RCCG Sunday School Student’s Manual for {DATE}, Lesson 4: “ God’s Temple “. This essential resource, designed for Sunday School classes at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), equips students with practical lessons and biblical teachings. This manual includes memory verses, Bible passages, lesson outlines, and discussion questions to foster spiritual growth and active participation in RCCG Sunday School classes.
Topic: God’s Temple
Sunday School Student’s Manual 2025 Lesson No: 4
MEMORY VERSE: “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” – 1 Corinthians 3:16 (KJV)
BIBLE PASSAGE: 1 Corinthians 6:16-20 (KJV)
16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
INTRODUCTION: In the Old Testament, the temple of God was a physical structure in Jerusalem, a sacred place where God’s presence dwelled. The Greek word for “temple” is ‘naos, meaning the dwelling place of God. In the New Testament, however, the temple is no longer a building but the physical body of every believer. When we surrender our lives to Jesus Christ, our body becomes His temple, and our heart becomes His throne (1 Corinthians 3:16).
LESSON OUTLINES
- THE BELIEVER’S BODY
- REASONS BELIEVERS ARE GOD’S TEMPLE
1. THE BELIEVER’S BODY
The apostle Paul profoundly describes the Church as the body of Christ and a sacred temple where God dwells. He calls the Church “a holy temple in the Lord,” emphasising its unity as a spiritual family and dwelling place for God’s presence (Ephesians 2:19-22).
As believers, we are not just part of this collective temple but are individual temples of the Holy Spirit. Paul reminds us, “Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit?” (1Corinthians 6:19). He warns that defiling God’s temple invites His judgement (1 Corinthians 3:17).
We become God’s temple through spiritual rebirth, as His Spirit comes to dwell within us (John 3:3-7; 2 Corinthians 6:16). This transformation makes us new creations in Christ, called to glorify God both in body and spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).
It is a dangerous deception to believe that God only cares about our hearts while our bodies are inconsequential. Such thinking leads to practices that dishonour the temple God has made sacred. Our lives: body, soul, and spirit, must reflect His holiness (1 Thessalonians 5:23), as His presence within us calls for reverence and obedience.
2. REASONS BELIEVERS ARE GOD’S TEMPLE
Here are some reasons believers are God’s temple:
a. God’s Spirit dwells in believers thus, making their bodies a sacred (1Corinthians 3:16). dwelling place
b. Believers are temples of the Holy Spirit, purchased by Christ’s sacrifice (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).
c. God lives among His people, making them His temple and dwelling (2 Corinthians 6:16).
d. Like living stones, believers are built into a spiritual house where God’s Spirit resides (Ephesians 2:22).
e. As God’s temple, believers serve as a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ (1 Peter 2:5).
f. Being God’s temple calls believers to live holy lives, reflecting God’s holiness (1 Corinthians 3:17).
g. As God’s dwelling place, believers are transformed into His likeness, with His glory revealed through them (2 Corinthians 3:18).
These points emphasise the profound identity and responsibility of believers as God’s temple, showcasing the sacred connection between God and His people.
CONCLUSION: Being the temple of God is not merely a symbolic idea; it is a profound reality that demands we live in purity, honour, and submission, offering ourselves as vessels for the glory.
QUESTIONS:
- What makes a believer’s body God’s temple?
- State four reasons believers are God’s temple.
FURTHER READINGS:
Sunday: Romans 12:1 (KJV)
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Monday: 1 Corinthians 6:13 (KJV)
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
Tuesday: Romans 12:2 (KJV)
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Wednesday: 1 Timothy 4:8 (KJV)
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Thursday: 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 (KJV)
3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
Friday: Matthew 10:28 (KJV)
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Saturday: Ephesians 2:22 (KJV)
In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
ASSIGNMENT: State five (5) things to keep your body healthy (2×5=10 Marks).
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