Category: Sunday School

Creation, Sunday School, Women

Godly Womanhood – Designed by God ~ Sunday School Lesson ~ 11-10-13

Michelle Lesley

sunday schoolThese are my notes from my ladies’ Sunday School class this morning. I’ll be posting the notes from my class here each week. Click here for last week’s lesson.

Godly Womanhood – Designed by God

I. God, not man, is the initiator and designer of the roles of men and women. (Genesis 2:15-22)

A. God initiated woman (18)

1. Humanity in general, and Adam, in particular, were lacking something

2. Man needed help

3. God created someone strong enough to help man: woman.

a. Jesus- a wife’s perfect example.

i. Power under control

ii. Submission to authority

iii. Proactive, not reactionary (John 10:17-18)

 B. God designed woman (19-22)

1. God’s “personal touch”

2. Woman was specially designed for the role of helper

II. God, not man, is the initiator and designer of marriage (Genesis 2:22-25)

A. Marriage was initiated by God

1. God brought Eve to Adam

2. God performed the first “wedding”

B. Because God is the initiator and designer of marriage, man is not to alter God’s plan for marriage.

1. Divorce.

2. Cohabitation

3. Same sex “marriage” 

Marriage, Sanctification, Sunday School, Women

Godly Womanhood – Introduction ~ Sunday School Lesson ~ 11-3-13

Michelle Lesley

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These are my notes from my ladies’ Sunday School class this morning. I’ll be posting the notes from my class here each week. Click here for last week’s lesson.

Godly Womanhood – Introduction

I. Proverbs 31

A. Structure

1. Two oracles, or poems

a. v. 2-9: The Wise King

b. v. 10-31: The Excellent Wife

2. Descriptive, rather than prescriptive, passage

B. The “cast” of Proverbs 31

1. Solomon

2. King Lemuel

3. King Lemuel’s mother

4. The excellent wife/woman

C. What can we learn from this passage that God desires of women and values in them?

An excellent woman…

1. …is rare (1)

2. …is precious (1)

3. …is trusted by her husband and is trustworthy in general (3, 11)

4. …loves her husband and treats him well (12)

5. …takes the initiative and works willingly, not resentfully (13,24

6. …works diligently, and isn’t lazy (14,18,19,22, 27)

7. …puts her family’s, and others’, needs ahead of her own (15)

8. …is organized and plans ahead (16,21)

9. …tries to contribute to bettering her family’s situation (16)

10. ..is strong (17,25)

11. ..helps the needy (20)

12. ..is the “woman behind the man,” and is admired by others for her character (23)

13. ..is characterized by dignity (25)

14. ..is characterized by wisdom and kindness, and grows others in these qualities through parenting and mentoring (26)

D. Results of being a woman of excellence

1. Gratitude from husband and children (28-29)

2. The rewards of her hard work and good character (31)

3. God is pleased (30)

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. (30)

“The Woman is the Neck” from My Big Fat Greek Wedding

The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

Faith, Salvation, Sanctification, Sunday School

How Can I Be Certain I’m Saved? ~ Sunday School Lesson ~ 10-27-13

Michelle Lesley

sunday schoolThese are my notes from my ladies’ Sunday School class this morning. I’ll be posting the notes from my class here each week. Click here for last week’s lesson.

How Can I Be Certain I’m Saved?

The Character of Genuine
SAVING FAITH*

2 Corinthians 13:5: Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!

**Scripture is the measuring stick we use for examining ourselves. (2 Timothy 3:16-17; Psalm 19:7-8)
**Direction, not perfection.

1: EVIDENCES THAT NEITHER PROVE NOR DISPROVE ONE’S FAITH

A. Visible Morality: Matt. 19:16–21; 23:27.
*Rom. 3:10
B. Intellectual Knowledge:
**Notre Dame professor on O’Reilly		 Rom. 1:21; 2:17ff.
C. Religious Involvement: Matt. 25:1–10
D. Active Ministry:
**Justin Peters Lecture 1
**Justin Peters Lecture 2		 Matt. 7:21–24
E. Conviction of Sin: Acts 24:25
F. Assurance: Matt. 23
G. Time of Decision: Luke 8:13, 14

 

 2: THE FRUIT/PROOFS OF AUTHENTIC/TRUE CHRISTIANITY:

**These are not things we strive to do, but what God works in our hearts as He sanctifies us day by day. 

A. Love for God: Ps. 42:1ff; 73:25; Luke 10:27; Rom. 8:7; **1 John 4:19
B. Repentance from Sin: Ps. 32:5; Prov. 28:13; Rom. 7:14ff; 2 Cor. 7:10; 1 John 1:8–10; **Psalm 119:128
C. Genuine Humility: Ps. 51:17; Matt. 5:1–12; James 4:6, 9ff.
D. Devotion to God’s Glory: Ps. 105:3; 115:1; Is. 43:7, 48:10ff.; Jer. 9:23, 24; 1 Cor. 10:31.
E. Continual Prayer: Luke 18:1; Eph. 6:18ff.; Phil. 4:6ff.; 1 Tim. 2:1–4; James 5:16–18
F. Selfless Love: 1 John 2:9ff, 3:14; 4:7ff.
G. Separation from the World: 1 Cor. 2:12; James 4:4ff.; 1 John 2:15–17, 5:5
H. Spiritual Growth: Luke 8:15; John 15:1–6; Eph. 4:12–16
I. Obedient Living:


J. Hunger for God’s Word

K. Transformation of Life

 Matt. 7:21; John 15:14ff.; Rom. 16:26;

1 Pet. 1:2, 22; 1 John 2:3–5

1 Peter 2:1-3; 2 Cor. 5:17

 

If List I is true of a person and List II is false, there is cause to question the validity of one’s profession of faith. Yet if List II is true, then the top list will be also.

