02-Creation Ordered - Lesson 2

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God made everything. God made all things to worship Him. We, as humans, decided

to not do things Gods way, but to worship other things instead o worshiping the one

true God. God chose to remedy this sin. He sent Jesus, His only Son, to live a perect lie.

He then died on a cross or our sins, was buried, and rose on the third day Jesus lie

and death and resurrection allow us to worship God rightly again, orever.

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Dear Sunday School Teacher,

Your ministry as a teacher or our Lord has eternal value! When we view our ministry in light o

eternity, we see its importance and the privilege that God has entrusted to us. In Psalm 78, the

Bible also reminds us o this great calling: One generation commending the Gospel to the next.

Treri Crit Crric:The ministry resource that you hold in your hand is produced

and shaped by the local churchThe Bride o Christ. We have three primary strategies thatguide us. First, we desire to produce a Gospel-centered curriculum that allows every child, babies to

high school students, to study the same Scripture passage each week. Second, we seek to equip

parents to thrive in their God-given role as their childs primary discipler. We want this resource,

thereore, to connect the church and the home by providing the Connecting Church and Home

resource within the curriculum. Third, we want to respond to the

desperate need or curriculum resources around the world. We

desire to bless the nations with a tool that will help them reach

the world with the Gospel o Christ.

Qrter Oe: God on Display

Every relationship begins with an introduction. God introducing Himsel to us is the heartbeat o

this study.

God on Display is a major theme that runs throughout all o Scripture. Gods desire to have com-

munion with those He created is seen rom cover to cover o the Bible. In the rst ew pages, we see

God communing in the Garden o Eden with Adam and Eve. The theme o communion continues

to be seen through the role o the Old Testament tabernacle and temple. In the New Testament,

God became incarnate in Jesus, God with us. Ater Jesus, the Father gives the Holy Spirit to believers

and institutes the Church. Fellowship in the Church breeds community, both with God and othersmade in His likeness. As believers, we are guaranteed that we will spend eternity in communion

with God, dwelling in His presence.

God is on display: everywhere; in the past, present and uture; and in our lives as believers. Let us

live continually to display Gods greatness and love.


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OVERVIEW 4

FOR YOuR EdIFICaTIOn 5-11

EaRlY ChIldhOOd 12-15

ElEmEnTaRY 16-19

PRE-TEEn/mIddlE sChOOl 20-25

hIgh sChOOl 26-30

COnnECTIng ChuRCh and hOmE 31

REsOuRCEs 32

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QuaRTeR Theme | God on dISplay Genesis 1:1-2:3

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Crti orrGenesis 1:1-2:3

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OVERVIEW

EaRlY

ChIldhOOd

ElEmEnTaRY PRE-TEEn/

mIddlE sChOOl

hIgh sChOOl

Treasure Verse Psalm 150:6 Psalm 150:6 Psalm 150:6 Psalm 150:6

Treasure PointGod createdeverything. God createdeverything to give

Him praise.

God createdeverything to giveHim praise.

God createdeverything to giveHim praise. He alsosustains everything.

Teaching Activities

Light/dark pictures,Song time, Lea rub,Hand trees, God IsGood place mats

Paper plate sh,Global vision,

Alphabet creationgame, Song time,

Field trip to churchgrounds

Micro/Macro,Piper quotediscussion

Four acts,Deism discussion

Supplies Needed

Construction paper,

crayons, markers,scissors, tape,

stickers, CD player,CD, leaves, chalk,green and brown

ngerpaint (or wash-able paint),

cardstock andcardstock hal sheets,wipes (or cleanup),

newspapers (orcovering thetables to helpwith cleanup)

Paper plates, wiggly

eyes, scissors, tapeor glue, markers,globe (or atlas orlarge world map),

construction paper,26 pieces o paperwith a letter o the

alphabet written oneach page, CD player,CD, crayons, pens or

pencils, chalk,3 x 5 cards, items

rom home (optional)

Microscope or

magniying glass;objects such as a

lea, fower, dry bean,pencil, a dead roach

or other insect, ora hairbrush; pensor pencils; paper;pictures o Gods

creation

Deism

resource page

oVeRVIeW


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Eter te story

People oten ask the question, Who made

that? When we sees the beauty o the Sistine

Chapel, we wonder about the painters and

o their inspiration or their work. When we

see a nice car, we inquire as to the make and

model. Many o us know the name brands

o clothes and home technology equipment

just by their logo or design. What about the

vastness o the ocean and its rereshing waves? The size and grandeur o Everest? The stars,

space and wonder o innity? Laughter as

we look into a childs ace? The rst words o

Scripture introduce us to the One who made

that. Who made that? In the beginning God cre-

ated the heaven and earth.

All that came into being existsfor Christthat is, everything exists to

display the greatness of Christ. Nothing

nothing!in the universe exists for its own sake.

Everythingfrom the bottom of the oceans to the

top of the mountains, from the smallest particle to

the biggest star, from the most boring school sub-

ject to the most fascinating science, from the ug-

liest cockroach to the most beautiful human, from

the greatest saint to the most wicked genocidal

dictatoreverything that exists, exists to make the

greatness of Christ more fully known.

John Piper, Spectacular Sins, pg. 33

Thereore, the launching point o atheological understanding of power begins with

Gods divine power as Creator. Dr. Michael

Wilder, co-author of TransforMission

Sovereignty means exercisingkingly power. We use the word in relation to

God meaning that there is absolutly nothing that

He does not control. Creation is a demonstration

of this sovereignty. Graeme Goldsworthy,

According to Plan, pg. 91

Te dy o Cretio: geei 1:1-2:3

In ThE BEgInnIng, God created the

heavens and the earth. The earth was

without orm and void, and darkness was overthe ace o the deep. And the Spirit o God was

hovering over the ace o the waters. And God

said, Let there be light, and there was light.

