RCCG JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2022/2023 – AGE 9-12 TEACHER’S MANUAL – SUNDAY 23RD OF JULY, 2023 – LESSON FORTY SEVEN (47) – TOPIC: UNDERSTANDING YOUR SEXUALITY
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RCCG JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2022/2023
AGE 9-12 TEACHER’S MANUAL
SUNDAY 23RD OF JULY, 2023
LESSON FORTY SEVEN (47)
TOPIC: UNDERSTANDING YOUR SEXUALITY
BIBLE TEXT: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
[12]All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
[13]Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
[14]And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
[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.
[16]What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
[17]But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
[18]Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
[19]What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
[20]For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
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
- HOMOSEXUALITY: Sexual act between people of the same gender. Lev 18:22, Romans 1:26-27
- INCEST: family members. Lev 18:7-18
- PAEDOPHILE: perverted sexual attraction towards children
- RAPE: forceful sexual intercourse with unwilling partner. 2 Samuel 13:10-14
- 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
- MASTURBATION AND THE USE OF SEX TOY
- 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
- Destruction of destinies.Genesis 49:3-4, 1 Corinthians 6:16
- Contracting strange disease.
- Defile your body thereby hindering the fulfillment of God’s purpose. 1 Corinthians 6:17
- It takes away your spiritual covering. 1 Corinthians 10:8
- It brings God’s wrath. Numbers 25:1-11
- It’s gives the devil legal ground to operate. 1 Corinthians 6:19
- Guilt and self-condemnation set in. Psalms 51:3
- It’s destroy families.
D. WAYS TO OVERCOME
- Repent and Confess to God. Romans 12:2, 1 John 1:9
- Ask God to fill your mind with things that are true, honourable, just, true, pure, lovely and commendable. Phil. 4:8
- Your body is special you must protect it. 1 Thess 4:3-4
- Present your body as a living sacrifice. Romans 12:2
- Allow the spirit of God to lead you. Gal. 5:16
- Exercise self control. Gen 39:7-9, 1 Corinthians 6:18
- Study and meditate on the word of God, Fast, pray and fellowship with genuine children of God
- Seek counsel from those in right standing with God.
- 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 Savior.
DAILY DEVOTION
SUNDAY 2 CORINTHIANS 1:6-9
MONDAY 2 CORINTHIANS 1:10-15
TUESDAY 2 CORINTHIANS 1:16-18
WEDNESDAY 2CORINTHIANS 1:19-24
THURSDAY 2 CORINTHIANS 2:1-5
FRIDAY 2 CORINTHIANS 2:6-9
SATURDAY 2 CORINTHIANS 2:10-15
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