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“The Best News” course is made up of eight short Bible studies, for N OTES
presenting to heads of families, in their homes. Its purpose is to lead
the heads of households and their families to a commitment to Christ,
and baptism together.
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Cornelius, in Acts 10, already knew the facts about the life of Jesus.
This was why he did not need long explanations, before opening his
heart to God. Nevertheless, those who do not know the Gospel
generally need to hear it explained up to seven or eight times, in order
for their commitment to the Lord to have a firm foundation. This is
why there are eight studies. It is not necessary to use them all if
people respond before finishing them all.
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“BEST NEWS” COURSE
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Pray fervently that the Lord will lead you to heads of families who are
open to the gospel. Pray especially for your relatives and friends.
Will you pray regularly for God’s guidance and power in testifying to
others?
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N OTES Why make such a fuss about
evangelizing? If people want to be saved,
they’ll come to church on their own.
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No. The Lord commands us to go out and

search for the lost. An obedient church never
stops evangelizing in homes and public places.
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At first, offer the course mainly to heads of households. You can help
the family head teach the course to his wife and children. This prac-
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Forget those
fellows. It’s
easier to talk
about religion
to women and
children.
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Be quiet! If the woman is won first, it’s more difficult

to win the man. The home is divided and the church stays
weak. Whole families build a strong church.
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• Tell your family about Saul’s conversion.
Can you guess

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what this picture is?
Let’s see. It looks like
rain. Is it Noah’s ark? • Be baptized yourself, and those of your family who believe. (If
002-012 you have been baptized before, as a Christian, but then turned
away from God, and now wish to follow Him again, you must
confess the damage you have done to yourself and others, and
trust God’s forgiveness. Thank Jesus for forgiving you all your
sins and ask him to help you change and build a close, fulfilling
relationship with Him in your life once again.)
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Description of the drawings in the studies:

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1. People outside the ark. (Genesis 6-8)
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2. Blood drips from the Lord Jesus on the cross. (Luke 23)
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• Share in the Lord’s Supper 3. The father hugs his repentant prodigal son, who has returned.
(Luke 22:17-20) (Luke 15)
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• Pray, and feed on God’s Word 4. The Ethiopian points to the water. (Acts 8)
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5. The jailer kneels in front of Paul and Silas. (Acts 16)
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(Matthew 6:19-20)
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• Evangelize (win obedient followers for Jesus Christ)
(Matthew 28:18-20) 7. The pigs, driven by the evil spirits, fall into the sea.
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LEARN BY HEART
002-391 8. Saul, blinded, is led into Damascus. (Acts 9)
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and make them my disciples: baptize them in the name of the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teach them to obey • Go through the study with the head of the household. He reads
everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I will be the Bible passage and you ask him the questions. This is the
with you always, to the end of the age!” best way to teach the Gospel because it gives you more
(Matthew 28:18-20) opportunity to talk to the people.

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(If the student cannot read, read the text aloud yourself, and What did Ananias tell Saul to do at the end of the account?
write down the student’s answers to the questions.)
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• Another alternative is that you explain the study briefly and
leave it with the head of the household, so that he can do it Saul obeyed. He was baptized. Afterwards, he started winning
alone, and then with his family. others as obedient followers of Jesus Christ.
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On your next visit, go over what he has done. When he Christ ordered that we should make disciples who would obey
finishes one study, ask him to begin the next one. Review each all his commandments. (Learn this list of commandments by heart.
one with him after he has finished it, and help him to answer the Underline any that you still need to obey.) Some of Christ’s basic
questions. commands for his disciples are:
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• Repent and believe
• Encourage your student to explain the Bible stories to his (Mark 1:15)
family. Each lesson gives this as homework. (Explain that this 002-384
will be a blessing to them all.)
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(Mark 16:16)
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converted together. Ask him leading questions to help him to
tell the Bible story to his family. • Love God and our neighbor
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Can you explain
What evil things did Saul do before he was converted? why God was angry
with these people? They were very
violent and wicked
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What happened to his eyesight?
• Emphasize that God loves everyone; encourage the student to

