Teachers to Parents

Todays Lesson:

This quarter your child will be studying about the age-old
conflict between God and Satan, in the struggle for souls. The first
lesson is an introduction to Satan as a spirit being who is real and who
has great power. All of us will be better able to ward off his attacks if
we learn what Gods word has to say about him and his deceitful lies.
This subject has been largely ignored in the world as well as in the
church in recent years, resulting in the rampant growth of sin with all
its destructive power.

Using the lesson this week at home:

Use Life Span as a refrigerator-door reminder for your child
to be on the look-out for Satans work, his lies, and his temptations to
do wrong. Be sure that this knowledge is balanced with an equally
strong reminder that God is greater than Satan, and that He is always
with us to help us. No temptation has overtaken you except as is
common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be
tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also
make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it (1 Corinthians 10:13).
Thinking Aloud to Parents
You parents, with your greater Bible knowledge as well
as your greater experience in living, are able to see Satans work
more clearly than your children can do. Because he is a very
powerful force in the world today, it is imperative that they learn
about him, so that they may be able to overcome him. A thorough
knowledge of Gods word is our shield against all of Satans varied attacks.
As parents, help your child to grow closer to God each
day by helping him to recognize the times when Satan is trying
to influence him to disobey God. Too often, both God and Satan
are relegated to the church building, in the sense that parents fail
to incorporate awareness of their presence and their activities in
the every-day life of the home. Children need to see life from that
spiritual perspective, so that it will take precedence over the physical,
material world.

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Grade 5, Quarter 3, Lesson 1

In movies and on television weve seen all kinds
of wars: barbarian wars, Indian wars, knights in armor
fighting with lances and swords, sea wars, air wars, the
Gulf War and even space wars! But did you know
that there was once a war in heaven?
Who fought in that war? The Bible tells us that a
power struggle broke out in Heaven. Satan and his angels fought with the archangel, Michael, and his angels.
Have you ever wondered what kind of weapons
they used? Or what kind of fighting really went on, since
angels are spirit beings who cant be wounded
or killed?
We dont know the answers to
some of these questions, but God has
told us who won that war and what
happened to Satan!
Read Revelation
12:7-12 with your parents.
When satan lost the
war in heaven, where
did he
go?
What is he
doing now?
How can we
guard against
his deceit and
lies?

War in Heaven!

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We have read several verses that tell how wicked

and deceitful Satan is and how he has approached people
throughout all time. We have seen that he is real and powerful. He wants to turn everyone away from God. A challenge for you throughout this course is to observe how Satan
works in the world today, and to study Gods word to learn
how Satan can be overcome.
When we read about the temptations of Jesus in the
wilderness in Matthew 4:1-11, we see that Jesus used the
word of God to defeat Satan.
When Satan tempted Jesus to turn stones into bread,
because He was hungry, Jesus said, It is written, Man shall
not live ___ ________ _________, but by every ________
that proceeds from the ________ ____ ________.
The temptation to test God was answered with ____
___ _________ ________, You shall not _______ the
LORD your God.
The temptation to worship Satan was answered with,
Away with you, Satan! For it is written, You shall ________
the LORD _______ ______, and Him only you shall serve.
As a part of your challenge, make a list of ways you
see that Satan is working in the world today. Also find Bible
verses that can be used to answer and defeat him. If you
have difficulty finding some verses for Satans attacks, ask
the class or your parents to help you. Remember that Satans
most powerful weapon is his
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So the great dragon was
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who deceives the whole
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(Revelation 12:9)

Teachers to Parents

Todays Lesson:

In these lessons, we are making a contrast between the kind
of world Satan makes and the kind we have if we are following Gods
directions in the Bible. Though we hope that none of the children in the
class are living with these kinds of problems and we hope they dont
deal with these kinds of fears the only way we can begin to change
the broken world is to warn our children of its realities and its dangers.
Please take the time to talk with your young ones about these things
and strengthen them in their security at home and with God.

Using the lesson this week at home:

The weekly take-home sheet, Life Span, gives you a small
insight into the weeks lesson. It would be good to ask your child to
tell you what he/she studied in class, so that you can be aware of any
impact/questions/misconceptions/concerns. The questions and activity page may be filled out in class, but if there is not enough time it can
serve as a review you can have at home during the week. No lesson
will have its full impact during those few minutes of class time. Your
reinforcement of it throughout the week will greatly strengthen the
message and help in your childs spiritual development.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
We live in a busy world. Fifty or sixty years ago, few
mothers worked outside the home. Sadly, the thinking of many in
this era is that unless a woman is bringing home a paycheck, she
is not carrying her share of the load. Yes, there are situations in
which a mother has no choice but to put in eight hours a day on a
job. When that is necessary, in most cases everyone in the family
helps to pay the price.
We would pray that you, as parents, would carefully examine your situation to see if you could manage on less, being willing
to give up some of the luxuries that seem to be necessary, so that
the mother can devote her time to her husband, her children, and
the home. Families need time every day to grow together, to study
Gods Word together, and to help each other through the hard times
in life. Sadly, because of this lack of time, there is little spiritual
cohesion in many Christian families, and children are lost.

Life Span

Grade 5, Quarter 3, Lesson 2

In movies and on television weve seen more and
more violence. Without realizing it, we become accustomed
to the bad language, the fighting, the explosions, the skimpy
clothes, the immoral situations, and even the alternative
families that are now being promoted. These are Satans
tools to destroy us.
Before the flood of Noahs time, the Bible says that
Satan had so wrecked the world that everybody did only evil
things all the time only Noah and his family still loved God.
What were some of the terrible things people did?
Like today: fighting, killing, lying, stealing, cheating, cursing,
immodesty and lust, immorality, idolatry...
Humans were created in a likeness of God. We can think
and act; we have consciences. [What is a conscience?] Within
ourselves, we know that some things are right and we feel good
about doing them. We know that some things are wrong, and we
feel guilty when we do those things. Our lives must be pure, and
we must learn to be passionate about living for Jesus.
It is important that Christians be with Christians, so
that we can help each
other to be strong
against Satan. Christians need to marry
Christians so that
they can have good
homes and raise
their children to be
Christians. That
way, we can be ready
when Jesus comes
back to take His Family
to Heaven.


Each one of us is in this world for a purpose: to let our lights
shine for God, so that the friends around us will learn how God
wants us to live. Do this activity about different kinds of lights.

Take It Home!

