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Study Section 11: Creating Your Lesson

11.1 Connect

You have decided to build a house. You purchase some land and save money for the
project. Next you need to draw up a plan for construction. The plan will show you where
each room will be and how you plan to construct the framework and roof. We do these
things to prepare to build before we take up our shovel to begin construction. This is the
preparation that must be done to achieve success.

Next, once we have our plans ready, we begin by digging the foundation for the house. The foundation
is important, for the entire house stands on it. For a teacher, this foundation is the lesson he must
create. Today we are going to learn how to create that foundation of a lesson. Let’s start….

11.2 Objectives

1. The student should be able to describe how the verses in Scripture are grouped around
topics or themes.

2. The student should be able to state the 14 steps to creating a lesson ready for presentation.

11.3 Creating your Lesson
Once you feel confident that you understand the background of the book, the language, the
culture, the geography, and the historical setting, you now are ready to start building your
foundation for a lesson.

Normally in a lesson, you will select a verse or series of verses that has a particular theme or
topic. Quite often in some study Bibles, the author of the study Bible will put a heading
over a group of verses with a topical introduction. For example, In Philippians 2, verses 1-
11 are headed by “Imitating Christ’s Humility.” The next group of verses (12-18) is
introduced by “Do Everything without Grumbling” and so on. Bibles may differ in their
headings, but they will be close. The Biblical authors normally grouped their thoughts
around a particular subject within a group of verses. So you really want to keep these
verses all together in your study and in a sense, deal with the topic the author is
discussing.

Your study will take you through that passage of Scripture plus various other Scriptures in the Bible that
reference a particular topic. That way, you are providing your class with the “whole council of God’s
Word.” Caution should be used to insure that you get the whole view of Scripture on the topic that you
selected. Your study should either limit the topic or be exhaustive to insure accuracy.

Here is a suggested step by step process you may take to prepare a lesson on a particular topic or series
of verses:

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