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Children’s Bible Program – Level 1: NT Lesson 20 “On the Road to Emmaus”

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Featured Passage: Luke 24

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Many people began to believe in Jesus as He preached throughout Judea. The Pharisees and the other religious rulers were jealous, so they made up charges to have Him crucified by the Romans. It was the time of Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread, and Jerusalem was overflowing with people, and many of them witnessed Jesus’ death. Jesus’ followers were very confused because they thought He was the promised Messiah and now He was dead, or was He?

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Discuss:

  1. What happened when the women came to the tomb in the morning? What did the angels tell them?
  2. What were the two people discussing while they walked to Emmaus?
  3. Why didn’t they recognize Jesus when He approached them? What did Jesus explain to them while they walked together? 
  4. When did the two people realize that the person who was talking to them was Jesus Christ? How do you think they felt when they realized who He was? 
  5. What do you think it will be like to walk and talk with God face to face?
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Memory Challenge:

Luke 24:46, 48

 “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day… And you are witnesses of these things.”

Children’s Bible Program – Level 1: NT Lesson 19 “Zacchaeus”

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Featured Passage: Luke 19

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Most everywhere Jesus went, huge crowds of people followed Him. They wanted to hear Him speak and see the wonderful miracles that He performed. Many of the people who wanted to see Jesus were poor, sick, or considered to be sinners. One day, a man named Zacchaeus wanted to see Jesus. The problem was, he was very short and there were so many people crowding around Jesus that Zacchaeus couldn’t see Him. Zacchaeus saw there was a tree near the path where Jesus was going to walk, so he had an idea.

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Discuss:

  1. What did Zacchaeus do for a living?
  2. What did Zacchaeus decide to do so he could see Jesus? 
  3. How did it happen that Jesus went to Zacchaeus’ home? Why do you think He decided to go there?
  4. What was the crowd’s attitude when Jesus said He was going to visit Zacchaeus? 
  5. What did Zacchaeus tell Jesus he was going to do? 
  6. Why do you think Jesus associated with those who were not considered righteous (Mark 2:17, Luke 19:10)?
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Memory Challenge:

Luke 19:10

“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

Children’s Bible Program – Level 1: NT Lesson 18 “Jesus and the Little Children”

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Featured Passage: Luke 18

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God the Father sent Jesus to do a work, and there was so much work to do. Jesus traveled throughout the region preaching the gospel of the Kingdom of God and healing the sick. He was very busy doing all His Father’s commands. One day, some people came with little children to see Jesus. The disciples tried to help by telling the people to go away. But when Jesus saw what they were doing, he called to them. The disciples were about to learn a lesson from Jesus about little children.

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Discuss:

  1. Why do you think the disciples did not want the little children brought to Jesus? 
  2. What was Jesus’ attitude toward the little children? Children are very special to God the Father and Jesus Christ (Psalm 127:3) which means He thinks you are very special too!
  3. What did Jesus do to the children when they were brought to Him (Mark 10:16)? The Church continues this practice by blessing little children in a ceremony during the Feast of Tabernacles. What do you think were some of the blessings Christ gave the little children?
  4. What did Jesus say the rich young ruler should do to inherit eternal life? 
  5. Why do you think the young man went away feeling sad? What lesson was Jesus trying to teach him?
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Memory Challenge:

Luke 18:16 

“But Jesus called them to Him and said, ‘Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God.’”

Children’s Bible Program – Level 1: NT Lesson 17 “Mary and Martha”

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Featured Passage: Luke 10

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Jesus traveled all around Galilee and Judea with His disciples, teaching the message of the Gospel of the Kingdom. They often walked many miles and when they arrived in different villages people would sometimes offer to let Jesus and His disciples eat or stay at their houses. One day, they came to a village where a woman named Martha lived with her sister, Mary. Martha invited Jesus to come to her house. Martha busied herself to serve, for there were lots of things to do, so she wasn’t too happy when she realized her sister Mary was sitting down.

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Discuss:

  1. Why do you think Martha invited Jesus to come to her house? 
  2. What was Martha doing when Jesus came to her house? What kinds of things often need to be done when a guest comes to your house? 
  3. What was Mary doing? 
  4. How do you think Martha felt when she realized that Mary wasn’t helping her? What did she do?
  5. What did Jesus tell Martha? What does it mean to be distracted? God loves it when we serve, but we should not let it distract us from focusing on and listening to God. 
  6. Mary and Martha appear in other parts of the Bible. Can you name their brother? What happened to their brother? 
  7. Would you say that Mary and Martha were good friends with Jesus Christ? How can we be friends with Jesus (John 15:14)?
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Memory Challenge:

Luke 10:42 

“But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

Children’s Bible Program – Level 1: NT Lesson 16 “The Unjust Steward”

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Featured Passage: Luke 16

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Jesus often taught the people using parables. When His disciples asked Him why, He told them it wasn’t time for all the people to understand the meaning of everything He was saying. One day, when Jesus was teaching His disciples, He began telling them a parable about a steward – a person who manages someone’s estate or money. The steward’s boss heard that he was doing a bad job, so he told the steward he was going to fire him. The steward, knowing he was going to lose his job, had to make a quick decision. He did something that Jesus explained with some important lessons for us. 

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Discuss:

  1. What did the steward do? What does it mean to be shrewd? 
  2. What is “mammon”? 
  3. With the decision that the steward made, he was making friends with the people who owed his boss money, and preparing for his own future. God wants us to be careful with how we use our money now, in this physical life, but what future are we preparing for ultimately?  How is our future in the kingdom more important than our lives in this world?
  4. What do you think Jesus meant when He said “He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much”? Think about the things you own – your toys, clothes, money, etc. What are some ways you can “be faithful” (trustworthy) with the things you own? How would taking care of your things prepare you to take care of bigger things in God’s kingdom?
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Memory Challenge:

Luke 16:10 (NIV)

“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.”

