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T&T MISSION: GRACE IN ACTION

RESOURCE BUNDLE ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS

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3.1 – JESUS IS FULLY GOD: LESSON OPENER (5 MINUTES)

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OPTION 1: EXACT IMPRINT

WHAT YOU’LL NEED: Ink pads (one for every three kids), sheets of card stock, markers, wet wipes, magnifying glasses, tables, patterns for fingerprint artwork (optional)

LEADER PREP: Place ink pads, markers, and wet wipes on tables in the classroom. Gather several magnifying glasses to use during the activity. (Optional: Search online for directions for creating artwork from fingerprints.)

ACTIVITY:

STEP 1: Give each child a sheet of card stock and ask the kids to stand around the tables in the room. Encourage them to press their fingers and hands into the ink pads to make fingerprints and handprints on their card stock. The kids may use wet wipes to clean their hands. (Optional: As time allows, encourage the kids to make funny artwork from their prints.)

STEP 2: Pass out magnifying glasses and ask the kids to look carefully at their fingerprints and then at the fingerprints of the other kids. Share these fun facts about our fingerprints with them:

A. Each person has a unique set of fingerprints. No one’s fingerprints are exactly like yours.

B. Detectives often search crime scenes for fingerprints that may help them solve a crime.

C. Fingerprints are made from tiny sweat glands that secrete oil and salt through miniscule pores in your finger surfaces.

D. Your fingerprints began to develop on your finger while you were in your mother’s womb.

E. You leave fingerprints on everything you touch.

STEP 3: Explain to the kids that Jesus is the exact imprint of God. (Hold up a child’s set of fingerprints.) Just as the prints on the card stock are the exact same fingerprints as the prints on (child’s name) fingers, Jesus is the EXACT MATCH of His Father, God. That’s because Jesus is God too. He is just like His Father.

STEP 4: Open in prayer, asking the Holy Spirit to help you and the kids understand that Jesus is fully God. Transition to main lesson.



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3.1 – JESUS IS FULLY GOD: MAIN LESSON (10 MINUTES)

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Explain that this means that Jesus is exactly like His Father, God. He is everything that God is, because He is God too. You can’t see the Father because He is spirit (John 4:24, 6:46). But in Bible times, people could see Jesus because He had a human body. So when they watched Jesus, they were also watching His Father because Jesus did what He saw His Father doing and said what the Father told Him to say (John 5:19, 12:49, 14:9). Jesus told the people that He and the Father are one (John 10:30).

STEP 2: Hold up your Bible and explain that Hebrews 1:2-3 is one of many passages that shows that Jesus is God. Many people who lived when Jesus lived on earth believed He is God because they saw Jesus do things that only God can do. Some of them wrote in the Bible what they saw that proved Jesus is God.

STEP 3: Explore several miracles that identify Jesus as God. Read Matthew 14:13-21; Matthew 27:33-36, 50, 28:1-10; Mark 2:1-12; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 7:44-50 aloud pausing after each set of verses to ask the kids which statement about Jesus that you have taped to the wall matches the passage. Ask for kid volunteers to come up and tape each verse reference next to the matching statement.

STEP 4: When you have completed the activity, discuss the importance that Jesus’ deity holds in salvation. Share these key concepts in your discussion:

A. Because Jesus is God, He is pure, righteous, holy — without sin. Only a perfect God could provide the perfect payment for sin. No human could do that because that human would have to be the perfect payment for his or her own sins, and all humans are sinful. We cannot be perfect.

B. Since Jesus is both God and God’s Son, He is the ONLY one who could ever take the punishment for sin. However, no one forced Him to do so. Jesus willingly chose to be the perfect payment for sin. He chose to die for sin on the cross because of His great love for us.

C. Read aloud the last sentence in Hebrews 1:3. Since Jesus was the perfect and only acceptable payment for sin, we must trust that He paid for our sins on the cross. If we trust in Jesus as Savior, we are purified from sin. That means God has washed away, or forgiven, all our sin — past, present, and future — and we are freed from the penalty of sin.

