Subject: Bible Knowledge

Topic: Jesus and the Father Working Together

Duration: 40mins

Reference Material: Comprehensive CRK for Primary School, 5

Previous Knowledge: Pupils are familiar with Jesus the son of God

Objective: At the end of the lesson, pupils should:

  • Explain how Jesus exhibited an act of Obedience to Christ
  • Explain that we cannot do anything without Jesus

Content:

Joseph was the earthly father of Jesus Christ. Jesus was obedient to Joseph and Mary. Although, Jesus is God, He became man in order to save us from son. He always obeyed the will of His father in Heaven. Jesus has the power to do anything but He never did anything without the Father’s approval.

Jesus worked with the Father (God) to perform a lot of miracles, yet Jesus did not clean quality with His Father. Every miracle that was accomplished was done by the Father through Jesus (e.g. Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, John 11:35).

Moral Lesson

  1. Jesus was obedient to God and His parents as children of God
  2. We should never take decisions on our own i.e. we should seek God first
  3. We should learn to endure hardship like our saviour Jesus knowing that it is just for a short time.

Presentation:

Step 1: Teacher revises the previous lesson “Jesus the Son of God” with the pupils.

Step 2: Teacher introduces and explains the new topic to the pupils.

Step 3: Pupils are allowed to ask questions.

Step 4: Teacher writes notes under content on the board for pupils to copy.

Evaluation:

  1. Who was Jesus Obedient to?
  2. Jesus raised Lazarus in order to ________________________

Conclusion: Teacher moves round for inspection, marking and correction of notes where necessary.