The Christian Family. RCCG Sunday School Teachers.

What Is Covered

The Christian Family.

OPENING PRAYER: Almighty Father, please help all your children to be Christ-like in all areas of life in Jesus’ name.

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: The teacher should allow students to recall what they learned from the previous week’s lesson.

BIBLE PASSAGE: “In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works”- Titus 2:1-14

LESSON INTRODUCTION: A Christian family is an institution where parents are bound by Christian love and where children are happy and spiritually instructed. It is a home where the Lord Jesus is the supreme head. A Christian family is one that radiates Christ, welcomes strangers and dispenses hospitality. A Chrisitan family consists of God-fearing parents and children. The Chrisitan family is the bedrock of the nation and the glory of the Christian church. May God grant us, Chrisitan families.

LESSON AIM: To study the duties of members of the Christian family.

TEACHING OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

a. Understand the duties of each member of the family.

b. Discover the collective responsibilities of the parents.

TEACHING PLAN: To achieve the above-stated objectives, the teacher should:

a. Raise discussion on the existing role of the students in their respective families.

b. Explain to them the expected role of the students in their respective families.

b. Explain to them their expected role as indicated in their outlines.

c. Summarize, conclude, evaluate the lesson and give assignments to the students.

TEXT REVIEW: The teacher should identify two roles/duties each for the following categories of members of the family.

i. Aged Men:

a………………………………………………………………………………………..

ii. Aged women:

a..………………………………………………………

b……………………………………………………………..

iii. Young men:

a……………………………………………………………………………….

b………………………………………….

iv. Young women:

a.……………………………………..

b………………………………………….

NOTE: The teacher should apply points to the teaching as appropriate.

TEACHING METHOD: The teacher should combine discussion /discussion/question and lecture methods to deliver the lesson.

TIME MANAGEMENT: The Teacher should apply two-lesson outlines of teaching time.

LESSON OUTLINE 1: DUTIES OF EACH MEMBER

A. Teacher should find out from the students:

I. What they do as members of the family.

ii. What do their father and mother do in the family?

B. Teacher should explain the underlisted positions or duties of the members of the family as indicated below;

I. Husband

I. He is the head of the family (and the wife is the Help meet, not servant or slave). (Eph. 5:23).

ii. He musty love his wife as Himself in health, sickness, poverty and prosperity (Eph. 5:25; Col. 3:19).

iii. He must be faithful to her and comfort her in times of sorrow (1 Sam 1:18).

iv. He should communicate and discuss/consult with his wife on all matters and issues which affect the home because the two are one (Matt. 10:8).

v. He is the Priest of the family and should lead the family to love, fear and worship God always (Luke 14:26).

II. Wife

I. She must support and submit to her husband like Sarah (Eph. 5:22; 1 Peter 3:5-6).

ii. She should respect and love her husband (Titus 2:4).

iii. She should exhibit good works; show modesty and sobriety, be meek and of quiet spirit (2 Peter 3:4-5),

iv. She should be trustworthy, hardworking, dutiful and responsible (Prov, 31: 11, 13:15).

III. Children

I. They must honour their parents (Ex. 20:12).

ii. They must obey their parents (Luke 2:51).

iii. They must love their parents, be sober and show good examples in all things (Titus 2:6-7).

LESSON OUTLINE 2: COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARENTS

Students should mention those things which they feel that both the father and the mother should do together to ensure a better upbringing for their children.

The teacher should explain the following points to students:

I. Both parents should love and care for their children (1 Tim. 5:8).

ii. Both should introduce God to their children at an early age (Matt. 19: 13-14).

iii. Both should train and discipline them in the way of the Lord (Prov. 22:6).

iv. Both should take the children to church, and Sunday School, buy Christian literature for them and allow them to participate at the family altar.

v. Teach the children to be law-abiding and respect the government (Deut. 32:46).

vi. Gentle with the children by not provoking them to wrath (Eph. 6:4).

vii. Pray for their children and bless them at all times (Ps. 128:3).

SUMMARY: Parents should take care of God’s heritage in their care as well as themselves (Ps. 127:3-5).

CONCLUSION: Parents should always remember that they are also children with a loving heavenly Father.

EVALUATION: Mention the duties of members of the family.

CLOSING PRAYER: Almighty Father, please help each member of the family to do what is good in your sight.

ASSIGNMENT: Mention two (2) or three (3) duties of the following people in the family (1X10=10 Marks).

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