Lesson 10: Covenant & Soldiership Ready: Before this week’s lesson, CLICK: Read before Lesson 10: Covenant & Soldiership | *You may also choose to download and PRINT hard-copies- Lesson 10-Reading Handout Leader: Tonight is an important night. *To create a joyful sense of community and set a tone of celebration host a potluck, a meal, potato-taco-pasta, dessert orContinue reading “LESSON 10: Covenant & Soldiership”
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LESSON 9: FOREVER is a long, long time!
Doctrine 11: Forever is a long, long time We believe in the immortality of the soul; in the resurrection of the body; in the general judgment at the end of the world; in the eternal happiness of the righteous; and in the endless punishment of the wicked. Ready: Read before you meet for Lesson 9: CLICKContinue reading “LESSON 9: FOREVER is a long, long time!”
LESSON 8: Holy, Holy HOLINESS?
Doctrine 10: Holy, Holy Holiness We believe that it is the privilege of all believers to be “wholly sanctified”, and that their “whole spirit and soul and body” may “be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Ready: Read before this week’s lesson. Click this link: Read before Lesson 8: Holy, Holy, HOLINESS?Continue reading “LESSON 8: Holy, Holy HOLINESS?”
LESSON 7: HOLD onto Faith!
Doctrines 8 & 9: HOLD onto Faith! We believe that we are justified by grace, through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ; and that he that believeth has the witness in himself. We believe that continuance in a state of salvation depends upon continued obedient faith in Christ. Ready: Read before this week’s lesson. Link: ReadContinue reading “LESSON 7: HOLD onto Faith!”
Lesson 6: Jesus SAVES!
Lesson 6: Doctrines 6 & 7 Jesus SAVES! Doctrine 6: We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ has by His suffering and death made atonement for the whole world, so that whosoever will may be saved. Doctrine 7: We believe that repentance toward God, faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and regeneration by the Holy SpiritContinue reading “Lesson 6: Jesus SAVES!”
LESSON 5: SIN Begins!
Lesson 5: The SIN Problem We believe that our first parents were created in a state of innocency, but by their disobedience they lost their purity and happiness, and that in consequence of their fall all men have become sinners, totally depraved, and as such are justly exposed to the wrath of God. READY: UsingContinue reading “LESSON 5: SIN Begins!”
LESSON 4: In Search of Jesus
Lesson 4: In Search of Jesus Doctrine 4: We believe that in the person of Jesus Christ the Divine and human natures are united so that he is truly and properly God and truly and properly man. Ready: Using a marker- “highlight” or underline any words or sentences in the reading that stand out toContinue reading “LESSON 4: In Search of Jesus”
LESSON 1: The Word & Salvation Army beginnings
THE WORD: Doctrine 1 We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by inspiration of God, and that they only constitute the Divine rule of Christian faith and practice. Ready: Read before Lesson 1: The Word. and “The Call to Salvationists” (included in this link) *OR Print out hardcopy: Lesson 1-Reading handoutContinue reading “LESSON 1: The Word & Salvation Army beginnings”
LESSON 2: One God
Lesson 2: One God We believe that there is only one God, who is infinitely perfect, the Creator, Preserver, and Governor of all things, and who is the only proper object of religious worship. Ready: Read before Lesson 2: God. CLICK on the link. *OR Print out hardcopy: Lesson 2-Reading Handout Watch before Lesson 2- Optional:Continue reading “LESSON 2: One God”
LESSON 3: 1+1+1=1? The Trinity
Lesson #3: 1+1+1=1? The Trinity We believe that there are three persons in the Godhead; the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, undivided in essence and co-equal in power and glory. Ready: Wk.#3: Read before Lesson 3: 1+1+1=1? | armyofcompassion. If you would like to print out a hardcopy-download here: Lesson 3-Reading Handout Set *Let’sContinue reading “LESSON 3: 1+1+1=1? The Trinity”
The Soldier’s Covenant Articles of War
Articles of War (Promises made when becoming a soldier in The Salvation Army) A SOLDIER’S COVENANT HAVING accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior and Lord, and desiring to fulfill my membership of His Church on earth as a soldier of The Salvation Army, I now by God’s grace enter into a sacred covenant. I believeContinue reading “The Soldier’s Covenant Articles of War”
Symbols of TSA – CK ME OUT with Lesson 1
Our Symbols The Red Shield The Red Shield is an internationally recognized symbol of Salvation Army service to those in need. At the turn of the century, one of the symbols of The Salvation Army was a silver shield with the words ‘Salvation Army’ emblazoned across it. The shield was worn as a badge byContinue reading “Symbols of TSA – CK ME OUT with Lesson 1”