Bible Study

• This Bible study is based on our SuperTruth and SuperVerse. Let’s say both of them together. The SuperTruth today says: “I will be humble and respectful to others.” The SuperVerse, Philippians 2:3, says:

Don’t be jealous or proud, but be humble and consider others more important than yourselves.

God places a high priority on treating others with humility and respect. Let’s dig into some more verses which will help us to interact with others in ways that are pleasing to God. Have children look up and have 3 children each read one of the verses aloud. Lead a discussion using the questions below.

1. Philippians 2:3–5

³Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. ⁴Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. ⁵You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.

Note: These are the SuperVerse and verses that follow the SuperVerse.

Ask:

• What was the attitude that Jesus modeled? Humility, unselfishness, service - all things listed in the verse.
• Is it easy to focus on others completely and not on your day and your interests? Why or why not?
• How can we “take an interest in others”? What would that look like? Helping, assisting, caring, noticing, asking.
• Did Jesus try to impress others?
• Have you ever tried to impress others? What does it feel like to be around someone who is trying to impress you or others?

2. Colossians 3:12–13

Since God chose you to be the holy people He loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.

Ask:

• What do you think it means to be chosen by God?
• What responsibility do we have to God? To live as Christ did - a holy life; to serve, honor, forgive, and love others; to love God.
• What do you think it means to make allowance for others? To think the best, rather than the worst; give the benefit of the doubt; in other words, don’t quickly judge and condemn.
• Why should we forgive someone who sins against us? Jesus forgave us, so we must forgive, also!
• What does the verse mean by clothing ourselves? Display the fruit of the Spirit; to put on Christ; to act as He did, not selfishly, uncaring or cold, but loving.
• How do you want to be treated by others when you stumble or make a mistake?

3. Romans 12:10

Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.

Ask:

• Is love just a warm feeling we have on the inside, or is it something we show by our actions and words? We show love.
• Give some examples?
• What do you think it means when it says, “genuine affection”? To honestly care about the needs of others.
• What does it mean to honor someone? Like the SuperVerse says, to consider others more important, to place them above or ahead of you so you may serve them.
• Have you ever honored someone more than yourself?

4. Ephesians 5:21

And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Ask:

• What does it mean to submit to someone? To place yourself under - offer yourself to. To serve, make yourself available to.
• What should be our motivation for this? Out of obedience to His word, to be like Christ, out of love and respect for Him and what He did for us.

Close your eyes and imagine meeting Jesus face to face. Can you picture Him? He is God’s Son—more important and powerful than any king or president!

In Matthew 20:28, Jesus says,

“For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

I asked you to imagine meeting Jesus. But did you know we really can meet Him, today? He wants to come into our hearts and have a wonderful relationship with us—to be Lord of our lives! All we need to do is ask! We can’t see Jesus with our physical eyes point to eyes, but we can see Him with our eyes of faith! Point to heart.

Let’s pray: Dear Jesus, thank You for loving us so much that You humbly came to Earth to serve us by dying on the cross to set us free from our sins. Please come and live in our hearts forever as Lord and Savior. In Your name we pray, Amen.

Jesus loves us so much He died for us. One way we can show our thankfulness is by serving others!