RCCG JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2022/2023 27 August   2023, Lesson 52– REVISION 8/QUIZ & SUMMARY

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RCCG JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2022/2023
AGE 9-12 TEACHER’S MANUAL
SUNDAY 27TH OF AUGUST, 2023
LESSON FIFTY TWO (52)
TOPIC: REVISION 8/QUIZ & SUMMARY

  • Revise the previous lessons with the children
  • Ask the questions to ensure the lessons have been well understood
  • Tell your class to review the previous lessons during the week before the revision day

FOURTH INTERACTIVE SESSION
Please note the following:

  1. Make the interactive session interesting.
  2. Ensure that they ask questions about topics not well understood
  3. Teachers should prepare their own questions based on what has been taught
  4. Ensure that there is a small gift to be given to whoever has done well
  5. Give room for suggestions that can make Sunday School more interesting and interactive.
  6. How well have they been able to understand the personality of the Holy Spirit in their daily Christian lives.

QUIZ 4

  • Ask the children to recite memory verse from lesson 39-51
  • Ask the children to mention the lesson topics from lesson 39-51
  • Ask the children for the text for each lesson
  • Ask the children for the body of the lesson

SUMMARY OF LESSONS 45-51
LESSON FORTY FIVE (45)
TOPIC: SUSTAINING THE FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 6 (THROUGH OBEDIENCE)

BIBLE TEXT: 1 Samuel 15:1-28

MEMORY VERSE: John 14:15, “if ye love me, keep my commandments”

LESSON AIM: To let the children know the importance of obedience.

CENTRAL TRUTH: We need to obey the promptings of the Holy Spirit to sustain His fire.

INTRODUCTION: Saul was instructed to smite the Amalekites, but he disobeyed God or he spared Agag the king of the Amalekites. Not only that, he brought the best of sheep and other fat animals to the land of Israel. For his sin of disobedience, God ejected him and took the kingdom away from him.

STUDY GUIDE
A. WHAT IS OBEDIENCE

  1. Obedience is compliance with an order, request, or law
  2. Submission to another’s authority
  3. Obedience is to be submissive to the command of authority especially the word of God.

B. IMPORTANCE OF OBEDIENCE

  1. Obedience is an act of worship
  2. Obedience to God proves our love
  3. Obedience is better than sacrifice (1 Samuel 15:22)
  4. We experience the blessing of Holy living when we live in obedience.
  5. Obedience leads to promotion.

C. BIBLICAL EXAMPLES OF OBEDIENT PEOPLE

  1. Abraham- obedience to sacrifice Isaac (Genesis 22:1-14)
  2. Apostle Paul- obedience to heavenly vision (Acts 26:19)
  3. Noah- he obeyed god in building the ark (Gen 6:22)
  4. Daniel- refuses to defile himself (Daniel 1:8)

LIFE APPLICATION: Obedience to the will of God (word of God) will sustain the fire of the Holy Spirit in our lives.

CONCLUSION: Obedience brings blessings while disobedience brings curse.

LESSON FORTY SIX(46)
TOPIC: WHO IS YOUR MENTOR?

BIBLE TEXT: 1 Samuel 3:1-14

MEMORY VERSE: Proverbs 9:9 “Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a just man, and he will increase in learning”

LESSON AIM: To let the children know that they need mentors to attain their goals in life.

CENTRAL TRUTH: Human mentor is needed in our journey on earth

INTRODUCTION: Ade was a J.S.S. 1 student who have been failing Mathematics and other subjects in school. His parents had lost hope because Ade have repeated J.S.S 1 class three times now. Ade’s father changed Ade’s school where Ade met Mr. Johnson who picked interest in Ade and was committed to seeing that Ade succeeds. After the first term, Ade came 10th position out of twenty students, and by the end of third term Ade became the best student in five subjects including mathematics. What changed Ade’s life?

STUDY GUIDE:
A. WHO IS A MENTOR?
One who guides another to greater success, they give you what money cannot buy. It could also be said to be ‘A wise trusted councillor or teacher. A mentor is a person or friend who guides a less experienced person by building trust and modeling positive behaviors.

WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF MENTOR?

  1. Coaching: Proverbs 27:17;
  2. Training; Ability to inspire. Proverbs 22:6:
  3. Ability to Instruct or Direct. Proverbs 9:9;
  4. Ability to impart. Phil 4:9
  5. Ability to overcome Obstacles. 1 Samuel 3:8-10:
  6. He is Always available
  7. He is Dependable.
  8. Commitment to God and others
  9. He is selfless
  10. He has a clear set of Christian values.

