Children’s Bible School lessons — I cannot remember everything — Many lessons were not recorded on this site
May 27, 2010
Preparing for May 29 – June 5 reviewing of 2009/2010 year
1. Major events studied (in chronological order here; not in the order we studied them)
CREATION
• day 1: dark, empty, covered with water; Spirit hovering over the surface like a mother bird over her nest; God’s Son also working (Colossians 1:15-16)
• light / darkness; day / night
• day 2: clouds, sky, ocean
• day 3: dry ground, plants/trees, fruits/seeds
• day 4: lights in the sky regulating days, seasons, and years; sun/moon
• day 5: fish/creatures in the waters; birds in the sky
• day 6: animals on the earth — from cows to small animals that creep on the ground
• man (Adam) made in “our image” from the dust of the ground and life breathed into him — and set to rule over animals — God made the fruits and animals for man and woman
• tree of life and tree of knowledge of good and evil in the middle of the garden
• no disease or death — paradise was perfect
• God’s commandment to not eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge
• Adam named the animals
• God made woman from Adam’s rib
• day 7: God rested — declared this day as holy —
• crafty serpent lies about God and tempts the woman
• Adam and his wife both disobey God
• shame / hiding / fig leaves / guilt
• Adam blames the woman; she blames the serpent
• death and imperfection enter the world
• Adam then named his wife ‘Eve’
• guards and a flaming sword blocks the way to the tree of life
GOD’S PEOPLE SLAVES IN EGYPT — GOD HATED EGYPTIAN GODS
MOSES ASKS PHARAOH TO LET GOD’S PEOPLE GO
PASSOVER LAMB
TENT TABERNACLE — HOLIEST OF HOLIES — PRIESTS — CURTAIN
HANNAH PRAYS TO GOD — RECEIVES A SON (SAMUEL)
GOD’S PEOPLE ASK FOR A KING LIKE OTHER NATIONS HAVE
SAUL IS ANOINTED
DAVID BATTLES GOLIATH AT VALLEY OF ELAH
SAUL SACRIFICES BUT DISOBEYS GOD IN BATTLE AGAINST AMALEKITES
SAUL TEARS SAMUEL’S ROBE — KINGDOM IS TORN FROM SAUL
SAUL TRIES TO KILL DAVID
DAVID SPARES SAUL
DAVID AND JONATHAN
DAVID FLEES TO THE PHILISTINES
SAUL CONSULTS THE WITCH AT ENDOR AFTER SAMUEL’S DEATH
DAVID IS ANOINTED (3 TIMES)
SAUL AND JONATHAN DIE IN BATTLE — MEPHIBOSHETH’S LEGS ARE CRIPPLED
DAVID SHOWED KINDNESS TO SAUL’S GRANDSON MEPHIBOSHETH
SOLOMON BUILDS A TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM FOR WORSHIPING GOD — PER TABERNACLE PATTERN — GLORY CLOUD
DANIEL HONORS GOD IN PRAYER DESPITE THE LAW — THE LION’S DEN
BIRTH OF JESUS
• Prophets spoke of His coming (Moses — Jesus will speak the very words of God; Micah — Bethlehem, ruler and shepherd; Isaiah — virgin with Son named Immanuel, Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Prince of Peace, reigning on David’s throne)
• Angels introduced His birth — Gabriel spoke to Mary; an angel visited Joseph in dreams
• Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem for the Roman counting of people
• Baby Jesus born in an animal stall
• Shepherds watched their sheep at night; the angel came down; shepherds visit the Baby
• an army of angels
• Mary thought carefully about everything that she had heard
• Simeon and Anna at the temple in Jerusalem
• Back in Bethlehem, magi / wise men from the east visit with gifts, following the star they saw rise — they worshiped baby Jesus: this gives a clue to His divine identity; they arrived in Bethlehem via Jerusalem where Herod had consulted them
• magi avoid Jerusalem / Herod on return trip
• Joseph, Mary, and Child escape to Egypt (Hosea prophecy)
• tragedy in Bethlehem (Jeremiah prophecy)
• Joseph and family ultimately return to Nazareth in Galilee (Isaiah 11:1 prophecy), avoiding Herod’s son [Archelaus] in Judah
JESUS AS A CHILD AT JERUSALEM PASSOVER FEAST — REMAINING AT THE TEMPLE
JESUS TEMPTED IN JUDEAN WILDERNESS
• Satan was the same serpent who tempted Adam and Eve
• Jesus passed the tests in all human weakness
• Satan’s three challenges after the 40 days of fasting
JESUS CLEARS THE TEMPLE (first time)
• our body as temples of the Holy Spirit
JESUS TEACHES THAT NOBODY TAKES HIS LIFE — HE HAS AUTHORITY TO LAY IT DOWN AND TAKE IT UP AGAIN
JESUS PROMISES THE COUNSELOR AFTER HIS DEATH
PASSOVER MEAL, HYMN WITH DISCIPLES, GARDEN
• Mount of Olives
• prophecy that they would all scatter
• Gethsemane garden
• Peter, James, and John sleeping while Jesus prays
• angel strengthens Jesus
ARREST AND TRIAL
• Judas’ plan with the Jewish leaders; 30 silver coins
• Judas leads temple guards and Roman soldiers
• kiss as signal to the officers
• step back and fall at the authority and presence of Jesus
• arrested and tied up
• did not call sixty-thousand angels for help
• all disciples run away
• courtyard of high priest Caiaphas
• Jewish law-makers’ kangaroo court — looking for false evidence
• two witnesses present a lie
• Caiaphas rips his clothing
• Jesus is spat upon, hit, blindfolded, and teased
BEFORE PILATE
• “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jews.”
