BEGINNINGS

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Original text: Katherine Hershey

Revised by Joyce Hatfield
and Lynda Pongracz
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(With additional ideas
from the original text)

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Table of contents

Lesson Page

Introduction 3

Overview 5

Lesson 1 God created 7

Lesson 2 Sin comes into the world 15
Lesson 3 The first children (Cain and Abel) 23
Lesson 4 Walking with God (Enoch) 31
Lesson 5 God will punish sin (Noah) 39

Thank you God (carry-over activity - lesson 1) 47

Summary of steps for counselling the child who wants to come to Christ 48

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Genesis is a book of beginnings. In the first chapters we have the creation of the world, how God made
the first man and woman, the entrance of sin into the world, the beginning of punishment for that sin, the
earliest promise of a Saviour, the origin of playing musical instruments, the first covenant with Noah, etc.
The five lessons in this series provide foundational teaching for the child in understanding the rest of the
Scriptures. We trust that the Holy Spirit will use the teaching of His Word to bring children to know the
God of creation, of righteousness, of grace and of redemption, Who is revealed in the first eight chapters
of Genesis. “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You
have sent” (John 17:3).
Teaching Bible truths
We fall short of our responsibility as teachers if we only tell children Bible stories. It is essential that
children learn the truths those stories were written down to teach us, and that we then take them a step
further to show what that truth means to them in their daily lives. Of course, we cannot in one lesson
cover all the teaching any particular story would provide, so in each of these lessons one central truth has
been chosen. The teaching of the central truth has been woven throughout the narrative, but to help you
in your preparation the teaching sections have been marked “CT”. These are also marked out in the lesson
plan.
You will notice that the central truths are marked with a “U” or an “S” to show the kind of children the
truth is applied to - unsaved or saved. This is also made clear in the text by using phrases such as, “If you
have not trusted the Lord Jesus to forgive your sin ...” or, “Christian, you ...”.
The application of the truth has been highlighted with a line beside the text. You may feel it necessary to
adapt the applications to better suit the children you teach. For example, the application may use a boy’s
name, yet you have only girls present. It could be that the application given is more applicable to older
children, while yours are very young. Make the changes you feel are necessary. The important thing is that
the Word of God is applied to their lives.
Make yourself available for counselling
When you present the Gospel message, there will be children who will respond to it independently. They
may or may not at a later date tell you that they have trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour. There will,
however, be others who would like some help. They may have questions to ask; they may need help or
encouragement in knowing what to say.
As you teach the saved children, there may be times when they would like advice in a difficult situation;
they may need clarification on how a particular lesson applies to their daily lives; they may find themselves
in a situation where they do not know what the Bible says they should do; they may want to share a
difficulty so that you can pray for them, especially if you are the only Christian support they have.
For these reasons it is important that the children know you are available to talk. It is also important that
they know when and where to go when they want to talk to you. Finally, it is essential that unsaved
children do not confuse coming to the Lord Jesus with coming to you.
In all cases you should not make yourself available at the same time as giving the Gospel invitation, so that
the children never get the impression that they cannot come to Christ without coming through you, or
that they are saved simply by waiting to speak to you.

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An example for use with the unsaved child

“Do you really want to live for the Lord Jesus, but don’t know how to come to Him? I will be glad to
explain it from the Bible; come and see me. I’ll be standing by that tree when the meeting is over. Remember,
I can’t take away your sin - only the Lord Jesus can do that - but I will be glad to help you understand better
how you can come to Him. Just come and sit with me under that tree.”

An example for use with the saved child

“If you have trusted the Lord Jesus as your Saviour and you have never told me about it, please let me
know. I’ll be standing beside the piano after the meeting is finished. I would like to know if you too have
trusted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, so that I can pray for you and perhaps help you.”
Memory verses
A Scripture verse to teach the children is suggested for each lesson. If you are teaching the lessons as a
series over five weeks it would be advisable to choose two or three verses to teach well, which the children
will then remember. If you try to teach all five, the children may not really know any of them well.
Practise placing the flannelgraph figures
Practise using the visuals and changing the scenes before you go to teach. Become thoroughly familiar
with all the figures and know when you need to use them in the lesson. Scenic backgrounds can be
purchased to use with these lessons. We give suggestions before each scene, but they are by no means
essential. All your teaching can be done on one plain flannel.
Extra visual aids
On a piece of card print out the words of the central truth for each lesson; back it with pieces of flocked
paper. (Use lower case letters, so that even the younger ones can read the words easily.) Put this card on the
board at the beginning of the class or when you first teach the central truth in the lesson.
Additional helps
Along the left and right margins additional helps are provided, giving background information and optional
ideas on how to add interest to your lesson.
These ideas are designed to incorporate different learning styles. For effective learning, some children
need to see or write, others need to hear or speak, others need to touch or handle, and still others need
active participation.
You can use these ideas in your club as time allows.
Review questions
For each lesson some review questions are given. These can be used after the lesson or the following week,
before teaching the new lesson.
Review time, if conducted in an orderly way, can be an ideal opportunity to reinforce what you have
taught, while still being fun for the children. You can use this time ...
1 to find out how much the children are understanding and remembering.
2 to help you as a teacher to know what you need to emphasise more so that the children will remember
better.
3 to provide a time of fun in the class. The children like competition and look forward to this part of
the programme. But it is more than just a game: it is a time of learning.
In this textbook only questions on the lesson are included. It would be profitable to include questions also
on the songs, verse and whatever else you teach. In this way the children realise that every part of the
programme is important.

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Overview

Lesson Central Application Memory verse

truth
God created God is Creator Unsaved: Trust Jesus Christ so that you “In the beginning God created the
can truly worship God your heavens and the earth” Genesis 1:1
Genesis 1:1-2:8
Creator
Saved: Worship Him

Sin comes into the Each one of us is a Unsaved: Turn from your sin to Jesus “… through one man sin entered the
world sinner Christ who alone can take world, and death through sin, and thus
away your sin death spread to all men, because all
Genesis 2:9,15-25
sinned” Romans 5:12
Genesis 3:1-24
2 Corinthians 11:3

The first children You must come to Unsaved: You must trust Jesus Christ Review Romans 5:12
(Cain and Abel) God in His way as your Saviour, He is the
Or
only way to God
Genesis 4:1-16
“... No one comes to the Father except
Hebrews 11:4 Saved: Thank God that you have
through Me” John 14:6
trusted in Christ, the way to
God

Walking with God You can know Unsaved: You come to know Him “And this is eternal life, that they may
(Enoch) God through Jesus Christ know You, the only true God, and Jesus
Christ whom You have sent” John 17:3
Genesis 4:16-22, Saved: Get to know Him better
25-26
Genesis 5:1-29
Hebrews 11:5

God will punish God will punish Unsaved: Come to Christ and you will Review John 17:3
sin (Noah) sin be safe from judgement
Or
Genesis 6:1 - 9:17 Saved: You can be sure you are safe
“There is therefore now no
Hebrews 11:7 from judgement
condemnation to those who are
2 Peter 2:5
in Christ Jesus ...” Romans 8:1

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God created

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Genesis 1:1-2:8

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“You did not make yourself very popular”

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God is Creator

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Unsaved: Trust Jesus Christ so that you can truly

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The earth is without form

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worship God your Creator

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Day 1 God creates light CT

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Saved: Worship Him
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Day 2 God creates sky and sea CT
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earth” Genesis 1:1 Day 4 God creates sun, moon and stars
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CTU
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Š Flashcards: 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5 and 1-6 Day 5 God creates fish and birds CTS
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Day 6 God creates animals

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Š Figures: B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4, B-5, B-6 and B-7

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Climax
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Š Backgrounds (optional): Use plain background

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God creates man CTU

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for all scenes

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Conclusion
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sheet of white construction paper and cut in a

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Day 7 God rests CTS, CTU

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circle the same size as other circles for this lesson.

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And
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Š For flashcard 1-6 or flannelgraph figure B-7, cut

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a section of plain paper large enough to cover

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the man on the visual aid. (The paper may be

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attached with blu-tac. Remove when you speak

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of man’s creation.)
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Š Something you have made (eg knitted sweater,

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paper flowers, soft toy, etc)

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Carry-over activity
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each child can have one. Have pencils, felt tips

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and/or crayons ready. Plan that each child will

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have something to lean on as they draw.

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Since the theory of

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evolution is freely taught “You didn’t make yourself very popular in class today,” remarked

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in schools, take this

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Philip as he and Richard walked home from school. “The teacher

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children see the problems wasn’t very pleased with you.”

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with this theory and the
“I know,” sighed Richard, “but I can’t do anything about that.”

