Your daughter& her new child.

Class outline

• Video and prayer (5 min)

• Small group discussion (10 min)– How can I be Jesus?

• Bible Study (20 min)– How would Jesus proclaim the Law?

• Doctrine Presentation (10 Min)

• Wrap up, questions, prayer

DiscussMy daughter is pregnant outside of

marriage- What do I do?

• In your small groups:– How do I be Jesus?– Based on personal experience– What characteristics did Jesus have?– What in your life has equipped you for this

situation?

DiscussMy daughter is pregnant outside of marriage-

What do I do?

•In your small groups:

•How do I be Jesus?

•Based on personal experience

•What characteristics did Jesus have?

•What in your life has equipped you for this

situation?

Bible Study

Using your Bible study handout:•Read the story of David and Bathsheba •How would Jesus present the idea of Adultery?

•How do you currently present the laws of Adultery?

Doctrine

1. God created mankind as sexual human beings, capable of sexual union for enjoyment as well as procreation in a marriage relationship between one man and one woman.

2. The scriptures clearly teach that the sexual expression of love is to be in a marriage relationship between one man and one woman. (Heb. 13:4, 6th Commandment)

3. God’s will for His people is to remain sexually pure throughout life.4. The sin of cohabitation of unmarried couples has increased 700% over

the last ten years

From:2001 Res. 6-12 “To Support Lifelong Sexual Purity” Human Sexuality: A Theological Perspective (1981 CTCR Report)Divorce and Remarriage: An Exegetical Study (1987 CTCR Report)

Doctrine

“God forbids sexual intercourse between unmarried persons.”

Explanation of Luther’s Small Catechism 56. 178B

“The first part of confession is that we confess, or acknowledge, our sins.”

Explanation of Luther’s Small Catechism 261.

Does your daughter telling you that she is pregnant

work as a form of confession?

Doctrine

“To hold firmly to the clear Biblical truths that (a) the living but unborn are persons in the sight of God from the time of conception; (b) as persons the unborn stand under the full protection of God’s own prohibition against murder; (c) since abortion takes a human life, abortion is not a moral option, except as a tragically unavoidable byproduct of medical procedures to prevent the death of another human being, viz. the mother…”

From:1971 Res. 2-39, 1979 Res. 3-02A, 1998 Res. 6-02, 1998 Res. 3-14, 2001 Res. 6-02A

Doctrine

• Sinner + Saint

• “…people will consider what the their hearts believe about the will of God, that is, whether they truly believe that God cares for them and hears them. It is even difficult for the saints to retain such faith; it is impossible for the ungodly. However… it comes into being when terrified hearts hear the gospel and receive consolation.”

Apology of the Augsburg Confession XVII 8

Questions?