青少年教程 (歌罗西书*第4课) | 我们彼此之间的连接

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课程目的

• 帮助学生熟悉歌罗西书第4章

• 帮助学生更加确信：我们彼此需要

• 帮助学生修复过去忽略的一段关系

主题

基督的身体、鼓励、家庭、关系、合一

背诵经文

歌罗西书 3:23

开始祷告(5-10分钟)

团队建造(5分钟)

（这一部分比较偏向讨论，而不是活动。尽量鼓励每个人分享。）

1. 哪些人是你觉得特别难相处的？

2. 人为什么会让别人难以忍受？ 什么事情最容易惹你烦？

3. 那些让你难相处的人，是基督徒还是非基督徒？

课堂起头(10分钟)

在歌罗西书的最后一部分，我们要学习：我们应当怎样彼此连接。

请记得前面几课的内容：

• 基督就是神（第1章）

• 基督主动与我们连接（第2章）

• 我们应当与世界分别（第3章）

似乎当我们越来越与神连接时，我们就会越来越不属于这个世界。但人是有关系需求的受造物。我们需要彼此。我认为这也是为什么保罗最后还要特别教导：信徒彼此之间应当怎样相处。这就是今天课程的核心。

深入学习(30分钟)

让我们先来读今天的经文。

会分成两部分。

请一位同学读：

歌罗西书 3:18 - 4:6

然后另一位同学读：

歌罗西书 4:7 - 4:18

这里主要有两大部分：

第一部分：保罗教导不同的人群应该怎样彼此对待。

第二部分：保罗提到一些他非常珍惜的人。

我们就围绕这两部分来讨论。

第一部分：彼此善待

现在来看：

歌罗西书 3:18 - 4:6

讨论问题:

1. 保罗提到了哪些群体？（妻子、丈夫、儿女、父亲、奴仆、主人）

2. 保罗对妻子说什么？那是什么意思？（顺服自己的丈夫）

3. 保罗对丈夫说什么？那是什么意思？（要爱妻子，不要苦待她们）

4. 保罗对儿女说什么？那是什么意思？（儿女凡事都要听从父母）

5. 保罗对父亲说什么？那是什么意思？（不要惹儿女的气）

6. 保罗对奴仆说什么？那是什么意思？（像服事主一样顺服地上的主人）

7. 保罗对主人说什么？那是什么意思？（公平公正地对待奴仆）

（这些问题的重点是帮助学生明白：保罗对每一种人都讲话。祂对所有人都说：“彼此相爱。”）

8. 你觉得我们为什么需要这样彼此相待？（开放讨论。）

我认为，这些教导放在前几章之后是有原因的。因为当人读完前面的内容后，很可能会想：“哇，我必须和世界不一样。神这样要求我。可是如果我真的这样活，世界不会接受我。我会变成某种‘局外人’。那我要怎么撑下去？怎么独自面对这个世界？”

但真相是：我们并不孤单！我们有其他基督徒站在身边。

毫无疑问：我们应该彼此扶持。我们也应该彼此用爱和恩慈相待。但还不止如此。

讨论问题:

1. 歌罗西书 4:2-6，还告诉我们应该怎样彼此对待？有哪些具体命令？（恒切祷告、警醒、感恩。）

2. 你们觉得自己作为基督徒是孤单的，还是觉得自己有属灵支持？为什么会这样觉得？（开放讨论。）

这些命令中，除了一个以外，其余都是针对基督徒彼此之间的。

3. 哪一个命令是关于如何对待“外人”的？（要有智慧地行事，抓住机会。）

4. 为什么这样做？（为了预备好向不认识基督的人传福音。）

总结来说，我们应当：

• 彼此相爱

• 彼此恩待

• 彼此体贴

• 彼此代祷

这也呼应了歌罗西书 3:17：凡事都要奉主耶稣的名而行。

第二部分：保罗的人名单

现在来看：

歌罗西书 4:7-18

这些经文常常被人忽略，但其实里面很丰富。

（请一位同学再读一次。可以提前提醒大家：名字有点难念！）

讨论问题：

1. 保罗提到了哪些人？他们为保罗做了什么？（推基古、阿尼西母、亚里达古、马可、犹士都、以巴弗、路加、底马、宁法等。他们都是主里的同工。）

（尽量把名单列完整。名字念不准没关系。重点是：保罗之所以能“坚持到底”，背后有许多人在支持他。）很好！很特别的一点是：保罗列出了这么多朋友、同工、支持者。

2. 你生命中有没有这样的人？（开放讨论。）

课堂活动（5分钟）

请学生写下自己的答案。现在，请你想出5位曾帮助你成长的基督徒。

写下：

• 他们是谁

• 他们怎样帮助了你

  
  

这些人可能包括：

• 你的父母

• 小组长

• 老师

• 牧师

• 甚至是你身边的小组成员

好了，现在来分享。谁愿意说说：名单上有哪些人？为什么？（这里可以有自由分享时间。通常会是一个非常温暖、感人的时刻。）

我希望你们明白：如果没有其他基督徒，一个人很难坚持走下去。保罗在这里正是在表达这个事实。而我自己的人生也证明了这一点。（这里老师也可以加入个人见证。）

应用(10分钟) 

刚才你已经写下了一些名字。现在请拿出纸和笔，写一张短短的感谢卡或感谢信给这些人。也许需要几分钟时间，但请认真写。感谢那些影响你信仰的人。写完之后，我们会一起为这些人祷告。现在先安静写，向他们表达感谢。

最后，请大家一起为这些曾影响你生命的人献上感恩祷告。如果愿意，也可以大声祷告。另外：请记得之后真的把这封信交给他们。亲自感谢他们。

结束祷告(2分钟)

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Colossians

Lesson 4: Our Connection to Each Other

LESSON OBJECTIVESGoals

1. For students to become familiar with Colossians 4

2. For students to become more convinced that they need one another

3. For students to build up a relationship that they’ve neglected in the past

Topics

Body of Christ, Encouragement, Family, Relationships, Unity

Scripture Memorization

Colossians 3:23

OPENING PRAYER (5 to 10 minutes)

GROUP BUILDING (5 minutes)

(This group building is more discussion-based than activity-based. Try to get everyone to share.)

1. Who are some people you find really hard to get along with?

2. What makes people hard to tolerate? What really gets on your nerves?

3. Are the people you have a hard time getting along with Christians or not?

GETTING STARTED (10 minutes)

In the last chunk of Colossians we’re going to study how we are supposed to connect to one another. Remember where we’re coming from here: —Christ is God (chapter 1) —Christ has connected Himself to us (chapter 2) —We should be disconnected from the world (chapter 3)

It seems like, as we are connected to God, we become less connected to the world. But we are relational creatures. We need one another. I think that is one of the reasons why Paul addresses the believers in Colossae with one further instruction: how they should connect with one another.

That’s the essence of what we’ll talk about today.

DIGGING IN (30 minutes)

Let’s first read today's passage. We’ll break it into two parts. First, someone read Colossians 3:18-4:6

Alright, now someone else read Colossians 4:7-4:18

What we see here are two main parts. In the first, Paul instructs various groups of people on how to treat one another. In the second part, Paul talks about some of the people that he thinks of dearly. Let’s frame our discussion on those two sections.

Part One: Be Good to One Another

Let’s examine Colossians 3:18-4:6 There's place in your workbook to write down what you observe.

