08-the showdown - lesson 8

8/6/2019 08-The Showdown - Lesson 8

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God displays His great power over all things. He does not tolerate His children

worshiping created things or non-existent gods in place o true worship to

Him. He knows our hearts wander. He rained down fre to compel the Israelites

to worship the true God, and He sent Jesus to display His power over sin and

death, alse worship, and gods that dont exist.

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Dear Sunday School Teacher,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

desperate need or curriculum resources around the world. We

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

the world with the Gospel o Christ.

Qrter Oe: God on Display

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

this study.

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

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

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

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

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

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

with God, dwelling in His presence.

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

live continually to display Gods greatness and love.


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OVERVIEW 4

FOR YOuR EdIFICaTIOn 5-11

EaRlY ChIldhOOd 12-16

ElEmEnTaRY 17-21

PRE-TEEn/mIddlE sChOOl 22-26

hIgh sChOOl 27-29

COnnECTIng ChuRCh and hOmE 30

REsOuRCEs 31-36

Th Shww

QuaRTeR THeme | God on dISplay 1 Kings 17-18

W E E K E I G H T


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Th Shww1 Kings 17-18

OVERVIEW

EaRlY

ChIldhOOd

ElEmEnTaRY PRE-TEEn/

mIddlE sChOOlhIgh sChOOl

Treasure Verse Psalm 148:13 Psalm 148:13 Psalm 148:11-13 Psalm 148:11-13

Treasure Point

God is powerul. God displays Hispower to all people.

God displays Hisgreat power or His

glory.

God has greatpower over

everything or Hisultimate glory and

ame in the nations.

Teaching Activities

Love, Love, Lovesong, Treasure Verse

with instruments,Song time,

Rain Cloudsresource page,

Breakable/Unbreak-able objects

Bookmarks,PRAY resource

page, Song time,Edible altars

Strong videos,Break the egg,

LimpingQuestions

resource page,Walking by the

Spirit chart

Supplies Needed

CD player and CD;toy instruments

such as bells, sticks

or drums and

empty paper towel

rolls or trumpets;

DVD player or

laptop (optional);

Rain Clouds resource

page; glue; cotton

balls; breakable

objects like

pretzel sticks or

eggs; unbreakableobjects such as a

brick or book

Construction paper,scissors, single holepunch, yarn, stick-ers, markers, PRAY

resource page,pencils, CD player

and CD, DVD playeror laptop (optional),styrooam plates or

wax paper,marshmallows,rosting, plastic

knives or spoons,

red and orangegummy worms,

mini pretzel sticks,notebook paper

DVD player orlaptop, two eggs,

antibacterial wipes,Limping Questions

resource page,pencils, Walking by

the Spirit chart

oVeRVIeW



FOR YOuR EdIFICaTIOn

Eter te story

The Department o Transportation has given

us wonderul things called roads. These roads

allow us to get rom Point A to Point B with rel-

ative ease. Even i there is a wreck or construc-

tion work blocking a particular route, making it

impossible to navigate, there is usually another

way we can go. Imagine the early settlers o

our country, having to navigate without roads;

their travel was not as easy or efcient.

In the early 1800s, pioneers headed west to

undiscovered parts o a young nation, Amer-

ica. They traveled in covered wagons made

o wood that could carry up to 2,000 pounds.

These wagons had big wooden hoops, called

bows, that were bent rom side to side. A can-

vas pulled across the hoops protected them

rom adverse weather and the suns heat. The

pioneers used the inside o the wagon to shel-

ter their belongings: ood, weapons, clothes

and any other personal property.

Many pioneers traveled in wide open country,

so they didnt have a set path or interstate to

take. They blazed trails out west, going where

ew or none had gone beore. They could ven-

ture anywhere they wanted. Just as the pio-

neers had dierent paths they could take to get

to where they were going, we can take dierent

paths too in our daily travel. However, there is

only one path to God, and that is through JesusChrist. There is only one way to get rom Point

A (lie) to Point B (God). Many dierent religions

try to persuade us dierently. However, God has

told us in His Word, the Bible, that there is only

one path.

In this Treasure Story about Elijah, we see Gods

children limping (going back and orth, not con-

stant) between true worship o God and wanting

to squeeze in other worship to alse gods or the

things they needed, such as rain. God would

not have it. He showed His power to His people

and to the prophets o Baal. How oten do we

worship God but then limp between other gods

(sel or money) to get what we need or to take

care o us? God requires wholehearted worship

rom us. He provided the only possible means.

There are no two paths. The one and only path

is Christ.

God is the God of wonder andmiracles and the greatest forces of nature bow to

the sovereignty of God. Don Fortner, Discov-

ering Christ in All the Scriptures, pg. 122

Gods jealousy is not a compoundof frustration, envy and spite, as human jealousy

so often is, but appears instead as a (literally)

praiseworthy zeal to preserve something pre-

cious. J. I. Packer, Knowing God, pg. 170

So the Lord, who has betrothed usto Himself in truth, declares that He burns with

the hottest jealousy whenever, neglecting the

purity of His holy marriage, we dele ourselves

with abominable lusts, and especially when the

worship of His Deity, which ought to have been

more carefully kept unimpaired, is transferred to

another, or adulterated with some superstition;

since in this way we not only violate our plighted

troth [loyalty, pledged faithfulness], but dele the

nuptial couch, by giving access to adulterers.

John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian

Religion, II, viii, pg. 18


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story Otie

The nation o Israel had been ruled or many

decades by ungodly kings, who year ater year

enticed the people not to ollow the rules and

direction o Yahweh. In todays Treasure Story,

you will fnd that King Ahab was no dierent.

In act, Scripture tells us that he did more evil in

the sight o the Lord than all the previous kings

(1 Kings 16:30). For 22 years, the nation o Israel

was under the rule o a king who didnt ear the

One God. Since Ahab didnt worship God, he

led Gods people into idolatrous worship.

