01-its all about god - lesson 1

8/6/2019 01-Its All About God - Lesson 1

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God. He is beore everything. God did not remain silent. He desired to

make Himsel known. Thereore, He created. He put Himsel on display.

He would later reveal Himsel to us againin His Son Jesusas a

display o grace, love and kindness to us, His created children.

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Dear Sunday School Teacher,

Your ministry as a teacher or our Lord has eternal value! When we view our ministry in light o

eternity, we see its importance and the privilege that God has entrusted to us. In Psalm 78, the

Bible also reminds us o this great calling: One generation commending the Gospel to the next.

Treri Crit Crric:The ministry resource that you hold in your hand is produced

and shaped by the local churchThe Bride o Christ. We have three primary strategies thatguide us. First, we desire to produce a Gospel-centered curriculum that allows every child, babies to

high school students, to study the same Scripture passage each week. Second, we seek to equip

parents to thrive in their God-given role as their childs primary discipler. We want this resource,

thereore, to connect the church and the home by providing the Connecting Church and Home

resource within the curriculum. Third, we want to respond to the

desperate need or curriculum resources around the world. We

desire to bless the nations with a tool that will help them reach

the world with the Gospel o Christ.

Qrter Oe: God on Display

Every relationship begins with an introduction. God introducing Himsel to us is the heartbeat o

this study.

God on Display is a major theme that runs throughout all o Scripture. Gods desire to have com-

munion with those He created is seen rom cover to cover o the Bible. In the rst ew pages, we see

God communing in the Garden o Eden with Adam and Eve. The theme o communion continues

to be seen through the role o the Old Testament tabernacle and temple. In the New Testament,

God became incarnate in Jesus, God with us. Ater Jesus, the Father gives the Holy Spirit to believers

and institutes the Church. Fellowship in the Church breeds community, both with God and othersmade in His likeness. As believers, we are guaranteed that we will spend eternity in communion

with God, dwelling in His presence.

God is on display: everywhere; in the past, present and uture; and in our lives as believers. Let us

live continually to display Gods greatness and love.


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OVERVIEW 4

FOR YOuR EdIFICaTIOn 5-10

EaRlY ChIldhOOd 11-14

ElEmEnTaRY 15-18

PRE-TEEn/mIddlE sChOOl 19-23

hIgh sChOOl 24-29

COnnECTIng ChuRCh and hOmE 30

REsOuRCEs 31-33

I A Ab G

QuaRTeR Theme | God on dIsplAy Genesis 1:1-2; Psalm 19:1-6

W E E K O N E


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OVERVIEW

EaRlY

ChIldhOOd

ElEmEnTaRY PRE-TEEn/

mIddlE sChOOl

hIgh sChOOl

Treasure Verse Psalm 90:2 Psalm 90:2 Psalm 90:2 Psalm 90:2

Treasure PointGod tells us about

Himsel.

God tells us about

Himsel through

creation.

God tells us about

Himsel through His

good creation.

God tells us about

Himsel through His

good creation.

Teaching Activities

Parent pictures,

Fish Match coloring

page, Object circle,

Bible coloring page,

What Did God Create

resource page, Ballgame, Song time

Ping pong world,

Candy hold (optional),

Hide-and-seek,

Object nd, Treasure

Verse run, Song time,

Balloon stomp

Get to know you,Goldsh, Missionary

note cards

Get to know you,

Creation video,Creation movie

trailer, SistineChapel creation

photos, Media infu-ence, Note writing

Supplies Needed

Paper, markers,

rayons, Fish Match

coloring page, small

objects, Bible color-

ing page, What Did

God Create resource

page, ball, CD and

CD player

Ping pong balls,

markers, small candy

(optional), objects

rom classroom,

index cards, pen,

tape, CD and CD

player, balloons,

string, slips o paper

Index cards, goldsh

or other small pet,

note cards, pens and

pencils

Note cards, pencils,

laptop or Internet

connection, Sistine

Chapel creation

photos

I A Ab GGenesis 1:1-2; Psalm 19:1-6

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FIRST QuaRTeR, WeeK One | God on dIsplAy


FOR YOuR EdIFICaTIOn

Eter te story

Have you ever been to an art exhibit opening?

A store grand opening? A groundbreaking cer-

emony? With these special events, businesses o-

ten attempt to WOW the public by what or who

they are. At art exhibit openings, crowds eagerly

anticipate the revealing o a new piece o art.

People wait or hours in line or a novel productor or a ceremony to open a new store.

This excitement about the reveal or display

is a little bit o the wonder we see in Gods

act o creation. In the beginning, there was

nothing. God was poised, ready to make

something grand and wonderul out o nothing.

He was ready to drop the sheet, cut the

ribbon, or shovel dirt to display His greatness to

the world He would soon create. It was perect.He was blessing us with what He was making.

All o it was good.

The writer C. S. Lewis once asked the ques-

tion, How does a play originate? Does it write

itsel? Do the actors make it up as they go along?

Or is there someonenot on the stage, not like

the people on stagesomeone we dont see

who invented it all and caused it be? This is

rarely asked or answered. We are a part o Hisgrand narrative. God displays Himsel to us daily.

May the display o Gods great aithulness,

provision, creative abilities and His salvation

take deep root in your lie as you run hard to

treasure Christ.

