2015 MARCH WEEK FIVE LESSON

SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 2015.

WEEK 13

LORD’S SUPPER DAY

Today’s Lord’s Supper has been necessitated by the fact that Easter Convention will be held during the first week of April 2015. The day could be free or the District/Local can decide to use the study provided for Week 13 in the manual as provided here.

GOD EXPECTS FRUITFULNESS

Main Text: Gen. 9:1-7

Memory verse: Gen. 9:7 “As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it”

Introduction

When God entrusts us with resources, he expects us to use them profitably. It is out of our fruitfulness that we add to the resources and therefore record growth and thereby glorify Him. God expectation of increase is expressed in His command to Adam and Eve to be fruitful and multiply. It is very important for Christians to know that the talents God gives us are for productive use and His glory. When we apply the talents as expected of us, we minister to people to the extent that some lives are transformed to the glory of God.

Discussion questions

1. How did God bless Noah? Vrs 1

2. What form of accounting did God demand from man? Vrs 5-6

3. What charge did God give to Noah? Vrs 7

4. How can you increase the talents God has given you?

5. What happens to Christians who fail to develop their talents?

6. How do you use your God-given talents?

Conclusion

Once the Lord gives a talent, he expects that the recipient will increase the talent through personal development. It has been the principle of God that, when he gives us something, it must increase within us. The Lord graciously led Noah and his family out of the ark and mandated them to multiply the life they had received. Jesus in John 14:12 says that those who believe in him will do greater works. All these show that God expects increase in our talents and we may face condemnation if we fail to increase.

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