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account. For further helps “Does it really matter how the world began?” asked Philip. “If it
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and explantion refer to the
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started with a Big Bang as the teacher said, that’s OK with me. If
God made everything, that’s OK with me too.”
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Resource Bible (Thomas

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Nelson Publishers,
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“Yes, but the Bible tells us that God created everything. He should
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Nashville, 1993), pages

get the praise for doing it. I just couldn’t sit there and say nothing.”
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650-653, 1614-1618.
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Richard was right. The Bible does tell us clearly that, “In the beginning
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and show the book of in the first book of the Bible - Genesis. Genesis means “beginnings”.
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Genesis. Read the verse

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the answer to that question. We just know that it was long, long, long
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The date of creation has ago. Way back God created the earth. At first the earth was dark and
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been a point of empty (place black circle). There were no clouds, no trees, no birds, no
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speculation among
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theologians for centuries.

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It has been placed Place symbol for God (B-1).

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anywhere from 6984 BC

But God was there. He has always been. God the Spirit moved over
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to 3483 BC. Although the

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exact date is not known, it this dark, empty mass ... something wonderful was going to happen!
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is generally believed that

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the Earth is far younger

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than some scientists

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would have us think. God spoke, “Let there be light,” (Genesis 1:3) and there was light!
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There was no sun, no moon, but there was light.

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Just by speaking God had created light. Then God divided the light
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from the darkness. He called the light “day”, and the darkness “night”.
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That was the first day of God’s creation.

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Now there was light filtering through the waters. God spoke again,
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saying that the waters should separate. And so it happened! The whole
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world became a big ocean and above it a great sky with a “blanket”
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of clouds.
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do such wonderful things, simply by speaking. But He did. How great

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is our Creator God! He has all power.

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God continued to carry out His wonderful, perfect plan for the

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universe. So He spoke again. “Let the waters below the sky be gathered

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into one place and let the dry land appear” (from Genesis 1:9). And

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it happened as God said it should. The waters moved together to

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one place and allowed dry land to appear. God called the land “earth”

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and the water “sea”. On that same day God spoke again. “Let the

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earth produce plants” (from Genesis 1:11). It happened just as He

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said!

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God used nothing to create these plants; He just spoke. I have brought CTS

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with me something I have made (perhaps a knitted sweater, paper flowers, soft toy,

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etc). When I was making it I needed ... (outline what materials you needed, also the

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“tools” you used). If I hadn’t those things, if I had nothing, I just could

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not make it. You too like to make things but you need paper, glue,

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scissors, nails, etc. Only God can make things from nothing - He is

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very different from us! He is far, far greater. That is why the plants

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just started to grow. He also planned that the growing things had

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seeds so that more plants, grass and trees could grow from their

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seed. Even today it is just like that. Sow poppy seeds and you get
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poppies. Put acorns in the ground and you get oak trees. That was ○
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who created it? Or when you look up at a giant oak tree, do you think
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of God the Creator? Do you ever say to Him, “God, You are so
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wonderful and great - thank You for making this”? God wants you to
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believe what is written in the Bible about Him creating the world. He
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also wants you to tell Him that you love Him and thank Him for all
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that He has made. He wants you to tell Him often, “God, You are
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very great, I love You and praise You for everything You have made.”
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He deserves all the praise we can give Him - and far, far more! Only
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He could make such beautiful trees and plants from nothing. That all
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happened on the third wonderful day of creation.

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What would happen on day 4? God spoke again and created the sun,
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the moon and the stars

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Place circle showing sun, moon and stars (B-5).

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The sun is a great burning ball that gives light. The moon reflects the Flashcard 1-4
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light of the sun. There are billions of stars and galaxies. God placed
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each one at exactly the right spot. And they have stayed perfectly in
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orbit for hundreds and thousands of years (Isaiah 40:26). We can

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CTU even use them to tell the correct time. Don’t you feel ashamed that

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you do not love, worship and obey this great Creator God? It is sinful

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to disobey Him. It is wrong and bad not to love Him and not to give

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Him praise for all the things He has created. Perhaps you know that

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you are guilty today. When you think of His greatness, you are even

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a bit fearful. Have you left God the Creator out of your life? Will you

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not turn to Him today? The Bible says that Jesus Christ His Son died
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for sinners; He is the One who can bring you back to God. Ask Him
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love, obey and praise Him as you should. The Bible says that the
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Lord Jesus is able to perfectly save those who come to God through
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Him (Hebrews 7:25). If you are concerned and do not know yet how
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you can come to God through Jesus Christ, stay in your seat when
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the meeting is over. I’ll know you want to talk to me and I will try to
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answer your questions from the Bible. It is very important that you
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come to God, and then love and obey Him as your Creator. He is the
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One who made the sun, the moon and stars and put each in its place.
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On the fifth day God spoke again. “Let the waters be filled with
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swarms of living things, and let birds fly in the sky” (from Genesis
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1:20).
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CTS From nothing, only by His Word, God created big whales, tiny little
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Preschoolers will enjoy goldfish and all sizes in between. He created eagles and sea-gulls.
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pretending to be birds Can you tell me some of the birds you know?
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flying and fish swimming.

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Yes, God made them all. He said that each fish would have fish
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“according to its kind” (from Genesis 1:21). That means from trouts’
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eggs would come baby trout, not sharks! The birds would lay eggs.
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From a sparrow’s egg would come a sparrow and not a raven. That is
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still how it happens today.

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No-one, not even the cleverest man, can make a real live sparrow, or
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darting goldfish. Only God can do this and we should be praising

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and thanking Him. Sometimes even those of us who love the Lord
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Jesus forget to thank God for what He has made. We do not tell Him
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He is very, very great and that we love Him. We just ask for things,
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but God wants us to worship Him. That means that we should think
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about His greatness and then tell Him from our hearts that He is
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great. We can worship Him too when we sing songs about His
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greatness and really mean them. Christian boy and girl, those of you
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who know and love the Lord Jesus, God wants you to worship Him.
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He deserves your praise. Some words in the Bible say, “Oh come, let
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(Psalm 95:6). That is what you should do when you think about how

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He created the world - worship Him!

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Day six came and again God spoke, “Let the earth bring forth living

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creature” (Genesis 1:24).

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Place circle showing animals (B-7) but with man covered.

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God made the animals from nothing. He made cattle, cows, sheep, CT

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horses and goats. He made cats and dogs too. He made creeping

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things - lizards, snails, worms and spiders. He made monkeys and (man covered)

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dinosaurs - each one was a wonderful creation. God planned it that Let preschoolers act out

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sheep would have lambs, cats would have kittens, elephants would

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the different animals

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have baby elephants, hens chicks, monkeys baby monkeys. That is

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the way it has always been and it is like that today. There are so many

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different kinds of animals in the world and the Lord God is their

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Creator. We read in the Bible what He thought of His creation, “God

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saw that it was good” (Genesis 1:25).

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However, animals were not His only creation on this sixth day. God

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your Bible.

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made something more wonderful, more special - different from all

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He had created. He made man - a grown-up man. God the Father,
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special creation, for we read in the Bible, “Let Us make man in Our
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image, according to Our likeness” (Genesis 1:26), they said. The Bible reference to the work of
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the Trinity. You may not

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the ground. discussion of the Trinity

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with younger children, but

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such a special, different creation. The Bible tells us that God breathed
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into the body of the first man “and man became a living being” older class.
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(Genesis 2:7). CTU

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man to be like Himself in some ways. So you and I are very different
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from the animals. How are we different? We can think up new ideas
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and make new things - animals don’t do that. We can really talk with
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other people and with God - animals cannot. We can choose - animals
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don’t make real choices. Most of all, we can know and worship God.
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We were made to know our Creator, to worship Him and to be with

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Him forever. An animal cannot know God. When an animal dies,

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that man is just a higher

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form of animal. Help

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wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14). children see the unique

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praise God each day. He is the great Creator. He deserves your praise,
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worship your Creator God, you can come to Jesus Christ today. If
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that lives on and on.)

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almighty, all-powerful God.)

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between the teams.

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Supply each child with a sheet as shown on page 47.

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question, a child may

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Scripture for teachers Lesson outline

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Genesis 2:9,15-25

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Introduction

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Genesis 3:1-24

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2 Corinthians 11:3 “I wish there were no weeds in the world”

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Central truth Progression of events

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Each one of us is a sinner

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1 Adam names the animals

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Application

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2 God creates a woman

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Unsaved: Turn from your sin to Jesus Christ who
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“… through one man sin entered the world, and 4 Satan tempts Eve
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death through sin, and thus death spread to all men,

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5 Eve tastes the fruit and gives to Adam

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because all sinned” Romans 5:12

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7 They try to hide

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Š Flashcards: 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5 and 2-6 8 God talks with them
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9 God punishes - the serpent, Adam and Eve

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Š Backgrounds (optional): Outdoor or garden

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scene God promises a Saviour

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Conclusion
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Jesus Christ wants to save you

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“I wish there were no weeds in the world,” grumbled Alexander as

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he helped his father clear the back garden. They had recently moved

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Though the exact location house and the back garden was full of weeds, thistles and briars.

