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Key Christian Concepts:
      WORKS
INTRODUCTION
People in our country and in various foreign
   countries have a lot of different ideas on
 how to please God in their lives. We could
      easily list some: helping the needy,
   charitable giving, offering sacrifices and
 prayers to idols, fighting for a cause etc…
    Now look at each one of these and tell
    whether they are God pleasing or not.
Some are and some are definitely not at all.
 It all depends. That is what our lesson will
                help us with today.
STUDYING GOD’S WORD


What part do good works play
      in Salvation?
Romans 3:28
For we maintain that a man is justified by
   faith apart from observing the law.
THE BELIEVER IS SET FREE APART
FROM OBSERIVING THE LAW - You have
maybe heard of a “whipping boy.” A prince
 could not be publicly whipped but when he
broke the law someone had to be punished.
     Therefore a boy was chosen to be
punished so that the prince could go free - a
 whipping boy. Jesus took our place under
  the law so that we could be justified. He
           was our whipping boy.
Ephesians 2:8-9
 8 For it is by grace you have been saved,
     through faith—and this not from
yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by
      works, so that no one can boast.
WE ARE SAVED BY GOD’S GRACE,
  NOT BY WORKS - If you have to
 work for something it is not a gift. If
 you are given an incredible gift from
  your parents on your birthday, but
then go and boast that you deserve it
because you have been such a good
kid, you rob your parents of the joy of
        giving you a free gift.
Romans 9:30-32
   30 What then shall we say? That the
        Gentiles, who did not pursue
     righteousness, have obtained it, a
   righteousness that is by faith; 31 but
        Israel, who pursued a law of
righteousness, has not attained it. 32 Why
 not? Because they pursued it not by faith
 but as if it were by works. They stumbled
         over the “stumbling stone.”
WE LOSE OUR SALVATION IF WE
 PURSUE IT BY WORKS - Again, imagine
that your mom gave you a $1000 check for
your birthday. She gave it to you because
 she loved you and wants you to have it. If
you told her that you deserved that money
  because you are such an awesome kid
 and it’s about time she coughed up some
   money for all the things that you have
done for her, she will take the check back.
  In the same way, we lose God’s gift by
                   works.
On the basis of these passages, if you were
 to fill in the percentages of how much our
salvation is dependant on God’s grace and
how much is dependant on our good works,
       what would the percentages be?



                      100
Our salvation is ______________% God’s
                 0
Grace and ________% our good works.
What change in attitude did the
Holy Spirit work in us when he
     brought us to faith?
Galatians 5:24
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified
 the sinful nature with its passions and desires.

   WE ARE LED TO HATE THE SINFUL
NATURE - In 2 Peter 2:2, Peter speaks of a
dog returning and eating his own vomit and
about a pig who is washed will go back and
 wallow in the mud. When the Holy Spirit
brings us to faith, we are not like a dog or a
 pig, rather we hate our sins like vomit or
                     mud.
Titus 2:14
 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all
 wickedness and to purify for himself a people
that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

    WE ARE NOW EAGER TO DO WHAT
   GOD DESIRES - You have heard how
     some children react to their parent’s
 requests. Some moan and say “Aw, mom,
do I have to?!” Others say, “OK, Dad, I’ll do
it right away!” The latter is the attitude that
   the Holy Spirit has worked in our hearts
          when he brings us to faith.
When the Holy Spirit brought us
 to faith, he changed our attitude so
that we now hate sin and are eager to
             do God’s will.
God’s Word in My Life
     1. Agree or disagree and why? A
Christian does good works to show God
that he is worthy of God’s love.


