13/9/20
Good day class. welcome to the last online class. Hope you are getting ready for resumption. Today we will be writing note on how zachaeus responded to the call to repentance.
zachaeus responded to the call to repentance ( Luke 19:1-10 )
Zachaeus,a short man, was a chief tax collector in the town of Jericho.He used to cheat the people by collecting more than the required and he used excess tax for himself.
One day, Jesus was passing through Jericho to Jerusalem,so Zachaeus came to see but because of his stature,he climbed the sycamore tree to see Jesus pass by.
Jesus asked him to come down and spent the night in his house. Zachaeus was happy but the people were not happy and said that Jesus had gone to be the guest of a bad man.
Jesus heard this with Zachaeus and he felt bad for cheating the people. He promised to return all the surplus tax he had taken. With this, Jesus was happy for his repentance and said “today, salvation has come to this house”.
The message of John the Baptist ( Matthew 3:1_12, Luke 3:1-14)
The message of John the Baptist is based on repentance. He baptised his converts in river Jordan.
John was born to Zachariah and Elizabeth and he was the forerunner of Jesus. He preached that people should repent for the kingdom is at hand.He fed on locust and wild honey. John referred to the religious leaders of his
days as brood of vipers. John baptised people water but Jesus baptise with the holy spirit.
Consequences of lack of repentance
Example of Eli ( 1 Samuel 3:18,4:10-21)
Hophni and Phinehas were the sons of God at Shiloh.His sons were assistant priests and they did many bad things.
They did not give God respect by taking the best portion of the sacrifice.They also slept with women who served in the house of God.Eli warned his children but they did not change.
God then decided to punish them.God told Samuel of the punishment for the sons of Eli. The Israelites went in battle with the Philistines and they lost the battle.The Philistines captured the ark of covenant and Eli’s sons were killed because of their lack of repentance.
Consequences of some of our wrong doing
When we do what is wrong and refuse to repent and ask for forgiveness we suffer the consequences.
Some youths who engage in vices which are sinful include cultists, those who engage in fornication, examination malpractices, drunkenness,drug addiction,e.t.c. Consequences of lack of repentance of these youths include untimely death, lack of success, being afflicted with incurable disease.
9/9/20
Good day class.Today, we will write on how the people of Nineveh repented of their sins.(Jonah 1-4 )
God was not happy with the people of Nineveh because of their sins. The lord sent Jonah the son of Amittai to go to Nineveh and proclaim that in forty days, Nineveh shall be overthrown. Jonah fled to Joppa to board a ship to Tarshish. There arose a great wind that troubled the ship.The mariners were afraid and threw their luggages in the sea to lighten the ship but Jonah was asleep when the storm was ragging.
They woke him up and when lot was cast it fell on Jonah.He told them he was the cause of the storm and said he should be thrown into the sea. God appointed a big fish to swallow him and he was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights. He prayed while he was in the belly of the fish. Then the fish vommited him at the shore of Nineveh.
He walked through the city and proclaimed that yet in forty days Nineveh shall be overthrown. The people of Nineveh believed God and put on sackcloth.The king sat in ashes and proclaimed a fast for the whole city and that they should repent from their evil ways. When God saw their action , God relented of the destruction to come. God forgave them because they repented.
2/9/20
Good day class.happy new month.. Welcome to class . Today , we will talk on profession and repetance.kindly copy
Profession
A profession is a vocation,occupation or career. It is the work we have been trained to do as professionals for which we earn a living. We have professions like teaching, medical, etc.
In the Bible, we have professionals like Paul who was a lawyer, Matthew a tax collector etc.
To qualify as a professional, you need training in form of education and life experience.
Repentance Repentance is that act of feeling sorry for wrong doing and sincere promise of good behavior in the future. It is the realization that what we have done is bad and we are ready to apologize and ask for forgiveness.
David repented of his sins(2 Sam. 12:7-13)
David committed adultery with Bathsheba the wife of Uriah, the Hittite when the Israelites went to fight against Ammonites. David did not go and saw a woman having her bath while he was walking on the top of his roof.
He slept with her and she became pregnant. In order to hide his sin, he called Uriah to go home and sleep with his wife but he refused and in the end, he sent a letter to Joab to put him in the hottest part of the war and he was killed .
David married Bathsheba and God sent prophet Nathan to call him to repentance.
Nathan told him the story of a poor man and a rich man who had plenty of sheep and goats. One day, the rich man had a visitor and he took the lamb of the poor man and killed it for his visitor.