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of the Garden of Eden is

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“At one time there were no weeds or thistles,” replied his dad, “but it

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unknown, most

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it is located north of the
Persian Gulf, near the ○
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Tigris and Euphrates
“It was when Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden. Adam
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Rivers. See Genesis

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2:10-14. The location of never had to worry about weeds.”

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the other two rivers

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mentioned in this
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which scratched his face.

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passage is unknown.
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Yes, the world was a very different place when Adam lived in the
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Garden of Eden.
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Place Adam (B-9).

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Adam enjoyed looking after the garden. God gave him a special job
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to do. He showed Adam the animals one by one and ...

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Place animals (B-10).

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Adam named all the animals. God must have made Adam very wise
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so that he could give names to them all. He did not have to hide from
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the tigers or lions. There was not one animal that was dangerous.
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The animals did not fight, kill, or eat one another. All was peaceful in
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that perfect world.

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Allow preschoolers to But Adam was lonely. He could not be really close friends with any
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of the animals; he was different. Can you remember in what ways he

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name and make the

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sounds of various animals

was different?
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that came to Adam.

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Allow children to respond.

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God knew that it wasn’t good for Adam to be alone and He had a
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plan to take care of that too.

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Place Adam (B-11).

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God put Adam into a deep sleep. While Adam slept, guess what
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God did. He took out one of his ribs and closed up the place from
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which He had taken it. But what was He going to do with the rib? He
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did something very wonderful which only God can do. He made the
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rib into another person, a woman.

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pretend to sleep like

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Adam.
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Replace Adam (B-11) with figure B-9 and place Eve (B-12).

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What a surprise for Adam when he wakened! There she was - a

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beautiful woman. God gave her to Adam to be his wife. What a

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wonderful gift for Adam! Adam was no longer alone. He had someone

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to talk to and to love. He gave his wife a name - Eve.

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Even before God made Eve He had said to Adam, “I have given you

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the trees of the garden for food. You may eat of all of them, except

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one. You must not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and

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evil.” There were many trees for Adam and Eve to enjoy, but they

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must remember this rule, “Do not eat of the tree of the knowledge

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of good and evil. If you eat of it, you will surely die” (from Genesis

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2:16-17). God had made them. He knew what was best for them. He

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had every right to tell Adam and Eve what to do and what not to do.

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It is the same for you and me. He is our Maker and our Ruler. He has CTU

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commanded us what to do, and what not to do. Can you tell me

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some of the things God has commanded we should do?

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For example, love God with all your heart, love your neighbour, obey your parents.

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not do?
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For example, do not covet, do not steal, do not tell lies.

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These are God’s rules, we read them in the Bible. There is nobody
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here in club who has obeyed God’s rules every day since he was
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born. I have disobeyed God, so have you. God calls disobedience

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“sin”. The Bible says, “All have sinned” (Romans 3:23). In your heart Read, or have an older
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you know that is true - you know that you have disobeyed God. child read, the verse from
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your Bible.
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Adam and Eve did not know at that time what it was to sin.
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But there was someone in God’s world who was determined that
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they would sin. This person hated God and wanted to spoil God’s
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world. He wanted Adam and Eve to be bad, rather than good. This
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person was Satan, God’s great enemy. Once he had been an angel in
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Heaven but he did not stay pure and good. He rebelled against God
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and God turned him out of Heaven as a punishment. He was a

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powerful enemy. But he was not as powerful as God. Satan (we also
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call him the devil) knew that if he could get Adam and Eve to disobey
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God they too could not live with God. That is just what Satan wanted,
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so he set out to trick them into disobeying their Creator and Ruler.
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He had a very crafty plan. He got one of the most beautiful animals,
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the serpent, to talk to Eve as she walked among the trees of the
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garden.
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“Did God really say that you must not eat of any tree in the garden?”

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the serpent asked.

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Is that what God had said? No, Satan was trying to trick Eve into
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believing that God hardly allowed her and Adam to eat of any tree.
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Children might enjoy

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But God had allowed them to eat the fruit of all the trees, except
role-playing the one. He was very kind and generous to them.
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conversation between the

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“We may eat of the fruit of all the trees except the fruit from the tree
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serpent and Eve. Print the

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dialogue on cards for in the middle of the garden. God said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor
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them to read.
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touch it, or you shall surely die,’ ” Eve replied.

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Satan, using the serpent, wanted Eve to question what God said.
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“No, you shall not surely die. God knows that when you eat of that
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tree you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” The devil wanted
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Eve to think that God was trying to cheat her out of getting the best
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in life. Foolishly Eve listened to him. She moved closer to the tree
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and looked at the fruit. It looked so good ... really delicious. She
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thought she would like to be wise and know evil as well as good. She
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reached out her hand, touched the fruit and took it from the tree.
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Then she tasted it. She called her husband and gave him some fruit
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and he ate it too.

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them and done so many wonderful things for them. Now they knew
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about evil, about sin.

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They were afraid to meet God; they no longer truly loved Him. They
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felt very guilty. Now they were sinners. Because Adam and Eve gave
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in to Satan and disobeyed God, every person in the world today is a

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CT sinner too. Their sin made a big difference to you and me. It means
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that you and I are born sinners (Romans 3:23, 5:18). We are born
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wanting to disobey God, rather than obey Him. It’s a bit like being in
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a football team (adapt example to your situation) and someone in your team is
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going for a goal. If he scores, he does it for the whole team. If he

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misses, the whole team loses out. Adam is like the leader of our
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team; he “missed the goal”, by disobeying God, so we all lose out.

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All of us are disobedient and guilty because Adam was. The Bible
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sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned” (Romans
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child read, the verse from

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5:12).
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With Adam’s sin a great change came into the world.

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Adam and Eve felt ashamed. Suddenly they knew they were naked

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and hurriedly sewed fig leaves together as clothes.

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God had warned that they would surely die if they disobeyed His

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command. Did that happen? Their bodies did not die immediately,

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although after many years that did happen. But at that moment Adam

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and Eve did die in another way, in a more dreadful way. Before their

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disobedience they had known God and loved Him in a very special

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way. Each day in the evening, God had come to the Garden of Eden

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and talked with them. They had always looked forward to those times.

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destroyed. The Bible calls it “death” to be separated from God and

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one of us too. The Bible says, “in Adam all die” (1 Corinthians 15:22).

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on in your sinful way, you will never live with God, but will be

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separated from Him forever. This is the worst thing that could happen

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to anyone. How sad that sin came into our world!

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Adam and Eve were afraid; they tried to hide from God - but nobody
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can do that! God knew exactly what had happened and where they ○
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were. He came to talk with them.

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“Adam, where are you?” He asked.

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Adam replied, “I heard Your voice in the garden and I was afraid and Eve answering God’s
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because I was naked and I hid myself.”

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questions.
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Then God said, “How did you know you were naked? Have you
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eaten the fruit of the tree that I commanded you not to eat?”
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Adam who was now bad, rather than good, started to blame his wife.
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He said, “The woman You gave me, she gave me some of the fruit
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of the tree and I ate it.”

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Eve tried to blame the serpent, “It was the serpent, he persuaded me
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and I took the fruit.”

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our sin. You say, “It was my sister, she started the quarrel,” or “I
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didn’t mean to swear, it just happened,” or “I didn’t really lie, I was

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just pretending.” God knows who is to blame. When you disobey

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Him, you are to blame! He wants you to be willing to say, “God, I

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have sinned, I am to blame.” Adam and Eve didn’t want to own up

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to God but He knew everything they had done. He told them what
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would happen because of their sin.

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crawl on your belly, and you will eat dust all the days of your life.”

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people would be afraid of it and hate it. Since that day all snakes

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crawl on the ground.

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when you are having children. And your husband shall rule over you.”

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God told Adam that from that time on he would have to work very
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hard to get enough food to eat. Thorns, weeds and thistles would
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grow, making it difficult for crops to do well. Adam would work and
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work, often sweating. Then he would die and his body would become
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dust.
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He placed heavenly creatures, cherubim, and a flaming sword flashing

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back and forth at the entrance, so they could never, never go back.
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Those perfect, happy days were over because Adam and Eve had
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disobeyed their Maker and Ruler.

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The fig leaf clothes they wore were not very good. God gave them
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far better clothes made from skins of animals.

