Biblical Counseling Quiz 4

The 3 C's (Confrontation, Concern, and Change)

Confrontation (what verse goes with it?)

• One Christian personally gives counsel to another from the Scriptures. He does not confront him with his own ideas or the ideas of others. He limits his counsel strictly to that which may be found in the Bible

• (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

Galatians 6:1-2

• “Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ”

***(be able to write this in your own words)

Colossians 3:12-15 (in your own words)

• Since we are Christians, God calls us to have certain character traits like compassion, humility, and patience, and to practice them when there is tension with other people. We need to forgive and do everything we do in love, letting God be LORD over our lives.

Denotation (what is the denotation of confrontation)

• Dictionary definition

• “to face up to and deal with” OR “to compel someone to face or consider something

What is the connotation of confrontation?

• Negative

Concern (what verse goes with it?)

• Counseling is always done for the benefit of the counselee. His welfare is always in view in biblical counseling.

• 1 Corinthians 4:14

• Warm, family note

• Christians consider their counseling to be a part of the sanctification process whereby one Christian helps another get through some difficulty that is hindering him from moving forward in his spiritual growth

Know 2 verses that show to have concern biblically (in your own words)

1) Philippians 2:4

• Don’t only pay attention to what pleases/benefits you, but also take care to notice what other people like

2) Romans 12:15

• Be empathetic towards others through every season of their life, whether happy or sad

6 steps in the secular (Integrated) model for change

• Precontemplation

• Contemplation

• Preparation

• Action

• Maintenance

• Relapse

What does the Biblical Model for change look like?

• Genuine heart change through the work of the Spirit in a Christian’s life

3 components of a Biblical Model for change

1) Holy

2) Justification

3) Sanctification

Holy

• Set apart for God

Justification

• An instantaneous, legal act of God in which

1) thinks of our sins as forgiven and Christ’s righteousness as belonging to us

2) declares us to be righteous in His sight

Sanctification

• A progressive work of God and man that makes us more and more free from sin and like Christ in our actual lives

Why is change done in counseling?

• There is something in a Christian’s life that fails to meet the biblical requirements and is keeping him from honoring God or from understanding God’s plan

TRUE OR FALSE: All types of counseling attempts change

• TRUE

Bibilical counseling is done by __________ who are convinced that ___ is able to make the ________ in us that are __________ as His ___ is minstrerd in the power of the _________

• Christians

• God

• Changes

• Necessary

• Word

• Spirit

Know 2 verses that go with change BIBLICALLY

1) 2 Corinthians 5:17

• Once we are saved, God gives us a whole new identity, one set in HIM. The part of us that had a love for worldly pleasures is no longer, and we grow in Christ-likeness

2) Romans 12:2

• Don’t fall into the temptations that the world is constantly offering, but by applying the wisdom of God into your life, follow the will of God and lead a life that reflects Christ

Nouthetic (Nouthesia)

• admonish, correct, or instruct

Nouthetic Counseling embraces 3 ideas

• 1) Confrontation

• 2) Concern

• 3) Change