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Survival

Kit for

YouthGroup study plan for leading

youth through a 12-week study

J. Wayne Jenkins


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his study plan involves youth in a 12-week group study ofSurvival Kit.

The short-term group plan is designed for new Christians and for

Christians who want to grow spiritually through this study. Youth work

individually five days of the week. Weekly group-study sessions are

based on the youths study during the previous week.

General Preparation

Preparing to Lead Each SessionThe material for each session includes suggestions for preparation. Also, for each

session:

Prepare the Testimony Outline chart and the Survival Kit Blueprint chart as

illustrated below and on the following page. Put these charts on the wall for

every session.

Use colored construction paper to cut out a large dot to use with the Survival

Kit Blueprint chart.

Title three sheets of newsprint: Prayer Sheet, Joy Sheet, and Want to Know.

Place these three charts on the wall ofevery session.

Provide the following items for every session.

-Bible -Survival Kit

-Newsprint -Felt-tip markers

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1. My Life and Attitudes BeforeFollowing Christ

2. How I Realized God WasSpeaking to Me

3. How I Became a Christian

4. What Being a Christian Meansto Me


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Session 1

ORIENTATION

Youth will work through the introduction to Survival Kit. They will

develop a covenant and a prayer-contact chain.

Preparing to Lead the Study Call each youth who will attend the study. Briefly promote the study and get

an attendance commitment from him. Does he have a Bible? If so, tell him to

bring it with him. If he does not, tell him that you will provide one at the

meeting. Instruct each youth to bring a notepad for taking notes.

Gather the following materials for the session.

-Bibles for youth who do not have their own

-A copy ofSurvival Kitfor each youth

-Construction paper, felt-tip markers, and masking tape for making name

tags

-Registration forms to record youths name, address, phone number, and

school

Use the Testimony Outline (p. 2) to prepare your own personal testimony. Use

two sentences for each point.

Leading the Study As youth arrive, ask them to register and to prepare name tags.

Read Philippians 1:2-6. Pray, using the names of the youth present.

Share your testimony. Then place on the wall the Testimony Outline. Instruct

youth to copy the outline. Suggest that they use it as a guide in composing

their own testimonies, using two sentences for each point.

Comment on Philippians 1:6. Emphasize that the youth are beginning a

growth journey with God. Stress that this study is the beginning point in their

spiritual growth. The church offers lifelong opportunities for growth through

Bible study, discipleship, Sunday School, missions organizations, and min-

istries of the church that develop and direct spiritual gifts. Explain that oppor-

tunities for growth will continue until the day of Christ Jesus (Phil. 1:6).

Introduce the Bible as the basic textbook for these sessions. Be sure that each

youth has a Bible. Show how to use the table of contents as a guide to

Scripture references. Begin with a list of four meaningful Scriptures, such as

John 3:16; Romans 8:38-39; 10:9-10; and Proverbs 3:5-6. Lead youth in

finding these in their Bibles. Instruct them to write these references on the fly-

leaf of their Bibles.

Indicate that the Bible will be their companion/guide throughout their lives.

Encourage youth to love it, to trust it, and to depend on it. Emphasize the

importance of using the Bible for study and for meditation. Name other

opportunities that youth will have to use their Bibles, such as Sunday School,

and Discipleship Training. Distribute copies ofSurvival Kit. Direct youth to turn to the inside front cover

and write their name, date of their conversion, date they joined the church,

and date they began Survival Kit for Youth.

Lead youth to begin plotting their progress on the chart on page 9 ofSurvival

Kit.

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Display the Survival Kit Blueprint chart (p. 2). Preview the introduction of

Survival Kit for Youth.Note the dangers and the five cures and growth agents.

The five stages are introduced on pages 6-8 ofSurvival Kit.

During this study, youth will be memorizing one Bible passage each week.

Focus attention on the bottom of page 9 in Survival Kit. Inform them that

week 1, day 2, they will begin memorizing their first verse. Point out the

Scripture memory cards in the center of Survival Kit. When youth beginmemorizing a passage, they will cut that card out of their books. Suggest that

youth glue an envelope in the back of their Survival Kitto hold the cards.

During the next 11 weeks, this group will be vital in the lives of the youth.

Group members should be committed to the study and to one another. Lead

youth to form a covenant expressing their commitment to the study and to one

another. Ask for suggestions of points that should be included in the covenant.

Suggest daily work in Survival Kit, helping one another, asking for help,

keeping in contact with one another, sharing concerns, and attending all ses-

sions. Facilitate discussion. Determine contents of the covenant. When youth

decide, fasten a sheet of newsprint to the wall. Write the covenant on it.

