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SCHEME OF WORK
WEEK TOPIC
1. Who is God; the Attributes of God; Names of God in Nigerian Languages; Different Religions in Nigeria.

2. God’s Creation; Biblical account and narrative on the creation of the world.

3. Human beings shares in God’s creative activities; Marriage; Meaning and function;

4. Human beings shares in God’s creative activities c. things Invented by man. Gen. 2:22-25; Eph 5:21-31. D. the supremacy of man over other creatures on earth.

5. Disobedience; Biblical account of first human disobedience b. Consequences of disobedience Gen. 3:1-19.

6. Disobedience c. Learner’s disobedience and its Consequences. Disobedience against National Law.

7. Reconciliation; Meaning of reconciliation. Conditions necessary for reconciliation c. Story of the prodigal son. Luke 15:11-32.

8. Reconciliation: d. ways of reconciling with offenders e. Esau reconciles with Jacob

9. Revision

LESSON 1
Topic: Who is God; The attributes of God; Names of God in Nigerian Languages; Different
Religions in Nigeria.
Content: 1. Who is God and the attributes of God
2. Names of God in Nigerian languages

Who is God?
The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary defines God as the Supreme Being of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, creator and ruler of the universe.
God is generally accepted as the creator of the world. When there was no heaven and earth there has been God. God is the uncreated spirit being who existed before the beginning of time.
God is the sovereign Lord of the universe. Because he is the creator of all creatures. God is also the provider of all needs. Before he created man he knew that man would eat, and so he created countless plants bearing fruits for him to eat.
He has final authority and power over everything created. E.g. weather, seasons, diseases, storms, floods, earthquakes, man sun, moon, mountains, rivers etc.


Attributes of God:
God is the almighty, the creator, the omnipotent, omniscience, the great healer, the sustainer of heaven and earth, God is love, kind, just, holy, the most powerful, omnipresent, God is Invisible.



Evaluation
(i). Who is God?
(ii). Describe the attributes of God.





LESSON 2
Names of God in Nigerian Languages:
Various tribes in Nigeria call God different names based on their beliefs and attributes of God e.g. the Yoruba call God Olodumare, Olorun, Oba Iyanu etc., meaning the owner of sky, the owner of heaven and king of wonders respectively.
The Igbos call God Chukwu or Chineke meaning great God or creator. Nupe call God Soko, that is the owner of the world. Hausa call God Ubangiji, meaning the supreme God. The Urhobos call God Oghene, that is, the creator. Ijaw call Him Tamara, that is, the supreme protector. Ibibio call Him Abasi meaning great God.Itsekiri call God Oritse, meaning creator or mighty God etc.


Evaluation:
1. Give the names of God according to: (i) the Yoruba, (ii) the Igbo, (iii) the Hausa.
2. All the following are attributes of God except a. love b. wisdom c. spirit d. injustice.
3. What is Nupe name for God a. Abasi b. Soko c. Oghene d. Tamearu

Assignment:
Read the Biblical account of God’s creation in Gen. 1: 1-end

LESSON 3
Topic: God’s creation of the world
CONTENT: 1. Biblical Account of the creation.
2. Why God created human beings.
3. Songs about creation in English and different languages.

It is generally believed that the whole world and the heavens were created by God. There are various accounts of creation. Creation is the act of making or causing something to be or exist. It is a way of bringing out something new.
The Bible records of creation is that in the beginning, the whole world was without form and void. In the first account of creation, God spent six days in creating the world while He rested on the seventh day and hallowed the seventh day.
Day 1 - God created the light Gen. 1: 1-5.

Day 2 - God created the firmament, i.e. the heavens, the sky and the clouds. Gen. 1:6-8

Day 3 - God created the seas, land, vegetation; trees, grasses and other plants Gen 1:9-13.

Day 4 - God created the Sun, Moon, Stars and other planets. There are two great lights created to control day and night. For example, the sun is to shine and rule the day, while the moon and the stars are to shine and rule the night. Gen.1:14-19

Day 5- All kinds of sea creatures such as fishes, whales and every kind of birds were created. These creatures were good in the sight of God and He blessed them and commanded them to be fruitful, multiply and fill the sea, the sky and the land. Gen. 1:20-23.

