4. "BE YE STEADFAST, UNMOVEABLE, ALWAYS ABOUNDING IN THE WORK OF THE LORD..."

5. 1 COR 15:58

6. "BE READY ALWAYS TO GIVE AN ANSWER...”

7. 1 PETER 3:15

8. "WHY TARRY? ARISE AND BE BAPTIZED, AND WASH AWAY THY SINS...”

9. ACTS 22:16

10. "FEED THE CHURCH OF GOD WHICH HE HAS PURCHASED WITH HIS OWN BLOOD”

11. ACTS 20:28

12. "IN TIMES PAST YOU YE WALKED ACCORDING TO THE COURSE OF THIS WORLD..."

13. EPHESIANS 2:2

14. "BUT OF THAT DAY AND HOUR KNOWETH NO MAN...”

15. MATTHEW 24:36

16. "BAPTISM DOTH ALSO NOW SAVE US...”

17. 1 PETER 3:21

18. "BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM..."

19. COLOSSIANS 2:12

20. Monticellochurchofchrist.org

22. CHAPTER 3: 1.HOW LONG DID RANDALL AND MIKE DEVELOP THEIR FRIENDSHIP TO THIS POINT IN THE STORY?

23. CHAPTER 3: 1.HOW LONG DID RANDALL AND MIKE DEVELOP THEIR FRIENDSHIP TO THIS POINT IN THE STORY? 3 ½ MONTHS

24. CHAPTER 3: 2. WHAT DID RANDALL PERSISTENTLY DO IN HIS INTERACTIONS WITH MIKE?

25. CHAPTER 3: 2.WHAT DID RANDALL PERSISTENTLY DO IN HIS INTERACTIONS WITH MIKE? ASKED SPIRITUAL QUESTIONS RATHER THAN PREACHING BIBLICAL FACTS.

26. CHAPTER 3: 3. WHY DID MIKE THINK THAT RANDALL WAS “A VERY DIFFERENT SORT OF CHRISTIAN”?

27. CHAPTER 3: 3.WHY DID MIKE THINK THAT RANDALL WAS ‘A VERY DIFFERENT SORT OF CHRISTIAN”? HE LIVED WHAT HE BELIEVED AND HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIBLE

28. CHAPTER 3: 4. AS A CHRISTIAN, HOW DO PEOPLE SEE YOU? WHAT IS THEIR “SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION” OF YOU?

29. CHAPTER 3: 5. WHAT QUESTION DID RANDALL ASK MIKE TO OPEN THE DAY’S SPIRITUAL DIALOGUE?

30. CHAPTER 3: 5.WHAT QUESTION DID RANDALL ASK MIKE TO OPEN THE DAY’S SPIRITUAL DIALOGUE? HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU EAT TODAY?

31. CHAPTER 3: 6. WHAT PORTION OF SCRIPTURE DID HE LEAD TO NEXT?

32. CHAPTER 3: 6.WHAT PORTION OF SCRIPTURE DID HE LEAD TO NEXT? CHRIST’S RETURN

33. CHAPTER 3: 7. WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT RANDALL ASKED ( THIS QUESTION SET THE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE OF MIKE BECOMING A CHRISTIAN)?

34. CHAPTER 3: 7. WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT RANDALL ASKED ( THIS QUESTION SET THE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE OF MIKE BECOMING A CHRISTIAN)? HAVE YOU OBEYED THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD?

35. CHAPTER 3: 8.NOTICE THREE CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THEIR DIALOGUE:

36. CHAPTER 3: 8.NOTICE THREE CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THEIR DIALOGUE: a. RANDALL’S QUESTION, “HOW WERE YOU SAVED?” HE SINCERELY WANTED MR. MIKE TO TELL HIS STORY

37. CHAPTER 3: 8.NOTICE THREE CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THEIR DIALOGUE:

38. CHAPTER 3: 8.NOTICE THREE CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THEIR DIALOGUE: b. RANDALL REALLY LISTENED.

39. CHAPTER 3: 8.NOTICE THREE CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THEIR DIALOGUE: b. RANDALL REALLY LISTENED. VERSE THAT DEALS WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING:

40. CHAPTER 3: 8.NOTICE THREE CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THEIR DIALOGUE: VERSE THAT DEALS WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING: JAMES 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

41. CHAPTER 3: 8.NOTICE THREE CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THEIR DIALOGUE: C. THIRD, RANDALL CONTINUED TO QUESTION AND LISTEN.

42. CHAPTER 3: 9. WHAT FINAL QUESTION DID RANDALL ASK TO INVOKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A BIBLE STUDY?

43. CHAPTER 3: 9.WHAT FINAL QUESTION DID RANDALL ASK TO INVOKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A BIBLE STUDY? DON’T YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE GOSPEL IS AND HOW TO OBEY IT?

