Lesson Two
Making Jesus the Lord of One's Life
Faith saves you; surrender shapes you. 信心拯救你，交托塑造你。
Salvation is a one-time gift you receive; discipleship is a daily walk you choose. You do not work for salvation, but you must work out your salvation (growth). 救恩是你一次领受的礼物；作门徒是你每天选择的行走。你不必为救恩「做工」，却必须把救恩「活出来」（成长）。
Memory verse: Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 3:18) 本周操练回顾：每天读一篇诗篇，迈出道路图上的下一步。
Begin by asking two or three youth how the Psalms reading and their "next step" went. Keep it brief. The recap is the bridge: Lesson 1 said discipleship is a daily walk; Lesson 2 answers what does it mean to walk with Jesus as Lord? Name that bridge out loud.
Faith saves you, but surrender shapes you.
信心拯救你，交托塑造你。你因信耶稣而得救，但要成为真正的门徒，必须邀请祂作你生命中每一部分的主。
The pivot of this lesson is the word pair Saviour / Lord 救主 / 主. A youth can receive Jesus as Saviour and stop there; to receive Him as Lord is to hand over the deciding say. Make sure the group feels the weight of that distinction before you open the passages.
Welcome & Check-in 欢迎与近况
Build on the recap. These questions surface the gap between knowing Jesus as Saviour and following Him as Lord.
- How did your spiritual practice go this week? What felt easy or hard? 本周的属灵操练进行得怎样？哪些觉得容易，哪些觉得困难？
- What does Lord mean to you? How is that different from Saviour? 「主」对你而言是什么意思？与「救主」有何不同？
Expect fuzzy answers to the second question. Lord = master, the one with authority over my decisions. Saviour = rescuer, the one who saves me. Many youth happily take the rescue but resist the authority. That tension is the lesson.
Scripture Exploration 查考经文
Two passages. The first gives the call to follow; the second shows the shape of a life laid down. Read each aloud, then work the questions.
Read first 先读And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it."
- What does deny yourself look like in real life? 在现实生活中，「舍己」是什么样子？
- What might taking up your cross daily mean for you? 对你而言，「天天背起十字架」可能意味着什么？
Deny is not "deny yourself some things" (a small sacrifice); it is "say no to yourself" (the self no longer calls the shots). The cross in Jesus' day meant one thing: death. So "take up your cross" is not bearing a hardship; it is consenting to the end of self-rule. And note daily: this is not a one-time surrender but a morning-by-morning choice. This directly extends Lesson 1's "daily walk."
1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
- What does it mean to offer your body as a living sacrifice? 将身体献上当作「活祭」是什么意思？
- What is one area of life you find hard to surrender? 在你生命中，有哪一方面你觉得很难交托？
Two contrasts to draw out. First, the sacrifice is living, not dead: it keeps crawling off the altar, so surrender is repeated. Second, conformed (squeezed into the world's mould from the outside) versus transformed (changed from the inside by a renewed mind). Lordship is not behaviour management; it is mind renewal that reshapes the life.
Application 应用
Lordship is not abstract. The Life Areas Wheel makes it concrete: which slices have you handed over, and which are you still gripping?
Do it together. Draw a circle cut into slices. In each slice write one area of life. Then have each youth shade the slices they have surrendered to Christ versus the ones they are still holding.
Suggested areas: relationships 人际关系 · work / studies 工作 / 学业 · finances 财务 · time 时间 · emotions 情绪 · future plans 未来计划 · screen habits 手机 / 上网习惯
- Which slice is most shaded (most surrendered)? Which is least? 哪一片交托最多？哪一片最少？
- Where is Jesus inviting you to trust Him more? 耶稣在哪里邀请你更信靠祂？
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.Colossians 3:17 — Memory Verse
The memory verse is the test of lordship: whatever you do. A slice is surrendered not when you feel devoted, but when you can honestly say, "I am doing this in Jesus' name" (with His authority, for His honour, in a way He would own). The wheel surfaces the gaps; Colossians 3:17 names the standard.
Prayer & Commitment 祷告与立志
Close with a surrender prayer, then commit to one concrete act of obedience for the week.
Lord Jesus, You are not only my Saviour; You are my Lord. I have held back areas of my life and tried to keep the deciding say. Today I present myself to You as a living sacrifice. Take the slices I have gripped too tightly. Renew my mind, that I may discern and do Your will. Amen.
主耶稣，你不只是我的救主，你是我的主。我曾紧握生命中某些部分，想要自己作主。今天我将自己当作活祭献给你。求你接过我抓得太紧的那些领域。更新我的心意，叫我能察验并遵行你的旨意。阿们。
Commit to one concrete act of obedience that shows Jesus is Lord of the slice you shaded least.
- Examples: forgive someone this week 本周饶恕某人; adjust your schedule to make room for prayer 调整时间表腾出祷告; bring your spending or screen time under His authority 把消费或上网时间交在祂的主权下.
- Write the one act on your wheel and date it. 把这一行动写在你的轮图上，并注上日期。
Takeaways 要点回顾
- Jesus is both Saviour and Lord. Receiving the rescue while resisting the authority is an incomplete following. 耶稣既是救主，也是主。只要拯救、却抗拒主权，是不完整的跟随。
- Deny self, daily. Lordship is a morning-by-morning choice, not a one-time decision. 天天舍己。主权是每天清晨的选择，不是一次性的决定。
- A living sacrifice keeps being offered. It crawls off the altar; surrender is repeated, not finished. 活祭要不断献上。它会从祭坛爬下来，交托是反复的，不是一次完成。
- "Whatever you do" is the test. A slice is surrendered when you can do it in Jesus' name. 「无论做什么」是检验标准。当你能奉耶稣的名而行，那一领域才算交托。