2. Maturing In Christ Knowledge Virtue Godliness Steadfastness Self-Control Love Brotherly Affection 2 Peter 1:5-8

3. Maturing In Christ: Steadfastness Steadfastness Through Temptation

4. James 1:14-15 “But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.”

5. Proverbs 1:10 “My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.”

6. 2 Peter 2:14 “They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!”

7. Psalm 112:7 “He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.”

8. Isaiah 26:4 “Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.”

9. Maturing In Christ: Steadfastness Steadfastness Through Testing

10. II Corinthians 2:9 “For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.”

11. Temptation≠Testing

12. James 1:13 “Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.”

13. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 “but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.”

14. Romans 12:2 “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”

15. 2 Corinthians 13:5 “Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!”

16. 2 Corinthians 2:9 “For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.”

17. James 1:3 “for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.”

18. Maturing In Christ Knowledge Virtue Godliness Steadfastness Self-Control Love Brotherly Affection 2 Peter 1:5-8

19. God’s Plan of Salvation Study God’s Word Have Faith In Jesus Repent/Turn To God Confess Jesus As Lord Obey The Gospel Live A Faithful Life Romans 10:17 Hebrews 11:6 Acts 17:30 Matthew 10:32 Romans 6:3-5 I John 1:7

20. God’s Plan of Salvation Study God’s Word Romans 10:17

21. God’s Plan of Salvation Romans 10:17 “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

22. God’s Plan of Salvation Study God’s Word Have Faith In Jesus Romans 10:17 Hebrews 11:6

23. God’s Plan of Salvation Hebrews 11:6 “And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.”

24. God’s Plan of Salvation Romans 10:17 Hebrews 11:6 Acts 17:30 Study God’s Word Have Faith In Jesus Repent/Turn To God

25. God’s Plan of Salvation Acts 17:30 “The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent”

26. God’s Plan of Salvation Study God’s Word Have Faith In Jesus Repent/Turn To God Confess Jesus As Lord Romans 10:17 Hebrews 11:6 Acts 17:30 Matthew 10:32

27. God’s Plan of Salvation Matthew 10:32 “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.”

28. God’s Plan of Salvation Study God’s Word Have Faith In Jesus Repent/Turn To God Confess Jesus As Lord Obey The Gospel Romans 10:17 Hebrews 11:6 Acts 17:30 Matthew 10:32 Romans 6:3-5

29. God’s Plan of Salvation Romans 6:3-5 “Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.”