青少年教程 (旧约人物*第3课) | 约瑟:谦卑的人

发布于 2021-04-16 08:18 ，所属分类：知识学习综合资讯

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这是一套在美国很受欢迎的教材，按年龄共分三部分：0-6岁学龄前儿童教程，6-12岁学龄儿童教程，和12岁以上青少年教程。我们将陆续翻译成中文，分享给大家。

这套教材里的每一篇，无论是教程还是各种活动，都独立成篇，没有先后顺序，大家可以按需要和负担选择使用。

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课程目的

1.让学生了解旧约人物约瑟

2.鼓励所有学生，过谦卑的生活

3.挑战学生，要反世俗文化但不自大

主题

态度，行为，性格，谦卑，正直

背诵经文

箴言11:2

开头的祷告(5-10分钟)

团队建造(5分钟)

来一场老式的肢体比赛。让学生排成一排，让2位志愿者拿一根竹竿，可以用窗帘杆或任何其他的杆子，同时放一些欢快的音乐。

从每个人都能过去的杆子高度开始，当所有学生都从杆子下过去之后，将杆子降低一到两英寸。继续玩下去，直到冠军产生（切记，当从杆子下过去时，手，膝盖或其他任何身体部位，除了脚以外，都不能接触地面）。给大家一个惊喜，你自己也参与一下。谁知道呢，你也许会赢！

课堂起头(10分钟)

问题讨论

1.你们当中有多少人认为自己能做得更好？

2.你们当中有多少人比你自己以为的要更好？

3.是什么时候开始变得真的很难？

这个游戏是今天话题的一个好例子。过去几周，我们进入旧约，看到了信仰和毅力的榜样。今天，我们要来看一个叫约瑟的人，我们要问，他能卑微到什么程度。

约瑟夫是一个谦卑的好例子。

深入学习(30分钟)

在创世纪37章，我们遇到了约瑟，时年17岁，比你们大多数人大不了多少。

读创世记37

问题讨论：

1.在这里，约瑟看起来很谦卑吗？为什么/为什么不呢？

2.年轻人是不是更容易自大？为什么/为什么不呢？

3.你认为约瑟的兄弟们对他那么做的原因是什么？

4.如果你是约瑟，在本章末尾时你会有什么感觉？

约瑟被自己的家人殴打并出卖给外人，他已经低的不能再低了。但是，当我们翻到创世记39章时，我们看到约瑟的命运开始改变。

读创世记39:1-6

问题讨论：

1.谁又买了约瑟？（法老的护卫长波提乏。）

2.根据第2节，谁与约瑟同在？（耶和华。）

3.根据第3节，谁开始尊重约瑟？（他的埃及主人。）

因此，到第39章第6节为至，约瑟从被卖为奴，变成为整个家产的管理者和第二把手。

问题讨论：

1.如果在接下来的30天内，你成为这个国家最富有，最有权势的人之一，你会如何看待自己？

2.在这种情况下，谦卑还那么容易吗？为什么？

在第39章的其余部分，我们读到了一个熟悉的故事。波提乏的妻子被约瑟吸引，并试图与他有外遇。经节39:9是通往约瑟内心的一扇大窗户。

读创世记39:9

约瑟没有屈服于他面临的压力。相反，他在神前谦卑自己，拒绝了她的企图。但是，她诬告他，把他送进了监狱。

读创世记39:20-23

问题讨论：

1.如果有一天你从一个拥有丰富财富和美好名声的最有权力的人，变成了一个普通的囚犯，你会是什么感觉？为什么？

2.即使在监狱中，约瑟的正直也引起了他上司的注意。第23节说谁与约瑟同在？

即使在监狱里，约瑟仍然依靠神。他没有试图证明自己的无辜，也没有试图逃走或贿赂人把他搞出监狱。日复一日，约瑟就是谦卑地生活着。

从这个地牢深处，约瑟将享受又一次飞速的崛起-这次是在法老自己的手中。

读创世记41:14-44

问题讨论：

1.在第44节，法老说，没有约瑟的同意，什么事就不能发生？（没有人可以擅自办事。）

2.如果在30天内你从一个地牢里出来成为一个国家的负责人，你的态度会如何变化？

3.约瑟在人生所有这些变化中是如何保持谦卑的态度的？

毫无疑问，约瑟的稳重和谦卑在这些章节中得以体现。无论什么情况，从他的兄弟们把他扔进坑里，到他的被囚，到他在埃及作管家，到他被虚假指控，到他的入狱，到他第二次上台成为掌管埃及全地的人，他似乎都只是单纯地依靠神。

