青少年教程(雅各书*第2课)| 我的偏见

羊之门-编译组
May 22
8 min read

编者按
这是一套在美国很受欢迎的教材，按年龄共分三部分：0-6岁学龄前儿童教程，6-12岁学龄儿童教程，和12岁以上青少年教程。我们将陆续翻译成中文，分享给大家。
这套教材里的每一篇，无论是教程还是各种活动，都独立成篇，没有先后顺序，大家可以按需要和负担选择使用。
*更多内容：thedoorofsheep.com/青少年

课程目的

1. 暴露学生偏待人的罪。

2. 帮助学生体验他们中间偏待人的状况。

3. 帮助学生为他们偏待人的罪忏悔，开始新路。

主题

接纳、态度、照顾、公平、友谊、判断、偏见

开始祷告(5分钟)

团队建造(10分钟)

教学提示：这部分内容，通常用来把孩子的注意力集中起来，带动孩子的积极性。

现在我们来讨论以下几个问题。

• 你喜欢的最近播放的电视节目是什么？

• 你喜欢的现在流行的歌曲是什么？

• 你喜欢的垃圾食品是什么？

• 世界上你喜欢的人是谁？

上面最后一个问题可能让你觉得出其不备。你们有些人可能会觉得回答前三个问题无伤大雅，但可能会觉得回答最后一个问题有点尴尬，特别是如果你的另外两个最好的朋友也在房间里。但是这个问题会带出另一个问题，所以现在给你们每个人一分钟来回答这个问题。

问题：什么时候有偏好是好的，什么时候不好？

深入学习(20分钟)

在雅各书二章一至十三节，我们将学到什么是偏见。偏爱一首歌或一项体育运动是一件事，然而偏待人则是另外一件事。雅各所写的内容可能会让你觉得惊讶。花几分钟时间，自己读雅各书二章一至十三节，然后我们一起讨论。

读雅各书2:1-13

讨论问题：

1. 第一节说到怎样算是偏待人？（不可按着外貌待人）

2. 根据第九节，偏待人是罪吗？（是的）

3. 为什么你觉得那是罪？（你应该爱人如己）

这里不是说你不能有一群亲密的朋友，因为任何人都可以有朋友。这里也不是在讨论拉帮结派，那是另外一个问题。建立友谊需要时间、信任和共同点。这里所讨论的是说我们如何对待“外人”，就是那些你不太认识以及不太认识你的人。

4. 雅各举了哪些例子把这个问题讲清楚？（2-7节）

这里他用两个同时进屋的富人和穷人做了一个比喻。他提出的问题是：你会不同地对待这两个人吗？让我们来鉴察一下我们的灵魂。要对自己诚实！

5. 对待一个与你很相似的、穿着讲究、平易近人、富有吸引力的人，与对待另外一个衣衫褴褛、冷漠、没有吸引力的人，你们当中有多少人的态度会截然不同？

教学提示：程度好的孩子，可以把以下经节分一部分给他，让他单独查出来，然后让他自己读了之后给出总结。

经文-检索“偏待”

代下 19:7 - 现在你们应当敬畏耶和华；你们要谨慎办事，因为耶和华我们的神没有不公，不偏待人，也不受贿赂。
徒 10:34 - 彼得就开口说，我真看出神是不偏待人的，
罗 2:11 - 因为神并不偏待人。
弗 6:9 - 作主人的，也要同样待奴仆，放弃威吓，知道他们和你们的主人，乃是在诸天之上，祂并不偏待人。
西 3:25 - 那行不义的，必受不义的报应，并没有偏待人的事。
彼前 1:17 - 你们既称那不偏待人，按各人行为审判的为父，就当在你们寄居的时日中，凭着敬畏行事为人；

教学提示：在继续下面的内容之前，可以给孩子5分钟休息时间。

活动 (10分钟)

如果可以的话，邀请一些学生不认识的人来到聚会当中。可能的话，最好邀请一些与他们同龄的人。让他们早点来，有充分的时间与学生见面。指导这些“替身”用假名字，并预备好一个故事来回答问题。但是不要为他们做介绍，让你的学生自己与他们相处。课程进行到这里，揭露他们是“替身”，并一起来解决相关问题。

（揭露替身）

我想向你们介绍一些人。如果你跟他们（替身）有比问候“你好”更多的交流，我想让你举起手来。也就是说，如果你只是从他面前经过问好的不算在内。但是如果你所做的超过问声好，你介绍了你自己，问了他或她过的怎么样，从哪儿来等等的问题，举起你的手来。好，你们现在可以把手放下了。我邀请（替身）今天来是为了看看我们这个群体有没有偏待人。(替身)，让我问你几个问题。

首先，你的真名是什么？你从哪儿来？
当你今天早上进来的时候你感觉是什么样的？你感觉如何？
有多少人对你说过一些话？
你有没有感到你在某些方面不受欢迎，你不属于这个群体，等等？
如果你是高中生，根据你今天受到的待遇，你愿意再到我们当中来吗？

好吧，说到这里，我们向（替身）今天能来表示感谢。

分享应用总结：

1. 你认为我们这个群体如何对待外人？

2. 我们当如何改进，好使我们不再对那些第一次来的人有偏见？

3. 我们当如何改进，好使我们不再对那些已经来过一段时间的人有偏见？

4. 在你自己的生活中，你有偏待人吗？你认为你为什么会那样做？

背经节&结束祷告(5分钟)

