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Children’s Bible Program – Level 2: NT Lesson 10 “A Disciple’s Betrayal”

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Featured Passage: John 13

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After Lazarus had been resurrected, Jesus went up to Jerusalem with His disciples. It was almost time for the Feast of Unleavened Bread to start. Jesus spent lots of time teaching the people at the temple, but the Jewish leaders were very jealous. They didn’t want the people to follow Jesus instead of them, so they began plotting about how they could kill Jesus, and Lazarus. The only problem was, they didn’t know how to catch Him without making themselves look bad in front of the people. One day, a man secretly came to them and told them he would be willing to help them catch Jesus, as long as they would pay him. The Jews were happy they now had a way to carry out their evil plot, for one of Jesus’ own disciples agreed to look for the right moment to betray Him.

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Discuss:

  1. What festival was Jesus and His disciples observing when they sat down together to have a meal? 
  2. Why did Jesus wash the disciples’ feet? What lessons can we learn from His example?
  3. Who was the disciple that betrayed Jesus? How do you think Jesus knew which one would betray Him? 
  4. When Judas left the supper after Jesus gave him bread, why do you think Jesus said “What you do, do quickly”? What did the other disciples think He meant?  
  5. After Judas left, what did Jesus tell His disciples? Why do you think He encouraged them to remember to love one another? 
  6. How do you think Jesus felt to be betrayed by His friend? What can this story teach us about being a good and loyal friend?
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Memory Challenge:

John 13:34

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Children’s Bible Program – Level 2: NT Lesson 9 “Lazarus”

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Featured Passage: John 11

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The Pharisees wanted to stone Jesus and tried to catch Him, but Jesus escaped out of their hands. He went to a region beyond the Jordan River where John used to baptise people and many came there to listen to Jesus teach. During this time, one of His dear friends, named Lazarus, became very ill. Jesus had healed many people, so He could certainly heal his friend too! However, the disciples reminded Jesus it was dangerous to travel back to Judea because the Jews still wanted to kill him. Jesus was not worried about that, but He delayed going to Lazarus for another purpose.

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Discuss:

  1. Who were Lazarus’ sisters? Can you think of any other stories in the Bible that talk about them?
  2. Why do you think Jesus waited until Lazarus was already dead before He decided to go to him? 
  3. How long had Lazarus been dead when Jesus arrived? Why do you think this was important? 
  4. What did Jesus say to Martha about the resurrection? What things do you know about the resurrection? 
  5. What was Jesus’ response when Mary came to Him crying? What can we learn about who Jesus is from His reaction? 
  6. How did the Pharisees react to Lazarus being raised from the dead? Why did they consider Jesus a threat to their positions?
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Memory Challenge:

John 11:25

“Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life, He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.’

Children’s Bible Program – Level 2: NT Lesson 8 “The Good Shepherd”

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Featured Passage: John 10

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After Jesus healed a man who was blind from birth, the Pharisees wanted to know who He was. Some of the Jews thought He was evil and crazy, while others realized His good works could not be performed by an evil person. Jesus had compared those who did not understand His message with those who could not see, saying they were spiritually blind. He then spoke a parable to them about something most people understood during that time – sheep and shepherds. The Pharisees, not satisfied with Jesus’ answer, surrounded Him hoping that this time He would not get away!

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Discuss:

  1. Why did Jesus often use parables when speaking to the people? (Hint: Look in John 10 or Matthew 13 for the answer)
  2. Who are the sheep in the parable? What do you think sheep can teach us about being Christians?
  3. What does Jesus mean when He calls Himself the door to the sheep? How does Jesus describe those who do not come through the door?
  4. How does Jesus describe a good shepherd? In what ways is Jesus the good shepherd?
  5. What reward does Jesus have for His sheep? 
  6. Why did the Pharisees want to stone Jesus?
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Memory Challenge:

John 10:11

“I am the good shepherd. The shepherd gives His life for the sheep.”

Children’s Bible Program – Level 2: NT Lesson 7 “Jesus Heals a Blind Man”

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Featured Passage: John 9

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As Jesus  taught and worked many wonderful miracles, the Jewish leaders were becoming very jealous and angry. One day, when Jesus was teaching in the temple, He said something that made the Jews so mad they wanted to stone Him! Jesus quickly hid and escaped out of the temple, but as He was leaving He noticed a man who had been blind from birth. Jesus’ disciples asked Him why the man was born blind and He told them God had something very special planned for this particular man.

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Discuss:

  1. What explanation did the disciples say was the reason the man was born blind? How did Jesus answer them?
  2. What did Jesus do to heal the man? What instructions did he give to the man? 
  3. On what day of the week did this miracle occur? 
  4. When questioned, who did the man say had healed him? Why do you think the Pharisees wanted the man to deny that Jesus had healed him?
  5. Why did the Pharisees question the man’s parents? 
  6. What did the Pharisees say was their reason for not believing Jesus was from God? Why did the man who was healed believe that Jesus was from God?
  7. What did Jesus mean when He said, “those who see may be made blind”? 
  8. What things did you learn about who Jesus is in this passage?
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Memory Challenge:

John 9:39 

“For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”

Children’s Bible Program – Level 2: NT Lesson 6 “Jesus Goes to the Feast”

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Featured Passage: John 7

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Jesus was becoming popular, and everyone was talking about Him. Who was this man? Was He the prophet of who Moses had written about (Deuteronomy 18:15)? Was He the Messiah who had come to save them, or was He just deceiving people? Jesus’ own family did not even believe Him, and the Pharisees and chief priests were out to kill Him! It was time to keep the Feast of Tabernacles as God had commanded. Jesus needed to keep the feast in Jerusalem, but how could He go when it was so dangerous? 