And God saw that the light was good. And God

separated the light rom the darkness. God called

the light Day, and the darkness He called Night.

And there was evening and there was morning,

the rst day.

and gOd saId, Let there be an expanse

in the midst o the waters, and let it separate

the waters rom the waters. And God made

the expanse and separated the waters that

were under the expanse rom the waters

that were above the expanse. And it was so.

And God called the expanse Heaven. And

there was evening and there was morning,

the second day.


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and gOd saId, Let the waters under the heav-

ens be gathered together into one place, and let

the dry land appear. And it was so. God called the

dry land Earth, and the waters that were gath-

ered together he called Seas. And God saw that

it was good. And God said, Let the earth sprout

vegetation, plants yielding seed, and ruit trees

bearing ruit in which is their seed, each according

to its kind, on the earth. And it was so. The earth

brought orth vegetation, plants yielding seed ac-

cording to their own kinds, and trees bearing ruit

in which is their seed, each according to its kind.

And God saw that it was good. And there was eve-ning and there was morning, the third day.

and gOd saId, Let there be lights in the

expanse o the heavens to separate the day rom

the night. And let them be or signs and or sea-

sons, and or days and years, and let them be lights

in the expanse o the heavens to give light upon

the earth. And it was so. And God made the two

great lightsthe greater light to rule the day and

the lesser light to rule the nightand the stars.

And God set them in the expanse o the heavens

to give light on the earth, to rule over the day and

over the night, and to separate the light rom the

darkness. And God saw that it was good. And

there was evening and there was morning, the

ourth day.

and gOd saId, Let the waters swarm

with swarms o living creatures, and let birdsfy above the earth across the expanse o

the heavens. So God created the great sea

creatures and every living creature that moves,

with which the waters swarm, according to

their kinds, and every winged bird accord-

ing to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

And God blessed them, saying, Be ruitul and

multiply and ll the waters in the seas, and let

birds multiply on the earth. And there was eve-

ning and there was morning, the th day.

and gOd saId, Let the earth bring orth

living creatures according to their kinds

livestock and creeping things and beasts

o the earth according to their kinds. And it

was so. And God made the beasts o the earth

according to their kinds and the livestock

according to their kinds, and everything that

creeps on the ground according to its kind. And

God saw that it was good.

ThEn gOd saId, Let us make man in our

image, ater our likeness. And let them have do-

minion over the sh o the sea and over the

birds o the heavens and over the livestock and

over all the earth and over every creeping thing

that creeps on the earth. So God created man in

His own image, in the image o God He created

him; male and emale He created them. And Godblessed them. And God said to them, Be ruitul

and multiply and ll the earth and subdue it and

have dominion over the sh o the sea and over

the birds o the heavens and over every living

thing that moves on the earth.

and gOd saId, Behold, I have given you

every plant yielding seed that is on the ace

o all the earth, and every tree with seed in

its ruit. You shall have them or ood. And to

every beast o the earth and to every bird o

the heavens and to everything that creeps on

the earth, everything that has the breath o

lie, I have given every green plant or ood.

And it was so. And God saw everything

that He had made, and behold, it was very good.

And there was evening and there was morning,





the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth

were nished, and all the host o them. And on

the seventh day God nished His work that He

had done, and He rested on the seventh day

rom all His work that He had done. So God

blessed the seventh day and made it holy, be-

cause on it God rested rom all His work that

He had done in creation.

gOd CREaTEd OuT OF nOThIng.Without orm and void. Basically, nothing. That is how God

created everything, ex nihilo (Latin), meaning rom nothing, or the Hebrew word bara meaning

out o nothing. This term is oten used when speaking o how God made the entire universe.

Christians believe by aith that God created out o nothing due to the act that i anything else

had existed with God beore creation, then those things could rival God in His being. The Bible

states He is one God (Deuteronomy 6:4).

God created light. Genesis 1:3-5

God created the sky. Genesis 1:6-8

God created the landand the oceans.

Genesis 1:9-13

God created the sun,moon and stars.

Genesis 1:14-19

God created birds,sh and land animals.

Genesis 1:20-25

God created manand woman.

Genesis 1:26-31

God rested. Genesis 2:1-3

Were we to deny creation out o nothing, we wouldhave to say that some matter has always existed and that it is eternal like God. This idea

would challenge Gods independence, His sovereignty, and the fact that worship is due Him

alone. Wayne Grudem, Bible Doctrine, pg. 125

The Bible states explicitly in the opening chapters o Genesisthat only God, not physical matter, has existed forever and that God created matter out of

nothing.Michael Travers, Encountering God in the Psalms, pg. 87

Gospel Truths About God




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Gospel Truths About Man

gOd CREaTEd ThROugh hIs WORd.

God didnt need anything else to help Him

create. There was nothing else, so He literallyspoke everything into existence. This very act

displays Gods control, His ultimate power and

His reign over all His creation.

gOd susTaIns hIs CREaTIOn. This word,

sustain, is called Providence. Providence

means that He is in control or over thecreated orderall that we see and dont see

everything that is. That is Gods right as God.

He created all things, and He keeps all things in

their specic order.

John 1:1-3: In the beginningwas the Word, and the Word was with God, and

the Word was God. He was in the beginning

with God. All things were made through Him,and without Him was not any thing made that

was made.