应用(10分钟)

问题讨论：

1.说起谦卑，你会想到什么？

2.谁是你认识的最谦卑的人？

3.你能想到哪些名人似乎并不谦卑？

箴言中有一段经文很简单地总结了谦卑。

读箴言11:2

这绝对是我们都可以记住的一句话。它简单地说明了，谦卑带来智慧，骄傲带来羞辱。

读箴言18:12

这节经文说明了类似的内容：谦卑是获得尊荣的途径；而骄傲会导致败坏。

讨论问题：

1.你看到的生活实际上在这样的吗？傲慢的人被摧毁而谦卑的人被抬举？为什么/为什么不呢？

2.如果谦卑并没有为你赢得今生的财富和名声，那么这些经文是什么意思呢？

3.神对骄傲的人是什么感觉？（神抵挡骄傲的人。）

4.神为什么抵挡骄傲的人？

神是最终的权威。骄傲是认为自己比别人都好。骄傲是自以为神。骄傲是撒但被赶出天国的原因。骄傲是反基督的。

我们的荣耀不在此生。圣经对那些谦卑之人的应许是，即使我们今生没有得到赏赐，我们最终的赏赐是在天国与耶稣同在。

谦卑是反世俗文化的。如今大家都要感到“自己是有能力的”，要有很高的自尊心，要想做啥就能做成啥。但耶稣说要谦卑，约瑟给了一个很好的例子。

读雅各书4:10

我给你们留一个问题：

为什么一定要自己努力高抬自己，如果你能只是谦卑自己，而让那造你的神使你升高？

结束祷告(2分钟)

（挑战学生采用最谦卑的姿势；跪下，平卧脸朝下等）

让学生跟你大声重复这个祷告：

亲爱的神，

我不是你

我不是神

求你帮助我谦卑下来。

我只是人

我很微小。

求你使我谦卑下来，

阿们！

****英文版*******

Lesson 3: Joseph: Man of Humility

LESSON OBJECTIVES

Goals

1. To educate students on the Old Testament hero, Joseph
2. To inspire all students to live a life of humility
3. To challenge youth to be counter-cultural, notarrogant

Topics

Attitude, Behavior, Character, Humility, Integrity

Scripture Memorization

Proverbs 11:2

OPENING PRAYER (5 to 10 minutes)

GROUP BUILDING (5 minutes)

Have a good old fashioned limbo contest. Line students up in a straight line, get 2 volunteers to hold a broomstick, curtain rod, or any other “bar” you have handy, and play some festive music.

Start at a level everyone can go under, and each time the line goes through, lower the bar an inch or two. Keep going until you have a limbo champ (remember, no hands, knees, or anything but feet can touch the ground as you go under). Surprise the group and take a turn yourself. Who knows, you might win!

GETTING STARTED (10 minutes)

Discussion Questions
1.How many of you thought you’d do better than you did?
2. How many of you went way farther than you thought you would?
3. When did it really start getting hard for you?

The limbo is a great example of what we’re going to talk about today. As we’ve gone through the Old Testament in the past couple of weeks, we’ve seen great examples of faith and perseverance.Today we’re going to look at the life of a man named Joseph, and we’re going to ask how low he can go.

Joseph is a great example of a person with humility.

DIGGING IN (30 minutes)

In Genesis 37, we meet Joseph as a young man of 17, not much older than most of you.

Read Genesis 37

Discussion Questions:
1. Does Joseph seem very humble here to you? Why/why not?
2. Do you think it is easier for young people to be more arrogant? Why/why not?
3. Why do you think Joseph’s brothers did what they did to him?
4. If you were Joseph, how would you be feeling at the end of the chapter?

