The John 7:17 Challenge Online Course

Matthew 6:31-34 “Do Not Worry”

Matthew 11:28-30 “I Will Give you Rest”

John 4:13-14 “Whoever Drinks the Water I Give Him Will Never Thirst”

John 8:31-36 "If You Hold to My Teaching, You Are Really My Disciples.”

John 14:27 “Do Not Let Your Hearts be Troubled”

John 15:5-8 “If a Man Remains in Me and I in Him, He Will Bear Much Fruit“

John 15:9-11 “If You Obey My Commands, You Will Remain in My Love”

John 6:60-66 “No One Can Come to Me Unless the Father Has Enabled Him”

Matthew 18:1-4 “Unless You Change and Become Like Little Children”

Luke 18:9-14 “He Who Humbles Himself Will be Exalted”

Mark 1:14-15, 16:16 “Whoever Believes and is Baptized Will be Saved”

Matthew 12:24-32 “Blasphemy Against the Spirit Will Not be Forgiven”

Luke 7:36-50 “Your Sins Have Been Forgiven”

Matthew 16:24-27 “Whoever Loses His Life Will Find It’

Mark 10:28-30 “No One Who Has Left Home ect for Me Will Fail to Receive a Hundred Times”

Luke 14:25-33 “Anyone Who Does Not Take Up His Cross and Follow Me, Cannot be My Disciple”

John 3:3-8 “No One Can Enter the Kingdom of Heaven of God Unless He is Baptised of Water and the Spirit”

John 14:21-24 “If Anyone Loves Me, He Will Obey My Teaching and We Will Make Our Home With Him”

Matthew 5:20 “Unless Your Righteousness Surpasses That of the Pharisees”

Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter Through the Narrow Gate”

John 3:16-20 “But Whoever Lives by the Truth, Comes Into the Light”

John 14:21-24 “Do Not Work for Food That Spoils”

John 14:21-24 “If Anyone Keeps My Word, He Will Never See Death”

John 14:5-10 “I am the Way and the Truth and the Life”

Matthew 11:6 “Blessed is the Man Who Does Not Fall Away on Account of Me”

Luke 8:11-15 “In the Time of Testing They Fall Away”

Matthew 5:21-22 “Anyone Who is Angry With His Brother, Will be Subject to Judgment”

Matthew 6:14-15 “If You do Not Forgive Men Their Sins, Your Father Will Not Forgive Your Sins”

Matthew 18:21-35 “This is How My Heavenly Father Will Treat Each of You Unless You Forgive”

Luke 10:17-20 “Do Not Rejoice That the Spirits Submit to You”

Luke 14:12-14 “When You Give a Banquet, Invite the Poor, the Crippled, the Lame, the Blind”

John 6:35 “He Who Comes to Me Will Never go Hungry”

HEARING FROM GOD (John 8:47) - Do I understand the Bible, and am I receiving regular and clear guidance from God?

GOOD UNDERSTANDING (Mark 4:23-25) - Am I being careful to apply what I learn from Christ’s teachings, so that my understanding of God’s ways increases, and is not taken away?

GOOD UNDERSTANDING (Luke 11:34-36) - Am I continuing to study and obey God’s words, so I will have good understanding of His ways and discernment of good and evil (spiritual eyes)?

GOOD UNDERSTANDING (Mark 4:23-24) - Am I worshipping God through vain religious practices or in the truth of who He really is?

FEAR OF THE LORD (Matthew 10:22-31) - Is my walk characterized by the fear of man, or by the fear of God?

OBEDIENCE (Matthew 4:1-4) - Do you realize Satan tempts you to take matters into your own hands, rebelling against God?

OBEDIENCE (Matthew 5:17-19) - Do I understand what Jesus meant when He said He came not to abolish, but to fulfill the Law?

OBEDIENCE (Matthew 7:21-27) - Am I intentionally adding obedience to the words of Christ, to my genuine faith in Him?

OBEDIENCE (Luke 8:21) - I believe in Him, but does Jesus truly see me as His family member?

LOVE (Matthew 7:12) - Do I treat others, in every situation, the way I would want to be treated?

LOVE (Mark 12:30-31) - Can heaven look down and say that I am making progress in loving God with everything I’ve got?

LOVE (Luke 10:25-37) - Am I loving my neighbors—those in my path?

LOVE (John 13:34-35) - Am I loving my brothers and sisters and desiring their good?

PRAYER (Matthew 7:7-11) - Do I believe that God wants to give me good gifts, and am I persisting until I receive them?

PRAYER (Matthew 18:18-20) - Have I properly understood what Jesus meant by binding and loosing, contrary to false teaching?

PRAYER (Mark 6:31-32) - Have you considered how God feels about not getting enough one on one time with you?

PRAYER (Luke 18:1-8) - Am I remaining persistent in my prayer requests, or have I given up?

STEADFAST FAITH (Mark 11:22-24) - Is my faith the mountain moving kind of faith?