    2. Agree or disagree and why? The
work of Jesus Christ gives us a chance to
win eternal life by following his example.
STUDYING GOD’S WORD


 How do I do good works?
Galatians 2:20
20 I have been crucified with Christ and I
no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The
life I live in the body, I live by faith in the
   Son of God, who loved me and gave
                himself for me.
John 15:4-5
4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you.
No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must
 remain in the vine. Neither can you bear
fruit unless you remain in me. 5 “I am the
    vine; you are the branches. If a man
  remains in me and I in him, he will bear
   much fruit; apart from me you can do
                  nothing.
THE POWER COMES FROM
JESUS IN OUR HEARTS BY FAITH
 Jesus uses the example of a grape
     vine to picture how we get the
 power from him to do good works.
   If a branch is broken off a vine it
   dies and on the vine it produces
 fruit. As long as we are connected
 to Jesus we will be able to do good
                  works.
Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus to do good works, which God
    prepared in advance for us to do.
  GOD HAS CREATED US IN JESUS TO
     DO GOOD WORKS - When you are
  training a child to do things on their own,
   you lay out their clothes in front of them
and help them put them on and then praise
 them for doing such a great job. God lays
    before us good works and helps us do
           them to give him honor.
CHRISTIAN VOCABULARY
Good Works - a deed that flows
from faith in Jesus and gives God
glory
Justify - (review word) to be
declared “not guilty”
Understanding Good Works

 Think about apple trees. Why is it that they
 produce apples? Is it because they’ll feel
 guilty if they don’t? Is it because they will
    be in some sort of trouble if they don’t
produce enough fruit? That’s foolish! Apple
  trees produce apples because that’s just
      what apple trees do. It’s natural.
Christians produce good works, not
because they’ll feel guilty if they don’t, and
 not because they’re afraid that otherwise
 they’ll get in trouble with God. Christians
produce good works because Christ gave
    them the power to do so. It’s what
        Christians do naturally now!
God’s Word in My Life
1. Agree or Disagree and why? People
without faith can still do good works.
2. Which of these three illustrations best
pictures the works in your life? Why?
     a. A small branch on an apple tree
loaded with perfect fruit.
     b. A branch on a dying apple tree that
has some withering fruit.
     c. A branch on an apple tree that has
some good fruit and some fruit with
worms in it.
Hymnology # 461 - From Eternity,
           O God
STUDYING GOD’S WORD


   What motivates us to
gladly do good works?
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
  14 For Christ’s love compels us,
because we are convinced that one
died for all, and therefore all died. 15
 And he died for all, that those who
    live should no longer live for
themselves but for him who died for
    them and was raised again.
THE LOVE CHRIST SHOWED TO US
Two people who love each other don’t
have to be forced to do things for each
other. They naturally do them. If one
needs the other, they go. Love shows
 itself in actions. Neither does God
 have to force us to do good works.
We are compelled to live for him rather
             than ourselves.
Colossians 3:17
 And whatever you do, whether in word
or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord
 Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father
              through him.
WE DO GOOD WORKS TO THANK
GOD FOR HIS GOODNESS - If you
 were drowning and someone pulled
  you to safety, you would feel that
 you should thank them somehow.
   You might pull out some soggy
  money from your pocket. You are
not paying him back for saving you -
    he already did that. You are
thanking him. We do good works not
to pay God back for saving us, that’s
already done. We do it to thank him.
We are motivated to do good works
 out of love for Jesus and out of
          thanks to God.
Psalm 119:105
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a
        light for my path.
WE CAN USE GOD’S WORD AS A
 TEST TO SEE WHETHER A WORK IS
 GOOD OR NOT- In a factory, there are
  usually some tests that a product must
 pass before it can go out on the market.
   Ropes have to be a certain strength.
Automobiles have crash & breaking tests.
Baby cribs have safety tests. God’s word
   is the test we use for everything—no
 popularity polls, not our friends opinions,
or what we want. God’s Word determines
         whether it is good or not.
God’s Word in My Life
     1. Agree or Disagree and why?
Because we are saved by grace, through
faith, God doesn’t care whether a Christian
does good works or not. He cares whether
or not we have faith.
     2. What do you think? If I am saved
entirely by God’s grace and my good works
have nothing to do with it, why can’t I go out
and commit whatever sins I want and then
ask God for forgiveness later?
ASSIGNMENT FOR NEXT TIME

REVIEWING THE LESSON
1. Review your notes; be sure you understand them. Be prepared for a written or oral
   quiz. Don’t forget about the vocabulary words!
2. Make a flashcard for and memorize Colossians 3:17 and Ephesians 2:8-9. Be
   able to put the passages into your own words.

