Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Senior Secondary School 1

SUBJECT: CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE

CLASS:  SS1

DATE:

TERM: 1st TERM

REFERENCES

• Essential Christian Religious Knowledge For SS1-3 by Edward Ugochukwu
• Comprehensive Christian Religious Knowledge for SS1-3 by Martins Amaechi.
• RSV Bible (Compulsory).

 
WEEK FOUR

TOPIC: LOVE

CONTENT

• GOD’S LOVE FOR MAN: JOHN 3: 16-18, JOHN 4:7-8, 1 COR. 13:1-3.
• MAN’S LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER: 1 JOHN 3:11-19.

GOD’S LOVE FOR MAN

Love is a warm, kind feeling or fondness towards another. There are many kinds of love. One is the love which God has for man. Another is the love which man should have for God. Yet another is the love which man should have for fellow man. In the above scripture, God sent His son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever does not believe in Him is condemned but anyone who believes in Him is saved already because he has not believed in the only son of God. 

 Jesus did not come to condemn either the believer or the non-believer. But the unbeliever who rejects Him has condemned himself by refusing the salvation offered him

EVALUATION

1. Explain the meaning of love in your words.
2. Why did God send His son into this sinful world?

MAN’S LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER

1 John 3:11-19 teaches us to exhibit love for one another. We cannot claim to love God whom we do not see while we are hostile or wicked to our fellow human. God is love and those who claim to love Him must exhibit love to people around them. Hatred must not be found in anyone who truly loves God. This is the first law that we love our fellow men.

EVALUATION

1. Why is it wrong to hate fellow man?
2. How can we demonstrate love to God?

GENERAL EVALUATION

• Discussthethree types of you know.

• Write a short note on the best kind of love to you.

• Evaluate this quote “love is blind”.

• How can a man n=miss the love of God?

READING ASSIGNMENT

1. Essential C.R.S. for Senior Secondary Schools by Orovwuje B.O. and Okoli E.U.
2. The Holy Bible (R.S.V.)

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

• God’s love for man is best exhibited through (a) man to man  (b) Jesus to man  (c) man to to Jesus  (d) married couples

• Love exhibits all these except (a) giving  (b) fellowship  (c) envy  (d)  kindness

• In whom is love not found among the following?  (a) God  (b) Jesus  (c) Man  (d) devil

• Which of these does not demonstrate love in the Bible?  (a)  Abraham  (b) Cain  (c)  Joshua  (d) Paul

• The Holy Bible commands us to love our fellow man as (a) God  (b) ourselves (c)  it pleases us (d) better than ourselves 

THEORY

1. List ten fruits of love.
2. Can love lead us into trouble? Yes or No! Discuss.