The supremacy o the word oGod in the world goes back to creation. All crea-

tures must bow to His word. The rule of God

over creation through His word points to the real

distinction between God and creation.

Graeme Goldsworthy, According to Plan, pg. 9

From the very frst verse o thecanon Gods uniqueness and sovereignty emerge.

In the beginning only one God creates the

heavens and earth. No other deity challengesGods right to create; no other deity helps God

create; no other deity opposes Gods creative

activity. Paul House, Old Testament Theology,

pg. 59

I the mighty God chose to haveone vast gradation in His universe, from lofti-

est seraph to creeping reptile, from revolving

worlds to oating atoms, from macrocosm to mi-

crocosm, instead of making everything uniform,

who was there to question His sovereign pleasure?

A. W. Pink, The Sovereignty of God, pg. 28

Man was created to be in a relationship with God. God did not have to create anything. He wasunique and independent beore creation. He chose out o His reedom to create man, in His image,

to be in a relationship with Him. We see in the early chapters o Genesis as well as throughout the

Bible that God has a unique relationship with man: one where He speaks to man, shows him His

ways, loves him, pursues him, and even disciplines him.





Gospel Truths About Redemption

Beore He established the oundations o the world, God knew that the creation He reely choose

to create would need rescuing (Acts 2:23). He knew He would need to send Christ to make the

relationship right. Christ, the only Son o God, who was present at creation, was oered on our

behal to make right the relationship with the Creator.

2 Corinthians 5:21: For our sake Hemade Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we

might become the righteousness of God.

For Your Edication (continued)

Job 9:1-10

Job 38-42 (especially Job 38:1-12)

Psalm 33:6-9

Psalm 150

John 1:1-3

Colossians 1:16-17

Hebrews 11:3

Knowing Godby J. I. Packer

Gods Mighty Acts in Creation by Starr Meade

Job 9:1-10: Then Job answered and said: Tru-

ly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in

the right beore God? I one wished to contend

with Him, one could not answer Him once in athousand times. He is wise in heart and mighty

in strengthwho has hardened himsel against

Him, and succeeded? He who removes moun-

tains, and they know it not, when He overturns

them in His anger, who shakes the earth out o

its place, and its pillars tremble; who commands

the sun, and it does not rise; who seals up the

stars; who alone stretched out the heavens and

trampled the waves o the sea; who made theBear and Orion, the Pleiades and the chambers

o the south; who does great things beyond

searching out, and marvelous things beyond

number.


(Especially helpul resource or those work-ing with middle school students or younger)





Job 38:1-12:Then the Lord answered

Job out o the whirlwind and said: Who

is this that darkens counsel by words

without knowledge? Dress or action like

a man; I will question you, and you make it

known to me. Where were you when I laid

the oundation o the earth? Tell me, i you

have understanding. Who determined its

measurementssurely you know! Or who

stretched the line upon it? On what were its

bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, when

the morning stars sang together and all the

sons o God shouted or joy? Or who shut

in the sea with doors when it burst out rom

the womb, when I made clouds its garment

and thick darkness its swaddling band, and

prescribed limits or it and set bars and doors,

and said, Thus ar shall you come, and no arther,

and here shall your proud waves be stayed?

Have you commanded the morning since your

days began, and caused the dawn to know

its place?

P 33:6-9: By the word o the Lord the

heavens were made, and by the breath o

His mouth all their host. He gathers the

waters o the sea as a heap; He puts the deeps

in storehouses. Let all the earth ear the Lord;

let all the inhabitants o the world stand in awe

o Him! For He spoke, and it came to be; He

commanded, and it stood rm.

P 150: Praise the Lord! Praise God in His

sanctuary; praise Him in His mighty heavens!

Praise Him or His mighty deeds; praise Him

according to His excellent greatness! Praise

Him with trumpet sound; praise Him with lute

and harp! Praise Him with tambourine and

dance; praise Him with strings and pipe! Praise

Him with sounding cymbals; praise Him with

loud clashing cymbals! Let everything that has

breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Jo 1:1-3:In the beginning was the Word,

and the Word was with God, and the Word was

God. He was in the beginning with God. All

things were made through Him, and without

Him was not any thing made that was made.

Cooi 1:16-17: For by Him all things

were created, in heaven and on earth, visible

and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or

rulers or authoritiesall things were created

through Him and or Him. And He is beore all

things, and in Him all things hold together.

hebrew 11:3: By aith we understand that

the universe was created by the word o God,

so that what is seen was not made out o things

that are visible.





God made everything. God made all things to worship Him.

We, as humans, decided to not do things Gods way, but to

worship other things instead of worshiping the one true God. God

chose to remedy this sin. He sent Jesus, His only Son, to live a perfect

life. He then died on a cross for our sins, was buried, and rose on the

third day. Jesus life and death and resurrection allow us to worship

God rightly again, forever.

My Mission As Teacher:

What do you take for granted and not thank the Creator of the universe for? He has made all

things and all things were made to give Him glory. Be actively aware this week o what you need

to be always thankul or in your lie.

How is your relationship with God? Can you set aside time this week to spend time with Him?

Worship the Lord through song, prayer, journaling, praising Him, reading the Bible, or exploring

His creation with active thoughts o praise and adoration.

Prayer Points:

Pray that you would receive a fresh glimpse of the sovereign God who is in control of all things.

Pray that your students would know that God speaks to themnot only through creation but

also through everything they see.



