a GO lesson

Focal Passage Outline and Scripture Passages:
Why We Go (John 1:29,35-39)
Whom to Tell (John 1:40-46)
What Results (John 1:49-51)

Background Passage:
John 1:29-51

Focal Passages:
John 1:29,35-46,49-51

Biblical Truths of This Lesson in Focus
• Jesus is the only Savior and only He can take away the sins of the world (v. 29). Be prepared to encounter people

who believe there are many ways to God.
• We should invite people to investigate Jesus’ claims.
• Identify those you know who have not yet met Jesus.
• Plan ways to witness to people you know—invite them to Sunday School, worship, or some event where they can be

exposed to the gospel. Befriend them, engage them in conversation, and tell them what Jesus has done for you.
• Don’t wait to start witnessing until you have all the answers. Deal honestly with people’s questions as best you

can but always keep pointing them to Jesus (vv. 45-46).
• Many people will trust Jesus when we invite them to meet Him.
• Be aware that the results of our telling others about Jesus are not always immediately apparent.
• Be willing to take the initiative to witness. God wants to use you to bring people into the kingdom.

Conceptual Study: Lamb of God (vv. 29,36)
The title “Lamb of God” anticipates the sacrificial death Jesus would die. This wasn’t just an ordinary lamb but

rather “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.” At issue here are the twin concepts of sacrifice and

innocence. In Isaiah 53 the Old Testament prophet foresaw the suffering servant in Christ so that the “sin of the

world” might be dealt with once for all. By invoking the concept of the unblemished Passover Lamb (Ex. 12) and

intertwining it with the Suffering Servant, John the Baptist painted a masterstroke of the substitutionary, pure,

costly sacrifice by which Jesus would remove the barrier of sin and spiritual death and offer humanity restored

fellowship with the Father.

a GO lesson

Focal Passage Outline and Scripture Passages:
Seize Each Opportunity (Acts 8:26-29)
Explain the Scripture (Acts 8:30-35)
Invite a Response (Acts 8:36-39)

Background Passage:
Acts 8:1-40

Focal Passage:
Acts 8:26-39

What This Lesson Is About:
This lesson is about obeying God’s call to tell others about Jesus Christ.

How This Lesson Can Impact Your Life:
This lesson will encourage you to be sensitive to opportunities to tell the good news and to respond boldly when opportunities arise.

2010 Lottie Moon Offering ~ Are We There Yet?

God knew and was preparing His people, calling across denominational lines to focus their attention on bringing all the world’s peoples to worship Him. Southern Baptists, along with our Great Commission partners, have followed His lead, tackling the ever steeper climb to fulfill the Great Commission with renewed vigor.

Scores of dedicated churches have provided a continuous foundation in a supporting role, giving faithfully to the Cooperative Program and Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. Many churches have looked further up the climb, exploring how they might take on a more direct role reaching people groups. Through partnering relationships, some churches have taken bold steps forward, personally engaging the unreached. And several have broadened the base camp by equipping other churches to become strategically involved, thus multiplying churches in the climb.

Are we there yet? Not yet.

But for the first time in history, we can identify the people groups that remain untouched by the Gospel. We can get there in our generation! But that last part of the journey will be the hardest. It will take all of us — our churches, our missionaries, our national partners, our Great Commission partners.

Our church goal in giving to this mission effort is $1240.00

More about Lottie Moon

At age thirty-three, Lottie heard a call to missions “as clear as a bell.” In July 1873 the foreign mission board of the Southern Baptist Convention appointed her its first unmarried missionary to China. She tirelessly advocated for the needs of the people of China. In 1888 she persuaded SBC women to take an annual missions offering on Christmas Eve. By 1912, despite such gifts, thousands of people were dying every day in famine-ravaged Shantung Province. At seventy-two, Lottie Moon was coming home. But that same night, aboard a ship off Japan, she died—of complications from starvation. A few months before she had written, “If I had a thousand lives, I would give them all for the women of China.”" The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering continues to this day.