Children’s Bible Program – Level 1: NT Lesson 15 “The Lost Son”

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Featured Passage: Luke 15

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The Jewish leaders didn’t like the fact that Jesus spent so much time teaching and eating with sinners. Jesus had told two parables to them about lost things – the parable of the lost sheep, and the parable of the lost coin. He wanted to explain to them how much God loves every person and how happy He is when someone who is sinning decides to repent and start following Him. There was one more parable Jesus wanted to tell the people listening about something, or someone, who got lost.

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Discuss:

  1. Who are the characters Jesus talks about in this parable? 
  2. What does the younger son decide to do? How do you think the father felt when he made this decision? 
  3. What happened to the son? 
  4. What did the son decide to do after he got the job feeding pigs? 
  5. How did the father react when he saw his son coming home? How did the older son react? 
  6. Who does the father in the story represent? 
  7. How do you think God wants us to react when someone decides to repent from their sins to follow God’s way?
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Memory Challenge:

Luke 16:32

“It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.”

Children’s Bible Program – Level 1: NT Lesson 14 “The Lost Sheep”

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Featured Passage: Luke 15

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Wherever Jesus went, people of all kinds followed Him to hear Him speak and to see His miracles. Many of them were poor or sick, but there were others who were rich and important – they all wanted to hear what Jesus had to say. One day, a group of tax collectors and sinners came to hear Him. The Jewish leaders were upset. They didn’t want Jesus to spend time teaching those kinds of people. They thought it was a waste of time. Then Jesus told them a story – it was a parable. He was explaining why He chose to teach and help the people who mostly everyone else didn’t seem to like.

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Discuss:

  1. What is a parable? (If you have a dictionary, look up the word, or you can go to dictionary.com online to find the meaning)
  2. Who does the shepherd in Jesus’ story about the lost sheep represent?
  3. What happens to the sheep in the parable? 
  4. Why do you think Jesus told this parable to the Jewish leaders? 
  5. How does God feel about all the people in the world? How does God feel when someone repents?
  6. What are some ways we can show love to other people? What about people who don’t understand God’s way?
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Memory Challenge:

Mark 16:15-18

Luke 15:7 

“I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.”

Children’s Bible Program – Level 1: NT Lesson 13 “The Good Samaritan”

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Featured Passage: Luke 10

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Jesus Christ taught many different kinds of people. They would sometimes ask Him questions and many times He would use stories, called parables, to answer them and to explain certain lessons. One day a lawyer asked Christ a question about how to receive eternal life. Jesus found that the man already knew the answer – to have eternal life, he must love God with all his being and love his neighbor as himself. The lawyer then asked Christ, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus could see that the lawyer didn’t really have the right attitude, so He had a very special story in mind to answer his question.

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Discuss:

  1. Why was the lawyer asking Jesus questions? 
  2. What happens to the man who is traveling in the story? 
  3. Who are the first two people who saw the man? What do priests and Levites do as their jobs? Why do you think they didn’t stop to help? 
  4. Who was the third person to see the man lying on the road? Why did he stop to help? What does it mean to have compassion?
  5. How did the Samaritan help the man who was hurt? 
  6. Who is our neighbor? When we see someone who needs help, what should we do? Can you think of some examples of things you could do to help others?
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Memory Challenge:

Luke 10:27

 “…You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”

Children’s Bible Program – Level 1: NT Lesson 12 “Walking on Water”

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Featured Passage: Matthew 14

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After a long day, Jesus sent the disciples to the other side of the lake by boat. By a miracle He had fed the multitude with five loaves of bread and two small fish, then he told the people to go home. Jesus wanted to spend some time alone to pray as He often did. Late that night, He went to catch up with the disciples, but they were at sea and He had no boat. This was not a problem for Jesus; He knew exactly what He would do.

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Discuss:

  1. Why do you think Jesus wanted to spend some time alone to pray? 
  2. How did Jesus decide He would catch up with the disciples?
  3. Why was it taking the disciples so long to get to the other side of the lake?
  4. Why were the disciples scared when they saw Jesus coming toward them? 
  5. What did Peter do when He realized who was walking toward them? Why do you think Peter began to sink after he started walking toward Jesus on the water? What lesson can we learn from this?
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Memory Challenge:

Matthew 14:27

“But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.”

Children’s Bible Program – Level 1: NT Lesson 11 “Five Loaves and Two Fish”

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Featured Passage: Luke 9, John 6

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The disciples had just returned from preaching the gospel to many people, and they were excited to tell Jesus about what they had done. Jesus took them to a deserted place so that they could rest. Even so, the crowds heard where they went and came to find them. Jesus began to teach the people so they stayed to listen to Him all day as He preached the gospel of the Kingdom and healed their sick. After sitting there so long everyone started getting hungry.

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Discuss:

  1. Why do you think Jesus wanted to feed the people? How many people were there listening to Him teach?
  2. What food did Andrew find among the people? Who brought the food to share? Was it enough to feed all the people?
  3. What did Jesus do to the food before giving it to the disciples to distribute?
  4. How many baskets of leftover food was taken up by the disciples? 
  5. What did the people want to do when they witnessed the miracle Jesus performed (John 6:14-15)? Why didn’t Jesus want this?
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Memory Challenge:

John 6:35 

“And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.”