002-379 invite other relatives and friends to the next study. If he does
not bring them, ask for their names and addresses, and contact
Who prayed for his sight to be restored? them yourself. (Ask permission first.)
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But there are The men with me saw the light but did not hear the voice of the one
other evangelistic It’s all right to use other courses, so who was speaking to me.
courses. Why not long as they are as easy for a new
use those instead person to use “Best News.” With this 002-371
of the “Best course, the new Christians can
News?” immediately begin winning their
002-031 friends, telling the same Bible stories. I asked, “’What shall I do, Lord?’ and the Lord said to me, “’Get up
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has determined for you to do.’
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I was blind because of the bright light, and so my companions took

me by the hand and led me into Damascus. There was a man named
Ananias, a religious man who obeyed our Law and was highly re-
spected by all the Jews living in Damascus. He came to me, stood by
me and said, ‘Brother Saul, see again!’
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• Help the family head to affirm the Christian faith, step by step.
At that very moment I saw again and looked at him. He said, ‘The
On your first visit, this might only be the agreement to do the
God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will, to see his
study with you. Later, encourage him to teach parts of the
righteous servant, and hear him speaking with his own voice. For you
study to his family. Ask him, “Can you explain this to your
will be a witness for him to tell all men what you have seen and heard.
children (or wife, friends, brother, etc.)?” At each session, help
And now, why wait any longer? Get up and be baptized and have
him to affirm the value of the death of Christ for him and his
your sins washed away by calling on his name.’”
family (eternal forgiveness), and also the value of Christ’s
(Acts 22)
resurrection. Just as Jesus’ death applies to us for our
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forgiveness, it also applies to us in His resurrection life. God
gives us new life in Christ that is holy and eternal.
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OUR OBEDIENCE TO JESUS CHRIST In Luke 24:45-48, the Lord spells out the important parts of
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you!” When they heard him speaking to them in Hebrew, they were - The value of His death for our families and us: the forgive-
even quieter, and Paul went on. “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of ness of sins.
Cilicia, but brought up here in Jerusalem as a student of Gamaliel. I 002-035
received strict instruction in the Law of our ancestors, and was just as - The value of His resurrection from the dead: new, pure
dedicated to God as all of you are here today. and eternal life in Him.
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- Our response in order to be saved: repent and believe.
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Priest and the whole Council can prove that I am telling the truth. I What are the benefits
of Christ’s death for God forgives
received from them letters written to the Jewish brothers in Dam-
you and your family? our sins.
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chains to Jerusalem to be punished.
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“As I was traveling and coming near Damascus, about midday a

bright light from the sky flashed suddenly around me. I fell to the
ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul! Why do you
persecute me?’ “’Who are you, Lord?’ I asked. “’I am Jesus of
Nazareth, whom you persecute,’ he said to me.
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And the benefits of
His resurrection? He gives us pure STUDY 8
and eternal life.
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• When he and his family are ready to commit themselves to

Christ, ask them to repeat a simple prayer after you (phrase by
phrase). Pray slowly, giving them time to repeat after you. Use
simple phrases, for example: “Forgive my sin,” “Thank you for
dying for me,” “Come into my life,” etc.
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LEARN BY HEART Heavenly
Father, forgive
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Heavenly Father,
“Our old being has been put to death with Christ on the cross, in 002-043 forgive us our sins...
order that... we should no longer be the slaves of sin.” 002-043
(Romans 6:5-6)
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PRACTICAL WORK
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• In the name of the Lord Jesus, ask that the Spirit of God enter
your life to transform it.
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• Tell your family how the Lord Jesus transformed the man from
Gerasa who was possessed by evil spirits.
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• As you ask the questions in the lesson, respect your student’s