1 Kigs 16:30-34: And Ahab the son o Omri

did evil in the sight o the LORD, more than all

who were beore him. And as i it had been

a light thing or him to walk in the sins o Je-

roboam the son o Nebat, he took or his wie

Jezebel the daughter o Ethbaal king o the

Sidonians, and went and served Baal and wor-

shiped him. He erected an altar or Baal in the

house o Baal, which he built in Samaria. And

Ahab made an Asherah. Ahab did more to pro-

voke the LORD, the God o Israel, to anger thanall the kings o Israel who were beore him. In

his days Hiel o Bethel built Jericho. He laid its

oundation at the cost o Abiram his frstborn,

and set up its gates at the cost o his youngest

son Segub, according to the word o the LORD,

which he spoke by Joshua the son o Nun.

Elijah is a prophet who was sent to the king to

speak the words o God. Thats what proph-

ets did. The prophet proclaimed the message

given to him. Thus a prophet was a spokesman

or God; he spoke in Gods name and by His au-

thority. He was the mouth by which God spoke

to men, and hence what the prophet said was

not o man but o God. Prophets were the im-

mediate organs o God or the communica-

tion o His mind and will to men (Eastons Bible

Dictionary).

Elijah was not only a prophet during King

Ahabs time, but his legacy o walking withGod lived on. In the New Testament, he is men-

tioned nearly 30 times.

But this story isnt primarily about Elijah. This

Treasure Story is about a God who showed His

power when His people were worshiping alse

gods. God shows up in a mighty and power-

ul way to tell the nations and His own children

that He is a consuming fre and will not toler-

ate idolatry.

Elijah goes to King Ahab and predicts a drought.

His prediction comes true, and the drought lasts

or at least three years. Why was this drought

such a cause or concern? The Israelites were

living in a land that relied on water to help the

crops grow, eed livestock and produce sustain-

able living. The alse god the people were wor-

shiping was Baal, who was the god o rain and

ertility. Obviously, or three years, their alse

god did not help them or listen to their prayers.

1 Kigs 17:1, 2, 7; 18:1: Now Elijah the Tish-

bite, o Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, As the

LORD, the God o Israel, lives, beore whom I

stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these

years, except by my word. And the word o the

LORD came to him. And ater a while the brook

dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

Ater many days the word o the LORD came to

Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go, show yoursel

to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth.

King Ahab and Elijah meet up ater these three

years and discuss who is to blame or the

drought. The king decides Elijah is to blame,

the prophet who ollows ater God. Elijah de-

clares the truth and says the drought is be-

cause o the alse worship and idolatry King

Ahab has encouraged in the nation o Israel.





Elijah demands a meeting with all the prophets

o these alse gods.

1 Kigs 18:17-19: When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahabsaid to him, Is it you, you troubler o Israel? And

he answered, I have not troubled Israel, but you

have, and your athers house, because you have

abandoned the commandments o the LORD and

ollowed the Baals. Now thereore send and gath-

er all Israel to me at Mount Carmel, and the 450

prophets o Baal and the 400 prophets o Asherah,

who eat at Jezebels table.

Elijah then gives the ollowing instructions to the

alse prophets. He instructs the group to build analtar and prepare the sacrifce, but do not set it

ablaze. I Baal can set the sacrifce on fre, he is the

true god. I God sets Elijahs sacrifce on fre, He is

the true God. The showdown is on to see whose

god/God will show up. The alse prophets call

on Baal or hours. No answer. They limp around

the altar several times, still no answer. No mat-

ter the pleading rom the prophets, their cries or

fre go unanswered. Elijah mocks them and asks

them, Where is your god? Elijah wonders i he

is thinking, going to the bathroom, traveling, or

just sleeping. Whatever the situation, Baal does

not answer.

Something was wrong withBaals ears. Somehow he was unable to hear the

pleas of his priests. Elijah suggested several ex-

cuses for him. None gave much comfort to the

priests. They grew desperate with their pleading.

They resorted to screaming and cutting themselves

with knives and lances. This accomplished noth-ing. They were calling upon the wrong name. The

Lord God of heaven does not respond to the name

Baal. R. C. Sproul, One Holy Passion, pg. 175

1 Kigs 18:21-30: And Elijah came near to all

the people and said, How long will you go limp-

ing between two dierent opinions? I the LORD

is God, ollow Him; but i Baal, then ollow him.

And the people did not answer him a word. Then

Elijah said to the people, I, even I only, am let a

prophet o the LORD, but Baals prophets are 450men. Let two bulls be given to us, and let them

choose one bull or themselves and cut it in

pieces and lay it on the wood, but put no fre to it.

And I will prepare the other bull and lay it on the

wood and put no fre to it. And you call upon the

name o your god, and I will call upon the name

o the LORD, and the God who answers by fre, he

is God. And all the people answered, It is well

spoken. Then Elijah said to the prophets o Baal,

Choose or yourselves one bull and prepare it

frst, or you are many, and call upon the name oyour god, but put no fre to it. And they took the

bull that was given them, and they prepared it

and called upon the name o Baal rom morning

until noon, saying, O Baal, answer us! But there

was no voice, and no one answered. And they

limped around the altar that they had made. And

at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, Cry aloud,

or he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is reliev-

ing himsel, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is

asleep and must be awakened. And they cried

aloud and cut themselves ater their custom withswords and lances, until the blood gushed out

upon them. And as midday passed, they raved

on until the time o the oering o the oblation

[an act o worship, sacrifce], but there was no

voice. No one answered; no one paid attention.

Then Elijah said to all the people, Come near to

me. And all the people came near to him. And

he repaired the altar o the LORD that had been

thrown down.

Elijah then prepares the altar or a sacrifce to theLord. And in the midst o a drought, Elijah asks or

water to be poured out on the altar three times.

