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Jehovah Jesus and Creator Christ JESUS: Creator, God in Human Flesh, Perfect Man, Only Savior Optional Lessons for Released Time Classes Available in e-format for editing; may be adapted to all grade levels; and may be copied and/or altered freely. Offered as a Service by CR Ministries 327 Green Lane Philadelphia, PA 19128 215-483-9846 Special Note for Spanish or French speaking children. Paul G. Humber’s book is available not only in English but also in Spanish and French. A teacher who would like a free copy may write to Paul G. Humber at [email protected] and ask Scriptures, for the most part, are taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Special notes to teachers: 1. Passages that have been highlighted may be especially appropriate for memory. 2. Twenty-six lessons are provided, but in some cases, you may want to split a lesson into two (or combine two into one). This is an important revision, but it still could see more. 3. You should view these lessons as flexible. You may want to add something here and delete something there. Certainly you are encouraged to supplement with pictures, singing, recitation of memory verses, prayer, etc. In other words, these lessons are a general guide. They are not meant to spell out in detail how you should teach in a step-by-step fashion. 4. Notice that each lesson features Jesus. The point is that He must be central in every one. We want every visitor to Christian Released Time to learn about Jesus. The Apostle John wrote about his Gospel, “But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name” (John 20:31). Theme Verse: “Now this is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.” Jn.17:3 Goal: To provide opportunities for every child entering Christian Released Time doors to learn more about God and get to know Him personally. Lesson 1: Introduction: Question: While looking up into the clouds, have you ever wondered why you can’t see God? Three passages from the Bible may help you here: 1. JOHN 1:18: No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known. This is a very important verse for several reasons. First, human minds like ours can’t “see” God in all His greatness. In the early part of the Bible (the Old Testament), Moses saw part of Jehovah, but not all of Him (Exodus 33:1823). Whenever the Scriptures talk about “seeing God”, therefore (Genesis 32:30, Judges 13:22, and Isaiah 6:5), it’s often in a limited way. Later in the Bible, a follower of Jesus named John spoke of beholding the glory of the Lord Jesus (John 1:14), and he even fell at Jesus’ feet “as though dead” on seeing the “glorified” Christ (Revelation 1:17) after He was raised from the dead. The phrase “God the One and Only” is a better term than the more well known one, “the only begotten Son,” because it is based on a more correct translation. Either way, it means that Jesus Christ is God. 2 2. JOHN 14:9-11: Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, `Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves.” What person who is merely created could say, “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father?” The Lord Jesus could say these things about Himself, because He was (and still is) God the Son, the Second “Person” of the Trinity*. [*The Trinity is a very basic belief in Christianity; it means One God in Three Persons.] 3. COLOSSIANS 1:15-17: He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Jesus is this invisible God who became visible (See God’s “face” in Isaiah 63:9). The statement that He is “the firstborn over all creation” is like Hebrews 1:2 where it is says that He has been “appointed heir of all things.” The right of the firstborn is something told over and over again in the Bible, and this verse seems to say that it belongs to Jesus, but this does not mean that He had a beginning or was created, because the very next verses tell us clearly that He Himself is the very One who created all things and who existed before everything was even made. Some children may want to pray to Jesus. Here is a suggested prayer for them to follow: Dear Lord Jesus. I didn’t know You were so great. I didn’t know You made me. I didn’t know You came to this earth to save people like me. I’m sorry for all my bad things, and I ask You to save me from hell and to clean me up from all my sins. Thank You for dying on the cross. Please be the best friend all my life. Help me to worship and love You now, and I look forward to being with You forever in heaven. Memory Verse: COLOSSIANS 1:15-17: For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Lesson 2: Jesus Is Before All Time Question: What is the difference between BC and AD? We mark our calendars with BC and AD, but what does “BC” mean? It stands for “Before Christ,” but there never really was a time before Christ, because He always existed. The Bible says that He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and that He is actually the Creator of time itself. It would make more sense to think of “BC” as standing for “Before Christmas,” when God the Son was born into this world as a baby boy. Three passages from the Bible might help you understand this: 1. MICAH 5:2: But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times. This passage says that the ruler yet to come in the future, who was the Messiah or the Anointed One, would be from “days of eternity” (another way of explaining “ancient times”). The Hebrew word for “eternity” here is the same as “everlasting” in Psalm 90:2, where it says that Jehovah God is “from everlasting to everlasting.” Both Messiah and Jehovah God have existed forever, and the Apostle John says it this way: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning” (John 1:1-2). The “ruler” Micah (an Old Testament prophet) wrote about so long ago was not just a man, but He was the God-man, the One who has existed from before time began, and He would be called the great “I AM” (John 8:58). 2. JOHN 1:1-2: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. In Isaiah 43:10 Jehovah said, “Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.” The Word* therefore, which was born a baby with flesh (John 1:14) like ours, existed before time ever even began. Until what happened on the cross, God the Son was always in fellowship and union with God the Father. (There is a mystery about what happened to that fellowship when He was actually punished for our sins on the cross; there was a forsakenness then.) In summary, Jesus was and still is God. Human minds can understand so little about the greatness, the mystery, and the wonder of the Three Person God. See John 1:18. [*Sometimes Jesus is called “The Word” too.] 3. REVELATION 1:17: 4 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.” Jesus is also called “the First and the Last.” This is a phrase that another Old Testament prophet, Isaiah, said refers to Jehovah* God. (Try to look up Isaiah 41:4, 44:6, and 48:12.) The fact that Jesus Himself said it is proof that He believed He was God. See also Revelation 2:8 and 22:13. *[“Jehovah” is the special name for God in the Bible.
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