Key Thought: Old Covenant, new covenant: Jesus paid the debt owed by the law, so that we can stand righteous in the sight of God.

Prepared by William Earnhardt, June 19, 2021

1. Have a volunteer read I Peter 1:18,19.

1. Ask class members to share what is the main idea of this text?
2. What are we ransomed from? Who are we ransomed to?
3. Personal Application: What has the blood of Jesus ransomed you from?
4. Case Study: Your coworker asks you how to know if you are saved or not. How do you respond? Do you have a Bible study presentation to lead someone to accept Jesus and salvation? Please see Salvation in Light of the Cross.

2. Have a volunteer read Genesis 15:6.

1. Ask class members to share what is the main idea of this text?
2. What did Abraham do to show that He believed the Lord and had faith? See also Genesis 26:5
3. Personal Application: Abraham’s faith was tested in Genesis 22. How has your faith been tested?
4. Case Study: One of your friends says there is no reason to obey God since we are saved by just believing. How do you respond to your friend? Hint: James 2:14-26.

3. Have a volunteer read Leviticus 7:18, 17:1-4.

1. Ask class members what the main idea of these passages are?
2. How is the idea of reckoning expressed in the context of these sacrifices?
3. Personal Application: Knowing that Jesus accepts us with our faults how should that effect our attitude towards one another? See Colossians 3:13.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives says they don’t feel forgiven even after they ask God to forgive them. How do you respond?

4. Have a volunteer read Galatians 3:11.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. Why is no man justified by the law in the sight of God? By the way it is important to point out no one was ever justified by the law in the Old Testament as well as the New Testament. While we have the law in both Old and New Testaments the law itself never saved anyone in both Testaments. See Romans 3:28-31.
3. Personal Application: How do you know if your faith is a live faith or a dead faith?
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).