• leading Jewish men (who will not enter Pilate’s headquarters) tell lies to Pilate
• Pilate amazed at Jesus’ silence (Isaiah 53:7)
• Pilate finds no fault with Jesus
• Pilate washes his hands, then sends Jesus to be whipped and crucified
OUR LORD WHIPPED, MOCKED, AND CRUCIFIED BY ROMAN SOLDIERS
• Golgotha, “Place of the Skull”
• crowd following (including women who loved Jesus)
• two criminals crucified alongside Jesus
• Jewish priests want the sign changed
• game to divide Jesus’ clothes (David prophecy)
• insults
• three hours of darkness
• “It is finished”
• earthquake, broken rocks, graves opened, dead bodies awakened
• frightened soldiers / commander
• Mary Magdalene watching
• curtain torn top to bottom
TOMB
• Joseph, member of Jewish council, asked Pilate for the body of Jesus
• Pilate surprised, inquires of centurion
• with permission, Joseph took Jesus’ body down from the cross
• Nicodemus (also a Jewish teacher and secret believer) was there with 75 pounds of funeral spices
• together, they wrapped His body in strips of linen with the spices
• they put Jesus’ body in his own newly cut tomb in a nearby garden; Joseph rolled a large stone across the door
• two Mary’s were watching — went home and prepared some spices — then rested the sabbath
• Jews ensure Roman sealing and guarding of the tomb
RESURRECTION
• Sunday morning (the third day) the two Mary’s, along with Salome, brought spices and oil, wondering who would roll away the stone for them
• they saw an angel come down, causing an earthquake
• guards were afraid
• women ran to tell the disciples and all believers; Jesus appeared to them on the way — in His body; not a ghost
• the men refused to believe the women
• Jews bribed the Roman soldier witnesses
• 40 days of appearances
• two Christians on the road to Emmaus
• first appearance in the room with disciples and believers — He eats fish with them
• second, eight days later — Thomas present this time
• disciples went to Galilee
• Jesus rebuked them for their unbelief
• appearance at the sea of Galilee while fishing — He helped them catch fish, made a fire, and ate fish/bread with them
• appearance to more than 500 at one time
• He was victorious over death
ASCENSION AND AFTER
• He led His students to Bethany
• lifted His arms and blessed them
• God took Him up into heaven; they saw Him ascend until hidden behind a cloud
• angels appear
• now sits at the right hand of God, ruling as King above all kings
• disciples to be His witnesses, starting at Jerusalem and eventually to the whole world
• Holy Spirit received 10 days after ascension
• He is interceding for us
• He is preparing a place for us
NEW KINGDOM
• He will return
• a day of judgment
• believers will receive new and perfect bodies, and will sit with Christ on the throne
• no more crying, death, or suffering
• fountain of free life-giving water
• fruit from the tree of life
• unbelievers will rise to die again and be thrown into a lake of fire
MURDER OF STEPHEN
• 5 years later, a man named Stephen who had been given much power by God
• a lie invented
• brought before court
• his face looked like that of an angel
• Stephen explained truth from Abraham on
• teeth chomping, controlled by hatred
• Stephen full of the Holy Spirit, looked up and saw the glory of God
• dragged out of the city and killed with stones
• Stephen prayed for their forgiveness before dying
2. Major Themes
CREATION — God is the Creator; He speaks and it happens; Creation was GOOD; (two ways to live point 1)
HOLY SPIRIT — at beginning of creation; in conceiving baby Jesus; promised by Christ to come to them after His death; Stephen filled with the Holy Spirit
OBEDIENCE/DISOBEDIENCE — do not eat from the tree of knowledge; Christ’s perfect obedience; relate AUTHORITY
TEMPTATION — Adam and Eve tempted in the garden; Jesus tempted in the wilderness
SIN — Adam and Eve and the serpent enemy; relate DISOBEDIENCE; there is not a righteous man on earth who never sins (Ecclesiastes 7:20); Jesus: no disobedience, no guilt; (two ways to live point 2)
