DEEPENING YOUR PERSPECTIVE EECA NE Je Adam an Ee el peopl? Satan cal . real? Though the Bible teaches the reality of all FIRST CATECHISM hee, many people doubt their existence. Satan's basic QUESTIONS 33-35 technique is as old as sin: he persuades people to deny the truthfulness of God’s Word. That is where he began with Eve. ‘Adam and Eve sinned by eating the one fruit God had forbidden in the Garden of Eden, Eating fruit is not inherently sinful, but disobeying God is. The fundamental nature of sin is the refusal to believe, trust and obey God. Tempted by Satan, Eve questioned whether she should believe what God said, trust him to do what was best for them and obey him, Lack of conviction that God’s Word is absolutely A tecdorbelceholvand ue and requires absolute obedience opens the door happy they became sinful © conformity tothe world’s values and practices. Even anduniserable. many professing Christians believe Satan's lies that a woman's right to choose supersedes God's command not to murder, or open-mindedness is more important than truth, or those who adopt sinful lifestyles are fit for leadership roles in God's Kingdom. Satan did not blatantly ask Eve to worship him. Through subtle temptation, he drew her away from God by persuading her to followher own desires. Satan can “masquerade asan angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:14), pretending to do good. He often ensnares people through false teachers who speak convincingly but distort God's truth. The effects of sin were immediate. Adam and Eve's guilt and shame caused them to from God. No longer could they enjoy perfect fellowship with him or with each other (Genesis 3:7). When God confronted them, sin’s tendency to multiply became apparentas each refused to accept personal responsibility but tried to shift the blame, God’s punishment was swift, severe and appropriate (Genesis 3:16-19). The immediate spiritual death of separation from God would eventually be followed by physical death. Every partof them would be affected by sin, but the specific punishments God declared struck the core of their being, for sin corrupted the basic roles for which he had created them. The areas in which they should have experienced their greatest fulfillment—Eve as wife and (a ' - mother and Adam as worker—became hard and painful. A glimmer of God's saving mercy penetrated the darkness of judgmentand punishment when God declared that the woman's offspring would ultimately defeat sin Christ Jesuscame into the and Satan (Genesis 8:15). This first promise of salvation world tsave sinners. vouuwe 1tuemenrary 69 33 Q. What was the sin of our first parents? A. Eating the forbidden fruit 34 Q. Who tempted Adam and live to this sin? A. Satan tempted Exe first, id then he used her to. tempt Adam, 35 Q. Howdid Adam and Eve change when they sinned? SCRIPTURE (Optional memory work) through Jesus Christ provided undeserved hope for Adam tee and Eve and all their descendants who trust in him.GETTING READY As you begin your preparation this week, study the background material and read Genesis 3, Review last week's questions and memorize this week's. Plan to display Teaching Aid 6: Garden of Eden. Use a black marker to draw a large target on a sheet of poster board for the Bull’s Eyegame in Opening. Color the bull’s eye in the center of the target red to make it stand out. For the Catechism Baseball game in Applying, write numbers 1-35 on slips of paper and place them in a plastic container or paper bag. FO sisevrve- Vous ; - Teaching Ads Pack Opening (5-15 Minutes) sSitinticnsnk — any «Play Bull’ Bye O poster board O blindfold 1 push pins Oi masking tape Teaching (15-20 Minutes) Activities: Materials: * Listen tothe story of Adam CI TAG: Garden of Eden* and Eve's first sin. * Learn QY/A 33-85. Reinforcing & Reciting (10-15 Minutes) © Sing “In Our Work and in Ouray” @ * Complete Kids’ Quest & «© Recite the answers to Q 29-32. Materials: “In Our Workand in Our Play” song poster Oi Kits’ Quest 8** Di First Catechism ** O pencils, crayons or markers Applying (10-15 Minutes) Activities: Materials: © Play Catechism Baseballto Cl number slips review Q/A 1-35. O container O masking tape CO chalk or paper Qlsing (5-15 Minutes) Materials: © Sing Psalm 119:73-74. @ 0 Ala: Psalm 119:73-74 poster® Oi Kids’ Quest 8**OPENING 