20 Steps to Repentance
First position: Man in God’s presence.
- Who is God? (1John 4:8 John 1:1-3)
- Why did God create man? (Gen. 1:26-28 Psalms 8:4-9)
- What was man’s situation and status in the presence of God? Gen. 2:9-15 1:31)
- Why did God create man free? (Gen. 2:16-17 30:19)
Questions:
- Where is heaven?
- Why did God create man?
- When God created man did He want him to live in misery?
- Is man in that first position with God today?
- Why is man living in so much pain and misery?
Second position: Man apart from God.
- Man’s pride and self sufficiency was the cause of his separation from God. (Gen. 3:6)
- What was the consequence of man’s separation from God? (Num. 23:19 2:17 Gen. 3:7-13,23)
- What is the meaning of sin? (Matt.15:17-20 5:21-22 and 27-28 1John 1:10 Romans 3:23)
- Man’s effort to reach God through works and religion. (Isaiah 64:6 James 4:17 James 1:23-25 James 2:10 Romans 6:23)
Questions:
- Do you see the root of man’s problems today?
- Do you agree that all of us are sinners compared to God?
- Do you agree that you and I deserve to be separated from God eternally?
- Do you agree that good works and religion are not means to get us back in to God’s presence?
Third Position: God’s plan for man.
- What did God do for man’s salvation? (Gen.3:15 Isaiah 12:2)
- God used prophets and Scripture to proclaim his coming for our salvation. (Isaiah 45:5,17 Isaiah 25:9 Isaiah 40:3 Isaiah 40:9-11)
- God became flesh. (Isaiah 7:14 Isaiah 9:6 Malachi 3:1 John 1:1,14)
- God took flesh and sacrificed Himself on the cross to pay for our sins.(Psalms 22 Isaiah 53 John 1:29 Romans 5:8)
Questions:
- Can you feel God’s fatherly love?
- Is it clear now why God had to take flesh and come to earth?
- Is the meaning of Son of Man clear to you now?
Fourth Position: Man returns into God’s presence.
- What is the result of what God did on the cross in our lives today? Eph. 1:13.
- What are the results of our faith? (Fruit of the Spirit Gal. 5:22
New life 2Cor. 5:17, having a personal relationship with our heavenly father John 1:12 and Rev.3:20)
- What does believing mean? God’s grace Eph. 2:8-9. How to be
Saved Rom.10:9-13.
- Invitation to pray the sinner’s prayer.
Questions:
- What did you just do?
- Do you believe that now you are a child of God?