Communication among members is essential to keep one another aware of

prayer requests, to support and encourage one another, and to keep one anoth-

er aware of news and events that relate to the group. Lead youth to form a

contact chain. Pass a sheet of paper. Ask each youth to list his name and home

telephone number. Explain that at the next session each youth will receive a

copy of the covenant and the prayer chain.

Explain that each week the first person on the list will call the second person

on the list, who will in turn call the next, and so on, until the chain is com-

plete. Place yourself at the end of the chain. Instruct group members to select

the person to start the chain.

Make youth aware of the importance of setting aside a time each day for Bible

study, prayer, and meditation. Suggest that each youth decide when and where

he will have his daily quiet time. Suggest that each youth write that informa-

tion inside the front cover of his Survival Kit. Scan pages 10-17. Show youth

how to use Survival Kitthis week. Instruct youth to use their quiet time on the

other two days to prepare for Sunday School and Discipleship Training.

Remind youth of this weeks three assignments: (1) Tomorrow, complete the

section in Survival Kitfor week 1, day 1. Caution members to do only one

days exercise at a time. (2) Write a personal testimony. (3) Begin memoriz-

ing Scriptures.

Close the session by forming a circle. Ask that each youth, one at a time,

kneel in the center of the circle while each youth prays aloud for the one who

is kneeling.

After the Study Prepare copies of the group covenant and the contact chain. Print these on

cards small enough to fit into youths purses or billfolds.

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Session 2

THE INDWELLING CHRIST

During this session, youth will share how God worked in them this

week. They will discuss problems and joys they experienced in

establishing a quiet time. They will share preconversion/post con-version differences that they are aware of in their lives.

Preparing to Lead the Study Write the group covenant on a sheet of newsprint and place it beside the

Testimony Outline chart.

Bring the individual copies of the group covenant and the prayer chain.

Provide chalk and a chalkboard.

Prepare a colored dot for the Blueprint chart.

Leading the Study Ask: How are you progressing in locating references in your Bibles?

Allow for responses. Lead youth to practice together by locating

2 Corinthians 5:17. Ask a volunteer to read the verse.

Ask: What are some things that were different about you last week?

Initiate responses. Begin a series of sentence prayers, thanking God for the

difference He makes in the lives of Christians.

Direct youths attention to the Testimony Outline chart. Instruct them to read

their testimonies to the group. Be encouraging and supportive. Explain that

the purpose of this exercise is to help youth gain confidence in giving their

testimonies.

Distribute copies of the group covenant and the contact chain. Explain the

chains method and purpose.

Say: During the coming weeks, you will encounter words and phrases

that you do not understand. We do not want to let any of these remain

unclear. Fasten the Want to Know chart to the wall (see p. 2). Ask: What

have you heard or read this week that you would like to have explained?

(Write responses on the chart.) If you cannot give a brief answer immediate-

ly, promise an answer at the next session.

Lead the group to repeat the memory verse for the first week. Ask for volun-

teers to say the verse individually. Praise youth for memorizing the Scripture

verse.

Sketch a large hand on the chalkboard. Ask youth to turn to page 15 in

Survival Kit. Ask them what they wrote in the palm on the hand illustration.

Write it in on the drawing.

Put the colored dot beside the wordExcitementon the Survival Kit Blueprint.

Elaborate on the cure and growth agent.

Emphasize the importance of a quiet time. Ask the group to turn to pages 10-

11 in Survival Kit. Underline the five quiet-time principles. Ask: Which ofthese was the most difficult for you? Encourage youth to share their diffi-

culties. Be understanding and supportive. Encourage youth to put this princi-

ple into practice. Ask them to report next week.

Ask: What did you discover this past week as you studied your Bible?

Allow time for responses.

Ask: What are some decisions that you made this week which might not

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have been the same if Christ had not been controlling your life? Allow

time for discussion.

Help youth see that Satan does not come in a Halloween costume, obvious to

see and refuse. He comes in many forms, subtly catching us.

Make assignments for next week: Scripture memory; look for a discovery in

Bible study; rewrite and memorize their personal testimonies; prepare a

report on their pre-Christian impressions of the words denomination, church,baptism, and holy.

Ask youth to join hands and pray silently for one another. Close in prayer.

Session 3

ONE BODY: ITS LIFE

Youth will be able to explain what baptism and the Lords Supper

symbolize. Youth will be able to explain what it means to be a part

of the body of Christ.

Preparing to Lead the Study Call the contact-chain starter at least two days before the study. Ask him to

begin the calls. Each youth should encourage the person he calls and remind

him of the assignments for the next session. Ask each youth to bring a picture

or some other item that reminds him of another person.

Provide items necessary for serving the Lords Supper.

