Unit 1:Lesson 6 - The Tower of Babel

Unit 1: Lesson 6 - October 11
Big Idea:  God created people to give glory to Him alone.



This week's Bible story is about the tower of Babel.  Following the flood, God wanted to have a fresh  start. God commanded Noah in Genesis 9:1 to " Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth."  In Genesis 11:2, Scripture indicates that instead of filling the earth as God commanded, the people built a city and a large tower into the heavens.  The people didn't want to be scattered.  They didn't believe God would give them what was good if they obeyed Him.  They sought to obtain for themselves what they believed was good. 

The people tried to build a monument with its top in the heavens, but they succeeded only in separating themselves from God and from each other.  God confused their language and scattered them over the earth.  They were unable to finish building the city, so the city was called Babel - which sounds like the Hebrew word for "confused" - because there the Lord confused the people's language.  Teach your kids about God's better plan: His plan not for people to reach up to Him, but His plan to reach down to people by sending His Son, Jesus, to live the perfect life we couldn't and die the death we don't want to die. That is the gospel.*

Family Discussion Starters

• Who mattered more to people - themselves or God?
• How have you been tempted to use your talents to make people think you are great?
• How can you use your talents to show how great God is?
• How can you give glory to God this week?

Family Discussion Points
Babies and Toddlers

• God made people to love Him.
• God mixed up the people's words so they would move all over the world.
• One day, Jesus will bring people together again.

Preschool

• Why did God create the world?  God created the world for His glory.
• What is sin?  Sin is breaking God's law.
• God created people to give Him the glory.

Kids

• Why did God create the world?  God created the world and everything in it for His glory.
• God created people in His own image; God created the male and female.
• What is sin?  Sin is breaking God's law, and sin separates people from God.
• God is holy, and He punishes sin.
• God created people to give Him the glory alone.

Unit 1: Key Passage

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Unit 1: Lesson 5 - Noah and the Ark

Unit 1: Lesson 5 - October 4

BIG IDEA: God is holy, and He punishes sin.

 

This week's Bible story is about Noah and the ark.  By the time Noah lived - 10 generations after Adam - people had stopped following God.  In fact, Scripture describes the terrible situation: "Man's wickedness was widespread on the earth...every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time" (Gen 6:5).  God was right to punish this sin.  He decided to send a flood to cover the earth and destroy everything.  God graciously chose to save one man and his family, so he warned Noah about the flood and told him to build an ark. 

When the ark was complete, God's judgment did come.  The flood waters covered the earth.  Every living thing was destroyed, but Noah and his family were safe inside the ark.  God rescued Noah's family  - the family His own Son would be born into.  Jesus would warn of God's coming judgment too, but instead of condemning the world, Jesus would give up His life to rescue sinners. *


Family Discussion Starters

• Why did God send a flood? (to punish the world for sin)
• What punishment do we deserve for our sin? (See Romans 6:23)
• How does God rescue us from our sin?

Family Discussion Points
Babies and Toddlers

• God is good. God is holy.
• God saved Noah from the flood.
• God sent Jesus because He loves us.

Preschool

• Why did God create the world?  God created the world for His glory.
• What is sin?  Sin is breaking God's law.
• God is holy.

Kids

• Why did God create the world?  God created the world and everything in it for His glory.
• God created people in His own image; God created the male and female.
• What is sin?  Sin is breaking God's law, and sin separates people from God.
• God is holy, and He punishes sin.

Unit 1: Key Passage

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Unit 1: Lesson 4 - Cain and Abel

Unit 1: Lesson 4 - September 27

BIG IDEA: Cain's sin separated him from God and people.

 

 

This week's Bible story shows how deeply sin infected Adam and Eve's children.  Imagine Adam and Eve's joy as their family grew.  With each birth, maybe Eve hoped that this son would be the one to  end the curse of sin, to crush the head of the snake (Gen 3:15).  But as her sons Cain and Abel grew up, she and Adam probably witnessed with grief how sin affects their own children.  Cain was not the Promised One and neither was Abel.  Out of jealousy and anger, Cain killed Abel.  God punished Cain by sending him away to wander the earth.

Some time later, Eve gave birth to another son.  She named this baby Seth.  Seth was not the Promised One either, but Jesus would come from Seth's descendants.  (See Luke 3:23-38).  Every baby was born a sinner - like his parents and like Adam and Eve.  At just the right time, God would send His Son to be born to save sinner.  (Heb 11:13; Gal 4:4) God always keeps His promises.*

Family Discussion Starters

• What offering did Cain and Abel bring?  (See Genesis 4:3-4)
• Cain sinned.  What is the required punishment for sin? (See Romans 3:23; 6:23)
• How can your family bring an offering to God this week?

Family Discussion Points
Babies and Toddlers

• God made everything.  God made families.
• Adam and Eve's family did not obey God.
• God sent Jesus because He loves us.

Preschool

• Why did God create the world?  God created the world for His glory.
• What is sin?  Sin is breaking God's law.
• God punished Cain for his sin.

Kids

• Why did God create the world?  God created the world and everything in it for His glory.
• God created people in His own image; God created the male and female.
• What is sin?  Sin is breaking God's law, and sin separates people from God.
• Cain's sin separated him from God and people.

