First Principles · Pilot Edition · Study 7 of 11
A self-guided Bible study. Read the passages for yourself, then write down your own answers, questions and conclusions.
Day 1
• 2 Corinthians 5:14-21 - Read NIV on YouVersion
1. What does Christ's love compel people to do?
2. Who should a person live for?
3. What is described as new?
4. What does reconciliation mean?
What currently motivates my choices? What might change if Christ's love became my reason for how I live?
Day 2
• Luke 3:7-14 - Read NIV on YouVersion
1. What does John demand?
2. What does he mean by 'fruit'?
3. What practical changes does he suggest?
4. What does this tell you about repentance?
What practical change would show repentance in my own circumstances? What first step could I take?
Day 3
• Luke 13:1-9 - Read NIV on YouVersion
1. What warning does Jesus repeat?
2. What does the fig-tree story add?
3. Why is fruit important?
4. What might fruit look like in a changed life?
Where would I hope to see fruit in my life? What needs attention for that change to begin?
Day 4
• Acts 26:15-21 - Read NIV on YouVersion
1. What mission does Jesus give Paul?
2. What contrasts do you notice - darkness/light, Satan/God?
3. What does 'turn' involve?
4. What does Paul say should demonstrate repentance?
What do I need to turn from, and what would turning towards God look like in that area?
Day 5
• 2 Corinthians 7:8-11 - Read NIV on YouVersion
1. What two kinds of sorrow does Paul describe?
2. How are their results different?
3. What does godly sorrow produce?
4. Why isn't feeling guilty necessarily the same as repenting?
When I feel sorry for wrongdoing, what usually follows? What would help me move from regret to a changed response?
Day 6
• 2 Timothy 2:24-26 - Read NIV on YouVersion
1. Who grants repentance?
2. What does repentance lead to?
3. What picture of captivity and freedom appears here?
Where do I need God's help to change? How could I ask for that help and respond to it?
Day 7
• Acts 2:36-38 - Read NIV on YouVersion
1. Based on this week's passages, how would you define repentance?
2. How is it different from regret?
3. What produces it?
4. What should follow it?
5. Is there anything you believe you personally need to turn from or turn towards?
What next step would put my understanding of repentance into practice? What support might help me follow through?