青少年教程 (罗马书*第3课) | 行动！
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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。
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。
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以简单、容易理解的方式概述罗马书第9-16章。
帮助学生认识到，没有实践的神学是毫无价值的。
鼓励学生活出积极行动的生活。
主题
行为、委身、忍耐、信心、结果子、顺服、行为
背诵经文
雅各书2:26（虽然这节经文不是出自罗马书，却非常准确地概括了今天课程的主题："信心若没有行为就是死的。"）
开始祷告(5-10分钟)
建立关系(5分钟)
今天我们来玩一个游戏。它有点像"红灯、绿灯"，不过规则有一点变化。
当我说："Action!（开始行动！）"的时候，大家就开始动起来。
当我说："Cut!（停！）"的时候，大家必须立刻停止不动。
先我是导演。每一次喊"Cut"之后，姿势最有趣的人，就是下一位导演。由我来决定谁获胜。
准备好了吗？开始吧！
开始(10分钟)
一般讨论：
你喜欢活动，还是喜欢放松？
那么在信仰生活中呢？你比较喜欢安静地思想、读经、祷告，还是喜欢帮助别人、参与服事？
两种都没有错，不过，每一位基督徒是不是都应该有所行动呢？
深入学习(25分钟)
前面八章，保罗用了大量篇幅讲解深刻的神学真理。到了这里，罗马书开始有了一个转折。保罗开始说明：这些神学真理，应当怎样实践出来。
今天，我们不可能详细查考这八章所有内容，因此我们要集中思想：怎样把我们所相信关于神的真理，活出来，成为为神而活的生活。
在这一部分中，有几节经文相信大家都很熟悉。
读 罗马书12:1-2
讨论问题：
这两节经文和为神而活有什么关系？（我们应当把自己完全献给神。）
你认为"将身体献上，当作活祭"是什么意思？
保罗提醒罗马人（也提醒我们）不要效法这个世界。你认为"这个世界的样式"指的是什么？
我们怎样才能被改变？（借着心意更新而变化。）
现在，让我们来看一些保罗具体告诉我们该做和不该做的事情。
读 罗马书12:3-8
讨论问题：
这段经文提到了哪些恩赐？（说预言、服事、教导等等。）
神怎样赐下这些恩赐？（借着祂的恩典。）
我们应当怎样运用这些恩赐？（殷勤、甘心、忠心等等。）
读 罗马书12:9-21
讨论问题：
保罗告诉我们要做哪些事情？（恨恶罪恶、持守良善、彼此分享、祝福别人等等。）
保罗告诉我们不要做哪些事情？（咒诅别人、骄傲、自行报仇、被恶所胜等等。）
保罗后来还继续劝勉信徒做许多事情。现在，让我们一起来找找看。
（如果人数允许，可以把全班分成四个小组。每组阅读下面其中一段经文，把保罗吩咐罗马信徒要做的事情列出来。之后，全班再一起分享。）
罗马书13:1-14
罗马书14:1-15:13
罗马书15:14-33
罗马书16:1-27
讨论问题：
保罗在这些经文中还有哪些教导？（顺服掌权者、彼此相爱、不作别人的绊脚石等等。）
今天，我们可以怎样把这些教导实践出来？
这些话听起来比较像建议，还是命令？为什么？
应用实践（20分钟）
整卷罗马书，无论在神学还是实践方面，都传达了一个非常清楚的信息。神已经向我们施下极大的恩典，救我们脱离自己，赐给我们真正的盼望。但这并不是叫我们像罗马书第6章所说的那样，"仍旧犯罪，叫恩典显多。"相反，神这样做，是为了让我们能够带着全新的目标和行动来生活。
不过，有一件事情非常重要：我们必须按照正确的顺序来阅读罗马书。我们千万不要以为：因为我们去做神要我们做的事情，所以神才拯救我们，才使我们称义。真正的顺序是：神先完成救恩，然后我们才怀着感恩的心，为祂而活。
（准备一根绳子，绑在一个物品上。什么东西都可以，例如帽子、一本书、杯垫，或教室里的其他物品。请一位学生上来协助示范。）
现在，请你拿着这根绳子，利用绳子，把这个物品推到教室另一边。注意，物品必须一直保持在你的前面，你只能推，不能拉。准备，开始！
（这几乎是不可能完成的任务。因为绳子是软的，根本推不动。不过还是让学生尝试一下。有些特别有创意的学生，也许能想出办法，但一定非常困难。）
好。现在，请你还是拿着绳子，不过这一次，把物品放在你的后面，用绳子拉着它走到教室另一边。准备，开始！
（如果绳子绑得够牢，这一次就会非常容易。感谢这位学生，也可以再请几位学生尝试第一项任务。）
你们看，真正推动整个过程前进的，其实是人。物品只是跟随着力量一起移动。罗马书也是一样。真正的能力，是神的福音。正如罗马书1:16所说："福音本是神的大能。"能力不是来自我们的行为。只有福音，才能使我们真正活出神所喜悦的生命。福音就像前面拉着我们的绳子，把我们带到神要我们去的地方。如果我们以为自己的行为能够救自己、使自己称义，那就好像刚才想用绳子去推那个物品一样，根本行不通。
一般讨论：
你曾经以为，是自己的行为使自己得救吗？那段时间，你心里是什么感受？
为什么保罗要按照这样的顺序来写罗马书？这对我们理解整卷书有什么帮助？
如果我们是出于感恩，而不是出于责任去顺服神，我们的态度会有什么不同？我们的行为又会有什么不同？
结束祷告(2分钟)
请大家重新回到刚才的小组。彼此代祷。求神使福音不断激励我们，不只是明白真理，更能够活出行动。
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Romans
Lesson 3: Action!