Joseph is about as low as you can go, having been beaten and betrayed by his own family and sold to a foreign people.But when we flip the page to Genesis 39, we see Joseph’s fate starting to change.

Read Genesis 39:1-6

Discussion Questions:
1. Who bought Joseph from his captors?(Potiphar, the captain of Pharaoh’s bodyguards.)
2. According to verse 2, who is with Joseph?(The Lord.)
3.According to verse 3, who began to respect Joseph?(His Egyptian master.)

So by verse 6 of chapter 39, Joseph goes from being betrayed and sold into slavery to being the overseer of the entire estate and Egypt's second-in-command.

Discussion Questions:
1. If in the next 30 days you went from where you are today to one of the wealthiest, most powerful people in your country, how do you think you would change?
2. Do you think it would be easy to be humble in this circumstance, or would it be difficult to stay grounded? Why?

In the rest of verse 39, we read a familiar story. Potiphar’s wife was attracted to Joseph and tried to get him to have an affair with her.Joseph’s line in 39:39 is a great window into the heart of this man.

Read Genesis 39:39
Despite his position, Joseph did not succumb to the pressure before him.Instead, he humbled himself before God and refused her continued attempts. However, she falsely accused him, and he was sent to prison.

Read Genesis 39:20-23

Discussion Questions:
1.If in one day you went from one of the most powerful people of your country, with great wealth and fame, to a common prisoner, how would you feel? Why?
2. Even in prison, Joseph’s integrity caught the eye of those above him.Who does verse 23 say was with Joseph?

Even in jail, Joseph seems to depend upon the Lord. He doesn’t pull rank or attempt to convince people of his innocence. He doesn’t try to sneak or buy his way out of jail.Day after day passes, and Joseph simply lives life humbly.

From the pit of this dungeon, Joseph is about to enjoy yet another meteoric rise—this time at the hands of Pharaoh himself.

Read Genesis 41:14-44

Discussion Questions:
1. What does Pharaoh say will not happen without Joseph’s consent in verse 44?(No one should raise his hand or foot.)
2. If in 30 days you went from a dungeon cell to in charge of an entire country, how would your attitude change?
3. How do you think Joseph managed to remain humble through all of these changes in his life?

There is no doubt that Joseph’s stability and his humility stick out in this text.No matter the situation, from the pit his brothers threw him into, to his captivity, to his rise to power in Egypt, to his false accusing, to his imprisonment, to his second rise to power he seems to rely simplyon God.

MAKING IT REAL (10 minutes)

Discussion Questions:
1.When you think of humility, what comes to mind?
2. Who is the most humble person you know?
3. Who are some famous people you can think of that don’t seem very humble?

There’s a passage of scripture in Proverbs which summarizes humility very simply.

Read Proverbs 11:2
This is a verse we could all memorize, for sure.It states simply that humility leads to wisdom and pride leads to dishonor.

Read Proverbs 18:12
This states something similar:humility is a path to honor; whereas, pride leads to destruction.

Discussion Questions:
1. Do you see life playing out like this; with arrogant people being destroyed and humble people being lifted up? Why/why not?
2. If humility doesn’t earn you riches and fame in this life, what could these verses mean?
3. How does God feel about the proud? (He opposes them.)
4. Why do you think God opposes the proud?

God is the ultimate authority. Pride is thinking you are better than everyone. Pride is thinking of yourself as a little God. Pride is what got Satan kicked out of Heaven.Being prideful is counter-Christian.

Our glory is not in this life (that would defeat the purpose of being humble).The promise of Scripture for those who are humble is that even if we don't get our reward in this life, eventually our reward will be with Jesus in Heaven.

Being humble is counter-cultural.These days the message for people is to feel “empowered,” to have high self-esteem, and to do anything we want. Jesus said to be humble, and Joseph provides an excellent example of this.

Read James 4:10
The question I want to leave you with is this:
Why try to boost yourself up, when if you would just humble yourself, the God who made you will lift you up?