Day 6 - God created all kinds of animals on land like the elephant, the lion, cows, sheep, goats etc. Finally, God created man in His own image and likeness. He created them male and female. He commanded them to be fruitful, multiply and replenish the earth. God also gave man dominion over all the earth and put man in charge of other things He created on the earth. Gen. 1:24-31.

Day 7 - God ended his work of creation on the sixth day and rested on the seventh day. He hallowed (made holy) the seventh day

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Evaluation
Questions:
1. What is creation?
2. Narrate the things created on the first, 2nd,3rd,4th,5th and 6th day.
3. What did God do on the seventh day ?




LESSON 4
Why God created human beings.
God created the first set of human beings. First, God created man. God created man from the dust of the earth. God then breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living being. God called him Adam.

God saw that it was not good that man should be alone and He promised to make an helper for him. The lord caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam and He removed one the ribs and closed it up with flesh. God made a woman out of the rib and brought her to Adam. When Adam saw her, he was happy and said, “This is now the bone of my bone, and the flesh of my flesh, she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man”. Adam gave the name Eve to the woman because she was the mother of all living.

God created human beings in other to know, worship and serve him.



Songs about creation in English and different Nigerian languages.
1. All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small
All things wise and wonderful
The Lord God made them all . etc.

2. Heavenly Lord
Your name is Wonderful
Your name is Beautiful
I worship you Lord
For you are Mighty
You’ ve got the whole world in your hands; etc.

3. Thou art Worthy, thou art worthy O Lord;
To receive glory, honour and power;
For thou hast created, all things for thy pleasure;
They are and were created.




Evaluation:
Questions:
1. With what did God create man?
2. Write two songs about creation

Assignment:
Read the book of Ephesians 5: 21 – 31

LESSON 5
Topic: Human Beings Shares in God’s Creative Activities: The meaning of marriage, Functions of marriage
Content: 1. Meaning of marriage
2. functions of marriage

The meaning of marriage. Gen. 2: 22-25, Eph. 5:21-31
Marriage is the legal union or relationship between a man and a woman to become husband and wife. Marriage was instituted by God right from the time of creation. After creating Adam, God saw that it was not good that man should be alone. He decided to make a woman as a help-meet for man. Therefore the original plan of God was and is still that a matured man and a matured woman will come together as husband and wife. The idea of homosexuals i.e. people of the same sex getting married or sleeping together as married people is sin, or polygamists i.e. a man marrying many wives is not God’s plan for man, or a woman sleeping with another woman i.e. lesbians are perverted sinners. This is not according to the word of God and should be discouraged. All these are evil practices of men that are against God’s plan for man.

Functions of Marriage
1. Procreation – God commanded man to be fruitful, multiply, replenish and subdue the earth. Through marriage and child bearing God’s plan is being fulfilled.

2. Companionship – God saw that man was alone and it was not good. So he created the woman as a helper and companion for man so that man is not lonely.

3. Chastity – Marriage is to prevent man from living like animals. It is discourage all forms of bestial behavior, prostitution and sexual immorality that God instituted marriage for human beings. This is to make them different from lower animals because man is the image of God.

4. Prevention of Terrible Diseases – Marriage is to prevent all forms of sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea, syphilis, Herpes, HIV/AIDS and forms of deadly diseases that are attacking disobedient people today.


Moral Lessons:
1. Man is to encourage life and not to terminate life. So Christians are to avoid and discourage abortions.
2. God has created all things that will make man enjoy the earth, so there is no need for any lack or for man to become selfish or greedy.
3. Marriage is an institution established by God for man and woman to come together as husband and wife. Other form of human relationships like homo-sexualism, lesbianism etc are very sinful and should be discouraged.
4. Sexual immorality is not part of God’s plan for man. It is a sin before and shall attract punishment from God

EVALUATION:
1. Define marriage
2. List five functions of marriage

Assignment: State ten things made by human beings.

LESSON 6
TOPIC : Human Beings shares in God’ Creation Gen. 2: 22-2
Sub- topics: 1. Things invented by man
2 The supremacy of man over other creatures on earth


Things invented by man
After putting man in charge of all creation. God gave human beings the creative power or ability to make things.
Things made by human beings are called inventions while things made by God are called creations. Throughout the ages, human beings have used this creative ability to develop the world around them by discovering and inventing things for their use.
Things invented by man are:
1. Hoe
2. Cutlass
3. Tractor
4. Bicycle
5. Motorcycle
6. Car
7. Aeroplane
8. Radio
9. Television and satellite
10. Building
11. Furniture
12. X- ray machine
13. Gas cooker etc.