65-15 sina) [RE RER REE EE Introduce the topic of this week's lesson by playing Bull’s Ey. = CECE Before the children arrive, hang the target poster on the wall with, Teaching Tip masking tape. Divide the class into four teams and give each team aname. Ask for a volunteer from each team to try to stick the bulls’ you have a small group, eye with the push pin. Place a blindfold over his or her eyes. Turn fee child try to pin the ils eye the player around several times and point him or her toward the target. The others on the team will help by yelling directions—up, ae down, left, right—as the child attempts to find the bull’s eye. After he or she sticks the push pin in, write the team’s name nextto = CRC the pin hole and give the push pin to the player from the next Additional Music team. The team with the hole closest to the bull’s eye wins. After the winner has been declared, ask fora volunteer to try Then1g (Gnd Made a i Psa Covenant with Adam” by one more time to hit the target. This time, do not use the blindfold Judy Rogers is based on this and do not turn the child around. Ask him or her to walk to the wees catechiam questions. target and put the push pin right into the bull's eye. Order the Why Cant | See Say Today we're going to talk about God’s target for Adam and God? CD or songbook from Eve in the Garden of Eden. God didn’t put a blindfold on their eyes GCP at 800-695-3387 or and he didn’t spin them around to confuse them. He told them ww gp. 0rg exactly what to do, just like I told (the last volunteer). The bull's — eye of God’s target was obedience. You know what happened. Adam and Eve chose not to follow God’s clear instructions. They missed the bull’s eye completely because they didn’t obey God. youre tetany WETEACHING (15-20 Mines) Teaching Tip Ask these questions about sin | Adam and Eve quickly and | inquisitively. Let volunteers recite the answers, or ask all the children to answer About the Lesson Though the Bible tells us little about Satan's rebellion, itis mentioned in 2 Peter 24 and Jude 6, and possibly in Isaiah 1412. Satan tempted Eve through her appetite, her eyes and her thoughts, the places where many sins begin. Since evil had not entered the wor!d, there was no fear or physical danger. The refusal to accept personal responsibilty is rampant today, but it isnot a new sin TRB. cisseraey- Youre i Ask Who were our first parents? (am and Ev.) What covenant did God make with Adam? (Tie covenant of life.) In the covenant of life, what did God require Adam to do? (0 obey God perfect.) Did Adam keep the covenant of life? (No, He sinned against God.) What is sin? (Sin is any lack of conformity to, or transgression of, the law of God.) Display Teaching Aid 6. Say You know the answers to those questions very well! But let me ask you one more: In what condition did God make Adam and Eve? (//e made them holy and happy.) God gave Adam and Eve hearts that always wanted to do what was right, They loved God and they loved each other. And because they were holy, they were happy. But there was someone who did not want Adam and Eve to be holy or happy. He did not want them to worship and love God. {skDo you know who that was? (Satan) Asks Satan God's friend? (Ni, le is God's enemy.) Avery, very Jong time ago, before God made Adam and Eve, Satan was an angel in heaven. The Bible does not tell us a lot about angels, but it does say that God made the angels, and they are to worship and serve him. But something terrible happened—Satan and some other angels became very wicked. They hated God and refused to obey him, so God threw them out of heaven. When Satan saw Adam and Eve living a happy life in the Garden of Eden, he wanted to mess up the wonderful world God had made, and Satan wanted Adam and Eve to obey him instead of God. So Satan went to the Garden to persuade them to disobey God. Satan didn’t go to the Garden looking like a scary, evil devil. He disguised himself. What kind of disguise did he use? (serpent or snake) Eve wasn’t afraid of the snake, because snakes weren't scary like they are now. When Satan talked to Eve from inside the snake's body, he said, “Did God really ell you not to eat from any tree in the Garden?” Eve answered, “We may eat from any tree in the Garden ‘except the one in the middle. God said if we eat from it or