Welcome back! We hope you've enjoyed your summer and the beginning of the new school year. Here you will find information on the lessons that we teach each Sunday and Wednesday. You'll also find resources and other important information you may need to know. We hope you will take time to go over the questions and activities with your kids, it's a perfect way to reinforce what they are learning here at Penn Valley. Enjoy!
Adam & Eve Disobeyed God
Adam & Eve Disobeyed God
Wednesday, October 16th & Sunday, October 20th
Key Passage: Genesis 3:1-8
Basic Truth: God gave mankind the ability to choose.
Memory Verse: There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. Proverbs 14:12
Think about it:
We don’t like fences in our way! Our sinful nature
instinctively rebels against anything limiting our perceived pleasures - any
barrier raised by God or man. The
old cowboy song, “Don’t Fence Me In!” strikes a responsive chord in each of us.
Not all man-made fences are erected for our
welfare. But devoted parents, dedicated teachers and officers of the law are
instruments of God, meant to help us control our proud rebellion, and to stay
on His “small and narrow” path to blessing. Above all of these stands the limiting cautions of the Bible,
empowered by the Holy Spirit: “Whether you turn to the right or to the left,
your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.’”
(Isaiah
30:21)
Pray that God will reveal the rebellion of our
hearts and teach us to listen to His voice.
Ask it:
All Levels
Q: How can things that seem right be so bad?
A: Satan deceives us and distorts our thinking.
Grade 1-2
Q: How can we know what is right?
A: Satan will lie and try to deceive us, but God will always tell us the truth. If we listen to God we can choose what is right.
Q: What happens when we choose not to follow God's way?
A: Death (spiritual) - separated from God.
Q: Why do you think Adam rejected God's authority? Why do we sometimes reject God's authority?
A: He didn't like it, wanted to decide for himself. We can feel the same way Adam did sometimes!
Grade 3-4
Q: What are the consequences of sin?
A: Sin brings death and destruction, separating us from God and from others as well.
Q: What are some real life consequences of this?
A: punishment, friction, tears, anger, fighting...sin causes all kinds of trouble!
Q: Why did Adam and Eve not die right away if sin brings death?
A: Sin doesn't bring physical death necessarily, but spiritual death. They didn't physically die right away, but they were separated from God because God can't tolerate sin because He is Holy.
Grade 5-6
Q: Why should we choose God's way?
A: God tells us what is right and good. Choosing to reject His authority brings death and destruction.
Q: Why does God have authority to say what's right and what's wrong?
A: Read Psalm 100:3. God is the owner and highest authority over everything.
Q: Read Proverbs 14:12. What are some things that can look appealing or desirable but are really lies and tricks to get us to sin?
A: getting things I want, having my own way...etc.
Family Activities:
1) Talk about Satan's desire to destroy your family. What choices are being made that may be damaging to your family? Encourage each family member to think about choices that would be God's way instead of Satan's way.
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