CIF-SUNDAY-SCHOOL - 2020-21

     Lesson - 3  James the Apostle Objective: Those who are to reign with Jesus should live faithful lives here on earth and be a witness of him to others. Each one should take up his own cross and follow Jesus. This study helps to understand how James became the first martyr among the apostles, his characteristics, etc. and to understand the places related to him.  Memory Verse: Mathew 20: 20 -22 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Him with her sons, kneeling down and asking something from Him. 21 And He said to her, “What do you wish?” She said to Him, “Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on the left, in Your kingdom.” 22 But Jesus answered and said, “You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They said to Him, “We are able.” Introduction: There are many James in the New Testament 1. James, the son of Zebedee and Salome, the brother

   Lesson -2  Apostle John Objective: To understand the full history of  John, the time and place where he lived, to follow Jesus as John followed, and to be blessed like him. To do God's work faithfully until the end. Portions to read: Matt 4:21, Mark 1: 19, Luke 5:10, Rev 1: 9-11 Memory Verse: Rev 1:12-16 12 Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. 14 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; 15 His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters; 16 He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength Birth and Childhood: Bethsaida was a village on the western coast of the Sea