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The animals had to be killed for Adam and Eve to have these clothes.
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only through death and the pouring out of blood.

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God also gave a wonderful promise. God promised that one day He
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would send Someone Who would destroy Satan’s power. Someone

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Who could bring us back to God. You and I very much need that
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Who can bring you back to God, so that you are not separated from
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Him anymore. Jesus Christ is the only One Who can save you from
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your disobedience. He can help you to obey God, rather than

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disobeying Him. But you must depend on the Lord Jesus to do that
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child read, the verse from passed from death into life” (John 5:24). If you are truly sorry for
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don’t have to speak out loud) that you are sorry. Thank Him for

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being punished for your sin. Tell Him you want Him to be your

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Saviour. Ask Him to help you to obey God. It is a wonderful thing Review game

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The jump game

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strip of tape on the floor

ground; sickness, weakness and pain came into the world; death
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with adequate space in

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came into the world; animals eating each other; thorns, weeds
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where he lands.
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The first children (Cain and Abel)

Scripture for teachers Lesson outline

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Genesis 4:1-16

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Introduction

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Hebrews 11:4

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The birth of the first baby

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Central truth

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You must come to God in His way Progression of events

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Application

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1 Abel is born

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Unsaved: You must trust Jesus Christ as your

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3 Cain becomes a farmer
Christ, the way to God 4 Abel becomes a shepherd
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5 Abel brings an offering to God

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7 God accepts Abel and his offering

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8 God rejects Cain and his offering CTU

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“... No one comes to the Father except through Me”

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9 Cain is jealous and angry

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John 14:6
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10 God gives Cain another chance CTU

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11 Cain murders Abel

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B-22, B-23, B-24, B-25 and B-26

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Conclusion
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Cain leaves God’s presence CTU

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Flashcard 3-1

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Scene 1

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Place Eve and baby Cain (B-17).

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Adam and Eve looked with joy at their little baby boy. He was the

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first baby ever born in our world. Adam and Eve must have examined

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those tiny fingers, toes and ears. “We will name him Cain,” said Eve,
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to cradle a baby in their
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arms.
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Cain means “acquired.”

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Eve apparently
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recognised that her son Place Adam, Eve and two boys (B-18).
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was given to her by God.

Some time afterwards a second baby was born to them. They named
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Flashcard 3-2 him Abel. Adam and Eve enjoyed watching Cain and Abel grow,
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Abel means “breath.” seeing them learn to walk, hearing them learn to talk. When the boys
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got older they must have asked, “Tell us about the Garden of Eden.”
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You may want to choose

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four children to role-play

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Ask the children to pretend they are Adam and Eve and share what they would tell the boys.
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this pretend conversation

Include the beauty of the place, their friendship with God, life being easy, no weeds, no death, the
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between Adam and Eve

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cherubim at the entrance.

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and their children. Print

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the words on cards for

“Doesn’t God love us now?” perhaps the boys asked.
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them to say.
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CT As far as we know Adam and Eve explained, “Yes, although we don’t

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deserve it, God has been kind to us. He has shown us a way to be
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forgiven. When we are sorry for our sin and kill an animal, letting its
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blood pour out, then God forgives us. It is important that you
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remember that.” Even thousands of years before the Lord Jesus came
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God gave a picture of the only way to come to Him. The animal
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dying was a picture of what God’s Son would do. We cannot come
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near to God because of our sin. But Jesus Christ, God’s Son, had no
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sin. He came from Heaven. He lived a perfect life and then died on
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the cross in the place of sinners like you and me. His precious blood
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poured out to put away our sin. He is not dead today - for He rose
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from the dead and He alone is the One who can bring you back to
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God. This is God’s way and there is no other way to come to Him. It
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is very important that you remember this, just as it was very important
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for Cain and Abel to remember about the animal sacrifices.

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Cain and Abel never went to school. Their parents taught them. They
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learned about farming. They learned to work. They helped with pulling
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out the weeds, and many times they became hot and tired long before
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the work was finished.

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But Adam and Eve did not have to teach their boys how to quarrel
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or disobey. They did wrong things without being taught because they
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were born sinners, wanting to disobey God, rather than wanting to

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CT obey Him. It is the same with you and me. You find it easy to tell a lie
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to get out of trouble. It is easy to think mean things about the teacher.
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Very quickly you lose your temper and shout. These wrong things
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(called sin in the Bible) keep you away from God. You must have

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that sin forgiven or you can never live with Him. God is the One

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Who decides how a sinner can come to Him. You and I must come

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to Him, in His way. This was true for Cain and Abel too.

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Place Cain (B-21).

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As the boys grew older Cain enjoyed learning about growing things -

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plants, vegetables, flowers, fruit. He pulled weeds and worked hard

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to get good crops. He liked to feel the soft earth as he worked in it,

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planting, hoeing and raking. He was proud of the beautiful plants

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and trees and delicious food he grew. The Bible says, “Cain was a Preschoolers will enjoy

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tiller of the ground,” (Genesis 4:2) which means he was a farmer. pretending to be

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shepherds like Abel and

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Place Abel (B-19) and sheep (B-20).

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farmers like Cain.

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Abel liked animals better than plants and trees. He especially enjoyed

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the sheep and the lambs. He protected them from danger. He led

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them to food and water. The Bible says, “Abel was a keeper of sheep,”

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(Genesis 4:2) which means he was a shepherd.

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think about how things were between them and God. Their sin kept
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them away from God. Something had to be done about it. From
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Adam and Eve they had learned the one way to come to God and be It is not clear from
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forgiven. That way was the death of an animal in their place, when scripture whether Cain
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and Abel had observed

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the blood of the animal would pour out. In Hebrews 9:22 we read
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Adam bringing offerings

that “without shedding of blood there is no remission [forgiveness]”.
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to God or if God had

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That was God’s way.

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somehow communicated
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that offerings were to be

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Scene 4 brought, but it is apparent

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from Genesis 4:3 that

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Remove sheep (B-20). there was a set time for

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offerings to be made.
Would they come God’s way? Abel went out to his sheep and carefully
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looked at them. He chose the very best, killed it, let the blood pour
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out.
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Place Abel’s altar (B-23).

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As he did that, he trusted God to forgive him his sin. The Bible tells
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us he had faith in God (Hebrews 11:4). He came to God in the way

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God had shown he should. How wise! God wants you to know that
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you too must come to Him in His way. His way now is not through CTU
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the killing of an animal. God’s way for you is to come through Jesus You may need to explain
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Christ. He is called the “Lamb of God” in the Bible. God gave His “sacrifice”.
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only Son to be the last sacrifice for sin forever. Jesus Christ died for
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sin on the cross. His precious blood was given for our forgiveness.
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See Hebrews 11:4. Abel

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You must be willing to turn from your sin, believe that Jesus Christ is mentioned first in a list
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of Bible people who were

was the sacrifice for your sin, and ask the Lord Jesus to forgive you.
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CTS That is the only way to God. If you have come to God through the

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Lord Jesus, you should thank Him every day that your sins have been

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counted righteous before

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God because of their forgiven and that you belong to Him. If you do not come in God’s

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faith. Abel’s faith must

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way, you cannot come to God at all. Abel came to God in God’s way.

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have embraced the
Would his brother do the same?

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promise God made in

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Genesis 3:15 of a Saviour
Cain looked at the things he had grown, the fruit and vegetables he

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to come.

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was so proud of. Perhaps he thought, “Nothing could be better than
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these. I am sure God will be pleased. I’m sure He will welcome me.
What I am doing is very good.”
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But this was not the way God had shown.

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Perhaps you are like Cain - you have your own ideas about how you
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can be welcomed by God and forgiven. Maybe you think, “I try to be

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good, and I am better than most in my class at school anyway.” No

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matter how good you are, you are still a sinner. Trying to be good
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will never make you right with God. That is not His way - His way is
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CTU through Jesus Christ.

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Perhaps you think, “I say my prayers, I go to Holy Communion and

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church.” But these things in themselves do not bring you to God; the
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way to God is through Jesus Christ.

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Or maybe someone has told you, “You are still young, God will never
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keep you out of Heaven.” The Bible says that even since you were
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born you have gone against God (Romans 3:23, 5:18). You are not
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very old, but you too must come God’s way, through Jesus Christ.
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Are you trying to come to God your way, rather than God’s - just like
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Cain?
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What will God think of Cain’s and Abel’s different offerings? God
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There are differing

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opinions as to why Cain’s made it very clear what He thought. The Bible says that God accepted
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offering was rejected by

Abel and his offering of the animal. Abel was forgiven by God. How
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God.
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CTU thankful and happy he was! You can be just like him - forgiven and
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Some commentators welcomed by God. You must believe that Jesus Christ bled and died
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believe it had more to do as a sacrifice for your sin, you must depend on Him to forgive you.
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with the type of offering

If you do, then God will accept you, you will be right with Him.
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brought. Some also feel

Perhaps you are saying to yourself, “Yes, I want to be like that, but I
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that the system of

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offerings was not don’t know how.” If so, I will be happy to explain more to you about
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established until the it from the Bible at the end of the meeting. Just stay in your seat (or
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Levitical laws. However,

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designate other place) when the others leave and I will know you want to
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burnt offerings are

talk with me about how you can be right with God like Abel.
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mentioned in the book

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of Job, the oldest book

Cain, however, was neither happy nor thankful. God made it very
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of the Bible (Job 42:8).