[Genesis] establishes God

as the sole creator, sustainer and judge of all per-

sons. . . It expresses the roots and results of world-

wide rebellion against God and Israels place in

the remedy for that rebellion. Standing serenely

above all these vital, dening ideas though, is the

books portrayal of one God who alone creates and

rules all that has been created. Paul House, Old

Testament Theology, pg. 58

Creation, preservation, andgovernment of the universe; which is before our

eyes as a most elegant book, wherein all creatures,

great and small, are as so many characters leading

us to see clearly the invisible things of God, even

His everlasting power and divinity. The Belgic

Confession

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gOd Is gOd.There is no discussion in Gene-

sis 1 about who God is. The authoritative Word

o God begins with a declarative statement: In

the beginning, God. There are no other gods

out there to dialogue with God. God doesnt

have to runthis statement by other deities be-

cause there is no one (1 Corinthians 8:5-6). It is

not up or debate or discussion. Elohim is the

Hebrew term used in Genesis 1:1 or God. It isplural (which gives rst glance into the truth

that God is in relation to the rest o the Trin-

itythe Son and the Holy Spirit). There are no

little gods; God is God alone.

Isaiah 45:18: For thus says theLord, who created the heavens (He is God!), who

formed the earth and made it (He established it;

He did not create it empty, He formed it to be

inhabited!):I am the Lord, and there is no other.

God is by denition sel-sucientin the sense that this One cannot be dependent

upon any other being, since all things have their

beginning and end in this One. Thomas Oden,

The Living God, pg. 54

gOd REVEals hImsElF. God could have

chosen many other acts to tell the worldabout Himsel. He chose to start with Creator.

In the beginning, God created the heavens

and the earth was a general revelation or

the entire world (how God made Himsel

known to all mankind). All that He created

reveals His glory.

Romans 1:19-20: For what canbe known about God is plain to them, because

God has shown it to them. For His invisible

attributes, namely, His eternal power and

divine nature, have been clearly perceived,

ever since the creation of the world, in the

things that have been made. So they are

without excuse.

God was known ever sincethe world came into existence. The invis-

ible things of God could be seen at all times.

Martin Luther, Romans, pg. 43

gOd Is a gOOd CREaTOR. God is good,

and everything He does is good. This theme is

present rom the very beginning and contin-

ues throughout the Bible.

Psalm 73:1: Truly God is good to Israel, to

those who are pure in heart.

Psalm 109:21: But you, O GOD my Lord,

deal on my behal or your names sake;

because your steadast love is good,

deliver me!

Psalm 52:1: Why do you boast o evil,

O mighty man? The steadast love o God

endures all the day.

Gospel Truths About God



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The Bible is one story with many characters. This lesson ocuses on introducing God as the Lead

Character. In uture lessons, we will see man created and brought in to His story. God was complete

in and o Himsel, lacking nothing. God the Father created with man in mind and redemption as the

end goal or the praise o Himsel.

Redemption, the main theme in this story, will also be introduced in coming weeks. God knew thisredemption, the rescuing o man, would need to happen. In Acts 2:23, the Bible tells us this Jesus,

delivered up according to the denite plan and oreknowledge o God, you crucied and killed by

the hands o lawless men.



At the conclusion o creation, Moses declares that Godapproved of everything that He had made . . . The repetition denotes how wanton

is the foolish contempt of man, otherwise it would have been enough to have said,

once for all, that God approved of His deeds . . . But now, after the workmanship

of the world was complete and had received, if I may say so, the last nishing

touch, God pronounces it perfectly good, that we might know there is in the sym-

metry of Gods deeds the highest perfection, to which nothing can be added.

John Calvin, Genesis, pg. 28

Gospel Truths About Man

Gospel Truths About Redemption



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FIRST QuaRTeR, WeeK One | God on dIsplAy 8


For Your Edifcation (continued)

Genesis 1:1-2

Deuteronomy 6:4

Psalm 19:1-6

Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

Isaiah 43:8-13

Acts 17:24-28

Romans 10:14-21

Ephesians 3:14-21

Colossians 3:17

James 1:16-18

The Living GodbyThomas Oden

Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe

by Mark Driscoll

geei 1:1-2: In the beginning, God created

the heavens and the earth. The earth was

without orm and void, and darkness was over theace o the deep. And the Spirit o God was hover-

ing over the ace o the waters.

deterooy 6:4: Hear, O Israel: The Lord our

God, the Lord is one.

P 19:1-6: The heavens declare the glory o

God, and the sky above proclaims His handiwork.

Day to day pours out speech, and night to night

reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are

there words, whose voice is not heard. Theirvoice goes out through all the earth, and their

words to the end o the world. In them He

has set a tent or the sun, which comes out like a

bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong

man, runs its course with joy. Its rising is rom the

end o the heavens, and its circuit to the end o

them, and there is nothing hidden rom its heat.

Ecceite 3:1-15: For everything there is

a season, and a time or every matter under

heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time

to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a

time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down,

and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time

to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather

stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to

rerain rom embracing; a time to seek, and a time

to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep

silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a

time to hate; a time or war, and a time or peace.What gain has the worker rom his toil? I have seen

the business that God has given to the children

o man to be busy with. He has made everything

beautiul in its time. Also, He has put eternity into

mans heart, yet so that he cannot nd out what

God has done rom the beginning to the end.