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engage

Ery arriv activity: (10-15 minutes or until all the children arrive)

At the beginning o the classroom time, try starting with the lights o i the classroom does not

become too dark. Instruct the children to make light and dark pictures. On one side o a piece o

construction paper, have the children draw a sun, tree, fowers, etc. On the other side, instruct the

children to color it darkly and include the moon, stars, etc. Younger children can use crayons or mark-

ers. Older children can use scissors, tape, dierent colors o construction paper, stickers, etc.

Supplies Needed: Construction paper, crayons, markers, scissors, tape, stickers

discover

Bibe story Tie: (15 minutes)

Teacher Note: Ask the children to listen as you read the Bible story and explain the importance o Gods

Word, the Bible, being the very words God speaks to us. The Bible is truth and is used to help us know

God better. Read Genesis 1:1-2:3. Explain the story as you read. One thing you can do to keep young-

er children engaged is give them a piece o construction paper and have them draw as they listen.

Ask them to draw things that represent what you are saying God created.

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The greatness o God is shown byHis needing only to say Let there be . . . for things to

be brought into existence. Graeme Goldsworthy,

According to Plan, pg. 91

Trere story: Genesis 1:1-2:3

Trere Vere: Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! (Psalm 150:6)

Trere Poit: God created everything.


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Trere Vere leri activity: (5 minutes)

Repetition is key (and creativity) as you encourage the children to memorize Psalm 150:6. You say,

Let everything that has breath, praise the Lord! Then have each child ll in the blank: Let every

_________ that has breath praise the Lord! Examples may include the ollowing: Let every bird that

has breath praise the Lord! or Let every dog that has breath praise the Lord! End this activity by ask-

ing all the children to stand up and shout, Let ALL OF US praise the Lord!

so Tie: (10 minutes)

Love, Love, Love is this quarters theme song. This song can be ound on the Treasuring Christ website:

www.treasuringchristonline.org.

Supplies Needed: CD player, CD

Reiorceet activity: (10 minutes)

Let each child have a lea, trace it, or rub chalk over the piece o paper and object to make a rubbing.

The children can do this several times to make a collage o leaves. This may require teacher

assistance or the younger children.

Supplies Needed: Leaves, markers, chalk, construction paper

activity: (10 minutes)

Children will enjoy making hand trees to remind them that God created the treesand them.

Cover the table with newspapers. Then have the children take the edge o their hand and dip it in

brown paint and then press their hand down on a piece o cardstock paper. This will be the trunk

o the tree. Wipe their hands o. Then have them dip their hands palms down, ngers spread in

green paint, and press down on the paper as the leaves or branches o the tree. Wipe their hands o.Allow time or this crat to dry.

Teacher Note: This activity will work or younger children but will require more adult supervision. Be

patient; it will be messy!

Supplies Needed: Green and brown ngerpaint (or washable paint), cardstock hal sheets,

washable markers (to use later or decorating), wipes (or cleanup), newspapers (or cov-

ering the tables to help with cleanup)



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Pyro Tie: (15 minutes)

Center play or ree play is an eective use o time i there is no playground available or i the

weather is not conductive to playing outside.

Another option is to create a God Is Good place mat. Give each o the children a piece o

cardstock or construction paper. Have them decorate it with things that show Gods goodness.

Examples: God is good in giving us ood. God is good in giving us a house to live in. God is good

in giving us riends. God is good in sending Jesus to die on the cross.

Supplies Needed: Stickers, markers, cardstock or construction paper

sck Tie: (10 minutes)

treasure

Trere Poit: God created everything.

My Mission: (10 minutes)

Work again on the hand trees crat. Ask the children to decorate their trees with birds,

branches, tree house drawings, etc. As they are decorating, share that God not only created

trees or our enjoyment but God also created us to enjoy Him. Ask them to think about how

they will enjoy God this week. Some examples may include praying at home, beore din-

ner, or beore they go to bed; reading the Bible with their amily; or looking at creation and

thanking God or it every time they go outside.

Prayer Time: (5 minutes)

Use todays prayer as one o gratitude to God or creating all things or our good. Start out the

prayer time and then have all the children say one thing they are thankul or that shows Gods

goodness to them. This allows children to learn how to thank God or everything.


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engage

Ery arriv activity: (10-15 minutes or until all the children arrive)

Create a paper plate sh. This is an excellent activity to do as children arrive because they can

nish the project later in the class while you reinorce the creation story. Children will discover that

a paper plate makes a great sh. Simply cut a wedge or quarter out o the plate (this empty place

on the plate becomes the shs mouth) and then tape or staple it on the plate or the shs tail. Next,

draw or glue on the wiggly eyes and let the children decorate their sh.

Supplies Needed: A paper plate for each child, wiggly eyes, scissors, tape or glue, markers

Itroctio: (10 minutes)

Global Vision: Have the children sit in a close circle with a globe (best option), an atlas in the middle

o the foor, or near a world map on the wall. Instruct the children (one at a time) to point to an area

and ask them to guess what it is and how God created it. For example, i a child points to the Atlantic

Ocean, he or she could say, God created the ocean. I a child points to Arica, the response might be,

God made the lions, tigers or zebras. Help the children be creative and give the younger ones ideas.

Give each child at least one chance to nd something God created. While the children are calling outthings that God created, have someone (another teacher or helper) write down what they say. This

would be a great addition to add to the wall in the classroom to help children remember all that God

has created.

Supplies Needed: Globe, atlas, or large world map; construction paper; pen or marker

Teacher Note: I you do not have a map in your room, there may be one in your church. Take your chil-

dren on a eld trip to this part o the church.




Trere Poit: God created everything to give Him praise.