PREPARING FOR THE NEXT LESSON
Ask your parents to help you with the following activity:
1. Read Matthew 19:16 - 26
2. Complete the Bible History Worksheet.

BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
Memorize the books of the New Testament: Matthew - Revelation
8
The Only True God
   Who is He?
INTRODUCTION
How many of you have been to Africa? How
  many of you have a relative who lives in
  Africa? Then how do you know there is a
place called Africa? (maps, globes, pictures,
TV, books, etc.) None of you has ever been
to Africa, but you know it is there. You have
   found out about it from other sources.
Today we’re going to learn how we find out
about God. None of us have ever seen him,
           yet we know he’s there.
STUDYING GOD’S WORD


What is one way that I learn about
            God?
Psalm 19:1
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
 The heavens declare the glory of God; the
   skies proclaim the work of his hands.
I LEARN SOME THINGS ABOUT GOD
  FROM NATURE. The pyramids in Egypt
(show picture on overhead) didn’t just drop
out of the sky. Someone had to build them.
  The same can be said about your house.
  The same can be said about the created
   universe. Someone had to build it. That
 someone is God. You can’t look directly at
the sun, but you can look at it’s reflection in
 a pond. We can’t look directly at God, but
      you can see his reflection in nature.
Acts 14:17
     Yet he has not left himself without
  testimony: He has shown kindness by
 giving you rain from heaven and crops in
their seasons; he provides you with plenty
   of food and fills your hearts with joy.”
FROM NATURE I LEARN ABOUT GOD’S
  KINDNESS. Perhaps you have a friend
   whose room is filled with nice things: a
  TV/VCR, computer, nice clothes, sports
equipment, etc. Those things tell you he has
 generous parents (I’ll bet the same can be
 said for your parents!). All of the blessings
 of nature—rain, sun, crops, etc.—show us
            how kind our God is.
Romans 1:20
For since the creation of the world God’s
invisible qualities—his eternal power and
 divine nature—have been clearly seen,
  being understood from what has been
 made, so that men are without excuse.
FROM NATURE I ALSO LEARN THAT
 GOD IS ETERNAL, POWERFUL, AND
 DIVINE. God is eternal. That means he
has no beginning or end (like an unbroken
 circle). To create everything he has is to
    be powerful. Imagine the power of
Niagara Falls. That’s nothing compared to
      the One who created those falls.
     Obviously, nature was created by
someone divine, not human we human’s
  don’t even really know what light is—a
             particle or a wave!
Psalm 104:24
 How many are your works, O LORD! In
wisdom you made them all; the earth is full
           of your creatures.
FROM NATURE WE ALSO LEARN THAT
GOD IS WISE. In fact he is the wisest of all.
Take a look at your family car. You can tell
a lot about the inventor of that car. You can
  see that he is logical, orderly, smart and
 wise. Look at the orderliness, design and
 beauty of nature (like the human hand). A
             wise God created it!
One way I learn about God is from
nature. Nature shows me that God is
  kind, eternal, powerful, wise and
                divine.