I perceived that there is nothing better or them

than to be joyul and to do good as long as they

live; also that everyone should eat and drink and

take pleasure in all his toilthis is Gods git toman. I perceived that whatever God does endures

orever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything

taken rom it. God has done it, so that people ear

beore Him. That which is, already has been; that

which is to be, already has been; and God seeks

what has been driven away.

Ii 43:8-13: Bring out the people who

are blind, yet have eyes, who are dea, yet

have ears! All the nations gather together, and

the peoples assemble. Who among them candeclare this, and show us the ormer things?

Let them bring their witnesses to prove them

right, and let them hear and say, It is true. You

are my witnesses, declares the Lord, and my

servant whom I have chosen, that you may

know and believe me and understand that

I am He. Beore me no god was ormed, nor



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shall there be any ater me. I, I am the Lord,

and besides me there is no savior. I declared

and saved and proclaimed, when there was

no strange god among you; and you are my

witnesses, declares the Lord, and I am God.

Also henceorth I am He; there is none who can

deliver rom my hand; I work, and who can turn

it back?

act 17:24-28: The God who made the world

and everything in it, being Lord o heaven

and earth, does not live in temples made

by man, nor is He served by human hands,

as though He needed anything, since HeHimsel gives to all mankind lie and breath

and everything. And He made rom one man

every nation o mankind to live on all the

ace o the earth, having determined allotted

periods and the boundaries o their dwelling

place, that they should seek God, in the hope

that they might eel their way toward Him and

nd Him. Yet He is actually not ar rom each one

o us, or in Him we live and move and have our

being.

Ro 10:14-21: How then will they call

on Him in whom they have not believed? And

how are they to believe in Him o whom they

have never heard? And how are they to hear

without someone preaching? And how are they

to preach unless they are sent? As it is written,

How beautiul are the eet o those who preach

the good news! But they have not all obeyed the

Gospel. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed

what he has heard rom us? So aith comes romhearing, and hearing through the word o Christ.

But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have,

or Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and

their words to the ends o the world. But I ask,

did Israel not understand? First Moses says, I will

make you jealous o those who are not a nation;

with a oolish nation I will make you angry. Then

Isaiah is so bold as to say, I have been ound by

those who did not seek me; I have shown mysel

to those who did not ask or me. But o Israel he

says, All day long I have held out my hands to a

disobedient and contrary people.

Epei 3:14-21: For this reason I bow my

knees beore the Father, rom whom every

amily in heaven and on earth is named,

that according to the riches o His glo-

ry He may grant you to be strengthened

with power through His Spirit in your inner

being, so that Christ may dwell in your

hearts through aiththat you, being root-

ed and grounded in love, may have strengthto comprehend with all the saints what is

the breadth and length and height and

depth, and to know the love o Christ that sur-

passes knowledge, that you may be lled with

all the ullness o God. Now to Him who

is able to do ar more abudantly than

all that we ask or think, according to the

power at work within us, to Him be glory

in the church and in Christ Jesus through-

out all generations, orever and ever. Amen.

Cooi 3:17: And whatever you do, in

word or deed, do everything in the name o the

Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father

through Him.

Je 1:16-18: Do not be deceived, my

beloved brothers. Every good git and every

perect git is rom above, coming down rom

the Father o lights with whom there is no

variation or shadow due to change. O His

own will He brought us orth by the word o

truth, that we should be a kind o rstruits o His

creatures.





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God. He is beore everything. God did not remain silent. He

desired to make Himsel known. Thereore, He created. He put

Himsel on display. He would later reveal Himsel to us again

in His Son Jesusas a display o grace, love and kindness to us,

His created children.

My Mission As Teacher:

How does reading and studying this lesson re-prioritize your life? Shouldnt the knowledge

that God is rst and greatest spur us on to live a God-ocused lie? Shouldnt the idea that

God loved us rst encourage us to love Him in return?

As humans, we are prone to grumble and complain, even about the things that God has

given us. How can we more clearly see the goodness o God and live with gratitude and

thanksgiving?

Prayer Points:

God gives us good things to enjoy and He displays Himself to us in providing us with these

good things. As you are reminded o this truth, pray that the Spirit would give you a grateul

heart or the good things God has given you.

Pray that your students would be overwhelmed this week with Gods extravagant goodness

in their lives.





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Trere story: Genesis 1:1-2; Psalm 19:1-6

Trere Vere: From everlasting to everlasting you are God (Psalm 90:2).

Trere Poit: God tells us about Himsel.



Ery Cioo

engage

Ery arriv activity: (10-15 minutes or until most o the children arrive)

Have the children draw pictures o their parents (remember that not all o your children will come

rom two-parent homes). During this activity and throughout the class, you can talk about how their

parents existed beore them, beore they were born. God was beore anybody was born. He was rst.

He always has been.

Supplies Needed: Paper, markers, crayons

discover

Bibe story Tie: (15 minutes)

Teacher Note:We learn about three characteristics o God in this Treasure Story (Genesis 1:1-2 and

Psalm 19:1-6). Read the Treasure Story verses rom your Bible and the other verses included as you

teach these characteristics o God to the children.