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discoverBibe story Tie: (15 minutes)

Teacher Note: Have the children sit in the designated reading/Bible story area. Tell them this is Gods

Word, the Bible, the way He speaks to us. It is true, and we need to listen to God. Be sure the children

see you reading Genesis 1:2-2:3 out o the Bible and not out o the curriculum guide. Have the older

children ollow along in their own Bibles.

The days o creation are very important because the Bible tells us all that God created. Here is an

outline to work through as you teach the children:

daY OnE go crete it.

Genesis 1:3-5

Ask the children what it is like to be in the dark (scary, fearful, lonely, etc.).

daY TWO go crete te ky.

Genesis 1:6-8

Ask the children what is in the sky (storms, rain, lightning, birds, wind, etc.).

daY ThREE go crete te te oce.

Genesis 1:9-13

Ask them to name some things that grow on the earth (plants, owers, trees, etc.).

daY FOuR go crete te , oo tr.

Genesis 1:14-19 Ask them what good things we get because of the sun such as warmth, growth for

plants, and light. I the sun was just a bit closer or urther away, we would either burn up

or reeze. God has it exactly where the sun should be or our good. Ask i they can count

the stars. Then explain how God knows each o the starsthe ones we can see and ones

we cant seeby name. He is much bigger than us.

daY FIVE go crete te bir, f i.

Genesis 1:20-25

Ask them to name as many types of sh, birds or animals as they can. God created so

many more than the ones we can name. With just birds, there are more than 10,000 kinds

o birds with dierent designs. It is amazing how God created them all.daY sIX go crete wo.

Genesis 1:26-31

God created you and me in His image.

He made everything for our good and for our enjoyment.

daY sEVEn go rete.

Genesis 2:1-3

God rested from all He had madenot because He was tired but because He was done.



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Trere Vere leri activity: (5 minutes)

Psalm 150:6 says, Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! This means everything. Have

the children talk about how they praise God (by singing, giving, obeying, talking, etc.). Share withthem how other things that God created praise Him too. For example, when a lion roars (ask the

children to roar like a lion), his roar is a praise to God. Then say, Let everything that has breath

praise the Lord! Keep going, getting ideas rom the children, or use other examples like cows,

ducks, birds, dogs, cats or horses.

Reiorceet activity: (10 minutes)

Teacher Note: Place the alphabet letters around the room beore class begins.

Play the Alphabet Creation Game. Write out the letters o the alphabet on dierent

pieces o paper and then place them around your room or area. Give each child a pencil orcrayon and direct them to stop at each letter and write down something God created that

starts with that letter. For example, A could be or apples, B or bananas or boys, C or clouds,

D or donkeys, etc. As they complete this activity, remind them that God made everything.

All o it was good and all o what He created was created to gloriy Him.

Ask the students to review their lists. How do these things gloriy God? Here are some examples:

Apples and bananas are good or our bodies, and clouds give us rain to help things grow.

Supplies Needed: A total o 26 pieces o paper with a letter o the alphabet written on

each page, pencil or crayon or each child

Pyro Tie/Ceter activitie/Free Py: (15 minutes)

so Tie: (10 minutes)

Love, Love, Love is this quarters theme song. This song can be ound on the Treasuring Christ

website: www.treasuringchristonline.org.

Supplies Needed: CD player, CD or instruments or live music

Coi activity: (10 minutes)

Take a eld trip around the church grounds. Let each child nd a lea or some other small piece

o creation. Then return to the classroom with the items. Ask the children to trace their piece o

creation or place the paper over the object and rub it with chalk to make a rubbing. I they chose a

rock, let them draw a ace on it. Be creative!

Supplies Needed: Markers, chalk, construction paper, leaves or rocks or other items

ound in nature (i the children are unable to go outside)



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Oten times we grumble and complain about things that arent going the way we want. We may

not get the toy we want, be in the same classroom as our riends or get to go swimming as oten

as we like. But God does not want us to complain and grumble with sad hearts. Instead, we are

to give Him praise with cheerul hearts.

Prayer Time:(5 minutes)

Use todays prayer as one o gratitude to God or creating all things or our good. Start out the

prayer time but then have all the children say one thing they are thankul or that shows Godsgoodness to them. This will allow each child to learn how to thank God or everything. When you

are nished praying, give each child a 3 x 5 index card. Ask them to write down two things they

will praise God or this week that He created or their good. Let them take it home to serve as a

reminder o what to continually thank God or in their lives.

Supplies Needed: Pencils or pens, 3 x 5 index cards


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Pre-Tee/mie scoo

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grop Feowip: (10 minutes)

Opei activity: (15 minutes)

Micro/Macro: Bring in dierent items or bugs that you can nd around your house or yard.

Have students look at them with a microscope or magniying glass. See i they can list specicdetails they learn about the dierent objects. Have them take turns sharing their ndings with the

other students.

Supplies Needed: Bring in a microscope or magniying glass and objects such as a lea,

fower, dry bean, pencil, a dead roach or other insect (maybe in a container or bag), and

a hairbrush with hairs on it (to look more closely at the strands o hair). Be creative! A

blade o grass magnied is incredible. Also have pieces o paper and pens or pencils

available or the students to write their ndings.



Trere Vere: Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! (Psalm 150.6)


Wow! We cannot understand all o this[creation], but it shows us how great and expansive and

powerful God isHe made this universe simply by speaking

it into existence. Yes, the heavens surely do tell us of the glory

of God. His power and wisdom and beauty and greatness

indeed, His Godnessare all seen through what He has made.

