RCCG House Fellowship Leaders Manual 31 July 2022 | Lesson 48 | No Repentance in the Grave
RCCG House Fellowship Leaders Manual 31 July 2022
LESSON FORTY EIGHT (48)
TOPIC: NO REPENTANCE IN THE GRAVE
HOUSE FELLOWSHIP ANTHEM
1. I love this family of God,
So closely knitted into one,
They have taken me into their arms
And am so glad to be
A part of this great family
- I bless this family of God,
So greatly prospered by the Lord,
They have taken me into their arms
And am so glad to be
A part of this great family -
I know this family of God,
So deeply rooted in the word,
They have taken me into their arms
And am so glad to be
A part of this great family -
I see this family of God,
So highly lifted above all,
They have taken me into their arms
And am so glad to be
A part of this great family -
Come, join this family of God,
So highly favoured by the Lord,
They have taken me into their arms
And am so glad to be
A part of this great family.
RCCG House Fellowship Leaders Manual 31 July 2022 | Lesson 48
OPENING PRAYER: Father, help me to repent of all my sinful way.
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: Leaders should ask members why believers or Christians get lost over the things of the earth and not focus on God.
MEMORY VERSE: “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment”
BIBLE TEXT: Luke 16:19-31
RCCG House Fellowship Leaders Manual 31 July 2022 | LESSON INTRODUCTION
The English Dictionary describes Repentance as a feeling of pain or sorrow being sincerely affected by a sense of guilt and resolved on amendment. It can simply be said to be a process of making a turn-around from previously existing way of life here on earth. In the text above, it is true that the rich man eventually was remorse and felt guilty but there was no opportunity to make an amendment any longer. The claim of repentance after death is not defended by any part of the Bible, Old or New Testament.
TEXT REVIEW: LUKE 16:19-31
i. Once you are dead you can’t repent anymore.
ii. Repentance can’t take place when you are dead.
LESSON OUTLINES:
THREE STEPS SHOWS THAT REPENTANCE CAN TAKE PLACE ONLY IN LIVING.
1. Conviction through the word of God.
- There will be no Bible in Heaven.
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The feeling of guilty/remorse.
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The physical nature of feeling will have left this this earthy space.
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Abandoning/rejecting the sin and embracing a new lease of life.
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Like the rich man even when he refreshed for his own on health was turned down.
These three steps if genuine refines only a living soul, the steps can work for all kinds of sinful condition and will really require the physical contribution of the conscience of the individual and not a dead person.
RCCG House Fellowship Leaders Manual 31 July 2022 | Lesson 48
ACTIVITY: Discuss why we find repentance hard to do when we know we are guilty?
SUMMARY: We can die at any time, so we must check ourselves as believers.
RCCG House Fellowship Leaders Manual 31 July 2022 CONCLUSION
Repentance can take place just before you give up the ghost but NEVER when you have died. Hence it is also said that there is hope for a living soul no matter what the level of sin may be, but there cannot be any opportunity when you have died or in the grave as explained in our text today.
PRAYER POINTS
- Father, thank You for the free gift of salvation, if we are to pay, many poor will go to hell.
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Father, please help all your children (Christians) who are called by Your name to continue to WORKOUT their salvation with fear and trembling.
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Dear Lord, help erase the doctrine that teaches that there can be forgiveness for the dead.
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Lord of Host, please let Your blood speak better things about the Church of Christ on earth.
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Redeemer, please help touch the heart of people on their dying bed to receive Your salvation gift in Jesus Name.
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Father, before it becomes late, please every Christian to amen their ways through the shed of blood of Christ in the Name of Jesus.
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Father, please intervene in every pandemic that is processing more people to hell, send salvation message to the sick all over the world in Jesus Name.
GOLDEN DIET FOR THE WEEK:
MONDAY: Father, don’t let salvation be too late for any of my loved ones.
TUESDAY: Man dies but one, no other life can be experienced until the seat of judgment has taken place, you have no power to change it.
WEDNESDAY: Father, please release more words and revelation of sermons of repentance on our pulpits.
THURSDAY: No one really becomes a Christian genuinely without going through repentance.
FRIDAY: Father, let Godly sorrow that worketh repentance catch up with Your children who are wallowing in sin. 2 Corinthians 7:10.
SATURDAY: Every death processing men into hell world, intervene now.
SUNDAY: No medicine after death, therefore repent now and escape hell.
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