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RCCG JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2022/2023 – AGE 9-12 TEACHER’S MANUAL – SUNDAY 9TH OF JULY, 2023 – LESSON FORTY FIVE(45) – TOPIC: SUSTAINING THE FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 6 (THROUGH OBEDIENCE)

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RCCG JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2022/2023
AGE 9-12 TEACHER’S MANUAL
SUNDAY 9TH OF JULY, 2023
LESSON FORTY FIVE(45)
TOPIC: SUSTAINING THE FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 6 (THROUGH OBEDIENCE)

BIBLE TEXT: 1 Samuel 15:1-28
[1]Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.
[2]Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
[3]Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
[4]And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
[5]And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
[6]And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
[7]And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
[8]And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
[9]But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
[10]Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
[11]It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
[12]And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
[13]And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
[14]And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
[15]And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
[16]Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
[17]And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
[18]And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
[19]Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
[20]And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
[21]But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
[22]And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
[23]For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
[24]And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
[25]Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
[26]And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
[27]And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
[28]And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.

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.

DAILY DEVOTION
SUNDAY 1 CORINTHIANS 15:19-22
MONDAY 1 CORINTHIANS 15:23-28
TUESDAY 1 CORINTHIANS 15:29-31
WEDNESDAY 1 CORINTHIANS 15:32-36
THURSDAY 1 CORINTHIANS 15:37-40
FRIDAY 1 CORINTHIANS 15:41-46
SATURDAY 1CORINTHIANS 15:47-51

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