Tips for Teaching This Week’s Session of The Gospel Project for Adults
Every week for Volume 4: From Captivity to the Wilderness, Ken Braddy, Lifeway’s director of Sunday School, will offer guidance to help leaders prepare to lead and teach each session of The Gospel Project for Adults.
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This week’s training notes:
This week, your group will be studying Unit 6, Session 2, An Unfaithful Prophet, which focuses on how unfaithfulness leads to more unfaithfulness. Moses was judged for his lack of obedience after the Israelites’ grumbling.
So this week, here are your three things to know, watch, and do as you prepare for this week’s session:
Something to know
We sometimes view sin as larger actions of harm: abuse, murder, lying, stealing, etc. But in this week’s passages, Moses is judged because, as God said, “You did not trust me to demonstrate my holiness in the sight of the Israelites.” Spend additional time exploring why Moses was judged by reading the commentary for point 2 and 3 on page 133 and 135, as well as the extra commentary on page 126-127 of your leader guide. Focus on the importance of obedience to God.
Something to watch
For something to watch, we’ve included a link to a sermon by Justin Buchanan in the Additional Resources called Faithful Stewards of God’s Provision. Justin Buchanan preaches on Numbers 20:1-13, helping us understand how Moses’ actions had devastating consequences. Here is his main idea: “When God measures success, He measures it in faithfulness.“
Something to do
In his anger and frustration, Moses had a moment where he thought lightly of God’s holiness. Consider as an exercise, contemplating on the holiness of God. Pass out blank index cards and have each person write on one side “What does it means for God to be holy.” Then write on the other side, “My response to God’s holiness.” Give people time to write their thoughts, and either discuss them together or have members take their cards home to put in a spot where they would see it daily to meditate on.
Roy Smith says
DDG is mentioned throughout the adult teacher guide. What does it stand for?
Thanks,
Daniel Davis says
DDG stands for the “Daily Discipleship Guide,” the group member book.