Enlist a youth to read 2 Corinthians 5:17and another to lead in prayer.

Leading the Study Use the Survival Kit Blueprint chart (p. 2) to introduce the study and to

explain what the group will do.

Ask youth to update the chart on page 9 ofSurvival Kit.

Ask the enlisted youth to read 2 Corinthians 5:17. Then, call on the enlisted

youth to lead in prayer.

Deal with any leftover questions from the Want to Know chart. Then ask

youth to add words or phrases at this time. Deal with these, or promise to do

research before the next session.

Ask: How have you made your testimony more understandable? Allow

time for discussion. Ask several youth to share their testimonies with the

group.

Ask youth to share their pre-Christian impressions ofdenomination, church,

baptism, and holy. Say: The wordholy meansset apart for a special use. It

does not meanperfection. It means that whatever is set apart is reserved

for Gods special use, and Gods presence cleanses the holy thing or per-son. Allow time for questions and discussion. Check for correct understand-

ing of these terms.

Ask youth to show the items that they brought and to tell why those items

remind them of certain persons. Emphasize that the item is not the person.

Rather, it is a symbol that reminds them of the person. Explain symbolism.

Show the Lords Supper trays and say: The juice and the bread that these

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trays contain are also symbols. Their purpose is to remind us of some-

thing more significant than the juice and the bread themselves. Ask: Do

you remember what the juice and the bread symbolize? Allow discussion.

Be sure that youth understand the symbolism of the Lords Supper.

Lead youth to the baptistry. Ask them to reflect on the feelings that they had

as they stood in the baptistry at the time of their baptism. Lead youth to com-

pare those feelings with present feelings as they revisit the baptistry. Be sureto mention that baptism also symbolizes the believers entrance into the body

of Christ.

Ask: What does it mean to you to be a part of the body of Christ? Allow

time for reflection and for sharing.

Ask: How does being a part of the body of Christ affect the way you

relate to other members of the body? Encourage questions and discussion.

Lead youth to quote togetherRomans 12:4-5. Form a tight circle with arms

around one another, creating a group hug. Close with prayer.

Session 4

ONE BODY: ITS SERVICE

Youth will distinguish between spiritual gifts and talents. Each

youth will identify one of his gifts and will explain how that gift

can be used for service in the body of Christ.

Preparing to Lead the Study Provide one sheet of construction paper, one pair of scissors, and a sheet of

aluminum foil for each youth.

Using sheets of construction paper, cut pieces to resemble a body with a head,

arms, and legs as shown in the illustration on the next page.

Two days before the session, ask the contact-chain starter to begin calling

group members, reminding them of the next meeting.

Be sure chalk and chalkboard are available.

Enlist a youth to lead in prayer.

Leading the Study Introduce the study, using the Survival Kit Blueprint chart.

Ask youth to update the chart on page 9 in Survival Kit.

Read 1 Corinthians 13. Call on the enlisted youth to lead in prayer.

On a chalkboard, list different ways the word love can be used. Invite the

group to share first. Fill in ways not mentioned. (For example: I love you; I

love cake; Id love to come over.)

Distribute sheets of construction paper and scissors. Ask each youth to cut a

piece of paper to resemble an arm, a leg, a hand, (whatever each wishes).They are to do this without knowing what the other youth have chosen. After

all have finished, ask one youth to put all the parts together to form one body.

Since youth chose what they would cut out, the body may have several of one

part and none of another.

Share with youth that God did not make His church this way. Encourage

youth to contrast this body to the way the church functions. Read

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1 Corinthians 12:18 and then ask youth to say it with you. Assemble on the

wall the construction paper body that you prepared in advance. Say: Each

part has a special and an important function and is related to each part.

Each part is a gift, and the gifts fit the churchs needs. All of the gifts are

united to the body, the church, by love. Love should be expressed only to

persons. Love of things is idolatry or covetousness.

Lead youth to discover the difference between spiritual gifts and talents.Emphasize that we receive talents when we are born and gifts when we are

born again. Gifts like love and service may be expressed through our talents

for the good of the body.

Distribute the sheets of aluminum foil. Ask youth to find in their Bibles

Ephesians 4:7,11-13;Romans 12:4-7; and 1 Corinthians 12:28. Lead them to

note that these gifts are examples of gifts God gives His people. Ask each

youth to use the aluminum foil to make some symbol of one of the gifts, such

as a towel for service, a coin for giving, a book for knowledge.

After each has explained the symbol, collect the foil symbols. Tell members

to give their first reaction to what you are about to do. Squeeze all the sym-

bols into one ball. Try to communicate by your expression that what you are

doing is constructivenot destructive.

