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RCCG YAYA SUNDAY SCHOOL YOUTH 2 JUNE 2024 (LESSON 40)
TOPIC: GOD’S CHASTENING
BIBLE PASSAGE: Hebrews 12:5-12.
MEMORY VERSE:
“You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you.” Deuteronomy 8:5 (NKJV).
INTRODUCTION
To chasten is to correct or discipline someone, often with the use of some pretty sharp punishment for the purpose of moral improvement (Proverbs 19:18; 23:13).
We need to consider God’s chastening and what He (God) as our Father expects from us in response to the chastisement we receive from Him.
Note that chastisement is not meant for destruction. A parent chastises the child he or she loves (Proverbs 3:12; 13:24).
OUTLINES:
- PURPOSE OF DIVINE CHASTENING
- BIBLICAL EXAMPLES
1. PURPOSE OF DIVINE CHASTENING
God’s chastening is an expression of His love which He uses to check us and to ensure that as His children, we live right (Deuteronomy 8:5).
Though painful, it eventually yields the fruit of righteousness (Hebrews 12:11).
It is a test of true love: a corrective measure (2 Samuel 7:14-15; Psalm 118:18).
It is also to help us grow and bring about revival in the church (Hebrews 12:10).
Divine chastening brings about restoration for us to continually have fellowship with God and ultimately reign with Him (Deuteronomy 8:5-6)
It is to prepare us as vessels unto honour for God’s use (2 Timothy 2:21).
We must not despise God’s chastening so that we will not be condemned with the world (Proverbs 3:11; 1 Corinthians 11:32).
CLASS ACTIVITY 1:
Students should discuss other benefits of divine chastening.
2. BIBLICAL EXAMPLES
We need to consider some characters in the Bible who endured God’s chastening and became better for it. They include:
i. David– God chastised him for committing adultery with Bathsheba and killing Uriah, her husband (2 Samuel 11:4, 16-17; 12:9-10, 18-20).
ii. Nebuchadnezzar- God dealt with him for ascribing the glory due to God to himself. He was later restored after he acknowledged God as the almighty (Daniel 4:29-36).
iii. Moses- Moses was chastised for not fully believing God with regard to his calling and failing to observe the token of God’s covenant with Abraham (Exodus 4:14, 24-27; Genesis 17:11).
iv. Paul- God chastised Saul for persecuting the church, but he was restored as a chosen vessel (Acts 9:1-16).
v. Jonah- For attempting to run from his responsibility towards the salvation of the city of Nineveh, God made a fish to swallow him for three days until he repented (Jonah 1:1-4, 17; 2:10; 3:1-2).
CLASS ACTIVITY 2:
Student should share their own experience or of anybody around them who received divine chastisement.
CONCLUSION: RCCG YAYA Sunday School Youth 2 June 2024
If we fail to yield to God’s chastening, the consequence can be grievous.
Let us learn from the examples of Eli (1Samuel 2:30; 3:12-13; 4:17) and King Saul (1Samuel 15:26; 16:1).
QUESTION
- Why did God chastise His children?
- Mention five biblical examples of people chastised by God.
FURTHER READING
SUN: Heb.12:7.
MON: 1John 2:15-17;
TUE: Matt.5:48;
WED: John 16:33;
THURS: 1Cor. 15:58;
FRI: 1 Sam. 15:22;
SAT: 2Cor. 13:5.
ASSIGNMENT
Write five (5) things God has been warning you against and make up your mind to desist from them (No marks).
