Confirmed in the Faith, Lesson 1, Year A

1. Confir med in the
Faith
Lesson One
What Is Confirmation?

2. Confirmation Means:
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Hebrews 5: 12-14
Mark 9:24
Romans 7: 18-25

3. Hebrews 5: 12-14
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What is Milk? What is Solid Food?
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Who is the solid food for?
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What is your goal as a confirmation
student?

4. Infants To Adults—Spiritually
Mature.

5. Mar k 9: 24
 What is the situation here?
 The Man does believe, but what does he
admit about himself at the same time?
 So what is possible to do with our
believing?

6. Make Strong…Our Believing

7. Romans 7: 18-25
 What
is Paul showing us about his inner
struggle?
 Why
 To
is that battle taking place?
whom does he flee?
 What
does Jesus do for his daily life?

8. Our Lord Jesus…Strengthens our
Christian Lives…

9. Confirmation Means….
 Strengthening

10. Through our Confirmation Classes,
we want to be…
► Strengthened

11. We want to be strengthened in our
Christian….
• Faith
• Life

12. God’s Wor d:
 II Timothy 3: 14-17
 John 3:16
 John 14: 6
 Acts 4: 12

13. II Timothy 3:14-17
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What can make you
wise for salvation?
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To Whom does this
scripture point?
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What is Scripture useful
for?

14. John 3:16
 What
 For
caused God to send his son Jesus?
what purpose did he send his son Jesus?
 What
is the goal of Jesus’ work?

15. John 14: 6, Acts 4:12
 Of what is Jesus the doorway?
 Can a person be saved through any
other way?
 What is it that points us to Jesus who is
the only way to salvation?

16. What is the Christian Faith?
• Trusting in or relying
on Jesus

17. The Christian faith (relying) on
Jesus…
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Is revealed in bible doctrine (teaching)
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Stresses the way of salvation (deliverance from
sin and death)
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Is centered in Jesus Christ as the only Savior.

18. The Christian
Faith is
revealed
through the
teaching of
scripture…

19. The Christian Faith Stresses the
way of Salvation…

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

21. T he Christian Life…
 Living for Jesus

22. Psalm 119:11, 105
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In verse 11, what does the writer hope to keep
away from?
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How does he hope to avoid it? By doing what?
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How does the word light the path?

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

24. Living for Jesus: Is also revealed
in….
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Bible Doctrines/
Teachings

25. Ephesians 2:8-9, Luke 17: 12-19
 How
were we saved?
 What
 Why
is Grace?
did the Leper return? What had Jesus
done for him and the others?

26. Living for Jesus is lived out of…
Thankfulness
to Jesus
our Savior.

27. John 14:15
How does one show love to another?
If we love Jesus, what will we do?
Who does this also include?

28. Living for Jesus is expressed…
By All
Christians

29. Bible Study—creates trust and faith
—living for Jesus out of
thankfulness…

30. The Confirmation
Ceremony:
Publicly announce:
We have been strengthened
(confirmed)in our Christian faith
and life.
Our solemn promise to remain
faithful to our Savior Jesus Christ.

31. Be Strengthened (Confirmed)

32. Make the Solemn promise to be
faithful as our Lord Jesus has been
faithful with you…

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

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