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Youth Teacher: 3rd Quarter 2015
Youth Teacher: 3rd Quarter 2015
Youth Teacher: 3rd Quarter 2015
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Youth Teacher is a quarterly publication used to help the Sunday school teacher discuss issues pertaining to youth ages 12-17. Sections such as Biblical Emphases give background knowledge of the lesson. All lessons include relevant life concerns and lesson applications to help the teacher relate the Bible to the lives of young people.
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    Youth Teacher - Susan K. Gardner

    1 CORINTHIANS 15:1–11, 20–22

    RESOURCES NEEDED

    New National Baptist Hymnal, 21st Century Edition #76 (NNBH #321)

    God’s Promises Bible

    Boyd’s Commentary for the Sunday School

    UNIFYING PRINCIPLE

    People need to be reminded of important events that shape their identities and actions. What kind of event can make such an influence on their lives? Jesus’ resurrection provided tangible evidence of the possibility of resurrection for those whose identity is formed by Christ Jesus.

    BIBLICAL EMPHASES:

    1. Paul discussed the resurrection of the dead to a congregation many years removed from the time Jesus died and was resurrected.

    2. Paul may have anticipated the resurrection of the dead to occur within his lifetime, but the message transcends time and remains relevant for believers today.

    3. Whether through Paul or other witnesses, the ultimate intent is the same: that readers or hearers themselves come to believe in Christ’s resurrection.

    TARGET EMPHASIS

    SEEKERS FOR JESUS: The Easter season provides youth with an opportunity to transcend time, geography, and culture to recognize and celebrate the reality of the resurrection. They can celebrate Easter as an event of their faith community—the Church—with which they identify.

    TEEN SCENE: Teens can experience the wonder and awe of the resurrection as a communal and personal event. They can understand and affirm Christ’s resurrection as the foundation of their own resurrection and of the resurrection of all whom they hold dear.

    LESSON OVERVIEW

    I. Remember the Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:1–11)

    The Apostle Paul wrote to the church of Corinth and encouraged the believers to continue to believe the message of the Gospel. Those who no longer proclaimed the Gospel believed in vain (1 Cor. 15:2, NRSV). Without the Gospel, all men and women are without hope because it is the message of salvation. A belief in Christ transforms one’s entire being. Paul reminded the Corinthian Christians of their hope in Christ. Their strong belief united the believers and warded off false teachings. Paul taught the Corinthians many principles of faith, but he said that this is the most important truth: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures (vv. 3–4, NRSV). This is what comforts us in times of uncertainty, affliction, and even death.

    The Corinthians never saw Jesus and were removed both in time and culture from the crucifixion of Jesus. Thus, Paul was led by the Holy Spirit to provide the Corinthian church accounts of others who testified about Jesus. These people would support Paul’s message of Christ’s resurrection and would provide the Corinthians with other points of reference to the truth of Christ. Christ appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve [Disciples] (v. 5, NRSV).

    Paul wanted to name those who had witnessed Christ during His ministry or His days after the resurrection because he understood the power of an eyewitness. A great example of the power of eyewitnesses is found in John 9:1–34. A man who was born blind experienced the miraculous healing of Jesus. The people who had seen this blind man grow up were astonished that he could see, and the blind man proclaimed that Jesus had healed him. The religious leaders did not accept that Jesus or His healing was from God. However, the formerly blind man said, ‘You do not know where [Jesus] comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. . . . Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing’ (vv. 30, 32–33). This man gave a powerful testimony that Jesus is the Son of God.

    If we have accepted the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ, we also are to share our testimonies with those who do not know Christ. Because we have the Holy Spirit within us, our testimonies have the power to open the eyes of the spiritually blind so that they will see that Christ, the Son of God, has risen. Jesus said, ‘But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth’ (Acts 1:8, NRSV).

    Paul wasn’t just making up a story; his account could be backed up with witnesses, as many of whom were still alive. Jesus appeared to more than five hundred people following His resurrection. This is why the people of Corinth believed. The account caused them to commit their lives to Christ and to follow His way, which was outlined in the Scriptures that had been fulfilled.

    Paul shared further his passion for following Jesus. He spoke of himself as once being a persecutor of the Church of God until he met Jesus in the midst of his wicked attempts to destroy the Church. But because of the grace of God, Paul became the man God called him to be.

    II. Believe in the Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:20–22)

    It is easy for us to hear opinions and ideas of others, but we have to be careful about whom we believe; we must always consult with the Word of God, not the opinions of people. This will not always be easy, though. At times, false beliefs can be very convincing.

    Unfortunately, with the presence of so many conflicting beliefs and false teachings, Paul said that the Corinthians were falling suspect to them. They were allowing the philosophies of others, more commonly known as false teachers, to infiltrate what Paul and other apostles had shared with them, causing them to stumble in their belief in the things concerning Christ. So Paul was determined to remind the Corinthians about the truth of Christ. Jesus had died for the sins of the world and then rose from the dead three days later. Paul explained to the Corinthians that just as sin came to all men and women through Adam, so does the hope of the resurrection come to all who place their faith in Jesus.

    Faith in the resurrection of Jesus is essential to the life of a disciple. Paul wanted the Corinthian church to know that Jesus’ resurrection was only the beginning. Death came through one man, Adam, and through one man, Jesus, we have the resurrection of the dead. Every person who has the Holy Spirit within him or her will be made alive in Christ because of His demonstrated power over death (1 Cor. 15:22, NRSV). Death is not the end of our story; we will live forever

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