God is God

There is only one God. God is only God, and there is no other god in this world.

Deuteronomy 6:4: Hear, O Israel:the Lord our God, the Lord is one.

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Younger Children Option: Instruct the children to work on the Fish Match coloring page (see resources).

While they are completing the coloring page, point out objects in the room or in the world that

are one: one door, one window, one sun, one moon, one you, etc. Hold up the objects i you can,

let them touch them, and help them understand that these objects are real.

Supplies Needed: Fish Match coloring page, crayons

Older Children Option: Give each child an object rom the room (make sure the objects are all

dierent). Seat everyone in a circle and have the children hold their object in ront o them. Instruct

them to describe one thing about their object to the rest o the group. In between each childs

verbal description, you as the teacher can say something about the uniqueness o both the child

and the object. Example: Sally has the only blue crayon in the group. There is only one Sally, andthere is only one blue crayon in our group.

Supplies Needed: Small objects

God tells us about Himself

Psalm 19:1-2 tells us that the sky reveals the very God-ness o God. It reveals His glory. When it isdaylight, the sun tells us about God (Psalm 19:4-6). Ask the students what they can learn about God

rom the sun (constant, bright, helps us see, gives us warmth, etc.). The Bible even says that the night

tells us about God. The moon gives us light when it is dark. Everything about creation was made so

that it tells us about God. What can you learn about God rom the things around you?

Younger Children Option: Pass out copies o the Bible coloring page (see resources). Explain to them

that God displays Himsel to us. One way is that He created everything we see (Psalm 19:1) and

another is through the Bible, Gods Word.

Supplies Needed: Bible coloring page, crayons



Glory: a way to describe the importance and shiningmajesty of God. Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary for Kids, pg. 70

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Older Children Option: Pass out the What Did God Create resource page to each child. Have them

circle the items that God created. Talk about the dierence between God creang (from noth -

ing, didnt need anything) and the things that humans make (we need materials and technology).

See if they can name anything that is not on the paper.

Supplies Needed: What Did God Create resource page, pencils

God is Good

All He made is good. The rst chapter in Genesis describes how all that God made was good.

Convey to the children that all things (point to items around the room) are good, and God made

them or our good.

Ro-te-B Tk Yo activity: (5 minutes)

Have the children sit down in a circle on the foor. Instruct them that God made all things or their

good, and they need to be thankul or them. Start with a ball in your hand. Say one thing you

are thankul or. Then roll it to another person and have him say what he is thankul or.

For younger children, you may just roll the ball to them and ask them to say their name and then

ll in this phrase, I am thankul or __________. Then they pass it to the next person until every-

one has had a chance.

Supplies Needed: Ball

Trere Vere leri activity: (5 minutes)

Have the children line up and then orm a circle. They all need to have their hands on the

shoulders o the person in ront o them. Tell them not to let go o the persons shoulders.

Repeat the verse to them as they slowly march in a circle. Have them repeat it to you once they

memorize the verse. Share with them that just as no one can tell where this circle begins or ends,

God has no beginning or end either. Keep repeating the verse.



We are dependent completely on Gods kindnessand goodness to make Himself known to us, and for this we ought to be

grateful every day of our lives. After all, there is no one more important and

more wonderful to know than God. So how thankful we must be that God did

not keep to Himself, as it were. Rather, He showed us in rich and wonderful

ways just who He is. Bruce Ware, Big Truths for Young Hearts, pg. 18

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so Tie: (10 minutes)

Love, Love, Love is this quarters theme song. This song can be ound on the Treasuring Christ

website: www.treasuringchristonline.org.

Supplies Needed: CD player, CD

Pyro Tie: (15 minutes)

Center play or ree play is an eective use o time i there is no playground available or i the weatheris not conductive to playing outside.

sck Tie: (10 minutes)

treasure

Trere Poit: God tells us about Himsel.

My Mission: (2 minutes)

Share with the children that they can be like God by doing good things or other people. The Bibletells us to be like God. Ask the older children how they can be good this week. What are somethings they can do this week or them to be like God (obey their parents, share their toys, be nice totheir siblings, help around the house, etc.)?

Prayer Time: (5 minutes)

Pray aloud or the children. As you pray, express grateulness or all the ways God is good to us. ThankGod or how He shows Himsel to us in the things that He has given us. I you work with older chil-dren, have them say their own prayers, encouraging them to think about how God is good to them.



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Eeetry

engage

Ery arriv activity: (10-15 minutes or until all the children arrive)

Have children color ping pong balls to look like the world. Give them markers and encourage them to

be creative. These balls will be used later. As children nish their world ping pong balls, set them aside

to dry. Make sure they include their names on the balls, so they can nd them later.

Optional Activity: I ping pong balls are not an option or you, you can alter this activity. Purchase small

pieces o loose candy (preerably round) that the children can hold in their hands. Explain the idea

that God holds the entire world in His hands, and He wont let it go. (Heres the best partthe children

can then eat the candy ater the demonstration is over.)

Supplies Needed: Ping pong balls, markers or small unwrapped candy


Trere Vere: From everlasting to everlasting you are God (Psalm 90:2).