opinion. Listen to him. Although he may be wrong, do not say
Study and Practical Work Done “No!” Just say, “Or perhaps we could say…”
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(Date) (Signature of the teacher) • Encourage him to talk about his family’s hopes, illnesses, fears
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• Take another Christian with you, to train him how to evangelize. What benefit do we receive from the resurrection of Jesus?
When he sees how you teach, he can imitate you. Encourage
him to lead parts of the study. Then send him to evangelize
elsewhere, taking other Christians with him. The apostles went
out two by two. Let us follow their example.
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(apart from the one you are training). The unconverted student
can feel inhibited. He will seldom answer confidently in front of How does a sinner receive forgiveness and transformation?
other mature Christians. 002-352
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Do not treat the people as though they were in a church. They
are not believers yet and will feel uneasy. What is the transformation that God wants for you through faith?
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• If the student understands the gospel well and is converted
before finishing all the studies, he and those of his family who
believe should be baptized. Do not delay baptism just to finish By whose power is the weak, fallen sinner changed to live a godly life?
the studies.
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If you serve with a denomination or association of churches,

please respect its practice for receiving new members.
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What did Jesus tell him to do? • If someone shows no interest, or only wants to argue, stop
teaching them. It is better to use our time looking for other
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But a real Christian

002-346 would never abandon On the contrary, the Lord
a friend. He’d go on Jesus orders us to move on,
visiting no matter when people don’t respond.
how long it took for (Matthew 10:14)
The man obeyed the Lord and told his family all that Christ had done.
him to be converted... 002-053
Are you prepared to tell your family and friends what Christ has done
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for you? 002-347
F Yes. 002-348
F No.
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What benefit do we receive from the death of Jesus Christ?
• Follow the apostle Peter’s example when you evangelize.

Read and meditate on Acts 10:1-48.
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F Mark this box when you have done this.
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SUMMARY TEST What was the man like, after the evil spirit had left?
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1. To receive guidance and power to evangelize, we must: 002-057
F pray with earnest faith. 002-058
F rely on our own knowledge.
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2. When we have received God’s guidance and power in prayer,
it is best to begin evangelizing: 002-060
Does Christ have power to transform even the most degenerate man,
F women and children, because they are more interested.
who is in the power of the devil? 002-339
F whole families through the fathers.
F Yes. 002-340
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F No.
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3. We begin with heads of households. Later, they can teach their
families. This way they can be all converted together. With
Does Christ have power to transform you and your family? 002-342
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F strong. 002-064
F No.
F weak.
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The transformed man from Gerasa wanted to accompany Jesus in the

4. Strong churches are made up of whole families. These
boat, but the Lord wanted something else.
churches give themselves to take the message of salvation to
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Do demons recognize the power of Jesus, the Son of God? 002-332 everyone. Of the following statements, mark those that form
F Yes. 002-333 part of the message we must proclaim: 002-066
F No. F The Lord Jesus died for the forgiveness of our sins.
002-334 F He rose on the third day to give us pure and eternal life
in Him. 002-068
What problem did the man in the story have? F We must repent and believe in the Lord to receive this
forgiveness and eternal life.
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5. When people have understood the value of the death and

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F repent and be baptized in the faith of the Lord Jesus.
The Lord Jesus ordered the evil spirits to leave the man. Where did F study a six-month course on doctrine, before doing what
they go? Jesus commanded.
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F alone. 002-074
What did the pigs do next? F two by two.
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When we evangelize, we take others with us. This way we train them
to witness better.
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PRACTICAL WORK So he let them. The evil spirits went out of the man and went into the
002-077 pigs. The whole herd - about two thousand pigs in all - rushed down
the side of the cliff into the lake and was drowned.
• Pray for the guidance and power of the Holy Spirit, to
evangelize. Pray, too, that your relatives, friends and other 002-327
heads of families may know the Lord.

002-078 The men who had been taking care of the pigs ran away and spread
the news in the town and among the farms. They went out to see
what had happened. They came to Jesus and saw the man who used
• Visit and evangelize heads of families (starting with your own
relatives and friends), using the “Best News” course. to have the mob of demons in him. He was sitting there, clothed and
002-079 in his right mind; and they were all afraid. Those who had seen it told
the people what had happened to the man with the demons, and
about the pigs.
• Pray for the sick when you visit homes.
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So they began to ask Jesus to leave their territory. As Jesus was

