2015 AUGUST WEEK FIVE LESSON

SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 2015.

WEEK 35

STEWARDS OF OUR BODIES (I)

Main text: Romans 1:18-27

Memory Verse: Romans 12:1 “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God- this is your spiritual act of worship” (NIV)

Introduction

Our bodies belong to the Lord, thus we are to take care of our bodies for the Lord. The Christian therefore needs to give himself to the Lord before giving all other things such as talents, gifts, money and home. Since the body is God’s, we are entreated to present it to God as a living sacrifice as stated in our memory verse. In a postmodern world, even truth has become relative. People use their bodies for all kinds of vices. In our study today, we will look at how we can be good stewards of our bodies and not exchange it for evil desires.

Discussion questions

1. How is the truth of God suppressed? Rom 1:18

2. How can people who know God have their hearts darkened? Rom 1:21

3. What happens to those who exchange the glory of God for images? Rom 1:24

4. How do people abuse their bodies? Rom 1:26-27

5. In which ways do people abuse their bodies?

6. What should people do to become good stewards of their bodies?

Conclusion

One of the greatest hindrances to God’s work is the failure of Christians to avail themselves as ready vessels. Some do not take good care of their bodies and therefore are not healthy while others suffer from physical weakness. For this reason, they do not fit into tasks that call for healthy workers. Other things like personal hygiene, what and how we eat show how we serve as good stewards of our bodies. As good stewards of our bodies, we should refrain from back-biting, slander, cursing and raining insults on people especially our children. The same goes with what we look at, and what we do with our bodies. Job said in Job 31:1: “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a girl” (NIV). We must make a covenant with our bodies not to abuse them through sexual immorality, gluttony and stress.

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