STEADFAST FAITH (John 14:12-14) - Do I have strong faith that Jesus will do whatever I ask in His name (which also implies I am asking according to His character and His will)?

FEAR & WORRY (John 14:1-4) - When I start to worry, am I remembering to consciously fix my heart and mind on my future home in heaven?

GODLY LIVING (Matthew 5:3-12) - The Beatitudes

GODLY LIVING (Matthew 5:27-30) - Am I remembering to do whatever is necessary to prevent myself from looking at others lustfully?

GODLY LIVING (Matthew 5:31-32) - Do not divorce your spouse for foolish or sinful reasons

GODLY LIVING (Matthew 5:31-32) - Do not divorce your spouse for foolish or sinful reasons

GODLY LIVING (Matthew 18:5-6,10) - Am I remembering not to look down on or cause little children to sin?

GODLY LIVING (Matthew 18:8-9) - Do I realize the seriousness of sin, and am I doing whatever it takes to get it out of my life?

GODLY LIVING (Luke 5:36-39) - Am I trying to pour the Spirit of Christ (new wine) back into any of my old ways or legalistic religion (old wineskins)?

GODLY LIVING (John 8:3-12) - Does Jesus conclude that I have left my “life” of sin, when He examines my life and heart?

HYPOCRISTY (Matthew 6:1-4) - Am I keeping my motivation for doing good works to be seen by God, rather than others?

HYPOCRISY (Luke 6:37-42 ) - Am I judgmental of others in a condemning or hypocritical way?

HYPOCRISY (Luke 12:1-3) - Do I realize the seriousness of hypocrisy & am I guarding against it?

HYPOCRISY (Luke 16:15) - What am I justifying in my life that God may detest?

HYPOCRISY (John 7:18) - Are you working for God’s honor or yours?

MONEY (Mat 6:19-21) - Am I intentionally storing up lasting treasures in heaven rather than just temporary pleasures here?

MONEY (Mat 6:24) - Are my decisions based on God’s will or money?

MONEY (Mat 19:16-24) - If Jesus came to me in person, how likely would it be that He would ask me to sell my possessions because He saw they were the center of my heart?

MONEY (Luke 12:15-21) - Am I guarding against materialism and being rich toward God?

MONEY (Luke 16:10-12) - Am I being trustworthy from heaven’s perspective with the worldly possessions entrusted to me?

MONEY (Luke 16:1-9) - Am I intentionally using my God given resources to bless others who will one day greet me in heaven?

MONEY (Luke 19:12-26) - Am I remembering that I will be rewarded in heaven in proportion to my stewardship here?

DISCERNMENT (Matthew 7:6) - Am I using discretion when discussing spiritual matters with others, since many simply won’t get it, and others will turn against me?

DISCERNMENT (Matthew 7:15-20) - Am I vigilantly discerning false teachers by the fruit of their lips, character, and teaching?

DISCERNMENT (Matthew 10:16-17) - Am I being prudent and discerning since some people are not who they appear to be?

HANDLING EVIL (Matthew 5:38-42) - Am I willing to not fight back when wronged and instead trust God to bring justice?

HANDLING EVIL (Matthew 5:43-48) - When is the last time I prayed for or did good to those who have mistreated me or betrayed me?

HANDLING EVIL (Matthew 18:15-17) - When someone sins against me, do I go directly to them, or am I gossiping to others?

PERSECUTION (Matthew 10:34-38) - Am I trying to avoid persecution at the expense of my full allegiance to Christ and the truth?

PERSECUTION (John 15:18-21) - Am I remembering that when someone hates me because of Christ, that it is a good sign, not bad?

SUFFERING (John 12:24-25) - Am I embracing God’s brokenness in my life as a doorway to true life and fruitfulness?

HUMILITY BEFORE OTHERS (Luke 14:8-11) - Am I remembering to humble myself before others so that I will be exalted, rather than humiliated?

SERVING (Matthew 10:40-42) - Am I intentionally open to hosting, honoring, and serving God’s other chosen servants?

SERVING (Matthew 20:20-28 ) - Am I intentionally humbling myself to serve others with the unique gifts God has given me?

SERVING (John 13:4-17) - Am I willing to get my hands dirty, serving the not so pretty needs of others, so I will have great joy?

SHARING YOUR FAITH (Matthew 5:13-16) - Am I continuing to live godly so that others will be influenced to live for God and to praise Him?

SHARING YOUR FAITH (Matthew 10:32-33) - Am I being sure to never be ashamed of acknowledging Jesus or his words before men?

SHARING YOUR FAITH (Mark 5:1-19) - Am I remembering to share my testimony and faith in God with others to bring God glory? 

SHARING YOUR FAITH (Luke 11:33) - Am I being courageous to share the word of God and my testimony, so others can see the light?

DISCIPLESHIP (Matthew 28:18-20) - Am I encouraging and helping others to learn the teachings of Christ?