Sunday School

Elder Andrew Smith, Superintendent

Lesson 1: June 1, 2025

GIFT OF LANGUAGES

BIBLE BASIS: ACTS 2:1-7,12;

1 CORINTHIANS 14:13-19

BIBLE TRUTH: The need for finding a common understanding is necessary whether people are speaking in different native languages as in Act 2 or unknown spiritual languages as in 1 Corinthians 14.

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: DISCOVER how the Holy Spirit helped people communicate in both different native and spiritual languages; EMPHATHIZE with people in situations in which language inhibits communication; and FIND ways to communicate with diverse people to foster common understanding.

MEMORY VERSE: "What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also" (1 Corinthians 14:15, KJV).

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Amos 2:4-8; Psalm 75 - Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lessons.

Lesson 2: June 8, 2025

JUDGEMENT ON ISRAEL AND JUDAH

BIBLE BASIS: AMOS 2:4-8

BIBLE TRUTH: God will not overlook injustice, but will punish the unjust.

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: REVIEW God's judgement of Judah and Israel; ENCOURAGE sensitivity toward social injustice; and ADDRESS issues of injustice in their local and global communities.

MEMORY VERSE: "Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn aways the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them the err, after the which their fathers have walked" (Amos 2:4, KJV).

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Amos 2:4-8; Psalm 75 - Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

Lesson 3: June 15, 2025

GOD IS NOT FOOLED

BIBLE BASIS: AMOS 5:14-15, 18-27

BIBLE TRUTH: Amos declared to the people that God will not be fooled by insincere offerings and will severely punish all sinners.

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: KNOW how God examines justice for righteous and punishes deceivers; RECOGNIZE and reflect on actions of injustice within the community of faith; and IDENTIFY unjust practices, commit to stop our participation in them, and help others do the same.

MEMORY VERSE: "But let judgement run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream" (Amos 5:24)

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Amos 5; Hosea 11:1-7- Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

Lesson 4: June 22, 2025

REBUKED FOR SELFISHNESS

BIBLE BASIS: AMOS 6:4-8, 11-14

BIBLE TRUTH: God will dispossess the greedy and selfish and thus demonstrate God's justice.

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: EXPLORE God's response to injustice as recorded by Amos; REFLECT on ways people practice greed and selfishness; and UNCOVER and DISCOVER ways God does justice amid injustice and ways humans can join God in the fight against injustice.

MEMORY VERSE: "Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgement into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock" (Amos 6:12, KJV).

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Amos 6; Psalm 119:31-38 KJV - Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

Lesson 5: June 29, 2025

GOD WILL NEVER FORGET

BIBLE BASIS: AMOS 8:1-6, 9-10

BIBLE TRUTH: Amos says that God will no longer overlook their misdeeds and will destroy them for all time.

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: EXPLORE unjust practices and their consequences during Amos' time; REFLECT on how the church practices injustices and seems to be oblivious; and ENCOURAGE the church to address injustices practiced within our community of faith.

MEMORY VERSE: "And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more" (Amos 8:2, KJV).

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Amos 8; Hosea 11:1-7 KJV - Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.