Bruce Ware, Big Truths for Young Hearts, pg. 19

Those who use the microscope are asmuch amazed at the greatness and the goodness of God as those

are who use the telescope. He is as great in the little as He is in

the great. Charles Spurgeon, Devotional Thoughts on the

Bible, pg. 17


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Teacher Note: Many o your students may already know the story o creation but may not un-

derstand the importance o it to them today. Walk through the order o creation, sharing spec-

tacular acts about Gods creation, and then build the bridge or them to see that God not only

creates but sustains this world. Understanding these truths will allow your students to have a

more complete understanding o God as Creator.

Pictures would be very useul in teaching this lesson to your students. I you have time, preparea slide show o pictures o Gods creation on your computer, print out some pictures or nd

some illustrations in magazines. National Geographicor The Discovery Channels website would

be useul tools.

The days o creation are very important because the Bible tells us all that God created. Here is an

outline to work through as you teach the students:

go crete it.

geesis 1:3-5: And God said, Let there be light, and there was light. And God saw that the light

was good. And God separated the light rom the darkness. God called the light Day, and the dark-

ness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the rst day.

go crete te ky.

geesis 1:6-8: And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst o the waters, and let it

separate the waters rom the waters. And God made the expanse and separated the waters

that were under the expanse rom the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.

And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the

second day.

Lightning is not conned to thunderstorms. It has been seen in volcanic erup-tions, extremely intense orest res, surace nuclear detonations, heavy snow-

storms and in large hurricanes. It is estimated that our planet as a whole is

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go crete te te oce.

geesis 1:9-13: And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one

place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters

that were gathered together He called Seas. And God saw that it was good. And God said, Let the

earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and ruit trees bearing ruit in which is their seed,

each according to its kind,on the earth. And it was so. The earth brought orth vegetation, plants

yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing ruit in which is their seed, each ac-

cording to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning,

the third day.

The deepest point o the ocean is 36,198 eet (11,033 meters) in the Mariana Trench

in the western Pacic. Mt. Everest could t completely in the Mariana Trench and

still leave more than a mile to the surace.

go crete te , oo tr.

geesis 1:14-19: And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse o the heavens to separate the

day rom the night. And let them be or signs and or seasons, and or days and years, and let them

be lights in the expanse o the heavens to give light upon the earth. And it was so. And God made

the two great lightsthe greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the nightand

the stars. And God set them in theexpanse o the heavens to give light on the earth, to rule over

the day and over the night, and to separate the light rom the darkness. And God saw that it was

good. And there was evening and there was morning, the ourth day.

I the sun was just a bit closer or urther away, we would either burn up or reeze.

God has placed the sun exactly where it should be or our good.

About 7,000 stars can be seen rom the earth without a telescope, but only 2,000

stars can be seen at one place at any one time.

go crete bir, f i.

geesis 1:20-25: And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms o living creatures, and let

birds fy above the earth across the expanse o the heavens. So God created the great sea crea-tures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their

kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God

blessed them, saying, Be ruitul and multiply and ll the waters in the seas, and let birds multi-

ply on the earth. And there was evening and there was morning, the th day. And God said, Let

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and beasts o the earth according to their kinds. And it was so. And God made the beasts o the

earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that

creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Ask the students to name as many types o sh, birds or animals as they can. Remind

the students that God created so many more than they can name. With just birds, there

are more than 10,000 kinds o birds with dierent designs. It is amazing how God

created them all.

A birds heart beats 400 times per minute while resting and up to 1,000 beats per

minute while fying. Hummingbirds eat about every ten minutes, slurping down

twice their body weight in nectar every day. With somewhere between 750,000 and

30 million species o insects alive today, insects account or more species o ani-

mals than any other class o animals.

go crete wo.

geesis 1:26-31: Then God said, Let us make man in our image, ater our likeness. And let them

have dominion over the sh o the sea and over the birds o the heavens and over the livestock

and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So God created

man in His own image, in the image o God He created him; male and emale He created them.

And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be ruitul and multiply and ll the earth and sub-

due it and have dominion over the sh o the sea and over the birds o the heavens and over every

living thing that moves on the earth. And God said, Behold, I have given you every plant yielding

seed that is on the ace o all the earth, and every tree with seed in its ruit. You shall have them

or ood. And to every beast o the earth and to every bird o the heavens and to everything that

creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath o lie, I have given every green plant or ood.

And it was so. And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there

was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

The ocusing muscles o your eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give

your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 50 miles every day.

God created you and me in His image. He made everything or our good and or

our enjoyment.

go rete.

geesis 2:1-3: Thus the heavens and the earth were nished, and all the host o them. And on the

seventh day God nished His work that He had done, and He rested on the seventh day rom all

His work that He had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God

rested rom all His work that He had done in creation.

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mttew 6:25-34: Thereore I tell you, do

not be anxious about your lie, what you will

eat or what you will drink, nor about your body,

what you will put on. Is not lie more than ood,

and the body more than clothing? Look at the

birds o the air: they neither sow nor reap nor

gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father

eeds them. Are you not o more value thanthey? And which o you by being anxious can

add a single hour to his span o lie? And why

are you anxious about clothing? Consider the

lilies o the eld, how they grow: they neither

toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all

his glory was not arrayed like one o these. But

i God so clothes the grass o the eld, which

today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into

the oven, will He not much more clothe you,

O you o little aith? Thereore do not be anx-

ious, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall

we drink? or What shall we wear? For the

Gentiles seek ater all these things, and your

heavenly Father knows that you need them

all. But seek rst the kingdom o God and His

righteousness, and all these things will be add-

ed to you. Thereore do not be anxious about

tomorrow, or tomorrow will be anxious or

itsel. Sucient or the day is its own trouble.