Elijah prays to Yahweh that He would answer his

prayer in order or the people to know that He is

indeed God. God is the one that has led the people

to repentance. God answers his prayer and sends

freimmediately. No one could blame wet altars





gOd lIVEs. The rst declaration rom the prophet Elijah (1 Kings 17:1) declares this truth or the

whole Treasure Story passage (1 Kings 17-18). God is holy, set apart rom any other gods, in the

simplicity o the act that He lives. No other god that the Israelites worship is alive. God, the God o

Israel, Yahweh, lives.

gOd dIsPlaYs hIs POWER OVER naTuRE. God declares that there will be no rain, and there isnt

or more than three years in the land: Clearly, 1 Kings 17-18 demonstrates Gods rule over nature

in a way that eliminates the nature god Baal rom consideration as a living deity (Paul House, Old

Testament Theology, pg. 261).

gOd dIsPlaYs hIs POWER FOR hIs gREaT FamE. God wanted all people to worship Him and

worship Him only. There was no room or any other alse (non-existent) gods. God declares that

He is the only God and deserves all o our praise.

Gospel Truths About God

or not allowing the fre to ignite. The fre rom

heaven came and consumedEVERYTHING.

1 Kigs 18:36-38: And at the time o the o-ering o the oblation, Elijah the prophet came

near and said, O LORD, God o Abraham, Isaac,

and Israel, let it be known this day that you are

God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and

that I have done all these things at your word.

Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this people

may know that you, O LORD, are God, and that

you have turned their hearts back. Then the fre

o the LORD ell and consumed the burnt oer-

ing and the wood and the stones and the dust,

and licked up the water that was in the trench.

What is the peoples response? Immediate wor-

ship. Elijah then has all the prophets o Baal

seized and killed.

1 Kigs 18:39-40: And when all the people

saw it, they ell on their aces and said, The

LORD, He is God; the LORD, He is God. And Eli-

jah said to them, Seize the prophets o Baal; let

not one o them escape. And they seized them.

And Elijah brought them down to the brook Kis-

hon and slaughtered them there.


Deuteronomy 4:23-24: Take care, lest you forget thecovenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and make a carved

image, the form of anything that the LORD your God has forbidden you. For the

LORD your God is a consuming re, a jealous God.




Gospel Truths About Man

We see the wickedness o the people in Israel in this passage. Ahab, the wicked king o Israel, also led the

Israelites in doing evil. The Word gives a clear portrait o what Ahab was like in 1 Kings 16:30-34: an evil-

doer and idolater who established altars to other gods and provoked God to anger because o his sin.

These are all characteristics we still nd in ourselves today. We are all idolaterspeople who love other

things and people more than God. This idol worship provokes God to anger.

Gospel Truths About Redemption

God knew our bent toward sin. He knew He would have to send a Redeemer to put an end to all o

our sin, our idolatry and our desire to worship alse gods. He knew Jesus would be the only One who

could right all o these wrongs.

No one answers when the Baalists pray to Baal(1 Kings 18:26-29) because Baal does not have a voice, an ear or a

heart. He is not there, nor is he real. Paul House, Old Testament

Theology, pg. 261

The best news of the Christian Gospel is that the supremelyglorious Creator of the universe has acted in Jesus Christs death and resurrection to re-

move every obstacle between us and Himself so that we may nd everlasting joy in seeing

and savoring His innite beauty. John Piper, God Is the Gospel, pg. 147





For Your Edication (continued)

Exodus 20:1-3

Psalm 97

Micah 6:6-8

Romans 5:1-11

Galatians 5:16-25

Exo 20:1-3: And God spoke all these

words, saying, I am the LORD your God, who

brought you out o the land o Egypt, out o the

house o slavery. You shall have no other gods

beore me.

P 97: The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice;

let the many coastlands be glad! Clouds and

thick darkness are all around Him; righteousness

and justice are the oundation o His throne. Fire

goes beore Him and burns up His adversariesall around. His lightnings light up the world; the

earth sees and trembles. The mountains melt

like wax beore the LORD, beore the Lord o all

the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteous-

ness, and all the peoples see His glory. All wor-

shipers o images are put to shame, who make

their boast in worthless idols; worship Him, all

you gods! Zion hears and is glad, and the daugh-

ters o Judah rejoice, because o your judgments,

O LORD. For you, O LORD, are most high over all

the earth; you are exalted ar above all gods. O

you who love the LORD, hate evil! He preserves

the lives o His saints; He delivers them rom the

hand o the wicked. Light is sown or the righ-

teous, and joy or the upright in heart. Rejoice

in the LORD, O you righteous, and give thanks to

His holy name!

mic 6:6-8: With what shall I come beore the

LORD, and bow mysel beore God on high? Shall

I come beore Him with burnt oerings, with

calves a year old? Will the LORD be pleased with

thousands o rams, with ten thousands o rivers

o oil? Shall I give my rstborn or my transgres-

sion, the ruit o my body or the sin o my soul?

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what

does the LORD require o you but to do justice,

and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with

your God?

Ro 5:1-11: Thereore, since we have

been justied by aith, we have peace with God

through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through Him we

have also obtained access by aith into this grace

in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope o the

glory o God. More than that, we rejoice in our

suerings, knowing that suering produces en-

durance, and endurance produces character, and

character produces hope, and hope does not

put us to shame, because Gods love has beenpoured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit

who has been given to us. For while we were

still weak, at the right time Christ died or the un-

godly. For one will scarcely die or a righteous

personthough perhaps or a good person one

would dare even to diebut God shows His love

or us in that while we were still sinners, Christ

died or us. Since, thereore, we have now been

justied by His blood, much more shall we be

saved by Him rom the wrath o God. For i while

we were enemies we were reconciled to God by

the death o His Son, much more, now that we

are reconciled, shall we be saved by His lie. More

than that, we also rejoice in God through our

Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now

received reconciliation.


