Adult Christian Life: January- March 2024

By R.H. Boyd Publishing Corp.

Adult Christian Life is the student book for the mature adult learner. It contains a solid biblical exposition with life centered insight that is designed to enhance an understanding of the text and its meaning for everyday living. 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: Dec 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9798886351668

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Adult Christian Life contains Sunday school material for mature believers. The exposition of the Scripture, with life-centered insights, is preceded by an introduction to the lesson designed to help learners gain a greater understanding of the text under discussion relative to context, content, and meaning of life.

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.

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.

Adult Christian Life (USPS 006-480) (ISSN 1947-6604), copyright © 2024 by R.H. Boyd Company, 6717 Centennial Blvd., Nashville, Tennessee 37209-1017. Adult Christian Life is published quarterly by R.H. Boyd Company. Periodicals postage paid at Nashville, Tennessee.

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INSIDE

ADULT CHRISTIAN LIFE

The Adult Christian Life quarterly has many features that appeal to adult students.

Printed Scripture Passage: The King James Version and the New Revised Standard Version are listed side by side so learners can compare traditional and contemporary translations of God’s Word. The main thought verse is highlighted in bold text.

Suggested Opening Exercises: This feature, standard to all R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation Sunday school quarterlies, remains popular among learners and leaders alike.

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

Know It: Contextualizes the lesson and expands on its truths to stimulate additional questions, interest, or action on the part of the learners.

Remember It: Summary section that emphasizes the most relevant points of the lesson and highlights how the lesson applies to learners.

Hear It: An opportunity to listen to the relevant message of the lesson through music.

Live It: Suggestions for learners to take specific action to make the lesson a personal opportunity for spiritual enlightenment.

Share It: Suggestions for learners to spread the Bible truth learned through various mediums, such as social media or one-on-one talks.

Daily Devotional Readings: Daily Bible readings to prepare learners for the Sunday lesson experience.

Online Extras: Activities, quizzes, and additional resources for outside study via www.rhboyd.com.

Contents: January, February, March

I LEARNING ABOUT FAITH

II THE RIGHTEOUS LIVE BY FAITH

III FAITH-FULL VS FAITH-LESS

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: Galatians 3:11–15

Director: But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

School: And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

Director: Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

School: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

All: Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

Recitation in Concert: Romans 1:14–17

14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

CLOSING WORK

1. Singing

2. Sentences: Hebrews 10: 35–39

35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Dismissal with Prayer

Bible Study for Week of January 7, 2024 Lesson 1

FAITH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS

BACKGROUND PASSAGE: HEBREWS 11

PRINT PASSAGE: HEBREWS 11:1–4, 7-8, 17–18, 20–23, 32, 39–40

RESOURCES: New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition, Boyd’s Commentary for the Sunday School. Visit rhboyd.com for online activities.

KEY VERSE: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1, KJV

Intro

The concept of faith can be very challenging to comprehend, in part because it deals with abstracts. For some believers, faith is merely the act of confessing and accepting Jesus Christ as Lord, and that upon acceptance our soul is guaranteed to inherit eternal life after death. Faith is more than that. It is a natural extension of spiritual practice.

When contextualized as a noun, faith is usually associated with someone’s religious tradition and affiliation, as implied by the question What is your faith?, which is to say, What religion do you claim?

As a verb, faith refers to the active trust one has in God’s ability and willingness to address a particular need — the way faith is usually understood and practiced by most Christians. From this perspective, the quality of one’s faith is measured by the confidence they have in receiving a favorable outcome from God. Unfortunately, restricting faith to such a narrowed definition eventually fosters the assumption that God is little more than