RCCG YAYA Sunday School Students Manual 6 September 2026 Lesson 1 – The Immanence Of God
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TOPIC: The Immanence Of God (RCCG Sunday School Manual For Young Adults And Youths (YAYA)
MEMORY VERSE: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. – Colossians 1:17 (KJV)
BIBLE PASSAGE: Psalm 139:1-5 (KJV) (Scroll down for RCCG Sunday School 6 September 2026 HYMN)
1 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
INTRODUCTION: The immanence of God refers to His presence, nearness, and active involvement in His creation and in the lives of His people. It is the biblical truth that God is not distant, or merely observing from afar; He is close, attentive, connected and relational. This is different from His transcendence, which means that God is above, infinitely greater, more powerful, distant and separate from the material universe, existing beyond and utterly distinct from everything He created (Jeremiah 23:23; Isaiah 55:9).
LESSON OUTLINE
1. BIBLICAL INSTANCES
God has always been present with and involved in the world He created, especially with His people. At creation, God formed Adam “from the dust” and breathed life into him (Genesis 2:7). God’s voice was heard “walking in the garden” (Genesis 3:8). The burning bush reveals God’s personal call to Moses (Exodus 3:4) as well as His awareness, compassion, and active response to the affliction of His people (Exodus 3:7). God’s presence dwelt among Israel in the tabernacle (Exodus 25:8) and His glory (visibly) filled the temple (1 Kings 8:10-11). David declares God’s inescapable nearness: whether in the heavens, depths, or darkness, God is there (Psalm 139:7). 1 Kings 19:12 reveals God’s personal and intimate way of speaking to His prophets.
Jesus, becoming God in the flesh (John 1:14), is the ultimate act of divine immanence. “Immanuel” means “God with us” (Matthew 1:23). He came to the earth, walked, talked, healed, cried and ate with people. Jesus promised the Holy Spirit would come to dwell in believers (John 14:17). The Spirit is not just near but indwelling, guiding, and teaching us (John 14:26). Christ remains present with His people through the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:20). In the New Heavens and New Earth, God will dwell fully and for-ever with His people (Revelation 21:3). This is the eternal expression of God’s immanence.
2. THE IMPLICATIONS
God is accessible – We can pray and hear from Him (1 John 5:14-15).
- God is personal – God knows our thoughts, fears, and desires (Psalm 139:1-3).
- God is compassionate – He sees suffering and acts accordingly (Exodus 3:7-8).
- God disciplines and guides – As a Father does (Hebrews 12:6-7).
- God is worthy of worship – Not just as Creator but as a loving Father (Revelation 15:4).
CONCLUSION: God is not far from believers in Christ: “for in Him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:27-28).
QUESTIONS
- What are the biblical instances of God’s immanence?
- Mention four implications of God’s immanence.
FURTHER READINGS:
Sunday: Psalm 139:1-3 (KJV)
1 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
Monday: Exodus 3:7-8 (KJV)
7 And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; 8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
Tuesday: 1 John 5:14-15 (KJV)
14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
Wednesday: Revelation 15:4 (KJV)
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Thursday: Hebrews 12:6-7 (KJV)
6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Friday: John 14:17 (KJV)
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Saturday: Acts 17:27-28 (KJV)
That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: 28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
ASSIGNMENT: In what area(s) do you want God to show His immanence? Speak to Him now and have faith that He will show up for you (No mark).
SUNDAY SCHOOL HYMN
- O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
O how I love Thee well,
I am happy, it makes me glad
To rejoice at Thy birth. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Thy friend friendship suits me well,
Both young and will sing Thy song,
We long for Sunday School. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Christ was Thy first teacher,
The Holy Spirit, great teacher,
Does manifest in thee. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
This testimony is sure,
That God, the Father Almighty,
Poured His blessing on Thee - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Though the sun be so bright,
Or if the clouds be black with rain,
I’ll be in Sunday School. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day
I rejoice to see Thee,
Will thou pass over me today?
Without my being blest?