Ask youth to share their reactions to what you have just done. Say: The ball

is the church; the gifts make up the church but do not stand out alone;

only as a part of the ball (the body, the church) do they have meaning.

Gifts are given to individuals to be used in the body of Christ.

Ask youth to brainstorm ways that they can serve others in the church. Write

the responses on the chalkboard. Add some thoughts that youth may not think

about. Say: Keep in mind that this service is from God through us to

people. It is not service to things or to institutions.

Lead the youth to recite all of the Scripture verses that they have memorized.

Form a circle and join hands. Close with prayer.

Session 5

TWO NATURES PART ONE: THE NEW NATURE

Youth will identify good fruit in their lives as a result of Christ-

control. They will identify ways to put Christ in control.

Preparing to Lead the Study Provide pieces of fruit and a bowl.

Write JOE PERSON on a piece of construction paper and tape it to the side

of a serving bowl.

On a sheet of construction paper in large letters write CONTAINER. On

another sheet, write YOUR OWN NAME. On a third sheet, write JESUS. Onsmaller pieces of construction paper, write the fruit of the old and new natures

listed in Galatians 5:19-23.

Write your name on a half sheet of construction paper.

Two days before the session, call the contact-chain starter to begin the calls.

Each caller should ask youth to bring a piece of fresh fruit to the session.

Enlist a youth to read Philippians 4:8 and to lead in prayer.

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Leading the Study Ask the enlisted youth to read Philippians 4:8 and lead the group in prayer.

Move the dot on the Survival Kit Blueprint to the second section: Fight. Point

out the cure and growth agent.

Ask two volunteers to give their testimonies.

List and deal with new words or terms that need to be discussed. Lead the group to repeat in unison Galatians 5:22-23. Call attention to the

fruit that the youth brought. Give fruit to members who forgot to bring any.

Ask youth to place the fruit in the serving bowl. Ask a youth to read aloud

Luke 6:43-45. Point out that each piece of fruit came from its particular kind

of tree or vine.

Give each youth one slip of paper with the name of one fruit of the old nature.

Instruct him to exchange it for his piece of fruit in the bowl. Ask: What is the

bowl full of now? (All sorts of bad fruit.)

Empty the bad fruit. Ask youth to place in the bowl a slip of paper listing

good fruit of the Spirit. Ask: How did the good fruit get in the bowl? (We

put it there.) How did the bad fruit get in the bowl? (We put it there.) Turn

in Survival Kitto page 32 and read the last two paragraphs, emphasizing the

wordsyour own choice.

Place on the wall the sheet with the word containeron it. Then place your

own name sheet over the word container. Relate this to the learning experi-

ence on pages 36-38 of Survival Kit. Say: Before you invited Jesus into

your life, the fruit of your life was that listed in Galatians 5:19-21. Attach

some old-nature fruiton the container sheet. Say: When Jesus enters and is

given control, a different result becomes evident: There is new fruit, the

fruit of the Spirit. Cover the other sheets with the sheet containing the words

Jesus Christ. Say: The new nature has Christ within and controlling all.

The result is the fruit of the Spirit. Place thefruit of the Spiritlabels so that

they stick out from the Jesus Christ sheet. Say: These symbolize how the

fruit of the Spirit blesses beyond the person.

Ask: How can a person put Christ in control of his life? Ask youth to find

at least three ways in Colossians 3:1-5.

Ask for volunteers to share what they wrote in response to the thought ques-

tion on page 35 in Survival Kit. They may read their own response to the

question, What commitment would you like to make for your life today?

Take time to allow the youth to eat the fruit.

Repeat Galatians 5:16together and join hands. Pray for the presence of good

fruit in the youths lives.

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Session 6

TWO NATURES PART TWO: THE OLD NATURE

Youth will discover two ways that Satan tempts them to let the old

nature control them.

Preparing to Lead the Study Gather enough newspapers for every pair of youth to have one paper.

Initiate the contact chain.

Be sure chalk and chalkboard are available.

Enlist a youth to readRomans 7:22-25; 8:5-9, and to lead in prayer.

Leading the Study Call on the enlisted youth to read the Scriptures and to pray.

Deal with new words or terms that need to be discussed.

Review this weeks memory verse. Instruct each youth to quote a favorite

verse from previous verses memorized.

On the chalkboard, list the fruit of the old nature (Gal. 5:19-21). Ask a youth

to write responses on the chalkboard as the group calls them out. Ask: Which

of these are evident in you? Which of these will overcome you? (Only

those you allow in your life by letting the old nature control.) How can you

have victory over these? (By letting Christ control.)

