Primary Four Second Term Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) Lesson Note

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CRS SECOND TERM E NOTES FOR BASIC FOUR

Class: – Basic 4

Subject: – Christian Religious Studies  

Week: – 1 and 2

Topic: Jesus power to forgive sin 

Behavioral objective: – By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and should be able to;

1. Define sin
2. State the meaning of sin
3. Mention some people that received forgiveness in the Bible.

Instructional material/Reference material: – Learn Africa Christian Religious Studies UBE edition for primary school book 4, picture, chart.

Building Background /connection to prior knowledge: Students are familiar with the meaning of sin

CONTENT

JESUS POWER TO FORGIVE SINS (Luke 15:11-24)

Guide to Bible passages

Mark 2:1 – 12; Luke 3; 15:11 – 32

Meaning of forgiveness of sin

To sin means to commit an offense or break God’s law. When we fail to do what our parents, elders, teachers and those who rule us tell us to do, we disobey them and thereby sin against God.

Forgiveness means pardon. Sin refers to an offense against God. Forgiveness of sin, therefore, means to receive a pardon from God for an offense against him. We have to know that every bad thing is an offense against God. We can pardon one another of our offenses but it is only God that can grant the final or complete forgiveness. Jesus as the son of God also has the authority to forgive sins. He proved that when he was here on earth.

People who received forgiveness in the Bible

1. The prodigal son

The prodigal son according to Luke 15: 11-24 was a lot of sinner. When he realizes his mistakes, he came back to His father, asks for forgiveness and was forgiven of his sins.

Instances in the Bible of those who received forgiveness. A prodigal son rebelled against his father. He eventually repented and received forgiveness from his father. Paralyzed man goes, proving that Jesus has the power to forgive sins. How the prodigal son repented and received forgiveness there was a man that had two sons. One day, the younger son told his father to give him what he was supposed to inherit from him. It was not yet time for him to ask for that but he did not want to continue living under his father’s control. The father was not happy with his son’s request but he gave him his own share of the inheritance. The son immediately left his father’s house.

The prodigal son left home with his own share of his father’s inheritance.

1. The prodigal son started keeping his master’s pigs after he had wasted his money. The son went to a country far from his father. There, he lived a bad life and wasted the money and everything he got from his father. This was why he was called the prodigal son.
2. Eventually, he became poor. When there was a famine in that place, he began to suffer and could not even have food to eat. He was suffering so much that he had to beg a citizen of that country that was rearing pigs to employ him. Though he started working for the man, yet he could hardly

• get food to eat. At a stage, he came to his senses and accepted that he had offended his father. He repented and took the decision to go back to his father and ask for forgiveness. When he went home, immediately his father saw him, he had compassion for him and he ran to meet him. The prodigal son confessed to his father that he had sinned against him and God. He told his father that he was not worthy to be called his son again. He said his father should take him as one of his hired servants. The prodigal son returned to his father’s warm embrace saying, ‘I have sinned against you and God…’ His father forgave him and was happy that he repented and came back. Out of joy, the father called his servants to put on him the best wears, the best shoes, and a ring. He also killed a very fat cow so that they could celebrate his son’s return. The father said that they had to celebrate because his son that was lost had been found: He was like a dead person but had come back to life.
• The prodigal son showed true repentance. His father had compassion for him and with joy received him back and forgave him.

1. The paralytic

When Jesus entered Capernaum, many people came to see Him. Four men brought a paralyzed man lying on the bed. They could not get near Jesus because there was a great crowd in the house where Jesus was. They, therefore, removed the roof of the house, made an opening in it and let down the paralyzed man in front of Jesus.

Jesus saw their faith and said to the man, ‘my son, your sins are forgiven”.  Some of the scribes who saw what Jesus did accuse him of blasphemy. But Jesus knew and asked them, “Why do you question in your hearts; which is easier to say, “Your sins are forgiven” or to say, “Rise up and walk.” But to convince you that the son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins.’ He then said to the paralyzed man, ‘Rise, take up your bed and go home.’

The man rose up immediately and went to his house. The people that saw him were amazed and they glorified God.

Evaluation:-

1. What is sin?
2. What is forgiveness?
3. list two conditions necessary for forgiveness of sins.
4. Mention two importance of forgiveness.

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