OPTION 1: MATCH-UP

WHAT YOU’LL NEED: Bible bookmarked to Hebrews 1:2-3; Matthew 14:13-21; Matthew 27:33-36, 50; Matthew 28:1-10; Mark 2:1-12; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 7:44-50; Match-Up handout (Resource Bundle); scissors, painter’s tape (or another tape that does not damage paint on walls)

LEADER PREP: Print out the Match-Up handout from the Resource Bundle. Cut apart each section. You will have five statements about Jesus and five sets of Scripture references. Tape each statement about Jesus in a group on a wall in the room. Set the five Scripture references and the tape nearby to use during the lesson.

ACTIVITY:

STEP 1: Open your Bible and read Hebrews 1:2-3 aloud once. Then read it a second time. Break the verses into smaller phrases and let the kids repeat Hebrews 1:3 after you. (This action will help solidify the verses in their minds and prepare them to memorize it.) Explain to the kids that the writer of Hebrews wanted Christians to know who Jesus really is. Discuss the meaning of the verses and share these key concepts:

A. While these verses call Jesus a Son, it does not mean that Jesus is younger than His Father, God. Jesus and the Father have always been alive together forever.

B. God has always been alive as one God in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each person is fully God and each person has a different job to do, but they are one God. Jesus is God’s Son, but Jesus is also God. This is really hard to understand. But the Bible tells us it is true, so we believe it.

C. Jesus was never created. He was alive as God before He was born as a human.

D. Hebrews 1:2 teaches that God created the world through Jesus. Because Jesus is God, He had a part in creation! Now Jesus upholds the whole universe, or keeps it together, by His Word (Colossians 1:16-17).

Continue the discussion by letting them know they will learn more in their handbook about what it means when Jesus is called the heir of all things. Then focus on the part in verse 3 where it says Jesus is the exact imprint of God’s nature.



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STEP 5: Offer the kids an opportunity to talk with a leader if they would like to trust in Jesus as Savior.


MATCH-UP HANDOUTT&T MISSION: GRACE IN ACTION • 3.1 — JESUS IS FULLY GOD

JESUS KNEW THINGS THAT ONLY GOD COULD KNOW.

JESUS COULD PERFORM MIRACLES THAT ONLY

GOD COULD DO.

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JESUS COULD FORGIVE SIN.

JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN.

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MATCH-UP HANDOUT

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MARK 2:1-12

MATTHEW 14:13-21MARK 4:35-41

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MATCH-UP HANDOUT

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LUKE 7:44-50

MATTHEW 27:33-36, 50, 28:1-10

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MATCH-UP HANDOUTT&T MISSION: GRACE IN ACTION • 3.1 — JESUS IS FULLY GOD

JESUS KNEW THINGS THAT ONLY GOD COULD KNOW.

JESUS COULD PERFORM MIRACLES THAT ONLY

GOD COULD DO.

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MATCH-UP HANDOUT

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JESUS COULD FORGIVE SIN.

JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN.

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MATCH-UP HANDOUT

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MARK 2:1-12

MATTHEW 14:13-21MARK 4:35-41

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MATCH-UP HANDOUT

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LUKE 7:44-50

MATTHEW 27:33-36, 50, 28:1-10

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3.1 – JESUS IS FULLY GOD: LESSON OPENER (5 MINUTES)

OPTION 2: GUESS MY JOB

WHAT YOU’LL NEED: Items or pictures of items associated with specific jobs (see list below); boxes, gift bags, or grocery bags; Bible bookmarked to John 10:30

LEADER PREP: Collect items or pictures of items that identify a person’s occupation from the list below. Place the items associated with the same job together in bags or boxes, and place the bags or boxes in a corner of the room.

• Stethoscope, thermometer, and white lab coat –doctor or nurse

• Cowboy hat, lasso, spurs, and horse – a cowboy• Briefcase and tie – a businessman• Baby and baby items – babysitter or mother• Firefighter hat, axe, and hose – a firefighter• Police car, badge, and whistle – a police officer

STEP 1: Tell the kids that often people are identified by the jobs that they do. And many times, specific uniforms or tools that they use on the job give us clues about what occupation a person holds.

Choose three or four volunteers from the group. Have each volunteer choose a box or bag and look through the contents, without revealing the contents to the rest of the group.

STEP 2: Give each volunteer one minute to act out the job that is represented by the items in the bag. Tell volunteers that they may wear the items in the bag or hold up pictures as needed, but they cannot use any words.

Allow other kids to guess what job is being acted out. After each volunteer has acted out his or her occupation, remind the kids that you can often tell what job a person does by their uniform or their tools they use on the job.

