Blanks say "God is the only judge."Here is the lesson:
- Review “What is a Prophet?” poster
- Sing Prophet song
- Find prophet section in Bible
- Discuss who Zephaniah was. He preached to Judah
- Zephaniah wanted people to stop doing wrong and start doing the right things. He wanted them to return to God.
- Discuss a court room. Bring a picture of the courtroom
- Discuss a defendant, prosecutor, and judge and what each one does.
- Who decides who is right and wrong in the courtroom?
- What does it mean to judge something?
- Who decides right and wrong? God, parents
- How do our parents and other grown-ups determine right or wrong? They follow God’s rules
- Who is the ultimate judge who gets to decide right and wrong? God
- Does he surprise us with the rules? No, he tells us everything we need to know.
- God loves us and wants us to do right and good.
- He judges us based on the Bible.
- How do we know what rules God wants us to know and do? We read the Bible and do what it says.
- Is God ever wrong in what He says is right? No!!
- What will God judge in us? Our lives, hearts, and actions.
- What happens on judgment day? Those who make decisions that make God happy and do what’s right will go to heaven. Those that make bad decisions will not.
- How can we be sure we are right when God judges us? Obey the Bible, love God and Jesus, live holy lives
- What’s our reward for making good decisions? Heaven!!
1 comment:
I liked the lesson, but I felt like you could have added little scenerios for the kids to have to make some judgements to see how it is hard, but if we follow a set of rules it makes our decisions easier.
I also felt like your answer to How can we be sure we are right when God judges us? might need some tweeking. The first answer should be: to believe God and Jesus and love them with all your heart, mind and strength, follow the bible, allow the holy spirit to make changes in you to live a holy life.
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