• Take other members of the congregation with you, to show
them how to evangelize. getting into the boat, the man who had the demons begged him, “Let
002-081 me go with you!” But Jesus would not let him. Instead he told him,
“Go back home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has
done for you, and how kind he has been to you.”
• If you have no results using the “Best News,” try other methods
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So the man left, and went all through the Ten Towns telling what Jesus
had done for him; and all who heard it were filled with wonder.
• Write down the progress of those doing the course, using the
following Register: (Mark 5:1-20)
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JESUS CHRIST TRANSFORMS SOMEONE PROGRESS REGISTER - “BEST NEWS”
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They arrived on the other side of Lake Galilee, at the territory of the Draw a circle round the number of the study that each student has
Gerasenes. As soon as Jesus got out of the boat a man who came received; cross the number out when he completes the study; (the first
out of the burial caves met him. This man had an evil spirit in him and line is an example).
lived among the graves. Nobody could keep him tied with chains any 002-085
more; many times his feet and hands had been tied, but every time he
broke the chains, and smashed the irons on his feet. He was too Names of the Students
strong for anyone to stop him. Day and night he wandered among the 002-086
graves and through the hills, screaming and cutting himself with stones.
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John Smith
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He was some distance away when he saw Jesus; so he ran, fell on his _____________________________ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
knees before him, and screamed in a loud voice, “Jesus, Son of the
Most High God! What do you want with me? For God’s sake, I
beg you, don’t punish me!” (He spoke this because Jesus was saying
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to him, “Evil spirit, come out of this man!”)
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So Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” The man answered, “My
name is “Mob” - there are so many of us!” And he kept begging
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Jesus not to send the evil spirits out of that territory. A large herd of
pigs was near by, feeding on the hillside. The spirits begged Jesus, _____________________________ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
“Send us to the pigs, and let us go into them.”
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THE SPIRITUAL DANGER Do you and your family want to receive the Lord Jesus in your lives?
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THAT FACES US
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F No.
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This is the story of Noah. Noah was a holy man, who lived in
fellowship with God.
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LEARN BY HEART
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God looked at the world and saw that it was evil, for the people were “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone
all living evil lives. God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end eats this bread he will live for ever.”
to all mankind. I will destroy them completely, because the world is (John 6:51)
full of their violent deeds.” 002-313 002-314
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“Build a boat for yourself out of good timber; make rooms in it and 002-315
cover it with tar inside and out... I am going to send a flood on the • Receive Jesus Christ, the living bread, by faith in your heart.
earth to destroy every living being. Everything on the earth will die, 002-316
but I will make a covenant with you.”
002-103 • Explain to your family the story about the bread of life.
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“Go into the boat with your wife, your sons and their wives. Take
into the boat with you a male and a female of every kind of animal
and of every kind of bird, in order to keep them alive. Take along all Study and Practical Work Done
kinds of food for you and them.” 002-318
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Jesus explained to them that he, himself, was the Bread of Life. By Noah did everything that God commanded. The Lord said to Noah,
saying this, he did not mean we should fill our stomachs with his flesh. “Go into the boat with your whole family; I have found that you are
He was referring, in reality, to receiving his Spirit by faith. the only one in all the world who does what is right... Seven days
002-305 from now I am going to send rain that will fall for forty days and
nights, in order to destroy all the living beings that I have made.”
We receive the Bread of Life in our hearts through faith. Who is this 002-105
bread that gives life?
And Noah did all that the Lord commanded. ...Seven days later the
_______________________ flood came. A male and female of every kind of living being went into
002-306 the boat with Noah, as God had commanded. Then the Lord shut
the door behind Noah.
How long does this life last, that we receive in Christ? 002-106
_______________________ The flood continued for forty days, and the water became deep
002-307 enough for the boat to float. The water became deeper and deeper,
and the boat drifted on the surface. It became so deep it covered the
Through faith in whom, do we receive eternal life through the Spirit of highest mountains; it went on rising until it was twenty-five feet above
God? the tops of the mountains.
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Every living creature that breathes air died - every bird, every animal,
and every person. The only ones left were Noah and those who
were with him in the boat. (Genesis 6:9 to 7:24)
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Now, write your answers to the following questions: Because of this, many of his followers turned back. So Jesus said to
002-109 the twelve disciples, “And you - would you like to leave also?”
Why did God save Noah? 002-301
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have
002-110 the words that give eternal life. And now we believe and know that
you are the Holy One from God.” (John 6)
Why did God punish the world of long ago? 002-302
How many men did Jesus feed with those few loaves and fish?
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Now, today, God looks at the earth. What do you suppose He 002-303
thinks about this world? Is He happy or angry about it?
After feeding 5,000, many people followed Jesus, but only for what
they could get. What did they want from Christ?
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Of the following list, underline the things that are results of sin:
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WARS CRIMES DIVORCE
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LIES ETERNAL JUDGEMENT
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Jesus answered, “The bread that I will give him is my flesh, which I According to the Word of God, all these things are the effects of sin.
give so that the world may live.” This started an angry argument 002-122
among the Jews. “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” they
asked. The ancient story of the boat (ark) in which eight people were saved
002-297 from the flood, reminds us of another event of much greater impor-
tance for today. The Bible says that Jesus Christ died as a sacrifice
Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth: if you do not eat the flesh of for our sins. He is the “ark” or boat, in which we are saved from
the Son of Man and drink his blood you will not have life in your- God’s wrath. On the third day Jesus rose from the dead.
selves. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, 002-123
and I will raise him to life on the last day. For my flesh is the real
food, my blood the real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my What danger are we in, if we do not receive God’s forgiveness in
blood lives in me and I live in him. This, then, is the bread that came Jesus Christ?
down from heaven; it is not like the bread that your ancestors ate, but
then died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”
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Many of his disciples heard this and said, “This teaching is too hard.
Who can listen to this?”
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Jesus said to them, “Does this make you want to give up? What 002-124
gives life is God’s Spirit; man’s power is of no use at all. The words I
have spoken to you are Spirit and life.” Did Jesus remain dead?
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What happened the third day? When the people found Jesus, he answered, “You are looking for me
because you ate the bread and had all you wanted. Do not work for
food that spoils; instead, work for the food that lasts for eternal life.”
So they asked him, “What can we do?”
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Jesus answered, “This is the work God wants you to do: believe in
LEARN BY HEART the one he sent.”
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“If we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do
what is right: he will forgive us our sins and make us clean from They replied, “What sign of power will you perform so that we may
all our wrongdoing.” (1 John 1:9) see it and believe you? Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, just as
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“I tell you the truth,” Jesus said, “The bread that God gives
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is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
• Confess your sins, in prayer to God.
“Sir,” they asked him, “give us this bread always.”
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• Tell your family the story of the flood.