What is a second way that I can learn
            about God?
Romans 2:14,15
  14 (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not
have the law, do by nature things required
by the law, they are a law for themselves,
even though they do not have the law, 15
 since they show that the requirements of
  the law are written on their hearts, their
  consciences also bearing witness, and
  their thoughts now accusing, now even
             defending them.)
I LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT GOD
FROM MY CONSCIENCE. The gauges
 on an airplane let the pilot know when
something is wrong. Our conscience is
    like those gauges. It tells us when
   something has gone wrong with our
 conduct. It’s that little voice inside that
 condemns us for our sinful actions. It’s
the accusing finger that points our sins.
Romans 1:32
Although they know God’s righteous decree
   that those who do such things deserve
 death, they not only continue to do these
 very things but also approve of those who
               practice them.
MY CONSCIENCE TELLS ME THAT I
  DESERVE DEATH. Because all people
have a conscience, all religions in the world
 —except Christianity—try to avoid God’s
 anger over sin by DOING something that
    will make God happy. Because of
  conscience, everyone knows that he is
      responsible to God for his sins.
A second way that I learn about God
 is through my conscience, which
tells me that I  am responsible to
  God for my sins and deserve his
            punishment.
GOD’S WORD IN MY LIFE
What do the following tell you about
               God?

     A spring garden in bloom.


Our bodies’ ability to heal and develop
        immunity to disease.
The various cycles of the earth—water
   cycle, cycle of the seasons, etc.
STUDYING GOD’S WORD


What is the third way I learn about
             God?
Acts 16:25-30
  25 About midnight Paul and Silas were
praying and singing hymns to God, and the
 other prisoners were listening to them. 26
     Suddenly there was such a violent
   earthquake that the foundations of the
 prison were shaken. At once all the prison
 doors flew open, and everybody’s chains
  came loose. 27 The jailer woke up, and
  when he saw the prison doors open, he
drew his sword and was about to kill himself
   because he thought the prisoners had
                 escaped.
Acts 16:25-30
28 But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself!
  We are all here!” 29 The jailer called for
 lights, rushed in and fell trembling before
 Paul and Silas. 30 He then brought them
out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be
                  saved?”
I CANNOT LEARN FROM NATURE
    HOW I AM SAVED. The “Service
 Engine Soon” light on your car’s dash
can tell you something is wrong, but it’s
 not specific. Your conscience tells you
 something is wrong between you and
      God, but not how it is fixed.
2 Timothy 3:15
   and how from infancy you have
known the holy Scriptures, which are
 able to make you wise for salvation
    through faith in Christ Jesus.
ONLY THE BIBLE CAN TELL ME HOW I
AM SAVED. The riding lawn mower won’t
    start. Bad wiring? Out of gas? Dead
battery? Only when you look in the manual
 do you realize the problem. You need to
 depress the clutch when starting. People
 have lots of suggestions about getting to
heaven: be nice, do good works, don’t hurt
 anybody. But only in the Bible do we see
        that Jesus is the only Savior.
The third way I learn about God is
from the Bible. Only God’s Word tells
me that God saved me from my sins.
CHRISTIAN VOCABULARY
Eternal: Without beginning or end.
Divine: Not human, but God. Able to do what
only God can do.
Conscience: The little voice inside us that tells
us when we are sinning.
Natural Knowledge of God: What I can
know about God from nature and conscience.
Revealed Knowledge of God: What I can
know about God only from the Bible (that Jesus
is my Savior, that he’s triune).
GOD’S WORD IN MY LIFE


     1. Agree or Disagree and why?
People could come to saving faith if they
would only look closely at nature and listen
to their conscience.
     2. Agree or disagree and why? There
really is no such thing as an atheist.
STUDYING GOD’S WORD


   What are two different ways that
God’s nature is different than mine?
Matthew 28:19
   Therefore go and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
   Father and of the Son and of the Holy
                    Spirit,
   God is Three persons in One - Father,
     Son and Holy Spirit - A tricycle has
    three wheels. In the term tri-une, the
 first part of the word “tri” reminds us that
            God is three persons.
Deuteronomy 6:4
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the
            LORD is one.