When David heard the story, he was angry and said the rich
Man should be put to death. Nathan declared the punishment of David including the death of his child.
David confessed his sins and repented as recorded in psalm 51.
26/8/20
Good day class. Welcome back to class. Kindly copy it into your note. Today we will talk about how Ruth served her mother -in-law ( Ruth 1-4)
Ruth served her mother in law ( Ruth 1-4)
Naomi and her husband Elimelech left Bethlehem for the land of Moab due to famine. He died in Moab and his two sons Mahlon and Chilion that married Orphah and Ruth also died in Moab.
In this sadness, Naomi heard that the famine was over and she persuaded her daughters in law to go back to their people. Orphah left but Ruth cleft to her mother in law and said
“where ever you go, I will go, where ever you lodge, I will lodge, your people will be my people and your God shall be my God”
Ruth decided to render selfless service to Naomi’s Yahweh, the God of Israel. She worked in Boaz’s field who was the kinsman of Elimelech.
Boaz later married Ruth and had Obed, the lineage through which Jesus came. Ruth rendered emotional companionship and material services to her mother in law.
Problems of Service
God gives every individual natural talent to serve Him and humanity. Some of these things can hinder us in delivering good services.
1.Bribery and corruption
2.Seduction- Example of Joseph whose Portiphar ‘s wife wanted to seduce while rendering his service to Portiphar
19/8/20
Good day class. Welcome to online class. Today,we will talk about how Joseph was made the ruler.
Joseph was made a ruler in Egypt(Genesis 41 : 37-57 )
When Joseph got to Egypt, he was sold to an Egyptian officer called Potiphar and was made the head of the servants because he was honest and hard working. The good relationship between Portiphar and Joseph was broken because Portiphar ‘s wife accused him of trying to rape her. She made several attempts to lie with him but because he feared God he refused.
Joseph was thrown into the prison and he found favour in the sight ofprisoners the prison officer and the other . He interpreted the dreams of the chief butler and the baker in the prison. After two years he had interpreted their dreams, Pharaoh also had two dreams which nobody could interpret except Joseph.
Pharaoh made him the prime minister in Egypt. His life was characterised with faith and devotion to God.
12/8/20
Good day class. Welcome to class. Today,we will discuss call to service. Kindly copy it into your note.
Services
are activities rendered to provide satisfaction in the society. Professionals like engineers,doctors,teachers,accountant e.t.c render direct services to their clients and they are paid for services
rendered. Sometimes, we may render some vital services on humanitarian or religious ground in which we are not paid.
Joseph was sold to Egypt (Genesis 37:12-36)
Jacob had twelve sons from his wives Racheal and Leah and their maids Bilhah and Zilpah but he loved Joseph more than others because he was the child of his old age. He made him clothes of many colors. His brothers hated him because of his dreams and became jealous of him.
One day, Joseph was sent to go and see the welfare of his brothers at Shechem where they had gone to feed the flock but he found them at Dothan.
When his brothers saw him, they planned to kill him and throw his body into the pit to tell their father that a wild beast had killed him. Reuben suggested that he should be thrown into a pit to rescue him and take him back to their father.
They later sold him to traders for twenty shekels of silver and showed his clothes dipped in blood that he had been killed by a wild beast.
5/8/20
Good day class. Welcome to class today. Last week, we talked about the call of Moses. Today, we will talk about how Deborah and Barak led their people are to freedom. Kindly copy it into your note.
Deborah and Barak led their people to freedom (Judges 4)
God sold the Israelites to the king of Canaan, Jabin who attacked them because they did what was evil after the death of Ehud.
They suffered for twenty years under the rule of Jabin. They cried unto God and God had pity on them. God used Deborah, the prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth to deliver Israel. Deborah was also the judge. Deborah sent for Barak to lead the army of Israel with ten thousand men from the tribe of Naphtali and Zebulon.
Barak agreed to fight if only Deborah would accompany him to the battle. She agreed, but said the glory of the war would go to a woman. Deborah went with Barak and defeated the Canaanites ‘ army commander took refuge in the house of Jael,the wife of Heber the Kenite. Sisera asked for water but jael gave him milk and he told her not to tell anybody that he was in the house.
When he slept off, Jael took a tent peg leg and drove it in through his temple and killed him. So, the glory of the battle went to a woman as Deborah prophesied. Deborah is being referred to as mother in Israel because of the role she played.