我的弟兄们，你们既相信我们荣耀的主耶稣基督，便不可按着外貌待人。-雅各书 2:1

现在，是我们团体认罪祷告的时间。我们都可以不带偏见，做得更好。雅各书说得很清楚，偏待人是一种罪。我要带领大家来祷告，请你们重复我所说的：

圣别的神，我们犯罪得罪你，

我们认为自己比别人强…，

我们用错误的判断衡量别人…

我们不公正地藐视那些无家可归者，

我们偏待人，我们犯了错…，

赐给我们祢的眼光去看待别人…

赐给我们祢的心去爱别人…

赐给我们祢的良善去与别人分享…

赦免我们的罪…

谢谢祢不轻视我们…

阿们!

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James

Lesson 2: My Favorite

LESSON OBJECTIVESGoals

1. To expose students to the sin of favoritism

2. To help students experience favoritism in their midst

3. To help students repent of their sin of favoritism and commit to a new path

Topics

Acceptance, Attitude, Caring, Fairness, Friendship, Judging, Prejudice

Scripture Memorization

James 2:1

OPENING PRAYER (5 to 10 minutes)

GROUP BUILDING (10 minutes)

I want us to talk about the following questions. The only rules are that everyone has to answer and you can only pick one thing. If you’re a little uncomfortable with that, take a deep breath: it’s gonna be okay.

• What’s your favorite TV show currently on the air?

• What’s your favorite song that’s out right now?

• What’s your favorite junk food?

• Who is your favorite person on earth?

GETTING STARTED (5 minutes)

The last question might have caught you off guard. While the first three were pretty harmless to answer, some of you might have felt awkward answering the last one—especially if two of your best friends are in the room! But it leads us to another question I want to give you all a minute to answer.

Question: When is it okay to have favorites and when is it not okay?

DIGGING IN (30 minutes)

In James 2:1-13, we learn what it means to play favorites. Having a favorite song or sports team is one thing, while playing favorites with human beings is another. What he writes may surprise you. Take a minute and read it for yourself, James 2:1-13, and then we’ll discuss it together.

Read James 2:1-13

Discussion Questions:

1. What does verse 1 say about favoritism? Why do you think it says that? (Don't show favoritism.)

2. According to verse 9, is showing favoritism a sin? (Yes.)

3. Why do you think that is? (You should love others as yourself.)This text is not saying that you can’t have a close group of friends, everyone does. It’s not even talking about cliques, that is a separate issue. Friendships are built with time, trust and commonality. What this text is talking about is how you treat “outsiders,” people you don’t know well and who don’t know you.

4. What example does James give to drive this point home? (verse 2-7)

Alright, now we’re getting somewhere. He uses this analogy of a rich man and a poor man entering a room at the same time. The question he poses is, would you treat those people differently. Let’s do some soul searching here. Be honest with yourself.

5. How many of you would treat a well-dressed, approachable, attractive person who was a lot like you differently than you would a shabbily dressed, standoffish, and unattractive person?

Activity (10 minutes)

If you are able, invite someone to attend your meeting that the students don't know. If possible, make it someone their age. Have them come early, in plenty of time to meet students. Instruct the “stand-in” to use a fake name and have a story ready to answer questions. Don’t do any introducing for them, though. Make your students deal with him/her on their own. At this point in the lesson, reveal the stand-in and deal with the accompanying issues.

(Reveal Stand-In)

I want to introduce you guys to someone. If you did more than say hi to (name) this morning, I want you to raise your hand. That means you introduced yourself, asked him or her how he or she was doing, where he or she was from, etc. A hi as you passed doesn’t count. But if you did more than that, raise your hand. Okay, you can sit down now. I invited (name) here today to see how our group would do concerning favoritism. (name), let me ask you some questions.

• First of all, what is your real name? Where are you from?

• What did it feel like when you walked in this morning? How did you feel?

• How many people said anything to you?

• Did you feel at any point like you weren’t wanted, didn’t belong, etc.?

• If you were a high school student, would you ever return to our ministry based on the way you were treated today?

Okay, fair enough, give (real name) a hand for being here.

MAKING IT REAL (10 minutes)

Discussion Questions

1. How do you think our group handles outsiders?

2. What could our ministry do differently that would keep us from showing favoritism to people coming in for the first time?

3. What could our ministry do differently that would keep us from showing favoritism to people who have been around for a while?

4. In your own life, do you play favorites? Why do you think you do it?

CLOSING PRAYER (3 minutes)

And now, I think it’s time for some corporate repentance. We can all do better at not playing favorites. James is clear: favoritism is a sin. I want to ask you all to kneel at your seats. I’m going to lead us in a prayer in which I want all of you to repeat what I say:

Holy God, we have sinned against you…

We have considered ourselves better than others…

We have valued people with wrong judgment…

We have overlooked the outcasts unfairly

We have shown favoritism, and we are wrong…

Give us your eyes to see others…

Give us your hearts to love others…

Give us your kindness to share with others…

Forgive us of our sins…

Thank you for not overlooking us…

Amen.

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