Who Made God? by Ravi Zacharias

and Norm Geisler




gti 5:16-25: But I say, walk by the Spirit,

and you will not gratiy the desires o the fesh.

For the desires o the fesh are against the

Spirit, and the desires o the Spirit are against

the fesh, or these are opposed to each other,

to keep you rom doing the things you want to

do. But i you are led by the Spirit, you are not

under the law. Now the works o the fesh are

evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensual-

ity, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strie, jealousy, ts

o anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy,

drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I

warn you, as I warned you beore, that those

who do such things will not inherit the king-

dom o God. But the ruit o the Spirit is love,

joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, aith-

ulness, gentleness, sel-control; against such

things there is no law. And those who belong

to Christ Jesus have crucied the fesh with its

passions and desires. I we live by the Spirit, let

us also walk by the Spirit.

My Mission As Teacher:

What areas o idolatry has God showed you in your lie? What are you willing to do to live in a

right relationship with Him?

Prayer Points:

Pray that the Spirit would continue to convict you of the sin in your life and how you can repent

o those sins and live to make His name great.

Pray that God would show Himself great and worthy to your students this week. Pray that they

would seek to know Him more than they would desire to make their own name great.

God displays His great power over all things. He does not

tolerate His children worshiping created things or non-

existent gods in place o true worship to Him. He knows

our hearts wander. He rained down fre to compel the

Israelites to worship the true God, and He sent Jesus to

display His power over sin and death, alse worship, and

gods that dont exist.




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engage

Ery arriv activity: (15 minutes or until you are ready to begin)

Have the children sing Love, Love, Love as a means o expressing worship. You can sing this song as

the kids arrive in your classroom. Love, Love, Love is this quarters theme song. It can be ound on the

Treasuring Christ website: www.treasuringchristonline.org.

Supplies Needed: CD, CD player, or someone can play/teach the song to the children

discover

Bibe story Tie: (15 minutes)

Teacher Note: Have the children sit in the designated reading/Bible story area. Tell them this is Gods

Word, the Bible, the way He speaks to us. It is true, and we need to listen to God. Be sure they see you

reading 1 Kings 17-18 out o the Bible and not out o the curriculum guide. Have the older children

ollow along in their own Bibles. The ollowing outline will help you teach the story to the children.

Read the designated Bible passages as they are included in the outline as you share this story.

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Trere story: 1 Kings 17-18

Trere Vere: Praise the name o the LORD, or His name alone is exalted (Psalm 148:13).

Trere Poit: God is powerul.


Psalm 147:5: Great is our Lord, and abundantin power; His understanding is beyond measure.

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Eij w propet o go. Prophets are people whom God spoke to directly. Ater God spoke

to them, they then went and told other people Gods message.

1 Ki 17:1, 2: Now, Elijah the Tishbite, o Tishbe, in Gilead . . . now the word o the LORD

came to him.

go ce rot i te tio o Ire. A drought is when it doesnt rain in a place or a

very long time. Much o the rivers, lakes and ponds dry up when there is a drought. Elijah told the

king o Israel, King Ahab, that God would cause a drought.

1 Ki 17:1b: As the LORD, the God o Israel lives, beore whom I stand, there shall be nei-

ther dew nor rain these years, except by my word.

The younger children can understand wanting it to rain but not having the power to make it rain,

or vice versa. God, however, is all-powerul and can make it rain, make the rain stop, and can do

anything else He wants to do or that matter.

ater tree yer o o ri, go et Eij to tk to Ki ab i. Ahab was the king o

Israel, but he didnt love God.

1 Ki 16:30: And Ahab the son o Omri did evil in the sight o the LORD, more than all who

were beore him.

Eij et wit ab to i to ter te peope te propet o te e

o t mot Cre.

1 Ki 18:19: Now thereore send and gather all Israel to me at Mount Carmel, and the 450

prophets o Baal and the 400 prophets o Asherah, who eat at Jezebels table.

Eij ke te Ireite (go peope) ow o tey wo keep ervi oter o.

1 Ki 18:21: And Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go

limping between two dierent opinions? I the Lord is God, ollow Him; but i Baal, then

ollow him.

ab ( i propet o B) Eij et p two tr. The showdown was on to see

whose god/God would show up. Baals prophets did not get any answer rom their god. But

Elijahs God showed up. God wanted to make sure everyone knew He was God.


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1 Ki 18:23-39: Let two bulls be given to us, and let them choose one bull or themselves

and cut it in pieces and lay it on the wood, but put no re to it. And I will prepare the other

bull and lay it on the wood and put no re to it. And you call upon the name o your god, andI will call upon the name o the LORD, and the God who answers by re, he is God. And all

the people answered, It is well spoken. Then Elijah said to the prophets o Baal, Choose or

yourselves one bull and prepare it rst, or you are many, and call upon the name o your god,

but put no re to it. And they took the bull that was given them, and they prepared it and

called upon the name o Baal rom morning until noon, saying, O Baal, answer us! But there

was no voice, and no one answered. And they limped around the altar that they had made.

And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, Cry aloud, or he is a god. Either he is musing, or

he is relieving himsel, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.

And they cried aloud and cut themselves ater their custom with swords and lances, until the

blood gushed out upon them. And as midday passed, they raved on until the time o the o-

ering o the oblation, but there was no voice. No one answered; no one paid attention.

Then Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me. And all the people came near to him.

And he repaired the altar o the LORD that had been thrown down. Elijah took twelve stones,

according to the number o the tribes o the sons o Jacob, to whom the word o the LORD

came, saying, Israel shall be your name, and with the stones he built an altar in the name o

the LORD. And he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two seahs o seed.

