The Bible teaches that we are saved by grace, not by any work we do to earn God's favor. Now that we have fallen, we cannot earn our way to Heaven by good behavior. We must receive the gift of eternal life through Jesus' work on the cross and the resurrection. Now when true salvation occurs the evidence of a new life should be obvious. There should be some proof of a new life in Jesus Christ.

1. According to Jesus in Matthew 7:13-20:
   • Describe the entrance to the kingdom of God.
     
     
   • From verse 16, how do we tell who has life with Christ and who does not?
     
     
   • According to Jesus in verse 19, what is the destiny of those who bear bad fruit?
     
     
2. Bad fruit is another term for a sinful lifestyle. According to Galatians 5:18-21, what are the results of being led by sin rather than being led by the Holy Spirit?
   • v 18
   • v 19
   • v 20
   • v 21

   Sin is lawlessness, or coming up with your own law and standards. It is having a different spirit than what God wants us to have concerning Him and His commandments. Since the laws we make for ourselves are not identical to God's, we break His commandments.

3. According to Exodus 20:1-17, what are God's Ten Commandments?
   1. v 3
   2. vv 4-6
   3. v 7
   4. vv 8-10
   5. v 12
   6. v 13
   7. v 14
   8. v 15
   9. v 16
   10. v 17
4. According to Galatians 3:24, what brings us to Jesus Christ?
5. How does the Law bring us to Christ so that we might be justified by faith?
6. According to Deuteronomy 11:26-28, what does God promise concerning how we respond to His commands?
   1. obedience:
   2. disobedience:

   Through His Sovereignty God has placed the choice of blessing in our hands as we _____________

7. According to Jesus in John 14:15 and 14:24, what is the difference between those who love Jesus and those who do not?
8. What did Jesus say in Matthew 5:17-19 about how we regard the commands of God?
9. What does Ephesians 5:3-5 say that must not be even the hint of in our lives since we are believers?
10. From 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, what is the reason that people will live in sin and still think they are Christians?

What did you learn from this lesson and how will you apply it to your life?

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