JUSTICE / JUDGMENT — necessary result of disobedience; price/penalty for wrongdoing; the price is too high for us (or angels) to pay; parable of unmerciful servant (Matthew 18); justice == fair (getting what we deserve); God’s justice on the rebellious Pharaoh; God’s justice must be fulfilled, because He is good; (two ways to live point 3)
CHRIST’S WORK
• perfect obedience under His Father’s rule (two ways to live point 4)
• dying to take our punishment and bring forgiveness (two ways to live point 4)
• resurrection (two ways to live point 5)
• ascension (two ways to live point 5)
KING / AUTHORITY — Christ bought us / we are not here to do what we want to do or to be slaves of men; Christ is the perfect Master, even far beyond kings like David; a potter is sovereign over the lump of clay; Christ’s kingdom “not of this world”; God as ruler on the throne in our hearts; also, God as the perfect FATHER; death as king (Romans 5);
FEAR / ANXIETY — TRUSTING/CONFIDENCE IN GOD — He always keeps His promises (e.g., “you will surely die”); 2 timothy 1:7 (God has not given us the spirit of fear…); psalm 118:8 (better to trust in the LORD…)
SABBATH — God rested on the seventh day; we rest one day per week (Sunday); this routine rest is healthy for all people; believers have rest from our own work (Matthew 11:28; Hebrews 3-4)
BAD NEWS / GOOD NEWS — sin and justice / cross and mercy
“UN”-DESERVINGNESS — Mephibosheth
SHADOWS — God’s kindness to us as orphans (Mephibosheth); God’s authority over us (potter/clay activity); God as Creator (potter/clay; shoebox creations); prophecy; earthly thrones as shadows of Christ’s throne; blood of spotless lamb as the blood of Jesus Christ protecting us from death; David finally anointed as king over all of Israel as shadow of Christ ascended; curtain to holiest of holies — in temple torn when Jesus died
WORSHIP
• PRAYER (Lord’s prayer — each petition; Daniel praying; Hannah’s prayer; David’s prayer while hiding in a cave)
• music/singing God’s praises (the psalms; instruments used; David psalm-writer and harp-player; Jesus and disciples sing hymn after their last supper; the psalms and hymns that we have learned — psalm 8, psalm 116, hymn 4, hymn 17, hymn 60, augment 2, Apostles’ Creed, “have you any fear?”, ETC.)
• giving gifts (like the magi gave in worship to Jesus; sacrifices at the tabernacle and the temple)
• [we did not ‘finish’ this topic]
GEOGRAPHY — Egypt, red sea, great sea, Sinai peninsula, Judea, Samaria, Galilee, Bethlehem [David, Jesus], Gath [Goliath], Jerusalem, Ramah [Samuel], Nazareth [Mary, Joseph, Jesus], dead sea; Golgotha; Gethsemane; Bethany
PROPHETS — Moses, Micah, Isaiah, Samuel, David
ANGELS — Gabriel, death angel in Egypt; announcing our Lord’s birth; ministering to Him after hunger in the wilderness; strengthening Him in the garden; at the tomb Sunday morning; speaking to disciples looking into the sky at the ascension
MARRIAGE — Adam and Eve; Mary and Joseph; Elkanah and Hannah
SACRIFICE — passover lamb; Christ the spotless Lamb; tabernacle and temple sacrifices
FASTING — Jesus in the wilderness; Israelites fasting to show themselves small / humble before God, usually when sad, sorry, and/or praying for something
SCRIPTURE — we noted that Jesus (and satan!) memorized scripture; the word/speech of God as the sword in our battle against evil; translations into other languages; best-selling book
BETRAYAL — Judas; someone who is pretending to be our friend
BRIBERY — Jewish leaders bribed Roman tomb guards
BELIEF — David’s faith in battle with Goliath; disciples’ constant difficulty believing the resurrected Christ during repeated appearances and reports of appearances from others
ANGER
JEALOUSY
HUMILITY — examples of fasting; 1 peter 5:6 (humble yourselves… under God’s mighty hand… lift you up in due time)
ADOPTION — Mephibosheth; Ephesians 1:5 (God decided to adopt us into his own family… through Jesus… This is what he wanted to do…)
Schedule v4.0 — final
May 19, 2010
We plan to start-up again in September. Further lessons could be GCP or chronology continuing after Adam/Eve. We would skip Hannah, Samuel, Saul, Jonathan, and Goliath, which we have already taught, and continue with a lesson on David, Uriah, and Bath-sheba and continue from there.
