Stonecroft Ministries Youth Sports Bible Study Trinity curriculum for youth and children in Africa Jesus Series Lesson 5

This English Stonecroft 'Youth Discipleship Teaching' has been adapted from the Adult Stonecroft Trinity Series.

The English Stonecroft Trinity Series - Who is Jesus? is available online from Stonecroft's corporate website.

AS YOUTH ARRIVE PRIOR TO THE LESSON:

Welcome, as the Junior Youth arrive get them to colour the colouring pages and visual aids that will be used during the session.

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1. GUESSING GAME: (10 minutes)

2. TEAM GAME: (10 minutes) BLANKET RELAY:
Give each team a blanket to carry a similar item from the start to finish line without dropping the item. If the item drops to the ground, the team must stop and go back to the starting line with the item to be carried, and start over.

3. ACTIVE PRAISE CHORUS:
(10 minutes)

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4. INTIMATE WORSHIP: (5 minutes)

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4. INTIMATE WORSHIP: (5 minutes)

5. TEACHING:
a. Weekly Bible Verse Readings Review: During the last week at home you read the Weekly Bible Verses and wrote a short summary of the seven parables.

Allow the class to share their answers and discuss together.

1. The Parable of the Sower

What happened to the seed that fell by the wayside? (The birds came and devoured them)

What happened to the seed that fell on stony places? (they had no root they withered away)

What happened to the seed that fell on good ground? (They yielded a crop)

2. The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares

What happened while the men slept? (His enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat)

What happens at the time of harvest? ( They will first gather together the tares and bind them in bundles)

What happens to the tares? (They will be burnt)

What happens to the wheat? (They get stored in the barn)

3. The Parable of the Mustard Seed

Is the Mustard seed a big seed? (No it is the least of all the seeds)

4. The Parable of the Leaven

What is leaven used for? (Leaven is placed in bread dough to make the bread rise )

5. Prophecy and the Parables

Discuss 'Prophecies Concerning the Messiah''

6. The Parable of the Hidden Treasure

Where did the man find the hidden treasure? (Hidden in a field)

What did he do? (Sells all that he has and buys that field)

The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price

What did the merchant do when he found one pearl of great price? ( He went and sold all that he had and bought it)

7. The Parable of the Dragnet

What happened to the good fish in the dragnet? (They gathered the good fish into vessels)

What happened to the bad fish in the dragnet? (They threw the bad away)

When the wicked from among the just are separated what happens to the wicked? (They are cast into the furnace of fire)

b. Sword Play
Ready…Swords up… John 1:1-3; 14 … CHARGE!

The Word Became Flesh

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. John 1:1-3

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14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14

c. Teach the lesson

What Did Jesus Do?

Prayer

Dear God, the Bible tells us that Jesus Christ is Your Son. It tells us that He has the same nature and characteristics that You have. Help us to learn the truth about Jesus as we study. We pray in Jesus’ name, amen.

Purpose of the Lesson
• Realize the influence of Jesus’ moral character, His teaching, His power over all natural and physical forces, and His influence on history—all of which reveals that He is God Himself.
• Recognize that work is a blessing.

In our first four lessons, we studied what the Bible says about Jesus, we learnt the Old Testament prophecies that were fulfilled in Christ, what He said, and what He taught. In this lesson, we will study what Jesus did.

None of the gospel writers attempted to write about everything Jesus did. They did not write an historical or chronological biography of Him. They each selected material from His life and teaching which emphasized the particular portrait of Jesus that they needed to present to their audience.

Mark was the first of the four gospel writers to write about Jesus. He wrote the Gospel of Mark to the people of Rome so that they could have a record of the words and deeds of Jesus. Mark had worked with Paul and Barnabas, the first missionary team to present the Gospel to the Roman world. Later, Mark worked with the apostle Peter, from whom he learned many of the details of Jesus’ teaching and activities. Mark’s book emphasizes the work of Christ as the Perfect Servant of God.

The Gospel of Matthew was written to present Jesus as the Jewish Messiah. The Jewish people needed to see how Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies of their coming King. Matthew told them how the nation rejected Jesus and His kingdom. Matthew’s book is especially meaningful to those who are familiar with the Old Testament.

Greek doctor Luke traveled with Paul. He wrote the most complete record we have of Jesus’ life—the Gospel of Luke. He completed careful historical research, studied the writings of the Apostles, and interviewed eyewitnesses. What he wrote about the conception and birth of Christ must have been learned from Mary herself. We believe this because the things he wrote concerning Mary were not public knowledge. For example, the other gospel writers did not record the information concerning Mary’s thoughts as Luke did.

John, one of the Apostles, emphasized the fact that Jesus was the Son of God. In the beginning of his book, the Gospel of John, John presented the pre-existence of Christ and the fact that He is the Creator of all things. He explained that the Son is a distinct personality from the Father. He also clearly stated that Jesus is one with God. This is hard to understand, but the four important verses of John’s Gospel confirm the fact that Jesus is the Creator. These verses present the uniqueness of Jesus, His oneness with God, His incarnation, and His Sonship

Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph

In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

But Jesus answered them, "My Father has been working until now, and I have been working."

3. State in a few words what each of the following Bible references reveals about what Jesus did.

Then they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath He entered the synagogue and taught.

32 At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to Him all who were sick and those who were demon-possessed. 33 And the whole city was gathered together at the door. 34 Then He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew Him.

Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed

But He said to them, "Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because for this purpose I have come forth."

7 And He called the twelve to Himself, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits. 8 He commanded them to take nothing for the journey except a staff-no bag, no bread, no copper in their money belts- 9 but to wear sandals, and not to put on two tunics.

10 Also He said to them, "In whatever place you enter a house, stay there till you depart from that place. 11 And whoever will not receive you nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!"

12 So they went out and preached that people should repent. 13 And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them.

The four Gospels report 34 of the miracles of Jesus. At the end of his Gospel, John said something about the extent of the works of Jesus Christ.

And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.

From this, we know that the New Testament does not record everything that Jesus did.

demons............... fever .............. water into wine.............. paralyzed man.............. leprocy

Read the following miracles and match the above items with the appropriate Bible references:

1 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. 3 And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, "They have no wine."

4 Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come."

6 Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of purification of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons apiece. 7 Jesus said to them, "Fill the waterpots with water." And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And He said to them, "Draw some out now, and take it to the master of the feast." And they took it. 9 When the master of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom. 10 And he said to him, "Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!"

11 This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.

14 Now when Jesus had come into Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother lying sick with a fever. 15 So He touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she arose and served them.

16 When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:

When He had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him. 2 And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean."

3 Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing; be cleansed." Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

4 And Jesus said to him, "See that you tell no one; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."

And again He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house. 2 Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them. 3 Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. 4 And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.

5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you."

6 And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, 7 "Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

8 But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, "Why do you reason about these things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ' Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Arise, take up your bed and walk'? 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins" -He said to the paralytic, 11 "I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house." 12 Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"

“How very great is his power at work
in us who believe. . . .”
—Ephesians 1:19

Heavenly Father, thank You for the work You have given us to do and for setting a good example. We want You to be pleased with us as You were pleased with Jesus. We want all that we do to bring glory to Your name. We pray in the powerful name of Jesus Christ, amen.

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