Teaching the Bible Activities for the week of September 21-27
Sunday September 21
- Ask the students to recite this week's Bible verse above.
- Discuss the meaning of the verse.
- How do you keep from becoming angry?
Younger Classes and Older Classes (select age appropriate questions)
Open your Bibles to Numbers 12
- Why were Aaron and Miriam bad mouthing Moses?
- Do you think they were jealous? Why or why not?
- What did God say to Miriam and Aaron? (Num. 12:5-9)
- Why was God angry?
- Do you talk directly to God?
- What happened to Miriam? (Num. 12:10)
- What did Aaron do about Miriam's condition? (Num. 12:11)
- What did Moses do for Miriam? (Num. 12:13-14)
- Was Miriam healed?
Open your Bibles to Numbers 21:1-9
- Tell the story about the fiery serpent.
- What did the Children of Israel do? (complain)
- What did they complain about?
- What happened?
- Doesn't complaint sound like the hissing of a snake?
- What did God ask Moses to do for the people?
- What did the serpent on the pole do?
- What is your favorite commandment?
- Did the Children of Israel break any commandments when they complained to God?
- Which commandments did they break?
- How do we keep from breaking commandments?
Teachers: Share information about Aaron from Bible Characters with your classes.
- Who was Aaron?
- What were some of his responsibilities?
- What was his title in the tabernacle?
- Where did Moses place blood on Aaron? (Lev. 8:23)
- For what purpose did he place blood on Aaron? [… when Moses took some of the ram's blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear, the thumb of his right hand, and on his big toe of his right foot. The symbolism of this is that his hearing, doing, and walking would all be consecrated to the service of the Lord. He was to hear God's commands, perform them with his hands, and walk in the ways of the Lord.]
- Approximately how many people left Egypt during the exodus? (2 million)
- Finding enough food and water for everyone was whose responsibility? (God's)
- What lessons were the Children of Israel to learn? (complete trust in God)
Assignment:
Younger Classes
- Follow the mazes Afraid of the Giants, and The 40-Year Journey in Fun and Games
- Read Exploring Canaan
Older Classes
- Read Guest of the Month and Hot Topic.
Week of September 22-27
Memorization verse: Psalm 106:3 Blessed are they who maintain justice,
who constantly do what is right.
- How can you use this verse in your life?
- What does it mean to constantly do what is right?
- What does justice mean?
— GAL