Key Thought: Crucial to the gospel is repentance: acknowledging our sin, being sorry for it, and ultimately turning away from it. Repentance is a central part of our Christian existence.
November 27, 2021

1. Have a volunteer read Deuteronomy 4:25-31.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What did the Lord say that the people would do after they had been in the land promised them?
3. Personal Application: How is repentance, in reality, a return unto God? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “Why would God warn people about idol worship, which they then did anyway, and then offer to forgive them? Shouldn’t He be looking for a more faithful people?” How would you respond to your friend?

2. Have a volunteer read Deuteronomy 30:1-10.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What was required in returning to God in repentance?
3. Personal Application: Is the act of repentance what makes us right with God? What is the only way we can be right with God? Share your thoughts
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “What is the difference between being sorry for the consequences of our sins, and being sorry for the sins themselves?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Matthew 3:1-8.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. What is John telling the people to do that reflects what is found in Deuteronomy?
3. Personal Application: Why wasn’t Judas’ actions of sorrow and throwing the thirty pieces of silver down not regarded as true repentance of sin? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states: “Why did John refer to the Scribes and Pharisees the way he did? Didn’t he want them to truly repent? Why was he so hard with them?“ How would you respond to your relative?

4. Have a volunteer read Deuteronomy 5:22-29.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. Mi-yitten is the question, “Who will give?” What does it mean that the word “Oh” comes from Mi-yitten in verse 29.
3. Personal Application: What are some choices you are going to face in the next few days? How can you learn to surrender to God to make the right choices? Share your thoughts.
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).

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