Lottie Moon Quotes

“How many there are … who imagine that because Jesus paid it all, they need pay nothing, forgetting that the prime object of their salvation was that they should follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ in bringing back a lost world to God.”
Tungchow, China,Sept. 15, 1887

“When the gospel is allowed to grow naturally in China, without forcing processes of development, the „church in the house. is usually its first form of organization. God grant us faith and courage to keep „hands off. and allow this new garden of the Lord.s planting to ripen in the rays of the Divine Love, free from human interference!”
Pingtu, China, Sept. 10, 1890

a GO lesson

Focal Passage Outline and Scripture Passages:
Are You Convinced of the Gospel’s Power? (Rom. 1:14-17)
Should You Be Concerned About the Lost? (Rom. 9:1-3; 10:1)
What Are You Doing About It? (Rom. 10:14-15; 15:17-20)

Background Passages:
Romans 1:8-17; 9:1-5; 10:1-21; 15:14-33

Focal Passages:
Romans 1:14-17; 9:1-3; 10:1,14-15; 15:17-20

What This Lesson Is About:
This lesson is about Christians’ responsibility to share the gospel with all people.

How This Lesson Can Impact Your Life:
This lesson will help you recognize that all people need to know Christ and determine to share Him with others.

Background Passage:2 Corinthians 3:1–5:10
Lesson Passages: 2 Corinthians 3:1-6; 4:1-5,15-18; 5:9-10

LESSON PASSAGES OUTLINE
1. Rely on God (2 Cor. 3:1-6)
2. Stand by the Gospel (2 Cor. 4:1-5)
3. Concentrate on the Eternal (2 Cor. 4:15-18)
4. Anticipate the Future (2 Cor. 5:9-10)

BIBLICAL TRUTH
Christians can serve God faithfully amid Christian relationships that seem to be going nowhere.

LIFE GOAL
To help adults persevere in faithful service to God

Background Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:1–16:24
Lesson Passages: 1 Corinthians 15:1-6,12-18, 50-52,54b-57

LESSON PASSAGES OUTLINE
1. It Is the Gospel (1 Cor. 15:1-6)
2. It Is Reasonable (1 Cor. 15:12-18)
3. It Is Certain (1 Cor. 15:50-52,54b-57)

BIBLICAL TRUTH
Because the resurrection of Jesus is a reality, the resurrection of believers is certain.

LIFE GOAL
To help adults declare their belief in the resurrection

Background Passage: 1 Corinthians 1:1–3:23
Lesson Passages: 1 Corinthians 1:10,21-31; 3:9-10,16-17

LESSON PASSAGES OUTLINE
1. Focus on Members’ Agreement (1 Cor. 1:10)
2. Focus on the Gospel’s Truth (1 Cor. 1:21-25)
3. Focus on God’s Work (1 Cor. 1:26-31)
4. Focus on the Church’s Best (1 Cor. 3:9-10,16-17)

BIBLICAL TRUTH
Christians are to promote the unity of their churches and avoid actions that contribute to divisions.

LIFE GOAL
To help adults promote unity in their churches

Galatians 1:6-10

1:6. I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel,
1:7. which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.
1:8. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.
1:9. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.
1:10. For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
–NKJ

This passage picks up right after Pauls opening greeting to the Galatian church, and where he has come to them with Jesus as the sole authority behind his message. He cuts right to the problem the people were having with falling away from their faith.

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Background Passage: Galatians 1:1–2:10
Lesson Passages: Galatians 1:6-9,11-12, 15-16; 2:1-6

LESSON PASSAGES OUTLINE
 1.  Recognize the True Gospel (Gal. 1:6-9)
 2.  Realize the Gospel is Divine (Gal. 1:11-12,15-16)
 3.  Refuse to Accept a Compromise (Gal. 2:1-6)

BIBLICAL TRUTH
Unless Christians are clear about the true gospel, they may be deceived about its content.

LIFE IMPACT
To help adults demonstrate they have a clear understanding of the gospel