Outline for Saturday May 15 Lesson
May 13, 2010
“We Sing God’s Praises” (lesson 7) from GCP’s “show me Jesus” series.
Theme: part 1 of “we worship God together,” focus on psalms.
Scriptures: 2 chron 5; ps 95; ps 142; ps 150
New Hymns: “All People That on Earth Do Dwell,” “Shout to the Lord” — both good hymns based on psalm 100, with easy tunes and interesting stories behind them.
New memory verse: none — review earlier verses
IF ANYBODY HAS A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT THEY CAN PLAY, PLEASE BRING IT. I’VE LOST TOUCH WITH MY SHUTTLE-PIPES, BUT WE COULD EVEN BRING SOME INSTRUMENTS IN TO LOOK AT. I’LL BRING A TIN WHISTLE AS WELL. THERE IS A PIANO ALREADY IN THE ROOM. DOES ANYONE PLAY GUITAR, VIOLIN, HARP, HARMONICA, OR FLUTE?
Outline:
- Pray together with the kids;
- Singing — track 3 “All People That on Earth Do Dwell” and teach the story behind it (written beside it); also sing the “apostle’s creed”;
- Collect homework and give prizes — memorization of verses not expected — will read/review memory verse(s) together;
- hand out coloring page (i will get one); hand out in-class 7;
- set up TA 3a poster (“we worship God together”);
- RITA: “1 Welcome” — stained glass activity (see “in-class” paper), AND “ready to praise and pray mural” on our flip chart;
- SARAH: “2 Bible Time” — teach the 3 psalms, and how God’s people praised Him when the priests carried the ark into the Most Holy;
- Snack/break:
- Kids play relay races to get all their wiggles out;
- Make sure nobody is thirsty so the second half isn’t interrupted;
- PAUL: “3 Explore and Apply” and “4 Memory Work” (review).
- Singing — track 4 “Shout to the Lord” and teach the story behind it (written beside it); also sing a psalm of somebody’s choice;
- Close in prayer (RITA);
- Hand out Take-Home 7 worksheets and their completed stained glass artwork; also, they may take home their in-class worksheet.
modern cymbals, harp, lyre, and trumpet to color
coloring page of Old Testament Hebrew musical instruments: horn, trumpet, cymbals, tambourine, and dancing
Outline for Bible Lesson Saturday 8 May 2010
May 6, 2010
“We Pray for Forgiveness” from GCP’s “show me Jesus” series.
Theme: part 4 of 4 on worshiping God in prayer, focus on the fifth and sixth petitions from where Jesus taught us how to pray, and on the story of Stephen.
Scriptures: Acts 6-7; Matthew 6:9-10; Luke 23:34
New Hymns: “Let Us Praise God Together”
New memory verse: Psalm 100:3
Outline:
- Pray together with the kids;
- Singing;
- Collect homework and give prizes;
- hand out coloring page (i have one);
- PAUL: “1 Welcome” — match-up activity (worksheets);
- set up poster of Stephen;
- NATHALIE: “2 Bible Time”;
- Snack/break:
- Kids play relay races to get all their wiggles out;
- Make sure nobody is thirsty so the second half isn’t interrupted;
- RITA: “3 Explore and Apply” and “4 Memory Verse.”
- Sing;
- Close in prayer;
- Hand out Take-Home worksheets, new memory cards, (and their completed work on in-class material).
Paul
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