WEEK 29 – SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 2018.
TOPIC: MAINTAINING OUR INTEGRITY
Review of Previous Week’s Lesson (5 Minutes)
a. What did you learn last week?
b. How did you apply it to your life?
Main Text: Genesis 39:1-20
Memory Verse: He stores up success for the upright; He is a shield for those who live with integrity. – Proverbs 2:7 (HCSB)
Introduction
Integrity is the consistent and permanent attitude of honesty, faithfulness, truthfulness and strong moral principles; it is doing what we know is right and keeping to the truth no matter the cost. One of the qualities that makes the home a better place to be, the church a safe gathering, and the community a happy environment to live in is integrity. When we practise what we believe and profess and do what we know would please our Lord Jesus Christ, then we can be said to have integrity. Joseph is one of the outstanding God-fearing people in Scripture. He displayed integrity even when things were most difficult for him in life.
Questions for Discussion
1. What did Potiphar do when Joseph found favour in his eyes? Verse 5-6
2. How did Potiphar’s wife respond to Joseph’s good looks? Verses 7, 12
3. How did Joseph respond to her request for sexual intimacy? Verse 8 - 10
4. How did Joseph display integrity in Potiphar’s house?
5. In what practical ways can we display integrity in our daily lives?
2. How did Potiphar’s wife respond to Joseph’s good looks? Verses 7, 12
3. How did Joseph respond to her request for sexual intimacy? Verse 8 - 10
4. How did Joseph display integrity in Potiphar’s house?
5. In what practical ways can we display integrity in our daily lives?
Conclusion
Potiphar virtually left everything in the hands of Joseph when he found him to be faithful and realised the Lord prospered everything he did. However, Potiphar’s wife desired to have sexual intimacy with him. But the more she persisted in her request for sexual intimacy, the more Joseph refused. Though Joseph had been elevated and had found favour in the sight of his master, he did not use that privilege to satisfy the flesh. He respected God and his master and refused to defile himself. Integrity is when we hold on to the truth and consistently refuse to be corrupted or displease the Lord. In our homes, churches and relationships, we must always display integrity.
THE CHURCH OF PENTECOST – 2018 HOME CELL OUTLINE
WEEK 29 – SUNDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 2018.
TOPIC: WOE TO HYPOCRITES
Review of Previous Week’s Lesson (5 Minutes)
a. What did you learn last week?
b. How did you apply it to your life?
a. What did you learn last week?
b. How did you apply it to your life?
Main Text: Matthew 23:13-14
Memory Verse: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse! – Galatians 1:9
Memory Verse: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse! – Galatians 1:9
Introduction
There are people in life who do not endeavour to achieve any feat but are quick to prevent others who desire to. Jesus pronounced woes (declaration of God’s coming wrath) on the Pharisees and Teachers of the Law. The first of the woes was because these people were not entering the Kingdom of God and were also making it difficult for others who desired to enter. In this study, we shall examine this kind of trend in the world today in the light of Matthew 23:13-14.
Questions for Discussion
1. After pronouncing “woe”, what one word did Jesus use to describe these “Pharisees and Teachers of the Law”? Verse. 13
2. How do you understand Jesus’ statement against them in Matthew 23:13-15?
3. How can we identify a present-day “Pharisee and Teacher of the Law”?
4. What do the Pharisees and Teachers of the Law do to prevent others from entering the Kingdom of God?
5. How can these ‘Pharisees and Teachers of the Law’ also enter the kingdom of God? John 3:3-5
Conclusion
Jesus pronounced “woes” unto the Pharisees and Teachers of the Law because they were hypocrites. Their outward show of piety did not match the state of their hearts. One of their many sins was that they did not enter the Kingdom of God and also prevented people from entering it. Similarly, people who by their lifestyles reject Jesus as Lord and Saviour and teach others to do the same are just like these Pharisees and Teachers of the Law. Like Nicodemus, they must be born again in order to enter the Kingdom of God.
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READ THROUGH THE BIBLE IN A YEAR GUIDE
Week 29 (Sunday 22th July to Saturday 28th July, 2018)
1. Sunday: Isaiah 1-3
2. Monday: Isaiah 4-6
3. Tuesday: Isaiah 7-9
4. Wednesday: Isaiah 10-13
5. Thursday: Isaiah 14-16
6. Friday: Isaiah 17-21
7. Saturday: Isaiah 22-25
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