Jesus Is Invincible – Family Study for July 26, 2020
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Jesus Is Invincible – Family Study for July 26, 2020 BIBLE PASSAGE SET UP Revelation 19; 21—22 (Return of Christ)) Tape a line down the middle of the room. Divide everyone into two teams. MEMORY VERSE RELATE See what great love the Father has lavished on us, Divide everyone into two teams. At “Go,” have kids crumple the newspaper into balls and toss the that we should be called children of God! – Psalm 100:1–2 balls at the other team (like a snowball fight). Play until all of the newspaper has been used up. The team with the least amount of trash on their side of the line wins! In the great battle described in Revelation, Jesus defeats Satan to overcome the evil and The Big God Story darkness in this world, taking His place as the invincible ruler of both heaven and earth. Kids will Bible Passage: Revelation 19; 21—22 engage in fun battles today, pretending to war and gain victory. RELATE Activity 1: Cotton Swabs and Straws Battle Today’s part of The Big God Story shows us that Jesus is invincible. He is all-powerful, and no SUPPLIES one can defeat Him. Let’s pause and invite God to teach us today. Lead the children in a Prayer of Release to pause, be still, and ask the Holy Spirit to quiet their hearts and minds. • Cotton swabs (5–10 per child) Throughout The Big God Story we’ve heard a lot about Jesus. What do you know about Jesus? • Disposable drinking straws (1 per child) Invite answers. Great thoughts! We heard how He is the Redeemer God promised to send. He’s the One who made the way for God’s people to be in perfect relationship with Him. He was also • Paper cups (2, small) born in a manger in a small town called Bethlehem. During His lifetime He served others, healed • Masking tape them, and spoke to them about God. Then, Jesus died, rose again, and went up into heaven. After that, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to comfort and teach us. Throughout The Big God Story, Jesus SET UP modeled for us how to love God and others. And someday Jesus will return in all His glory—as the Place two chairs next to each other a few feet apart. Use the tape to make one line in front of invincible One. each of the chairs, about four feet away. Then divide kids into two teams, and ask a someone What do you think it will be like when Jesus returns? Invite answers. What do you think Jesus will from each team to sit in a chair with a cup on his head. For the rest of the team members, give look like? Encourage kids to answer. You know what’s really cool? In the Bible we can read about each child a straw and some cotton swabs. all of these things in a letter called “The Revelation of Jesus Christ”—or the book of Revelation. RELATE It’s the very last book in the Bible. Line up each team behind the masking-tape line in front of the opposing team’s volunteer. You’ve been hearing about the many letters that Paul and James sent out to the first churches Have them try one at a time to knock the cup off of the volunteer’s head with the cotton swabs to encourage them and strengthen them in their faith. Well, “The Revelation of Jesus Christ” by blowing the swabs through a straw. The team that knocks the cup off of the opposing team was also a letter written to the early churches—but a very different kind of letter. It was a letter member’s head the most times wins the battle. describing a vision that an angel gave to a man named John. Activity 2: Trash Battle Because the Roman authorities didn’t like John spreading the good news of Jesus Christ, they SUPPLIES sent him away to an island called Patmos. There, an angel met with him and told him many amazing things. So the first thing John did was write a letter describing what the angel showed • Newspaper him and what Jesus looked like. John described Jesus as victorious, triumphant, and invincible! • Masking tape Turn with me in your Bibles to the very last book, Revelation. Give children time to find Revelation Activity 1: Armed with Invincibility 1:13. Let’s read John’s description of Jesus. John saw Jesus “dressed in a robe reaching down to Children will create shields to help them remember that Jesus is invincible. his feet and with a golden sash around his chest.” Wow! What an amazing picture of Jesus in all His glory! John was so overwhelmed by this vision SUPPLIES of Jesus that he fell on his face and worshipped Him. Stand up with me. How would you react if • Shield examples (see download) you saw Jesus like this? • Shield template (see download) Then John wrote many, many more chapters describing the battles between good and evil that will eventually take place—and how Jesus will win because He is invincible! Turn to chapter 19 • Card stock (1 sheet) and let’s read about this celebration of Jesus’ unbeatable power. This will be an amazing moment • Cardboard (1 piece per child, each approx. 8” x 11”, suggestion: 1 cereal box for every 2 when all of heaven rejoices in their invincible King! And what’s really cool is the Bible says everyone will see it! children) This is all pretty great … but there’s more. Put your finger on Revelation 19:11. John again • Scissors (1 pair per child) described Jesus as He will appear in all His invincible glory at the end of the battle. Have children close eyes as you read Revelation 19:11–16, creating a picture in their imagination. How many of • Yarn (6’ per child) you remember Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey? Encourage kids to raise their hands. In • Glue sticks (1 per child) this letter, Jesus is riding on a white horse of victory. How many of you remember Jesus dressed as a man, washing His disciples’ feet? Here we see Him as the invincible One, radiating the glory • Foil (2’ per child) of God and followed by the armies of heaven. How many of you remember Jesus wearing a crown • Permanent markers (multiple colors) of thorns? Now lots of crowns sit on His head, because He’s “KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS” (v. 16). Wow! Jesus is the King of Kings, showing us all of God’s glory. • Pencils In this great battle, Jesus defeats Satan and all the evil of this world. What began back in the PREPARE AHEAD garden of Eden is completed as Jesus, in power and glory, takes His place as the absolute ruler of Print the Shield template onto card stock and cut it out. Trace the Shield template onto cardboard, the earth. Jesus defeats Satan. Jesus defeats evil. Jesus is invincible. We who believe in Him will making one shield outline for each child. Cut yarn into six-foot pieces and foil into 12-inch get to live with Him, our invincible King, in heaven forever! sections. Optional: Cut the cereal boxes apart and separate into large panels and small side The Bible says, “The old order of things has passed away.” What do you think that means? panels. Encourage kids to answer. Yes! After all this time, God will do what He said He would do in the beginning of The Big God Story: He will create a new heaven and a new earth! God will beat all SET UP evil, destroy death, and make everything new. And we will see Him face to face. I don’t know Place cardboard, scissors, yarn, glue sticks, foil, permanent markers, and pencils on the table. about you, but I think that sounds really amazing! I want to be saved by an invincible King of Kings RELATE and Lord of Lords. I want to see Jesus return! I want Him to come back fully revealed as the glory The book of Revelation tells us that Jesus will win in the final battle against evil. Nothing and of God, showing us once and for all what love and truth really look like! I want Him to return—for no one can defeat Jesus! John described what he saw with descriptions his readers would all people to see! understand. What descriptions of Jesus from Revelation stood out to you? Interact with answers. Jesus is returning to earth. He is invincible. He can’t be defeated. What do we do when we have The symbols on a shield reveal truths about the warrior. What truths would you include on a shield this kind of amazing hope in an invincible God? What do we do because our Savior has promised for Jesus? Encourage responses. Let’s create colorful shields with images that remind us that to return to us? We shout, “Hallelujah! Come, Lord Jesus!” Jesus is invincible. QUESTIONS Give each child a piece of cardboard with the shield traced on it. Have children cut out the shields. Next, have them cut small random notches at each corner of the shield as well as at the top and • Why was John on the island of Patmos? Revelation 1:9 the bottom. Kids will slide one end of the yarn into a notch and begin to wrap the yarn around • To whom did John write his letter? Revelation 1:4 the shield, securing it in place at each notch.