Use these statements to connect each session of Bible Studies for Life: Kids to Christ as you teach your children each week.
Unit 1, Session 1: Jesus and the Children
Jesus showed His disciples that all people are important, even little children. In fact, He said people should have the faith of a child. When people have faith in Jesus, God forgives their sins.
Unit 1, Session 2: Jesus and the Paralyzed Man
The man who was paralyzed needed to be healed. Jesus knew this and did something even greater; Jesus forgave his sins, and then He healed the man. Because Jesus is God, He has the power and authority to heal and forgive. Jesus offers forgiveness to those who trust in Him.
Unit 1, Session 3: Jesus and Zacchaeus
Jesus’ was sent to look for and rescue sinners. That is who He found in Zacchaeus. Jesus came to rescue people like you and me. Jesus died on the cross and rose again. He is happy when we repent, and He wants us to trust in Him.
Unit 1, Session 4: Jesus and the Samaritan Woman
Jesus offered the woman something no one else could give her—living water. Jesus wasn’t talking about water that she could physically drink; Jesus was talking about the Holy Spirit who would satisfy her spiritual thirst. Jesus gives the Holy Spirit to those who come to Him by faith.
Unit 2, Session 1: God Saved Noah
God provided a rescue plan for one righteous man—Noah. The rescue was extended to Noah’s family. This story points to a greater rescue! Jesus, the only perfectly righteous person, came to take the punishment for sin. We trust His act of obedience and are saved from the punishment our sin deserves.
Unit 2, Session 2: God Called Abram
God chose Abraham to be the father of the nation in which Jesus would be born. In this way, Abraham would bless all nations, as God had promised. God also saw Abraham’s faith in God’s promises and counted it as righteousness. It is faith in Jesus’ perfect righteousness that brings salvation to God’s people.
Unit 2, Session 3: God Promised a Son to Abraham
God fulfilled His promise to Abraham by giving him a son. Isaac was the hope of Abraham and Sarah for a future and a legacy. God fulfilled His promise to the world by giving us His Son. Jesus ultimately fulfilled God’s promise to Abraham, and He is the hope of the world for salvation and redemption.
Unit 2, Session 4: God Expected Abraham to Obey
Abraham showed his faith in God when he was willing to sacrifice Isaac. Isaac also showed he was ready to obey his father. This was a clear picture of God who was willing to sacrifice His only Son, and of Jesus who was willing to do what was necessary for God’s plan of salvation. Isaac’s life was spared because God provided a substitute. We need a perfect sacrifice as our substitute for sin. God provided a perfect sacrifice in His Son, Jesus Christ.
Unit 2, Session 5: God Was with Jacob.
Jacob’s meeting with God changed his life as reflected in his new name, Israel. Jesus came so that we might have a changed life, forgiven of sin (2 Cor. 5:17). Jesus’ death and resurrection provided sinful people with the way to be adopted into God’s family. When we are adopted into the family of God we also receive a new name – children of God (John 1:12).
Unit 3, Session 1: Joseph Explained Two Dreams
God sent Joseph to Egypt and blessed him, so that he rose to a position of great power. In that position, he was God’s instrument for saving his family and many others in the world from death by starvation. Jesus gave up his position of great power to be God’s instrument for saving people. Christ’s life and death made a way to save people from spiritual death, which is the penalty of sin.
Unit 3, Session 2: Joseph Helped Pharaoh Prepare
God sent Joseph to Egypt and blessed him, so that he rose to a position of great power. In that position, he was God’s instrument for saving his family and many others in the world from death by starvation. Jesus gave up his position of great power to be God’s instrument for saving people. Christ’s life and death made a way to save people from spiritual death, which is the penalty of sin.
Unit 3, Session 3: Joseph Helped His Family
Joseph recognized that though his brothers intended evil, God planned his circumstances for good—to establish a remnant of God’s people. (Genesis 45:7) Likewise, though those who crucified Jesus intended it for evil, God’s plan for the sacrifice of His Son was for the good of all people. Through Jesus’ death on the cross, God again saved a remnant of people.
Unit 3, Session 4: Joseph Forgave His Brothers
Joseph recognized that though his brothers intended evil, God planned his circumstances for good and forgave them. Jesus was sacrificed to save God’s people and give them forgiveness from sin.
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