NextGen Leaders: October- December 2022

By R.H. Boyd Publishing Corp.

Master Teacher is the teacher’s quarterly to be used with Adult Christian Life and College and Career. 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. It follows the International Uniform Sunday School Lesson Outline from the National Council of Churches.

• Language: English
• Publisher: R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation
• Release date: Aug 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9781681679617

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The Young Adult Quarterly • October/November/December 2022 • Vol. 50, No. 4

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NextGen LEADERS Features

The NextGen Leaders quarterly contains many features that sustain its popular appeal among young adult learners, addressing the unique needs and experiences of a life stage that encompasses educational attainment and career development. NextGen Leaders features elements to enhance and extend the learning experience for Bible study participants and those seeking greater understanding through personal study.

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

Let’s Get Started: A brief introduction that sets the lesson tone for learners.

Life.Point: Questions and statements related to life to guide learners in giving new applications to biblical passages.

Life Points can lead to a complete understanding of spiritual principles as they are reflected in the lives of learners.

Lesson.Point: Succinctly declares the focal point of the lesson to aid in internalizing and retaining the message.

Remember This: The passage of Scripture most central to the text is featured prominently toward the bottom of the page.

Sidebar Questions/Activities: Sidebars offer thought-provoking questions to spark deeper personal reflection and class discussions of critical spiritual applications of God’s Word. Learners may answer these questions individually or as a small-group activity.

Online Extras: Provides additional resources via rhboyd.com.

Lesson Summary: Gives students a synopsis of the lesson, citing its essential truths.

Life.Point Discussion: Contextualizes the lesson’s truths to stimulate additional questions, interest, or a relevant call to action from students.

Life.Point Action: Offers learners a call to action based on the main point of the lesson.

Lesson material is based on International Sunday School Lessons. The International Bible Lessons for Christian Teaching. Copyrighted by the International Council of Religious Education, and is used by its permission.

Scriptures taken from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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What’s in This Quarter…

The Fall quarter titled, God’s Exceptional Choice, traces the arc of salvation history from Abraham to Jesus and on to the early church. Unit I, God Calls Abraham’s Family, is drawn from Genesis and chronicles the origin of the chosen people, Israel, from Abraham to Judah. Unit II journeys through Exodus, Deuteronomy, Judges, and 1 Samuel showing the move to nationhood. Finally, Unit III explores the theme of chosenness through the perspective of the book of Ephesians.

Unit 1 — Out of Slavery to Nationhood

Unit I, Out of Slavery to Nationhood, has five sessions that explore the call of Israel’s family out of Egypt to become a nation. Lesson 5, from Exodus, highlights the birth of Moses, the women who preserved his life, and his call to lead the people out of Egypt. Lesson 6, from Deuteronomy, tells part of the salvation story of the people of Israel so they might remember and be thankful. Lesson 7, from Judges, lifts up the period of Israel’s history when it was governed by judges, particularly telling the story of Gideon. Lesson 8, from 1 Samuel, chronicles the transition in Israel’s history from the governance of judges to the selection of Saul as Israel’s first king. Lesson 9 tells of the anointing of David as Saul’s successor to the throne.

Unit 2 — We Are God’s Artwork

Unit II, We Are God’s Artwork, is a four-lesson study of Ephesians. The unit title comes from Ephesians 2:10. In several translations of Ephesians 2:10, the Greek phrase reads we are [God’s] workmanship (e.g., ESV, NASB, NET); but The New Jerusalem Bible begins verse 10, We are God’s work of art. It draws out a unique perspective on the way God has created us. Lesson 10 explores the beginning of the first chapter of Ephesians and the understanding that we are chosen and adopted as children by God through the redemption of Christ. Lesson 11 completes a study of Ephesians chapter 1, with Paul’s prayer that the believers in the Ephesian church might fully understand and access the power and blessings at their disposal because of God’s adoption of them through the saving work of Christ. Lesson 12 shows how Paul reminds the Ephesians that, because of their adoption and God’s love and mercy, they are made alive through the saving power of Christ for the purpose of good works. Lesson 13 is based on the last chapter of Ephesians where Paul encourages the believers in Ephesus to use the spiritual resources, which they have access to because of their relationship to God through Christ, in order to persevere and stand against the evil forces of the world so that they might be Christ’s ambassadors.

Unit 3 — God Prepares the Way

Unit III, God Prepares the Way, begins with two lessons on Zechariah from the opening chapters of Luke’s Gospel. Disappointment and doubt cloud Zechariah’s perspective until the promise of a son becomes reality. This extraordinary experience is the backdrop for Lesson 3—the entrance of John the Baptist, God’s chosen voice to prepare the way for the Messiah. Lesson 4 on Christmas Day celebrates Advent with Mary’s song as she rejoices in the news that God has chosen the humble.

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CONTENTS

OCTOBER — OUT OF SLAVERY TO NATIONHOOD

NOVEMBER — WE ARE GOD’S ARTWORK

DECEMBER — GOD PREPARES THE WAY

Suggested Opening Exercises

1. Usual Signal for Beginning

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

3. Singing (Songs to be Selected)

4. Scripture Reading: Psalm 37:3–8 (KJV)

Director: If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;

School: If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

Director: Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

School: Then the waters had over-whelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

Director: Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

School: Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

Director: Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

ALL: Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth

Recitation in Concert:

1 Thessalonians 4:4–9 (KJV)

4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is