Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Four Reasons For The Gospel Study Guide.

1.  Children aren’t born knowing the Gospel.

    There is nothing automatic about the process of a person coming to understand and believe.

     Teaching and learning have to happen.  Your child’s sport team has scheduled practices. They set a time and place and begin to learn the basics.  You may have already said, “let’s go to the backyard.  I'll show you how to kick a ball or swing a bat.”   In the same way, you can set a time and place and begin to teach your child the lessons of faith that can lead them to their own relationship with God.
 

2.  You need a plan and a tool that will work TODAY.

    You are busy, busy.  You don’t have time to create a plan or invent and build a tool. You need something that’s ready to go, straight out of the box.   Once the Gospel Study Guide and a Bible are in your hands, there is no preparation necessary.  Find Session One and start.  It’s really that simple.

3.   Understanding builds over time.

    Very, very few of us “get it” the first time we are shown anything.

   We need multiple exposures to an idea.  We need to hear it and then hear it again.  Repetition and review are built into the Gospel Study Guide.  Over time, understanding deepens.

4.    The Word of God is powerful. 

      The Holy Spirit has always used the Word to bring about saving faith.   “Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.”  Romans 10:17     The Gospel Study Guide leads your children and teens into Scriptures that teach the big truths about our sin, God’s grace, and the work of Jesus.

Want to know more?

Email me at clark956@hotmail.com.  Or, if you are local, come this Sunday, Sept. 25 at 6:00 PM to Faith Baptist in Tioga.   You can see the Guide for yourself.  I'll spend out about 45 minutes explaining the process, walking you through the Guide, and answering questions.