Trere Poit: God tells us about Himsel through creation.



Isaiah 40:11-12: He will tend His fock like a shepherd;

He will gather the lambs in His arms; He will carry them in His bosom, and gently

lead those that are with young. Who has measured the waters in the hollow of Hishand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a

measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?

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discover

Bibe story Tie: (15 minutes)

Teacher Note: We learn about three characteristics o God in this Treasure Story (Genesis 1:1-2

and Psalm 19:1-6). Read the Treasure Story verses rom your Bible and the other verses in-

cluded as you teach these characteristics o God to the children.

Itroctio activity: (10-15 minutes)

Younger Children Option:Take a eld trip to another large room in the church or outside. Ithese options are not available, stay in the classroom. Play a ew rounds o hide-and-seek.

Explain to the children that God doesnt hide Himsel rom us. Instead, He shows us Himsel

through creation, everything we see, the skies, the sun, etc.

Older Children Option: Give the students an object to hide (these can be items rom your

classroom). Then take turns asking other children to nd the objects. Explain to the chil-

dren that God doesnt hide Himsel rom us. Instead, He shows us Himsel through creation,

the world.

Supplies Needed: Small objects

God is God

There is only one God. God is only God, and there is no other god in this world.



Deuteronomy 6:4: Hear, O Israel:the Lord our God, the Lord is one.

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God tells us about Himself

Psalm 19:1-2 tells us that the sky reveals the very God-ness o God. It reveals His glory. When it is

daylight, the sun tells us about God (Psalm 19:4-6). Ask the students what they can learn about

God rom the sun (constant, bright, helps us see, gives us warmth, puriying, scorching heat, etc.).

The Bible even says that the night tells us about God. The moon gives us light when it is dark.

Everything about creation was made so that it tells us about God. What can you learn about God

rom the things around you?

God is Good

All He made is good. Many times in the rst chapter o Gods Word, the Bible, it says that God

saw all that He made and it was good. Ask the students what it means to be good. In Psalm 19:4,

we learn more about the day and night. Share the ollowing with the children: Did you know that

everywhere on the earth right now it is either day or night? Thats right. So, everywhere on the earth

people can be learning things about God right now.

Instruct the children to get their world ping pong balls. Have them hold it in the palm o one hand

and then enclose their ngers around the ball. They are in total control o the ping pong ball. It is not

going anywhere unless the child allows it to go somewhere (i the child drops it, crushes it, breaks it,

etc.). Explain to them how God holds the entire worldeven things we cant seein His hand. We

are sae because God is a good God.

Trere Vere leri activity: (5 minutes)

Write out each word o the verse on index cards and tape them up around the room. Ask the chil-dren to retrieve the cards and put them in order. Then encourage the children to say the verse aloud.

Repeat this activity. See how ast they can complete it. This will be a un activity that will keep the

children moving and learning.

Supplies Needed: Index cards, pen, tape



Glory: a way to describe the importance

and shining majesty of God. Holman Illustrated Bible

Dictionary for Kids, pg. 70

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Pyro Tie/Ceter activitie/Free Py: (15 minutes)

so Tie:(10 minutes)

Love, Love, Love is this quarters theme song. This song can be ound on the Treasuring Christ

website: www.treasuringchristonline.org.

Supplies Needed: CD player, CD

Coi activity: (5 minutes)

Balloon Stomp: Beore class, write down things that God created on little pieces o paper.

Put one slip o paper inside each balloon. Blow up the balloons and tie a long string on the

end. These strings need to be tied around the childs ankle with about 9-12 inches let orthe balloon to be attached. At the start o the game, tie one balloon to each childs ankle. The

object o the game is to pop another childs balloon and nd out what God created. Have them

call out what is written on their piece o paper.

Supplies Needed: Balloons, string, small strips o paper

treasure

Trere Poit: God tells us about Himsel through creation.


Encourage the students to talk about ways they can be like God. For example, they can be

kind to their siblings and obedient to their parents, teachers and other authority gures.

Invite them to think o one easy activity they can do during the week to show the goodness o

God to others. Suggestions include doing a chore or their brother or sister, taking a fower to anelderly neighbor or sharing their dessert at lunch with another student who may not have a riend.


Lead this time o prayer or your students. Encourage them to say aloud what they are

thankul or in their lives. Thank God or being the only God who loves them, keeps them, talks

with them and gives them good things.


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Pre-Tee/mie scoo

engage

grop Feowip Tie: (10 minutes)

Pass out cards (post-it notes, 3 x 5 cards, pieces o paper, etc.) with these three questions written on

them. Ask the students to answer the questions and then share their answers with their classmates:

Whatisonethingyouaremostpassionateaboutinlife? Whatisyourfavoritethingyouenjoyaboutcreation?

Nameonethingyouhaveneverdonebeforebutwouldliketotry.

Supplies Needed: Note cards, pens

Opei activity: (10 minutes)

Bring in at least one live goldsh. Buy one at a pet store (some larger/super stores sell sh) and

bring it to class in a clear plastic bag. Pass around the goldsh (in its container). Ask or namesor the goldsh (encourage laughter as the students may suggest silly names). Instruct the

students to name things that they can discern about it. Talk about how that goldsh is

dependent on its owner to allow it to live. I it doesnt get ood, it dies. I the water isnt clean, it dies.