People like Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr Dr Nnamdi Azikwe, Ahmadu Bello ,e. t. c fought for Nigeria’s independence and achieved political freedom for Nigerians and these people became nationalists.
29/7/20
Good day class. Hope you’re keeping safe.. Today, we will talk about the call of Moses. kindly copy it into your note..
The call of Moses (Ex. 3:1-1 5)
God made Moses to see the oppression of his people and he was moved by the suffering of the Israelites to the point of killing an Egyptian. The next time he tried separating two Israelites that were fighting ,the guilty one asked if he wanted to kill him like the Egyptian..
This made him to flee to Midian..He joined himself with Jethro’s famil,the priest of Midia and married zipporah,Jethro’s daughter. They had a son and called him Gershom meaning a sojourner .
One day, Moses took the flock of his father in law to graze at Mount horeb.. The angel of the Lord appeared to him in the flame of fire in the bush and the bush did not consume. Moses turned aside to see the great sight and God called him and told him to put off his shoes because he was standing on a Holy ground.
God said he had seen the affliction of his people.He revealed himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.. God said he would use him to deliver his people.. Moses asked God what he was to say the Israelites if they should ask for his name. God said He is I am that am.God gave two signs to Moses to prove himself as the God of Abraham who has sent him.God hardened the heart of Pharoah not to release the Isrealites willinging until he inflicted them with ten plagues.
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22/7/20
Good day class . Welcome to class today .Last week ,we discussed about freedom.As you did last week,do copy it int0 your note. Today we talk about
The birth of Moses (Exodus 1: 15- 21, 2 : 1 – 10)
Moses’ parents were both from the tribe of Levi . His father was Aaron and his mother was Jochabed.
The birth of Moses began the liberation of theIsraelites .At the time Moses was born ,a new king had started ruling Egypt who did not know Joseph and the contribution of Isreal to Egypt .King Pharoah made a decree that every son born by the Hebrew should be killed by the midwives (Puah and Shiprah ) but because they feared God, they did not kill them . Lajter ,the children children were to be drown in River Nile.
Moses was goodly at birth and his mother hid him for three months. After,she put him in a basket made of bulrushes and put him at the bank of the Nile River ,she asked his sister Miriam to stand at a distance so as to see what happened to him.
When Pharoah’s daughter came to have her bath, she found the child in the basket and had pity on him. She asked that a nurse should be employed to look after him. Miriam went to call his mother who nursed the child.
The princess named named him Moses which means “ I drew him out of water .
15/7/20
Good day class. Hope you’re keeping safe. The Lord is your strength. Welcome to class. Today, we will talk about freedom. kindly copy it down into your notebook.
Freedom
freedom is the process whereby individuals or nations are released from bondage, oppression, or discrimination or any other obstacle that they can develop their God’s given talent for the benefit of all.
Types of freedom
- Political freedom -It is the liberation of a country from colonial bondage.
- Economic freedom -It is a situation where the nation grows food to relieve people from poverty and starvation. The nation frees itself from low standard of living through poverty alleviation programs to raise the standard of living of her people.
- Freedom of Association -It is a situation where people are free to join any organization or hold any political ideology without hindrance.
- Social freedom – It is a situation where a country is free from ignorance and superstition through sound education. Freedom from diseases and unhealthy environment through proper medical care and environmental sanitation.
- Freedom of speech – It is a situation where one can speak his mind out on any matter of public interest without being punished.
- Freedom of religion – This is a situation where people are free to join any religious organization and be allowed to worship without hindrance.
8/7/2020
Good day class. Hope you’re keeping safe. kindly write this down in your note.
Abraham demonstrates his obedience (Gen 17:1-17,21:1-8,22:1-17)
when Abraham was ninety-nine years old, God bless appeared to him. God asked him to do two things to demonstrate his obedience. The birth of Isaac marked the beginning of the demonstration of God’s promise with Abraham.
At ninety-nine, God told him to walk before him and be perfect and he would give him a son. God made a covenant with him. The sign of the covenant (agreement )was to circumcise every male in his household.
God changed his name from Abram to Abraham and Sarai to Sarah, father and mother of the multitude.
When Abraham was hundred and Sarah was ninety, they had a son and called him Isaac which means laughter. The child was circumcised on the eighth day he was born. As Isaac grew up, Abraham made a feast on the day he was weaned.
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Abraham was tested by God when he asked him to offer his son Isaac on a mountain as a burnt offering.
Abraham rose early in the morning saddled his donkey, took two of his servants, Isaac, pieces of wood and left for mountain Moriah.