(God tells His people not to worry or be anxious

about the future because He takes care of every-

thing in our lives.)

Job 38:1-12: Then the Lord answered Job

out o the whirlwind and said: Who is this that

darkens counsel by words without knowl-

edge? Dress or action like a man; I will ques-tion you, and you make it known to me. Where

were you when I laid the oundation o the

earth? Tell me, i you have understanding.

Who determined its measurementssurely

you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?

On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its

cornerstone, when the morning stars sang

together and all the sons o God shouted or

joy? Or who shut in the sea with doors when it

burst out rom the womb, when I made clouds

its garment and thick darkness its swaddling

band, and prescribed limits or it and set bars

and doors, and said, Thus ar shall you come,

and no arther, and here shall your proud

waves be stayed? Have you commanded the

morning since your days began, and caused

the dawn to know its place? (God speaks to

Job about how He commanded everything to be

and how He keeps everything in order.)


Fun, Random Facts:

The human nose smells in stereo. The nose detects at the same time boththe smell and what direction is the origin of the smell. (A stereo has two

speakers. When both speakers are working at the same time, you can hearthe sound from different directions, which is known as in stereo. Your noseapparently works the same way!)

Bones are immensely strong considering this amazing factthey are aboutthree-fourths water!

During your life, your salivary glands will produce enough spit to ll a swimming pool twice over.

The heart is another amazing part of the human body, beating over 100,000times a day. This extremely strong muscle in the body creates enough pressureto squirt blood over 35 feet!

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My Mission: (10 minutes) Allow or group discussion.

Discuss the above quote from John Piper. How can you apply this quote and its truth to your

day tomorrow at schoolwhile you are in the caeteria, in the neighborhood or with those

whom you may not get along with very well?

How can you take what youve learned today (God being the Creator and Sustainer of all

things) and apply it to your ears o the uture (amily, school, riends or relationships)?

Explain how God being in control should release us rom ear and worry over the utureno

matter how small or how big the problem. God is or us (Romans 8:31).

Prayer Time: (5-10 minutes)

Share prayer requests about situations the students are concerned about in their lives. This

can be done in pairs, small groups or as one group. Younger students might preer to share as

a group; older students might nd praying together with just one or two better. Remind the

students that we can trust Scripture to be true because it is the very Word o God and He does

all He says.

Everything that exists, exists to make the greatness oChrist more fully known including you, and the person you have the hardest time

liking. John Piper, Spectacular Sins, pg. 33

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engage

grop Feowip Tie: (10 minutes)

Itroctio activity: (5 minutes)

Teacher Note: Read the heart acts on the ollowing page to the students or an interesting way to

introduce acts about the way God made our bodies.




Trere Poit: God created everything to give Him praise. He also sustains everything.


As humanity enters the twenty-frst century, an even morefrightening prospect looms. Now even the church seems to be losing the will to de-

fend what Scripture teaches about human origins. Many in the church are too intimi-

dated or too embarrassed to afrm the literal truth of the biblical account of creation.

They are confused by a chorus of authoritative-sounding voices that insist that it is

possibleand even pragmatically necessaryto recocile Scripture with the latest

theories of naturalists. John MacArthur, The Battle for the Beginning, pg. 17

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Four Facts about the Human Heart:(www.webmd.com)

How the human heart functions

Every day, your heart beats about 100,000 times, sending 2,000 gallons of blood

surging through your body. Although its no bigger than your st, your heart has

the mighty job of keeping blood owing through the 60,000 miles of blood ves-

sels that feed your organs and tissues.

Matters of the heart

When it comes to matters of the heart, men and women denitely arent created

equal. For instance, a mans heart weighs about 10 ounces, while a womans heart

weighs approximately 8 ounces.

Laughter: The good heart medicine

Health experts now have proof that laughter is good medicine. A good belly laugh

can send 20% more blood owing through your entire body. One study found thatwhen people watched a funny movie, their blood ow increased. Thats why laugh-

ter might just be the perfect antidote to stress. So have a good giggle. Your heart

will thank you.

I love you

Why is it that if we truly want to express the deepest parts of our emotions, we

use the phrase I love you with all my heart? What if we said, I love you with

the four quadrants that are located in the middle of my chest cavity? Would it

have the same effect?

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Teacher Note: Read Genesis 1:1-2:3 out o the Bible or let the students take turns reading the

verses in the passage.

Among the most awe-inspiring aspects o creation is the humanbody. Every doctor who studies the body, every mother who births a child, every grandfather who holds

a grandchild, and every person who stops for a moment to consider the eyes that God gave them to read

these words, and the mind He gave them to understand them should be brought to a sense of worshipful

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mttew 6:25-34: Thereore I tell you, do

not be anxious about your lie, what you will

eat or what you will drink, nor about your

body, what you will put on. Is not lie more

than ood, and the body more than cloth-

ing? Look at the birds o the air: they neither

sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet

your heavenly Father eeds them. Are you

not o more value than they? And which o

you by being anxious can add a single hourto his span o lie? And why are you anxious

about clothing? Consider the lilies o the eld,

how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet

I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was

not arrayed like one o these. But i God so

clothes the grass o the eld, which today

is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the

oven, will He not much more clothe you,

O you o little aith? Thereore do not be

anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or What

shall we drink? or What shall we wear? For

the Gentiles seek ater all these things, and

your heavenly Father knows that you need

them all. But seek rst the kingdom o God

and His righteousness, and all these things

will be added to you. Thereore do not be

anxious about tomorrow, or tomorrow will

be anxious or itsel. Sucient or the day is itsown trouble. (God tells His people not to worry

or be anxious about the uture because He takes

care o everything in our lives.)

