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TOPIC: Eternal Rewards (RCCG Sunday School Student Manual 21 August 2022)
MEMORY VERSE: βFor our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;β β 2 Corinthians 4:17 (KJV)
BIBLE PASSAGE: 1 Corinthians 9:16-27 (KJV) (RCCG Sunday School Student Manual 21 August 2022)
16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
23 And this I do for the gospelβs sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
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RCCG Sunday School Teacher Manual 21 August 2022: Eternal Rewards
LESSON INTRODUCTION: It is generally believed that the rewards to be given at the judgment seat of Christ will consist of crowns and other glorious things. 2Corinthians 4:17 speaks of the momentary light affliction, which is descriptive of this world of sorrow, pain, tears and problems. However, the moment that we cross to the other side, this moment of affliction will be exchanged for an βexceeding and eternal weight of gloryβ. The believer falls asleep in Christ (John 11:11), suddenly awakes in the Lordβs presence and the glory begins (Phil.1:23).
LESSON OUTLINES:
1. WHAT GLORIES ARE BELIEVERS TO EXPECT?
Every born-again child of God, living a holy life and walking in the Spirit of God should expect:
2. WHAT CROWNS MAY BELIEVERS WIN?
It is possible for believers to win several crowns. For example there is:
CONCLUSION: Be faithful, even unto death.
QUESTIONS:
FURTHER READING:
Monday: John 8:51 (KJV)
51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
Tuesday: 1 Corinthians 15:55 (KJV)
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
Wednesday: 2 Chronicles 15:7 (KJV)
7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
Thursday: Matthew 6:1 (KJV)
1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Friday: Matthew 19:29 (KJV)
29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my nameβs sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Saturday: John 5:24 (KJV)
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Sunday: Joshua 1:6-8 (KJV)
6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest. 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
ASSIGNMENT: Find out five (5) major obstacles that make it difficult for some people to endure affliction.
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