CFC Singles for Christ

Christian Life Program

The Basic Truths About Christianity
TALK No. 1: GODS LOVE
GOAL : To communicate the truth that God loves us and has a lan for our !elfare"
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(" The situation in the !orld today"
A" There is serious disorder in the !orld today"
a" There is !ar" )Cite some of the current !ars going on*"
b" There is overty"
a" Starvation in different arts of the !orld"
b" Poor eole even in rich countries"
c" There is murder"
Particularly desicable is abortion+ resulting in the ,illing of millions of
unborn children"
d" There is social in-ustice"
A" On a ersonal level+ there is loneliness+ deression+ fear+ insecurity+ mistrust+
etc"
B" #veryone agrees that something ma-or is needed to correct the situation in
the !orld"
a" .an has made various efforts to imrove the !orld+ but their efforts are
not succeeding" For e/amle:
a" (n the field of medicine+ through the ultrasound techni0ue+ !e can
discover the se/ of a child before it is born" But some eole use this
technology to decide to ,ill the unborn child if found defective+ or if it is
not the desired se/"
.an cannot be comletely trusted to use God1s !isdom roerly"
b" (n food roduction+ !e have learned better and more roductive !ays
of increasing the yield of the land" But millions of eole are still
dying of malnutrition and starvation"
The human race has not learned to share God1s rovision !ith
their less fortunate members"
c" Some even roose solutions through man2made religions and other
ideologies" #/amles: T.+ .ar/ism+ and %e! Age"
b" .an is not succeeding because all these efforts are based on man1s
!isdom"
3hat is needed is God1s !isdom and !ays" (saiah 44:526"
((" 3hat is the !ay of God7 &oes God have a lan for bringing us out of our
confusion and disorder7
a" 8es9 The starting oint for understanding God1s lan is found in the story of
creation in Genesis"
:" Genesis ::;:" 3hat God creates is good"
The confusion and disorder is not in accordance !ith the lan of God"
<" Genesis ::<=" God created man in >is image"
The ugliness and sin in the lives of eole today are not in
accordance !ith God1s !ill"
;" Genesis ;:526" .an is meant for friendshi !ith God"
The disrution in our relationshi !ith God is our doing+ and is not as
God intends"
b" >o!ever+ things did not turn out according to God1s lan" Original sin entered
the icture" And from then on+ man continued to turn against God and >is
!ays"
c" But still+ even if God unished man+ God did not abandon him"
:" God unished Adam and #ve !hen they sinned+ yet God e/tended to
them a gesture of grace: >e gave them clothing )Genesis ;:<:* and even
romised that the offsring of the !oman !ill crush the head of the
serent )Genesis ;::4*"
<" God unished Cain for murdering his brother Abel+ yet >e gave Cain a
mar, to rotect him from being ,illed on sight )Genesis ?::4*"
;" Further on in Genesis )Genesis @ ff"*+ !e read about the !ic,edness of
man in the time of %oah" God sent a flood to eradicate the evil on earth+
yet >e had comassion" >e directed %oah to build an ar, that !ould
deliver the righteous from death"
?" Still further in Genesis )Genesis ::::26*+ the !ic,edness of man
continued to rovo,e the !rath of God+ illustrated by the building of the
to!er of Babel" But this incident of the to!er of Babel is immediately
follo!ed by the story of Abraham )Genesis :<*+ !hich is the beginning of
the great restoration that Aesus !as to bring"
d" From these accounts+ !e can see ho! God loves the human race+ ho! God
!ould not leave man alone to his fate"
:" God is neither indifferent nor distant" God is someone !ho loves us and
is interested in having a ersonal relationshi !ith us" >e is interested in
the details of our daily lives"
(saiah ?5::=" Aeremiah <6:::"
:" (n fact+ God !ants to bring us all bac, to >imself+ to restore our fello!shi
and intimacy !ith him" #hesians ::62:B"
<" This is God1s lan9 (t is an e/ression of >is love"
God does not !ant us to live lives of ain+ overty+ or in-ustice" God
!ants the !orld to be a lace of eace+ -ustice and hainess" A
lace in !hich >e !ould reign9
(((" >o! can God1s lan haen7
a" 3hen !e loo, at the !orld around us+ it seems imossible"
b" Again+ !e need to turn to God1s !isdom" 3e need God1s oint of vie!" 3hat