Unit 1: Key Passage

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Unit 1: Lesson 3 - Sin Separates People from God

Unit 1: Lesson 3 - September 20

BIG IDEA: Sin is breaking God's law,
and sin separates people from God.

Adam and Eve's sin separated them from God.

 

Thank you for continuing this journey of The Gospel Project for Kids. This week's Bible story takes us back to the garden of Eden.  Before the fall, Adam and Eve enjoyed a loving, two-way relationship with God.  The garden was a true paradise.  God filled the garden with good gifts so that they might enjoy them and give thanks to God.  The Lord gave them only one restriction: "You must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil," and the punishment was severe: "You will certainly die" (Gen. 2:17).

Adam and Eve believed the serpent's lie, and they sinned.  Because of their sin, God cast them out of the garden.  Though they did not die right away, sin's effect was immediate and thorough.  Their lives and their children's lives - and the lives of all mankind - would be forever affected by their choice.  As your kids become increasingly aware of the bad news - that we are all sinners from birth- rejoice with them over the good news: "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners" (I Tim. 1:15).*

Family Discussion Starters

• What were the consequences of Adam and Eve's sin? (See Gen. 3: 16-19)
• What are some ways that you have sinned?
• How does Jesus help us with our sin problem? (Jesus paid for sin on the cross so everyone who trusts Him is forgiven.  He also frees us form sin.  The Holy Spirit helps us resist temptation.)
• PRAY - ask God to help you turn from your sin and thank Him for sending Jesus.

Family Discussion Points
Babies and Toddlers

• God made everything.  God made people to make choices.
• Adam and Eve did not obey God's one rule.
• God loves us even when we make wrong choices.
• God sent Jesus because He loves us.

Preschool

• Why did God create the world?  God created the world for His glory.
• What is sin?  Sin is breaking God's law.
• Adam and Eve sinned by disobeying God.

Kids

• Why did God create the world?  God created the world and everything in it for His glory.
• God created people in His own image; God created the male and female.
• What is sin?  Sin is breaking God's law, and sin separates people from God.
• Adam and Eve's sin separated them from God.

Unit 1: Key Passage

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Unit 1: Lesson 2 - God Created People is His Image

Unit 1: Lesson 2 - September 13

BIG IDEA: God created people in His own image;
God created them male and female.

This week in The Gospel Project for Kids, your kids learned that God created people in a unique way. Human beings were set apart as different from the rest of God's creation.  God did not breathe into the animals.  He skillfully formed man out of dust as a potter forms a pot out of clay.  (See Isa.  64:8).  God breathed into the man's nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.  (Gen 2:7)  Then God made woman from the man's rib.  She was a suitable helper for him.  Both man and woman were created in God's image.  The first man, Adam, and the first woman, Eve, lived in the garden and enjoyed God's friendship.

Help your children understand that being made in God's image means we are made like him, or patterned after Him. God does not have a physical body; He is Spirit, and He has given each of us a spirit.  God gives people the ability to think and to feel emotions and to make choices.  He gives us the ability to understand right and wrong.  God created people in His own image (Gen 1:26) and for His glory (Isa. 43:7).*

Family Discussion Starters

• How did God create Adam and Eve? (Genesis 1: 26-2:25)
• What does it mean to be created in God's image? (We have qualities similar to God like being wise, loving, and creative; but we are not God.  He is all-knowing, ever compassionate, and the Creator.)
• How can you and your family recognize God's image in each other this week?

Family Discussion Points
Babies and Toddlers

• God made people, and God loves people.
• God made people in His likeness.
• God is in charge of everything He made.

Preschool

• Why did God create the world?  God created the world for His glory.
• God created people in His own image.

Kids

• Why did God create the world?  God created the world and everything in it for His glory.
• God created people in His own image; God created the male and female.

Unit 1: Key Passage

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Gospel Project for Kids: Unit 1

We started our new curriculum today and it was a success!
Remember, we are using The Gospel Project for Kids.

Students ages 2 years old- 5th grade will be learning the same material, but in an age appropriate way.

Lifeway was gracious enough to grant permission for us to share materials with our families so we can facilitate learning at home as well. Thank you, Lifeway!!  All materials shared are reprinted and
used by permission.

Unit 1 has 6 lessons, staring with Creation.
Unit 1 Big Ideas: 
Parents, you can use the link above to download these images to use at home. After the lesson on Sunday, use the pictures to ask your child about what they learned in class.

September 6: God created everything for His glory

 September 13: God created people in His own image; God created them male and female.

September 20: Adam and Eve's sin separated them from God.

** This is also Bible Presentation Sunday for our 1st grade students!**

September 27: Cain's sin separated him from God and people.

October 4: God is holy, and He punishes sin.

October 11: God created people to give glory to Him alone.

Unit 1 Key Passages: 

The link above is to 4 different versions of this passage. The NIV translation is what is pictured below.

This is the scripture that will be referenced throughout this unit. It is modified for the younger kids. Make sure to look through the handouts your child receives each week to see how this verse is modified.

Unit 1 Big Picture Questions:

 The lessons in this unit are based with these questions in mind. When doing your home devotionals, make sure you are working with your child on understanding these big questions. 

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We are looking forward to digging deeper into the Word with these lessons! Parents, make sure you are watching out for handouts coming home to help you with your home devotionals. 

Again, thank you to Lifeway for allowing us to share these materials!