PSST: Find, Feel & Share the Joy, Love & Works of Christ Jesus!
Possible Sunday School Topics (PSSTs)for The Christian Science Quarterly Bible Lesson:
“Christ Jesus”
for August 27, 2023
prepared by Steve Henn for CedarS Camps
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P.S.S.T. Golden Text (GT)/John 4:42
Have your students heard Christ’s message?
How do they listen for it?
How can they be sure that the messages they are hearing are from the savior of the world?
Responsive Reading (RR)/
What are the qualities of the mind which was in Christ Jesus?
How does having the same love, being of one accord, and of one mind bring joy?
What does oneness mean, and why is it so crucial to the Science of the Christ?
P.S.S.T. Section 1:
What is the first thing that we learn about Jesus of Nazareth in this lesson? (citation B1/Acts 10:38) Why?
What is the second thing? (cit. B2/Matt. 16:13-17) Who is Jesus?
Why is it so important to him that his disciples understand this?
Why is it so important for your students to grasp this as well?
P.S.S.T. Section 2:
What is the authority behind Jesus’ teachings?
How did he prove that his teachings are true?
Why did Jesus teach anyone in the first place?
What is it that Jesus taught his disciples, what did he teach and preach in the cities?
P.S.S.T. Section 3:
What is the source of Jesus’ healing power?
What is the foundation of his practice?
When can we gain access to this source and foundation?
How do we build on it? What is it that enables us to heal with “scientific certainty”? (cit. S15/496:15)
P.S.S.T. Section 4:
What does it mean to be a student of Christ?
What do we need to do to truly hear Christ’s message?
What power and authority did Jesus give to his disciples? (cit. B14/Luke 9:1-110)
Do we have that power and authority? Who gives it to us? How do we attain it? (others + cit. S22/325:10)
P.S.S.T. Section 5:
What does it mean to call Jesus the way? (cit. B17/John 14:6, cit. S24/46:25)
How does this relate to Jesus’ oneness with Father Mother God? (cit. S25/26:1+)
If Jesus marked the way for all of us, how do we find it, and how do we follow it?
Why would we want to follow it?
P.S.S.T. Section 6:
How well do your students know the holy scriptures? (cit. B18/II Tim.3:15)
What can they do to know the scriptures?
What can you do to help them know the scriptures?
What do the scriptures say about Jesus and his mission?
Why is healing central to it? (cit. S26/131:29, cit. S29/55:6-26, others)
P.S.S.T. Section 7:
Whose glory do your students seek? (cit. B20/Romans 16:27)
To whom did Jesus give all glory? Why?
What is the promise of Jesus being the same yesterday, today, and forever?
Why is this a good thing?
Are your students prepared to receive Christ, Truth? (cit. S30/333:16+)