Explain that the next exercise is to show how Satan seeks control, not by

overwhelming force, but by sneaky, devious methods. Ask members to work

in pairs. Give each pair a newspaper and ask them to find articles, invitations,

or ads that subtly lure an individual to the old nature. Allow 10 minutes. Call

for reports.

Explain that this exercise is aimed at sharpening the insight and making bet-

ter choices. If Satan cannot lure the person to put the old nature in control, he

will try to interest the Christian in a good choice instead of the best choice.

Heres an example.

Good Best

Askthe pastorto come Ask for help, pray for guidance, and let the

by to witness to my parents. Lord help me witness to my parents.

Ask youth to take five minutes to write out some good-best choices that touch

their lives. Discuss a few of their ideas.

Ask: Have you heard the expression If it feels good, do it? Do you know

some Christians who believe or act as if any good feeling must be sinful

or evil? Do you know some Christians who seem to base their decisions

on what makes them feel good? Allow youth to discuss their responses.

Emphasize that neither Jesus nor any inspired author of the Scriptures ever

suggested that any of the senses were, by themselves, evil and sinful. Jesustaught that what comes from a persons heart determines how the senses are

used. If it feels good, do it! is a false basis for life, because the old nature

is in control. It is equally wrong to assume that a thing is wrong simply

because it produces good feelings.

ReadRomans 8:35-39. Lead in Prayer.

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Session 7

THREE ASPECTS OF SALVATIONPART ONE:ITS BEGINNING AND COMPLETION

Youth will be able to explain why they know they are saved, and

they will realize that spiritual growth is normal.

Preparing to Lead the Study Write on a sheet of construction paper the words start, now, andfuture.

Enlist youth to bring the following materials for use during the study.

The tube from a paper towel roll

A sheet of construction paper on which is written start, now, andfuture

A seed that will produce a large plant

Initiate the contact chain. In addition to other requests, ask youth to bring

their baby pictures or some member of their family.

Enlist three youth to participate in Bible reading and prayer as indicated in

Leading the Study.

Leading the Study Call on the enlisted youth: one to read Philippians 1:3-11, one to read

Philippians 1:6, and one to pray.

Place the dot at theDoubtline on the Survival Kit Blueprint chart. The past

week and the coming week are studies that emphasize discipleship as a life-

long way of life.

Update the chart on page 9 in Survival Kit.

Ask youth to name some things that can be undone. List the suggestions on

the chalkboard. Examples might be a shoelace, a ribbon, a tie. Say: There are

some things that cannot be undone. You cannot undo something born: a

tree, a person, any life. You cannot be un-reborn.

Lead a Bible drill to see how quickly students can find verses in their Bibles.

Call out these verses from previous work in Survival Kit: Philippians 1:6;

Ephesians 2:3-6; Romans 8:9-11; 1 John 4:12-16; 1 Peter 1:3-9; Romans

5:12; Romans 6:23; 2 Corinthians 5:1-9. As youth locate each verse, ask one

of them to read it.

After the Bible drill, mention that the Scriptures used deal with the three

aspects of salvation. Ask youth to discuss the three aspects.

Ask volunteers to show their baby pictures and to compare their weight and

length at birth with their present weight and height.

Show the seed. Ask members to identify it. After it has been identified, ask

members to describe the plant it will produce. Be sure they understand that

the plant will be many times the size of the seed.

Help youth to comprehend that they are in the seedling stage of their spiritu-

al growth. Ask: What do these factors about the growth of living things

say about your spiritual growth? Allow time for discussion. Show the sheet of construction paper on which is written start, now, and

future. Hold the paper in one hand, close one eye, and look at the paper

through the paper-towel tube. Say: I can see only one word at a time. It is

like having tunnel vision. When the sign is placed on the wall, however,

sight is not limited. I can see the whole page, fromstart, tonow, tofuture.

Someone said that God can see time like this, from start to finish. We can

see only our small segment of it.

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Ask youth to turn to 1 Peter 1:3-9,13 and find descriptions of salvation past,

present, and future in these verses.

Ask for volunteers to quote the Scripture passage for the week. Pray for con-

tinued spiritual growth.

Session 8

THREE ASPECTS OF SALVATIONPART TWO:A DAILY PROCESS

Youth will be able to define salvation. Youth will be able to state

the importance ofdaily quiet time, of Christs understanding and

intercession, of being filled with the Spirit, and of working out

your salvation.

Preparing to Lead the Study Obtain a deed or a real estate title for use during the session.

Initiate the contact chain. Ask each youth to read Philippians 1:2-6to the

person he calls.

Enlist a youth to lead the group in prayer.

Leading the Study Use the Survival Kit Blueprint chart to introduce the study.

Update the chart on page 9 ofSurvival Kit.

