RCCG JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2022/2023 AGE 4-5 TEACHER’S MANUAL SUNDAY 4TH OF SEPTEMBER 2022 LESSON ONE (01)

BIBLE TEXT: Genesis 1:1-2,26

[1]In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

[2]And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

[26]And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Mathew 3:13-17:

[13]Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

[14]But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

[15]And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

[16]And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:

[17]And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

2 Corinthians 13:14:

[14]The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. (The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.)

MEMORY VERSE: John 5:7 “For these are the three that bear witness in heaven; the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit and these three are one.” RCCG JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2022/2023 AGE 4-5 TEACHER’S MANUAL SUNDAY 4TH OF SEPTEMBER 2022

INTRODUCTION: God the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit co-exist as one eternal God. There is one God in three persons- i.e. Triune (three

in one God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit).

LESSON AIM: The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are one.

CHILD RELATED TRUTH: You must know the Trinity.

A. In the beginning “God created the heaven and the earth”: Genesis 1:1.

B. The earth was without form and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep “And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters”. Holy Spirit has been with God at

Creation. Genesis 1:2.

C. Then God said let there be light and there was light. Genesis 1:3.All other things that were created were by His spoken word. Jesus Christ is the Word of God that became flesh.

John 1:14. Jesus was also present at creation.

D. Then God said let Us make man in our image according to our likeness. Genesis 1:26 God the Father, called the Word (Jesus Christ) and Holy Spirit together for the creation of man. The three co-existed as the Trinity and they made man in their likeness.

E. So God created man in His own image of God, in the image of God He created Him “male and female He created them.”

F. In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the Word was God. The”Word” “W ” is in capital letter. A noun or pronoun referring to a name which is Jesu

Christ. John 1:1

G. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him and without Him nothing was made that was made. John 1:2-3

H. In Him was life and the life was the light of men. vs.4

I. And the Word became flesh and dwelt amongst us and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

CLIMAX: For there are three that testify; the spirit, the water and the blood and the three are in agreement. 1 John 5:7-8 Refers to the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. RCCG JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2022/2023 AGE 4-5 TEACHER’S MANUAL SUNDAY 4TH OF SEPTEMBER 2022

CONCLUSION: John 14:10. Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you, I do not speak of

my own authority. Rather it is the Father living in me who is doing His work.

CHALLENGE: You must acknowledge and believe in the Trinity, that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are one.

INVITATION: Receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour and be saved. Romans 10:9.

RCCG JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2022/2023 AGE 4-5 TEACHER’S MANUAL SUNDAY 4TH OF SEPTEMBER 2022

SUNDAY: ACTS 1:1-4

MONDAY: ACTS 1:5-9

TUESDAY: ACTS 1:10-14

WEDNESDAY: ACTS 1:15-19

THURSDAY: ACTS 1:20-26

FRIDAY: ACTS 2:1-3

SATURDAY:ACTS 2:4-6

RCCG JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2022/2023 AGE 4-5 TEACHER’S MANUAL SUNDAY 4TH OF SEPTEMBER 2022