In the beginning, when God created the world, everything was _____________. Were there storms, tornadoes,
and earthquakes? ________. Were Adam and Eve afraid of
the animals? _______. Did anything die? ________.
Name two trees God placed in the Garden of Eden:
The _______ ____ ____________ of ________ and ______;
the _______ ____ _______. God told them not to eat the
fruit of one of the trees. Which one was that? Did they obey
God? What happened when they disobeyed?
What did Adam and Eve suddenly realize when they
ate the fruit? What did they do? What was the first death?
Why did God kill the animals? Is it important for us to dress
modestly?
Can you think of some wrong things Satan is still getting people to do today? Why is it important for Christians to
be together? When you are with Christian friends, is it easier
to do right things than when you are with kids who fight and
bully and use bad language?

What does Matthew 5:14-16 teach us about the work God
has given us to do, to be the lights in a dark world?

What was the world like when Noah was building the
ark? Jesus said that when He comes again, the world will
be like it was in the days of Noah. Would you want to live in
that kind of world?
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for he is a liar and the
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Teachers to Parents

Your children and their eternal destination are our great
concern. In reality, their spiritual education is of far greater importance than their secular education, so we know we can provide
very little of what they need in two weekly class periods. At best,
the time in the classroom on Sunday morning and Wednesday
night is very short. As a teacher I have prepared to teach a lesson that we feel is vital. If the first 15 minutes are spent getting
late-comers settled in and brought up to speed on what weve been
doing, very little time is left for the singing that is important, for
reciting the memory verses, and for the lesson and activity.

You can help me with the tremendous responsibility of implanting Gods word in those precious hearts by having your child in class on
time. Or better still, try to come a little early! That will allow us time
to better get to know the children and their individual needs.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
When children are young, the years of parenting seem to
stretch on and on but too soon the fledglings are graduating from
high school and heading off to college! THEN you may look back
and think, Have I taught them strongly enough that they will remain
faithful Christians through the challenges that lie ahead of them?
It will be too late to lay that firm foundation as they are
walking out the door. NOW, during these days and weeks and
months while they are your little ones, looking to you for guidance
in the shaping of their lives, NOW is the precious time you have to
mold them. The pattern for our spiritual interaction with our children
should be as God taught the Israelites in Deuteronomy 6:7, You
shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk
of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the
way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
If spirituality permeates our thinking so that whatever we are
teaching our children grows from our intimate relationship with God,
they will develop the same natural relationship with Him. We urge
you, as parents, to make family Bible study a daily practice, and to
weave godly thinking into all that you teach them by the way.

Life Span

Grade 5, Quarter 3, Lesson 3

We know that when God created the world, everything

was perfect but now it is a dangerous place because sin
destroyed the perfection. There are natural disasters, like
storms and earthquakes that happen everywhere.
People have been ruined too, because Satan has lied
and deceived almost everyone. He is always trying to trip us
up and to get us to live like the people around us. It makes
him happy to see trouble-makers having fights, ruining their
lives with drugs, and cheating and lying.
But Jesus has done everything to help those who love
Him. He made the family fathers and mothers to teach
their children in the right way; and He made His spiritual
Family, the church, so that Christians can help each other to
be strong and to live faithfully all their lives. Jesus loves His
church so much that He died on the cross to save us. He
taught His disciples to go into all the world and to preach the
Gospel to everyone. Since we are His disciples now, that
should be our purpose every day to live as pure examples
of Christianity, and to make opportunities to talk to others
about what Jesus has done for us.

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sick or were outcasts for some reason. He often ate meals
with publicans and sinners, in order to teach them what
they needed to do to please God.
In your neighborhood or in your school there may
be people who are known as trouble-makers. Sometimes
these are really bad people, but there are also those who
cause trouble because they feel left out. Having a friend
might help them to change. If someone in your class in
school is a loner and needs a friend, you could try to help.
Be on guard, though, that you are not influenced by his/her
bad behavior, bad language, and trouble-making attitude. If
you see that you cannot help to turn those things around,
dont continue trying.
Instead, be the shining light of example that Jesus
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to teach their children about God. Family ________ study
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what God wants them to be.
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Teachers to Parents

Todays Lesson:

Your children are reaching the age when they can understand
the concept of obedience to God. It is for that reason that we are introducing in this lesson the plan of salvation, as it is taught throughout the New Testament. Probably the tender heart of the average children of this age would prompt them to voice concern about obeying
the Gospel. My concern as a teacher is that they not be encouraged to
be baptized before they are old enough to be held accountable to God,
and before they are old enough to really understand what they would
be doing. It is better to teach well but to encourage waiting about
such a life-commitment until they are have reached some emotional
and logical maturity in thinking things through.

Using the lesson this week at home:

Ask your child to tell you what he/she learned in class today.
Get them to explain what we must BELIEVE, what it means to REPENT, what we are to CONFESS, and what BAPTISM is. If they are
at all confused about the words and their meanings, explain to them
but also talk with me as their teacher so that I can reinforce what was
covered in this lesson.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
The concept of parenting, and of parent/child relationships
was established by God for a very important purpose. You are
teaching your children that rules must be followed, that respect is
due those in authority, that disobedience brings consequences, and
that family bonds are lasting. As they learn these lessons in their
family relationships, it will be an easy extension of that knowledge
for them to respect teachers, policemen, government and God
as our spiritual authority. As they learn obedience to you, that will
translate into an understanding of the necessity to obey secular
rules and ultimately, God, as their heavenly Father. If you
threaten punishment for disobedience but fail to keep your word,
inadvertantly you will be teaching them that authority can be
ignored and that may lead to disobedience to God. BE CAREFUL! In human relationships, you are teaching spiritual attitudes
that may determine their eternal destination.

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Grade 5, Quarter 3, Lesson 4

The church of Christ is Gods Family in the world.

The church is carrying on the war with Satan. You might
ask: If there is the danger that a Christian will become weak
or will let Satan tempt him to leave Christ, why does God
leave us in this dangerous world? Why doesnt He just take
us to heaven when we are baptized, and then all of us will be
saved, and nobody will lose the war?!
But think about that: Who is teaching you how to be a
Christian? Your parents? Are they Christians? Your Bible
class teacher? Is he/she a Christian? How would you learn
if there was no one to teach you? And if the first ones who
obeyed the Gospel had been taken to Heaven right then
who would have been left in the world to have brought the
truth and the Bible on down through the centuries to us???
So we HEAR the Gospel, we BELIEVE that Jesus is
Gods Son, we REPENT we die to sin as we turn away
from Satans temptations, we CONFESS our faith that Jesus
is Gods Son, we are BAPTIZED into
Christ buried in water and
raised up out of the watery
grave, resurrected to
new spiritual life, becoming new babies in His
Family. What we do to
be born into the family
pictures what Jesus
did for us: He DIED
for our sins, He was
BURIED in the grave,
and then He was
RESURRECTED.
Teaching this is our
purpose in life.