The supremacy of man over other creatures on earth
Man was the last of all God’s creation on the earth as we see in the creation story. Man is the crown of God’s creation, because man was created in God’s image. God commanded man to be fruitful, multiply and replenish the earth. He was also givssen power and dominion over every other creatures. Human beings share in God’s creation in the following ways:
1. Giving names of other animals created. Gen.2:19,20.

2. Reproduction – Man continues in the work of creation by giving birth to children, in order to replenish the earth as God commanded.

3. Scientific Inventions – Right from creation, man continued in the work of creation in a primitive way of tilling the ground to farm, but now, man is advanced through scientific inventions in the area of mechanized agriculture, means of transportation, e.g. cars, railways, lorries, aero planes, etc. Also, in the area of Communication, there are telephone, internet computers, television etc. There are advancements in medicine and in every field of human endeavours including modern housing.

4. Development of Natural Resources – Man continued in creation work be tapping and developing natural resources for human benefit and progress. e.g. drilling of crude oil for refining petroleum products, gas, power such as electricity, manufacturing of Iron and Steel, making of paper and furniture from wood etc.


Evaluation:
Questions:
1. Mention and explain 2 ways by which man continues in the work of creation.
2. Why is it said that man is the crown of God’s creation?

Assignment: Read Gen 3 :1 -19

LESSON 7
Topic: Disobedience:
Content: 1. Biblical account of first human disobedience.
2.The consequences of Adam and Eves disobedience


Biblical account of first human disobedience
Disobedience is failure or refusal to obey or abide by the rules, regulations and instructions stipulated or given by an authority.
God created Adam and Eve and put them in the garden of Eden to till and keep it. God commanded man to eat freely of the trees in the garden except from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. He told man that the day he eats from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, he will surely die.

However, Serpent came and deceived Eve that if they eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil which God commanded them not to eat, that they will not die but will become like God knowing good and evil. Eve saw that the tree was good for food, so she ate of it and gave to her husband and he ate also; so they were disobedient. Immediately they finished eating the forbidden fruit, their eyes opened and they realized that they were naked. They became ashamed of their nakedness and took fig leaves to cover their bodies.
This act of disobedience led to the fall of man from glory, and a break in relationship with God.



Evaluation:
(i) What is disobedience
(ii) Narrate the account of man’s fall from glory.





LESSON 8
Consequences of Adam and Eve’s disobedience:
The disobedience of Adam and Eve led to the fall of man and a broken relationship with God.
1. Disobedience brings sense of guilt.
2. Disobedience brings suffering
3. Disobedience brings evil
4. Disobedience causes breakdown of law and order.

All the parties involved in this sin of disobedience received a portion of the punishment which God gave for it.

Serpent:
For deceiving the woman and causing man to disobey God the Serpent was;
(i) cursed above all the animals;
(ii) to go on its belly;
(iii) to eat dust as food; and
(iv) to be in enmity with the seed of the woman; i.e. the seed of the woman shall bruise its head while the Serpent will bruise the heel of the seed of woman.

Eve:
For listening to the Serpent, desiring, eating and giving the fruit to her husband, the woman was sentenced that;
(i) her pains will be multiplied during child bearing;
(ii) her desire shall be for her husband; and
(iii) her husband shall rule over.

Adam:
For disobeying God by eating the fruit man’s punishment is that;
(i) the ground was cursed because of man;
(ii) he will toil, labour and sweat before eating;
(iii) he will eventually die and return to the dust from where he was formed.



Moral Lessons:
1. The root of disobedience is selfishness, greed and covetousness.
2. Do not follow bad advice to do what is wrong or allow any body to deceive you to disobey instructions given to you by your parents or teachers.
3. The result of disobedience is punishment.

Evaluation
Questions:
1. What is disobedient
2. Enumerate the punishment given by to (i) Serpent (ii) Eve and (iii) Adam
3. What are the consequences of disobedient.