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plain that He did not accept Cain or his offering. His offering was
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distinguishes Abel’s not what God had commanded. Cain’s heart and life were full of sin
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and Cain didn’t want to turn from that sin. He did not want to come
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offering as being given

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CTU to God in God’s way. How sad that you could be like Cain. You try to
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be good, you pray and go to church. You are not depending on Jesus
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Christ alone to forgive you. You too must know for sure God will by faith, it seems likely

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that he was following the
not accept you, because you must come in His way. God will not

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example set by God when

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change His mind about that. He always means what He says. So He

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the animals were slain to

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refused Cain and his offering. Cain was jealous of his brother, he was make coverings for Adam

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angry with God. On his face he had a dark scowl.

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consistent in teaching

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Abel’s altar (B-23). righteousness is always

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faith in the Lord Jesus

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“Why are you angry Cain?” God asked. “Why do you look so mean?

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Christ and His blood

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If you do what is right I will accept you. Right now, sin is crouching sacrifice for sin. Abel’s

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like a wild animal, ready to get you. Which way are you going to go?” faith looked forward to

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that promise, while our

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God was giving Cain another chance. How kind He is! Which way faith looks back on the

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would Cain go, God’s way or his own? Sadly, Cain kept the angry promise fulfilled.

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scowl on his face and the jealous thoughts in his heart. He refused to

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bring an animal sacrifice. He did not have faith in God.

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Is there a boy or a girl here today and God is speaking to you again?

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You remember a time when you knew that you must come to Jesus

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Christ and depend on Him to take away your sin. But you didn’t do

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it. Today, it is just the same. Deep down in your heart you know that
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been very kind to you though you didn’t deserve it. Trust in Jesus
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Christ, do it today. The Bible says, “Now is the day of salvation” CTU
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(2 Corinthians 6:2). Don’t be like Cain who refused God’s kindness. Read, or have an older
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determined to get his own back on his brother.

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One day they were in the field together and Cain did a dreadful thing
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- he murdered his brother. Thud! Abel’s body fell to the ground and
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his blood made the earth around it red.

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Perhaps Cain thought, “We are alone. Nobody has seen what I did.”
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But he was wrong. God saw, and God spoke.

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“Cain, where is your brother Abel?”

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“I don’t know where he is,” Cain lied. “Must I take care of him?”
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giving Cain a chance to confess his sin and turn from it. But Cain
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didn’t want God’s kindness, he did not want to come to God in God’s

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way.

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God spoke again. “Cain, what have you done? Your brother’s blood

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calls to me from the ground. The ground which soaked up his blood

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shall not be your friend any longer. You will never again be able to

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grow beautiful fruit and vegetables. From now on all your hard work

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will only bring you small crops and little fruit. You will have no place
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to live, you will be a wanderer.”
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always fair. If you refuse to come to God in His way then you too
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must be punished for your sin. God must put you away from Him
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forever. Don’t you see how important it is to be forgiven in the way

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God says, and to come to God in His way?

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Cain foolishly refused. When he heard what was going to happen to

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him he was scared and sorry for himself.

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“My punishment is too great,” he whined. “As I wander around the

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earth and other people get to know who I am, they’ll kill me.”
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“I will protect you from that,” God said. “I will put a mark on you so
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It is not known whether anyone will know you are Cain and I will also let them know that if
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they kill you, they will be severely punished.”

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other type of indication. God was still showing kindness to Cain. But the next words in the
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Read, or have an older Lord” (Genesis 4:16).

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child read, the verse from

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your Bible.
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He also left his father and mother and went to a far away country
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called Nod. There he lived a lonely life. Had he made a good choice?
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No! He refused to come to God in God’s way so he was far away

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from God, still full of sin.

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God, turn away from them. Trust Jesus Christ. Just where you are
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sitting, without talking out loud, tell Him, “Lord Jesus, You are the
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way to God. I know You sacrificed Yourself on the cross for my sin.
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Please forgive me and make me right with God.” This is God’s way.
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String drop 1 Who was the first baby ever born? (Cain.)
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2 Which son was a shepherd and which son was a farmer? (Abel
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was a shepherd and Cain was a farmer.)

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teams and ask questions

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of the teams alternately.

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3 Why did Cain and Abel have to bring an offering? (Because there
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4 What is the death of the lamb a picture of? (Of the death of the over a paper plate and try

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Lord Jesus.)

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string on it. If the entire

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5 How could you be like Cain? (Trying to come to God in my own string lands on the plate

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he earns 100 points;
way - like trying to be good, etc.)

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50 points if only part of

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6 How could you be like Abel? (Coming to God in His way - believe the string lands on the

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plate; 25 points if the

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that the Lord Jesus died for my sin and ask Him to forgive me.)

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string misses the plate.

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7 Which son was accepted by God? (Abel - he believed God.)

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8 How did Cain feel about this? (He was very angry.)

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9 What did Cain do to his brother? (He killed Abel.)

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10 How did God punish Cain? (His hard work would only give him

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small crops and he would be a wanderer.)

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Lesson 4
Walking with God (Enoch)

Scripture for teachers Lesson outline

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Genesis 4:16-22,25-26

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Introduction

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Genesis 5:1-29

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Hebrews 11:5 Philip and the TV star CT

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Central truth Progression of events

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You can know God

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1 Cain’s descendants are clever

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Application

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2 They do not know God CT

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Unsaved: You come to know Him through Jesus
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Christ 3 Birth of Seth
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Saved: Get to know Him better 4 Birth of Enoch

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Memory verse CTU

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5 Enoch knows God

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“And this is eternal life, that they may know You, CTS
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- knowing God by talking

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the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have - knowing God by listening CTS
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sent” John 17:3 - knowing God by spending time CTS

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Visual aids - knowing God by obeying CTS

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Š Flashcards: 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5 and 4-6

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Climax and conclusion

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Or
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Enoch is taken to Heaven

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Š Figures: B-1, B-16, B-27, B-28, B-29, B-30 and

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B-31
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Š Backgrounds (optional): No scenic backgrounds

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are needed for this lesson. A plain blue may be

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used for final scenes.

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And
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Š Prepare wordstrips: “talk”, “listen”, “spend time”

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and “obey”.
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Š Choose two children who are close friends and

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prepare dialogue with them a few days before

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club/meeting. It will not be exactly as it is in the

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text - adapt it to describe their friendship.

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Preschool lesson - This Lesson

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is difficult to teach to
Philip really wanted his autograph for he starred in Philip’s favourite

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preschoolers and you

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TV programme.

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may wish to skip this

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lesson and instead teach Put in name of “star” throughout the text to suit your situation.

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the story of Noah (lesson

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5). Preschool tips are The TV personality would come to open a new part of the hospital.

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included in the sidebars Philip went along very early that day so as to get a good view. Finally
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for those who choose to
the star arrived. Philip could hardly wait for a chance to ask for his
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autograph. “He is not talking to anyone now, this is my chance,”

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thought Philip. His heart thumped with excitement as he approached

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this famous man. “Please, Sir, may I have your autograph?” he asked
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politely.
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“Sure!” replied the TV star. “And what is your name?” Philip told
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him and the TV star even took time to talk with Philip. He told
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Philip about his family, that he had a model train, that he liked goldfish.
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Then he said, “I say, Philip, I’m showing a group of boys around the
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studio next Saturday. Would you like to come too?” Philip couldn’t
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believe it as the man gave him a ticket for this special visit. That night
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he could hardly sleep. It was good to have the autograph, but talking
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to him and listening to him was far better! And he would see him
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Most commentators agree

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that Cain must have again next Saturday! Yes, it is exciting to get to meet someone famous
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married a sister, since

like that. But it is even more wonderful to get to know Someone far
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according to Genesis 5:4

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greater than any TV star. The Lord God wants you to know Him.
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Adam and Eve had other

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children. He, the Creator of everything, made you so that you can know Him.
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CT Adam and Eve knew God in the Garden of Eden in a very special
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way. He talked with them. They talked with Him. He was their God
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Flashcard 4-1
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and their Friend. Although God is spirit and has no body, He is a

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person. He thinks, feels, speaks. He is Someone you can know.

