Sunday School

Elder Andrew Smith, Superintendent

Lesson 9: August 2, 2026

DEATH BECOMES LIFE

BIBLE BASIS: ROMANS 6:1-4, 12-14, 17-23

BIBLE TRUTH: Christ provides freedom from sin and believers can be slaves of righteousness, and thus receive sanctification and eternal life.

MEMORY VERSE: "Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life" (Romans 6:4).

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: RECALL Paul's explanation that accepting Jesus frees one from sin while it enslaves them to righteousness and gains them eternity; CONNECT being baptized into Christ with giving up sin and renewing creation; and RENEW our baptismal committments.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Romans 66 - Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lessons.

Lesson 10: August 9, 2026

SAFE IN GOD'S LOVE

BIBLE BASIS: ROMANS 8:25-39

BIBLE TRUTH: Believers can never be separated from the love of Christ for humanity.

MEMORY VERSE: "What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31).

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: REVIEW the principal points of Paul's teaching on Jesus, from whose love we can never be separated by any turmoil or hardship; BELIEVE that Christ Jesus was God's plan for humankind from the beginning of creation; and COMMUNICATE the joy and love of Christ with others.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Romans 8:28-29; 1 John 4:7-16 - Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

Lesson 11: August 16, 2026

LIVING UNDER GOD'S MERCY

BIBLE BASIS: ROMANS 9:6-18

BIBLE TRUTH: Trust in God and belief in what Jesus has done for all through God's mercy provides an unbounding love and opportunities for believers.

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: KNOW the details of Paul's teaching about who are the true descendants and inheritors of God's promise; FEEL a strong familial connection to the people of God as inheritors of the promise God intended from the creation; and PROCLAIM God as the author and reason for all the good we do in order that God may be glorified.

MEMORY VERSE: "Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and who he will he hardeneth" (Romans 9:18).

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: James 5:7-12: Romans 9:6-29 - Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

Lesson 12: August 23, 2026

GOD PRUNES AND GRAFTS

BIBLE BASIS: ROMANS 11:11-24

BIBLE TRUTH: Belief in Jesus Christ is the core belief that Jews and Gentiles can be united.

MEMORY VERSE: "Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but towards thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shall be cut off" (Roman 11:22).

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: KNOW the details of Paul's teachings about who are the true inheritors of God's

promise; AFFIRM that God has not rejected the Jews and that Gentile believers have not superseded the Jews, but believing in Jesus is the fulfillment of creation ; and DEVELOP an ecumenical ministry to encourage unity among God's people.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: John 15:1-8; Romans 11:11-36 - Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

Lesson 13: August 30, 2026

LOVE FULFILLS THE LAW

BIBLE BASIS: ROMANS 12:1-2, 13:8-10

BIBLE TRUTH: Paul encourages believers to allow the love of Christ to transform their minds so that they can love others and themselves as Christ does.

MEMORY VERSE: "Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law" (Roman 13:8).

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: RECALL Paul's exhortation to be transformed in order to discern the will of God so we can love others effectively; ACCEPT God's will to love one another unconditionally ; and COMMIT to new beginning in which we actively carry God's Love into the world.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Deutoronomy 13:15-20; Romans 12:1-2, 13:8-14- Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.