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Discuss:

  1. What did Jesus’ brothers tell Him to do? What was Jesus’ response?
  2. Why did Jesus not go up to Jerusalem with His brothers? What did He do instead?
  3. Why were the people arguing about Jesus?
  4. Where did the people believe Jesus was born? Why did it matter?
  5. What is doctrine? From whom did Jesus say He received His doctrine?
  6. How did Jesus make His presence known at the Feast?
  7. What did Jesus preach about on the eighth day? What do we call the eighth day of the feast? 
  8. Why do you think God did not allow the Jews to capture Jesus?
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Memory Challenge:

John 7:28-29

Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, “You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”

Children’s Bible Program – Level 2: NT Lesson 5 “The Pool of Bethsaida”

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Featured Passage: John 5

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It was the Feast of Tabernacles, and the city of Jerusalem swarmed with people from all around. In Jerusalem there was a pool where at certain times an angel would come and stir the waters in the pool, and the first person to get in the waters would be healed. Many sick people were at the pool for this reason, but only one could be made well. Out of compassion, Jesus healed a man who lay there, but not everyone was happy that the lame man could walk again.

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Discuss:

  1. Why was Jesus in Jerusalem at this time? 
  2. How long had the man that Jesus healed been sick?
  3. What law did the Jews think the man was breaking by carrying his bed? Why were they upset that the man had been healed? 
  4. Why did the Jews want to kill Jesus? 
  5. What did Jesus say about His relationship with the Father? 
  6. What authority did God give to Jesus Christ?
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Memory Challenge:

John 5:19 

Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.”

Children’s Bible Program – Level 2: NT Lesson 4 “Woman at the Well”

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Featured Passage: John 4

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After spending some time teaching in Judea, Jesus and the disciples headed home for Galilee. The shortest route to get there was to go through Samaria. Samaria had been in the land of the Kingdom of Israel before God allowed them to be taken into captivity by the Assyrians. The King of Assyria replaced the Israelites with people who mixed the worship of the true God with paganism (2 Kings 17:24-33). The Jews didn’t like the Samaritans and would usually travel many extra miles around Samaria to avoid meeting them–but not Jesus.

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Discuss:

  1. Why was the woman at the well surprised that Jesus asked her for a drink of water? From whose well did the woman draw water? 
  2. What did Jesus mean by “living water”?
  3. What did the woman do when she realized who Jesus was? 
  4. Why do you think the disciples were surprised to see Jesus talking to the Samaritan woman? 
  5. What did Jesus call His “food”?  
  6. What is the work that Jesus was doing? What are some ways you can help do the work that Jesus is doing today?
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Memory Challenge:

Luke 4:13-14

“Jesus answered and said to her, ‘Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again,  but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.’”

Children’s Bible Program – Level 2: NT Lesson 3 “Born Again”

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Featured Passage: John 3

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As Jesus began His ministry He became more popular among the people in the region. The Jewish leaders, the Pharisees and Sadducees, started to notice. The Sadducees were a group of Jews who had more liberal interpretation of the law and did not believe in angels or the resurrection. On the other hand, the Pharisees were very strict; they thought that following all their extra rules made them righteous. Jesus taught God’s law as it was in the Holy Scriptures which made the Jewish leaders angry. However, one leader came to Jesus seeking the truth.

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Discuss:

  1. Who was Nicodemus? Why do you think Nicodemus came to Jesus at night? 
  2. What did Jesus tell Nicodemus he must do to be in the Kingdom of God? What was Nicodemus’ response? 
  3. What example did Jesus use to explain being a spirit being? 
  4. What did Jesus tell Nicodemus about going to heaven? 
  5. What did Jesus tell Nicodemus was the reward for believing in Him? What does it mean to believe in Jesus as the Son of God?
  6. What did Jesus mean when He said that “God so loved the world”? Who does God want us to love?
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Memory Challenge:

John 3:16 

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

Children’s Bible Program – Level 2: NT Lesson 2 “Water to Wine”

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Featured Passage: John 2

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Mary, Jesus’ mother, was going to a wedding! Jesus and some of His disciples were also invited. The wedding was being held in a little village called Cana. There were lots of people there having a good time when Mary noticed a problem. They had run out of wine. She came to tell Jesus right away. But what could He do about it?

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Discuss:

  1. Name a few famous Bible characters. Can you think of some ways God interacted with the people you named? 
  2. Can you name some important miracles the God performed for His people in the Old Testament? What miracle for the Israelites relates to the memory verse below?
  3. Who gave Moses the Ten Commandments?
  4. What did God give the Israelites to eat in the wilderness? 
  5. Why did God give Israel judges and prophets?
  6. Who was the Being who became Jesus Christ?
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Memory Challenge:

John 2:11

 “This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.”

Children’s Bible Program – Level 2: NT Lesson 1 “A Voice in the Wilderness”

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Featured Passage: John 1

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God had a plan for the world from the beginning. The great Being called “the Word” spoke the world into existence, but God knew because of sin the world would need a Savior. That Savior would be “the Word” Himself, sent as the Son of God to save every human being who would ever live. To get the people ready for the coming of His Son, God prepared a special messenger—a prophet—to announce that God’s own Son would arrive very soon with a plan to save the world!

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Discuss:

  • Who is Jesus? 
  • Who did some Jews think John the Baptist was? Who did he say he was? (Be careful not to confuse John the apostle with John the Baptist! The Apostle John wrote the book of John.)
  • Why did John baptize people? What does it mean to repent?
  • Why did John baptize Jesus since we know that he never sinned? (You may find some help for this question in Matthew 3)
  • What is a disciple? Can you name one of John’s disciples who became Jesus’ disciple? 
  • What four men named in this chapter became Jesus’ disciples? Do you think they knew one another?
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Memory Challenge:

John 1:29  “The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, ‘Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!’”