3: THE CONDUCT OF THE GOSPEL:

A. Proclaim it:               Matt. 4:23


B. Defend it:                  Jude 3

C. Demonstrate it:          Phil. 1:27

D. Share it:                    Phil. 1:5

E. Suffer for it:               2 Tim. 1:8

F. Don’t hinder it:           1 Cor. 9:12

G. Be not ashamed:       Rom. 1:16

H. Preach it:                  1 Cor. 9:16

I. Be empowered:           1 Thess. 1:5

J. Guard it:                    Gal. 1:6:-8

*This document was written by Dr. John MacArthur and is part of the MacArthur Study Bible notes. It can be found on line here.

**Supplementary information I have added to Dr. MacArthur’s original document.

Gospel, Salvation, Sunday School

What is salvation? What is the gospel? (Cont’d) ~ Sunday School Lesson ~ 10-6-13

Michelle Lesley

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These are the notes from my ladies’ Sunday School class this morning. I’ll be posting the notes from my class here each week. Click here for last week’s lesson.

What is salvation? What is the gospel? (Cont’d)

I. Recap of our three problems in having a relationship with God.

A. Problem 1: God is holy, and we can’t be in His presence because we’re not.

B. Problem 2: God demands that we be holy as He is holy, but we can’t, due to our sin.

C. Problem 3: Because of our sin, we deserve hell.

II. People without Christ don’t know or care that they have these problems, nor that they need a solution to them. (Ephesians 2:1-3) For all of these reasons, the only way the gap between us and God could be bridged is for God to bridge it Himself. (Genesis 22:1-13)

A. Even our good deeds are tainted with sin. (Isaiah 64:6)

B. God is merciful. He wants us to be reconciled to Himself. (2 Peter 3:9; Romans 5:6-8)

III. God’s solution: Jesus.

A. Jesus was the perfect, spotless sacrificial Lamb. (Hebrews 4:15, 1 John 3:5)

B. On the cross, Jesus absorbed all of God’s wrath towards our sin (propitiation). (1 John 4:9-10; 1 Peter 3:18)

C. If we trust in Christ’s payment for our sin, His righteousness is imputed to us just like our sin was imputed to Him on the cross. (2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 3:9)

IV. How does Jesus’ death bridge the gap between us and God and solve our three problems?

A. (Problem 1) Through Christ, we are made holy and can come into God’s presence to be in a relationship with Him. (Colossians 1:21-22; Ephesians 1:4)

B. (Problem 2) Because of Christ’s righteousness imputed to us, we are holy, and our sin is forgiven. (Hebrews 10:10, 1 Corinthians 6:11)

C. (Problem 3) Because Christ paid for our sin in full, hell is moot. (John 3:16, 36; John 5:24)

D. Summary: Ephesians 2:1-7

 V. Extra Study Resources:

A. “What is Propitiation?”

B. “Why Does Christ’s Righteousness Need to be Imputed to Us?”

C. “God Saves Bad People” by Art Azurdia

D. “Substitutionary Atonement of Jesus Christ”

Hell, Salvation, Sin, Sunday School

What is salvation? What is the gospel? (Cont’d) ~ Sunday School Lesson ~ 9-29-13

Michelle Lesley

sunday schoolI recently started teaching a women’s Sunday School class at my church. Right now we are taking a look at some of the challenging questions and issues we face as Christians. I’ll be posting the notes from my class here each week. Click here for last week’s lesson.

What is salvation? What is the gospel? (Cont’d)

I. God is holy. (Isaiah 6:1-5)

A. What do we mean when we say God is holy?

 1. God cannot tolerate sin in His presence (Deuteronomy 23:14)

 2. Since we are sinful, we cannot be in His presence (Exodus 33:18-23, Psalm  24:3-4).

Problem 1: God is holy, and we can’t be in His presence because we’re not.

II. God demands that we be holy. (Leviticus 11:44-45, Matthew 5:48)

A. We can’t, because:

1. We’re born with a sin nature (Psalm 51:5)

2. Because we’re born with a sin nature, we begin sinning before we are capable of understanding what sin is. When we’ve sinned once, we’re guilty of breaking the whole law (James 2:10-11, Romans 3:10-18)

 Problem 2: God demands that we be holy as He is holy, but we can’t, due to our sin.

 III. Because God is holy, He must punish sin.

 A. God doesn’t just forgive everybody when they die.  (John 3:36, 2 Peter 3:9)

B. Good works do not “balance the scales” and make up for our sins (Galatians 2:15-16, Romans 3:20).

C. God’s punishment for sin is eternal death and suffering in Hell (Romans 6:23; 2 Peter 2:4, 9-10; Revelation 20:13-15).

 Problem 3: Because of our sin, we deserve hell.

 IV. Extra Study Resources:

 A. “Fear and Trembling” by R.C. Sproul

B. “How is Eternity in Hell a Fair Punishment for Sin?” from GotQuestions.com

C. “Is Universalism Biblical?” from GotQuestions.com

D. “Why Did God Create Us With Sin in the World?” from CARM.org

This lesson will be continued next week.