God's People come Together - Class 6 CRE Revision Notes

• God's People come Together
  • Differences in Class
  • How Different We are in Our Local Community
  • Accepting the Needy People in the Society
  • We are all Equally Important Before God.
  • The Role of the Church in Uniting People

God's People come Together

1. Differences in Class

   • God created male and female.
   • God created us different in:-
     1. Sex
     2. Size
     3. Age
     4. Weight
     5. Talents/abilities
     6. Physical appearances
     7. Academic performance
     8. Denominations
        Psalms 139:13-18
        
        1. God the sole creator of all of us.
        2. God created us in unique way
        3. We are fearfully and wonderfully created by God.

2. How Different We are in our Local Community

   1. Ethnicity/tribe – Romans 12:4-10
   2. Races – Galatians 3:28, john 4:7-9
   3. Wealth – Luke 16:19-31, 18:24-25
   4. Poverty – roman 15:26-29
   5. Religion – 1 Corinthians 10;32-33

3. Accepting the Needy People in the Society

   The needy
   • Orphans
   • Widows
   • The sick
   • The hungry
   • The refugees
   • The disabled
   • The IDP
   • The aged.
     We accept the needy by:
     1. Sharing food, clothing, shelter e.t.c with them
     2. Visiting the sick and the prisoners.
     3. Caring for orphans and widows, displaced, aged e.t.c
     4. Building schools
     5. Paying school fees for the needy.
        Luke 10:27-37
        Love your neighbor [the needy} as you love yourself.
   • Jesus demonstrated love for neighbor by:
     • Healed lepers though they were rejected and considered unclean.
     • Gave the parable of the good Samaritan who helped a Jew.
     • Died for all sinners.

4. We are all Equally Important before God.

   • We have differences amongst us but we are all equal before God.
   • God made us in his own likeness and image.
   • God gave us power over all creations
   • God wants us to live like brother and sisters{James 2:1-4}
   • We should pray to God for ourselves and others.
   • The rich and poor should be treated in the same way.

5. The Role of the Church in Uniting People

   The church unites people by:
   
   1. Sharing the holy communion
   2. Conducting marriage/ wedding ceremonies.
   3. Conducting interdenominational prayers.
   4. Conducting church choirs competitions
   5. Universal bible study.
   6. Common religious instructional materials in schools.
   7. Enhancing working together as Christians{Ecumenism}
      Psalms 133:1-3
      - Teaches Christians to live together in unity and God will bless us.
      James 4:11-12
      - We should respect other people and their religion
      Questions
      1. List four differences among pupils in class
      2. Name for ethnic communities in Kenya
      3. What lesson do we learn from the story of Lazarus and the rich man?
      4. What is the difference between a tribe and a race?
      5. What happened to the man who was travelling to Jericho from Jerusalem in the parable of
         the Good Samaritan?
      6. Name 3 activities that can unite people in a church
      7. Psalms 139:14 says we are ______________
      8. Jesus healed 10 lepers, only one thanked him. The healed leper who thanked Jesus was a?
      9. The man who was attacked by robbers in the parable of good Samaritan was travelling from
         ______________ to ______________ .
      10. State the greatest commandments according to Jesus.