Saved toward Resurrection Life - Teacher (Standard) (print)

Teens (ages 13-17) · Titus 2:11-14; 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 · Standard ·35 minutes

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Objective: Analyse the relevant text and explain the case that the goal of salvation includes transformed life now and bodily resurrection in god's renewed creation.

Read: Titus 2:11-14; 1 Corinthians 15:50-58

Opening: Ask: What does this passage actually say before we explain what it means?

Say:

Titus describes saving grace as training believers for godly life while they await the appearing of Christ.
First Corinthians presents bodily resurrection and transformation as the final victory over death and grounds steadfast service in that hope.
Taken together, these passages support the lesson’s big idea: The goal of salvation includes transformed life now and bodily resurrection in God's renewed creation.

Ask:

What does the text directly say?
What conclusion requires synthesis or inference?
What should we avoid overstating?
What is one faithful response?

Do: Complete Saved toward Resurrection Life Claim Audit.

Close: Restate the big idea, name one faithful response, and pray.

Materials: Bible; Saved toward Resurrection Life Claim Audit

Standard outline · 35 minutes

4 minConnect. Locate the lesson within Cycle 2 and activate prior knowledge.
4 minContext. Identify genre, audience, setting, and immediate context before making claims.
9 minRead and observe. Read selected portions of Titus 2:11-14 and identify direct observations. Ask: What does the passage directly say, what conclusion follows, and what should we avoid overstating?
7 minDiscuss. Test the big idea against the evidence and identify interpretive limits. Ask: What does the passage directly say, what conclusion follows, and what should we avoid overstating? What does the passage directly say, what conclusion follows, and what should we avoid overstating?
7 minActivity. Complete the primary evidence-based activity. Activity: Saved toward Resurrection Life Claim Audit. Printable: T2-L02-P01-adam-christ-argument-map.
4 minRespond. Name one faithful response and pray. Ask: What does the passage directly say, what conclusion follows, and what should we avoid overstating?

Activity details

Saved toward Resurrection Life Claim Audit · 10 min

Materials: Adam / Christ Argument Map; Bible; Pens or pencils

Read Titus 2:11-14 and record two direct observations.
Connect the observations to this big idea: The goal of salvation includes transformed life now and bodily resurrection in God's renewed creation.
Name one faithful response without claiming more than the passage supports.

Low-resource option: Draw the categories on blank paper or complete verbally.

Closing

Memory verse: Genesis 3:1-24

Prayer: Thank God for what this passage reveals and ask for wisdom to respond faithfully.

Take-home line: The goal of salvation includes transformed life now and bodily resurrection in God's renewed creation.