It Is Written Bible Study Guides

Lesson 4 Hope for a Planet in Crisis – Answers

1. How did sin enter the world?

And war broke out in heaven.

2. After he was evicted from heaven, where did Satan carry forward his rebellion against God?

And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”

3. What was the result of Eve choosing to sin?

Your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear.

4. How did sin affect Adam and Eve’s descendants?

The wages of sin is death.

5. How can a person escape the consequences of sin?

The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

6. How may a person receive the gift of everlasting life through Jesus Christ?

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

7. But can receiving everlasting life be so simple? What if I don’t
deserve to receive eternal life?

For by grace you have been saved through faith.

8. What is faith?

Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed.

9. How do I receive forgiveness for my sins?

Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out.

10. Is it necessary to confess our sins to God?

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

11. After being forgiven for my sins, how can I live the life God wants me to live?

Therefore submit to God.

12. Can I repent of my sins and confess them to God with confidence that He will accept me?

The one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.

13. Having received the gift of eternal life, how can I now live a life that is pleasing in the sight of God?

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

14. Will there be challenges in my relationship with God?

For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head.