LESSON OBJECTIVES
Goals
1. To outline Romans 9-16 in a simple, understandable way
2. To challenge students to realize that theology without practice is useless
3. To inspire students to live lives of action
Topics
Behavior, Commitment, Endurance, Faith, Fruitfulness, Obedience, Works
Scripture Memorization
James 2:26 (While not from Romans, this verse summarizes today’s lesson perfectly: faith without works is dead.)
OPENING PRAYER (5 to 10 minutes)
GROUP BUILDING (5 minutes)
We’re going to play a game. It’s sort of like Red Light, Green Light with a twist. When I say, “Action,” you have to start moving. When I say, “Cut” you have to stop moving. I’m the director. When I say, “cut,” whoever is frozen in the funniest pose gets to be the new director. I am the judge of who wins. Ready? Let’s do it!
GETTING STARTED (5 minutes)
General Discussion:
• Do you like being active or relaxing?
• What about with your faith? Are you still and thinking/reading/praying, or are you busy helping people and doing stuff?
• Neither is bad, but every Christian should be doing some stuff, right?
DIGGING IN (25 minutes)
For eight chapters, Paul outlined some pretty deep theology. Now, as the book of Romans takes a slight turn, he begins to outline how that theology should be practiced.
It is impossible to cover all eight of these chapters in depth today; we want to look and see how we should take what we believe about God and put it into use concerning how we live for God.
In the middle of this section, there are a couple verses that are familiar to you.
Read Romans 12:1-2
Discussion Questions:
1. How do these verses relate to living for God? (We must give our lives totally to God.)
2. What do you think it means to “offer your bodies as living sacrifices?”
3. What would you say is the “pattern of this world” that Paul warns the Romans (and us) not to conform to?
4. How is it that we are transformed? (By the renewing of our minds.)
Now let’s look at some practical things that Paul says we should and shouldn’t do.
Read Romans 12:3-8
Discussion Questions:
1. What are some of the gifts listed in this passage? (Prophesying, serving, teaching, etc.)
2. How does God give these gifts? (By His grace.)
3. How should we exercise these gifts? (Cheerfully, diligently, etc.)
Read Romans 12:9-21
Discussion Questions:
1. What are some of the things Paul says to do? (Hate evil, cling to good, share, bless, etc.)
2. What are some of the things Paul says not to do? (Curse, be proud, take revenge, be overcome by evil, etc.)
Paul urges believers to do other things. Let’s discover what those are.
(Split your class into four small groups if possible. Have them read the following passages as a group and compile a list of things Paul asks the Romans to do. Then bring the groups back together to discuss what they found.)
Romans 13:1-14Romans 14:1-15:13Romans 15:14-33Romans 16:1-27
Discussion Questions:
1. What were some of Paul’s instructions in these passages? (Be submissive, love one another, not be a stumbling block, etc.)
2. How might those same objectives be lived out today?
3. Do you sense that these are suggestions or commands? Why?
MAKING IT REAL (20 minutes)
The bottom line is that the book of Romans is clear in its message, both theologically and practically. We have been shown great grace, rescued from ourselves, and given hope. But this does not allow us to “go on sinning so that grace may abound,” like Romans 6 says. Instead, it is so that we can live our lives with fresh purpose and action.
What is most important, however, is reading Romans in the right order. We should not think that doing the things God asks us to do is what saves us or makes us right with God.
Instead, God does the work of salvation so that we can live a life of active gratitude to Him.
(Attach a rope or string to an object. It can be almost anything—a hat, a book, a coaster, anything lying around. Ask a volunteer to help you illustrate this idea of ordering things correctly.)
I want you to take the rope and, using the rope, push this item across the room. You have to keep the item out in front of you and push—not pull—the object. Ready, go!
(This is going to be impossible to do. The slack in the rope will not allow the item to be pushed. Nevertheless, have the volunteer try anyway. A resourceful student might figure out a way to make something happen, but it will be exceedingly difficult.)
Okay, now I want you to take the rope and, using the rope, pull the item behind you, and move it across the room. Ready, go!
(If the rope is tied snug around the object, this will be a breeze. Thank the volunteer for his or her help. Perhaps have several volunteers try the difficult part of the task.)
You see, what is powering that process is the person. The object follows the power. In the same way, we need to order Romans correctly. The power of God is the Gospel (Romans 1:16), not what we do. It is only in light of the Gospel that we can do anything. The Gospel pulls us behind, moving us where God wants us to go. Pretending that our actions save us and make us right with God is like pushing this item around the room—it just doesn’t work.
General Discussion:
• Have you even gotten mixed up into thinking that your actions save you? How did you feel during that time in your life?
• Why do you think Paul goes out of his way to write Romans in this order? How should that effect how we view this book?
• When we behave out of gratitude, and not obligation, how is our attitude different? How might our behavior even be different?
CLOSING PRAYER (2 minutes)
Split up into the groups you were in a few minutes ago. Spend some time praying for each other. Pray that the Gospel will move you to act.
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