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It was sad that Adam and Eve lost that special friendship with God.
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There was a lot of sadness in the world now. How sad Adam and
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Eve were when their son Abel was murdered. How sad they were
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when angry Cain and his wife left home.

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Flashcard 4-2 Scene 1

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Show map with the Place Cain and descendents (B-27).

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assumed sites of these

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In the land of Nod Cain and his wife had children, and in turn their
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ancient places, and let

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children locate Eden and children had children and so on. Probably many of these people
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Nod.
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were like Cain and refused to love and trust God. But many of them
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The harp was most likely

were very clever people. One was the first man to make musical
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a lyre, and what is often

instruments. He made things like a flute and a harp. So for the first
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translated “organ” was

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actually a flute. time ever these musical sounds were heard. Another discovered how
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to make iron and brass red hot until they were soft. Then he could
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The seventh generation

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from Adam on Cain’s side beat them into shapes making knives, swords and ploughs. What a
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was Lamech. He had two

difference those inventions made. But these clever people did not
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wives - the first mention of

know God. Being clever is not any help when it comes to knowing
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polygamy in the Bible. He

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CT Him - the Bible tells us that “the world through wisdom did not
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know God” (1 Corinthians 1:21). God makes Himself known to also boasted about a

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murder he had committed
people. He helps them to understand what is written about Him in

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(Genesis 4:23-24). While

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the Bible. He helps people to get to know Him. It is good to remember the culture that developed

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that, because it means that you do not have to wait until you have around Cain’s family was

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advanced in many ways,
learned a lot at school. In fact the Bible tells us that God often makes

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they were interested

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Himself known to children. He wants you to know Him. He wants

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mainly in the selfish

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pursuit of pleasure. They
to be real in your life. Just as He still wanted Adam’s family to know

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seemed to have no desire

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Him. to know or please God.

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Enoch’s words in Jude
Remove all figures.

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14-15 indicate the

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sinfulness of the world at

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Scene 2

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that time.

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Place Adam and Eve (B-16) and baby Seth (B-28). Flashcard 4-3

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God gave Adam and Eve another baby boy to take Abel’s place.

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They named him Seth. When Seth grew up he and his family did

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want to know and obey the Lord God.

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Remove all figures.

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Scene 3

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Place Seth and descendants (B-29).

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Seth means “appointed

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teach the things they knew about God to their grandchildren, and
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“Then men began to

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great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. You may think, proclaim the name of
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Yahweh” is the literal

great-great grandchildren ... that’s a lot of “greats”.
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translation of this phrase

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from Genesis 4:26.

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Well, listen to this - before Adam died he had great-great-great-great-

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great-great (count six on your fingers) grandchildren. Adam was 930 years
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old when he died - nearly 1,000 years old! At that time people lived
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far longer than they do now. We are not sure why. Perhaps it was
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because the world was a much healthier place and the people were
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more fit. Perhaps God allowed it so that the older people could teach
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the younger ones. That was how they learned - they had no books.
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Adam had a great-great-great-great grandson called Enoch. I’m sure

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Preschoolers will enjoy

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he taught Enoch many things. We do not read much about Enoch in counting the four “greats”
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the Bible, but all that we do read about him is good. with you.
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Enoch certainly learned about God from others - not from a Bible See Hebrews 11:5 for a
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for they didn’t have a Bible then. He learned about sin, how he was a tribute to Enoch’s faith
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and obedience.
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sinner, that he needed to be forgiven. He learned that God had

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promised to send a Saviour, One who would take away sin and break Enoch means
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Satan’s power. Enoch didn’t only know these things, he came to put “consecrated” or
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“dedicated”. This is a
his trust in God. He believed that one day God would send a Saviour
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different person than the

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and so depended on God to forgive him. He not only knew about CTU
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God. He came to know God. There is all the difference between

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Enoch mentioned in
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knowing about someone, and knowing that person. Philip, whom we Genesis 4:17, who was
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mentioned at the beginning, knew a lot about the TV star. But what
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Cain’s son. The Enoch in

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Seth’s family was a

a difference it made when he met him and talked to him! Only then
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contemporary of Adam’s
did he know him personally. It may be that you know a lot about
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other great, great, great,

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great grandson, Lamech.

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God. You can answer the quiz questions. But, you have never got rid

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of that sin in your life that keeps you away from God. So God is not

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real in your life. You know about Him, but you do not know Him

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personally. You need to come to Jesus Christ, the Saviour Who came

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as God promised. He has died for sin. He has broken Satan’s power.

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He can forgive you today. Then you will begin to know God. He

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Read, or have an older said, “No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6).
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child read, the verse from
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It is through Jesus Christ that you get to know God. Perhaps you do
your Bible.
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not understand this, but you really do want to know God. If that is
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so, I’ll be glad to talk with you when the meeting is over. Just come
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and sit on one of the seats at the front (or designate another suitable place) and
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I’ll know that you want to talk with me about this. It is a wonderful
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thing when God is real in your life and you truly know Him as Enoch
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did.
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Flashcard 4-5 Scene 4

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Place Enoch (B-30).

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When Enoch grew up he got married. When he was 65 years old his
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wife had a little baby boy whom they called Methuselah. As they
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watched their little boy grow up I’m sure they never thought that he
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would be the oldest person mentioned in the Bible! He didn’t die

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until he was 969 years old! Yet he died before Enoch, his father! That
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There are a number of is a puzzle. How could Methuselah be the oldest man mentioned in
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theories explaining why the Bible and yet die before his father? We will discover the answer at
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people lived such long

the end of the lesson. If you know the answer, just keep it a secret
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lives in ancient times.

until then!
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Some think it was

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because of the healthier

Methuselah was different because he lived for so long. Enoch, his
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climate. They may have

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also had healthier bodies father, was special for another reason. The Bible says that Enoch
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“walked with God” (Genesis 5:22). What does that mean?

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because sin had only

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begun to have an effect.

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Allow children to participate.

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God’s means for When you go for a walk with someone, you talk and listen to each
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populating the new earth

other, you stay together. It was just like that with God and Enoch.
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more quickly.
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Enoch got to know God very well.

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Place symbol for God (B-1).

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your Saviour, that is just the beginning of getting to know God. You
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should be getting to know Him better as time goes by.

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how the two children you choose actually got to know each other.
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to tell us how they got to know each other.

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each other. So we got talking.

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Kathy Sharon told me where she lived.

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Sharon Kathy told me she liked cats and had a pet called Betsy.

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Kathy Sharon told me she had a baby brother.

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Sharon Kathy told me she wanted to be a nurse.

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Teacher You talked a lot! That is one way to get to know a person. CTS

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If you know the Lord Jesus as your Saviour, then talk to

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God often.

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Place wordstrip “talk”.

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That is one way to get to know Him better. Spend some

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time every day telling Him different things. You can tell

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God you love Him, tell Him that you think He is very

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great, tell Him you are sorry for something wrong you

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have done, thank Him for something He has done for

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you or given you, share your problems with Him. If you

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don’t talk to Him, you will not get to know Him better.

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listened to you. How would you feel?

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you also get to know God better by listening to what He

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says.
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The best way to listen to God is to read a little of the

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Bible each day. Try to remember and think about what

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you read. Also when you come here and listen to the Bible
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being taught, God will speak to you and you should listen.
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Sharon and Kathy, do you spend a lot of time together?

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Sharon Yes, we play together at school.

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Kathy Also, we visit each other. Sometimes we stay overnight

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with each other.

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Sharon And we can telephone each other.

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good friends. God wants every Christian to spend time

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with Him.
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Every day you should try to have a special time when you
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can be quiet, read the Bible and talk to God. Some

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Christians have this time with God before they go to

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school; others have it when they get home and before

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they watch TV or do homework; others spend this time

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with God before they go to sleep at night. You know what

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time is best for you. God wants you to know Him better,

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so make sure you spend time with Him.

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Enoch spent a lot of time with God. That is why the

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Bible says he “walked with God”. Enoch also did what
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God told him to do. It is important to obey God if you
want to know Him well.
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Place wordstrip “obey”.

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You cannot be close to God if you are disobedient. So

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when you read something in the Bible which you should

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do, then do it. When you read something that God doesn’t
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want you to do, then don’t do it. Obey God!

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Can you remember the four things you should do as a Christian?

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(Talk to God, listen to God, spend time with God, obey God.)
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Enoch did all of these for over 300 years. Then one day his family
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and friends could not find him.

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child read, the verse from where Enoch is?” They looked everywhere but didn’t find him. He
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your Bible.
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wasn’t there. The Bible says, “He was not, for God took him” (Genesis
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Flashcard 4-6 5:24).