“I am the bread of life,” Jesus told them. “He who comes to
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me will never be hungry; he who believes in me will never be thirsty...”
The Jews started grumbling about him. “This man Jesus is the son of
Joseph. How, then, does he now say he came down from heaven?”
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Jesus went back across Lake Galilee. Jesus looked round and saw
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that a large crowd was coming to him, so he said to Philip, “Where
can we buy enough food to feed all these people?” Philip answered,
“For everyone to have just a little, it would take more than eight
months’ wages.”
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Andrew said, “There is a boy here who has five loaves of barley
bread and two fish. But what good are they for all these people?”
“Make the people sit down,” Jesus told them. (There was a lot of
grass there.) So all the people sat down; there were about five
thousand men.
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Jesus took the bread, gave thanks to God, and distributed it to the
people who were sitting there. He did the same thing with the fish,
and they all had as much as they wanted.
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Jesus knew that they were about to come and get him, to make him
king by force; so he went away to the hills by himself.
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One of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said,
“You do not know a thing! Don’t you realize that it is better for you
to have one man die for the people, instead of the whole nation being
destroyed?”
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Actually he did not say this of his own accord; rather, as he was High
Priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus was going to die for
the Jewish people, and not only for them, but also to bring together
into one body all the scattered children of God.
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From that day on the Jewish authorities made plans to kill Jesus.
(John 11:47-53)
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PRACTICAL WORK Then they took Jesus to the High Priest’s house, where all the chief
002-279 priests, the elders, and the teachers of the Law were gathering... But
Jesus kept quiet and would not say a word. Again the High Priest
• Ask God for eternal salvation in Jesus Christ. (This will not be
because of good works you might have done, but only through questioned him: “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed God?”
what Christ did, giving his life for you, and rising from the dead.) “I am,” answered Jesus, “and you will all see the Son of Man seated
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heaven!”
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• Explain to your family the story about the jailer.
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The High Priest tore his robes and said, “We don’t need any more
Notes: witnesses! You heard his wicked words. What is your decision?”
They all voted against him: he was guilty and should be put to death...
They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means “The
Place of the Skull.” There they tried to give him wine mixed with a
drug called myrrh, but Jesus would not drink it. So they nailed him to
the cross and divided his clothes among themselves, throwing dice to
see who would get which piece of clothing.
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At noon the whole country was covered with darkness, which lasted
for three hours. At three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud shout,
Study and Practical Work Done “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (It means, “My God, my God, why
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With a loud cry, Jesus died... The army officer, who was standing Do you believe that the death of Jesus Christ is sufficient to obtain
there in front of the cross, saw how Jesus had cried out and died. forgiveness for you and your family? 002-269
“This man was really the Son of God!” he said. F Yes. 002-270
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After the Sabbath day was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother
of James, and Salome bought spices to go and anoint the body of Do you believe that the resurrection of Christ can give new life to you
Jesus. Very early Sunday morning, at sunrise, they went to the grave. and your family? 002-272
On the way they said to one another, “Who will roll away the stone F Yes. 002-273
for us from the entrance of the grave?” F No.
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Then they looked up and saw that the stone had already been rolled The risen Lord Jesus wants to give you new life. How long will this
back. So they entered the grave, where they saw a young man sitting new life last?
at the right, wearing a white robe — and they were filled with alarm.
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“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “I know you are looking for Jesus of