  God is also one God - A unicycle has
   one wheel. In the term tri-une, the
second part of the word “une” reminds us
that although God is three persons, he is
  one God. This is one basic way that
   God’s nature is different than ours.
John 4:24
God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship
             in spirit and in truth.”
God is Spirit - Children sometimes have an
 imaginary friend. They talk to that friend,
 make believe he is eating something they
 give him, etc. Their friend doesn’t have a
 body and can’t be seen. As a spirit, God
doesn’t have a body and can’t be seen. But
  he is not just imaginary. He is living and
                     real.
The two basic ways that God’s nature is
different than ours are that He is triune
               and spirit.
     Diagram of our Triune God

                           God’s Math

                           1 + 1 +1 = 1

                         Our Tri-une God!
Object Lesson - Light a candle


What comes first when the match touched
the wick - Light or Heat?
    (Father, Son, & Holy Spirit)


    Our triune God is three-in-one
simultaneously throughout all eternity.
God’s Word in My Life
      1. Agree or Disagree and why?
We have one God, but sometimes he acts
like the Father, sometimes he acts like the
Son, and other times he acts like the Holy
Spirit.
      2. The New Age Movement teaches
that all things are god. Mormons believe
that some day they will become gods and
inherit their own planet. In what ways do
these ideas not square with what the Bible
says?
ASSIGNMENT FOR NEXT TIME

REVIEWING THE LESSON
1. Review your notes; be sure you understand them. Be prepared for a written or oral
   quiz. Don’t forget about the vocabulary words!
2. Make a flashcard for and memorize 2 Timothy 3:15. Be able to put the passage
   into your own words or answer questions concerning it.

PREPARING FOR THE NEXT LESSON
Ask your parents to help you with the following activity:
1. Complete the Bible History Worksheet.
2. Help you learn the whole Apostles’ Creed by heart.

