Discipleship Class – DISCIPLESHIP 101 – QUESTIONS

CHRISTIANITY 101  

1. There is only ONE GOD.
2. The lostness of HUMANITY
3. The Authority of The HOLY SCRIPTURES
4. SIN, DEATH and SEPARATION
5. JESUS CHRIST – Who He Was
6. JESUS CHRIST – What He Accomplished
7. SALVATION … BY GRACE ALONE … IN CHRIST ALONE

Discipleship 101  

1. GOD  

• Do you believe in God?  
• Why do you believe in God? 
• What do we understand the term GOD to mean?    
• Can there be more than ONE God?  
• Why should anyone believe in God?  
• What is it about the creation that proves there is a God? 

2. The Lostness of HUMANITY

• Are HUMANS different from animals? 
• How are HUMANS different from animals?  
• Why do you think HUMANS are different from animals?  
• Where do you think HUMANS came from?  
• Do you think there is a purpose for HUMANS on earth?  
• Do you think HUMANS would ever come to understand the purpose for their lives? 
• How do you think HUMANS would come to understand that purpose?  
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3. HOLY SCRIPTURE

• What does the word “scripture” mean?  
• What does the term “Holy Scripture” mean to you?  
• How is the Holy Scripture different from regular scripture? 
• What do you think is the purpose of Holy Scripture? 
• What is the Bible? 
• Is the Bible the same as Holy Scripture?
• Is the Bible profitable for a believer’s faith and practice? 
• Why? 

 4. SIN, DEATH and SEPARATION

• What does the word SIN mean to you?  
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• What does the Bible say SIN is?  
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• Do you think SIN has anything to do with the relationship between GOD and HUMANS?  
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• Do you think there is any relationship between SIN and DEATH? 
• What happens to HUMANS after they die? 
• Do you believe there is life after DEATH?  

5. JESUS CHRIST – Who He Was 

• Who was JESUS of Nazareth?  
• How was JESUS different from other humans?  
• What does the Bible tell us about Jesus birth?  
• Why was Jesus called “Emmanuel”?  
• What does the “incarnation” mean?  
• What does the Bible tell us about the Word?  
• According to the Bible, what did the Word do?  
• Whom did the Word come to earth as?  

6. JESUS CHRIST – What He Did

• What does the Bible tell us about Jesus’ death?  
• What does the Bible tell us happened to Jesus’ body after His death and burial?  
• What does the word “resurrection” mean?   
• Why do Christians believe Jesus was resurrected? 
• What does the word “atonement” mean to you?  
• What did Jesus accomplish by His death?  
• What did Jesus accomplish by His resurrection?  
• For whom did Jesus die?  
• What does the resurrection prove about Jesus?  
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• What does the resurrection mean for us?  
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• What does it mean for the people in the world? 
• What does that mean for you?  

7. SALVATION BY GRACE ALONE 

• What do you think the word “salvation” means?  
• What does it mean to be saved?  
• What does the word “grace” mean?  
• What does it mean to be saved “by” grace?  
• Do “saved by grace” and “saved through faith” mean the same thing? 
• What does it mean to be saved “through” faith? 
• When Apostle Paul refer to “works”, what is he referring to?  
• What does it mean to be NOT saved by works?  
• Does that mean that “works” are not important for Christians?  
• How is a person saved? 

 For further reading …  

… The Importance of Doctrine, by Joseph Tkach …  

… Our Values, by Joseph Tkach  

… Renewed in Christ … by Greg Williams