And he put the wood in order and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. And he said,

Fill our jars with water and pour it on the burnt oering and on the wood. And he said, Do

it a second time. And they did it a second time. And he said, Do it a third time. And they

did it a third time. And the water ran around the altar and lled the trench also with water.

And at the time o the oering o the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, O

LORD, God o Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel,

and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word. Answer me, O

LORD, answer me, that this people may know that you, O LORD, are God, and that you have

turned their hearts back. Then the re o the LORD ell and consumed the burnt oering and

the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And

when all the people saw it, they ell on their aces and said, The LORD, He is God; the LORD,

He is God.


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Trere Poit: God is powerul.

My Mission: (5 minutes)

Give each child something to break: a pencil, a pretzel rod, a small stick or an egg. Then demonstrate

something that is unbreakable by human hands: a brick, a book, etc. God has power and strength

to break all these things, even things we cant. He can tear down or burn up altars i they are used inworship not to Him.

Supplies Needed: Breakable objects such as pretzel sticks or eggs, unbreakable objects

such as a brick or book

Prayer Time: (5 minutes)

This week, the children learned about how God heard the prayers o Elijah and answered them. As youend this lesson, here are two suggestions or the Prayer Time.

Teachers o Younger Children: Pray that your students would begin even at this early age to worship

God only and to see His power as He reveals Himsel to them. Pray that they would stand up or what

is right in this world and be a light or the true God.

Teachers o Older Children: Have your children pray or opportunities to be a light to their riends

about the true God and His Son, Jesus. Pray that they would worship God alone. Pray that they would

believe in Gods power and know that God can do BIG things.

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

Have the children make bookmarks. Pass out strips o paper (three bookmarks can be made rom

one piece o construction paper). Have them write Psalm 148:13 (their Treasure Verse this week)

on the bookmark. Next, instruct them to punch a hole in the top and tie string in it. Then they can

decorate it with stickers.

Supplies Needed: Construction paper, scissors, single hole punch, yarn, stickers, markers

discoverBibe story Tie: (20 minutes)

Teacher Note: Have the children sit in the designated reading/Bible story area. Tell them this is

Gods Word, the Bible, the way He speaks to us. It is true, and we need to listen to God. Be sure the

children see you reading 1 Kings 17-18 out o the Bible and not out o the curriculum guide. Have

the older children ollow along in their own Bibles. The ollowing outline will help you teach the

story to the children. Read the designated Bible passages as they are included in the outline as youshare this story.

Eij w propet o go. Prophets are people whom God spoke to directly. Ater God spoke to

them, they then went and told other people Gods message.


Trere Vere: Let them praise the name o the LORD, or His name alone is exalted;His majesty is above earth and heaven (Psalm 148:13).

Trere Poit: God displays His power to all people.


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1 Ki 17:1, 2: Now, Elijah the Tishbite, o Tishbe, in Gilead . . . now the word o the Lord

came to him.

go ce rot i te tio o Ire.The people needed rain or their crops. A drought

is when it doesnt rain in a place or a very long time. Much o the rivers, lakes and ponds dry up

when there is a drought. Elijah told the king o Israel, King Ahab, that God would cause a drought.

1 Ki 17:1b: As the LORD, the God o Israel lives, beore whom I stand, there shall be nei-

ther dew nor rain these years, except by my word.

ater tree yer o o ri, go et Eij to tk to Ki ab i. Ahab was the king o

Israel, but he didnt love God.

1 Ki 16:30: And Ahab the son o Omri did evil in the sight o the LORD, more than all whowere beore him.

In John 15:14, Jesus tells us that i we love Him, we will obey Him: You are my riends i you do

what I command you. Ahab was certainly not Gods riend because He didnt obey what God told

him to do. He did evil.

Eij et wit ab to i to ter te peope te propet o te e

o t mot Cre.

1 Ki 18:19: Now thereore send and gather all Israel to me at Mount Carmel, and the 450

prophets o Baal and the 400 prophets o Asherah, who eat at Jezebels table.

Dont you think Elijah elt outnumbered? There were 850 prophets on one side, and only Elijah on

the other. But, who did Elijah have on his side? GOD!

Eij ke te Ireite (go peope) ow o tey wo keep ervi oter o.

1 Ki 18:21: And Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go limping

between two dierent opinions? I the Lord is God, ollow Him; but i Baal, then ollow him.

How do we limp (go back and orth, not worship wholeheartedly) between good and bad? I we

dont do what our parents ask us because we are busy playing a video game, then we are not ully

obeying God. We are limping. I we cheat in school just to get a better grade, we are limping. God

doesnt want us to cheat. What other ways can you think o that we limp? How do we not ully

obey God?

ab ( i propet o B) Eij et p two tr. The showdown was on to see

whose god/God would show up. Baals prophets did not get any answer rom their god. But Eli-

jahs God showed up. God wanted to make sure everyone knew He was God.


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Trere Vere leri activity: (5 minutes)

Have everyone get their bookmark they made earlier in the class and repeat the verse. Ask the chil-dren to give reasons or why they praise God. Help the children locate 1 Kings in their Bibles and

place the bookmark in 1 Kings.

Reiorceet activity: (10 minutes)

Pass out the PRAY resource page (see resources). Instruct the children to ll in the sheet with items

they pray or. Encourage the children to talk about how they have been praying or certain situa-

tions and how they have seen God answer. The same power that Elijah called on to burn the altar is

available to us as well when we pray in Jesus name and or His glory.

Supplies Needed: PRAY resource page, pencils

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

so Tie: (10 minutes)

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

website: www.treasuringchristonline.org.

Supplies Needed: CD player, CD

sck Tie/Reiorceet activity: (10 minutes)

Build edible altars. Give each child a styrooam plate or piece o wax paper. Then give each student

six jumbo marshmallows and pretzel sticks (mini ones). Have containers o rosting in the middle o

the tables so that the children can share. Then give each child a plastic knie or spoon to spread the

rosting in between the marshmallows (stacked on top). Put the pretzel rods on top o the stacked

marshmallows so it looks like an altar. Ask the children to make two altars. You can also bring in redand orange gummy worms to lay on top o the pretzel sticks so it looks like fames. Ater construc-

tion is complete, the children can eat their creations.

