青少年教程 (罗马书*第2课) | 自由地活着

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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。
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课程目的

• 以简单、容易理解的方式概述罗马书第6-8章。

• 帮助学生认识到，他们蒙召是要活在真正的自由中。

• 鼓励学生挣脱罪的捆绑，把生命降服于耶稣。

主题

行为、重担、知足、忍耐、跟随耶稣、恩典、光明、拦阻、罪

背诵经文

罗马书6:18

开始祷告(5-10分钟)

建立关系(5分钟)

三个问题

（每个人都要回答下面三个问题，但不要花太多时间，因为今天还有很多内容要学习！）

• 这星期发生在你身上最棒的一件事是什么？

• 这星期你经历过最有趣、最好笑的一件事是什么？

• 这星期你做过最尴尬的一件事是什么？

开始(10分钟)

创意活动（可选）

为小组里的每位学生准备一条塑料束线带（zip tie）。

在课程开始时，把每位学生的双手绑在身前。注意不要绑得太紧，以免弄痛他们，但也不要太松。让他们一直保持被绑的状态，直到课程后面"应用实践"部分，再借此说明"被捆绑"的含义。

深入学习(25分钟)

读 罗马书6:15-23

讨论问题：

1. 这些经文对你有什么提醒？

2. 根据第16节，你怎样知道自己是谁的奴仆？（你顺服谁，就是谁的奴仆。）

3. 第18节对你个人来说意味着什么？

事实上，无论是谁，每个人都在服事某一位主人。问题不是有没有主人，而是谁是我们的主人。

神是一位使人得自由的神。祂呼召我们进入自由。有意思的是，要真正得到自由，你必须成为一位奴仆，而耶稣基督必须成为你的主人。

一般讨论：

• 当你听到"奴仆"这个词时，你会想到什么？为什么这个词在今天的社会常常带着负面的意义？

• 为什么把自己降服于一位主人，会让人觉得难以接受？

• 为什么服事另一位主人，反而可能是真正的自由？

• 你曾在哪些方面经历过罪所带来的捆绑？

现在，我们把注意力放在一节非常值得背诵的经文上 - 第18节。请一位同学再读一次。

再读 罗马书6:18

讨论问题：

1. 自从你选择跟随耶稣以后，你在哪些方面经历了从罪中得自由？（当然，这个问题适用于已经信主的学生。）

2. 怎样才能成为"义的奴仆"？

3. "罪的奴仆"和"义的奴仆"，在行为上有什么不同？

4. 根据第18节，成为义的奴仆之前，必须先经历什么？（先从罪的奴役中得释放。）

这个真理贯穿了罗马书第6、7、8章。

读 罗马书6:4-5，6:8，6:11，6:14，7:4，7:6，8:1-2，8:5，8:9，8:13-14

讨论问题：

1. 为什么保罗要一再重复这个真理？

2. 你认为罗马人听懂了吗？他们真正明白了吗？你明白了吗？

我们很容易知道，自己应该属于正确的主人。耶稣不仅应该是我们的救主，也应该是我们的主。知道这一点之外，还有一个问题始终存在：

3. 怎样才能既脱离罪的捆绑，又完全属于基督，活出真正自由的生活？

应用实践（20分钟）

如果你一开始进行了"束线带"活动，可以先问学生："你们的手腕现在感觉怎么样？"

欠神的债，并不是一种身体上的奴役。相反，对神忠心，使我们进入最有能力、最自由、最释放的位置。

可以这样来理解：

小时候，你很喜欢涂颜色，但常常会涂到线外面去——有些人现在可能还是会这样。后来，当你学会了界线，明白了限制、责任、自由之间的关系，你涂出来的图画就漂亮得多了。当然，你也可以完全不受限制地乱涂。但是，大家都会同意，最好看的图画，都是在界线里面完成的。

再举一个例子。假设你有一个年幼的孩子。孩子的学校旁边就是一条交通繁忙的公路，而操场正好位于学校建筑和马路之间。每天课间休息的时候，孩子们都会在那里玩。请问：你希望操场有围栏，还是没有围栏？

（顺便提一下，曾经有一项研究专门做过这个实验。没有围栏的时候，孩子们几乎都只敢靠近教学楼活动；后来建起围栏以后，孩子们反而敢在整个操场自由奔跑。虽然从技术上来说，他们受到更多限制，但实际上，他们体验到了更大的自由。）

要真正活出自由的生活，有几个原则值得记住。

活出被圣灵引导的生活

读 罗马书8:9

讨论问题：

1. 你认为"受圣灵掌管"是什么意思？

2. 这和"受罪性掌管"有什么不同？

3. 你可以怎样更多地降服于圣灵？

以基督为中心

读 罗马书8:10

讨论问题：

1. 基督住在你里面，会是什么样子？

2. 要让这件事真实发生，你需要做什么？还有什么没有交给主？

3. 为什么身体虽然必死，而生命仍然能够充满圣灵？

4. 为什么义能够带来生命？

5. 你认为生命来自你的义，还是来自基督的义？（帮助学生明白：拯救我们的是基督的义，不是我们的义 - 这正是福音的核心。）

记住复活

读 罗马书8:11

讨论问题：

1. 耶稣的复活怎样改变了我们盼望的根基？

2. 是谁使基督从死人中复活？（神的灵。）

3. 是谁赐给我们生命？（神的灵。）

4. 知道那位使基督从死人中复活的圣灵，也正在帮助我们脱离罪的捆绑，这对你来说意味着什么？

   
   

因此，我们就更容易明白，为什么保罗在罗马书8:38-39会发出那样坚定的宣告。

创意活动结束（可选）

这时，把每位学生手腕上的束线带剪开，让他们亲身体验"得释放"的感觉。

结束祷告(2分钟)

请全体学生一起大声朗读几遍罗马书8:38-39，然后以祷告结束聚会。

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Romans

Lesson 2: Free to Live

LESSON OBJECTIVES

Goals

1. To outline Romans 6-8 in a simple, understandable way

2. To challenge students to recognize that they are called to freedom

3. To inspire students to break the shackles of sin and instead submit their lives to Jesus

Topics

Behavior, Burdens, Contentment, Endurance, Following Jesus, Grace, Light, Obstacles, Sin

Scripture Memorization

Romans 6:18

OPENING PRAYER (5 to 10 minutes)

GROUP BUILDING (5 minutes)

The Big Three (Everyone has to answer these three questions, but don’t spend too much time on them—we’ve got a lot to cover today!)

