The Biblical Path of Life

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  • Lesson 9 (Lesson 35): II Samuel 1-5: David Crowned as King

    Key Verse

    “The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.”  Psalms 25:14

     

    Read the Key Verse with your class.  Help them understand the verse using the following definitions.

    secret:  Intimacy, conversation, consultation

    fear:  reverently fear

    covenant:  a pledge; a contract with promises of blessing for obedience, a curse for disobedience

    Today we will see the “secret” God had made with David many years earlier (that he would be king of Israel) come to pass.  We also notice that David’s relationship with God was one of reverential fear.  We see God show David that He will continue fulfilling His covenant with His people by establishing David as king.  This was pivotal in ushering in Jesus, the King of Kings (I Timothy 6:14-15).

    Summary:  Remember that we saw Saul became the first king of Israel, but had the kingdom removed from him and his family, forever, because of his disobedience to God’s words.  I Samuel 15:23:  “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.”   I Samuel closed with King Saul’s death in battle.  We have now seen 3 of the 4 main characters in the books of Samuel have died.  We begin the book of II Samuel continuing in the life of David.  We open with David hearing the news, mourning, and Judah (one of the tribes of Israel – David’s tribe) anointing him as their king.  The rest of the tribes accept Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, as their king.  We see the nation in a state of conflict and turmoil as their king has died, and they try to go on.  Until they receive David, God’s choice for their king, there is no peace in the land.  Once David is established as king throughout Israel, they are prepared to move on as a nation.

    Encourage your students to bring their Bibles and use them!

    Emphasis:  David faithfully sought God’s will for his life.  He knew God’s word and obeyed it.  He then saw God do just what He promised.  We see David live Matthew 6:33 long before it was written:  “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”

     

    Optional Worksheets to be downloaded:

    Lesson 35 – Volume 1 Children’s Worksheet 1

    Lesson 35 – Volume 1 Children’s Reinforcement Worksheet

     

    Ideas for children:

    Stickers always work well with children. Often times I watch Wal-Mart or Oriental Trading Company for specials or deals on things I can use for crafts for Sunday School (i.e. foam sheets, Bible Story scene stickers, crowns, stick on jewels, construction paper, etc.).  I keep a stash and when I need something, I go search in my stash!  Pinterest always has great ideas!

    You could have a coloring sheet that goes with the lesson.

    One idea for today’s lesson:  (See picture below).  For today’s lesson we made a crown as we remembered how God made David king of Israel.  You could either purchase pre-made crowns through someplace like Oriental Trading or make your own with gold or silver poster board.  Stick on jewels are the easiest to use to decorate the crowns.  Some children are creative and enjoy coloring their own crowns  with markers making their own jewels.

     

    Mural idea:

    Refer to the wall in your classroom that has become a mural.

    By now your class should be in a groove as to the direction and areas in which they need to focus and work on to improve their Christian lives.  Use this knowledge to help you address specific areas in each lesson that your class can discuss and share as you add new things to your mural.  Continue to watch as your class grows in their knowledge of not only God’s Word, but areas in their lives that can be corrected, drawing them closer to the Lord.

    Have them each add anything else they may have brought to add to the wall.  Encourage everyone to participate.

  • Lesson 8 (Lesson 34): I Samuel 16-31: David Coming to the Kingdom

    Key Verse

    “When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.”  Proverbs 16:7

     Read the Key Verse with your students.  It is very self explanatory.  But be sure that they understand – God is with those who please Him, and He will take care of His people.  We will see this in David’s life as we study our lesson for today.

    Summary After learning of Eli, Samuel, and Saul, we come to the final main character of I Samuel, David.  Last week we saw that the people had rejected God as their king and desired a man to rule over them.  God gave them Saul – physically, everything a people could want in a king.  He was good looking, and he stood head and shoulders taller than anyone else.  But we found he chose to please man over God.  Remember Saul’s disobedience that caused God to remove the kingdom not only from him, but his family.  Today we see that God chooses a “man after his own heart.”  We see God take a man the world might see as one of low esteem (a shepherd boy), but one whom He raised up to serve Him.  When God chose David, he removed his spirit from Saul and allowed an “evil spirit” to trouble him.  Watch today and notice the conflict between these two men.  Notice that even though Saul sought to destroy David, when David walked with God, Saul could not destroy him.

    Encourage your students to bring their Bibles and use them!

    Emphasis:  As we see God turn from Saul (for his disobedience) to David, Saul then became David’s enemy, after him at every turn.  We read that David continually sought God, and that even Saul recognized God was with David.  When David had opportunity to kill Saul, and would not, Saul promised David peace.