even touch it, we will die.” The serpent said to Eve, “You will not die.” Satan was trying to make Eve believe that God had not told them the truth. si Does God ever lie? (ni0) God always tells the truth, sk Who was lying? (Salam) Satan lied to Eve again when he said, “The real reason God told you not to eat that fruit is because it will make you like God, knowing good and evil.” Eve looked at the fruit and saw that it was beautiful and it looked like it would taste good. The serpent said the fruit could make her as wise as God. Eve had to decide whether to believe God or the serpent. sh What did Eve do? (She ‘ook some fruit and ate it.) Avk'Then what did she do? (She gave some to Adam.) Did Adam say, “No, I won't eat it.[fanaa ese God said not to”? (no) Adam took the fruit and ate it, too. \skDid Adam and Eve turn to the serpent and say happily, “You were telling the truth, Mr. Serpent. We didn’t die, and we're as wise as God”? (110) They felt guilty and ashamed. Before they sinned, there was no evil in the world, so they didn’t know what evil was. ‘They had been holy and happy, but when evil came into their hearts and minds, they became sinful and miserable. They could not, completely love and trust God or each other. When they heard God coming to talk with them, as he did every day, they were afraid. ‘They had never been afraid of anything before, but now they were afraid of God. ‘Ask What did they do when they heard God coming? (/iey tried to hide. ) Could they hide from God? (no) Why not? (Nothing can be hidden from God.) God knew where they were, and he knew what they had done. When God asked Adam if he had eaten the forbidden fruit, did Adam say, “Yes, God, I disobeyed youandate -—{ “ 5S SS SS EES the fruit”? (no) Adam said this. Read Genesis 3:12 from your Bible. From God’s Word Instead of confessing his sin, Adam tried to blame someone else. sk Whom did Adam blame? (/'vr) Adam blamed Eve for giving him Th woman you put here with the fruit, but he also blamed someone else. fea Genesis 3:12 again. pease brat Who else did Adam blame? (jo) He blamed God for making Eve. eee ‘Then Eve said this when God asked her what she had done. Iva Genesis 3:13b, Instead of confessing her sin, Eve blamed the serpent. ‘The woman said, "The serpent. ‘What they said was true. The serpent tempted Eve, and Eve gave deceived me, and | ate! | the fruit to Adam, but Adam and Eve were still to blame for their Genesis 3136 | own sin. The serpent didn’t force Eve to eat the forbidden fruit, — oo and Eve didn’t force Adam to eat it. Adam and Eve each chose to sin, Ash Is Satan still God’s enemy? ()¢s) Satan is real, and he’s evil. Hes our enemy, too. He still tries to get people on his side instead of God’s side. But he doesn’t jump out in front of us and frighten us into doing the bad thing he wants us to do. He usually tempts us with things that look good, like the fruit that looked good to Eve. He may use other people to tempt us, as he used Eve to tempt ‘Adam. He lies, and he tells people not to believe what God says. God doesn’t talk to us out loud, but he has given us the Bible. Don’t believe Satan's lie that the Bible isn’t true. The Bible is God’s Word. Itis true, and we must obey what it says. God had warned Adam he would die if he ate the fruit. Did Adam fall over dead when he bit into the fruit? (10) But when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, they died spiritually because their sin separated them from God. They could no longer be close to him. God told them that their bodies would die someday, too. God had given them bodies that would never get sick or old or die, but our eer WSTEACHING continue) BERR EEE About the Lesson “Your enemy the devi prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” (1 Peter 58) Satan is el and powerful and wants to destroy us, but our sovereign God is immeasurably more powerful than Satan. By the power of the Holy Spint living within us, we are able to resist his temptations. they changed when they disobeyed God. Their bodies would get sick and old, and someday they would die. God told them some other ways they would be punished for their sin, but he also told them something wonderful. He promised to send a Savior who would defeat Satan and sin. God did not stop loving Adam and Eve when they sinned. He loved