August 26, 2012 - "The Perfect Sacrifice" - in the Old and New Testaments

The Perfect Sacrifice

Today's class  covered Lesson 11 from Bible Adventures, ‘The Perfect Sacrifice’, using Scripture texts from Exodus, chapters 11 and 12, and John 1: 29, in the lesson materials, and John 3: 16 in our class discussion.   Much of the lesson was covering Old Testament sacrifices and answering questions about the procedures for doing the sacrifice.   But the culmination of the lesson was the New Testament declaration of John the Baptist, where he says that Jesus is “The Lamb of God.”   This was followed by discussion, using posters of Jesus being crucified and also referring to John 3:16, of Jesus’ sacrifice for our sins.   This is the Lesson Focus: Jesus is the Perfect Sacrifice for your sins.

This class also included Sunday School that Clicks materials, used as an introduction to the lesson -- a video from Fox News about the recent Aurora Colorado movie theater shooting, and discussion of the definition of sin.  Three students gave their own definitions of sin; and their definitions were correct but not complete.  So, then we gave the “official” definition:

SIN is anything you and I Say, Do, or Think, that does not please God.  It is breaking God’s laws.

The video of the mass murder at the movie was an example of gross, terrible sin.  We also contrasted this gross sin with what the lesson material called “kid-sins” such as lying to your parents.   God is Holy, and all sin separates us from God.  

The Memory Verse assigned this week is Ephesians 1: 7.   Each week, now through the 9/9/12 class, we also are permitting students to say the previously assigned verse, Psalm 19: 1, using the NIV text, and earn extra Achievement Points.   

Homework was assigned this week -- to read and review pages 1 and 4 of Bible Adventures.