B. BIBLICAL EXAMPLES OF MENTORS:

  1. Jesus mentored His disciples. Luke 10:1-12
  2. Elijah and Elisha-2 ings 2:1-15
  3. Elisha and Gehazi – 2 kings 4:8-37
  4. Barnabas and Paul- Acts 9:1-15
  5. Paul and Timothy -Acts 16:1-3
  6. Moses and Joshua – Deut. 31:1-8, 34-9
  7. Eli and Samuel – 1 Samuel 1-4.
  8. Deborah and Barak. Judges 4:6-24

CONCLUSION: Human mentors are very much needed for the rising of young people. There will be teachings and discipline as all form the process of mentorship. We must prayerfully ask God to give us to good mentors who can help us grow. Caution must be taken when the mentor is no longer working in the fear of the Lord.

LIFE APPLICATION: Mentoring is the ladder of life that takes us to the mountain of distinction, because you cannot be a reference without mentioning your references.

CHALLENGED: As a child of God chose to follow only Godly people to receive spiritual growth, the Bible says ‘iron sharpenth iron” choose to and learn from older children of God. For every Moses there is a Joshua, for every Elijah there is an Elisha, for every Paul there is a Timothy. Apostle Paul says follow me as I follow Christ, Above all make Jesus your number one MENTOR.

INVITATION: For you to have Jesus as your mentor or learn from older children of God, you must first of all accept Jesus as your Lord and master, admit you are a sinner, believed Jesus died for you and call upon Him today. Romans 10:13.

LESSON FORTY SEVEN (47)
TOPIC: UNDERSTANDING YOUR SEXUALITY

BIBLE TEXT: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

MEMORY VERSE: 1 Corinthians 6:15 “Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.”

LESSON AIM: To make them understand the importance and uniqueness of themselves

CENTRAL TRUTH: Keep yourself Holy, for God is Holy

INTRODUCTION: Sexuality is about your sexual feelings, thoughts, attractions and behaviours towards other people. You can find other people physically, sexually or emotionally attractive, and all those things are a part of your sexuality. The physical appearance of boys/girls changes at puberty, some of these changes may make us self conscious about the way we look.

STUDY GUIDE
A. WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT OUR BODY
1) The temple of God. 1 Corinthians 3:16
2) Sexual sin is against your body. 1 Corinthians 6:18
3) Your body is not for sexual sin.1 Corinthians 6:13
4) Destruction for misused of your body. Roman’s 12:1-2
5) The spirit of God dwells in you. 1 Corinthians 3:16

B. TYPES OF SEXUALITY

  1. HOMOSEXUALITY: Sexual act between people of the same gender. Lev 18:22, Romans 1:26-27
  2. INCEST: family members. Lev 18:7-18
  3. PAEDOPHILE: perverted sexual attraction towards children
  4. RAPE: forceful sexual intercourse with unwilling partner. 2 Samuel 13:10-14
  5. PORNOGRAPHY: Visual display of material of erotic nature. Videos, pictures, graphic or writing design to provoke sexual lust which is addictive and destructive 2 Peter 2:19, 1 Corinthians 6:12, Proverbs:25-28
  6. MASTURBATION AND THE USE OF SEX TOY
  7. CYBER SEX/ PHONE SEX: Using of internet or phone to have improper sexual conversation or to listen to erotic massages for the purpose of sexual perversion. Philippians 4:8

C. CONSEQUENCES

  1. Destruction of destinies.Genesis 49:3-4, 1 Corinthians 6:16
  2. Contracting strange disease.
  3. Defile your body thereby hindering the fulfillment of God’s purpose. 1 Corinthians 6:17
  4. It takes away your spiritual covering. 1 Corinthians 10:8
  5. It brings God’s wrath. Numbers 25:1-11
  6. It’s gives the devil legal ground to operate. 1 Corinthians 6:19
  7. Guilt and self-condemnation set in. Psalms 51:3
  8. It’s destroy families.

D. WAYS TO OVERCOME

  1. Repent and Confess to God. Romans 12:2, 1 John 1:9
  2. Ask God to fill your mind with things that are true, honourable, just, true, pure, lovely and commendable. Phil. 4:8
  3. Your body is special you must protect it. 1 Thess 4:3-4
  4. Present your body as a living sacrifice. Romans 12:2
  5. Allow the spirit of God to lead you. Gal. 5:16
  6. Exercise self control. Gen 39:7-9, 1 Corinthians 6:18
  7. Study and meditate on the word of God, Fast, pray and fellowship with genuine children of God
  8. Seek counsel from those in right standing with God.
  9. Learn to forgive yourself. Prov 11:14.