On the third day, Abraham saw the mountain afar off and told his servants to stay behind with the donkeys. Abraham went with Isaac to prepare the sacrifice. As they approached the mountain asked his father for the lamb for the offering and Abraham said that the Lord will provide. Abraham built an altar, set the wood, tied Isaac and laid him on the altar. As he raised his knife to kill his son, an angel of the Lord stopped him. As he lifted up his eyes, he saw a ram. He took the ram and used it instead of his son. Abraham called the name called the name of the place “The Lord will provide “
1/07/2020
Good day class.Hope you are staying safe. I want to introduce you to the scheme of work for
third term.Kindly copy it inside your note.
Week Topics
- Call to obedience
-The call of Abraham
-Blessings of obeying God’s call
2 Abraham demonstrates his obedience
-The birth of Isaac
-The sacrifice of Isaac
3 Call to freedom
-The meaning and types of freedom
-The birth of Isaac
4 Deborah and Barak led their people to freedom
-Eminent Nigerians obtained freedom for their people
5 Call to Service
-Meaning of Service
-Examples of people who served in the Bible
-Joseph served in Egypt
6 Ruth serves her mother – in-law
-Life in God’s service
-Problem of service
7 Call to repentance
-King David obeyed God’s call to repentance
-The people of Nineveh repented of their sins
8 Zacchaeus responded to repentance
-John the Baptist called for repentance
-Consequences of lack of repentance
-Example of Eli
Abraham obeyed God’s call ( Gen 12 :1 – 9 )
Obedience means doing what you are told to do. It is to comply with rules and regulations at home, at school and with the laws in the community.
Obedience to God’s will attracts blessings .Abram obeyed God when He called him. Abram’s father was Terah .He grew up in Ur in the Southern Mesopotamia. Later, Terah took his family to Haran in Northern Mesopotamia. .He went with his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot ,his servants and his possessions.
At the age of 75,God called Abram and said “Go from your kindred and your father’s house”
He answered the call and left Haran .He answered the call and left Haran .He went with his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot ,his servants and his possessions. Abram arrived in Canaan which was call the land flowing with milk and honey because of the fertility. He moved with his family to the sacred tree called oak of Moreh in Shechem . At night, God appeared to Abraham and confirmed to him that the promised land would be given to him and his descendants.
Abram built an altar to God and later moved from their and created his tent in Bethel
Blessings from obeying God’s call
- A new land – God promised Abram a new land .
- A great nation – God promised to make him a great nation
- Bless those who bless him and curse those who curse him
- A blessing to all mankind
Lesson 5 24/6/20
Good day class. Welcome to online class. I want to commend those who have been doing their assignment religiously, please keep it up.
Correction to last lesson
Importance or reasons for reconciliation
- It restores broken relationship
- It enhances peace and harmony
- It promotes unity
- It aids development in the society.
- It promotes cooperation.
FAMILY
Family is a group of people who are related by blood or adoption and live together in a home. The family is a group that consists of two adults of opposite sex and their children.
Types of Family
1. The nuclear family
2. The extended family.
3. Compound family.
Members of the family include: parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, cousins etc
DIFFERENT ROLES OF FAMILY MEMBERS (Col 3;18-21,1 Peter 3;1-7)
In the Christian family, the father, mother and the children have roles to perform in the home.
ASSIGNMENT
Give four roles each, these family members perform.
17/06/2020
Good day class, hope you are staying safe.
Correction to last lesson:
Punishment for Eve
- She will give birth in pain.
- Her desire shall be to her husband.
- Her husband shall rule over her.
Punishment for Adam
- The ground was cursed to bring out thorns.
- In his sweat, he shall eat.
Punishment for serpent
- It was cursed above all animals.
- It shall crawl on its belly.
- God put enmity between it and the woman and her seeds.
LESSON 5: RECONCILIATION
Reconciliation is the means or process by which we bring back or restore good relationship that had been broken between two individuals or groups of people. There are two conditions necessary to bring about reconciliation. The first is repentance and the second condition is forgiveness.
We reconcile through these ways:
- Shaking of hands
- Embracing
- Saying sorry
- Giving gifts
- Forgive and forget
STORIES ABOUT RECONCILIATION
- The prodigal son(luke 15: 11-32)
- Reconciliation of Esau with Jacob (Gen 33: 1-11)
CLASS ACTIVITY:
- Mention three ways of reconciling with offenders
- Mention three reasons for reconciliation
Reconciliation
- 20/5/20 hello class.Hope you are staying safe? Welcome to CRS online class.