     

    Optional Worksheets to be downloaded:

    Lesson 34 – Volume 1 Children’s Worksheet 1

    Lesson 34 – Volume 1 Children’s Reinforcement Worksheet 1

    Lesson 34 – Volume 1 Children’s Reinforcement Worksheet 2

     

    Ideas for children:

    Stickers always work well with children. Often times I watch Wal-Mart or Oriental Trading Company for specials or deals on things I can use for crafts for Sunday School (i.e. foam sheets, Bible Story scene stickers, crowns, stick on jewels, construction paper, etc.).  I keep a stash and when I need something, I go search in my stash!  Pinterest always has great ideas!

    You could have a coloring sheet that goes with the lesson.

    One idea for today’s lesson:  (See picture below).  For today’s we made a coloring book for each child.  Because David was a shepherd boy God chose to be the future king of Israel, there were many choices of coloring pages (some of the most famous are pictures of David fighting Goliath).  I chose some that told the story of David.  I had a book of construction paper cut and stapled together for them to glue the different pictures into in the correct order.  We colored some of the pictures in them with the time we had left.  They were then able to take their books home to color the rest of the pictures as they had time, helping them remember what we had learned in class that day.

     

    Mural idea:

    Refer to the wall in your classroom that has become a mural.

    By now your class should be in a groove as to the direction and areas in which they need to focus and work on to improve their Christian lives.  Use this knowledge to help you address specific areas in each lesson that your class can discuss and share as you add new things to your mural.  Continue to watch as your class grows in their knowledge of not only God’s Word, but areas in their lives that can be corrected, drawing them closer to the Lord.

    Have them each add anything else they may have brought to add to the wall.  Encourage everyone to participate.

  • Lesson 5 (Lesson 31): Ruth: A Picture of Redemption

    Key Verse

    “As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.”  Isaiah 47:4

    Read the Key Verse with your class.  Ask your students if they know what a “redeemer” is.

    redeemer:  basically means that of buying something back.

    After you help them understand the word “redeemer”, explain to them that Jesus (the Lord of hosts) is our redeemer.  He bought every one who belongs to him with his blood on the cross (I Peter 1:18-19:  “18. Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19. But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:” and Ephesians 1:7:  “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;”)  We have learned that we all deserve the punishment of death (because of sin.)  Jesus paid the penalty, for those who believe, and died in their place which “bought” us back.  We will see a picture of redemption (buying something back) in the book of Ruth today.

    Summary:  During the book of Judges we saw how the nation as a whole had rejected God as their king.  Last week we noticed a couple, Samson’s parents, who heard from God and responded to God’s call.  We saw that God did what He had promised in their lives.  The book of Ruth takes place during the time of Judges.  This book, too, shows us there were people (although few) who still believed God and allowed Him to rule in their lives.

    Because of the turmoil and terrible times during the time of the Judges, Ruth is a breath of fresh air.  The book of Ruth is a picture of redemption.  She was a gentile (a Moabitess) who was living in a pagan land.  She did not know the true God.  When an Israelite family moved to Moab (because of a drought in Israel), she married into this family and heard of God.  When her husband, father-in-law, and brother-in-law died, she returned with her mother-in-law to the land of Israel.  Her view is clearly stated in Ruth 1:16-17:  “16. And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: 17. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.”   It was there, after being redeemed by a kinsman, that she forever became a part of Jesus’ genealogy.  She was the great-grandmother of King David.

    Encourage your students to bring their Bibles and use them!

    Emphasis:  To know Jesus is our redeemer, and that He bought us, if we will believe in Him.  Then, we should live as a light in this dark world so others can know Him.

     

    Optional Worksheets to be downloaded:

    Lesson 31 – Volume 1 Children’s Worksheet 1

    Lesson 31 – Volume 1 Reinforcement Worksheet 1

    Lesson 31 – Volume 1 Reinforcement Worksheet 2

     

    Ideas for children:

    Stickers always work well with children. Often times I watch Wal-Mart or Oriental Trading Company for specials or deals on things I can use for crafts for Sunday School (i.e. foam sheets, Bible Story scene stickers, crowns, stick on jewels, construction paper, etc.).  I keep a stash and when I need something, I go search in my stash!  Pinterest always has great ideas!

    You could have a coloring sheet that goes with the lesson.

    One idea for today’s lesson:  (See picture below).  For today’s lesson we made hanging verse.  We took a copy of the verse Ruth 1:16-17 and glued it to construction paper.  We discussed just what that verse meant, and how important of a decision it was to Ruth.  We also had a coloring sheet.

     

    Mural idea:

    Refer to the wall in your classroom that has become a mural.

    By now your class should be in a groove as to the direction and areas in which they need to focus and work on to improve their Christian lives.  Use this knowledge to help you address specific areas in each lesson that your class can discuss and share as you add new things to your mural.  Continue to watch as your class grows in their knowledge of not only God’s Word, but areas in their lives that can be corrected, drawing them closer to the Lord.

    Have them each add anything else they may have brought to add to the wall.  Encourage everyone to participate.