Supplies Needed: Styrooam plates or wax paper, marshmallows, rosting,

plastic knives or spoons, red and orange gummy worms, mini pretzel sticks


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treasure

Trere Poit: God displays His power to all people.

My Mission:(10 minutes)

How can you take a stand for God at your school or with your friends, knowing that God is the

only God and He desires all people to worship Him?

Is there a friend that you need to tell about God? How can you rely on Gods power to help you

talk to that riend about Jesus?


Have your students write down the names of friends or family members who need to know

about the power o God and the truth o Jesus. Pray or them specically by name as a class.

Pray that the students would be bold in loving God and sharing Jesus this week. Elijah was bold

because He knew the power o God. He knew that God would act.

Supplies Needed: Notebook paper, pencils

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Pre-Tee/mie scoo

engage

grop Feowip Tie: (10 minutes)

Opei activity: (10 minutes)

What are some ways to get attention?

Yell.

Wear brightly colored clothes.

Wear something different than everyone else (if perhaps everyone else is wearing a uniform).

Cry wolf (saying something has happened when it actually hasnt taken place at all). Have

you heard this story beore? There was a boy tending the sheep who would continually go up

to the embankment and shout, Help, theres a wol! The armers would all come running, only

to nd that what the boy said was not true. Then one day there really was a wol but when the

boy shouted, they didnt believe him and no one came to his aid. The whole fock was eaten by

the wol.

Be wild and crazy.

How would you get the attention of someone you really liked or had a crush on (send them a

letter, buy them roses, etc.)?

The prophets o Baal, in this weeks Treasure Story, used dierent means o getting the attention o

their gods, but all to no avail.


Trere Vere: Kings o the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers o the earth! Youngmen and maidens together, old men and children! Let them praise the name o the LORD, orHis name alone is exalted; His majesty is above earth and heaven (Psalm 148:11-13).

Trere Poit: God displays His great power or His glory.

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even I only, am let a prophet o the LORD, but Baals prophets are 450 men. Let two bulls be

given to us, and let them choose one bull or themselves and cut it in pieces and lay it on thewood, but put no re to it. And I will prepare the other bull and lay it on the wood and put no

re to it. And you call upon the name o your god, and I will call upon the name o the LORD,

and the God who answers by re, he is God. And all the people answered, It is well spoken.

Then Elijah said to the prophets o Baal, Choose or yourselves one bull and prepare it rst, or

you are many, and call upon the name o your god, but put no re to it. And they took the bull

that was given them, and they prepared it and called upon the name o Baal rom morning un-

til noon, saying, O Baal, answer us! But there was no voice, and no one answered. And they

limped around the altar that they had made. And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, Cry aloud,

or he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himsel, or he is on a journey, or perhaps

he is asleep and must be awakened. And they cried aloud and cut themselves ater their cus-tom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them. And as midday passed,

they raved on until the time o the oering o the oblation, but there was no voice. No one an-

swered; no one paid attention. Then Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me. And all the

people came near to him. And he repaired the altar o the LORD that had been thrown down.

Eij prepre te tr or crifce to te lor. And in the midst o a drought, Elijah asks or

water to be poured out on the altar three times. Elijah prays to Yahweh that He would answer his

prayer in order or the people to know that He is indeed God. God is the one that has led the people to

repentance. God sent reimmediately. The re rom heaven came and consumedEVERYTHING.

1 Ki 18:36-38: And at the time o the oering o the oblation, Elijah the prophet came nearand said, O LORD, God o Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in

Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word. Answer me, O

LORD, answer me, that this people may know that you, O LORD, are God, and that you have turned

their hearts back. Then the re o the LORD ell and consumed the burnt oering and the wood

and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

What is the peoples response? Immediate worship. Elijah then has the Baal prophets seized and killed.

1 Ki 18:39-40: And when all the people saw it, they ell on their aces and said, The LORD,

He is God; the LORD, He is God. And Elijah said to them, Seize the prophets o Baal; let not one

o them escape. And they seized them. And Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon and

slaughtered them there.

Worship should be our response to what God has done in our lives. Worship is not just about singing

songs to Him. Worship is a whole liestyle lived in surrender to God and His perect plan.





What has God done or us that deserves our response?

Ro 5:1-11: Thereore, since we have been justied by aith, we have peace with Godthrough our Lord Jesus Christ. Through Him we have also obtained access by aith into

this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope o the glory o God. More than that,

we rejoice in our suerings, knowing that suering produces endurance, and endurance

produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame,

because Gods love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been

given to us. For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died or the ungodly. For

one will scarcely die or a righteous personthough perhaps or a good person one would

dare even to diebut God shows His love or us in that while we were still sinners, Christ

died or us. Since, thereore, we have now been justied by His blood, much more shall we

be saved by Him rom the wrath o God. For i while we were enemies we were reconciled

to God by the death o His Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved

by His lie. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through

whom we have now received reconciliation.

GivenuspeacewithHimthroughJesusandgrantedusaccesstoHim.

AssuredusthatwecanrejoicewithhopeandgivenustheHolySpiritthatlivesinus.Paid the penalty or our sins (not His) through the blood o Jesus.

Savedus fromthewrathofGod(hell,separationfromGodforever)becauseof thesacrifce o Jesus.

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Trere Poit: God displays His great power or His glory.


How can you be a spokesperson or God this week? Elijah was Gods spokesperson. Pair ostudents and have them interview one another. Pretend like they have a microphone and that

they are in ront o a live studio audience. What good things has God done or them and how

has He shown Himsel to be powerul in their lives?

