1. Christianity Explained
Week 6

2. Review: Three-legged Stool
His Resurrection
Son of God
His Death

3. Review: Jesus’ Authority as the Son of God...
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)

4. Review: Jesus’ Death The darkness (15:33) The cry (15:34-37)
The curtain (15:38-39)

5. Review: Resurrection important for two main reasons
It solves the problem of life after death
It guarantees the day of judgment

6. Review: Two Questions
Do you know for certain that if you died tonight you would go to heaven?
Christians believe that you can know with certainty
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

7. 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”

8. Review: What is a Christian?
Mark 1: Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, 15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel."
A Christian is someone who belongs to the kingdom of God.
To belong, two things are necessary:
Repentance
Belief

9. Review: Repentance Mark 8:34-38 I put Jesus first… Before my will
Before my ambition
Before my popularity
Before anything and everything

10. Review: Promises made to a Christian
Holy Spirit (Mark 1:8)
Forgiveness of Sins (Mark 2:10)
Eternal Life (Mark 10:28-31)
Also, repayment 100 times in this present life

11. What makes a Christian? (Mark 1:14-15)
Repentance
Belief (or Faith)

12. Faith is… Mark 5:21-24,35-43 Taking Jesus at his word
Facts <= Faith <= Feelings

13. Faith is… Taking Jesus at His Word (Mark 5:21-24,35-43)
Reaching out to Jesus (Mark 5:25-34)
It is not the quantity of faith
It is the direction of faith
Faith is to be open and public

14. Faith is… Taking Jesus at His Word (Mark 5:21-24,35-43)
Reaching out to Jesus (Mark 5:25-34)
Having child-like faith (Mark 10:13-16)
We are to receive Jesus Christ like a child
Not in a childish way, but like a child trusting his parents
This is a personal decision
John 5:24 – the present and the future