Discussion Questions

1. Which groups of people does Paul address? (Wives, Husbands, Children, Fathers, Slaves, and Masters)

2. What does Paul say wives should do? What does that mean? (Submit to their husbands)

3. What does Paul say to husbands? What does that mean? (That they should love their wifes and not be harsh to them)

4. What does Paul say to children? What does that mean? (Children should obey their parents in everything)

5. What does Paul say to fathers? What does that mean? (Fathers should not embitter their children)

6. What does Paul say to slaves? What does that mean? (Slaves should obey their earthly masters as if they are working for the Lord)

7. What does Paul say to masters? What does that mean? (Provide for their slaves what is right and fair)(The questions above are simply meant to pound into their heads that Paul talks to everyone. He addresses everyone and says, “love one another.”)

8. Why do you think we need to treat each other in these ways? (Allow for discussion)

I believe this stuff comes after what we’ve talked about in past weeks because, as Paul teaches the Colossians (and us), the conclusion that the listener comes to is, “Wow. I’m supposed to be different from the world. God says so. But if I do that, the world won’t accept me. I’ll be an outcast of sorts. How can I make it? How can I stand alone against such a world.”

The truth is, we aren’t alone! We have other Christians to stand beside. There’s no doubt, we’re supposed to be there for each other, and there’s no doubt, we are supposed to treat one another with love and kindness. But there’s more.

Discussion Questions

1. What does verse 4:2-6 say about how we should treat one another. What instructions are listed? (Devote ourselves to prayer, while being watchful and thankful)

2. Do you guys feel alone as a Christian or do you feel like you have support for your faith? What makes you feel that way? (Allow for discussion)

All but one of those instructions is for other Christians.

3. Which instruction is given on how to behave toward “outsiders”? (Act wisely, make the most of every opportunity)

4. Why is that instruction given? (So that we will be ready to share the Gospel with those who do not know Christ)

Bottom line: we are supposed to love each other, be kind, be thoughtful, and pray for one another. This reflects back on Colossians 3:17, when Paul says to do everything in the name of Jesus.

Part Two: Paul’s List

Now let’s look more closely at Colossians 4:7-4:18. These are the types of passages often overlooked, but this particular one is packed with good stuff.

(Have someone read the passage again. Warn them of the tough names to pronounce!)Okay, in your workbooks there’s a place for this. Let’s review the passage again.

Discussion Questions

1. Who are some of the people Paul names, and what have they done for him? (Tychicus, Onesimus, Aristarchus, Mark, Justus, Epaphras, Luke, Demas, and Nympha. They were fellow servants in the Lord)

(Try to form a complete list, even if you can’t pronounce them. What you call them isn’t important. The point we’re getting at is how many people it took for Paul to “make it.”)

Good job! It is cool to see how many people Paul lists as his friends, co-workers, and supporters.

2. Do you know of people in your own life that you could put on a list like this? (Allow for discussion)

Workbook Activity (5 minutes)

Have the students turn to the workbook activity and write out their responses.

Let’s do just that. I want you to try and think of 5 people, other Christians, who have helped you along. In your workbooks, list them and what they’ve done for you. Take a minute or two to do that, and then we’ll talk about it.

(Give them 3-4 minutes to think of 5 people. It could be you end up being one, or someone in your group. These are the kinds of moments we’re trying to create.)

Okay, let’s share. Who’s on your list and why?

(Just allow some sharing time. This could end up being really neat to hear and experience together.)

I want you all to understand one thing: without other Christians, it would be hard to make it. Paul seems to make that very point in this passage, and I can attest from my own life it’s true (feel free to share personally here if you want).

MAKING IT REAL (10 minutes)

Each of you listed some names on your handouts before. Now what I want you to do is (have some paper and pens available) write a note to those people. This could take a few minutes, but I want you to write thoughtfully to the people who have influenced your faith, people on your list. When you’re all done, we’re going to pray for these people. For now, take some time and thank them for what they’ve done.

What I want all of you to do is pray a prayer of thanks for the people that have influenced you in your life thus far. I’d love for you to do that out loud as we close. Also, make a point to thank them in person by giving them the note you’ve just written.

CLOSING PRAYER (2 minutes)

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