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Jesus was _____________ to be our ___________.
The _________ is the ________ ________.
All have __________ and _______ short of Gods glory.
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Jesus ________ for our sins, was ________ and _______.
We _________, _____________, ____________, ________
and are ______________ into Christ to be __________.
We must be __________ to God unto __________.

Why do you think the Gospel is called Good news?

Satan lies to people and deceives them because he wants
everyone to go to _______ with him. Before Jesus died for
our ______, we could not be saved. Thats why the news
about what He has done for us is GOOD NEWS! There is a
way now to be saved and to be able to live with God eternally.
How many Sons did God have? ________ Did Jesus
die so that our sins could be forgiven? _______ How did
the Jewish leaders try to be sure that Jesus disciples could
not come and steal His body and then claim that He had
risen from the tomb? _______________________________
Could the Roman guards prevent Jesus from coming alive
out of the grave? ________
What do we do to obey the Gospel? 1. _________
the word of God. 2. ___________ that Jesus is Gods Son.
3. ____________ of our sins. 4. ____________our faith
in Jesus as Gods Son. 5. Be _____________ in water so
that our sins can be washed away. This is our picture of the
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Jesus for our sins.
We are baptized into Christ and also into Gods family,
the church of Christ. As brothers and sisters, we worship
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each Sunday to remember what Jesus has done for us, and
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Teachers to Parents

Todays Lesson:

This is a very important time in the lives of your children.
Because many of them are beginning to understand that sin separates
us from God, they are wondering if they are lost and if they need to be
baptized. Thorough teaching needs to be done on all aspects of sin,
obedience to God, the plan of salvation, the resulting birth into the
church, and what it means to be a new baby in Gods family. Questions
and answers will need to be repeated, enlarged upon, and referred to
again and again in subsequent materials. Reinforcement by parents is
vital if the children are to understand the importance of these lessons.

Using the lesson this week at home:

Use Life Span as a further review of the lesson and discussion
of any concepts that might not be clear in the minds of your children.
Help them to grow in the idea of Gods spiritual family the church
by being interactive yourself with fellow-Christians as dear brothers and sisters. Dont let your relationship be simply, Hello, how are
you? but cultivate family involvement with the church. Have times of
home fellowship together, be there to help in time of need, etc.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
Perhaps your son or daughter has already been questioning, Am I lost? Do I need to be baptized? No one wants to
discourage the completion of obedience to the Gospel, but there
is also the danger of baptizing children when they are actually too
immature to have fully understood even the concepts of the Gospel, of obedience to it, and of the lifetime commitment they should
be making. In consequence, often in later years there will be the
haunting question, Did I really understand what I was doing?
Now that I know I understand, do I need to be baptized [again]?

In answer to the question of being lost, we urged our children to make their judgment based on who they feared offending:
their parents or God? If God was their first concern when they
knew they had done something wrong, that would indicate that
they were mature enough in their understanding of sin and the
resulting separation from God that they could be counted ready.

Life Span

Grade 5, Quarter 3, Lesson 5

Fifth graders often are beginning to wonder if they

would go to Heaven if they died; to wonder if it is time for them
to obey the Gospel. Most children at that age are not mature
enough in their thinking to have been able to read the Bible
for themselves and to figure out the rights and wrongs and
the remedy for sin. For our children, we kept emphasizing
that the best way to judge accountability is the persons own
attitude: if the first concern is for what the parents will think,
rather than how God will judge some wrong in their behavior,
they are not yet ready for the one-to-one relationship with
God. They would still be counted as innocent, I believe.
But when they do obey the Gospel, they are born into
Gods Family, and they have a new life to live. They need to
be made aware that Satan will be
working really hard to tempt
them to leave the faith because
hes angry that another soul
belongs to God. Satan realizes
they are just spiritual babies,
and dont know much about
defending themselves. They
need the help of their physical family and their spiritual
family to grow strong.
The new life requires
growth and changes. We
learn about these in the Bible. We learn to be lights of
Jesus in the world What
Would Jesus Do? should
be our guide always. Life,
now, has great purity and
spiritual purpose.

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How do children learn to obey their Heavenly Father?

Yes, it is through the parent/child training in the home. When
your mother or daddy asks you to do something, how do you
feel in response? Do you try not to hear? Do you feel angry? or do you get up with a smile and obey? Keep a check
on your reactions this week. Maybe it would even be helpful
to make some notes about your attitude and your obedience.
Now, after keeping track of your attitudes in response
to your parents requests, translate that into what your attitude might be to what God asks of you. When somebody
mistreats you, God asks you to turn the other cheek rather
than to get mad and try to hurt them back. When someone wants you to do more than your share of some work at
school, God wants you to go the second mile and to volunteer to do even more than was asked.
How do you feel in response to what God asks you to
do? Angry? Happy? Thankful that you know God and can
obey Him?
We let our lights shine among friends and family by
________ when someone is in need. If we give ourselves
________ to God, well want to do all we can to help others,
especially those in Gods __________.
In the church, one way we grow together as a Family is through meeting each week to _____________ God.
Spiritually, when we worship, we are joining the multitudes
of ______________ and the great host of ___________ as
they are worshiping God and
Memory Verse:
His Son. What a company!
Then Peter said to them,
Repent, and let every one
of you be baptized in the
name of Jesus Christ for
the remission of sins; and
you shall receive the gift of
the Holy Spirit.
(Acts 2:38)

Dont forget:

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Todays Lesson:

Teachers to Parents

Todays Lesson:

Just as God developed the physical family [parents and children, grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins] to be help and support for each other, He developed His spiritual Family the church
so that Christian brothers and sisters can turn to each other in time
of need or joy. Developing that kind of relationship among Christians
is vital, and bringing up children with the realness and preciousness of
that relationship as a part of their lives will be the natural result.

Using the lesson this week at home:

As a background to the beginning of the church, this lesson
gives facts concerning the inspiration and writing of the Bible, so that
children can grow up with the assurance that the message is from God.
It would be good for you, as parents, to go over these facts so that they
can become part of your childrens memory work. Doing Bible Facts
as a game and challenge can be a productive form of entertainment in
the car on the way to school or while making some other car trip. It is
smart parents who capitalize on such times of enforced togetherness!
Thinking Aloud to Parents
Because of the rampant atheism and humanism in our
country today, and because that foundational thinking has made its
way even into our schools, it is vital that parents counteract those
doctrines with sound spiritual answers. The Bible IS the inspired
word of God, but can you give your children the evidence that will
take away any doubt they may have?
Much that is taught today is laid on the foundational fact
that evolution explains all that exists. Have you studied their
doctrines and the answers so that you can fortify your children and
protect their faith?
Do you know how to deal with your childs questions
about the moral and cultural changes that are taking place? Unless
they are equipped with rock-solid answers, their faith will not be
strong enough to withstand the onslaughts of change and political
correctness accepted without question by many of their friends.
Your time to armor them is short Dont let it slip away!

