CRK JS3 FIRST TERM SCHEME OF WORKWK TOPIC1. THE PROMISE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

2. FELLOWSHIP OF THE EARLY CHURCH

3. OPPOSITION TO THE GOSPEL MESSAGE

4. THE MINISTRY OF PETER

5. THE MINISTRY OF PETER

6. PAUL’S EARLY LIFE AND HIS CONVERSION

7. PAUL’S EARLY LIFE AND HIS CONVERSION

8. THE MISSIONARY ACTIVITY OF PAUL

WEEK 1TOPIC: PROMISE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

LESSON TOPIC: THE PROMISE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (JOHN14:16)REFERENCE: JOHN 14: 16: 5 – 16, ACTS 1: 3 - 5

JESUS COMMANDED HIS DISCIPLES TO REMAIN IN JERUSALEM IFTHEY LOVE HIM, UNTIL THEY RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.

THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BE THEIR COMFORTER, COUNSELLOR, GUIDE THEM INTO ALL TRUTH ETC

IF HE DID NOT GO, THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL NOT COME

HE WILL CONTINUE TO MANIFEST HIMSELF TO THEM

2ND PERIODLESSON TOPIC: THE COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ACTS 2: 1 - 13

THE HOLY SPIRIT WHICH JESUS PROMISED HIS DISCIPLES DESCENDED ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST.PENTECOST IS A JEWISH AGRICULTURAL THANKSGIVING FESTIVALJEWS CAME FROM FIFTEEN NATIONS OF THE EARTH TO JERUSALEMFOR THE FESTIVALTHE HOLY GHOST CAME IN THE FORM OF TONGUES OF FIRE AND RESTED ON EACH OF THE DISCIPLES’ HEAD IN THE UPPER ROOMTHE PEOPLE GATHERED AND VOICED THEIR VIEWSTHE FIRST GROUP WERE AMAZED AT THE WORK OF GODA SMALL GROUP SAID THE DISCIPLES WERE DRUNK

3RD PERIODLESSON TOPIC: PETER’S SPEECH ON THE DAY OF PENTECOSTACTS 2: 14 – 41

PETER’S SPEECH CAN BE GROUPED INTO THESWE PHRASES.

1. TO CLEAR THE PEOPLE’S DOUBT2. SUBJECT TO THE HOLY SPIRIT3. CONVICTION OF THE DEATH AND RESSURECTION OF JESUS CHRIST4. EFFECT OF HIS SPEECH

PETER MADE REFERENCE TO THE PROPHECY OF JOEL ABOUT THE LAST DAYS

AFTER THE SPEECH, OVER 3,OOO PEOPLE JOINED THE CHURCH

ASSIGNMENT

1. MENTION FIVE OTHER NAMES OF THE HOLYSPIRIT

2. DEFINE THE PENTECOST

3. LIST 15 NATIONMS THAT WERE REPRESENTED ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST

4. WHAT WAS THE EFFECT OF PETER’S SPEECH