LESSON 9
Topic: Learner’s Disobedience and its Consequences; Disobedience Against National Law:
Content: 1. Learner’s disobedience and its consequences
2. Disobedience against National Law

Learner’s disobedience and its consequences
A learner is a person who is finding out about a subject or how to do something. Learners as students are to obey the rules and regulations of the school authority. However, if they disobey, they will be punished. For example, breaking the law or rules of the school authority may lead to punishment such as labour or corporal punishment, suspension for a few weeks or outright expulsion from the school according to the gravity of the disobedience.
Anybody that will break moral law and goes into fornication may have unwanted pregnancy, expulsion from school, sexually transmitted diseases and some killer diseases such as HIV/AIDS. Also, becoming a cult member in the school will result to expulsion; examinations malpractice may lead to imprisonment and other ugly consequences. Disobedience generally always leads to the breaking down of relationships.


Evaluation:
(i). Who is a learner?
(ii). In what ways can a learner disobey school rules and regulations?
(iii). List some of the consequences of disobeying school rules and regulations.





LESSON 10
Disobedience against National Law.
National laws are laws of the country for the good, protection and provisions of every citizen of the Nation. Disobedience to any law may also lead to national punishment.
Most people disobey and vandalize public properties, e.g. breaking or bursting pipelines may lead to serious oil fire outbreak, death of people and scarcity fuel. Not obeying traffic rules, answering phone call while driving on the highway may cause fatal accidents, severe injuries and untimely death. Looting of government treasury will eventually lead to financial and economic crises in the nation, while the looters will face Gods judgment and, when caught will face social embarrassment and may be jailed.



Furthermore, politicians who break the rules and regulations of elections stand the chance of being disqualified, people may revolt and this may lead to killings, confusion destruction of personal and public properties etc.
In most cases, the laws of the land are projected in the national Anthem and pledge. For example, the Nigerian national Anthem urges the citizens not to waste the labours of past heroes, to be faithful, loyal and honest. However, majority of Nigerians are not obeying absolutely, the laws of the country because of selfishness, greed, covetousness, tribalism etc.

Moral Lessons:
1. Learners are to obey the rules and regulations of the school so that their studies will not be disrupted for them to have excellent results.
2. All forms of disobedience will be punished, either by man or by God. Therefore, learners should be obedient at all times.
3. All forms of disobedience or inclination to disobedience should be repented of.

Evaluation:
1. Mention some of the punishment a student will receive if he or she breaks school rules and regulations.
2. What are the consequences of breaking national laws?

LESSON 11
Topic: Reconciliation;
Content: 1. Meaning of Reconciliation.
2. Condition necessary for reconciliation
3. Father of the prodigal son reconciles with his son.


Meaning of reconciliation.
Reconciliation is an end of conflict or disagreement between two or more persons and the start of a renewed good relationship again. It is a way of mending broken relationship to start a better one afresh.


Conditions Necessary for Reconciliation:
There are two conditions that are necessary to bring about reconciliation. The first condition is to feel really sorry for our bad behavior, which had brought about the good relationship being broken and to promise ourselves that we will not misbehave like that is called Repentance.
The second condition of reconciliation is Forgiveness. We go the person we have wronged and ask for his or her forgiveness. Again, the one we have wronged must accept us back in good faith by forgiving us totally.


The Story of the Prodigal Son: Luke 15: 11-32
Reconciliation was illustrated by the story of the prodigal son in the Bible. A man had two sons; the younger son decided to break his relationship with his father. He came to his father and asked his father to give him his own inheritance. He collected all and went into a far country and there squandered his inheritance in loose living. Not long, after wasting all his resources, there was a great famine in that land and he began to be in want.

In order to survive, he went to work in a pig farm. The famine was so severe that no one will give him food and he began to feed himself from pig food. When he came to his senses, he remembered that at home, his father’s hired servants have enough to eat and not suffering the way he was in that far country. When he realized this, he made up his mind to go back home and reconcile with his father, he resolved to go his father and plead with him to take him as one of his hired servants that he was not good enough to be called a son.
The father on his own part, had compassion on him when he saw him return at a distance. He ran to him, embraced, kissed him and gave him a rousing welcome back home. Thus, the father and the prodigal son were reconciled after a period of break in relationship.


Moral Lessons:
1. One should be careful not to break a cordial relationship through greed and pride.
2. Offenses are bound to occur, but there should be willingness to repent and to forgive one another.
3. Enjoyment is good but no should be in a hurry to go into enjoyment when he/she is not matured enough to manage his/her resources.

