{"id":593,"date":"2019-05-19T18:34:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T23:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=593"},"modified":"2019-08-18T19:15:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T00:15:45","slug":"lesson-52-jesus-in-the-old-testament-jesus-our-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/19\/lesson-52-jesus-in-the-old-testament-jesus-our-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 13 (Lesson 52): Jesus in the Old Testament: Jesus our Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Key Verse<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cGreater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\u201d\u00a0 John 15:13<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read the Key Verse with your class.\u00a0 Ask your students if any of them have friends.\u00a0 What characteristics make someone your friend? (i.e.: dependable, good listener, kind, always there, etc.)\u00a0 Read today\u2019s memory verse to your class.\u00a0 Ask if any of them have a friend like that.\u00a0 Would they, themselves, be the kind of friend that would lay down their life for another person?\u00a0 The best friend in the world we could ever have is Jesus.\u00a0 Today we will look at Jesus\u2019 prayer in the garden on the night he was arrested.\u00a0 Have them pay attention to what was on Jesus\u2019 heart and mind as we read His prayer in the garden the night before He died on the cross.<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/strong>\u00a0 We have been studying the five Personal Books of the Old Testament.\u00a0 As we have learned, these books dealt with individuals\u2019 very personal experiences with God.\u00a0 We have been able to see some serious heart issues as these individuals sought to know and understand God better.\u00a0 In studying them, we should now understand how very personal of a God we serve.\u00a0 When these men cried out for answers, God answered.<\/p>\n

If you remember last week, we learned of a perfect love and compared it to a Christian\u2019s love with God.\u00a0 Just as God loved us and sent His Son, Jesus, we are to love Him with all of our hearts.\u00a0 If our students can learn to love Jesus with all of their hearts, then their hearts will be prepared to one day love a man or a woman.\u00a0 Remember, Christians are the bride of Christ (Ephesians 5:25:\u00a0 \u201cHusbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;\u201d.\u00a0 Compare this thought to today\u2019s memory verse.)<\/p>\n

Today we will see the heart of Jesus revealed as He prayed in the garden on the eve of his arrest and crucifixion.\u00a0 Just as the men who wrote the Personal Books laid their hearts open and bare for us to read about, Jesus\u2019 prayer revealed the deepest and innermost thoughts of His heart.\u00a0 Notice how He first dealt with himself, then his disciples He would be leaving behind, and finally with those who hadn\u2019t believed upon Him yet \u2013 many of which hadn\u2019t even been born yet (that is you and me.)\u00a0 After this great prayer, we then look back at Psalm 22 which foretold of Jesus\u2019 suffering death upon the cross, realizing Jesus knew He was about to lay down His life for His friends.\u00a0 This is the greatest picture of a friend (see today\u2019s key verse).\u00a0 Jesus is the greatest friend because He gave up His life for me (and anyone who would believe).<\/p>\n

Just as we have been learning how to relate to God as the men who recorded the Personal Books, Jesus is our ultimate example of one who was not afraid to make His petitions known to God \u2013 knowing He would answer.\u00a0 He is also a perfect example of the kind of friend we are to be to others.\u00a0 Remember, the people He prayed for were the same people He gave His life for \u2013 His friends.<\/p>\n

Encourage your students to bring their Bibles and use them!<\/p>\n

Emphasis:\u00a0 <\/strong>Jesus is our ultimate example of the kind of friend we are to be \u2013 willing to give all.<\/p>\n

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Optional Worksheets to be downloaded:<\/p>\n

Lesson 52 – Volume 1 Children’s Worksheet 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lesson 52 – Volume 1 Children’s Reinforcement Worksheet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ideas for children:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.).\u00a0 I keep a stash and when I need something, I go search in my stash!\u00a0 Pinterest always has great ideas!<\/p>\n

You could have a coloring sheet that goes with the lesson.<\/p>\n

One idea for today\u2019s lesson:<\/strong>\u00a0 For today\u2019s lesson give your students a blank piece of paper.\u00a0 Have them write down some of their friend\u2019s names.\u00a0 Once they have finished this, have them think of something specific that they can pray about for each friend. (Examples:\u00a0 maybe their friend is sick, or maybe they are on vacation, or maybe they are not very truthful and need prayer, maybe they have a friend who is especially mean to others and need prayer to help them be kinder, etc.)\u00a0 Over all, encourage them to see needs in their own hearts and lives and the lives of others for which they can pray\u00a0 Children, too, need to learn the importance of prayer.\u00a0 And they will be encouraged and blessed as they see a prayer that they have written down answered!<\/p>\n

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Mural idea:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Refer to the wall in your classroom that has become a mural.<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Continue to watch as your class grows in their knowledge of not only God\u2019s Word, but areas in their lives that can be corrected, drawing them closer to the Lord.<\/p>\n

Have them each add anything else they may have brought to add to the wall.\u00a0 Encourage everyone to participate.<\/p>\n

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Key Verse \u201cGreater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\u201d\u00a0 John 15:13 Read the Key Verse with your class.\u00a0 Ask your students if any of them have friends.\u00a0 What characteristics make someone your friend? (i.e.: dependable, good listener, kind, always there, etc.)\u00a0 Read today\u2019s memory verse […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[317],"tags":[266,265,9,80,262,264,184],"class_list":["post-593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-year-one-quarter-four","tag-cross","tag-death","tag-friend","tag-jesus","tag-love","tag-personal","tag-prayer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":748,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions\/748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}