Ask them what they would think about someone’s skill as a doctor if a person who claimed to be a doctor came in to examine them but carried a trumpet and a book of music instead of a stethoscope.

Share these key cocepts:

A. When Jesus lived on earth, He looked like everyoneelse who lived at that time. He didn’t wear or carryanything special that made Him look like God. Therewas nothing about His appearance that made Him looklike He was God.

B. Read John 10:30 out loud. Jesus said He was the same asGod. But Jesus didn’t just say He was God, He did thingsthat proved He was God.

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OPTION 2: SEARCHING FOR PROOF

WHAT YOU’LL NEED: Construction paper, scissors, pens or pencils, Bibles for the kids, a whiteboard and dry erase markers or posterboard and marker, cross made from construction paper, painter’s tape or another tape that will not damage wall paint. (Optional: A trench coat, magnifying glass, a hat, and sunglasses)

LEADER PREP: Before club, cut out seven footprints from construction paper. Write one of the following sets of references on each footprint: Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 2:1-12; John 16:27-30; Mark 1:21-27; Mark 4:35-41; Mark 5:21-24, 35-43; Mark 15:21-25, 37, 16:1-6. Also, tape the cross somewhere on the wall where the kids can see it. (During the course of the lesson, you will arrange footprints in a path on the floor, leading to the cross.)

Ahead of time, ask a leader or special guest to pretend to be a detective in search of proof that Jesus is God. (Optional: Ask the leader or guest to dress up as a detective.)

STEP 1: Ask the detective to explain his mission to the kids and have them help him in his search. Have the kids work in small groups to choose a footprint and look up the Scripture references on the footprint. Give each group paper and pens or pencils and encourage them to identify the proof from those Scriptures that Jesus is God.

STEP 2: After several minutes, have each group present their clues and the proof of Jesus’ identity that they found in their specific verses. After each group has presented their information, have the detective place the group’s footprint on the floor. The footprints should be positioned so they eventually form a path to the cross, which is taped to the wall. The detective should also write the group’s findings on a whiteboard or posterboard and share any additional concepts revealed in that passage that prove that Jesus is God.

STEP 3: Open your Bible and read Hebrews 1:2-3 aloud once. Then read it a second time. Break the verses into smaller phrases and let the kids repeat Hebrews 1:3 after you. (This action will help solidify the verse in their minds and prepare them to memorize it.) Explain to the kids that the writer of Hebrews wanted Christians to know who Jesus really is. Discuss the meaning of the verses and share these key concepts:

A. While these verses calls Jesus a Son, it does not mean that Jesus is younger than His Father, God. Jesus and the Father have always been alive together forever.

B. God has always been alive as one God in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Each person is fully God and each person has a different job to do, but they are one God. Jesus is God’s Son, but Jesus is also God. This is really hard to understand. But the Bible tells us it is true, so we believe it.

C. Jesus was never created. He was alive as God before He was born as a human.

D. Hebrews 1:2 teaches that God created the world through Jesus. Because Jesus is God, He had a part in creation! Now Jesus upholds the whole universe, or keeps it together, by His Word (Colossians 1:16-17).

Continue the discussion by letting them know they will learn more in their handbook about what it means when Jesus is called the heir of all things. Then focus on the part in verse 3 where it says Jesus is the exact imprint of God’s nature. Explain that this means that Jesus is exactly like His Father, God. He is everything that God is, because He is God too. You can’t see the Father because He is spirit (John 4:24, 6:46). But in Bible times, people could see Jesus because He had a human body. So when they watched Jesus, they were also watching His Father because Jesus did what He saw His Father doing and said what the Father told Him to say (John 5:19, 12:49, 14:9). Jesus told the people that He and the Father are one (John 10:30).

STEP 4: Hold up your Bible and explain that Hebrews 1:2-3 is one of many passages that shows that Jesus is God. Many people who lived when Jesus lived on earth believed He is God because they saw Jesus do things that only God can do. Some of them wrote in the Bible what they saw that proved Jesus is God.

STEP 5: Teach Hebrews 1:3 following the guidelines in the main lesson. Then point to the cross and explain that only someone who is God could have died for our sins on the cross. Offer the kids an opportunity to talk with a leader if they would like to trust in Jesus as Savior.

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