Read 1 John 5:11-21 and pages 83-86 of A.S.K.
Questions from the Bible reading
1. What does John mean by the word “testimony”? (v11)
2. What do we need to have eternal life? (v12)
3. What is the Son of God’s human name and why is it important to know him in that way? (v13)
4. When we pray what should our prayers match up with? (v14-15)
5. What do you think John might mean by a “sin which leads to death”? (v16-17)
6. When will the evil one finally be stopped and Christians finally no longer sin? (v18-19)
7. What are all the different ways that John describes the Son of God? (v20)
8. Draw a picture, or write a description, of those who worship idols. (v21)
Questions from the book
1. How is what the Bible tells us to do very different from most other religions?
2. Why is trusting our good lives to bring us to heaven such a problem?
3. How do we know that all true Christians will get safely through to eternal life?
4. What does the doctrine of the “perseverance of the saints” teach us?
5. What do you think a persons means if they say they accept Jesus as Saviour but not as Lord?
6. Write a prayer in which someone asks Jesus to save them and then help them to persevere through doubts and fears.
Questions to do at home
1. Ask a Christian you know to tell you how they first came to faith in Jesus.
2. Think about your reply to a friend who says to you, “Surely God should accept good people as they are”
3. What does John mean when says the whole world is under the control of the evil one?