Is Jesus the Messiah?: Week Two

Our goals for this Sunday were to help the kids understand that we are all sons of Abraham and sons of God, and also to show them how God kept his promise to Abraham. I think it was all pretty effective

We began with a quick overview of who Abraham is. We went over the story of how he was too old to have a child, of how God promised him Isaac and many descendants.

We read Genesis 17:7 and Genesis 21:12, which both say that Abraham will have many descendants and that these descendants will come through Isaac. This is the point where we introduced the part of Abraham's story where Abraham was asked to sacrifice Isaac. We talked about how this was not just a test of Abraham's faith that God was good, but also a test of Abraham's faith in God's promises--after all, how would he have MANY descendants through a son that was sacrificed! This seems like a covenant that couldn't come true...

So then we read Hebrews 11:17-19, which says that God raised Isaac. We talked about how God stopped Abraham from sacrificing his son, and instead provided the ram for him. Then we read Matthew 1:2 where it shows us that Jesus came from the same physical line as Abraham. Since God is the father of all, it's true that Abraham has many descendants--all believers of Jesus are descendants of Abraham.

We read John 1:12 and Galatians 3:6-9 and talked about how we are all sons of Abraham and sons of God because we have faith in Christ. God kept his covenant and promise with Abraham, and the prophecies of the scriptures checked out! 2/200.

If you're keeping a checklist at home:

1) In David's line

2) In Abraham's line