You Can Make a Difference - Sunday Night Lesson
Teachers
Lesson Summary
The class began by opening Ephesians chapter 2, where the teacher highlighted verses 15‑19 that describe believers as fellow citizens with the saints, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ as the cornerstone. He connected this foundation to the authority of Scripture, quoting 2 Timothy 3:16‑17 to stress that every word is God‑inspired and equips believers for good works. He then shifted to a historical overview, explaining how throughout church history, individuals have dramatically altered the course of the world. By recounting the achievements of Alexander Graham Bell, Alexander Fleming, and Thomas Edison, he illustrated that a single person can create massive ripples of influence. The lesson moved into the Reformation era, focusing on John Wycliffe’s fight against a church that kept the Bible in Latin and chained it to pulpits, thereby restricting lay understanding. The teacher emphasized Wycliffe’s vision for a Bible in the common language and how his efforts laid groundwork for later reformers, showing that when believers stand for truth, they become “heroes” who shape Christendom. Concluding, he encouraged the congregation that, just as these historical figures made a difference, each member today can be a light, a healer, or a messenger in their own sphere, empowered by God’s Word and Spirit.
Key Scriptures
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and are of God's household, having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, and whom the whole building being fitted together is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, and whom you are also being built together in a dwelling of God in the Spirit.
All Scripture is given by the inspiration of God, and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be thoroughly furnished or adequately equipped for every good work.