does God say about life1s realities7
:" The Bible tells us about the reality of Satan" #hesians @::<"
a" 3e are not -ust confronted !ith articular !rongs in society or in
ourselves" Behind all these is something bigger" Satan is
orchestrating these evils"
b" On our o!n+ !e cannot overcome Satan"
:" God also says that our human efforts aart from >im !ill rove useless"
Aohn :4:4"
On our o!n strength+ !e cannot overcome the challenges in our
Christian life"
c" So !hat is the solution7 Aesus Christ9
:" Christ is the ans!er"
a" >e is a siritual being more o!erful than Satan"
b" >e is the vine from !hich !e dra! life+ strength and o!er"
:" (n fact+ Christ is the fullness of God1s love" Aohn ;::@"
d" Thus+ in Aesus !e e/erience the love of God" And in Aesus+ God1s lan for
restoration can begin to haen"
(C" 3hat do !e need to do7
a" 3e need to simly accet Aesus as Lord and Savior" Domans :B:6"
:" 3hat this means !ill become clearer as !e move on in this CLP"
<" But for no!+ !hat is imortant to ,no! is simly this:
a" God loves us"
b" God sent Aesus >is o!n Son"
c" (n Aesus !e are saved and restored to our relationshi !ith God+ !ith
the fullness of life >e intended"
b" So God has done >is art" (t is no! our move"
:" The choice is ours: to live under the dominion of dar,ness+ a life of
slavery under Satan+ or to live in the ,ingdom of God+ a life of freedom+
dignity+ eace and hainess"
<" Let us accet Aesus and the salvation that he brings" Let us begin to truly
e/erience God1s love"
C" A Final 3ord
a" 3hen Aesus so,e to his disciles+ some !ere turned off )Aohn @:@B*" They
could not accet the truths Aesus revealed to them and they left )Aohn @:@@*"
Aesus turned to the other disciles and as,ed if they !ere going to leave too"
They stayed"
b" 8ou too !ill be confronted !ith the basic truths of the gosel of Aesus" Some
of you may find difficulty acceting them" Some eole do"
:" Some say the devil is ure imagination+ some silly suerstition" %ot so"
<" Some say sin !as -ust a concoction of a rigid Cictorian era+ and that in
today1s liberal vie!s there are no more sins"
(f there are no more sins+ then !ho needs a savior7 3ho needs
Aesus7 >e came for nothing"
;" Some even 0uestion the divinity of Aesus Christ" (s Aesus really God7
For the ans!er+ come bac, ne/t !ee,"
c" The choice is given to each of you"
:" 3ill you continue to investigate ho! God1s lan can !or, in your life7 3ill
you continue to e/lore+ along !ith us+ ho! God1s love can ma,e a
difference in your life7
<" Or !ill you -ust !al, a!ay li,e the disciles !ho left Aesus7
;" ( hoe that -ust li,e Simon Peter you !ill say: ELord+ to !hom shall !e go7
8ou have the !ords of eternal lifeE )Aohn @:@5*"
CFC Singles for Christ
Christian Life Program
Particiants Outline
TALK No. 1: GOD'S LOVE
Brief Outline
(" The situation in the !orld today"
a" Serious disorder in society: !ar+ overty+ murder+ etc"
b" On a ersonal level: loneliness+ deression+ fear+ etc"
c" .an ma,es various efforts to imrove the !orld but is not succeeding because these
are not based on God1s !isdom"
((" God has a lan for bringing us out of confusion and disorder"
a" God is interested in our lives"
b" God !ants to restore our fello!shi and intimacy !ith >im"
(((" 3e need God1s oint of vie!"
a" Satan is real and is behind the evils in the !orld"
b" On our o!n strength+ !e cannot overcome the challenges in our Christian life"
(C" Aesus Christ is the ans!er"
a" Aesus is the fullness of God1s love"
b" (n Aesus+ God1s lan for restoration can begin to haen in our lives"
c" 3e need simly to accet Aesus as Lord and Savior"
&iscussion Starter
:" Share !ith one another ho! you came to the Christian Life Program and !hat you e/ect or
see, to e/erience" Start !ith a brief introduction about your life"
<" Share about ho! you have ersonally e/erienced God1s love"
Scritures for &aily Prayer
&ay : (saiah 44:526 &ay 4 #hesians ::=2:B
< (saiah ?5::=2:6 @ Aohn ;::@2:5
; Aeremiah <6:::2:? = Domans :B:62:;
? Aohn :4:?2=
The Challenge
God has loved you !ith an eternal love" The ultimate manifestation of this love !as sending
God1s o!n Son to suffer and die for you" 3ill you oen your heart to receive the fullness of >is
love7 3ill you oen your mind to e/lore the richness of God1s lan for you through the rest of
the Christian Life Program7