LIFE APPLICATION: As a child of God made in His image, God expect that you keep your body Holy even as He is Holy, without which you cannot see him, Flee from every appearance of evil and return to Him.

CONCLUSION: Sexual feelings are very powerful and we must not play with it the only way out of it is to run far from it remember Joseph who was more interested in honoring God rather than giving in to sexual sin, he guided his body Jealously.

CHALLENGE: Remember that you are the temple of the living God and you are not your own,you were bought with a price. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

INVITATION: The only way you can offer your body as a living sacrifice to God is to accept Him as Lord and Saviour.

LESSON FORTY EIGHT (48)
TOPIC: REPENTANCE

BIBLE TEXT: Luke 3:7-8

MEMORY VERSE: 2 Corinthians 7:10,” for godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death”

LESSON AIM: To let the children know the meaning of repentance.

CENTRAL TRUTH: Repentance comes before salvation.

INTRODUCTION: John the Baptist was at river Jordan baptizing people. When he saw the multitude, wondered, he warned them to flee from the wrath to come. He told them to bring forth fruits worthy of repentance Few things in the life of a believer are as disheartening as the long struggle with persistent sins. This is particularly true when we have experienced victory over sin in other areas of our life. We know God has the power to get rid of our sin, so why won’t he? It may sound counterintuitive, but sometimes victory over some sin tarries because God desires to teach us how to truly repent of that sin. God desires his people to know not only how to walk in holiness, but also to obey his command to rend our hearts when we fall short of his glory, Joel 2:13, Yes, sin in our life is a problem, but so is a life where we haven’t learned how to truly repent of sin.

STUDY GUIDE
A. WHAT IS REPENTANCE

  1. Repentance is a change of mind that leads to a change in conduct
  2. Repentance is a change of character from wickedness to righteousness
  3. Repentance is to turn to God and turn from evil

B. STEPS INVOLVE IN REPENTANCE
1 Change of attitude or way of thinking

  1. Hatred for sin and love for holiness and purity
  2. Sorrow for past wrongs. Luke 18:13
  3. A turning from sin or the devil and turning unto God. 1 Thessalonians 1:9

C. MEN THAT PREACHED REPENTANCE IN THE BIBLE

  1. John the Baptist: “Repent…” Matthew 3:1-2
  2. Jesus: “Repent…” Matthew 4:17
  3. Disciples: .preached that men should repent” Mark 6:12.
  4. Peter: “Repent…” Acts 2:38
  5. Jesus: “Repentance and remission should be preached.” Luke 24:47.
  6. Jesus: “Five of seven churches commanded to repent.” Revelation 2, 3.
  7. Jonah preached God’s message, not his own opinion. Jonah 3:3-4.

D. WHAT REPENTANCE IS NOT?

  1. Some think that when a person knows he is a sinner and feels guilty, he has repented. In Acts 26, we are told that Paul preached to a certain king named Agrippa, who was very sinful.
  2. There are others who say that repentance is being afraid (to die, of God, or future, or hell). But repentance is not just being afraid. Acts 24:25.
  3. Still others say that sorrow is being sorry for your sins. The Bible says that godly sorrow leads to repentance (2 Cor 7:9-10).

LIFE APPLICATION: Before your salvation or conversion can be genuine, repentance must come first.

CONCLUSION: repentance is to confess and forsake our sinful lifestyle. It is a prerequisite for salvation.

LESSON FORTY NINE (49)
TOPIC: SANCTIFICATION

BIBLE TEXT: 2 Timothy 2:20-21

MEMORY VERSE: John 17:17, “sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth”

LESSON AIN: To let the children know the meaning of sanctification

CENTRAL TRUTH: You must be sanctified

INTRODUCTION: it is the will of God that believers should be a vessel unto honour in the hand of God. And if a man therefore purges himself from contamination of evil or sin, he shall be a vessel that is honourable and sanctified for Gods use. There are some that declare that we simply grow into the experience of entire sanctification.
They say, Just give me time. After a while I will be more like a saint. Just let me grow.” The truth of the matter is, there are many that were much better Christians shortly after their conversion then they are right now. Now there is a certain sense in which we do grow toward the experience of the fullness of the Holy Spirit – that is, there is often a process or series of minor crisis that leads to the final level of the infilling of the Spirit. We must discover that we are not just sinners, but sin itself, and that in us “dwelleth no good thing.