Ask volunteers to repeat their favorite memory verses. Sing one verse of a

favorite hymn. Call on the preenlisted youth to pray.

Use the Want to Know chart to deal with words that need to be discussed.

Ask a youth to list on newsprint some of the daily activities of group mem-

bers as the youth state these. For example: get dressed, eat, go to school,

work, help around the house, watch TV. Then list some activities done at reg-

ular intervals: final exams, homecoming, Youth Week. If no one mentions

quiet time, worship, Bible study, or discipleship, add these. Then ask some-

one to tell what quiet time means to him.

Ask the youth to imagine a small child with an ice cream cone. Ask: Who can

understand the delight of the ice cream cone? Why? Because we have

experienced it. This is how Jesus understands our human predicaments.

He lived a fully human life, experienced temptation as all people do, but

He did not sin.

On the chalkboard, writeIN-CAR-NATION. Explain that this word means in-

fleshed,or wrapped in flesh. When used of Jesus, it means that God wrapped

Him in flesh so that He could experience humanity. Eventually the final expe-

rience of His humanity was death. Read 2 Timothy 1:10 and note that the

word abolished in the original language more nearly means put it into itsproper place. So the verse means that Christ put death in its proper place.

Ask youth to readHebrews 2:18 in unison.

Ask youth to open Survival Kitto page 59. Emphasize that the presence of the

Holy Spirit is given at salvation. Read again Ephesians 1:13-14. Be sure

youth understand the meaning of being filled with the Spirit. Say: Someone

said, It is not how much of the Holy Spirit you have, but how much of

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you the Holy Spirit has. The statement Be filled with the Spirit is

about His control in our lives.

Ask youth to underline this sentence: And you tremble to think of living

your life without His presence being fully in charge of your personality

(p. 61). Ask youth to discuss what it means.

Review the definition of salvation on page 62. Use the illustration of the

transfer of ownership with a title of a car, a deed to a house, and the closingactivities in which ownership is transferred.

Ask youth to complete page 96 in Survival Kit. Instruct each youth to tear it

out and give it to you.

Read againRomans 5:10 and 1 Corinthians 10:13, then ask youth to repeat

these verses with you. Form a circle and lead the youth in a series of one-

word prayers, expressing to God their commitment to His salvation gift.

After the Study Mail Christian Growth Study Plan forms immediately.

Session 9

FOUR SOURCES OF AUTHORITYPART ONE:THREE INADEQUATE SOURCES

Youth will explain why tradition, experiences, and intellect are

inadequate standards for determining truth.

Preparing to Lead the Study Enlist one youth to tell the story of the blind men and the elephant found

below in Leading the Study.

Leading the Study Lead a Bible drill, using the memory verses listed on page 9 in Survival Kit.Instead of calling on a youth to read, wait until all have found the passage.

Instruct them to close their Bibles and repeat the Scripture passages. When

the drill is complete, lead youth in sentence prayers of thanksgiving.

Call attention to the Survival Kit Blueprint. Move the dot to the Panic-

Search-for-Truth stage. Say: It is dangerous to assume that one who uses

standard religious words, overpowering logic, or has magnetic appeal is

an authority. The standard by which to measure is the Bible. It is consis-

tent with itself; therefore, the Bible is its own best interpreter.

Lead youth to name some traditions they enjoy. (Special events at church,

family rituals at Christmas.) Lead youth to name traditions that are obsolete.

Note some good aspects of traditions and some drawbacks. Say: Traditions

can be started even for comical reasons; traditions can be ended just asquickly as they began; traditions can have a practical beginning that

could be solved easily in a later day.

Say: Religious traditions need to be evaluated. We should ask whether or

not they really help us do what is found in the Bible. Examples might be

the order of a worship service, the way we practice the Lords Supper, or

the way we practice baptism. Some people allow their experiences to

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determine their religious ideas. They think their faith is proven by what

they feel. This is a dangerous way to determine your beliefs. God is with

us regardless of our feelings.

Call on the enlisted youth to tell the following story of the blind men and the

elephant:

One blind man was led to the trunk of the elephant and took hold. He

said, This animal is round and long and has an open mouth on oneend. Another took hold of a leg, and said, Oh, no, this animal is

like a tree. Another felt of the tail, and said, You are both wrong;

this animal is very small like a snake and has hair at the end. The

final blind man argued, as he sat atop the elephant: How wrong can

you be; this animal is like a blimp.

Ask youth to share examples of times when their senses fooled them.

Lead youth to respond to and to discuss this statement:Believe only what you

can see or document. Say: Intellect ultimately rests on faith. Can a person

see and document emotion, thoughts, ideas, love, electricity, atoms? We

live by and accept much that we cannot see and ultimately cannot prove.