Nazareth, who was nailed to the cross. He is not here — he has 002-275
been raised!” (Mark 14:53, Mark 14:61-64, Mark 15:22-24,
Mark 15:33-39, Mark 16:1-6) LEARN BY HEART
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“He who believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does
Suddenly the Lord himself stood among them and said to them, not believe will be condemned.”
“Peace be with you.” Full of fear and terror, they thought that they (Mark 16:16)
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What did Paul and Silas tell the jailer that he must do in order to were seeing a ghost. But he said to them, “Why are you troubled?
be saved? Why are these doubts coming up in your minds? Look at my
hands and my feet and see that it is I, myself. Feel me, and you
will see, because a ghost doesn’t have flesh and bones, as you
can see I have.”
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Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to
What did the jailer and his family do after washing Paul and Silas’ them, “This is what is written: that the Messiah must suffer, and rise
wounds? from death on the third day, and that in his name the message about
repentance and the forgiveness of sins must be preached to all na-
tions, beginning in Jerusalem.” (Luke 24:36-39, Luke 24:45-47)
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What did Jesus Christ do to save us?

Who condemned the Lord Jesus?
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What did Jesus do on the third day (after his crucifixion)?

Why was the High Priest angry with Jesus?
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What happened the third day? What did Paul and Silas do while they were in the jail?
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How did the Lord convince his disciples that it really was He, and not Why did the prisoners’ chains fall off?
a ghost that they saw after the resurrection?
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What did the jailer attempt to do to himself?
Christ himself carried our sins in his body to the cross, so that we
might die to sin and live for righteousness. By his wounds you have
been healed. (1 Peter 2:24) 002-263
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What did the jailer ask Paul and Silas, after bringing them out of
Which is the only sacrifice that brings us forgiveness? the jail?
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Then he led them out and asked, “What must I do, sirs, to be saved?” Do you and your family want to receive forgiveness of your sins and
“Believe in the Lord Jesus,” they said, “and you will be saved - you salvation, through the death and resurrection of the Lord? 002-159
and your family.” F Yes. 002-160
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Then they preached the word of the Lord to him and to all the others
in his house. At that very hour of the night the jailer took them and LEARN BY HEART
washed their wounds; and he and all his family were baptized at once. 002-162
He took Paul and Silas up into his house and gave them some food to “For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son,
eat. He and his family were filled with joy, because he now believed so that every one who believes in him may not die, but have
in God. (Acts 16:16-34) eternal life.” (John 3:16)
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The apostle Paul cast out the evil spirit from the girl. In whose name
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did he order it to leave?
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___________________________ • In prayer, ask God to forgive your sins, in the name of the only
Savior, Jesus Christ.
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Why were Paul and Silas put into jail?

