03.27.25

Welcome to Teen Class

Open Ended

What is the wrong word?

"For God so loved the world, that he sent his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

Open Ended

Describe the meaning of the word "FAITH"

Banned words: Believe, belief, believing, trust, trusting, confidence, confident

Multiple Choice

Which event best relates to the photo?

• Jesus calming the storm

• Jonah falling into the sea

• Peter walking on the water

• Paul's shipwreck

Multiple Select

What were the TWO groups that were messing with the Colossians' faith?

• Legalists

• Epicureans

• Gnostics

• Stoics

Match

Match each party to what they broadly taught about salvation.

• Legalists

• Gnostics

• Paul

Keep the law to get saved.

Gain special knowledge to be saved.

Rely on Christ only to be saved.

• Keep the law to get saved.

• Gain special knowledge to be saved.

• Rely on Christ only to be saved.

Dropdown

The bond of perfectness is

Select answer

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Type the missing portion:

"Let the ____ __ ______ _____ __ ___ ______ in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord." (Colossians 3:16)

• Setting affection on things above, not on this life

• Putting off the sins of the body

• Putting on Christ

• Signs of maturity

• Letting God's peace rule, not self

• That it all is connected to Christ's word in you RICHLY (a lot)

• Which brings us here --->

​We've discussed...

• The REAL YOU is the one in private, not the one in public.

• Your attitude toward others comes out in situations that cost you the least to be fleshly.

• God gives some simple instructions that, if followed, will grow you.

• The "bond of perfectness" really starts to solidify at home.

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​HOME: The proving ground.

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Read Colossians 3:18-19.

What is the job of a husband? What is the job of a wife?

• Christ wasn't exempt from that, neither are we.

• You must put a part of yourself to death in order for any relationship to be healthy.

• A wife sacrifices her will to control for love's sake.

• A husband sacrifices his self importance for love's sake.

• Whichever relationship, I must want the other's needs more and not focus on what I want.

• Flesh will ruin any relationship, mortify it!

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​Relationships require sacrifice of the self

​What does this mean for teens?

Open Ended

Read Colossians 3:20.

What is the job of the children in the home?

Multiple Choice

Exodus 20:12 says, "Honour thy father and thy mother..."

What does the word "honor" mean?

• To love deeply

• To obey always

• To show kindness

• To make heavy

• Make them heavy!

• Never mock, belittle, talk back to, make fun of your parents.

• EVEN IF they were terrible parents, God's expectation is that you as the child treat them in high regard.

• Less about what they do; more about who they are.

• If you seek God on this, he will form it in your heart. It will bless you, it will bless your parents, and it will cause good things to happen!

​Relationships require not taking people lightly

BUT WHY?!

• You'll never not owe them everything.

  • You could dishonor them, but only because you exist...which you owe to them.

• They have willingly taken on great cost and hardship to get you to where you are.

• We don't want God to view us according to our mess ups, we want him to view us according to who we are in Christ!

  • It is easy to look past the mess ups of someone you truly honor.

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Read Colossians 3:21.

What is the job of fathers?

• You will answer to someone at every stage of life.

• God's expectation is humble obedience.

• There is always a leader and a follower

  • The leader leads in love

  • The follower obeys in humility

  • You will be both throughout your life

• Whoever is the leader is the one with the greatest capacity to build up...or to tear down.

​There doesn't come a point where you don't need to obey anymore