Life Span

Grade 5, Quarter 3, Lesson 6

Gods book the Bible is not a history book about
people who lived centuries ago. Yes, it does tell us true accounts of people and ages past, but it is far more than a history. It is God speaking to us today, as our Heavenly Father,
telling us what to do to have the best and safest life possible
in this broken world; and telling us what not to do, to protect
us from making terrible mistakes.
The Bible was written by about 40 men, over a period
of more than 1600 years! Most of them never knew any of
the other writers, and most of them never got to read what
the others wrote! Yet, the message is one: it begins with the
creation in the Garden of Eden the original Paradise
and ends with the eternal Paradise the new Heaven and
Earth that Jesus has gone to make ready for His Family.
All through the Bible are prophecies statements
about things that would happen many years down the way
and all of them came true, which proves that God inspired
the men in what they wrote. We can follow Gods perfect
plan to be born into His church, to live purposely and in
purity every day for
Him, and we can
look forward to
living with all the
saved people eternally.
How do we
get into Jesus
church? By being
baptized in water, as
He was buried in the
grave. Then we are
resurrected to new life!

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1 We are baptized in ______.
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3 Many are baptized in the ____.
4 Immersion means to be ________.
5 The ______ is our spiritual
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of the world.
8. Gods throne is in _________.
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is ________.
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5 _______ will set us free.
6 Raised from the dead.
7 God is ______.

Have there been damaging storms, tornadoes, or hurricanes in our country this year? This is not the kind of world
God created, but the perfection of creation was broken when
Adam and Eve listened to Satan. Death came. Sin grew
and grew and grew, until finally God brought the great flood
to destroy that world of sinners. Only Noah and his family
were left. After the flood, everything was changed changed!
Our world is broken!
God sees all of time, and He knew what would happen, even before He began the creation. It was planned
then that Jesus would be born as Gods Son and would die
for the sins of the world. All those people who obey Jesus
are born into His family, called the ________. Christians live
in the world, but they dont live like the _______. On the day
of Pentecost, when the church was started, Peter told the
people to _________ and be __________ in the name of
Jesus Christ for the ____________ of ______ (Acts 2:38).

How many people became Christians on that first
day? _________________. What does Acts 2:47 say that
God did in response? _____________________________.
Those early Christians continued in the apostles
___________ and ______________, in the breaking of
__________, and in _____________ (Acts 2:42). In worship
today, we __________, ___________, study Gods _______,
take the __________ ___________, and give of our ______.

Would it be OK to add things to worship or change
things or leave off things? Are we supposed to follow the
commands in Sripture and the
examples we see there?
Memory Verse:
Therefore, Come out from
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and I will receive you.
Prayer
(2 Corinthians 6:17)
Practice what youve learned

Teachers to Parents

Todays Lesson:

There are many denominational churches. All of us are used to
seeing the buildings and we know that most of our friends are members
of those groups. It is very important that our children be taught clearly
about the Lords church. The teaching must be done with love, more
from a positive and informative point of view. There are many definitive points about the church that will enable any concerned person to
identify it. Those need to be taught.

Using the lesson this week at home:

Use Life Span to reinforce the lesson. Practice a drill with
your children with these questions:
What is Gods family called?
When did it begin?
Where?
Who is its head?
What book does it follow?
What are the 5 steps in the plan of salvation?
When do Christians meet together to worship God?
What are the 5 things that are done in a worship service?

Knowing these things clearly will prevent confusion in later years.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
As your children reach the age of accountability, looking
toward the time they will decide to be baptized, it is vital that they
realize the uniqueness of the church in contrast to the many denominations begun by men and governed by teachings contrary or
in addition to those recorded in the New Testament. They need to
know that when they are baptized into Christ, they are born as new
babies into His spiritual Family, the church. Christ and His church
are bonded together, the Head and His body.
This teaching of distinctiveness is not done to be divisive
but to lay a firm foundation on which your children can build their
entire spiritual life. Too many times, when these truths have not
been clearly taught, as children grow up and have more interaction
with denominational friends it is no challenge for them to begin to
go to a community/denominational church that may seem good.

Life Span

Grade 5, Quarter 3, Lesson 7

What is Gods special Family called? [body bride

church of Christ]
Where did it begin? [Jerusalem]
When did it begin? [the Day of Pentecost, approxi-
mately AD 33]
Who is its Head? [Christ]
Christians are called sheep and the men who lead
the church are called shepherds. That means they take
care of the Christians, teaching them, leading the church
in its work. They are helped in that work by men who are
called deacons which means servants in the original language. What do servants do? There are also teachers and
preachers evangelists in the church.
In the New Testament, God has described the kind of
men who are to lead the church, both elders and deacons.
He has shown how we are to come together on Sunday to
worship Him as a body of people. We are to sing hymns of
praise to God, to take the Lords Supper in remembrance of
Jesus death to save us from our sins, we are to study the Bible, we are to pray, and we are to give of our money to help
pay for the work the church
is in the world to do.
God leaves us in
the world but
we are to live so
differently from
the broken world
around us that
people will be
able to see Christ
in us. That purity
is our purpose.

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Take It Home!

In todays world there are two contrasts in religion:

those who are willing to kill or die for their religion and
those who dont know or care much about spiritual things.
God cared so much about you that He gave His only
Son to die on the cross so that your sins can be washed
away. Does His love mean that much to you? How much do
you love Him in return?
At your age there are lots of things to get your attention and to take up your time: school, chores, sports, school
activities, homework, video games, TV, and on and on we
could go. Sometimes an hour or two on Sundays is about all
the time people have left for God. If you went to school for
an hour or two each week, how well do you think you would
do in life? If you played a video game or some sport for an
hour or two each week, how good do you think you would
get to be at it?
Do you want Gods help and blessings as you live in
this world? Do you want to know that you will live with Him
eternally when you die? If these things are important to you
then God needs to be a part of your thinking throughout the
day, every day. With your family you need to spend time
studying Gods letter to you. Learn what He promises; learn
what He asks you to do; learn how He wants you to live.
In the church, we must _________ God; we must be
___________ from the world; we must worship Him according to the Scriptures; we must offer our prayers in ________
name; we must remember
that we are Gods _________
Memory Verse:
to teach others about Him.
And He is the head of the
body, the church, who is
Dont forget:
the beginning, the firstborn
from the dead, that in all
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(Colossians 1:18)
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Teachers to Parents

Todays Lesson:

Because many erroneous things are being taught in religious
groups, it is important that we in the church carefully study what the
Scriptures teach and promise about Gods work in the world today with
and through His people. This lesson defines and explains miracles
and providence, as two ways that God has interacted with humans
through the ages.

