By George Nielsen
This week we covered Lesson 10 from Bible Adventures, “Laws to Live By” which is a lesson teaching about the giving of the Word of God in written form, beginning with Moses, on Mount Sinai, receiving the Ten Commandments. Scripture texts in the lesson are from Deuteronomy 5: 1-5, and 6: 5-8.
The introduction to the lesson began with remarks about Adam and Eve, and that God spoke directly to them. My remarks included explaining that Adam and Eve were created with the ability to speak and understand language, and may have also been created with knowledge of the symbols that comprise an alphabet and the ability to put them together to make the written form of their language. Bible Adventures then stated that, after Adam and Eve sinned, “Usually, God no longer spoke directly to people.” This was the lead-in to a brief statement that one of the times, after the Fall of Adam and Eve, where God did speak directly to people was with Moses. God gave Moses the Ten Commandments, written in stone, and He later continued to meet with Moses and give him more of His commands.
I was, and still am, concerned that the overly-generalized statement “Usually, God no longer spoke …” is misleading to the students, but time did not permit my expanding the discussion to deal with this, in class. Here, I want to write that in Old Testament times, there were numerous exceptions to the general statement, and in the New Testament era, post-Pentecost, I would have to conclude that the general statement doesn't even apply any more. Christian believers can enter into the Most Holy Place, directly into the Presence of God, if they seek to and are willing to listen. This is a ministry function of Holy Spirit, who desires to lead us.
The lesson from Bible Adventures then continued with the Scripture Spotlight, giving the text of Deuteronomy 5: 1-5, and 6: 5-8, which were read in class. Brief follow-up comments were made about the Deuteronomy 5 text, about the giving of the Ten Commandments. Most of the discussion in class was about the Deuteronomy 6 passage, about Jesus quoting this passage and declaring it to be the “Greatest Commandment”, and about discipleship and the command to teach God’s Word to children.
We concluded the lesson with reciting the Key Verse, 2 Timothy 3: 16.
Our Lesson Focus is spiritual truth that we emphasize. The kids can take away this truth from class as the application of what was taught -- especially for them.
Today’s Lesson Focus is: The Bible is God’s Message To Us.
God gave us the Written Word, as a gracious act of love for us. We will continue with this same focus during the next two weeks.
This week’s written Homework Assignment is to complete the copy of page 4 of Bible Adventures, Road Map for Travelers. This assignment was an exercise to paraphrase the first four verses of Psalm 100.
The Memory Verse assigned this week is 2 Timothy 3:16.
16 All Scripture is God-breathed, and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.
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This week we also continued the assignment of the first Emphasis Memory Verse, Acts 10: 38 (NKJV). This verse can be recited for each class during the month of July.
38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. --- Acts 10: 38 (NKJV)
You can read the class summaries and other information about our class by following our Class Blog at the address rcc5gr.blogspot.com -- Weekly Blog posts will be made.
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