Evaluation
Questions:
1. What is reconciliation?
2. Narrate the story of the prodigal son.
3. What lessons do you learn from the story of the prodigal son?

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Assignment:
Read Gen. 33:1-11

LESSON 12
Topic: Reconciliation:
Sub – Topic 1: Causes of Break in Relationship
2 Ways of reconciling with offenders
3 Jacob Reconciled with Esau. Gen 33:1-11


Causes of Break in Relationship:
There are many causes of break in relationship:


1. Lack of consideration for others.

2. Selfishness and the desire to please oneself at the expense of other peoples’ feelings and emotions.

3. Love for power and position as in the case of Jacob and Esau. Jacob’s love for position and for power made to trick his twin-brother Esau into selling his birthright, in order for him to get all the blessings meant for his brother who is the first born.

4. Greed and covetousness are other things that can cause a break in a relationship.

Ways of reconciling with offenders
There are many ways of reconciling with those who have offender us. This usually happens after the misunderstanding had been settled and the way is opened for us to live as good friends. The ways include:
1. Shaking hands
2. Embracing
3. Say: I am sorry
4. Giving gifts
5. Forgive and forget.


Jacob Reconciled With Esau. Gen 33: 1-11
Jacob and Esau were twin-brothers. Esau was the first born. Isaac their father loved Esau who was a skilful hunter while Rebecca their mother loved Jacob. There was a day when Esau returned from the field and was very hungry and famished. Jacob his brother was cooking a red pottage. Esau begged his brother for some of the pottage, but Jacob trickishly made Esau to vow and sell his birthright to him before giving him the food. That was how Jacob got the birthright from Esau.

Furthermore, when Isaac was old and almost blind because his eyes were dim, he asked Esau to go hunting and bring bush meat to prepare a savory food he usually love to eat so that he may bless him before his death. Rebecca heard the discussion between Isaac and Esau. She asked Jacob to quickly kill one of his sheep (Jacob was keeper of sheep) for her to help him cook it, so that Jacob can pretend to be Esau in order to receive the blessing before Esau will return from his hunt. Jacob was initially reluctant as he was afraid to do it. His mother encouraged him and he did it. At the end, Jacob deceived their father, by pretending to be Esau and he got the blessings meant for Esau his brother.

Shortly after this the deception, Esau returned and discovered that his brother had taken his blessing. He cried as he remembered that this was the second his brother cheated him out of his birthright. He was very angry and planned to kill Jacob after their father’s death. Their mother knew about Esau’s plan and encouraged Jacob to escape to Haran to stay with Laban, his brother until Esau’s anger will cool down enough for him to forget what Jacob did to him.


Twenty years after, Jacob had become rich when he decided to return home. He was still afraid of Esau his brother. He therefore, planned how to reconcile with his offended brother. He sent messengers and gifts ahead of his convoy to meet Esau. Jacob divided his gifts and people into two companies, still using his old ways of deception. Message came to Jacob that Esau had heard of him and was coming to meet him with 400 men. Jacob became very afraid and so spent the night praying to God to deliver him from the hand of his brother Esau.
In the course of the prayer, Jacob accepted that his name was Jacob, meaning a supplanted, the name he denied before his aged father 20 years ago to deceive him in order to obtain his brother’s blessings. God changed his name to Israel, meaning a victorious prince with God and with man. God answered his prayer and eventually, when the two brothers met, they embraced and kissed one another in happiness. Thus the broken relationship for over twenty years was brought to an end.

Moral Lessons
1. We learn to take other people’s emotions and feelings into consideration in our actions and should not deliberately violate their rights.
2. We should be humble enough to accept our faults and be willing to apologize to those we have wronged.
3. Pride is bad and always brings people to ruin. It is pride that makes people to find it difficult to say I am sorry, even when they know they are at fault.
4. Christians should be peace makers, reconciling those who are hurting and have broken relationship.

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Evaluation:
Give at least 3 reasons for the break in relationship

Questions:
1. How did Jacob reconcile with Esau, his offended brother?
2. What lesson can you learn from the story of Jacob’s and Esau’s broken relationship?
3. State five ways of reconciling with offenders.

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