ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL MANUAL – Topic: BEING ABOUT MY FATHER’S BUSINESS – Church of God Mission International – DATE: SUNDAY 11th SEPTEMBER 2022
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ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL MANUAL
DATE: SUNDAY 11th SEPTEMBER 2022
TOPIC: BEING ABOUT MY FATHER’S BUSINESS
TEXT: Luke 2:49; 10:1-11; John 9:4; Mark 16:15-18
CENTRAL THOUGHT: Soul winning is the Father’s business in which all believers have a share
HYMN: S, S & S 789 , “Must I go-and Empty handed?”
INTRODUCTION:
“How is it that you sought me? Wist you not that I must be about my Father’s
business?” (Lk.2:49). From the Scriptures, these are the first recorded words spoken by the Lord Jesus Christ.
From the onset, He made it abundantly clear that He was here on a mission to do HisbFather’s business. From the
first opportunity that presented itself, He launched Himself into this task. One
may be tempted to ask what is this business of the Father that was such a consuming passion in His life? It was to
bring the message of the gospel to the world; the good news of God reconciling the world to Himself by the sacrificial and substitutional death of His Son; to enlist men and women into this business and leave it as a perpetual commission to all who come to believe the message of the gospel. Therefore, as those who have come to embrace the love of
God demonstrated in the gospel, we need to see the task of reaching others for God not only as our duty but see it as the Lord Jesus did -it is our Father’s business.
LESSON OBJECTIVES:
- To know what the Father’s business is;
- understand the urgency of the business;
- know the requirement of effective evangelism;
4, identify what constitutes the evangelistic message; and
- appreciate the consequences of not evangelizing.
BIBLE TRUTH
Q1. WHAT IS THE FATHER’s BUSINESS?
The Father’s business is the business of evangelizing the world; it is a world alienated from God by sin – the original
sin and the present continuing acts of men which offend God. It is the task of making men understand that as Rom. 3:23 says, none is exempted. “For all
have sinned and come short of the glory of God”. All have sinned and so all have need of God’s forgiveness. The good
news is that by Christ’s death, pardon for sin has been purchased. All who repent and believe in this finished work of grace have their sins remitted and are reconciled to God. Having accomplished salvation by His death, the Lord Jesus has left us the business of telling
others, so that being reconciled they may escape eternal judgment and damnation
awaiting all those who spurn at God’s offer.
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Q2.WHY IS EVANGELISM AN URGENT BUSINESS?
From the Lord’s handling of this matter, it was obvious that it was a very urgent business. In John 4:34 He said to the disciples “My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me and to finish His work”.
To the Lord, nothing else mattered. The first reason for this Passionate disposition was that, the harvest was already ripe and plenteous (Matt. 9:36-37; Jn. 4:35-38). The harvest was
already ripe and therefore must be brought in to avoid waste and loss. Just as God is interested in the souls of men for salvation, so also is the devil but with the aim of bringing them to destruction.
That is why we must get them to obtain abundant life in Christ (Jn.10:10). Secondly, the harvest is plenteous. There is much to be done and so there is no time to waste. If as on the day of
Pentecost we can win 3000 souls per day, reckon how long it will take to reach the current estimated population of 6
billion that inhabit the world today. Think of all the barriers the devil has put in the way to prevent men from being saved.
The matter is indeed very urgent, knowing also that there is very little time left to accomplish this task (Jn. 9:4; 1
Cor. 7:29-31)
Q3. WHAT ARE THE FOR REQUIREMENTS EFFECTIVE EVANGELISM?
a. THE HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM: This is very necessary because the Lord
Jesus recommended it and underscored the importance of this experience (Acts.1:4-8). The success of His ministry
arose from this touch of God (Acts.10:38). The indwelling power of the Spirit is what empowers and emboldens men for effective and fruitful evangelism (Acts.2:37-41).
b. PRAYER: Prayer is the avenue provided by God for us to draw divine strength for
kingdom business. A prayerful life is very necessary in order to regularly renew our strength in God. In prayer we also water the souls of men to make them fertile
grounds on which the word of God can thrive and bear fruit. Furthermore, the prayer of faith breaks the shackles of the devil that hold men in captivity, releasing them to appreciate and appropriate Christ’s sacrifice.
c.LOVE AND COMPASSION:
It is love and compassion that drives us to reach out to men with the message of the gospel. In Matt. 9:36 we can see that the Lord Jesus was moved by compassion in His dealing with the multitudes that came to Him. Because of their importance, we must constantly pray that God will continuously fill our hearts with these attributes.
d. KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORD: According to 1Tim.2:15, we need to study to be workmen of the kingdom,
who have a good working knowledge of the scriptures. It helps us to effectively
communicate the message of the gospel, which enables the unsaved to reach an informed decision on the matter of salvation (Acts.8:30-35).
e. PERSEVERANCE: The experiences and circumstances we go through while preaching the gospel can really try our
patience. This is especially so, when those we are trying to win, do not even appreciate our efforts. The natural tendency is for us to get angry and give up on them. Even when the people we are seeking to win ridicule us and are very antagonistic, the Lord expects us to persevere in our effort to win them for the kingdom.
Q4. WHAT ARE THE ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE?
I. Rom.3:23: All have Sinned and have need of Salvation.
i. 1 Cor. 15:3: Christ died for our Sins. He gave His life as a ransom for us (1 Tim. 2:5-6).
ii. 1Cor. 15:4: He was buried
and He rose on the third day for
Our Justification (1 Cor. 15:17).
Iv.Acts 16:31:All who repent ot
their sins and place their faith on
the Sacrificial death of Christ
are pardoned and saved. Jn. 1:12: They are given the authority to become the sons of God.
vi. Jn. 14:1-3: The saved will spend eternity with Christ in heaven while the unsaved will languish in the torments of hell. Reflect on Jn. 3:16: God so loved
the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish but have everlasting life.
Q5. WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT EVANGELIZING?
The consequences of not evangelizing cannot be accurately estimated. Suffice to say that in so doing, we fail to raise more labourers for this enterprise. Who knows whether your convert could turn out to be a Paul, the man who wrote more than half of the New Testament; a
Hudson Taylor, the great missionary to China; a Smith Wigglesworth, that great Apostle of faith; Kathryn Kuhlman, the
daughter of destiny or a Benson Idahosa, the man with “fire in his bones”. The list is endless. Every opportunity not utilized to win souls robs us of men and women
like these. Any unsaved soul that slips into eternity is lost forever and is
condemned to the torments of hell eternally. If we could, but failed to tell them of the fate that awaits them, God will hold us guilty of their blood (Ezek. 3:
18). It is not the wish of God that
any soul should perish. He wills that all men should be saved (1Tim. 2:4). It is therefore imperative that we take this
business more seriously than we
have previously done.
DAILY LIVING APPLICATION:
That we are saved and are Christians today is the fruit of someone’s evangelistic effort. Such obeyed the injunction of Christ and preached to us, presenting us with the opportunity to be saved. Our membership of the body of
Christ or more particularly a local church assembly is not just for us to sit down and warm benches. It is our enlistment in
the army of men and women busy with our Father’s business. We Must endeavour to utilize the opportunities that present themselves daily at work, in our neighbourhood and in the various places where we traffic, to tell someone of the love of Jesus Christ. We must realize that failure to do so carries grave
consequences which we cannot change when a soul dies without salvation.
MEMORY VERSE: Lk. 10:2
“Therefore said He unto them, the harvest is truly great, but the labourers are few: Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He would send forth
labourers into His harvest”
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