Matthew 10:32-33
"Whoever acknowledges me before men,
I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. 33But
whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father
in heaven."
* What does it
mean to "acknowledge" someone?
* What does it mean to "acknowledge" Jesus before men?
* Why is acknowledging Christ so important according to this
passage?
1 John 4:15
"If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is
the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God."
* What does this passage
teach us about what happens when a person acknowledges his/her
faith in Jesus?
Romans 10:9-11
"That if you confess with your mouth,
"Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God
raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For it
is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is
with your mouth that you confess and are saved."
* What does
this passage teach us about the importance of confessing our
faith?
John 12:42-43
"Yet at the same time many even among
the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they
would not confess their faith for fear they would be put out of
the synagogue; 43for they loved praise from men more
than praise from God."
* What does this passage
teach us about why many people never live lives acknowledging
before men their faith in Jesus?
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