them so much that he promised to send a Savior. God kept his promise when he sent Jesus. Adam didn’t obey God, but Jesus obeyed God perfectly, ‘Then he died on the cross and took the punishment for our sin. If we love and trust Jesus, we will not be separated from God, but we will live in heaven with him forever and ever. Let's listen to what the catechism says about all of this. You may already know the answers! Real (/A 33, then read the question again ‘and lead the children in the answer. Do Q 34~35 the same way. Then ask the children to stand and answer al three questions 33. Q. What was the sin of our first parents? A. Eating the forbidden fruit. 34 Q. Who tempted Adam and Eve to this sin? A. Satan tempted Eve first, and then he used her to tempt Adam. 35 Q. How did Adam and Eve change when they sinned? A. Instead of being holy and happy, they became sinful and miserable, REINFORCING & RECITING (10-15 sins) TWA. eusnxtaey Yous | Using the song poster you prepared, lead the children in singing the first two stanzas of “In Our Work and in Our Play” (CD track 11). Before singing the third stanza, ask them to read the words with you. Ask the children to stand and answer the questions they are to recite today, Q.29-32. If they need more work on any answer, have them recite it two or three times. Add variety by having them recite while standing on one foot, holding a hand in the air or facing the back of the room.ieee Pass out copies of Kids’ Quest Salong with pencils and colored markers, Read the instructions for discovering the weapon God has given us for battling Satan. Ifyou teach beginning readers, you may need to help them read the summary of the story of Adam and Eve that contains the crossword puzzle clues. While the children work on the written activities, ask them to go one ata time to the Recitation Center to recite the answers to last week's questions, Q 29-82. Have the recitation assistant keep track of completed answers on the Recitation Chart (p. 12). Then be sure the children put check marks or stickers in their First Catechism booklets and on the Attendance/ Recitation Poster for each answer successfully recited. APPLYING (o-1ssinaa) Play Catechism Baseball. Create two baseball diamonds on the floor. Use masking tape to make four 12" squares as the bases for each diamond. Divide the class into two teams. Have the members of each team line up behind their home plate. To decide who {goes first, let one member of each team draw a number from your container of 35 question numbers. The team drawing the highest number goes first. Alternate between the two teams as you ask questions, drawing a question number each time from your container. When a player answers a question correctly, he or she gets a hit and goes to first base on that team’s baseball diamond, The player will advance to second base when another batter on his or her team gets a hit and {goes to first base. A player who does not answer correctly goes to the end of the batting lineup, and no one on that team advances to the next base. The missed question is then asked of the other team. A team scores a run each time a player completes all the bases and advances to home plate. Keep score on the board or on a sheet of paper displayed where the teams can see their scores growing. When all the questions have been asked, the team with the most runs is the winner. aa f Enrichment | Chapter 1 in Big Truths for | Little Kids, by Susan Hunt | and Richie Hunt, reinforces this week's catechism questions. Order from GCP at 800- [SpRaeap 695-3387 or By rw acporg our 1-kunextany 7SCLOSING b15ninie) aa 7G wrsextawe vous tea eee Lie eee Say Remember, the two big reasons why we are studying the catechism are so that we can learn about God and learn to love and obey him more and more. Knowing what God says in the Bible will help us know how to obey him. Let’s sing the prayer from Psalm 119 that asks God to teach us his Word. Sing Psalm 11 9:73-74 (CD track 16). ‘Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands. May those who fear you rejoice when they see me, for Ihave put my hope in your word, As the children leave, encourage them to take Kids’ Quest 8 home to their parents and continue to review all the catechism questions and answers they have learned and memorize Q/A 83-85 for next week.