Using the lesson this week at home:

If you have access on your TV to channels that carry various
religious programs featuring faith healers it would be good to watch
one of them with your children and then discuss with them the great
differences between the miracles of the Bible and what is claimed
today. These men will announce that the dead can be raised, the lame
can be made to walk, etc., but these things dont happen either gradually or instantaneously as a result of their prayers which are often
made in the form of demands of God: Heal! Heal!. They are false
claims and our children must be educated to see the contradiction
between these claims and what the Scriptures teach.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
Your children have a measure of security in knowing that
you are taking care of them, that you will do all in your power to
protect them and to help them out of any difficulty.
Through His tools of providence, we can depend on Gods
care as we live in this dangerous world. He does not promise to
shield us from every challenge and hardship, because it is inevitable that life will bring those difficulties. But He will strengthen us
and help us through, if we remain strong in our faith in Him. It is
important that you, as a parent, help your children to grow in this
understanding of security in His providential care. The understanding must not be built on presumptions and our own desires
but on exactly what the Scriptures promise, both in example and
in promises in words such as in Romans 8:28, this weeks memory
verse. That verse does not say that no negatives will come into
our lives, but the promise is made that God will work everything
togehter for our good, if we love Him and are His children.

Life Span

Grade 5, Quarter 3, Lesson 8

Jesus promised, I will not leave you orphans. I will

come to you.
Since creation, there have been three ages in the way
God has worked with humans. The first was the Patriarchal Age;
the second was the Mosaic Age; the third is the Christian Age.
Patriarch means fathers. During that age [about
2500 years] there were no churches or any organization
of people. God talked to the fathers of faithful households
[such as Noah and Abraham] and gave them guidance.
There was no Bible for them to read.
Through Moses God gave what we call the Law of
Moses to the people called Israelites. They were a chosen
nation, because God planned for Jesus to be born to them.
Jesus died to begin the last chosen nation, Christians who make up the church. We see God working
through miracles [parting the Red Sea, Jesus raising the
dead] and also through His providential interweaving of people, powers, things, to bring about what He wanted:
Jonathan, Sennacherib, Elisha,
Paul. After
the Scriptures were
completed,
the miraculous
age ended
because
now we can
prove all things
through Gods
written word.


Jesus wants all Christians to take the Gospel to
their friends and family and into the whole world. Use
your Bible to find the answers to the questions about
Pauls first missionary journey.

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Probably there are many Christians in your life: your

parents, grandparents, Bible class teachers, and friends.
Every day, through their example and the words they say,
they are teaching you about God.
One of the important things we learn is that God is
our heavenly Father. You know that your Daddy and Mother
work hard every day to take care of you. God is taking care
of you too, even though you cant see Him. That doesnt
mean that you wont have problems. Do we learn lessons
from problems? ______
Sometimes our problems are caused by our foolish
__________, like racing too fast on a bike or doing some
other dangerous thing. We need to ask God to help us make
wise ____________.
In past ages, when people did not have the Bible to
be their guide, sometimes God used miracles.
What is a miracle? ___________________________
________________________________________________.
After the New Testament was written, now He helps
us through His use of providential tools.
What is providence? _________________________
________________________________________________.
How did God help Jonathan and his armor bearer
when they were fighting the Philistines?
How was the army of Sennacherib defeated?
How did Paul make the trip to Rome? ____________
________________________
_______________________.
Memory Verse:
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Teachers to Parents

Todays Lesson:

In addition to the examples we see in the Bible of God helping people through providence, this lesson teaches us to look to things
that happen in our own time that show us that God is still very much
at work. When Jesus went back to Heaven, He told His disciples to go
into all the world and teach people the Gospel. He told them not to
be afraid, that He would not leave them to do that work alone. We are
Jesus hands and feet today, to teach others what He has done for us.

Using the lesson this week at home:

Study Hebrews 1:14 and Hebrews 13:2 with your children.
Discuss the meaning of these verses and stress that angels are Gods
workers to help His human children, even though we are not able
to see them. If you have a concordance, look up angel and select
as each nights family study a Bible event concerning Gods use of
angels. Understand, and help your children to understand, that these
are not fairy tales but that they are true accounts of things that happened in our real world.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
In their Bible class your children learned lessons concerning Gods use of providential tools in todays world. Ask them
to tell you what they remember of the beginning of the church of
Christ in the country of Sri Lanka, and of the things that happened
that show Gods providence in Reggies conversion and later in his
help with the radio programs for the entire nation of India.
Ask them, also, to tell you about the conversion of the
family that was the beginning of the church in Burma. Do they remember where the man was from who told them of the American
missionary, and where he lived? Gods providential care spanned
how many countries, to bring the Gospel to these people?
Ask them about the Pakistani doctor who told a missionary
that his people in the mountains of Iran were also Christians and
a part of the church of Christ. How had they learned about Jesus?
Were their beliefs biblically correct about how to become a Christian and how we as a congregation are to worship God ?

Life Span

Grade 5, Quarter 3, Lesson 9

Miracles were powerful proofs that a prophet or a
teacher was actually from God. That was their purpose.
The Scriptures say that the more excellent way would be
through the coming of THAT [not HE] which is perfect (1 Corinthians 13). The only two perfects are Jesus and the Bible.
Jesus is He; the Bible is that, a thing, not a person. So
when the Bible was completed with the Revelation of Jesus
to John, the message from God was finished and there was
no more the need for proving that a preacher was from God.
Now we can know by comparing his message to Gods word.
This is the safest way for our souls. A magician or a fake
healer can deceive people, but if his message is tested by
Scripture, his error will be clear for all to see.
So, today, God works powerfully but not miraculously,
through anything and everything He needs to use to bring
about His will. Reggie, Vertannes, the doctor in Karachi are
examples of Gods providential care for those who are looking for Him. With the same
power, He works in the lives
of Christians to do for them
what they cannot do for
themselves. Hebrews
1:14 and 13:2 are
His binding promises. Knowing
Gods providential work,
we turn to
Him in fervent prayer
always, in all
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be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned
(Mark 16:15,16). We are His people today, so Hes saying
the same thing to us. We have work to do and we want to
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want to teach. Some of the people who learn about Jesus
and obey Him through our teaching will spend eternity with
Him! Thats a wonderful thing that we can do for Him!
How big is the world? __________ miles around.
How many countries are in the world? ___________
About how many people are there? ______________
Jesus said, ... I will not leave you _________.
What does that mean?
God has put the treasure of the Gospel in our hands.
Can you think of ways you can help to teach your friends?
Do you know anyone who is working in a foreign country as
a missionary?
What is a missionary? _______________________
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H__________.
M___________.
B_____________.
Denominational _________.
In order to live and teach in those countries, we need
to study the _________.
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Are they not all ministering
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salvation?
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Teachers to Parents

