Confirmed in the Confirmed in the FaithFaithLesson OneLesson One

What Is Confirmation?What Is Confirmation?

Confirmation Means:Confirmation Means:

Hebrews 5: 12-14Hebrews 5: 12-14 Mark 9:24Mark 9:24 Romans 7: 18-25Romans 7: 18-25

Hebrews 5: 12-14Hebrews 5: 12-14

What is Milk? What is Solid Food?What is Milk? What is Solid Food?

Who is the solid food for?Who is the solid food for?

What is your goal as a confirmation What is your goal as a confirmation student?student?

Infants To Adults—Spiritually Infants To Adults—Spiritually Mature.Mature.

Mark 9: 24Mark 9: 24

What is the situation here?What is the situation here?

The Man does believe, but what does he The Man does believe, but what does he admit about himself at the same time?admit about himself at the same time?

So what is possible to do with our So what is possible to do with our believing?believing?

Make Strong…Our BelievingMake Strong…Our Believing

Romans 7: 18-25

What is Paul showing us about his inner struggle?

Why is that battle taking place?

To whom does he flee?

What does Jesus do for his daily life?

Our Lord Jesus…Strengthens our Our Lord Jesus…Strengthens our Christian Lives…Christian Lives…

Confirmation Means….Confirmation Means….

StrengtheningStrengthening

Through our Confirmation Classes, Through our Confirmation Classes, we want to be…we want to be…

► StrengthenedStrengthened

We want to be strengthened in our We want to be strengthened in our Christian….Christian….• FaithFaith

• LifeLife

God’s Word:God’s Word:

II Timothy 3: 14-17II Timothy 3: 14-17

John 3:16John 3:16

John 14: 6John 14: 6

Acts 4: 12Acts 4: 12

II Timothy 3:14-17II Timothy 3:14-17

What can make you What can make you wise for salvation?wise for salvation?

To Whom does this To Whom does this scripture point?scripture point?

What is Scripture useful What is Scripture useful for?for?

John 3:16

What caused God to send his son Jesus?

For what purpose did he send his son Jesus?

What is the goal of Jesus’ work?

John 14: 6, Acts 4:12John 14: 6, Acts 4:12

Of what is Jesus the doorway?Of what is Jesus the doorway?

Can a person be saved through any Can a person be saved through any other way?other way?

What is it that points us to Jesus who is What is it that points us to Jesus who is the only way to salvation?the only way to salvation?

What is the Christian Faith?What is the Christian Faith?

• Trusting in or relying Trusting in or relying on Jesuson Jesus

The Christian faith (relying) on The Christian faith (relying) on Jesus…Jesus…

Is revealed in bible doctrine (teaching)Is revealed in bible doctrine (teaching)

Stresses the way of salvation (deliverance from Stresses the way of salvation (deliverance from sin and death)sin and death)

Is centered in Jesus Christ as the only Savior.Is centered in Jesus Christ as the only Savior.

The Christian Faith is revealed through the teaching of scripture…

The Christian Faith Stresses the The Christian Faith Stresses the way of Salvation…way of Salvation…

The Christian Faith is centered in The Christian Faith is centered in Jesus Christ as the only Savior…Jesus Christ as the only Savior…

The Christian Life…The Christian Life…

Living for JesusLiving for Jesus

Psalm 119:11, 105Psalm 119:11, 105

In verse 11, what does the writer hope to keep In verse 11, what does the writer hope to keep away from?away from?

How does he hope to avoid it? By doing what?How does he hope to avoid it? By doing what?

How does the word light the path?How does the word light the path?

A Lamp to my feet and a light for my A Lamp to my feet and a light for my path…is your word!path…is your word!

Living for Jesus: Is also revealed Living for Jesus: Is also revealed in….in….

Bible Doctrines/Bible Doctrines/ TeachingsTeachings

Ephesians 2:8-9, Luke 17: 12-19

How were we saved?

What is Grace?

Why did the Leper return? What had Jesus done for him and the others?

Living for Jesus is lived out of…Living for Jesus is lived out of…

Thankfulness

to Jesus

our Savior.

John 14:15John 14:15

How does one show love to another?How does one show love to another?

If we love Jesus, what will we do?If we love Jesus, what will we do?

Who does this also include?Who does this also include?

Living for Jesus is expressed…Living for Jesus is expressed…

By All Christians

Bible Study—creates trust and faithBible Study—creates trust and faith—living for Jesus out of —living for Jesus out of

thankfulness…thankfulness…

The Confirmation The Confirmation Ceremony:Ceremony:

Publicly announce:Publicly announce:

We have been strengthened We have been strengthened

(confirmed)in our Christian faith (confirmed)in our Christian faith

and life.and life.

Our solemn promise to remain Our solemn promise to remain

faithful to our Savior Jesus Christ.faithful to our Savior Jesus Christ.

Be Strengthened (Confirmed)Be Strengthened (Confirmed)

Make the Solemn promise to be Make the Solemn promise to be faithful as our Lord Jesus has been faithful as our Lord Jesus has been

faithful with you…faithful with you…

Agree or DisagreeAgree or Disagree

There are some There are some wonderful self-help wonderful self-help books and philosophy books and philosophy writers who can help writers who can help people very much in people very much in their day-to-day lives. their day-to-day lives. We can and should use We can and should use those books to guide our those books to guide our life in place of the bible life in place of the bible where the bible isn’t very where the bible isn’t very clear.clear.

True or FalseTrue or False

Your confirmation day is Your confirmation day is your graduation day from your graduation day from learning what you have learning what you have learned in Sunday School learned in Sunday School and from what you have and from what you have studied in confirmation studied in confirmation class.class.