44. CHAPTER 3: 10. HOW DID SATAN THWART RANDALL AND MICHAEL’S BIBLE STUDY?

45. CHAPTER 3: 10.HOW DID SATAN THWART RANDALL AND MICHAEL’S BIBLE STUDY? USING SOMEONE THAT WILL RESORT TO TELLING THINGS THAT ARE NOT TRUE

46. CHAPTER 3: 11. THE SEED OF DOUBT IS COMPELLING. ACCORDING TO THE TEXT IN THE STORY, WHAT DOES DOUBT CAUSE?

47. CHAPTER 3: 11.THE SEED OF DOUBT IS COMPELLING. ACCORDING TO THE TEXT IN THE STORY, WHAT DOES DOUBT CAUSE? INDECCISION

48. CHAPTER 3: MIKE RELATES HIS CONVERSION AT AGE 8 AND HIS BAPTISM 5 YEARS LATER

49. CHAPTER 3: WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SINNERS PRAYER?

50. CHAPTER 3: "God, I know that I am a sinner. I know that I deserve the consequences of my sin. However, I am trusting in Jesus Christ as my Savior. I believe that His death and resurrection provided for my forgiveness. I trust in Jesus and Jesus alone as my personal Lord and Savior. Thank you Lord, for saving me and forgiving me! Amen!”

52. CHAPTER 4:

53. 1 Peter 3:21

54. CHAPTER 4: 1 Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

55. CHAPTER 4: 1 Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

56. CHAPTER 4: Colossians 2: 12

57. CHAPTER 4: Colossians 2: 12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

58. CHAPTER 4: Colossians 2: 12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

59. CHAPTER 4: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN “ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED” VS “BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH, AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE”?

60. CHAPTER 4: REVELATION 2:10

61. CHAPTER 4: WHAT MADE MIKE THINK HE WAS A GOOD GUY?

62. CHAPTER 4: WHAT COURSE OF ACTION DID RANDALL TAKE AFTER MIKE CANCELLED THEIR PLANNED BIBLE STUDY?

63. CHAPTER 4: WHAT COURSE OF ACTION DID RANDALL TAKE AFTER MIKE CANCELLED THEIR PLANNED BIBLE STUDY?

64. CHAPTER 4: LARRY, MIKE’S BEST FRIEND HAD STARTED CARRYING A BIBLE. DO YOU KNOW WHY?

65. CHAPTER 4: WHAT VERSE DID RANDALL PASS OFF TO MIKE?

66. CHAPTER 4: WHAT VERSE DID RANDALL PASS OFF TO MIKE? 1 PETER 3:21

67. CHAPTER 4: WHAT DID THE VERSE DO TO MIKE?

68. CHAPTER 4: WHAT DID THE VERSE DO TO MIKE? THE VERSE CAUSED MIKE SHOCK, CURIOSITY, AND A DESIRE TO FIND OUT MORE.

69. CHAPTER 4: WOULDN’T MOST CHRISTIANS HAVE GIVEN UP WHEN MIKE CANCELLED THE BIBLE STUDY?

71. CHAPTER 5:

72. THREE NEW VERSES:

73. CHAPTER 5: THREE NEW VERSES: 1.LUKE 8: 15

74. CHAPTER 5: THREE NEW VERSES: 1.LUKE 8: 15 2.1 PETER 4: 11

75. CHAPTER 5: THREE NEW VERSES: 1.LUKE 8: 15 2.1 PETER 4: 11 3.EPHESIANS 2: 8-9

76. 15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

77. Luke 8:15

78. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

79. 1 PETER 4:11

80. 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

81. EPHESIANS 2: 8-9

82. THEN THE PREACHER TELLS MIKE “EPHESIANS 2: 8-9 SAYS THAT WE’RE SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH, NOT WORKS. BAPTISM IS A WORK.”

83. 1 Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

84. 1 Peter 3:20 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

85. 1 Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

86. HERE IS WHAT EPHESIANS 2: 8-9 says 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

87. WHAT IS THE CONTEXT OF EPHESIANS CHAPTER 2?

88. EPIPHANY?

89. (SUDDEN AND PROFOUND UNDERSTANDING OF SOMETHING)

90. EPIPHANY? (SUDDEN AND PROFOUND UNDERSTANDING OF SOMETHING) IN MIKE’S CASE: THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTEXT AND THE DANGER OF WRESTING THE SCRIPTURES.

91. OTHER VERSES RANDALL QUOTED IN CHAPTER 5: 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

92. OTHER VERSES RANDALL QUOTED IN CHAPTER 5: Ephesians 2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

93. OTHER VERSES RANDALL QUOTED IN CHAPTER 5: Ephesians 2: 10-22 (EXPLAINS THE CONTEXT OF THE CHAPTER)

94. OTHER VERSES RANDALL QUOTED IN CHAPTER 5: Galatians 5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

95. OTHER VERSES RANDALL QUOTED IN CHAPTER 5: James 2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

96. OTHER VERSES RANDALL QUOTED IN CHAPTER 5: James 2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

97. OTHER VERSES RANDALL QUOTED IN CHAPTER 5: James 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

98. OTHER VERSES RANDALL QUOTED IN CHAPTER 5: 2 Peter 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.