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<lesson xmlns="http://edvance360.com/v1"><name><![CDATA[Personal Evangelism Lesson 5]]></name><description><![CDATA[<p class="w2wENNormal">This lesson is focused on knowing we have eternal life.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>I grew up in a church that taught that you couldn&rsquo;t know whether you were going to heaven or not until after you died.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>They said that even the Apostle Paul didn&rsquo;t know his eternal destiny before he died.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>How contrary to Scripture and it&rsquo;s obviously a little too late to find out after you&rsquo;ve died, when your eternal destiny is already determined.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>What kind of a savior would that be that would leave you wondering if he&rsquo;s really saved the one that&rsquo;s trusted in him?<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="w2wENNormal">As we will see, the bible clearly teaches that we can know that we have eternal life.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Not at some point in the future, but now as a present reality.<o:p></o:p></p>
]]></description><lessonItem><name><![CDATA[Personal Evangelism Lesson 5 Topic 1]]></name><lessonInstructions><![CDATA[<p class="w2wENNormal">With some things it&rsquo;s better if we don&rsquo;t try too hard.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>For example, a good swimmer is always relaxed in the water.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>But if you put a non-swimmer in the water they&rsquo;re anything but relaxed.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Instead they&rsquo;ll thrash around wildly and end up tiring themselves out.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>They will end up sinking like a rock.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>But the relaxed swimmer can float for an extended period of time.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="w2wENNormal">In a way the Jews had this type of problem with doing the works of God.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>They sought to win God&rsquo;s favor by their works.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Many Jews at the time of Christ would fast two days out of the week.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>They would make long prayers, make wide their phylacteries, and put outsized trim on their religious garments (Mt 23:5).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>All this to show their godly works before men.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="w2wENNormal">But when the Jews asked Jesus, &ldquo;What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?&rdquo; (Jn 6:28).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Jesus replied, &ldquo;This is the work of, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent&rdquo; (Jn 6:29).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>They were trying too hard! For salvation, they needed to relax from their works and instead simply believe on the one whom God sent.<o:p></o:p></p>
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]]></lessonInstructions><type><![CDATA[Test]]></type><itemReference><![CDATA[I_17_A]]></itemReference></lessonItem><lessonItem><name><![CDATA[Personal Evangelism Lesson 5 Topic 2]]></name><lessonInstructions><![CDATA[<p class="w2wENNormal">God always speaks absolute truth. However, there are times when He adds even more emphasis to His word. We see this in Hebrews 6:13: &ldquo;when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself.&rdquo; Hebrews 6:16-18 goes on to say, &ldquo;For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of al strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.&rdquo;<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="w2wENNormal">Hebrews 6:19 then tells us that Jesus became a priest forever.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Because His priesthood lasts forever, He is able to forever save us.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>When God promises us eternal life based on faith in Christ (Jn 6:47), He means it.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>He is unable to lie.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>And Jesus&rsquo; priesthood endures forever as a further guarantee!<o:p></o:p></p>
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