RCCG JUNIOR ZEAL (AGES 13-19) – TEACHER’S MANUAL FOR AUGUST 4, 2024: TOPIC – CONSEQUENCES OF AN UNGRATEFUL HEART: ETERNITY IN HELL.
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RCCG LOWER JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2023/2024
AGE 13-19 TEACHER’S MANUAL
SUNDAY 4TH AUGUST, 2024
LESSON FORTY NINE (49)
TOPIC: CONSEQUENCES OF AN UNGRATEFUL HEART: ETERNITY IN HELL.
BIBLE TEXT: MATTHEW 27:1-8
[1]When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
[2]And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
[3]Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
[4]Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
[5]And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
[6]And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
[7]And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
[8]Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
MEMORY VERSE: 1 Corinthians 6:9 – “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?”
LESSON AIM: To teach the teenagers that an ungrateful heart may end up in hell fire.
CENTRAL TRUTH: Hell is real! Without Jesus, hell is sure!
OPENING QUESTION: How can ingratitude lead to a loss of blessings?
INTRODUCTION: Ingratitude can lead one to hell fire. You may wonder how. We see this play out in the life of Judas Iscariot. Rather than being grateful for knowing Jesus, counting it a privilege to be chosen as one of His disciples, he became ungrateful and sold Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.
STUDY GUIDE:
* LESSONS TO LEARN FROM JUDAS
After betraying Jesus, Judas saw that the chief priest had Jesus bound and he was filled with remorse. Ingratitude leads to remorse.
* He returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. Ingratitude leads to loss..
* The money was rejected. Ingratitude leads to rejection.
* He confessed he had sinned. Ingratitude leads to sin.
* He threw the money into the temple and left. Ingratitude leads to a separation from God.
* He committed suicide. Ingratitude leads to spiritual death.
* HOW CAN INGRATITUDE LEAD ONE TO HELL FIRE?
* Ingratitude is a work of the flesh – Gal 5:19
* It is unbelief – John 3:16.
* It is a seed sown to one’s own flesh – Gal 6:7-8.
* It is unrighteousness – 1 Cor 6:9-10.
* An ungrateful person is usually not content and lack of contentment a sin.
* An ungrateful person will always grumble and murmur. Murmuring is a sin.
* An ungrateful person will lie and steal from others.
CLASS ACTIVITY: List the people who will go to hell as mentioned in Rev 21:8: …………………….
LIFE APPLICATION: What are those things you are doing that can lead to hell fire? Do you know that your own righteousness cannot saver you from hell? Repent today, ask God for mercy and begin to live a life that pleases Him. Be grateful to Him.
CONCLUSION: Ingratitude is a sin and we have seen from our study today that no sinner will inherit the Kingdom of God. The Bible records that no matter what God did for the children of Israel, they constantly grumbled and murmured; many of them died in the wilderness. How do you think that God would welcome an ungrateful person into His. Kingdom? Let us learn to be grateful always.
TODAY’S LESSON REFLECTION:
* What truth have you learnt in today’s lesson?
* Write down one way in which you are going to apply what you now know.