Teaching Plan
Connect Activity
Purpose and plan: Connect activities get everyone ready to learn. Consider your small group’s learning style as you choose one or two of the activities below to introduce this week’s lesson.
Fun: Guess Who?
(5 minutes, moderate set-up)
Learners will uncover a picture of a well-known public figure.
Discussion: Law and Order
(8–10 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will discuss the reasons behind some seemingly strange laws, past and present.
Life and Times: 24
(8-10 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will compare a scenario in a TV show and the Old Testament to discover the purpose behind each.
Relational: Christian Borrowers
(5–10 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will discover that the core of Christianity is about borrowing someone else’s achievement.
Explore Activity
Purpose and Plan: Explore activities lead people to study Scripture. Teach one of the Core Studies to focus on the Biblical Truth. If you choose, support the Core Study with one or two of the following activities.
Interactive Core Study: Jesus, the Fulfilment
(15–20 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will study Matthew 5:17–20 to discover how Jesus viewed the Old Testament.
Master Teacher Core Study: Jesus, the Fulfillment
(15–20 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will learn the truths of real righteousness in Matthew 5:17–20.
Context Study: Righteous Potatoes
(15 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will discover why the Pharisees obsessed about keeping the Law.
Closer Look: Fulfill
(10 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will examine the deeper meaning of the word fulfill in Matthew 5:17 by looking at its use in Matthew 13:48, Luke 3:5, John 12:3, and John 15:11.
Comparative Study: The Real Law
(10 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will examine Paul’s explanation of the true purpose of the Law.
Transform Activity
Purpose and Plan: Transform activities challenge your group to live differently. Choose one or two activities based on the spiritual growth of your group. Keep in mind that the Holy Spirit ultimately brings about change, so help people draw near to Him.
Discoverers: Proud Daddy
(8-10 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will discuss the danger in trying to prove oneself to God through righteousness.
Owners: Legalist
(8-10 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will uncover the true motives behind their acts of righteousness.
Servants: The Easy Difficult
(5–8 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will discuss the implications of following Christ.
Shepherds: Rename the Old
(8–10 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will find a new way to think about and teach the Old Testament.
Prayer Option: Receiving
(5 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will pray with a posture of receiving from God.