Mentor's Manual

142 For the Nex t Generat i on: The Urban Mi n i s t r y I ns t i tute ’ s Mentor Manua l

When you have completed your work in this module, we trust that you will be able to understand, articulate, and defend the truth that:

Objectives for Lesson 3 The Word That Converts

1. The Word that converts is synonymous with the good news of salvation by faith in Jesus Christ. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the Word that converts. 2. This potent Word effectively leads us to metanoia , that is, repentance from sin and a turning towards God in Jesus Christ. 3. This Word which works so effectively repentance ( metanoia ) to salvation, works with the same power to produce faith ( pistis ) in the believer. This faith saves, delivers, and rescues the believer from the penalty, power, and presence of sin. 4. The Word of God, once activated by repentance and faith, produces confirming signs of God’s forgiveness and the Holy Spirit’s power in the life of the believer. 5. Inwardly, the believer displays signs of new life in Jesus Christ including a knowledge of God as heavenly Father, a new experience of prayer, an openness to the Word of God, and a willingness to follow the inner leading of Jesus’ voice. 6. Outwardly, and in a corresponding way, the Word that converts produces outward signs including such things as an identification with the people of God, the display of a new Christlike character and lifestyle, a love for other believers, and a desire to see the lost won to Christ. After your reading, study, discussion, and application of the materials in this lesson, you will be able to understand, articulate, and defend the truth that: 1. The Word that effectively leads us to salvation and conversion also calls us to live as disciples of Jesus, obedient to his will. 2. This Word that calls us to discipleship demands that we make ourselves available to Jesus that we might love him supremely, above all other loves, including marriage and family, in such a way that we may serve him as Lord above all. 3. The call also asks us to embrace our new identity in Christ as aliens and sojourners in this world, those men and women who act and work as citizens of the Kingdom of God in the midst of the world, as representatives of Jesus. 4. The lifestyle of discipleship is demonstrated when we respond favorably to the call to live as sacrificial servants

Teaching Objectives for Capstone, by Module

Objectives for Lesson 4 The Word That Calls