Youths · About 15 minutes

Family Bible Time: Baptism and Union with Christ

This week we are revisiting Suffering and Christian Hope. Keep the discussion anchored in Romans 8:18-39; 1 Peter 1:3-9 and the big idea: The New Testament does not deny suffering but locates it within God's love and resurrection hope.

Connect
Read
Understand
Play
Respond

Step 1 of 5 · about 2 minutes

Connect

Recall where Baptism and Union with Christ fits in the Bible story.

The 15-minute flow

2 min
Connect
Recall where Baptism and Union with Christ fits in the Bible story.
5 min
Read
Read selected portions of Romans 8:18-39; 1 Peter 1:3-9.
3 min
Understand
Ask what the passage directly says and what meaning follows from it.
3 min
Play
Use the Baptism and Union with Christ Evidence Grid orally or on paper.
2 min
Respond
Choose one voluntary response and pray together.

Talk about it

What happened or what was taught?
What does this show us about God, Jesus, or faithful life?
What is one response we can practise?

This week

Action: Choose one concrete response consistent with this lesson’s formation focus: hope.

Prayer: Thank God for what is clear in the passage; ask for wisdom to respond faithfully without claiming more than the text supports.

Note for parents: Do not teach suffering as proof of hidden personal sin or weak faith.

Print the parent guide