Job 38:1-12: Then the Lord answered Job

out o the whirlwind and said: Who is this

that darkens counsel by words without

knowledge? Dress or action like a man; I will


God created light. Genesis 1:3-5

God created the sky. Genesis 1:6-8

God created the landand the oceans.

Genesis 1:9-13

God created the sun,moon and stars.

Genesis 1:14-19

God created birds,

sh and land animals.

Genesis 1:20-25

God created manand woman.

Genesis 1:26-31

God rested. Genesis 2:1-3


Romans 1:20-23: For His invisibleattributes, namely, His eternal power and

divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever

since the creation of the world, in the things that

have been made. So they are without excuse. For

although they knew God, they did not honor Him

as God or give thanks to Him, but they became

futile in their thinking, and their foolishhearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise,

they became fools, and exchanged the glory

of the immortal God for images resembling

mortal man and birds and animals and

creeping things.

Many o your students may already know the story o creation. Use this time to quiz

the students to see i they can name the days o creation. The days o creation are very

important because the Bible tells us all that God created.

go ot oy crete te wor, bt he o ti it. divie te tet ito or rop,

ivi ec rop ieret Bibe pe ro te oe ite ext. Itrct te to tk

bot wy tt teir pe itrte te rete o go.

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question you, and you make it known to me.

Where were you when I laid the oundation

o the earth? Tell me, i you have understand-

ing. Who determined its measurements

surely you know! Or who stretched the line

upon it? On what were its bases sunk, or who

laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars

sang together and all the sons o God shout-

ed or joy? Or who shut in the sea with doors

when it burst out rom the womb, when I

made clouds its garment and thick darkness

its swaddling band, and prescribed limits or

it and set bars and doors, and said, Thus ar

shall you come, and no arther, and here shallyour proud waves be stayed? Have you com-

manded the morning since your days began,

and caused the dawn to know its place?

(God speaks to Job about how He commanded

everything to be and how He keeps everything

in order.)

mttew 10:29-31: Are not two sparrows

sold or a penny? And not one o them will

all to the ground apart rom your Father. Buteven the hairs o your head are all numbered.

Fear not, thereore; you are o more value

than many sparrows. (God gives us assur-

ance by His Word that we matter to Him and

He knows us intimately, even to knowing the

number o hairs on our head.)

Job 9:1-10: Then Job answered and said:

Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man

be in the right beore God? I one wished to

contend with Him, one could not answer Him

once in a thousand times. He is wise in heart

and mighty in strengthwho has hardened

himsel against Him, and succeeded?He

who removes mountains, and they know it

not, when He overturns them in His anger,who shakes the earth out o its place, and its

pillars tremble; who commands the sun, and

it does not rise; who seals up the stars; who

alone stretched out the heavens and tram-

pled the waves o the sea; who made the

Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the cham-

bers o the south; who does great things be-

yond searching out, and marvelous things

beyond number. (Job realized that God made

everything is in control over everything.)

dicio: (10 minutes)

Discuss Deism with the students by using the Deism resource page (see resources). Figure A shows

a biblical model o the relation o God to creation. This model shows how God is clearly above and

distinct rom His creation, but He is always involved in His creation. Creation is dependent on God

or lie, sustainment and order. Figure B shows a Deists point o view. Deists believe in God, but

they believe He has a hands-o approach to His creation. In other words, creation is on its own tosurvive and exist.

Help your students to understand the implications these world views have on their lives and the

great dierence between the two. How would their lives be aected by a Deist worldview? Would

they worry more or have more ears? What about the weight o responsibility or their actions? As

a Deist, would they eel more reedom? As Christian teens, how does the knowledge that God is or

them aect their lives?


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Trere Poit: God created everything to give Him praise. He also sustainseverything.


Discuss the quotes included above. Ask the students to consider these areas: prayer, worship,

reverence or God, trust and everyday needs and cares. How do these quotes encourage us to

have hope to participate in or be content with these areas because we are believers in Christ?

Prayer Time: (10 minutes)

Share prayer requests about situations the students are concerned about in their own lives.

This can be done in pairs, groups or as a group as a whole. Younger students might preer toshare as a group; older students might nd praying together with just one or two better.

Remind the students that we can trust Scripture to be true because it is the very Word o God

and that God does all He says.

Deism is the view that God is not now directly involvedin the creation . . . Deism generally holds that God created the universe and is far

greater than the universe . . . They [Deists] deny Gods present involvement in the

world, thus leaving no place for His immanence in the created order. Rather, God is

viewed as a divine clock maker who wound up the clock of creation at the beginning

but then left it to run on its own . . . Many lukewarm or nominal Christians today are,

in effect, practical deists, since they live lives almost totally devoid of genuine prayer,

worship, fear of God, or moment-by-moment trust in God to care for needs that arise.

Wayne Grudem, Bible Doctrine, pgs. 129-130

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connecting church and home

Parents are the means that Godwants to use to reach our children. This means that

we are responsible to reach our children for Christ.

William Farley, Gospel-Powered Parenting, pg. 21

God spared no expense. He went to great lengths through the act o creation to reveal Himsel.

However, creation and all its details, majesty and beauty is not the ocal point o Genesis 1. In-

stead, it is paramount that we understand that the worship o God is essential. Romans 1:25 says

that some have turned rom God and began to worship and serve what God created rather than

Him, the One who created.

We see the importance o this stressed in the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20:2-3: I am the

Lord your God . . . You shall have no other gods beore Me.

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