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| EXPLORE THE BIBLE: (5–10 minutes) Hand out Bibles and ask youth to read the Romans 12:9–21 passage one verse at a time. Do a mini lecture to help youth understand the passage better, based on the Insights from Scripture. Explain “heap burning coals” on someone’s head. This refers to an Egyptian tradition of carrying a pan of burning charcoal on one’s head as a public act of repentance. We don’t need to repay evil for evil because God will do the punishing. God will have the final say on everything. When you feed your enemies they will see what they have been doing and will repent. By being nice to them and helping them they will want to better themselves. When someone overcomes evil with evil they are no better than the person who did evil to them. They are trapped in a cycle where they will just keep going back and forth doing evil things to each other. By forgiving them and helping them, you will be set free from the bondage of that vicious cycle. APPLY: (10–15 minutes) Option 1: Hand out paper and pens to students. Ask them to go through the passage, one verse at a time, and evaluate themselves on a scale of 1–10 on how they are doing in the area each verse addresses. Ask them to write down the verse numbers on their papers and beside each number, to write down their personal rating in that area. For example: Verse 9—7 Verse 10—6 Option 2: This is a more active version of Option 1. Designate one side of the room to be number 1 and the other side number 10. Ask youth to read each verse on their own and move around the room based on the rating they would give themselves. Continued... |
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