Prayer Time: (5-10 minutes)





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engageItroctio activity: (10 minutes)

Watch these two videos with the students:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EmxCDkL1PE (1 minute)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ks8-J9VStA&eature=related (4 minutes)

Ater watching the videos, do this activity with them. Bring two eggs to class. Give one egg each

to a guy and a girl (who think they are pretty strong) and ask them to attempt to break their egg.Instruct them to place the raw egg in the palm o their hand toward the ngers the long way

(not width). Then tell them to squeeze their ngers around it. Not many people can break the

ragile egg this way.

Supplies Needed: Laptop, two raw eggs, antibacterial hand wipes or ater handling

raw eggs

discover

Bibe story Tie: (30 minutes)

Teacher Note: Have your students take turns reading sections o the Treasure Story and telling

the highlights rom each section:


Trere Vere:Kings o the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers o the earth! Youngmen and maidens together, old men and children! Let them praise the name o the LORD,or His name alone is exalted; His majesty is above earth and heaven (Psalm 148:11-13).

Trere Poit: God has great power over everything or His ultimate glory and ame inthe nations.

Where passion for God is weak, zeal formissions will be weak. John Piper, Let the Nations Be

Glad, pg. 18

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1 Ki 17:1-7 There is a drought in the land.

1 Ki 18:1-19 Ater three years, Elijah meets up with King Ahab andthe prophets o the alse gods.

1 Ki 18:23-37 Elijah and Ahab have a showdown to see whose God/god would show up.

1 Ki 18:38-39 God won the showdown. His desire is that everyonewould know He is the Lord.

Focus on 1 Kings 18:21 because this is where you want to camp out with your students. This is

where the application/rubber meets the road/what does this mean or my lie today will happen.

Have one o your students read this verse aloud to the rest o the class. Divide the students into

groups o three or our. Pass out one copy o the Limping Questions worksheet (see resources)

to each group and some pencils. Their objective is to determine which answer is the Christian

(biblical) belie to each question.

Supplies Needed: Limping Questions resource page, pencils

Answers: 1. C, 2. B, 3. A, 4. C, 5. A, 6. B, 7. B, 8. A, 9. C, 10. B, 11. A, 12. B, 13. B, 14. C, 15. A, 16. C

The nation o Israel was worshiping other gods and hoping these alse gods would supply their

needs. The Israelites hadnt learned that God demanded their supreme worship and that He

alone would supply all their needs (including rain or their crops).

Teacher Note: There are two characteristics o God that need to be emphasized in this lesson.Instruct the students to look up these Scriptures and read what the Bible has to say about these

characteristics o God.

go i -power. He rained down re rom the sky and consumed water-logged altars. He

shows Himsel to be powerul in other Scriptures as well:

P 147:5: Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; His understanding is beyond

measure.

Jerei 51:15: It is He who made the earth by His power, who established the world by

His wisdom, and by His understanding stretched out the heavens.

Coriti 1:18: For the word o the cross is olly to those who are perishing, but to us

who are being saved it is the power o God.

2 Coriti 4:7: But we have this treasure in jars o clay, to show that the surpassing

power belongs to God and not to us.

Revetio 19:1: Ater this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice o a great multitude in

heaven, crying out, Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God.

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go i jeo go. Jealousy is a good thing when it describes God because He knows that He is

the best or us. Nothing else will satisy. The Baal gods that the Israelites worshiped would do noth-

ing or them. God is God alone.

Exo 20:5: You shall not bow down to them or serve them, or I the LORD your God am a

jealous God.

Exo 34:14: For you shall worship no other god, or the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a

jealous God.

deterooy 4:24: For the LORD your God is a consuming re, a jealous God.

P 78:58: For they provoked Him to anger with their high places; they moved Him to jeal-ousy with their idols.

Ezekie 39:25: Thereore thus says the Lord GOD: Now I will restore the ortunes o Jacob and

have mercy on the whole house o Israel, and I will be jealous or my holy name.

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in the nations.


Where do you nd yoursel limping between two gods? There is only one God. He is supreme and

all-powerul. Galatians tells us to walk by the Spirit, not to walk in the fesh.

Teacher Note: Pass out copies o the Walking by the Spirit chart (see resources) to your students.

Discuss what ways they see worldliness creeping into their lives and how they can intentionally

obey and walk in the Spirit this week.

Supplies Needed: Walking by the Spirit chart



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connecting church and home


Abby Tracy is a remarkable 23-year-old young lady rom Arizona who now lives in Kampala, Ugan-

da. More than two million children live on the streets in Uganda, and Abby wants to share the Gos-

pel with them and rescue many rom the violence, abuse and loneliness they experience on a daily

basis. These children do not have parents or anyone caring or them. Every night they sleep on the

streets with a piece o cardboard or a pillow and a piece o trash or a blanket.

Recently Abby visited the States and a group o college-age women asked her this question, Abby,

at 23, do you ever desire to live here in the States, get a car, start your career, get an iPhone, updateyour Facebook status like everyone else and live the American dream? Her reply was simple but

pointed and biblical, All those things you just mentioned, every one o them is temporal, feeting

and ading but the souls o these children are eternal. I I do not share Christ with them, who will?

connectOur hearts are so prone to set our aections on things (idols). In this weeks lesson, your children

will study Elijah and an idol that people in his day bowed to called Baal. Gods glory was given to

another and He could not allow His people to live in their sin o idol worship. Remember Exodus 20?

No other idols . . .

Can we think o an idol our amily might be tempted to bow to?

As those in Elijahs day, we are oten tempted to worship idols. Even our children can become our

idols i we arent careul. Do our calendars, budgets, ears and anxieties all revolve around those

things that will last or eternity and how are we helping our children to do the same?

Trere Vere: Kings o the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers o the earth! Young men

and maidens together, old men and children! Let them praise the name o the LORD, or His name

alone is exalted; His majesty is above earth and heaven (Psalm 148:11-13).

