Kingdom Relationships Course.

 

Lesson Six:  Submitting To Others (CSG facilitator and leader’s copy)

 

WELCOME SECTION: Warmly welcome all the people and ask everyone to introduce

 (20 mins)                           Themselves. Use the word SUBMISSION to make as many

                                            other different words (three or more letters) as possible. You

                                            can split the CSG into groups or do it as individuals. Give 5

                                            minutes to do this in. The winner is the one with the most

                                             real words. Give them a small gift.

 

WORSHIP SECTION  :  The worship leader should select songs about submission….

(30 Mins)                           

                                            Suggested songs are: I Will Come and Bow Down, Jesus

                                            Shall Take the Highest Honour, To Him who sits on the

                                            Throne.

                                         

                                             Allow for the operation of the gifts (prophecy, new song etc.)

 

WORD SECTION          : The facilitator should take the group through the attached

 (60 mins)                            Lesson. Get different people to read through the sections

                                             and any Bible Verses. Stop to discuss as prompted allowing

                                             everyone to get involved (drawing in the quieter ones). If

                                             the discussion is going off track bring it back to the main

                                             topic. Be conscious of the time and pace yourself.

                                             If there are any practical excercises take time to discuss the

                                             Lessons learnt in conjuction with the lesson theme and don’t

                                             allow  too much wasted time.

 

                                             When you’ve finished the lesson have a time of praying

                                             For the proper levels of authority in your group, church and

                                              The families represented .

WORKS SECTION         : Pray outwards for unsaved friends , for your neighbourhoods

  (10 mins)                             to have revival, for Singapore as a whole and even for our

                                              missions work in China etc..and other pressing prayer needs.

                                              Close with offering and benediction. Go and eat…..

 

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Kingdom Relationships Course.

 

Lesson Six : Submitting To Others (CSG member’s copy)

 

The leader reads…”One of the characteristics of God’s Kingdom and rulership is  order. Wherever God reigns there is peace and Divine order. One of the characteristics of Satan’s Kingdom is confusion. When people violate the pattern set down in Scripture for law and order, then rebellion and anarchy are the consequences. God reigns in the earth through delegated powers.”

 

Read together Romans 13:1.

(i)                   What authorities was Paul referring to here ?

(ii)                 What were they like ?

(iii)                Where did their authority come from ?

(iv)               What is our duty towards them ?

 

What did Jesus say about authorities in John 19:10-11 ? Discuss.

 

What do we learn from Psalm 75:6-7 ?

 

What was the key to the centurion’s authority in Luke 7:8 ?

 

One person read: “The authority of a Captain passes down through the ranks, and all the commanding officers and those carrying out the Captain’s commands possess his authority. They have authority because they have received authority by placing themselves under authority. Submission is the key to authority. Only as we submit ourselves to the authority of Christ, in it’s delegated form, can we take authority over the world, flesh and the devil and also prove ourselves worthy of responsibility within the Body of Christ.”

 

We have looked before are the various delegated authorities. Do you remember what they are ?  Pass out the following verses for different people to read and state the delegated authorities we are to submit to….

Romans 13:1; Colossians 3:18, 20 and 22; Hebrews 13:17.

 

What is the difference between honouring and submitting ? Discuss.

 

When should you not obey an authority ? (See Acts 5:17-19 and discuss)

DISCUSS THE NATURE OF THIS EXCEPTION IN SOME OF THE PREVIOUS CASES (eg. Civil authorities, parents etc..)

 

From the following verses list out as many characteristics of Biblical submission as possible – Ephesians 6:5-6; Titus 2:9; 3:1-2.

 

What example of submission is given in Luke 2:48-51 ? Discuss.

 

What did Jesus do when He found the cup of submission bitter to drink ? (see Matthew 26:39) Discuss.

 

If authority comes from submission to those who are place over us, what happens when we deliberately refuse to submit to our ‘coverings’ ? Discuss.

 

What did Paul mean in 1 Corinthians 11:10 ? Discuss.

 

What does Paul say about submission in Ephesians 5:21 ? Put it in your own words.

 

Give some illustrations of mutual submission.

What benefits result from submission to one another ? Discuss.

 

Pray for each other in the light of the above.

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