• Tell your family about the trial, death and resurrection of Jesus.
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off Paul and Silas, and ordered them to be whipped. After a severe
beating they were thrown into jail, and the jailer was ordered to lock
them up tight. Upon receiving this order, the jailer threw them into the
inner cell and fastened their feet between heavy blocks of wood.
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About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to
God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there
was a violent earthquake, which shook the prison to its foundations.
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At once all the doors opened and the chains fell off all the prisoners.
The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open he
thought that all the prisoners had escaped; so he pulled out his sword
and was about to kill himself. But Paul shouted at the top of his
voice, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!”
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The jailer called for a light, rushed in, and fell trembling at the feet of
Paul and Silas.
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One day as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl who
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had an evil spirit in her that made her predict the future met us. She
earned much money for her owners by telling fortunes. She followed
Paul and us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High
God! They announce to you how you can be saved!”
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She did this for many days, until Paul became so upset that he turned
around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I order you
to come out of her!” The spirit went out of her that very moment.
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When her owners realized that their chance of making money was
gone, they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them to the authorities
in the public square. They brought them before the Roman officials
and said, “These men are Jews, and they are causing trouble in our
city. They are teaching customs that are against our law; we are
Romans and cannot accept or practice them.”
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The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law started grumbling, “This
man welcomes outcasts and even eats with them!”
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So Jesus told them this parable, “Suppose one of you has a hundred
sheep and loses one of them - what does he do? He leaves the other
ninety-nine sheep in the pasture and goes looking for the one that got
lost until he finds it.”
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“In the same way, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one
sinner who repents than over ninety-nine respectable people who do
not need to repent.”
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Jesus went on to say, “There was a man who had two sons. The
younger one said to him, ‘Father, give me now my share of the
property.’ So the man divided the property between his two sons.”
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LEARN BY HEART After a few days the younger son sold his part of the property and left
002-238 home with the money. He went to a country far away, where he
“Here is some water. What is to keep me from being baptized?” wasted his money in reckless living. He spent everything he had.
(Acts 8:36) Then a severe famine spread over that country, and he was left
002-240 without a thing. So he went to work for one of the citizens of that
country, who sent him out to his farm to take care of the pigs. He
wished he could fill himself with the bean pods the pigs ate, but no
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one gave him anything to eat.
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• Explain the meaning of baptism to your family (our sins are
forgiven, and we are united with Christ - dying to a life of sin,
At last he came to his senses and said, “All my father’s hired workers
and rising to begin a new, holy and eternal life in Him).
have more then they can eat, and here I am, about to starve! I will
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get up and go to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against
God and against you. I am no longer fit to be called your son; treat
• Tell your family about Philip and the Ethiopian.
me as one of your hired workers.” So he got up and started back to
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his father.
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He was still a long way from home when his father saw him; his heart
was filled with pity and he ran, threw his arms around his son, and
kissed him. “Father,” the son said, “I have sinned against God and
Study and Practical Work Done against you. I am no longer fit to be called your son.”
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But the father called his servants. “Hurry!” he said. “Bring the best Why does God not send us to hell, if we have believed in Christ?
robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet.
Then go get the prize calf and kill it, and let us celebrate with a feast!
Because this son of mine was dead, but now he is alive; he was lost,
but now he has been found.” And so the feasting began.
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The older son was so angry that he would not go into the house; so Colossians 2:12 says: “For when you were baptized, you were
