Discussion 1

Understanding Your Relationship with Jesus Christ

Knowing Jesus Christ is the most exciting relationship you can have. It is the beginning of a life of adventure with an all-loving, all-powerful God who has created the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1) If you have sincerely asked Christ to come into your life, you can be sure that your relationship with God is secure. You have been completely forgiven and accepted by Him as a result of Christ’s death on the cross. Jesus is the only sufficient provision for a relationship with God.

Discussion 2

Experiencing God’s Love

Your relationship with God is secure because you are forgiven and accepted by God through what Christ did on the cross. As a part of this relationship, God desires for you to walk closely with Him and communicate with Him throughout each day. When we choose to sin, our relationship (our position as God’s children) is not affected, but our fellowship with Him is interrupted. Sin keeps us all from experiencing God’s love. Sin is more than cheating, lying, immoral behavior, etc. These actions are only the results of an attitude of sin. A simple definition of sin is: doing what we want instead of what God wants – both in actions and attitudes.

All of us, therefore, need to experience God’s forgiveness for our attitudes and actions.

Discussion 3

Power for Living

You are now beginning to live the Christian life which isn’t a standard of performance or a code of ethics, but a vital personal relationship with a loving God. Just as our relationship with God is totally dependent on what God has done through Jesus Christ, so too the power to live a dynamic Christian life also come totally from God.

You have all of the potential you need to live as a new creation in Christ through your new identity in Christ. But, you must continually draw from the proper Source of power.