Invite them to think about what it eels like to be in charge o a goldsh.

God is God apart rom us, in that Hepossesses within His own life the fullness of all that is good

and perfect. Bruce Ware, Big Truths for Young Hearts, pg. 25


Trere Vere: Beore the mountains were brought orth, or ever you had ormedthe earth and the world, rom everlasting to everlasting you are God (Psalm 90:2).

Trere Poit: God tells us about Himsel through His good creation.

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Teacher Note: The concept or middle school students to understand with this activity should

be responsibility, not power. You do not want to conuse the students with power versus author-

ity and responsibility. God made us too. God has authority over all He createdthe plants, trees,

sun, moon and oceans. Only He does because He is God the Creator. And He is the only God.

Supplies Needed: Goldfsh (or other small pet)

Teacher Note: I a goldsh does not translate well with your culture/city/teens, then any pet

will work. Convey the truth about the daily reliance o pets on their owners. An owner has total

control over a pets lie.

Random Facts About Goldsh:

Goldsh are only messy if they eat too much. They dont have a stomach.

Goldsh can tan just like humans can.

Goldsh can live up to approximately 45 years.

Goldsh can be taught tricks. (What tricks would you teach your goldsh?)

Goldsh dont blink. (Dont try to have a staring contest with one.

You will lose.)

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Bibe story: (30 minutes)

Teacher Note:The verses with the Treasure Story will be your primary passages when

discussing how God displays His greatness to us. The other passages listed will help the

students see how the theme o God displaying His greatness to us is continued throughout all

the Bible.

Divide the students into three groups. Each group will have a dierent aspect o God to

discuss. Then the groups will share their ndings with the rest o the class.


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God is tHe God

There is only God in the universe. There is not a question o His supreme oneness in the world.Many religions are practiced in the world. You may see many people ollowing other reli-

gions in your neighborhood or school. Maybe some o your riends and the people you see in

the news practice dierent religions. Maybe they dont see God as the only God to serve and

love. These passages show how God displayed this truthGod is THE Godor us in His Word:

geei 1:1: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Exo 3:13-16: Then Moses said to God, I I come to the people o Israel and say to them,

The God o your athers has sent me to you, and they ask me, What is his name? What shall I

say to them? God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. And He said, Say this to the people o Israel,

I AM has sent me to you. God also said to Moses, Say this to the people o Israel, The Lord,the God o your athers, the God o Abraham, the God o Isaac, and the God o Jacob,

has sent me to you. This is My name orever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all

generations.

P 86:8-10: There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like

yours. All the nations you have made shall come and worship beore you, O Lord, and shall

gloriy your name. For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God.

P 50:1: The Mighty One, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth rom the

rising o the sun to its setting.

God reveals Himself

One primary way that God displays Himsel or us is by creation. We see the sun, moon, oceans,

stars, grass, insectsall these things teach us about God. God did not have to create anything but

instead He chose to show us Himsel by creation.

P 19:1-6: The heavens declare the glory o God; the skies proclaim the work o His hands.

Day ater day they pour orth speech; night ater night they reveal knowledge. They have nospeech, they use no words; no sound is heard rom them. Yet their voice goes out into all the

earth, their words to the ends o the world. In the heavens God has pitched a tent or the sun.

It is like a bridegroom coming out o his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course.

It rises at one end o the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived o its

warmth.




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P 8: O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory

above the heavens. Out o the mouth o babies and inants, you have established strength

because o your oes, to still the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the work

o your ngers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are

mindul o him, and the son o man that you care or him? Yet you have made him a little lower

than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him domin-

ion over the works o your hands; you have put all things under his eet, all sheep and oxen, and

also the beasts o the eld, the birds o the heavens, and the sh o the sea, whatever passes

along the paths o the seas. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Jo 1:14, 18: And the Word became fesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory,

glory as o the only Son rom the Father, ull o grace and truth. No one has ever seen God; the

only God, who is at the Fathers side, He has made Him known.

Ii 44:23-24: Sing, O heavens, or the Lord has done it; shout, O depths o the earth; break

orth into singing, O mountains, O orest, and every tree in it! For the Lord has redeemed

Jacob, and will be gloried in Israel. Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, who ormed you rom

the womb: I am the Lord, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who

spread out the earth by mysel.

God is Good

All that God does is good, and He created all things or our good and His glory. Discuss with your

students how God portrays Himsel as good in these verses.

geei 1:31: And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good.

Tit 3:4-7: But when the goodness and loving kindness o God our Savior appeared, He

saved us, not because o works done by us in righteousness, but according to His own mercy, by

the washing o regeneration and renewal o the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us richly

through Jesus Christ our Savior,so that being justied by His grace we might become heirs ac-

cording to the hope o eternal lie.

P 86:5-7: For you, O Lord, are good and orgiving, abounding in steadast love to all who

call upon you. Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; listen to my plea or grace. In the day o my troubleI call upon you, or you answer me.

P 31:19-21: Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up or those

who ear you and worked or those who take reuge in you, in the sight o the children o man-

kind! In the cover o your presence you hide them rom the plots o men; you store them in

your shelter rom the strie o tongues. Blessed be the Lord, or He has wondrously shown His

steadast love to me.