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Place Enoch (B-31).

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That means that God moved him from earth to Heaven. He did not
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die. That is why we can say that Methuselah died before his father,
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for Enoch never died! This happened to just two people in the Bible
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- the other person was Elijah.

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In Heaven Enoch now knows God in a better way than he ever did
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CTS before. If you love the Lord Jesus you too will go to Heaven and
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there you will get to know God even better than you know Him now.
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Only the Christians who are alive when the Lord Jesus comes back
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will not have to die. But even if you die before that, your soul - the
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real you - will go to Heaven. You will be with God, you will know
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Him forever and ever. How wonderful!

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CTU But this is only for those who trust Jesus Christ as Saviour and begin
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to know God. What about you? Today you can trust the Lord Jesus
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to forgive all your sin and to bring you to God. Today you can begin
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to really know God - He wants you to know Him!

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Review questions Review game

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1 Who is the most important Person whom you can know? (God.)

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Mystery words

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six cards. Fold them in

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knives, etc.) half and write a mystery

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word on the bottom

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you can know God? (Because God helps people to understand

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per card. (Choose words

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from the lesson, memory
Him and what He has shown about Himself in the Bible, He

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verse, songs, etc.)

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the Lord Jesus to forgive your sin.)

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God will punish sin (Noah)

Scripture for teachers Lesson outline

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Genesis 6:1 - 9:17

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Introduction

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Hebrews 11:7

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2 Peter 2:5 Talking about a red flag

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Central truth Progression of events

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God will punish sin

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1 People disobey God

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Application

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2 Noah lives righteously

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Unsaved: Come to Christ and you will be safe from
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judgement
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3 God speaks to Noah CT
Saved: You can be sure you are safe from 4 Noah preaches CT
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judgement
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5 Noah builds the ark

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Memory verse
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6 The people mock CTU

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Review John 17:3

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7 The ark is finished

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8 The animals go in
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suggest: 9 Noah and his family go in

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“There is therefore now no condemnation to those Climax

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who are in Christ Jesus ...” Romans 8:1

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10 The flood comes

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Visual aids
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11 All outside the ark die CTU

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Š Flashcards: 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5 and 5-6

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12 All inside are safe CTU

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Or
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13 The ark rests on Mount Ararat CTS

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Š Figures: B-1, B-23, B-32, B-33, B-34, B-35,

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B-36, B-37, B-38, B-39, B-40, B-41 and B-42 14 Noah and his family come out of the ark and
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worship God CTS

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Š Backgrounds (optional): Outdoor and water

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scenes
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Conclusion
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Š Cut along dotted line of ark (figure B-36) so that

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God places rainbow in the sky CTU

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the door can be opened and closed at the

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appropriate place in the lesson

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And
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Š Red flag, or sign with “Caution” or “Danger

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ahead” printed on it
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Lesson

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Alternatively, you could When you see a red flag (if you have one, show it) what does it mean?

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use a sign with “Caution”
Allow children to participate.

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or “Danger ahead” printed

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on it, and adapt the You may see it along the road - there are roadworks, or at the coast to

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examples accordingly.

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show that you should not swim, or on a truck to show that there is

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something sticking out. It is a warning sign. If you pay no attention
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Preschool lesson - If you

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skipped lesson 4, omit to the warning you are in danger.
any mention of Enoch. ○
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Flashcard 5-1 Long ago there were many, many people in great danger. Around the
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time of Enoch and afterwards the people turned against God and
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disobeyed His rules. They began doing things their own way. It was
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If you have new children

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in class, let children who as if the people thought and planned all the time to do things that
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were there for the

would be most horrible to God. Indeed the people were so bad that
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previous lesson recall

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events from the story. God was sorry He had made them.
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But there was one man who loved God and obeyed Him.
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Place Noah (B-32).

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This was Enoch’s grandson Noah. The Bible says just the same about
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him as it did about Enoch - he “walked with God” (Genesis 6:9).

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Place symbol for God (B-1).

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Flashcard 5-2 It was to Noah that God spoke about what He was going to do
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about all the wickedness and sin in the world. “I cannot let this
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wickedness continue. I will destroy man whom I have created.” God

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told Noah that He would send a terrible flood on the whole earth as
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CT a punishment for the people’s sin. God is so good and pure that He
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can never say, “It doesn’t matter when people disobey Me.” He is
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holy and He hates sin. He must act against it and punish it. When He
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punishes, it is always a just and fair punishment. It is always what the

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person who has disobeyed deserves.

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This was what Noah told the people after God had spoken to him.
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He was then 480 years old. He told the people that God hated their
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disobedience. He preached that they should turn from their sin to

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God. He warned them of the terrible punishment that was coming.

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But they refused to listen to the warnings. It seems that Noah’s wife
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and his three sons Shem, Ham and Japheth were the only ones who
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listened. Aunts, uncles, cousins and all the others paid no attention
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to God’s warning.
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CT It may be that God is warning you today. There are wrong things in
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your life that displease Him. You have been selfish. Your brother
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wanted to borrow one of your books to read, but you would not
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allow him. You displeased God who says that you should love God
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most and others as much as yourself (Matthew 22:37-39). But you

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love yourself most and that displeases God very much. Or perhaps
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you are bad-tempered when you are told to switch off the TV, or you
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tell lies to get out of trouble. These, and many other wrong things

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you do, show the sin that is in your life and God has a warning for

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you: He must and will punish your sin. The punishment will not be a

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great flood, but to be put away from Him forever. That is the worst

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thing that could happen to anyone. Think carefully about God’s

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warnings and don’t be like the people who refused to listen to Noah.

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Remove all figures.

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Scene 2

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Preaching wasn’t the only thing Noah did at this time. God had told

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him to do something very, very unusual. He was building a boat, the

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Bible calls it an ark.

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Place ark (B-34).

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Flashcard 5-3

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The ark was very large! Noah had three sons and he must have

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If possible, make

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explained to them when they were still young, “God told me to build comparisons of the ark’s

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size to buildings or other
an ark because He is going to send a flood. He will destroy everyone

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landmarks familiar to your

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from all the earth because of their wickedness. I am warning the

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class. The Ryrie Study

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people to turn to God and turn away from their sins. We want many Bible (Moody Press,

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to come with us into the ark and be saved from the terrible flood.” Chicago, 1978) states

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that the ark’s “carrying

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As they grew into men, Shem, Ham and Japheth each found a young capacity equalled that of
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stock cars (each of which
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in-law. The friends of these young women probably made fun of

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can hold up to 240 sheep)

them.
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... Today it is estimated

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that there are 17,600

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species of animals
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But the young women too, were willing to stand for God, though
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making 45,000 a likely

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others around mocked and went their wicked way. approximation of the
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number Noah might have

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Place Noah (B-33). taken into the ark.”

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Each day Noah and his family worked on the ark. Cutting trees,
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Preschoolers will enjoy

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carrying logs, getting them shaped and hammered into place. The pretending to build the
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ark.
people must have stood by and made fun of them. They had never
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seen a boat like this. They also had never seen rain and Noah was See Hebrews 11:7.
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telling them that water would fall from the sky. He said God would
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See 2 Peter 2:5.

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punish them but they laughed, they just went on in their bad ways
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and nothing happened. I’m sure they mocked Noah and his family.
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“Hey, ark builders, you’d better hurry. You might not get your boat
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built before it starts to rain.”

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“Won’t you feel stupid sitting in a boat where there is no water?”

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“Crazy old Noah!”

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For many, many years the people mocked Noah. They didn’t change
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their ways and they seemed to get away with it. It did not seem as if
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God was going to punish anyone, but He had said He would! It is CTU
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just like that today. Many people disobey God and nothing happens
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to them. You cheat in school, God does not punish you. You think
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mean thoughts and nothing terrible happens to you. But the Bible

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Read, or have an older says God will punish sin. “It is appointed for men to die once, but

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child read, the verse from after this the judgement” (Hebrews 9:27). That means that at the end

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your Bible.

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of your life, when you meet God, He will punish you for your sin.

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He will put you away from Him forever to the place of punishment

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called Hell. Please do not be like those people who laughed and

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thought it would never happen.
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Scene 3
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One day there was no more hammering or lifting wood. 120 years
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after the day Noah started the ark was finished - three storeys high
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and divided into many rooms.

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It was covered with pitch. This was sticky, like tar, and it caused the
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boards to become waterproof as it was put on the inside and outside

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of the ark. But there was more work to do before the rain would
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begin.
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Noah and his sons must have carried food into the ark - lots of it!
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Not just food for people, but also food for animals, for God had told
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Noah that two of every kind of animal and bird and insect were to
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be taken into the ark. And they were to take seven of those birds and
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animals used for offerings. The carrying of food into the ark probably
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brought more laughter and mocking from the people who stood
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around and watched.