Ask youth to turn to page 64 in Survival Kitand refer to the chart in which

they filled in four sources of authority. Ask them to identify the important dis-

tinction in the definitions listed in the chart. (Three sources of authority come

from sources that man has determined. The distinctive Christian stance in all

religion is: God reveals. It is Gods initiative, choice, and amazing love.)

Ask one youth to read aloudRomans 12:1-2. Encourage youth to write the

verse in the flyleaf of their Bibles. Close by forming a circle. Ask youth to

decide on a blessing from God which would enhance the spiritual growth of

the person to their right. Suggest that one at a time each youth turn to that

person and say, I pray for you this week Gods blessing of...

Session 10

FOUR SOURCES OF AUTHORITYPART TWO:ONE TRUE SOURCE

Youth will be able to explain why the Bible is the one true source

of authority for the Christian life.

Preparing to Lead the Study Gather the following materials from your pastor or church library.

Bible translations (as many different kinds as you can find)

The Baptist Faith and Message tract

A read-the-Bible through tract

A Hebrew text and a Greek text

Initiate the prayer-contact chain. Instruct youth to review the memory versesand references as they relate to the hand illustration.

Write on slips of paper the verses for the opening responsive reading.

Display as many different Bible translations as you have available. New

Christians are often intrigued by Hebrew and Greek texts and can be intro-

duced to some amazing facts of Gods providence through them.

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Leading the Study Demonstrate the reliability of Scripture by showing youth verses of Old

Testament prophecy about the Messiah and corresponding New Testament

verses of fulfillment. Ask youth to read the following verses: Birth:Micah

5:2; Matthew 2:1-6; Hosea 11:1; Matthew 2:13; Malachi 3:1; Luke 1:76.

Crucifixion: Isaiah 53:5-9; Matthew 27:13-14; Matthew 27:38;

Matthew 27:57-60; John 19:1-4; John 19:34; John 20:25; Psalm 22:18;Matthew 27:35; Psalm 31:5; Luke 23:46. Thank God for the amazing con-

sistency of blessing and assurance throughout the Bible.

Read aloud the statement on the Bible in The Baptist Faith and Message.

Lead youth to discuss the meaning of the statement. Direct them to look up a

few of the Scripture verses referenced.

Show how the historical setting of the Bible is important to clearly understand

its teachings. Ask a volunteer to readMatthew 27:51. Explain that the ripping

of the veil of the temple at the time of Jesus death may not at first seem too

important to a new Christian. Explain that in the Old Testament only the chief

priest had direct access to the holy of holies and he could only enter one time

a year. The holy of holies was seen to be the very presence of God. Explain

that, when you understand the history, you can understand why it was impor-

tant that the veil was torn. It symbolically said that now every believer has

direct access to Gods presence.

Introduce the youth to the Bible in the light of Christ. The verses read at the

beginning of the session show the Bible as the Word of God. John called

Jesus the Word of God.

Show the Bible as a progressive revelation of God. Say: God revealed only

as much as men could understand or would accept in the Old Testament.

It all leads up to Christ, and the climax of Gods revelation is in His Son

(Heb. 1:1-2).

Display the collection of different Bibles. If you were able to get a Hebrew

text and a Greek text, show these. Say: The Scriptures were written origi-

nally in Hebrew and Greek, and a small portion in Aramaic. Point out

the miracle of the Bible passing through so many years and remaining

the same. There is a need, however, for newer translations because the

language changes. The Bible does not change. An example is Matthew

19:14, which in the King James Version says, Suffer little children, and

forbid them not, to come unto me. The common usage of suffer

changed over the years; more people today would understand the use of

the following words: Let the children, or Permit the children. If

someone has a newer translation, ask him to read this verse to the group.

Introduce youth to the difference between a paraphrase and a translation. Say:

A paraphrase adds interpretive words and phrases to give expanded

meaning but could be subject to translator interpretation. A translation

stays more closely to a word-for-word transfer into our language. Note

that one translation or paraphrase may be preferred for easy reading, while

another may be superior for interpretive study. After youth have looked through the display of Bibles, invite testimonies of

what the Bible has come to mean to each of them so far. Ask each to quote

his favorite Scripture verse.

As a closing, lead youth to choose a memory verse they think will be partic-

ularly applicable to the person on their left. Say: Turn to the person on your

left, recite the Scripture verse, and say, The word of God is with you.

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Session 11

THE FIVE-AND-FIVE PRINCIPLE:FIVE YOU CAN WIN BY PRAYER

Youth will prepare witnessing testimonies and will practice

witnessing.

Preparing to Lead the Study Place the dot beside Silenton the Survival Kit Blueprint chart.