Learn the Confession of our Faith
Memorize: The Apostles’ Creed

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  • 2. INTRODUCTION People in our country and in various foreign countries have a lot of different ideas on how to please God in their lives. We could easily list some: helping the needy, charitable giving, offering sacrifices and prayers to idols, fighting for a cause etc… Now look at each one of these and tell whether they are God pleasing or not. Some are and some are definitely not at all. It all depends. That is what our lesson will help us with today.
  • 3. STUDYING GOD’S WORD What part do good works play in Salvation?
  • 4. Romans 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law.
  • 5. THE BELIEVER IS SET FREE APART FROM OBSERIVING THE LAW - You have maybe heard of a “whipping boy.” A prince could not be publicly whipped but when he broke the law someone had to be punished. Therefore a boy was chosen to be punished so that the prince could go free - a whipping boy. Jesus took our place under the law so that we could be justified. He was our whipping boy.
  • 6. Ephesians 2:8-9 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
  • 7. WE ARE SAVED BY GOD’S GRACE, NOT BY WORKS - If you have to work for something it is not a gift. If you are given an incredible gift from your parents on your birthday, but then go and boast that you deserve it because you have been such a good kid, you rob your parents of the joy of giving you a free gift.
  • 8. Romans 9:30-32 30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; 31 but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. 32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the “stumbling stone.”
  • 9. WE LOSE OUR SALVATION IF WE PURSUE IT BY WORKS - Again, imagine that your mom gave you a $1000 check for your birthday. She gave it to you because she loved you and wants you to have it. If you told her that you deserved that money because you are such an awesome kid and it’s about time she coughed up some money for all the things that you have done for her, she will take the check back. In the same way, we lose God’s gift by works.
  • 10. On the basis of these passages, if you were to fill in the percentages of how much our salvation is dependant on God’s grace and how much is dependant on our good works, what would the percentages be? 100 Our salvation is ______________% God’s 0 Grace and ________% our good works.
  • 11. What change in attitude did the Holy Spirit work in us when he brought us to faith?
  • 12. Galatians 5:24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. WE ARE LED TO HATE THE SINFUL NATURE - In 2 Peter 2:2, Peter speaks of a dog returning and eating his own vomit and about a pig who is washed will go back and wallow in the mud. When the Holy Spirit brings us to faith, we are not like a dog or a pig, rather we hate our sins like vomit or mud.
  • 13. Titus 2:14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. WE ARE NOW EAGER TO DO WHAT GOD DESIRES - You have heard how some children react to their parent’s requests. Some moan and say “Aw, mom, do I have to?!” Others say, “OK, Dad, I’ll do it right away!” The latter is the attitude that the Holy Spirit has worked in our hearts when he brings us to faith.
  • 14. When the Holy Spirit brought us to faith, he changed our attitude so that we now hate sin and are eager to do God’s will.
  • 15. God’s Word in My Life 1. Agree or disagree and why? A Christian does good works to show God that he is worthy of God’s love. 2. Agree or disagree and why? The work of Jesus Christ gives us a chance to win eternal life by following his example.
  • 16. STUDYING GOD’S WORD How do I do good works?
  • 17. Galatians 2:20 20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
  • 18. John 15:4-5 4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
  • 19. THE POWER COMES FROM JESUS IN OUR HEARTS BY FAITH Jesus uses the example of a grape vine to picture how we get the power from him to do good works. If a branch is broken off a vine it dies and on the vine it produces fruit. As long as we are connected to Jesus we will be able to do good works.
  • 20. Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. GOD HAS CREATED US IN JESUS TO DO GOOD WORKS - When you are training a child to do things on their own, you lay out their clothes in front of them and help them put them on and then praise them for doing such a great job. God lays before us good works and helps us do them to give him honor.
  • 21. CHRISTIAN VOCABULARY Good Works - a deed that flows from faith in Jesus and gives God glory Justify - (review word) to be declared “not guilty”
  • 22. Understanding Good Works Think about apple trees. Why is it that they produce apples? Is it because they’ll feel guilty if they don’t? Is it because they will be in some sort of trouble if they don’t produce enough fruit? That’s foolish! Apple trees produce apples because that’s just what apple trees do. It’s natural.
  • 23. Christians produce good works, not because they’ll feel guilty if they don’t, and not because they’re afraid that otherwise they’ll get in trouble with God. Christians produce good works because Christ gave them the power to do so. It’s what Christians do naturally now!