his father came out and begged him to come in. “Look” he answered buried with Christ, and through baptism you were also raised
back to his father, “all these years I have worked like a slave for you, with Christ through your faith in the active power of God, who
and I have never disobeyed your orders. What have you given me? raised him from death.”
Not even a goat for me to have a feast with my friends! But this son 002-232
of yours wasted all your property on prostitutes, and when he comes
back home you kill the prize calf for him!” Baptism has two aspects: the physical (the water), and the spiritual
002-182 (the work of the Holy Spirit). We are united to Christ by the Spirit of
God, through our faith.
“My son” the father answered, “you are always here with me and 002-233
everything that I have is yours. But we had to have a feast and be
happy, because your brother was dead, but now he is alive; he was Who unites us with Jesus? The _____________ Spirit.
lost, but now he is found.” 002-234
(Luke 15:1-4, Luke 15:7, Luke 15:11-24, Luke 15:28-32)
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F Yes. 002-236
What did the younger son do wrong? F No.
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F Yes. 002-186
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How did the Ethiopian show that he really had believed? The son sincerely repented of his sins. Do you acknowledge that all
mankind are sinners (that is, that everyone has failed or offended God
in some way)? 002-188
F Yes. 002-189
F No.
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Baptism means that we are united with the Lord Jesus Christ in his The younger son represents the sinful man who repents. Whom does
death, and resurrection. We die to a life of sin, and begin a new life, his father represent?
holy and eternal.
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Who gives us this life? __________________________________
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F Yes. 002-193
Baptism stands for the washing away of our sins. The water itself F No.
does not take away sin. In 1 John 1:7 we read: “the blood of Jesus, 002-194
his Son, makes us clean from every sin.”
002-229 If you are truly repentant, will your Heavenly Father forgive you?
F Yes. 002-196
What is the only thing that takes away sin? ___________________ F No.
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The elder son represents religious people who look down on the He was humiliated, and justice was denied him. No one will be able
newly converted. They think that they are the only ones who merit to tell about his descendants, because his life on earth has come to an
God’s favor. But Jesus said that there is joy in heaven when a sinner end.” The official said to Philip, “Tell me, of whom is the prophet
is converted. saying this? Of himself or of someone else?”
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When will God rejoice about you? Philip began to speak; starting from this very passage of Scripture,
he told him the Good News about Jesus. As they traveled down
the road they came to a place where there was some water, and
002-199 the official said, “Here is some water. What is to keep me from
being baptized?”
What did the Lord Jesus do to save us? 002-222
The official ordered the carriage to stop; and both of them, Philip
002-200 and the official, went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.
(Acts 8:27-38)
Jesus died and rose again to save us. When we receive Him by faith, 002-223
the Holy Spirit of God enters our hearts. He helps us to repent. Do
you need this permanent change in your life? 002-201 In the passage that the Ethiopian was reading, who was being taken
F Yes. 002-202 as a sheep to be slaughtered?
F No.
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BURIED WITH CHRIST IN BAPTISM According to the Bible, faith is worth nothing unless it produces good
002-216 works. Who helps us in this great change? 002-204
...So Philip got ready and went. Now an Ethiopian eunuch was on
his way home. This man was an important official in charge of the The Spirit of _________________.
treasury of the Queen, or Candace, of Ethiopia. He had been to 002-205
Jerusalem to worship God, and was going back in his carriage. As he

rode along he was reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. LEARN BY HEART
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“Turn away from your sins, each one of you, and be baptized in
The Holy Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and stay close to that car- the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins will be forgiven; and
riage.” Philip ran over and heard him reading from the book of the you will receive God’s gift, the Holy Spirit.” (Acts 2:38)
prophet Isaiah; so he asked him, “Do you understand what you are 002-206-1b 002-207
reading?”
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“How can I understand,” the official replied, “unless someone
• In prayer, ask God to fill you with his Spirit, changing your life
explains it to me.” and renewing your mind.
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And he invited Philip to climb up and sit in the carriage with him. The
• Tell your family the story of the prodigal son.
passage of Scripture that he was reading was this, “He was like a 002-210
sheep that is taken to be slaughtered; He was like a lamb that makes
no sound when its wool is cut off; he did not say a word. Study and Practical Work Done
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What did Jesus Christ do to save us?

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