I Speak My Own

Language

Unit II – Lesson 2
Lesson 2: I Speak My Own Language

Winning Values: Discipline and

Obedience

Bible Story: The Tower of Babel

Text: Genesis 11:1 – 9
Bible Verse:

Proverbs 3:12
“…because the Lord disciplines
those He loves, as a father the son he
delights in.”
Main Ideas:

1. God disciplines us because He loves

us.
2. We must obey His commands.
3. We need to do things for God’s glory,
not ours.
4. We should love our own language.
Bible Story: The Tower of Babel
Now the whole world
had one language and
a common speech.
As people moved
eastward they found a
plain in Shinar
(Babylon) and settled
there.
They decided to make
bricks and baked it
thoroughly. They used
brick instead of stone
and tar for mortar
They proudly declared,
‘Let’s make a name for
ourselves and build a
city with a tower that
reaches up to the
heavens, otherwise we
will be scattered over
the face of the whole
earth.”
God saw how they
were working together
to make such proud
plans and decided to
put a stop to their
building by confusing
their language so they
could not understand
each other.
The workers started
babbling in different
languages and
stopped building the
city together. That is
why it was called
Babel – because there
the Lord confused the
language of the world.
The building work
stopped and groups of
people scattered to
live in different parts
of the earth.
Thoughts to Ponder:
The people in the time of the Old
Testament were using a common
language for all. They settled in one place
and built a tower that would reach up to
the heavens. But their actions were not in
obedience to God’s command to occupy
the whole earth, God caused them to
speak in various languages.
Thoughts to Ponder:

Those who had understood each

other had regrouped themselves and
gone their way, leaving the ruins of the
Tower of Babel. This is a form of God’s
discipline to His people. Through this,
nations were born and propagated their
own native tongues.
Thoughts to Ponder:

To speak our language is an essence

of nationalism because our own
language is also the soul of our own
nation and country. Using our language
daily reflects our loyalty to our own
country. It expresses our sense of
nationalism.
Thoughts to Ponder:
But what really is the language we are
going to use that would show our sense
of nationalism and loyalty to our country?
Whatever opinions the experts would
say, our languages in the Philippines,
whether indigenous or foreign in origin,
express our loyalty and sense of
nationalism to our country.