Change Must Come
The chapter asks how churches should respond when familiar activities no longer produce faithful living. Changing techniques or increasing effort cannot by themselves address the deeper problem of unbelief. A dramatic spiritual experience in one area also does not replace the need for God’s truth to shape relationships and character throughout life.
Lesson goal: Distinguish superficial changes from genuine repentance that restores trust in God and transforms daily life.
Watch the Lesson
Video length: 11:33
Read and Apply
Read Chapter 3: Change Must Come in The Life Core, pages 25–30.
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The proposed path is repentance: humbling ourselves, confessing sin and unbelief, and returning to God. This must be inward change rather than a gesture manufactured by a program. The chapter also recalls how God worked through the early church’s scattering, encouraging believers to trust His purposes when circumstances seem threatening.
Key Teaching Points
- Changing methods alone cannot repair a loss of trust in God’s truth.
- Spiritual growth should affect the whole life, including everyday relationships.
- Genuine repentance involves humility, confession, and a return to God.
- God can work through adversity to advance His purposes.
Scripture to Consider
Acts 11:19; Acts 13:1–3; Acts 3:19; 2 Chronicles 7:13–14; Psalm 2; 2 Chronicles 6–7; Nehemiah 1
For Reflection
- Identify one outward change you have hoped would solve a deeper spiritual problem; name the underlying trust or obedience issue.
- Pray honestly about one area of unbelief or compromise and choose a practical response of repentance.
Reflection prompts help you apply the lesson; they are not graded quiz questions.
Three-Question Lesson Check
Answer all three questions; all three correct answers pass. After checking your answers, use Retake to clear the answers and explanations before trying again.