Religious Education

Form 5 Lesson 4
10th January 2022

Topics:
1. Different types of writings In the Bible
2. Biblical Passages Applied to Daily Life
3. Biblical Passages Applied to Personal and Social Experiences

At the end of the lesson you should be able to:

 List the different types of writings in the Bible and examples of each type
 Have knowledge on the Biblical teachings that can be applied to daily life
 Be aware of the Biblical teachings applied to personal and social experiences

There are different types of writings in the Bible:

1. Narrative - (The Pentateuch – First five books):

GENLD: Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Leviticus, Deuteronomy.

2. Laws/Exhortations/Instructions – (Matthew 5/6/7, Luke 6:20-49)

3. Prophecy – (Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Jeremiah)

4. Apocalyptic Writing – (Matthew 24/Mark 13 – Jesus tells his disciples about the signs of

the end times) (Luke 21 – The Widow’s Offering) (Revelations, Daniel)

5. Parable – (Matthew 13 – The Parable of the Sower) (Luke 16:19-31; 20:9-19)

6. Wisdom sayings – (Proverbs 10:22-30)

(Ecclesiastes 3:1-9) - A Time for Everything

3 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2 a time to

be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; 3 a

time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 a time to

weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;……….

7. Miracle Stories – (Mark 1:23-28 – The man with an unclean spirit) ( Luke 5:1-11 – Jesus

calls his first disciples) (Matthew 12:9-44 – The Man with the Withered Hand)

(John 11:1-44 – The death of Lazarus)*

Biblical passages applied to daily life

Guidelines for living:

1. The Ten commandments

(Exodus 20:1-17) - And God spoke all these words:…….

2. Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount/The Beatitudes - The Beatitudes are a series

of blessings that are found in Matthew chapter 5 in the Bible. These blessings were

given by Jesus to his disciples during the Sermon on the Mount. Each blessing offers a

future reward to the person possessing a specific character quality.

(Matthew 5-7): Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and

sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them.

The Beatitudes

He said:

3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

3. The Golden Rule:

(Matthew 7:12) – So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you,

for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

4. The Greatest Commandment

(Matthew 22:36-40) – 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul

and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the

second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets

hang on these two commandments.

5. Christ’s New Commandment:

(John 13:34-35) – “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you,

so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my

disciples, if you love one another.”

6. Christian Love:
 (1 Corinthians 13:4) – Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast,

it is not proud.

7. Way of Salvation:

(John 14:6) - Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to

the Father except through me.

(Acts 16:31) - They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and
your household.”

(Romans 10:9) - If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart

that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

8. Marriage and Divorce (Matthew 19:3-9) –

When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region

of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. 2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed

them there.

3 Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to

divorce his wife for any and every reason?”

 4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male

and female,’ 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be

united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two,

but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

7 “Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate

of divorce and send her away?”

8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were

hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.

9 I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and

marries another woman commits adultery.”

Biblical teachings applied to personal and social experiences

1. Relationship with family and peers:

a) Cain and Abel (Genesis 4) – the first murder committed by man as a result of envy and

anger. God warns Cain of the destructive power of sin.

b) Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38-42) – we should place emphasis on giving attention to

Jesus over our own busyness. We should not allow worldly business to hinder us from

serving God.

c) David and Jonathan (1 Samuel 19:1-7) – this is a story of great friendship. Saul tires to

kill David and wanted the help of Jonathan but Jonathan remained a true friend to

David and warned him so that he could hide.

2. Comfort in Time of Sorrow:

a) (2 Corinthians 3-5, Romans 8:26-28)

3. Relief in Time of Suffering:

a) (2 Corinthians 12:8)– Paul’s Vision and His Thorn:

8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me,

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I

will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest

on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in

hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Explanation - Second Corinthians 12:1–10 contains Paul's description of an astonishing

experience. He was transported, in some sense, to the third heaven or paradise,

 where he received an unspeakable revelation from God. To keep him humble

afterward, God gave him a ''thorn in the flesh'' and refused to remove it despite Paul's

pleas. Instead, God told Paul His grace was more than enough, and that His power was

made perfect in Paul's weakness. Paul declares once again that he will boast in his

weakness and be content in his suffering because when Paul is weak, it more clearly

proves that Christ is powerful.

b) (Hebrews 12:3-13) - God Disciplines His Children:

7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children
are not disciplined by their father? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone
undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.
9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected
them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live! 10
They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for
our good, in order that we may share in his holiness. 11 No discipline seems pleasant
at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and
peace for those who have been trained by it.

Explanation – Suffering and hardship is not enjoyable (Hebrews 12:11), but it does

have a purpose. Discipline is something all good fathers use to train their children. So,

when we experience discipline from God, that's a sign that he's taking care for our

spiritual growth. It can also mean God is correcting us, by using those struggles to
 convince us to turn away from sin. This section relies heavily on athletic imagery,

including the concept of "running the race" we're assigned by God (Hebrews 12:1).

Prior verses also compared God's discipline to athletic training (Hebrews 12:11) and

encouraged the readers to be strong and active in their faith (Hebrews 12:12).

4. Courage in Time of Fear:

a) (Hebrews 13:5-6, Ephesians 5:10-18)

5. Projection in Time of Danger:

a) (Psalms 91, 121)

6. Business and Professional Behaviors:*

a) (Psalms 15, Proverbs 3:1-12)

7. Dealing with material wealth:

a) Rich fool (Luke 12:16-21)