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SUMMER QUARTER
JUNE JULY AUGUST 2000
UNIT I: CHRIST THE BASIS OF UNITY
     
March 5 Helping A Chruch Confront Crisis
March 12 The Holy Spirit As Teacher
March 19 The Church And Its Leaders
March  26 The Need For Discipline Within The Church
 
UNIT II: UNIT IN HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
 
April 2 Counsel Concerning Marriage
April 9 Concerning Love And Knowledge
April 16 Spiritual Gifts
April 23 Christ's Resurrection And Ours
April 30 The Way Of Love
 
UNIT III: THE POWER OF CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
 
May 7 The Christian March Of Triumph
May 14 Trials And Triumphs Of Christain Ministry
May 21 The Collection For Jerusalem Christian
May 28 Living In The Faith
 
Editorial Staff: Bishop Roy L. H. Winbush, Editor-in-Chief & Writer
Bishop Chandler. D. Owens, Presiding Bishop
 
Lesson 1
March 5, 2000
HELPING A CHURCH CONFRONT CRISIS

BIBLE BASIS:  Lesson Scripture:  I Corinthians 1:2-17.

BIBLE TRUTH:  Focusing on Christ will result in unity.

MEMORY VERSE:  Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

I Corinthians 1:10
LESSON AIM:  That you will commit to maintaining unity by focusing on Christ.
 
Lesson 2
March 12, 2000
THE HOLY SPIRIT AS TEACHER

BIBLE BASIS:  Lesson Scripture:  I Corinthians 2:1-16.

BIBLE TRUTH:  The Spirit of God brings discernment to believers.

MEMORY VERSE:  Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us God.

I Corinthians 2:12
LESSON AIM:  That you will respond obediently to what God's Spirit reveals.
 
Lesson 3
March 19, 2000
THE CHURCH AND ITS LEADERS

BIBLE BASIS:  Lesson Scripture:  I Corinthians 4:1-13.

BIBLE TRUTH:  Christian servanthood is humble, not glamorous.

MEMORY VERSE:  Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts.

I Corinthians 4:5a
LESSON AIM:  That you will commit to serve God humbly and to refrain from judging others' service.
 
Lesson 4
March 26, 2000
THE NEED FOR DISCIPLINE WITHIN THE CHURCH

BIBLE BASIS:  Lesson Scripture:  I Corinthians 5:1-13.

BIBLE TRUTH:  Unrepentant sin within the church calls for responsible action.

MEMORY VERSE:  For what have I to do judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are with?.

I Corinthians 5:12
LESSON AIM:  That you will commit to dealing responsibly with unrepentant sin among church members.
 
Lesson 5
April 2, 2000
COUNSEL CONCERNING MARRIAGE

BIBLE BASIS:  Lesson Scripture:  I Corinthians 7:1-5, 8-16.

BIBLE TRUTH:  Christians are called to high standards in marriage or single life.

MEMORY VERSE:  What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?.

I Corinthians 6:19
LESSON AIM:  That you will commit to live by God's standards in marriage or single life.
 
Lesson 6
April 9, 2000
CONCERNING LOVE AND KNOWLEDGE

BIBLE BASIS:  Lesson Scripture:  I Corinthians 8.

BIBLE TRUTH:  Believers can choose to limit their freedom out of concern for others.

MEMORY VERSE:  But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.

I Corinthians 8:9
LESSON AIM: That you will choose to put the spiritual welfare of others ahead of personal freedom.
 
Lesson 7
April 16, 2000
SPIRITUAL GIFTS

BIBLE BASIS:  Lesson Scripture:  I Corinthians 12:4-20, 26.

BIBLE TRUTH:  God works l though each believer's spiritual gifts.

MEMORY VERSE:  Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit... And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

I Corinthians 12:4, 6
LESSON AIM:  That you will ask God for His help in discovering and using spiritual gifts.
 
Lesson 8
April 23, 2000
CHRIST'S RESURRECTION AND OURS

BIBLE BASIS:  Lesson Scripture:  I Corinthians 15:20-27, 35-44.

BIBLE TRUTH:  Christ conquered death so believers could live with Him.

MEMORY VERSE:  But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept... For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

I Corinthians 15:20, 22
LESSON AIM:  That you will receive Christ and tell others about Him and the power of His resurrection.
 
Lesson 9
April 30, 2000
THE WAY OF LOVE

BIBLE BASIS:  Lesson Scripture:  I Corinthians 12:31; 13:13.

BIBLE TRUTH:  Actions without love are meaningless.

MEMORY VERSE:  And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

I Corinthians 13:13
LESSON AIM:  That you will commit to live out the biblical characteristics of love.
 
Lesson 10
May 07, 2000
THE CHRISTIAN MARCH OF TRIUMPH

BIBLE BASIS:  Lesson Scripture:  II Corinthians 2:4-17.

BIBLE TRUTH:  Forgiveness brings repentant sinners back into meaningful fellowship.

MEMORY VERSE:  Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

II Corinthians 2:14
LESSON AIM:  That you will resolve to forgive repentant believers and to help bring them back into full Christian fellowship.
 
Lesson 11
May 14, 2000
TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS OF CHRISTIAN MINISTRY

BIBLE BASIS:  Lesson Scripture:  II Corinthians 4:5-15.

BIBLE TRUTH:  God gives us grace to make it through life's trials.

MEMORY VERSE:  We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.

II Corinthians 4:8-9
LESSON AIM:  That you will pledge to trust in God's grace through life's trials.
 
Lesson 12
May 21, 2000
THE COLLECTION FOR JERUSALEM CHRISTIANS

BIBLE BASIS:  Lesson Scripture:  II Corinthians 9.

BIBLE TRUTH:  Generous giving reaps generous blessing.

MEMORY VERSE:  Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

II Corinthians 9:7
LESSON AIM:  That you will pledge to give cheerfully and generously.
 
Lesson 13
May 28, 2000
LIVING IN THE FAITH

BIBLE BASIS:  Lesson Scripture:  II Corinthians 13:1-14.

BIBLE TRUTH:  Spiritual self-examination is good for Christians.

MEMORY VERSE:  Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

II Corinthians 13:5
LESSON AIM:  That you will conduct a spiritual self-examination.
 

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