1. Life in the Church Acts 2:37-47

10. How to Join the Church The Gospel: Jesus lived Jesus died Jesus rose Jesus rules

11. How to Join the Church 1.Believe the facts about Jesus 2.Repent

12. Repent Rule #1: Define your words carefully

13. Repent = “to turn” from something bad to something good to escape God’s punishment

14. Repent = “to turn” Matthew 3 – Jews: return to Law Acts 17 – unbelievers: turn from idols to God Revelation 3 – believers:turn from pride to dependence

15. Repent “What the gospel demands is a radical turn from sin to Christ”

16. Repent “Christian conversion thus is a turning from an evil lifestyle unto the Lord in total submission and obedience.”

17. Repent In Acts 2: turn from rejecting Jesus to accepting Jesus as Savior

18. How to Join the Church 1.Believe the facts about Jesus 2.Repent 3.Be Baptized

19. Be Baptized Is baptism required for salvation? Rule #2: Don’t force a passage to answer questions it wasn’t meant to answer

20. Be Baptized They didn’t think of salvation and baptism as separate steps There were NO unbaptized believers

21. Be Baptized Baptism isn’t required for salvation… but why would you go without it?

22. How to Join the Church 1.Believe the facts about Jesus 2.Repent 3.Be Baptized

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