Grade 5 - Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States
Grade 5 - Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States
Grade 5 - Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States
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Sunday School Curriculum <strong>Grade</strong> 5<br />
Objective:<br />
The practical steps for repentance<br />
Memory Verse:<br />
Week 2- The Prodigal Son<br />
“Fa<strong>the</strong>r, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight” (Luke 15:21)<br />
References:<br />
―The Paradise <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Spirit‖ Part I, Late Anba Youannis<br />
―The Guide to Confession‖ Anba Bemin<br />
―Turn me O Lord and I will turn‖ Fr. Youssef Asaad<br />
Introduction:<br />
Review <strong>the</strong> previous lesson and verse.<br />
The story <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Prodigal Son will remain an abundant spring for <strong>the</strong> mercies <strong>of</strong> God. The<br />
church reads this parable at <strong>the</strong> beginning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lent. In this parable we find <strong>the</strong> following:<br />
The deep love <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Fa<strong>the</strong>r who always forgives.<br />
The state <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sinner and how sin corrupted <strong>the</strong> life <strong>of</strong> man, destroyed him and caused his<br />
misery.<br />
Self-righteousness, Phariseesm, and dependence on human strength in life are useless.<br />
A warning against fall, rewarding <strong>the</strong> repentant and forgiving sins as <strong>the</strong> true repentance is<br />
renewal <strong>of</strong> life.<br />
Lesson Outlines:<br />
A. Steps <strong>of</strong> repentance in <strong>the</strong> life <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Prodigal Son<br />
The First Step: He began to be in need: Being in need <strong>of</strong> fa<strong>the</strong>rhood is <strong>the</strong> first step towards<br />
repentance. Hunger and thirst for righteousness is <strong>the</strong> main gate through which repentant enter.<br />
But those who lead <strong>the</strong> life <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pharisees, who sit with Simon to judge <strong>the</strong> woman who sinned<br />
(and repented after meeting <strong>the</strong> Lord and became righteous), those who are self-satisfied, those<br />
who admire <strong>the</strong>ir self-righteousness, and those who are filled with pride because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir human<br />
virtues, are not in need <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Christ <strong>of</strong> sinners: ―Those who are well have no need <strong>of</strong> a<br />
physician, but those who are sick‖.<br />
In this stage in <strong>the</strong> life <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Prodigal Son <strong>the</strong> Scripture says: ―So he went and joined himself<br />
to one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> citizens <strong>of</strong> that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine‖ (Luke 15:5).<br />
How miserable is that man who makes human attempts and resorts to people, thinking that men<br />
can solve his problem and release him <strong>of</strong> his troubles, isolation, emptiness and misery.<br />
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