Relationships of the Believer LESSON EIGHT – CLEAN/UNCLEAN Lesson Goal: Our goal in this lesson is to better understand from Allah’s perspective what clean and unclean really means. Introduction: In our daily lives we can put our emphasis on externals or on internals. Thus, the person who focuses on externals will, when being introduced…
Relationships of the Believer LESSON SEVEN – TRUE WORSHIP Lesson Goal: Our goal in this lesson is to better understand from Scripture what true God-pleasing worship is. 1. Read Amos 5:21-24–“I hate, I despise your religious feasts; I cannot stand your assemblies. 22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I…
Relationships of the Believer LESSON SIX – PRAYER Lesson Goal: Our goal in this lesson is to better understand the characteristics of God-pleasing prayer and the conditions to be met in order to see our prayers answered. Introduction: Prayers are made up of many different elements and any one prayer can contain several such elements.…
Relationships of the Believer LESSON FIVE – THE HOLY SPIRIT Lesson Goal: Our goal in this lesson is to better understand who the Holy Spirit is, what his characteristics are, and what he desires to do in our lives. 1. When and how the Holy Spirit came. a. Read John 7:39–By this he meant…
Relationships of the Believer LESSON FOUR – THE LORDSHIP OF ISA AL-MASIH Lesson Goal: The goal of this lesson is to understand both how Isa became Lord and whose Lord he is. 1. All creation was made through Allah’s living Word, Isa al-Masih, and is preserved by him. a. Read John 1:1-3,14–In the beginning…
Relationships of the Believer LESSON THREE – REPENTANCE Lesson Goal: The goal of this lesson is to understand what true repentance is and how and why it is carried out. Introduction: When Allah first created man, he gave him both wisdom and intelligence in order to do what was right. Also, in order that man…
Relationships of the Believer LESSON TWO – LAW AND GRACE Lesson Goal: The goal of this lesson is to understand the difference between law and grace. Instructions: Read carefully the verses given below and answer the questions on the basis of the information from the verses. 1. Read 1 Peter 3:18–For al-Masih died for…
Relationships of the Believer Lesson One — The Word of Allah and the Fables of Men Lesson Goal: Our goal in this lesson is to understand clearly the difference between the stories people tell and the Word of Allah. Instructions: Read carefully the verses given below and answer the questions on the basis of the…
The Way of Truth Study 13: Results of Accepting or Rejecting We saw in the last lesson how someone can become a disciple of ‘Isa al-Masih. We also looked briefly at the results of becoming his disciple. In this, the last study of this course, we will be examining what the fate of those who…
The Way of Truth Study 12: becoming a child of Allah We are nearing the end of this course and come now to the most important material we shall cover. Through our study of Allah’s word we have learned much. We have seen how sin first entered the world and the human race. We saw…