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Contact a pastor in your church or a missions organization to get information about a family

serving overseas. Obtain some biographical inormation on the amily members as well as

some data on the country/state/region where they are serving. Have each student write a short

note to the missionaries. This activity will teach students about missions and will also be an

encouragement to the Body o Christ throughout the world.

Supplies Needed: Note cards or paper, pen/pencils


Have a group prayer time that ocuses on grateulness. Encourage the students to show

adoration to our Father or who He is and what He has done or us. This prayer time will reinorce

what they have learned today: God is a good God.

Teacher Note: Sometimes people nd it easier to pray aloud with a group i they write down

their prayers beore praying. Invite the students to try this i they eel shy or nervous about

praying aloud.



Psalm 52:8b-9a: I trust in the steadast loveof God forever and ever. I will thank you forever.

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hi scoo

engage

grop Feowip Tie: (10 minutes)

As students enter, hand them note cards or pieces o paper with these three questions written on

them. Their mission is to interview one other student and nd out the answers. At the end, have

the students share their answers with the class.

Whatwasthemostamazingthingyouhavedoneinthepastyear? Doyouhaveonegoalthenextmonth?Ifso,whatisit?

Whatisyourfavoriteafter-schoolactivity?

Supplies Needed: Note cards, pens


Trere Vere: Beore the mountains were brought orth, or ever you had ormed theearth and the world, rom everlasting to everlasting you are God (Psalm 90:2).




The Bible teaches that God is both innite and personal:He is innite in that He is not subject to any of the limitations of humanity, or of creation in general.

He is far greater than everything He has made, far greater than anything else that exists. But He is

also personal: He interacts with us as a person, and we can relate to Him as persons. We can pray

to Him, worship Him, obey Him, and love Him, and He can speak to us, rejoice in us, and love us.

Wayne Grudem, Bible Doctrines, pg. 75

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Itroctio activity: (15 minutes)

Begin the class by showing these two video clips i you have Internet access:

(3 minutes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frz43ncf-R8&feature=related

(2 minutes) http://creationthemovie.com/trailer (rom the movie Creation that is about the lie o Charles

Darwin)

Teacher Note: Showing this movie trailer will engage your students in the discussion that will

ollow these clips. I any o your students have seen the movie, they can bring key thoughts to

the discussion. You may have the DVD o the movie and want to bring it to the class.

Supplies Needed: Laptop with DVD player

dicio Qetio:

Whyisthestudyofcreationvs.evolutionvs.BigBangTheorysoimportant?Whathaveyouheard?

Share these quotes with the students to spark discussion (all were said by Charles Darwin,

the ather o the modern evolution theory):

To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances or adjusting the ocus to dierent

distances, or admitting dierent amounts o light, and or the correction o spherical and

chromatic aberration, could have been ormed by natural selection, seems, I reely coness,

absurd in the highest degree.

I cannot persuade mysel that a benefcent and omnipotent God would have designedly

created parasitic wasps with the express intention o their eeding within the living bodies

o Caterpillars.

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect i there is, at bottom,

no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indierence.

I was a young man with uninormed ideas. I threw out queries, suggestions, wondering all thetime over everything; and to my astonishment the ideas took like wildfre. People made a religion

o them.

Atsomefutureperiod,notverydistantasmeasuredbycenturies,thecivilizedracesofmanwillalmost

certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world.


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discover

Bibe story: (30 minutes)

Teacher Note: Genesis 1:1-2 and Psalm 19:1-6 can be eective teaching tools as to the char-

acter and nature o God. Read the Treasure Story verses aloud to start the discussion. In order

to promote thought and personal study by each o the students, break the students up into

three groups and have them present what the ollowing verses reveal to us about God to the

class as a whole.

grop 1

God is tHe only God

geei 1:1

Exo 3:13-16: Then Moses said to God, I I come to the people o Israel and say to

them, The God o your athers has sent me to you, and they ask me, What is his name?

What shall I say to them? God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. And He said, Say this to the

people o Israel, I AM has sent me to you. God also said to Moses, Say this to the people

o Israel, The Lord, the God o your athers, the God o Abraham, the God o Isaac, and the

God o Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name orever, and thus I am to be remem-

bered throughout all generations.

deterooy 6:4: Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.

Exo 20:2-4: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out o the land o Egypt, out

o the house o slavery. You shall have no other gods beore me. You shall not make or

yoursel a carved image, or any likeness o anything that is in heaven above, or that is in

the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

I only one God exists, then that God must be responsible or every creative act. Every

created entity derives its existence, its name, its unction, its basic good nature, its

limitations, and its sustenance rom the one Creator. Paul House, Old Testament

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God reveals Himself to us

P 19:1-3

geei 1:1-2: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without

orm and void, and darkness was over the ace o the deep. And the Spirit o God was hovering over

the ace o the waters.

Ro 1:18-25: For the wrath o God is revealed rom heaven against all ungodliness and

unrighteousness o men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be

known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For His invisible attributes,

namely, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the cre-

ation o the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For althoughthey knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks to Him, but they became utile in

their thinking, and their oolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became ools, and

exchanged the glory o the immortal God or images resembling mortal man and birds

and animals and creeping things. Thereore God gave them up in the lusts o their hearts to

impurity, to the dishonoring o their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth

about God or a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed

orever! Amen.

