter theKingdom of God without being born of water and theSpirit. Humans can reproduce only human life, but theHoly Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.”

John 3:3–6 nlt

For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world

that He [even] gave up His only-begotten (unique) Son,so that whoever believes in (trusts, clings to,

relies on) Him shall not perish (come todestruction, be lost) but have eternal

(everlasting) life.j ohn 3:16 amp



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Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who

refuses to trust him has long since been under the deathsentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that

person’s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.

j ohn 3:18 the message

And all who trust him—God’s Son—to save them haveeternal life.

John 3:36 tlb

For if you do not believe that I am He [Whom I claim to be—if you do not adhere to, trust in, and rely on Me],

you will die in your sins.j ohn 8:24 amp



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Jesus, I want to believe in you.How can I be sure

you are real? You will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me [as a vitalnecessity] and find Me when you search for Me with allyour heart. I will be found by you, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 29:13−14 amP

For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds,and to him who knocks it will be opened.

m atthew 7:8 nasb

All who seek the Lord will praise him. Their hearts willrejoice with everlasting joy.

P salm 22:26 nlt

The person who has My commands and keeps them isthe one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really]loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I [too] willlove him and will show (reveal, manifest) Myself tohim. [I will let Myself be clearly seen by him and makeMyself real to him.]

j ohn 14:21 amp



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— I n s t r u C t I o n s —

Before you trust, you have to listen. But unless Christ’sWord is preached, there’s nothing to listen to.

r omans 10:17 the message

For what I received I passed on to you as of firstimportance: that Christ died for our sins according tothe Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raisedon the third day according to the Scriptures, and that heappeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. After that, heappeared to more than five hundred of the brothers atthe same time.

1 c orinthians 15:3–6 niv

To these He also presented Himself alive after Hissuffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to themover a period of forty days and speaking of the thingsconcerning the kingdom of God.

a cts 1:3 nasb

There are also many other things that Jesus did, whichif they were written one by one, I suppose that even theworld itself could not contain the books that would bewritten.

j ohn 21:25 nkjv

These have been written so that you may believethat Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; andthat believing you may have life in Hisname.

John 20:31 nasb



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For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from

the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. Andthe ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver. It wasthe precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lambof God. God chose him as your ransom long before theworld began, but he has now revealed him to you inthese last days.

Through Christ you have come to trust in God. Andyou have placed your faith and hope in God because heraised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory. . . .

For you have been born again, but not to a life thatwill quickly end. Your new life will last forever becauseit comes from the eternal, living word of God.

1 P eter 1:18–21, 23 nlt

Can you imagine the breathtaking recovery life makes,sovereign life, in those who grasp with both hands thiswildly extravagant life-gift, this grand setting-everything-right, that the one man Jesus Christ provides? Here it

is in a nutshell: Just as one person [Adam] did it wrongand got us in all this trouble with sin and death, another

person [Christ] did it right and got us out of it. But morethan just getting us out of trouble, he got us into life!

R omans 5:17-18 the message


He is real and . . . he rewards those whotruly want to find him.

h ebrews 11:6 ncv



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No one’s ever seen or heard anything like this, never so

much as imagined anything quite like it—what God hasarranged for those who love him. But you’ve seen andheard it because God by his Spirit has brought it all outinto the open before you. . . .

We didn’t learn this by reading books or going toschool; we learned it from God, who taught us person-

to-person through Jesus, and we’re passing it on to youin the same firsthand, personal way.

The unspiritual self, just as it is by nature, can’treceive the gifts of God’s Spirit. There’s no capacity for them. They seem like so much silliness. Spirit can beknown only by spirit—God’s Spirit and our spirits in

open communion.1 c orinthians 2:9, 13–15 the message

God once said, “Let the light shine out of the darkness!”This is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts by letting us know the glory of God that is in the

face of Christ.2 c orinthians 4:6 ncv

— P r AYe r s —

I pray for you constantly, asking God, the gloriousFather of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you wisdom tosee clearly and really understand who Christ is and allthat he has done for you. I pray that your hearts will beflooded with light so that you can see something of thefuture he has called you to share. . . . I pray that you will



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begin to understand how incredibly great his power is to

help those who believe him.e Phesians 1:16–19 tlb

Hear my voice when I call, O Lord; be merciful to meand answer me. My heart says of you, “Seek his face!”Your face, Lord, I will seek.

P salm 27:7–8 niv

— e x A m P l e —

Thomas, one of the Twelve, said he had to see for him-

self that Jesus was alive (see John 20:24−25):

[Jesus appeared and] said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it intomy side. Stop doubting and believe.” Thomas said tohim, “My Lord and my God!”

John 20:27−28 niv

Jesus said, “So, you believe because you’ve seen withyour own eyes. Even better blessings are in store for those who believe without seeing.”

John 20:29 the message



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Is there something I need to do to begin a relationship with you, Lord? Where

do I start?

Salvation that comes from trusting Christ is alreadywithin easy reach. In fact, the Scriptures say,

If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heartthat you are made right with God, and it is by confessing

with your mouth that you are saved. As the Scripturestell us, “Anyone who believes in him will never bedisgraced.”

r omans 10:9–11 nlt

The word that saves is right here, as near as the tongue inyour mouth, as close as the heart in your chest.It’s the word of faith that welcomes God togo to work and set things right for us.

r omans 10:8 the message



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To all who believed him and accepted him, he gave theright to become children of God. They are reborn—notwith a physical birth resulting from human passion or

plan, but a birth that comes from God.John 1:12−13 nlt

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;old things have passed away; behold, all things have

become new.2 c orinthians 5:17 nkJv

God our Savior showed us how good and kind he is.He saved us because of his mercy, and not because of any good things that we have done. God washed us bythe power of the Holy Spirit. He gave us new birth anda fresh beginning. God sent Jesus Christ our Savior togive us his Spirit. Jesus treated us much better than we

deserve. He made us acceptable to God and gave us thehope of eternal life.

t itus 3:4–7 cev

If we say we have fellowship with God, but we continueliving in darkness, we are liars and do not follow the

truth. But if we live in the light, as God is in the light,we can share fellowship with each other. Then the

blood of Jesus, God’s Son, cleanses us fromevery sin. If we say we have no sin, we

are fooling ourselves, and the truth isnot in us. But if we confess our sins,



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he will forgive our sins, because we can trust God to do

what is right. He will cleanse us from all the wrongs wehave done.

1 J ohn 1:6–9 ncv

— P r AYe r —

Say the welcoming word to God—“Jesus is myMaster”—embracing, body and soul, God’s work of doing in us what he did in raising Jesus from the dead.That’s it. You’re not “doing” anything; you’re simplycalling out to God, trusting him to do it for you. That’ssalvation. With your whole being you embrace Godsetting things right, and then you say it, right out loud:“God has set everything right between him and me!”

r omans 10:9−10 the message

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