  • 24. God’s Word in My Life 1. Agree or Disagree and why? People without faith can still do good works. 2. Which of these three illustrations best pictures the works in your life? Why? a. A small branch on an apple tree loaded with perfect fruit. b. A branch on a dying apple tree that has some withering fruit. c. A branch on an apple tree that has some good fruit and some fruit with worms in it.
  • 25. Hymnology # 461 - From Eternity, O God
  • 26. STUDYING GOD’S WORD What motivates us to gladly do good works?
  • 27. 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
  • 28. THE LOVE CHRIST SHOWED TO US Two people who love each other don’t have to be forced to do things for each other. They naturally do them. If one needs the other, they go. Love shows itself in actions. Neither does God have to force us to do good works. We are compelled to live for him rather than ourselves.
  • 29. Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
  • 30. WE DO GOOD WORKS TO THANK GOD FOR HIS GOODNESS - If you were drowning and someone pulled you to safety, you would feel that you should thank them somehow. You might pull out some soggy money from your pocket. You are not paying him back for saving you - he already did that. You are thanking him. We do good works not to pay God back for saving us, that’s already done. We do it to thank him.
  • 31. We are motivated to do good works out of love for Jesus and out of thanks to God.
  • 32. Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
  • 33. WE CAN USE GOD’S WORD AS A TEST TO SEE WHETHER A WORK IS GOOD OR NOT- In a factory, there are usually some tests that a product must pass before it can go out on the market. Ropes have to be a certain strength. Automobiles have crash & breaking tests. Baby cribs have safety tests. God’s word is the test we use for everything—no popularity polls, not our friends opinions, or what we want. God’s Word determines whether it is good or not.
  • 34. God’s Word in My Life 1. Agree or Disagree and why? Because we are saved by grace, through faith, God doesn’t care whether a Christian does good works or not. He cares whether or not we have faith. 2. What do you think? If I am saved entirely by God’s grace and my good works have nothing to do with it, why can’t I go out and commit whatever sins I want and then ask God for forgiveness later?
  • 35. ASSIGNMENT FOR NEXT TIME REVIEWING THE LESSON 1. Review your notes; be sure you understand them. Be prepared for a written or oral quiz. Don’t forget about the vocabulary words! 2. Make a flashcard for and memorize Colossians 3:17 and Ephesians 2:8-9. Be able to put the passages into your own words. PREPARING FOR THE NEXT LESSON Ask your parents to help you with the following activity: 1. Read Matthew 19:16 - 26 2. Complete the Bible History Worksheet. BOOKS OF THE BIBLE Memorize the books of the New Testament: Matthew - Revelation
  • 36. 8 The Only True God Who is He?
  • 37. INTRODUCTION How many of you have been to Africa? How many of you have a relative who lives in Africa? Then how do you know there is a place called Africa? (maps, globes, pictures, TV, books, etc.) None of you has ever been to Africa, but you know it is there. You have found out about it from other sources. Today we’re going to learn how we find out about God. None of us have ever seen him, yet we know he’s there.
  • 38. STUDYING GOD’S WORD What is one way that I learn about God?
  • 39. Psalm 19:1 For the director of music. A psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
  • 40. I LEARN SOME THINGS ABOUT GOD FROM NATURE. The pyramids in Egypt (show picture on overhead) didn’t just drop out of the sky. Someone had to build them. The same can be said about your house. The same can be said about the created universe. Someone had to build it. That someone is God. You can’t look directly at the sun, but you can look at it’s reflection in a pond. We can’t look directly at God, but you can see his reflection in nature.
  • 41. Acts 14:17 Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”
  • 42. FROM NATURE I LEARN ABOUT GOD’S KINDNESS. Perhaps you have a friend whose room is filled with nice things: a TV/VCR, computer, nice clothes, sports equipment, etc. Those things tell you he has generous parents (I’ll bet the same can be said for your parents!). All of the blessings of nature—rain, sun, crops, etc.—show us how kind our God is.
  • 43. Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
  • 44. FROM NATURE I ALSO LEARN THAT GOD IS ETERNAL, POWERFUL, AND DIVINE. God is eternal. That means he has no beginning or end (like an unbroken circle). To create everything he has is to be powerful. Imagine the power of Niagara Falls. That’s nothing compared to the One who created those falls. Obviously, nature was created by someone divine, not human we human’s don’t even really know what light is—a particle or a wave!
  • 45. Psalm 104:24 How many are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. FROM NATURE WE ALSO LEARN THAT GOD IS WISE. In fact he is the wisest of all. Take a look at your family car. You can tell a lot about the inventor of that car. You can see that he is logical, orderly, smart and wise. Look at the orderliness, design and beauty of nature (like the human hand). A wise God created it!
  • 46. One way I learn about God is from nature. Nature shows me that God is kind, eternal, powerful, wise and divine. What is a second way that I can learn about God?
  • 47. Romans 2:14,15 14 (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law, 15 since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them.)