Todays Lesson:

We need to understand that we are in a real war with Satan. He
began by getting Adam and Eve to disobey God. He tried to kill the baby
Jesus. He tempted the disciples to deny that they knew Jesus, and he got
Judas to betray Jesus to the Jewish rulers. When Jesus was crucified,
Satan must have thought he had at last won the war, but what happened?
In dying, Jesus made the way for us to be forgiven of our sins and to be
born into Gods spiritual family, the church. What a victory!

Using the lesson this week at home:

Just as a man has one wife, the church is called the bride of
Christ. He died to save that one bride. We need to carefully and
clearly teach our children the oneness of Gods system: ONE body
[church, Ephesians 1:22,23], ONE Spirit, ONE hope, ONE Lord,
ONE faith, ONE baptism, One God.

Satans goal is still to win the war. The way he does it today
is to start lots of churches and teach lots of things that are not in the
Bible, so that people will think they are doing what God wants them
to do, and they wont see the Truth and obey only that.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
In these days there are thousands of denominational
churches. Many of these are large community churches that draw
people from multiple denominational backgrounds. Your childrens friends may be attending one of these groups that offer
many activities that appeal to children. The tendency among
humans is to go with the crowd, to fit in well with ones peers.
Especially can this be an attraction for young people who dont yet
have a firm foundation in the Scriptures.
For the sake of your childrens eternal welfare, it is vital
that you, as parents, carefully teach them about the church the
special spiritual family for which Christ died and that they
understand that you are not being bigotted or prejudiced in what
you are teaching, but that you want them to be guided only by
Gods inspired word. You want them to be saved, not deceived by
a counterfeit Gospel and church.

Life Span

Grade 5, Quarter 3, Lesson 10

Satan has been the enemy of Gods people from the

beginning, but he really tried to destroy Gods plan to save
us by destroying the Baby Jesus. When he failed in that, he
hoped he could tempt the man Jesus to worship him instead
of God. Finally, Satan must have thought he had won the
war when Judas betrayed Jesus, the Jewish leaders condemned Him, and Pilate finally allowed His crucifixion. But
then Jesus came out of the tomb, alive, and the victor over
death. By His resurrection, He promises a resurrection for
all of us, so Satan was badly defeated.
But then, when Jesus began His church, Satan sneakily planned a new way to fight. He couldnt keep Jesus from
calling people to obey Him, to be baptized into His church,
and to live by the Bible. But Satan could start counterfeit
churches! Do you know what counterfeit means? A counterfeit dollar may look like the real thing to people who are
not trained to recognize the genuine bill, but it is worthless.
Counterfeit churches look like churches groups of religious
people but they wear different names and worship different
ways and teach different ways of being saved and all kinds
of other doctrines. Jesus began only one family, and He says
in Ephesians 5:26,27 that He is coming back for His one bride!
We, as part of His bride,
have to live pure lives, purposeful lives, passionate
about teaching
others so they can
be saved too and
live prayerfully
under Gods
providential
care. What a
life!

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Church
History tells us
that through the
years:
X men have started thousands of
different churches.
X they are called
by different
names.
X they teach different doctrines.
X they teach different ways to be
saved.
X they teach
different ways to
worship.

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X they teach different laws about

sin.
X they teach different things about
eternity and heaven and hell.

Jesus died on the cross to save people

in His family, the church.

Take It Home!

This is a very important lesson, one that needs to be

studied carefully with your parents so that the whole family
can know the specialness of Jesus church and the terrible thing that division among those who believe in Him has
caused in the world.
None of us can be the judge who will finally open the
gates of heaven to people, or will say depart from me.... According to 2 Timothy 4:1: ... the Lord Jesus Christ ... will judge
the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom....
Sometimes in school your teacher will give you the
questions on a test so that you can study carefully before
having to take the test. Jesus did that for us. He said, He
who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that
which judges him the word that I have spoken will judge
him in the last day (John 12:48).
When we read in the New Testament that Jesus began His church and that someday He will come back for her,
as a husband comes for his bride (Ephesians 5), we know
that those words are true. When Jesus said in Mark 16:16,
He who believes and is baptized will be saved, those words
will be one of the test questions on the judgment day! Today,
in churches that men have started, people are taught that
they are saved by Gods mercy alone, that we dont have to
be baptized. And instead of teaching that we are to be buried with Christ in baptism (Romans 6:3,4) for the forgiveness of our sins, the guide books for most denominational
churches say that sprinkling or pouring water on a persons
head is baptism. We must follow closely all that is taught in
the New Testament.
Memory Verse:
See then that you walk
Dont forget:
circumspectly, not as fools
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time, because the days
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Practice
what
youve learned
(Ephesians 5:15,16)

Teachers to Parents

Todays Lesson:

Not only are there many churches in the world today, but there
are also many different religions, following many gods and goddesses. To worship an idol may seem laughably silly to us because we
have been taught about God, but many millions of people in the world
worship idols and believe that they can either bless them or curse them.
Many sacrifices are made to idols: money, animals, and sometimes
even humans.

Using the lesson this week at home:

Google the names of some of the idols that are worshiped in
Hinduism and Buddhism: Buddha, Shiva, Ganesh, or Vishnu. There
are children your age in India and other countries whose daddys and
mothers are teaching them to love and woship these as their gods.
In Muslim countries, they dont have idols but children are taught
in schools, in the mosques [places of worship] that it is right to kill
people who wont become Muslims. They think Jesus was showing
weakness when He taught His followers to love and forgive others.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
As with the study about the many denominations that have
been developed by men, with their doctrines that contradict Scripture, this study of the other major religions of the world is of great
importance. In decades past, we in America saw very little of foreign influence, personally, but now there are mosques and temples
in all major cities and in many smaller ones. Millions who follow
those religions now call this country home. Their children are in
school with yours. Words in their languages are becoming a part
of ours: mantra, kudos, karma, and nirvana are only a few examples of Hindu words that are now heard frequently.
You have only a few short years to teach your children
about God, His word, and His will for us, to make a strong foundation on which they can build their lives and their eternity. Dont
presume that they will be well-grounded simply by association.
The New Age movement is an American version of Hinduism,
and by it many have been led away from a belief in God. Teach
with dedication so that your children will not be in any such danger.

