Master Teacher: July- September 2022

By R.H. Boyd Publishing Corp.

Growing with Jesus (Ages 5 and Younger) is an age-appropriate Christian quarterly lesson guide. Each lesson contains a Bible story to bring the meaning to life for the students. Pictures depicting the lesson’s meaning for each week can be easily colored and carried home by these young disciples.

• Language: English
• Publisher: R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation
• Release date: Jun 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9781681679488

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Vol. 126 • No. 3

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Writer: Dr. Napoleon Harris, V

Master Teacher

THIRD QUARTER 2022 Vol. 126 • No. 3

Teaching Companion to NextGen Leaders and Adult Christian Life

Master Teacher is the teacher’s quarterly to be used with Adult Christian Life and NextGen Leaders. Each lesson contains extensive biblical exposition and specific instructions for the teacher. The outline of the lesson is reader friendly and includes suggestions for maximizing teacher/student interaction and topics for making the study informative and enriching.

MISSION STATEMENT

The R.H. Boyd family of companies produces and provides the highest quality of Christian, inspirational, historic, educational, and cultural literature, merchandise, and services by continuing to use high ethical, moral, and biblically sound standards as it has for five generations.

Lesson material is based on the International Uniform Sunday School Lesson Outlines, copyrighted by the Division of Christian Education, the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and is used with permission.

NIV Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version, copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by the International Bible Society. New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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MASTER TEACHER

Resources to Enhance Instruction

The Master Teacher quarterly has many features that add to its popular appeal among Christian Education students ages 18 and older. It includes a number of elements to enhance the learning experience. This quarterly is designed to help students in their quest to understand and apply the Bible to their lives.

Printed Scripture Passages: Parallels the King James Version and the New Revised Standard Version so students easily can compare a traditional and contemporary translation of God’s Holy Word.

Suggested Opening Exercises: This feature, standard to all Sunday school quarterlies published by the R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation, remains a popular feature in all of our Sunday school resources for students and teachers.

Quarterly Overview: Gives a general description of lessons to be studied during the quarter.

Main Thought: The passage of Scripture most central to the text is featured prominently at the bottom of the lesson.

Step-by-Step Suggested Plan of Teaching: Distinctive teaching suggestions and procedures for those who teach NextGen Leaders and Adult Christian Life students.

God’s Word in Life: Provides a real-life illustration of the lesson text to open the Bible-study session.

Online Extras: Offers activities, quizzes, and additional resources for supplemental study via the R.H. Boyd website: www.rhboyd.com.

Before You Teach, Consider…: Provides background information on the emotional and/or spiritual development stage of learners based on their age and probable life experiences.

Daily Devotional Readings: Daily Bible readings for teachers and learners to prepare themselves at home for the Sunday school lesson by studying related Scripture passages.

CONTENTS

VOLUME 126 • NUMBER 3

THIRD QUARTER 2022 MASTER TEACHER

UNIT I — JULY

I.

THE WORD:

THE AGENT OF

CREATION

UNIT II — AUGUST

II.

THE GREAT

HOPE OF THE

SAINTS

UNIT III — SEPTEMBER

III.

GOD CALLS

ABRAHAM’S

FAMILY

What’s in Store THIS QUARTER

Members of Christ’s body have the grand opportunity to be co-laborers with the ever-abiding Spirit of God in reconciling, re-creating, and rightly restoring all things in the eternal reign of God. This summer quarter considers ways in which believers are partners with God in creation.

UNIT I— THE WORD: THE AGENT OF CREATION

Unit I, The Word: The Agent of Creation, has five lessons taken from John’s Gospel. The lessons stress how the Creating Word, at work in and with humanity, became flesh, healed the sick, saved the lost, resurrected the dead and granted—through the Holy Spirit—peace.

Unit Points of Emphasis ______________________________________________

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UNIT II—THE GREAT HOPE OF THE SAINTS

Unit II, The Great Hope of the Saints, is a four-lesson study drawn from Revelation. The study helps learners envision the new home and city God has prepared for the redeemed. In this new heavenly environment, the saints will enjoy the new water of eternal life.

Unit Points of Emphasis ______________________________________________

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UNIT III—GOD CALLS ABRAHAM’S FAMILY

Unit III, God Calls Abraham’s Family, has four lessons from Genesis. Lesson 10 examines the call of Abraham, who was then known as Abram. Lesson 11 reveals how God chose the younger of Isaac’s sons instead of the older, which defied the expected. Lesson 12 shows how Jacob received the name Israel—the same name that would later be associated with the nation that grew from Abraham’s descendants. Lesson 13 offers yet another example of God’s choosing apart from cultural norms when Judah, Jacob’s fourth son, is called to head the family from which the Messiah would one day be born.

Unit Points of Emphasis ______________________________________________

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SEEKING GOD’S GUIDANCE

Suggested Opening Exercises

1. Usual Signal for Beginning

2. Prayer (Closing with the Lord’s Prayer)

3. Singing (Song to Be Selected)

4. Scripture Reading:

1 Chronicles 16:8–15 (KJV)

Director: Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.

School: Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.

Director: Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.

School: Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

Director: Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

School: O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

Director: He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

All: Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

Recitation in Concert:

Philippians 1:2–8 (KJV)

2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

4 Always in every prayer of mine