Today’s Key Verse:

“By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another” (John. 13:35)

Today’s Lesson:

Introduction:  The Significance of Interpersonal Relationships

I.                 God’s Perspective on Interpersonal Relationships

A.    God designed man in His image (Gen. 1:26-27)

B.    God designed man to enjoy interpersonal relationships (Gen. 2:18, Ecc. 4:9)

II.               God’s Pattern for Interpersonal Relationships (Eph. 5:1-2)

III.             God’s Purposes for Interpersonal Relationships

A.    Glory to God (1 Cor. 10:31)

B.    Conformity to Christ (Rom. 8:29)

C.    Testimony to the World (John 13:35)

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Next Week’s Key/Memory Verse:

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself:  I am the LORD.”  (Lev. 19:18)