• What’s the best thing that happened to you all week?

• What’s the funniest thing you experienced all week?

• What’s the most embarrassing thing you did all week?

GETTING STARTED (5 minutes)

Creative Idea (Optional)

Grab a zip tie for every member of your group. At this point in the study, bind everyone’s hands in front of them. Make sure that the zip tie is tight, but not so tight that it will hurt the students. Keep them bound until the “Making it Real” section of the lesson as an illustration of being bound.

DIGGING IN (25 minutes)

Read Romans 6:15-23  

Discussion Questions:

1. What do these verses say to you?

2. According to verse 16, how do you know to whom you are enslaved? (You obey the one to whom you are enslaved.)

3. What does verse 18 specifically mean to you?

The truth is, no matter what, everyone is enslaved to something. The question is, what enslaves each of us?

God is a liberating God. He calls you to freedom. Interestingly, to be truly free, you have to become a slave, and Jesus Christ has to be your master.

General Discussion:

• When you hear the word “slave” what do you think? How has that word taken on a negative stigma in our society?

• How can considering a life of submission to a master be a difficult thing to accept?

• How can you see living a life of service to someone else as a type of freedom?

• In what ways have you experienced feeling the bondage of sin?

I want to settle in on a verse, one that I think is good to memorize: Verse 18. Someone re-read that for us.

Re-read Romans 6:18

Discussion Questions:

1. In what ways have you experienced freedom from sin since you have chosen to follow Jesus? (Of course, this question only makes sense if some of your group has made that choice.)

2. How can you be a “slave” to something like righteousness?

3. What is the difference between the behavior of a "slave to sin" and a "slave to righteousness"?

4. According to verse 18, what is one of the prerequisites to being enslaved to righteousness? (You are set free from being a slave to sin.)

This idea is echoed through the entire length of Romans 6, 7, and 8.

Read Romans 6:4-5, 6:8, 6:11, 6:14, 7:4, 7:6, 8:1-2, 8:5, 8:9, 8:13-14

Discussion Questions:

1. Why do you think Paul goes through all the trouble to state and re-state this truth so many times?

2. Do you think the Romans were listening? Do you think they got it? Do you get it?

It is easy to recognize that we should be enslaved to the right master. Jesus should not just be our Savior; He should be our Lord. It’s one thing to recognize that. Yet, the question persists:

3. How do you live a life free from the shackles of sin but bound to Christ?

MAKING IT REAL (20 minutes) 

If you are doing the optional activity in GETTING STARTED, ask how the students' wrists are feeling.

Living indebted to God is not slavery in any physical sense. Instead, our loyalty to God gives us the most empowering, freeing, liberating position we could have.

Think of it this way:

When you were a young kid, you loved to color, but you could not really stay within the lines—some of you still might not be able to. Once you learned the boundaries, the relationship of limits and responsibility with freedom and liberty, your coloring began to look a lot better. Sure, you could experience life with no control, but everyone agrees that the best colorings abide by the limitations of the lines.

Or, think of it this way: Imagine you have a young child. Your child's school is situated by a main highway, and the playground is between the building and the road. Everyday at recess, the kids play in that yard. Question: Would you rather the playground have a fence around it or not?

(Incidentally, there was a study, which conducted this experiment. With no fence, the kids stayed very close to the building; once a fence was constructed, kids had much more room to wander. While they were technically less free with the fence, they experienced more freedom)

To live a truly liberated life, there are a few things to remember:

Live a Spirit-Led LifeRead Romans 8:9

Discussion Questions:

1. What do you think it means to be “controlled by the Spirit"?

2. How is this different from being controlled by your sinful nature?

3. How can you surrender to the Spirit of God in a greater way?

Be Christ-Centered

Read Romans 8:10

Discussion Questions:

1. What does it look like to have Christ “in” you?

2. What is required of you to make this happen? Is there anything you haven’t done yet?

3. How can you have a dead body but a Spirit-filled life?

4. How can righteousness bring you to life?

5. Do you think that life comes from your righteousness or Jesus’ righteousness? (Help them understand it’s Christ’s goodness that saves us, not our own—that’s kind of the whole point.)

Remember the Resurrection

Read Romans 8:11

Discussion Questions:

1. How did the resurrection of Jesus change our source of hope?

2. Who raised Christ from the dead? (The Spirit of God.)

3. Who will give us life? (The Spirit of God.)

4. What does it mean to you to know that the same Spirit who raised Christ from the dead is the One who empowers us to live a life liberated from sin?

It is easy, then, to understand why Paul was prompted to say what he does in Romans 8:38-39.

Creative Idea Conclusion (Optional)

At this point, cut each zip tie from your student’s wrists, allowing them to experience freedom in a sensory way.

CLOSING PRAYER (2 minutes)

Have the whole group read Romans 8:38-39 out loud a few times and then close in prayer.