  • 48. I LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT GOD FROM MY CONSCIENCE. The gauges on an airplane let the pilot know when something is wrong. Our conscience is like those gauges. It tells us when something has gone wrong with our conduct. It’s that little voice inside that condemns us for our sinful actions. It’s the accusing finger that points our sins.
  • 49. Romans 1:32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
  • 50. MY CONSCIENCE TELLS ME THAT I DESERVE DEATH. Because all people have a conscience, all religions in the world —except Christianity—try to avoid God’s anger over sin by DOING something that will make God happy. Because of conscience, everyone knows that he is responsible to God for his sins.
  • 51. A second way that I learn about God is through my conscience, which tells me that I am responsible to God for my sins and deserve his punishment.
  • 52. GOD’S WORD IN MY LIFE What do the following tell you about God? A spring garden in bloom. Our bodies’ ability to heal and develop immunity to disease. The various cycles of the earth—water cycle, cycle of the seasons, etc.
  • 53. STUDYING GOD’S WORD What is the third way I learn about God?
  • 54. Acts 16:25-30 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody’s chains came loose. 27 The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped.
  • 55. Acts 16:25-30 28 But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!” 29 The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
  • 56. I CANNOT LEARN FROM NATURE HOW I AM SAVED. The “Service Engine Soon” light on your car’s dash can tell you something is wrong, but it’s not specific. Your conscience tells you something is wrong between you and God, but not how it is fixed.
  • 57. 2 Timothy 3:15 and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
  • 58. ONLY THE BIBLE CAN TELL ME HOW I AM SAVED. The riding lawn mower won’t start. Bad wiring? Out of gas? Dead battery? Only when you look in the manual do you realize the problem. You need to depress the clutch when starting. People have lots of suggestions about getting to heaven: be nice, do good works, don’t hurt anybody. But only in the Bible do we see that Jesus is the only Savior.
  • 59. The third way I learn about God is from the Bible. Only God’s Word tells me that God saved me from my sins.
  • 60. CHRISTIAN VOCABULARY Eternal: Without beginning or end. Divine: Not human, but God. Able to do what only God can do. Conscience: The little voice inside us that tells us when we are sinning. Natural Knowledge of God: What I can know about God from nature and conscience. Revealed Knowledge of God: What I can know about God only from the Bible (that Jesus is my Savior, that he’s triune).
  • 61. GOD’S WORD IN MY LIFE 1. Agree or Disagree and why? People could come to saving faith if they would only look closely at nature and listen to their conscience. 2. Agree or disagree and why? There really is no such thing as an atheist.
  • 62. STUDYING GOD’S WORD What are two different ways that God’s nature is different than mine?
  • 63. Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, God is Three persons in One - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - A tricycle has three wheels. In the term tri-une, the first part of the word “tri” reminds us that God is three persons.
  • 64. Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. God is also one God - A unicycle has one wheel. In the term tri-une, the second part of the word “une” reminds us that although God is three persons, he is one God. This is one basic way that God’s nature is different than ours.
  • 65. John 4:24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” God is Spirit - Children sometimes have an imaginary friend. They talk to that friend, make believe he is eating something they give him, etc. Their friend doesn’t have a body and can’t be seen. As a spirit, God doesn’t have a body and can’t be seen. But he is not just imaginary. He is living and real.
  • 66. The two basic ways that God’s nature is different than ours are that He is triune and spirit. Diagram of our Triune God God’s Math 1 + 1 +1 = 1 Our Tri-une God!
  • 67. Object Lesson - Light a candle What comes first when the match touched the wick - Light or Heat? (Father, Son, & Holy Spirit) Our triune God is three-in-one simultaneously throughout all eternity.
  • 68. God’s Word in My Life 1. Agree or Disagree and why? We have one God, but sometimes he acts like the Father, sometimes he acts like the Son, and other times he acts like the Holy Spirit. 2. The New Age Movement teaches that all things are god. Mormons believe that some day they will become gods and inherit their own planet. In what ways do these ideas not square with what the Bible says?
  • 69. ASSIGNMENT FOR NEXT TIME REVIEWING THE LESSON 1. Review your notes; be sure you understand them. Be prepared for a written or oral quiz. Don’t forget about the vocabulary words! 2. Make a flashcard for and memorize 2 Timothy 3:15. Be able to put the passage into your own words or answer questions concerning it. PREPARING FOR THE NEXT LESSON Ask your parents to help you with the following activity: 1. Complete the Bible History Worksheet. 2. Help you learn the whole Apostles’ Creed by heart. Learn the Confession of our Faith Memorize: The Apostles’ Creed