Jo 1:1-3,14: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was

God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was

not any thing made that was made. And the Word became fesh and dwelt among us, and we have

seen His glory, glory as o the only Son rom the Father, ull o grace and truth. God revealed Him-

sel through Jesus who was in the beginning at creation.

grop 3

God is a Good God

geei 1:31

Je 1:16-18: Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good git and every perect git

is rom above, coming down rom the Father o lights with whom there is no variation or shadowdue to change. O his own will he brought us orth by the word o truth, that we should be a kind

o rstruits o his creatures.

P 103:1-8: Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless

the Lord, O my soul, and orget not all His benets, who orgives all your iniquity, who heals

all your diseases, who redeems your lie rom the pit, who crowns you with steadast love

and mercy, who satises you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagles.




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I A Ab G.Genesis 1:1-2; Psalm 19:1-6

The Lord works righteousness and justice or all who are oppressed. He made known His ways

to Moses, His acts to the people o Israel. The Lord is merciul and gracious, slow to anger andabounding in steadast love. These show kindness, grace, strength, goodness, and power to

relieving oppression.

dicio/Itrtio:ntri Criti Tei

Denitions and Quotes: Put these quotes and denitions on the wall or pass them out to the stu-

dents. Ask students how these quotes are lived out in the culture, movies, books, the church,

among riends and in their amilies. How has what we have just learned rom the Bible applicable

to the ollowing discussions?

Naturalism: the doctrine that scientifc laws are adequate to account or all phenomena

Christian Theism: emphasizes its uniqueness in that the main thrust of the faith is primarily a

person, and not an idea or belie system. Jesus Christwho He is and what He has done or us

is central to Christian theism, and to emphasize any other aspect is a misrepresentation of its

essence. This central role o the person o Jesus Christ is the most distinguishing aspect o Christian the-

ism, setting it apart rom any other world religion.

You can use creation panels rom the Sistine Chapel as seen at this website (hang these pictures in

your room or discussion on how creation is interpreted in art and culture):

http://www.lewisdt.com/epistemology/theism.html

Teacher Note:The Sistine Chapel creation panels can be used as decoration or brought into the

discussion i you have time or it.

Discuss movies, television shows or other media options that are current to your students. The point

is getting your students to actively engage a biblical worldview when participating in culture. This

will look dierent or each student, region and country. Help your students think biblically about

what they see on television or in the movies.



In light o this, those o us who are Christians(1) are obliged to watch movies with wisdom and discernment, being

aware of the messages and moods conveyed on lm; (2) recognize the

power of movies as both reections and shapers of our socio-cultural

context; and (3) recognize that movies often provide an opportunity for

us to discuss with others the hope that is within us. Dr. Bruce Ashford

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I A Ab G.Genesis 1:1-2; Psalm 19:1-6


A grumbling spirit is sinul, because it ails torecognize Gods goodness and kindness in providing for us every good

thing in life that we enjoy. Dr. Bruce Ware, Big Truths for Young

Hearts, pg. 69

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How can you be intentional about showing the love of God to the world this week? One way

the class can show Gods love right now is by sending out cards to those who arent here.

Teacher Note: Check the class roll and have the students write short notes to these absent

classmates.

How can you worship God in His creation as you go outdoors this week?


I God truly created everything or our good and or His glory, then our lives should refect this

in praise and adoration. Guide the students prayer time with these three prayer points:

Praise God for how He speaks. Thank Him for His Word, creation and the Holy Spirit.

Praise God for whom He gives us. Thank Him for relationships with our friends, families,

teachers, etc.

Praise God for what He gives us. Thank Him for material possessions and ask Him for

wisdom in using them or His glory and not just or our enjoyment.


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connecting church and home

How oolish we are when we orget to read andstudy this book [the Bible]. But how wise and blessed we are when we

go to this book constantly for instruction, guidance, correction, and help

with living life as God wants. Dr. Bruce Ware, Big Truths for Young

Hearts, pg. 23


How has God revealed Himsel to us in the past? How does God reveal Himsel to us currently? God

revealed Himsel to mankind through creation; through the birth, death, and resurrection o His Son;

through the Bible; through the Holy Spirit; miraculous deeds; the parting of the Red Sea and raising Laza-

rus rom the dead. He even revealed His might through plagues, foods and in many, many other ways.

connectThis coming Sunday your child(ren) will be studying how God revealed Himsel to man through the

act o creation. To help prepare your child, read Romans 1:20 rom your Bible. The emphasis will be on

God revealing Himsel vs. the actual creation. Creation itsel is not the reality o Genesis 1. What is o

utmost important is that your children would begin to learn that a loving God would choose to reveal

Himsel to them in such an extravagant way. In Romans 1:20, the glory o God is revealed, clearly seen,

and understood through the act o creation so that man has no excuse.

Share with your child that your amily will be learning at church this Sunday some o the many ways

that God has chosen to reveal Himsel to mankind through the creation

Trere Vere: Beore the mountains were brought orth, or ever you had ormed the earth and the

world, rom everlasting to everlasting you are God (Psalm 90:2).

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