12: Rewards of Faithfulness – Teaching Plan
Key Thought : Grace makes us new creatures in Christ, fashioned unto good works. All good works are fruits of faith that God gives, and the works of salvation are wrought by God Himself.
March 25, 2023
1. Have a volunteer read Hebrews 11:6, Isaiah 40:10, Revelation 22:12.
- Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
- What do these texts mean to us? How should we respond to what it says?
- Personal Application: How are we blessed by keeping God’s commandments if it is not the cause of salvation but gives us the right to enter into the Holy City? Share your thoughts.
- Case Study: One of your relatives states, “What is the difference between salvation by grace and a reward according to works? Isn’t a reward according to our works a way of working for salvation, or working for a reward?” How would you respond to your relative?
2. Have a volunteer read Revelation 21:1-4,7,8.
- Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
- What are some things that we are promised?
- Personal Application: What is the difference between the saved and the lost in these verses? Share your thoughts
- Case Study: One of your friends states, “Why is Revelation so harsh on people’s deeds and actions as unsavable? I thought Christ’s blood covered all when He died on the cross and the believer accepts Him by faith.” How would you respond to your friend?
3. Have a volunteer read Matthew 25:14-23.
- Ask class members to share a short
- Who is the one traveling into a far country? Who does he entrust his goods to? What does it mean to settle accounts?
- Personal Application: How do you think you would fare when God comes to settle accounts with you? Share your thoughts.
- Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “I thought talents were gifts that God gives people to share the gospel, but this seems to refer talents to money and how the believer uses it to God’s glory. Doesn’t the rich Christian have an advantage over a poor one, if this is true?” How would you respond to your relative?
4. Have a volunteer read Romans 8:16-18.
- Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
- What motivated Paul to be a faithful steward to what God had blessed him with?
- Personal Application: Why would you or anyone else be concerned and responsible for the financés that you have to serve God and others? Share your thoughts?
- Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.
(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).
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