Unit: Unit 2: Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be
Elementary Essential: God is our rescuer: We all sin and fall short of God’s glory. God is holy, completely perfect. Our sin separates us from Him. We can’t fix this problem on our own, we need a rescuer.
Elementary Essential: Through the story of Adam and Eve, we learn about the fall of creation. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God, their sin corrupted God’s beautiful and perfect creation. Sin broke everything—our perfect relationship with God, with each other, and God’s creation. Because of sin, things are no longer the way they are supposed to be. God could have decided to end the story there, but because of his great love for you and for me, he made a promise that someday, someone would crush the head of the snake and end sin’s curse once and for all.
Lesson Title: Hiding from God
Lesson Summary: After hearing about Adam and Eve’s sin and how they hid from God in the garden, children will play a “disguise” relay race game. Children will discuss and realize that because of our own sin, our relationship with God is not the way it’s supposed to be. But because of Jesus, we don’t need to hide or “disguise” our sin from God. He wants us to come to him with an honest heart.
Essential: God is our rescuer: We all sin and fall short of God’s glory. God is holy, completely perfect. Our sin separates us from Him. We can’t fix this problem on our own, we need a rescuer.
Lesson Scripture: Genesis 1:27, 31
Lesson Objective: Identify sin in the world and know we are cleansed of sin only through Jesus.
Application: My relationship with God can only be restored through knowing Jesus.