STUDY GUIDE
A. WHAT IS SANCTIFICATION

  1. Separation from evil and set apart for God (2 chronicles 29:15)
  2. To make holy, and be used for the purpose God intends.

B. HOW CAN WE BE SANCTIFIED

  1. By the word of God( John 17:17)
  2. By the blood of Jesus Christ( Hebrews 13:12)
  3. By the work of the Holy Spirit( Ephesians 1:13)

C. BENEFITS OF SANCTIFICATION

  1. Make it easy to live a holy life.
  2. We become a vessel unto honour
  3. We bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit
  4. We receive heavenly inheritance

LIFE APPLICATION: As a child of God, are you willing to do away with sin and uncleanness, then sanctification is what will help you.

CONCLUSION: Until you have been sanctified, you cannot really become a vessel unto honour.

LESSON FIFTY (50)
TOPIC: RAPTURE

BIBLE TEXT: 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18
[16]For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
[17]Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
[18]Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

MEMORY VERSE: 1 Corinthians 15:52, “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed”

LESSON AIM: To let the children know Jesus is coming back to take the elect.

CENTRAL TRUTH: Be prepared for Jesus Christ second coming

INTRODUCTION: The word rapture is not in the Bible. The phrase the Bible uses is the first resurrection. When JesUs Christ comes again, He will come with His saints that is those who have already slept in the Lord and whose souls and spirit are in paradise. These saints will come down to earth to pick up their bodies. Jesus Christ will be waiting for them in the air. After the saints have joined Him, those of us who are alive will go and meet them with our bodies already changed. This is the first resurrection. which is also called the Rapture.

STUDY GUIDE
A. WHAT IS RAPTURE?
Sudden catching away of the prepared believers to be with our LORD and Saviour Jesus Christ in the sky.

B. WHY THE RAPTURE?
To remove the believers from the earth before the period of tribulation.

C. WHEN WILL THE RAPTURE TAKE PLACE
No one knows because God the father has not spoken it

D. HOW SHOULD YOU BE PREPARED

  1. Be born-again
  2. Live a righteous
  3. Live a sanctified life
  4. Be holy and follow peace with people
  5. Walk and live in the Spirit
  6. Be fruitful in Christ

E. WITH WHAT BODY?
Immortal, incorruptible and glorious body. (1 Corinthians 15:35-54)

LIFE APPLICATION: As a child of God you should be prepared for the rapture. Rapture is the next agenda of God for believers.

CONCLUSION: watch and pray for we don’t know when the trumpet will sound.

LESSON FIFTY ONE (51)
TOPIC: JUDGEMENT

BIBLE TEXT: Matthew 25:31-46

MEMORY VERSE: Hebrew 9:27. “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment”

LESSON AIM: To let the children know that believers will be judge at the judgment seat of Christ.

CENTRAL TRUTH: God is judge

INTRODUCTION: Christ will sit upon the throne of his glory. He will separate the sheep from the goats. He will commend those on the right (sheep) to inherit the kingdom prepared for them from the foundation of the world (eternal life). And he shall rebuke those on the left (goats) to depart from Him to everlasting punishment.

STUDY GUIDE
A. TYPES OF JUDGEMENT

  1. The saviour on the cross being judged for our sins
  2. The believers self judgment (1 Corinthians 11:31)
  3. Believers at judgment seat of Christ
  4. Judgment of the nations (Matthew 25:22)
  5. Judgment of Israel after the tribulation( Ezekiel 20:30-44)
  6. The judgment of angels which are reserved in darkness waiting (Jude 6)
  7. The judgment of the wicked dead or the great white throne judgment( Revelation 20:1)

B. HOW WILL GOD JUDGE BELIEVERS?
Every man’s work will be tested. The work that abide shall be rewarded (1 Corinthians 3:13)

C. RESULTS OF THE TEST
WORK THAT ABIDE
Righteousness
Honesty
Faith in God
True love
Patience
Meekness
Humility
Peace

WORK THAT DO NOT ABIDE
All forms of sin
Cheating
Wickedness
Pride
Yielding to youthful lust
Good things done with wrong motives
Bribery and corruption

D. HOW CAN YOU PREPARE?

  1. Self examination.
  2. Prayer and meditation.
  3. Constant listening to the prompting of the Holy Spirit.
  4. Conscience void of offence before go and men. (Acts 24:16)
  5. Constant communion with the LORD.

LIFE APPLICATION: Are you doing a constant self examination of the life you are living?

CONCLUSION: Examine your life today and make amends where you are found wanting. We should endeavor not to forfeit our crowns.

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