Alpha course Session 3

2. HOW CAN WE HAVE FAITH?
ALPHA COURSE
SESSION 3

3. GAME: TRUE OR FALSE?
 Turn to your neighbour and tell them 3 things about
yourself.
 Two of them must be true, and one must be false.
 Your neighbour then has to guess which fact you tell
them is false.

4. FAITH IN JESUS
 no guessing
 Christianity is TRUE!

5. A CHRISTIAN  A NEW PERSON A NEW LIFE

6. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A CHRISTIAN?
 a nice person?
 born in a Christian country?
 believe in God?
 Christ-ian = a follower of Christ.
 Someone who has a relationship with God through
Jesus Christ.

7. Be SURE of our Faith.
 YES! I am Christian.
 Errr… Maybe… Perhaps.. On Sundays?
FAITH = BELIEVE + RECEIVE

8. HOW CAN WE HAVE FAITH?
 solidly based on THREE
things which are all
essential – just like a 3
legged stool.
 members of Trinity; God
the Father, God the Son
(Jesus) and God the Holy
Spirit.
1. THE
WORD
OF GOD
2. THE
WORK
OF
JESUS
3. THE
WITNES
S OF
HOLY
SPIRIT

9. 1. THE WORD OF GOD
 Our confidence – based on the BIBLE – the
promises in this book.
 based on FACTS not feelings.

10. REV. 3: 20
PROMISE 1:
“I WILL COME IN”

11. Promise 2 :
“I WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU” Matt.28:20
Once we have opened the door
and invited Jesus to come in, He
promises that He will NEVER leave
us…
…not even in the worst times in
our lives.

12. PROMISE 3:
“I GIVE THEM
ETERNAL LIFE”
assurance of the
past, present and
future.
JOHN 10: 28

14. WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN WE SIT ON
THIS ONE LEGGED STOOL?

15. 2. THE WORK OF JESUS
 Key event : the DEATH and RESURRECTION of
Jesus.
REPENTANCE + FAITH  FREE GIFT

16. WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN WE SIT ON
THIS TWO LEGGED STOOL?
1. THE
WORD
OF GOD
2. THE
WORK
OF
JESUS

17. 3. THE WITNESS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
 EXPERIENCE
Holy Spirit
OLD PERSON  NEW
PERSON
transforms

18.  BETTER RELATIONSHIPS
- with other people
- with God

19. Inviting Jesus in is a
step of faith.
But when He comes in,
the Holy Spirit testifies.
He testifies that we are
children of God and that
we are loved by Him.

20. WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN WE SIT ON
THIS THREE LEGGED STOOL?
1. THE
WORD
OF GOD
2. THE
WORK
OF
JESUS
3. THE
WITNES
S OF
HOLY
SPIRIT

21. PRAYER.
Lord Jesus Christ, thank you that you love me so much.
Thank you that you stand at the door of my life and you
knock.
And tonight I want to invite you in. I turn away from all the
bad stuff in my life, all the things that I know are not right.
I’m sorry for them and I ask your forgiveness.
Thank you that you died for me on the cross so that I could
be totally forgiven, the slate can be wiped clean and that I
can make a new start.
And tonight I put my trust in you. I ask you to come in and
to fill me with your Holy Spirit, to help me to lead the kind of
life that deep down I long to lead.
Thank you, Lord Jesus. Amen.