OF THE CHURCH ON THE ROCK OF THE APOSTOLIC FAITH
The Honorable Bishop A. D. Cunningham, Leader
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
March 2, 2025
SUBJECT: The Works of My Father (Unfinished Business)
FOUND: John 5:30-38
LESSON
30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
FAMILY DISCUSSION
What are some of the works of God that we have seen done in our lives?
CONSIDER
SUNDAY SCHOOL GLOSSARY
1. BEAR WITNESS: To provide testimony or evidence to confirm events and statements.
2. BED: Refers to a mat or a small bedroll. Sometimes a straw-filled mattress, light enough to be carried
3. BLIND: Not being able to see
4. DAMNATION: Condemnation ,judgement
5. EXECUTE: To carry out or implement
6. FIVE PORCHES: Refer to a covered colonnade or walkway attached to a building.
7. HALT: Refers to "lame" people, meaning individuals who are unable to walk correctly to limp,” “stumble,” or “fall.
8. HITHERTO: Until now or until this point
9. IMPOTENT FOLK: Refers to a group of people who were physically weak and unable to move, essentially meaning "disabled."
10. INFIRMITY: Often reflects a the wide-ranging sicknesses and deformities attested in the Bible for an extended period. debility, decrepitude, disease, feebleness, malaise, sickliness, unhealthiness.
11. MADE WHOLE: Means to be completely restored.
12. PERSECUTE: Refers to the actions of the Jewish religious leaders who actively sought to harass and oppose Jesus after he healed a man on the Sabbath, primarily because they viewed this act as a violation of their strict Sabbath laws and a claim by Jesus to be
equal with God, which they considered blasphemous; essentially, they were trying to discredit and harm him for his actions. (Verse 16)
13. POOL: A small area of water, usually still.
14. QUICKENTH: Means "makes alive" or "gives life.”
15. SABBATH: Refers to the Jewish day of rest where work is prohibited.
16. SEASON: A division of the year characterized by distinct weather conditions, natural phenomena, or cultural events.
17. TROUBLED THE WATER: moving of the water.
18. WITHERED: Refers to a state of being physically weak, crippled, or paralyzed, describing people who were unable to move or function properly due to their illness, often signifying a long-term disability that had left them essentially "dried up" or depleted of strength.
19. WRITINGS: Biblical scripture