RCCG YAYA Sunday School Students Manual 11 February 2024 Lesson 24 – Cohabitation
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TOPIC: Cohabitation (RCCG Sunday School Manual For Young Adults And Youths (YAYA)
MEMORY VERSE: “For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.” – Revelation 22:15 (KJV)
BIBLE PASSAGE: 1 Corinthians 7:1-2 (KJV) (Scroll down for RCCG Sunday School 11 February 2024 HYMN)
1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Also Read:
– RCCG Sunday School Teacher Manual 11 February 2024: The Redemption Package
– RCCG YAYA Sunday School Teacher Manual 11 February 2024 – Cohabitation
– RCCG Sunday School Student Manual 11 February 2024: The Redemption Package
INTRODUCTION: Cohabitation is a relationship that exists between people who live together and have sexual relationships without being legally married to each other. Currently, cohabiting seems to be gaining ground among young people. This is not the right concept when put on the scale of God’s standard. We shall look at some things that cohabiting will not do and the way out.
LESSON OUTLINES
- REASONS AND EFFECTS
- THE WAY OUT
1. REASONS AND EFFECTS
Cohabiters venture into these acts for various reasons such as to solve their housing problems, emotional attachment, tests for compatibility, solve economic problems, etc. Cohabiting may appear to have solved housing and economic problems but underneath is untold stories of painful experiences (Proverbs 9:17-18). Cohabiting will not guarantee a perfect relationship (Psalm 127:1). It is not a surety or an assurance that one will really know the behaviour of the other person fully because the heart is deceitful (Jeremiah 17:9). It will not change the negative habits of an individual. It subjugates rather than provides freedom as one is at the whims and caprices of the cohabitant. The unholy act of fornication will not yield a holy sexual relationship (1 Corinthians 6:18; 7:2; 10:8). It will not rule out disappointments or skirmishes between the two partners. The security or sustenance of the relationship is not guaranteed. It may result in unplanned pregnancy, abortion, or unwanted babies. It can fuel low self-esteem.
2. THE WAY OUT
There are many good ways to deal with economic and relationship issues instead of cohabiting (Proverbs 3:5-6). Do not right thing by getting into a pure proper courtship with marriage in view (1 Corinthians 7:1-2). Stop trial and error relationship and get married legally if you know you are mature for marriage (1 Corinthians 7:9). Make up your mind to honour God with your body because it is the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 6:19). Avoid sex before marriage (Hebrews 13:4). Patience is the rule of the game (1 Corinthians 13:4). Get the foundation right, so you can build a good and fruitful home on the right footing (Psalm 11:3). Secure a beautiful and stable future for your children (Galatians 6:7).
CONCLUSION: Cohabiting is a products of disobedience and dishonour. Do the right thing.
QUESTIONS:
- What is cohabiting?
- Mention two things cohabiting will not achieve.
FURTHER READING:
Sunday: Job 8:6 (KJV)
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Monday: Romans 1:24 (KJV)
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
Tuesday: 1 Thessalonians 4:4 (KJV)
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
Wednesday: Hebrews 4:4 (KJV)
For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
Thursday: Psalm 82:5 (KJV)
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
Friday: Proverbs 10:12 (KJV)
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Saturday: 1 Peter 4:8 (KJV)
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
ASSIGNMENT: Mention five (5) disadvantages of cohabiting (2×5=10 marks).
SUNDAY SCHOOL HYMN
- O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
O how I love Thee well,
I am happy, it makes me glad
To rejoice at Thy birth. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Thy friend friendship suits me well,
Both young and will sing Thy song,
We long for Sunday School. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Christ was Thy first teacher,
The Holy Spirit, great teacher,
Does manifest in thee. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
This testimony is sure,
That God, the Father Almighty,
Poured His blessing on Thee - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Though the sun be so bright,
Or if the clouds be black with rain,
I’ll be in Sunday School. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day
I rejoice to see Thee,
Will thou pass over me today?
Without my being blest?