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Flashcard 5-4 Scene 4

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The Bible does not tell us how all the animals were brought to the
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ark. But perhaps God brought them.

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Two elephants, two giraffes, two dinosaurs, kangaroos, lions, tigers,

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monkeys, dogs, cats, cows, horses, mice, all the different kinds of
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animals you can think of. Seven sheep and seven of the other animals
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that would be used for offerings were brought until all the animals
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Preschoolers will enjoy

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pretending to be animals that God wanted in the ark were there. God, who made the animals
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boarding the ark. Older

and gave them their migrating habits, could make them move towards
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children can discuss the

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the ark when He wanted them to do it

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types of animals that were

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there.
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Remove animals (B-38).

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Then God spoke to Noah. “Go into the ark,” He said.

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Noah and his wife, Shem and his wife, Ham and his wife and Japheth
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and his wife all went in.

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How many people were there? Yes, just eight. The others refused to

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come.

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For seven long days nothing happened. No rain. Everything was as it

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had been before. Surely the people outside were laughing. They must

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have called all kinds of mean things to Noah’s sons.

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“You were stupid to listen to your crazy old father!”

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“When will you admit you were wrong?”

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“We can’t see any rain.”

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“Crazy family!”

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Remove Noah (B-32) and close door on ark (B-36).

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Thud! What was that? The door had been closed - not by Noah, but

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by God. Then it happened! The rain came. It came faster than you

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and I have ever seen it rain. It was as if it poured from big spouts all

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over the sky. Not only did the water come from the sky, but it came

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up from the ground as well. The Bible says the water came up in

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fountains from the earth. The water came so fast from above and

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below that it was not long before the great ark began to float.

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Scene 5 Flashcard 5-5

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There was no more laughing and mocking. Instead there were cries
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for help and mercy. Probably some people hammered on the side of
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the ark. People must have fled to the mountains, others must have
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climbed trees. But the water continued to rise. It was too late - all the
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people died. God had given them 120 years to turn from sin but they
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had refused to do so. They had refused to listen to His warning. God
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punished them in a way they deserved. All were punished - whether

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young or old, clever or not clever, rich or poor. Because God is such CTU
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a fair Judge, He will always punish sin and He will be just with all. He
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said the flood would come and it did. In the Bible He says that after
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death all who have never trusted Jesus Christ as Saviour will be
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punished forever. No one will be able to say, “It’s not fair,” for it will
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be deserved by each one. What about you? Will you be among those
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who will be separated from God forever? Do not go on in your

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disobedience, turn from it and trust in Jesus Christ. Do not be like

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the foolish people who laughed at Noah.

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Inside the ark Noah and his family could hear the rain, they could
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feel the heaving of the water. They knew the ark was rising. But they
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were safe. There was just one place of safety and they were in it.
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How happy and thankful they were that the great boat took the force
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of all that rain and water.

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CTU Perhaps as you have heard about God’s punishment for sin you are

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sad and worried for you know that is what you deserve. Are you

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asking, “Is there any way to be safe from the punishment I deserve?”

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The answer to your question is in the Bible - the answer is, “Yes!”

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There is one Person Who can keep you safe. When I think of the

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ark, I think of this Person. The ark took the force of the water and

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the waves and kept Noah safe. Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, was the
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only Person Who did not deserve to be punished for sin. He never
sinned, yet God’s plan was to punish His own dear Son for the wrong
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we have done. Jesus Christ was nailed to a cross and died. There He
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took the awful punishment of God for our sin. He rose from the
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dead and He is a real living Person today. Noah and his family had to
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go into the ark to be safe. God wants you to come to Jesus Christ to
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ask Him to forgive you and to depend on Him to keep you safe from
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the punishment you deserve. The Bible says, “There is therefore now
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Read, or have an older

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child read, the verse from no condemnation [or punishment] to those who are in Christ Jesus”
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your Bible.
(Romans 8:1). When you come to Jesus Christ you can be sure you
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are safe because Jesus Christ has taken your punishment and God
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will not punish you as well. It is wonderful to be depending on Him

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and to know you are safe, just as Noah and his family knew they
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were safe.
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For 40 days and 40 nights the water came down from the sky and up
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out of the ground. The highest mountains were well under water.
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Every living thing, except fish and water creatures, died. Then the
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rain stopped. The sun shone. The wind blew. The ark floated, but
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“The ark rested ... on gradually the waters began to go down. One day Noah and his family
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the mountains of Ararat” could feel that the boat was touching and resting on solid earth again.
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(Genesis 8:4). Ararat has

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But of course they still had to stay inside.

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been identified as a huge

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volcanic mountain near Remove all figures.

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the border between

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Turkey and Iran.

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The sun still shone. The wind still blew. The waters continued to go
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down. Finally the tops of the mountains could be seen. Noah waited
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for 40 days. Then he opened the window and sent out a raven. The
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raven is a strong bird, it flew to and fro and did not come back to the
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ark. Noah also sent out a dove. It could not find any place to rest and
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it also could not keep flying all the time. So the dove came back to
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the ark and Noah brought it in. A week later Noah sent out the dove
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again. It came back with an olive leaf in its beak. Noah knew now
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that the waters were going down. When he sent the dove out a week
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later, it did not return at all. About six months after the ark rested on
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the earth, Noah and his sons removed some of the roof of the ark.
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The ground looked dry, but God did not tell them yet to leave the
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ark. Noah wisely waited for God’s instructions.

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Nearly two months passed. What a long time it must have seemed to

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Noah’s family. They had been a whole year in the ark.

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Finally God spoke, “Go out of the ark Noah. Bring out everything

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you took into the ark with you, animals and birds and creeping things.

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Let them multiply and spread over the earth.”

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How exciting it must have been to walk out on the clean earth.

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They had been kept safe!

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CTS

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If you have trusted Jesus Christ to keep you safe from God’s

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punishment, if you are a Christian, then you are safe. You will never

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Read, or have an older

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be punished for your sin by God because He punished His dear Son child read, the verse from

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your Bible.
in your place. You do not have to be afraid to die, for you will live

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with God forever. God’s promise is, “There is therefore now no

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condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1). Aren’t

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you thankful for that, Christian boy and girl?

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Noah and his family were certainly thankful. The very first thing

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Noah did was to build an altar and offer sacrifices to the Lord. They five or six large stones to

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class and have some of
prayed and thanked Him for His care of them. God gave a wonderful ○
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the children pile them up
promise - that He would never flood the whole earth again. Then
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like an altar.
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God put something in the sky to remind them and us of that promise. Flashcard 5-6
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He made a beautiful rainbow.

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You too have seen the rainbow. It should remind you of God’s promise
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- a promise which He has always kept.

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Noah and his family were so thankful for all God’s kindness to them.
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They were glad they had gone to the one place of safety. Are you like
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them? Do you know that you are safe because you are trusting Jesus CTS
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Christ?
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Or are you like all the other people? They heard God’s warning, but CTU
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did not listen. They knew of the one place of safety but did not go
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props you might need and

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let preschoolers play their

12 In what way was Noah like Enoch? (He walked with God.)
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favourite review game.

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Carry-over activity - lesson 1

“In the beginning God created “In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth” Genesis 1:1 the heavens and the earth” Genesis 1:1
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Summary of steps for counselling
the child who wants to come to Christ
Make sure the child understands about
God
Who is God?
God made us. He speaks to us through the Bible.
God is holy and pure. He loves us.
Sin
What is sin?
Sin is disobeying God's commands. It is against God.
Speak about specific sins.
The child is a sinner by nature and act. (We sin because we are
sinners.)
Sin deserves punishment.
The Saviour
Who alone can take away your sin?
God the Son died on the cross for sinners.
The Lord Jesus rose again from the dead.
He is Lord of all.

Explain how to be saved

Explain what the Lord wants us to do, and what He will do.
Use a Bible verse (John 1:12; 3:16; 6:37; Acts 16:31;
Romans 6:23 or 10:13).
What does the Lord want you to do?
What will the Lord do?
Warn about difficulties.
Ask: “Do you want to trust Christ, or would you rather wait?”
Encourage the child to pray audibly (if ready).
Speak about assurance of salvation
Go back to the Bible verse you used.
Speak about a changed life.
Tell him what the person who is truly trusting in Christ can know.
Give (later) some advice about the Christian life
Read and obey your Bible.
Talk to God, our heavenly Father.
Tell others what the Lord has done for you.
Ask God to forgive you when you sin.
Meet with other Christians.
Remember the Lord promises: “I will never leave you” (Heb 13:5).