SELF is an idol which has been worshiped byfar greater multitudes than any other deity of either ancient or modern

heathenism. John Angell James

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1. ______________________________

2.______________

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3. ______________________________

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1. Wic o te oowi qote i ipire tereore torittive?

A. And it came to pass that when my ather had read and seen many great and marvelous things, he did ex-

claim many things unto the Lord; such as: Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord God Almighty! Thy

throne is high in the heavens, and thy power, and goodness, and mercy are over all the inhabitants o the

earth; and, because thou art merciul, thou wilt not suer those who come unto thee that they shall perish!

B. But the souls o the righteous are in the hand o God, and there shall no torment touch them.

C. Yet these may ye eat o every fying creeping thing that goeth upon all our, which have legs above their

eet, to leap withal upon the earth; Even these o them ye may eat; the locust ater his kind, and the bald

locust ater his kind, and the beetle ater his kind, and the grasshopper ater his kind. But all other fying

creeping things, which have our eet, shall be an abomination unto you.

2. Te orice c bpti te lor spper re . . .

A. A means o grace. Some o them are necessary or salvation.

B. Symbolic acts commanded by Christ.

C. The means o grace i received with aith.

3. We oeoe ie . . .

A. The wicked go to hell and those with aith in Christ go to be in the presence o the Lord.

B. The good go to spirit paradise, while the wicked go to spirit prison.

C. The good go to heaven but those who can work o their sins go to a place called purgatory.

4. m tre i . . .

A. Not entirely corrupted and can be remedied by good works.

B. Is corrupted but can be improved by good works and obedience to the Bible and the Church.

C. Is entirely corrupted and no amount o good works can remedy it.

5. Te Bibe coprie o te 66 book o te O new Tetet . . .

A. Is the only authority we have to know God and live holy lives.B. Is inspired along with other revelations.

C. Is inspired and along with the Churchs teachings is the proper authority to live by.

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A. And it came to pass that the Jews did mock him because o the things which he testied o them; or hetruly testied o their wickedness and their abominations; and he testied that the things which he sawand heard, and also the things which he read in the book, maniested plainly o the coming o a Messiah,

and also the redemption o the world.B. The fowers appear on the earth; the time o the singing o birds is come, and the voice o the turtle is

heard in our land.

C. O Lord, Almighty God o our athers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and o their righteous seed; who hastmade heaven and earth, with all the ornament thereo; who hast bound the sea by the word o thy com-mandment; who hast shut up the deep, and sealed it by thy terrible and glorious name.

7. Te orice o bpti . . .

A. Must be by submersion or the remission o sins (meaning that through baptism past sins are orgiven),and occurs ater one has shown aith and repentance.

B. Is an act o obedience symbolizing the believers aith in a crucied, buried and risen Savior; the believersdeath to sin; the burial o the old lie and the resurrection to walk in newness o lie in Christ Jesus.

C. Is necessary or salvation or those to whom the Gospel has been proclaimed and who have had the pos-sibility o asking or this ordinance.

8. sit re . . .

A. Anyone who has placed their aith in Jesus Christ.

B. Can be prayed to or help when you have trouble.

C. To be relied upon as examples whose lives we should emulate.

9. Je i . . .

A. Originally one o the spirit beings that all humans used to be.

B. A model or right living.

C. The only way to God.

10. Cire re . . .

A. Born sinners and must be thereore taught the Gospel so they can repent o their sin and place their aithin Christ as soon as they are capable understanding this.

B. Regarded as ree o sin and incapable o sinning until the age o eight, when they become accountable.

C. Born sinners, thereore, must be baptized as inants to protect them spiritually until they become oldenough to know right rom wrong.

11. Wic o te oowi tteet i correct?

A. The death o Christ was a substitutionary sacrice that satised Gods justice.

B. The death o Christ created merit that is shared with sinners through sacraments.

C. The death o Christ was sacricial and along with other things provides salvation.



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12. go . . .

A. Still speaks to humankind. He has called new apostles and prophets, and revelation fows today as it did inancient times.

B. Still speaks to believers through His Word as they are guided by the Holy Spirit.

C. Still speaks to humankind through the Bible, the teachings o the Church, and through His designatedrepresentatives on earth.

13. Wic o te oowi tteet bot te Crc i tre?

A. The Church is the place where humanity must rediscover its unity and salvation. Its teachings are authori-tative.

B. The Church as the Body o Christ is not limited to a time, place, race or culture and can thereore be reerredto as catholic.

C. The Church is only where we start our trip to God. Each person must create his own personal relationshipwith God and Jesus Christthat becomes the church that is going to matter to each person.


A. Whereore, the Lord did visit them in great judgment; nevertheless, He did spare the righteous that theyshould not perish, but did deliver them out o the hands o their enemies.

B. With that all the assembly cried out with a loud voice, and praised God, who saveth them that trust in Him.

C. Stay me with fagons, comort me with apples: or I am sick o love.

15. Wic o te oowi tteet bot priet i tre?

A. Every believer is a priest and can go to God on his own behal through Jesus.

B. Priests are mediators between God and man.

C. Priests must be consecrated by special rites in the temple to intercede or the people.

16. goo work . . .

A. Help us achieve a higher status spiritually.

B. Merit the avor o God.

C. Are a git o God and a means to display His glory in us.



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dEsIREs OF ThE FlEsh

Galatians 5:16-21

Sexual Immorality

Impurity

Sensuality

Idolatry

Sorcery

Enmity

Strie

Jealousy

Fits o Anger

Rivalries

Dissensions

Divisions

Envy

Drunkenness

Orgies

FRuIT OF ThE sPIRIT

Galatians 5:16-18, 22-25

Love

Joy

Peace

Patience

Kindness

Goodness

Faithulness

Gentleness

Sel-control

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