Life Span

Grade 5, Quarter 3, Lesson 11

Almost from the beginning of Satans war with God,

hes been getting people to worship idols and things instead of God. He told Eve that she would be like God if
she ate the forbidden fruit.
There are many religions in the world today, and one of
the lies Satan is still getting people to believe is that humans
can become like God. So statues are made of Buddha and
of men in the Hindu religion who became gods. People bow
down to them, their faces to the ground, and worship them.
In the Bible, God ridiculed humans who would cut
down a tree, burn part of it to warm themselves, burn part of
it to cook their food, and then carve a god from the rest of
the tree. He showed how stupid they were to fall down before an image they had carved with their hands an image
that could not move or speak or even help itself in any way
and to pray to it for their needs.
To us, knowing the Bible and what it teaches us about
God, we cant imagine that anyone in this day and age would
actually worship a lifeless stone. Millions in the world follow
these religions Satan has made to confuse people and to
keep them from turning to the true God.


Maybe youll think your activity this week
is a strange one, but it will help you to learn an
important lesson:
v Buy some play-doh or a package of regular clay.
v Do the very best job you can do at shaping a
god like the Hindu god, Shiva, or the god Ganesh (the elephant-head god.)

v Now, with your family, read

Isaiah 44:9-17. Some idols are
made of wood, some of clay,
some of marble, but all of them are as helpless
as Dagon, described in 1 Samuel 5:1-4. Read
these verses also.
v Remember with your own hands you did
what people in many countries do: you shaped a
god out of clay. Now, after the clay has hardened, drop it on the sidewalk. Is it able to help
itself? Did it break? This shows you how useless idols are. You have learned an important
lesson. Now break your clay figure into pieces
and throw them in the trash.

Only God can save us.

Take It Home!

In this lesson we have talked about different religions,

and maybe you think that the lives of people in those religions
are not much different from yours except in the way they
worship. Because you have parents who are teaching you
how to think and act like a Christian every day, that behavior
is natural to you. You know that Jesus teaches us to obey our
parents and teachers, to be loving and helpful to others, to
do our best in everything as though we are doing it for God.
Everything about the teachings of Christ asks us to talk, think,
live every day like He would live if He were here in our place.
His promises also give us hope for the best in this life and in
the world to come if we are faithful and obedient to Him.
In Buddhism, there is the belief that you can be happy
only if you stop wanting anything. The best Buddhists just go
off and live by themselves. Those who choose to have families and live a normal life are generally good moral people
because they believe that doing bad things will bring bad
things to them. They believe that there is no god, though
most pray to Buddha, the man who started the religion.
Hindus believe that everyone is born as a high-caste or
low-caste or out-caste person, because of the way he lived in
his past life. A low-caste person cannot work hard and move
up the ladder because his birth is his reward or punishment for
past behavior. They do not believe in forgiveness or salvation.
They believe that each person is re-born thousands of times.
Muslims, historically and even today, are taught that
holy war is what Allah (their god) wants, to make all the
world follow their religion. Lying, stealing, and all kinds of
wrong things can be practiced.
Memory Verse:
For there is one God and
one Mediator between
God and men, the Man
Christ Jesus.
(1 Timothy 2:5)

Dont forget:

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Practice what youve learned

Teachers to Parents

Todays Lesson:

We live in such a world of self-centeredness that often we dont
even realize how much we focus on ourselves and our wants and our
indulgencies. Without realizing this, also, parents train their children in
self-centeredness. We feel that we are good parents when we fulfill
their little hearts desires, giving them the attention they want, the new
fads that keep them on par with their friends, and sparing them the
stresses of a demanding life.

Using the lesson this week at home:

Ask your children to evaluate the use of their time and
thoughts, making a written list in the order of their importance. Dont
prompt a listing of spiritual things first let this be their own spontaneous answers. Not only will the list be a strong indication of their
personal interests, it will also help you to see the strengths and weaknesses of your parenting. We have one short period of time to instill
in our children the life-focus that God must come first, family love
and responsibilities second, and that all the things in this world are
here today and gone tomorrow. If their happiness and well being
depend on things they will be going down the wrong road.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
In the past five decades many changes have taken place
in America. Largely, the mother has ceased to be the keeper of
the home, atheistic and humanistic thinking governs much of the
educational system which is shaping the minds of our children,
and violence, bad language, deviant sexuality, and other anti-God
influences have taken over the world of entertainment. From early
ages children become addicted to video games that comsume as
many hours of their day as would be permitted, hardening them to
violence in every imaginable form.
The tendency to allow the TV, video games, and other
forms of entertainment to baby-sit our children is a dangerous and
destructive practice. These things dominate their thinking, hardening them to real violence and death, and place them in a make-believe world where they fight to be in control of all the powers that
be. Parents, take control again and invest deeply in their souls.

Life Span

Grade 5, Quarter 3, Lesson 12

Even though we know the truth about God, still we

can be fooled by Satan. How? By letting anyone or anything
be more important to us than God. We have to be careful
in this, because if I ask you, Who do you love most? you
would probably quickly say, God! But we show who is most
important to us by our actions. If we have hours to devote
to video games and no real interest in letting God talk to us
through the Bible, who or what is more important to us? If
wed choose to go to a ball game instead of to Bible class
or to do some work in the church, that tells us what is more
important to us. Our passion must be for God, not for entertainment or things in this world.
Satan knows that many people dont want to do bad
things. You wouldnt kill anybody or rob a bank. So if he
cant get us to do really bad things, hes satisfied if he can
just keep us from putting God first in our lives. So he zeroes
in on every innocent distraction possible. Theres nothing
wrong with reading a good book, or playing video games,
or competing in sports, or a thousand-and-one other things.
But if satan can fill our days with thinking about all
the fun things so that there is no real time left
to give to God, he wins again! Satan is a tricky
fellow, and we have to be on guard all the time,
or hell find a way to trip us up.
Our protection from him is to be
sure that God is truly the most
important in our lives; that we
sincerely pray to Him, thankful
for all He does every day, talking
about Him to others, trusting
Him to keep His promises, with
peace in our hearts.

Put on the Whole Armor of God

Read Ephesians 6:13-17
and fill in the blanks
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Therefore take up the whole armor of God,

that you may be able to withstand in the evil day,
and having done all, to stand...
praying always with all prayer and supplication
in the Spirit, watchful to this end
with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints.

Take It Home!

