SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 2018 – EASTER 3
Liturgical Colour: WHITE
10.30 A.M: Pre-Service Bible Study 16
Conductor: Mr. Reginald Akujobi-Robert
SUB-THEME/2: How to live a God-pleasing life.
TOPIC: Doing good to all people.
TEXT: Acts 9: 36 – 43.
AIMS:
* to learn good ways and God’s purposes for these;
* to learn how best to follow good ways;
* to be encouraged by the rewards from God for such acts.
INTRODUCTION: God created every human being and loves them all. This is enough reason for all men to learn and practice the good ways of life. God blesses a person in order for him to bless others whatever their tribe, faith or social class may be. The text today shows us the goodness of Dorcas to people. The result of her goodness was her restoration to life from death.
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
- What is God’s command to Christians in Gal. 6: 9 -10 Relate this with the attitude of Dorcas in today’s text.
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- a) According to Matt. 6: 1 – 4, how are Christians supposed to perform their acts of goodness? Matt. 6: 2; Rom.12: 8; 2 Cor. 9: 6 – 7
- b) What are some divine purposes for acts of goodness? Matt.10: 8; Acts 4:35.
- What do good works of a believer in Christ entail? 1 Tim. 2: 1 -4; Jam. 2: 15 – 16; 1John 3: 16 -18.
- What can we learn from the act of the woman in 2Kings 4:8-10?
- How was she rewarded? 2Kings 4:15-17, 32-37
- Who are some likely beneficiaries of our acts of goodness as Christians? Gal. 6: 10; Acts 5: 12. Why? (Gal.6: 6; I Tim.6: 18 -19; Titus 3: 8); and what other things motivate acts of goodness? Eccl. 11: 1 -2
CONCLUSION: As Christians, the more we do acts of goodness to people around us without prejudice or bias, the more we shine our light and the more God will be pleased with us. We can be sure that our good acts will be rewarded both on earth and in heaven.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Let us do good acts to all men not for any rewards we may receive.
MEMORY VERSE: Gal.6: 9 – So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.