- We will revise the lesson on God and His attributes .
- Genesis 1:1,Jeremiah10:12 .God is the Supreme Being who created the world and human beings. These are some of his attributes : Sovereign creator, Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent, Immortal ,Holy, Perfect,Love,Invisible and many more.
All the various tribes in Nigeria believe in God. Everyone believes that God is the Supreme being who created the world and man. Therefore, all the tubes have their own names for God.
| People | Name of God | Meaning |
| Edo | Osanobwa | The source of all being and the sustainer of the world |
| Hausa | Ubangiji | The Supreme being |
| Igbo | Chineke | God the creator |
| Yoruba | Eleda | The creator |
1.Write short note on 4 attributes of God.
- List 5 names of God in different Nigerian languages and give the meaning.
27/5/20 I want to commend those that did the assignment given, please keep it up. Good day to you class. Hope you’re keeping safe, His protection will continue to be over us.
Lesson 2:Biblical account of creation(Genesis 1 and 2)
There are two stories to creation. The first creation story talked about how God made the heaven and the earth within the period of six days and on the seventh day he rested and blessed that day. There was nothing before creation, God spoke and things he wanted appeared.
| Days | Things Created |
| 1 | light |
| 2 | firmament or heaven |
| 3 | Land ,seas and vegetation |
| 4 | Heavenly bodies i.e the sun, moon and stars |
| 5 | Sea animals and birds of the air |
| 6 | Land animals and man |
There was an existing land but no plant because God had not caused it to rain. He formed man from dust and gave him life. He planted a garden and put man in charge but with a command not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil and the consequence is death. He made other creatures from the dust but non like Adam among the creatures. God caused a deep sleep over Adam and formed Eve from his rib. He called her woman because she was taken out of man.
Assignment
- Give 3 importance of creation stories
Differentiate between the first and second creation Story
3/6/20 Correction to last lesson. Good day class. I really appreciate those of you who attempted the exercise given at the last lesson . Please keep it up
IMPORTANCEOF CREATION STORIES
God created the world by his power so He is the sovereign ruler of the entire universe.
God created the world in an orderly manner by creating an aspect of nature everyday.So,God is a God of order.
It gives idea of gradual unfolding of the universe. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CREATION STORIES
1.Man was created last in the first story but in the second story man was the last thing to be created.
2.There was nothing before creation in the first account but an existing land mass in the second account.
3.There was a river which divided into four in the second story but only the collection of waters was mentioned in the first account. Lesson 3
Reasons why God created human beings
The pupose of God in creating human beings are -;
a.To be God’s representative on earth.
b.To continue God’s creative activity on earth.
c. To procreate
d.To have dominion over other creations .
e. To serve and please God.
MARRIAGE
Marriage is the legal act of joining together of a man and woman to become husband and wife. God instituted marriage from the story of creation for man and woman to live together as husband and wife.
Functions of marriage
- Companionship
- Procreation
- Responsibility
- Preventing Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Preventing immoral behavior
Human beings share in God’s creative activities by developing the natural resources of the earth for the benefit of all man. He gave human race the creative power and ability to make things. Things made by man are called inventions and things made by God are called creations.
ASSGNMENT
Write short note on five functions of marriage
Mention ten things man made
10/6/20 Good day class. Hope you’re staying safe. The Lord will continue to be our shield now and beyond in Jesus name.
Correction to last lesson
- Companionship -To keep each others company.
Procreation -To bring new life into being .
Prevention of stds/immorality -Sex is only allowed in marriage to avoid promiscuity.
Responsibilities -Couples have roles to play in marriage.
Man has invented many things with the wisdom God gave to him. All works of inventions are man made.
Lesson 4 -Disobedience
Disobedience means defying or breaking the rules or going against the laws. The first human disobedience was recorded in Genesis 3:1-24.
Read through the Bible reference to have indept knowledge on how the first set of human being sinned against God. God put the Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. He commanded man to freely eat of all the trees in the garden except from the tree of knowledge of good and evil and the consequence of it is death. The serpent came and deceived the woman to eat the forbidden fruit. She ate and gave it to her husband. Immediately they realized they were naked. God punished the serpent, the man and his wife for their disobedience.
To every act of disobedience there is also a corresponding consequence.
Assignment
Give 2 punishment each, God gave to Adam, Eve and the serpent.
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