Already, at your age, you can think back on the times

that Satan has trailed thoughts of doing wrong things through
your mind: maybe he tried to get you to lie or to peek at
somebodys test sheet in school, or maybe he wasted your
time with hours of playing video games instead of taking care
of your chores. Maybe he has hidden some idols in your
heart, things that are more important to you than they should
be. Look back on those times of temptation: did you resist
and say, Get behind me, Satan! Did you do what he tempted you to do? Later, did you realize Satan was the cause
of your behavior and did you stop listening to him? Did you
apologize to your parents for disobeying them, and did you
ask God to forgive you?
Remember this important fact: the only way to erase
problems in the past is to stop doing those things and to ask
God and anyone else that you have wronged to forgive you.
This wipes the slate clean, but just pretending its all in the
past and forgotten does not work.
It would be good to make a check-list of the things
mentioned in Philippians 4:8,9. If these words describe the
way we think, we will be shaping ourselves into the kind of
people God wants us to be. So if we think on these things
and if we protect ourselves
Memory Verse:
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things are true, whatever
God, as Ephesians 6:13-17
things are noble, whatever teaches, we can get through
things are just, whatever
a lifetime in this dangerous
things are pure, whatever
world. Lets do that!
things are lovely, whatever
things are of good report,
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(Philippians 4:8,9)

Teachers to Parents

Todays Lesson:

The student book gives a review of the lessons of this quarter.
Today your child will bring that book home, to add it to his growing
library of Bible study books. The purpose in printing these class materials in a permanent book form is so that you as a family can use them
in your daily devotionals.

Now, during the formative years of your childrens lives, and
while you have the time day-after-day to mold them in the things that
are right, please invest this effort in their eternal welfare. By building
for them a firm foundation not only of knowledge of Gods word but
also of seeing it lived out in their parents lives, you will be giving them
a treasure far beyond anything that money or prestige could bring.

Beyond what you do in training at home, it is important that
they learn the value of Family association in the church depending
on that fellowship from others and also offering it themselves. We
must work with greater dedication to be the Family God intended.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
With this lesson we have completed a very important study
of the continual warfare going on in the world, in your life and in
the lives of your children. We have provided Scripture to serve as
spiritual armor in your defense in that war, but the only way you
and your children can be protected is through actually wearing the
armor!
For too long busy families have too often depended on the
once- or twice- weekly Bible classes to do most of the spiritual
equipping of themselves for life. Too often, daily life is secular,
filled with work, school, home responsibilities, and entertainment. For the Christian, this is not enough. As God instructed the
Israelites in Deuteronomy 6:7: You shall teach them [His Word]
diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in
your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and
when you rise up. It is in the God-centeredness of the Christian
family that we separate ourselves from the world around us and
that we secure the eternal salvation of our souls and the souls of
our children. Nothing else in life is of greater importance.

Life Span

Grade 5, Quarter 3, Lesson 13

In these lessons weve studied about Gods plan for
protection and guidance for you as a child in a very dangerous world. He knows that ever since the creation of Adam
and Eve, Satan has been doing everything he could to trip
people up and to take them down into hell with him.
God planned parents for children, so that you could
learn how to walk and talk and think and live. They do all they
can to protect you from getting hurt. They love you and provide you with food, clothing, housing, education, and training
to live like God wants you to live. Thank your parents for all
that they do for you, and thank God for the family-system He
created. You know, there are many children in this world who
are orphans, living on the street and begging for a few crumbs
to eat. Be thankful for the rich blessings you have.
God also planned further protection for us. When we
obey Him we are baptized into His Family, the church. God
is our Father, Jesus is our older brother, and we have the
Christians in the church as our friends and helpers. When
were having good times, they are happy with us. If there are
problems, they can pray with us and help us through them.
Our spiritual family is very important in helping us to be
strong in the war that Satan is fighting to take all of us to hell.
The more we know about the way Satan is fighting his
war with us, the better we will be able to protect ourselves. If
we know that he has made teachings and churches that look
something like the real thing but that are actually like counterfeit dollars, we will be very careful to follow only what we
find in the New Testament. On the day of Pentecost, after
His resurrection, Jesus began His church. He adds us to His
Family when we are buried with Him in baptism. If we live
for Him all our lives, we will live with God and Jesus and all
the saved people in that new heaven and earth forever!

Lets make this our theme song!

Hard Fighting Soldier
I am a hard fighting soldier
on the battlefield,
I am a hard fighting soldier
on the battlefield,
I am a hard fighting soldier
on the battlefield,

I keep on bringing souls to Jesus

by the service that I give.
Ive got a helmet on my head and in my hand

a sword and shield,
Ive got a helmet on my head and in my hand

a sword and shield,
Ive got a helmet on my head and in my hand

a sword and shield,
I keep on bringing souls to Jesus
by the service that I give.
Youve gotta walk right and talk right and sing right and pray right

on the battlefield,
Youve gotta walk right and talk right and sing right and pray right

on the battlefield,
Youve gotta walk right and talk right and sing right and pray right

on the battlefield,

We keep on bringing souls to Jesus

by the service that we give.
When I die let me die on the battlefield,
When I die let me die on the battlefield,
When I die let me die on the battlefield,

I keep on bringing souls to Jesus

by the service that I give.

Take It Home!

Dont forget the warning in this weeks memory verse:

Satan is here in our world, trying to deceive us and take us
away from God. We must be soldiers in Gods army, both to
protect ourselves and to bring others into that army. Let the
song Hard Fighting Soldier be our theme, living every
day for Jesus and telling others about Him. We want to bring
souls to Jesus because that is where they find the best life
in this world, with Gods special care for His Family, and the
promise of eternal life with Him.
No soldier can win the battle alone, and neither can
we as soldiers in Gods army in His Family, the church.
Sometimes Christians see each other on Sundays and
Wednesdays, only to say Hi, and to go on about our separate lives. God intended for us to be a spiritual family,
spending time with each other, encouraging each other,
helping each other, so that we can together reach out to the
world around us to show them the beauty of the Christian
way.
I hope that this will be the assignment for you and
your parents for the weeks and months ahead: Make a list
of special things you want to do with other families in the
church. Let some of the projects be fellowship in each others homes; let some of them be work you volunteer to do
with leaders in the church; let some of them be with the
elders and deacons organizing work in your community to
share tracts or sign up people for Bible courses, or to have a
day of community service for
Memory Verse:
the elderly. Lets get busy!
So the great dragon was
Dont forget:
cast out, that serpent of
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Satan, who deceives the
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whole world; he was cast
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to the earth, and his angels
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were cast out with him.
(Revelation 12:9)