1. What is the key word (representing the main thought) in Revelation 3:21 that pertains specifically to this lesson?
2. According to 2 Peter 1:3, what do we possess within the Bible that can help us overcome a sinful past??
3. According to 1 Corinthians 15:54, what does “death” represent for faithful Christian?
4. What important point is contained in 1 John 4:4 that can help every Christian overcome a sinful past?
5. What three things, according to Revelation 12:11, helped first-century Christians overcome the things with which they were dealing in their lives?
6. What two opposing contrasts are found in the statement from Genesis 4:7 that God made to Cain after he had murdered his brother Abel?
7. According to Romans 3:23, “all have sinned.” What does that say about each one of us?
8. If a person says that he does not sin, what, according to 1 John 1:7-10, does that make him?
9. This lesson uses the account of the prodigal son in Luke 15 to make the point that there are two important lessons to be learned from a life of past sin. What are those lessons?
10. What was wrong with the people mentioned in Jeremiah 6:15?
11. This lesson spends considerable time on the point that we must deal with sin in a God-approved way. According to the points made in that section of this lesson, what is the God-approved way of dealing with sin?
12. Acts 2:21 teaches us that to be saved we must call on the name of the Lord.” How, according to Acts 22:16, does a person do that?
13. What terrible mistake did Felix make in Acts 24 that we must be careful not to make?
14. What important point does Proverbs 13:15 teach us?
15. What important point do we find the apostle Paul making in Philippians 3:13-14 regarding past sin?
16. According to 1 Samuel 26:21, what first step must a person take in order to eventually rid himself of past sin?
17. What important (and comforting) point is found in Romans 6:17-18 that deals with past sins in a person’s life?
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