Prepare question sheets for youth. List the discussion questions in Leading

the Study.

Initiate the contact chain. Request that each youth share in confidence the

name of one person on his prayer list from Survival Kit.

Leading the Study Use the Survival Kit Blueprint chart to introduce the final division of the

study. These last two weeks are designed to lead youth to develop a personal

witness to discover Gods power to witness.

Update the chart on page 9 ofSurvival Kit.

Ask youth to pray silently for the group in this final phase of its study.

Use the Want to Know chart to clarify words or terms from the study.

Ask youth to choose partners for witness practice. First, each is to share his

own testimony as he has written it. Write the Roman Road Scripture refer-

ences (Rom. 3:23; 6:23; 5:8; 10:9-10) on a sheet of newsprint and ask the

pairs to develop a third testimony, using only these Scripture verses. Ask

them to write the new testimonies to share next week.

Ask: Since you became a Christian, have you tried to witness to a person

who either refused to listen or turned you off? How did it make you feel?

What did you do? Ask youth to share experiences that they have had. Allow

time for discussion. This discussion probably will evoke some deep feelings.

If a youth is especially burdened or disappointed, pray as a group for the

youth and for the person to whom he tried to witness. Be sensitive and sup-

portive as youth share.

Ask youth to recall this weeks topic in Survival Kit. Ask: How did you react

to the idea that you can win people without witnessing to them?

Ask: Does the fact that we can win people without witnessing to them

mean that we should not witness? (Of course not. We should witness to

every person who will receive us.We pray for those who refuse to listen. The

lost person may still say no. Praying and witnessing does not mean you will

win every one.)

Lead youth to share the feelings they had as they prayed for the five people

who would not hear their witness.

Group youth by twos or by threes. Instruct these groups to use the remainder

of the time to participate in the following prayer experience: (1) Each youthwill share with the others in his group the name of one person on his prayer

list. (2) Each youth will tell why he cannot witness to that person. (3) Each

youth will tell how he has been asking, seeking, and knocking for the one on

his prayer list. (4) Each group will pray together for the lost persons men-

tioned during the sharing.

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Session 12

THE FIVE-AND-FIVE PRINCIPLE:FIVE YOU CAN WIN BY WITNESSING

Youth will practice witnessing, and they will plan to use their

witnessing skills.

Preparing to Lead the Study Prepare seven role-playing assignment slips as follows.Assignment 1Be a

non-responsive person. You do not really care; you are uninterested. You are

impatient, but polite.Assignment 2Be a preoccupied person. You are busy.

Your favorite TV program is on. Assignment 3Be a disillusioned person.

Some Christian or some church has disappointed you. You know some church

leader who you think is a hypocrite.Assignment 4Be an argumentative per-

son who knows how to debate. You have serious questions, but you want ideal

answers.Assignment 5Be a sensitive, artistic person. You are preoccupied

with living the good life. You see religion as only for bad times.You are

defensive about your lifestyle and see Christianity as a threat to it. You see

Christianity as being no fun. You are not interested in the future, only in the

now. Assignment 6Be a partier. You are anxious to defend your drinking,

drug use and sex. You compare yourself with immoral Christians. You are

addicted to your sin. You adopt a hopeless attitude about your sin and its con-

sequences. You blame fate for what will happen to you. Assignment 7Be a

good personmoral, generous, kind, and loving. You love your family. You

are a good worker. You work in charity projects. You have no bad habits. You

never got around to joining the church.

Initiate the contact chain. Remind youth of their assignment to prepare

another witnessing testimony.

Prepare refreshments to serve as youth arrive at this last session.

Bring Christian music CDs and a CD player.

Leading the Study Fellowship during snacktime. Play Christian music.

Pray a special prayer of thanksgiving for this group.

Ask youth to share the witnessing testimonies they prepared, using the

Roman Road.

Distribute the role-playing assignment slips. Tell youth not to reveal their

assignments. Explain that the group will practice witnessing. One youth will

play the part assigned to him, using his Roman Road witnessing testimony.

Allow 5 minutes for youth to review their testimonies and to consider how

they will play their assigned roles.

Select one youth with a secret role-playing assignment. Enlist another youth

to witness to him. After the role play, evaluate it. Invite suggestions for wit-

nessing in such a setting. Follow the same procedure with the other role-playing assignments.

Emphasize that although the role plays have emphasized negative responses

to a witness, many will respond eagerly to a simple witness.

Remind youth that they are still at the beginning of their walk with Jesus

Christ. Encourage youth to attend Sunday School, discipleship, worship,

choir, and missions activities to assist their spiritual growth.

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Join hands. Pray aloud, asking God to continue guiding the youth. Thank Him

for them.

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