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God made man and woman in His image, in the Imago Dei. He made us perfectly. He designed us with one goal: to worship Him. We chose to sin and that marred our ability to be image bearers. God had to send Jesus to remedy this sin. Jesus lived a perfect life, died on a cross for our sins, and rose from the dead three days later. We can now have a relationship with God again and do what we were created to dogive glory to God.

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Dear Sunday School Teacher, Your ministry as a teacher for our Lord has eternal value! When we view our ministry in light of eternity, we see its importance and the privilege that God has entrusted to us. In Psalm 78, the Bible also reminds us of this great calling: One generation commending the Gospel to the next. Treasuring Christ Curriculum: The ministry resource that you hold in your hand is produced and shaped by the local churchThe Bride of Christ. We have three primary strategies that guide us. First, we desire to produce a Gospel-centered curriculum that allows every child, babies to high school students, to study the same Scripture passage each week. Second, we seek to equip parents to thrive in their God-given role as their childs primary discipler. We want this resource, therefore, to connect the church and the home by providing the Connecting Church and Home resource within the curriculum. Third, we want to respond to the desperate need for curriculum resources around the world. We desire to bless the nations with a tool that will help them reach the world with the Gospel of Christ. Quarter One: God on Display Every relationship begins with an introduction. God introducing Himself to us is the heartbeat of this study. God on Display is a major theme that runs throughout all of Scripture. Gods desire to have communion with those He created is seen from cover to cover of the Bible. In the first few pages, we see God communing in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve. The theme of communion continues to be seen through the role of the Old Testament tabernacle and temple. In the New Testament, God became incarnate in Jesus, God with us. After Jesus, the Father gives the Holy Spirit to believers and institutes the Church. Fellowship in the Church breeds community, both with God and others made in His likeness. As believers, we are guaranteed that we will spend eternity in communion with God, dwelling in His presence. God is on display: everywhere; in the past, present and future; and in our lives as believers. Let us live continually to display Gods greatness and love.

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OVERVIEW FOR YOuR EdIFICaTIOn EaRlY ChIldhOOd ElEmEnTaRY PRE-TEEn/mIddlE sChOOl hIgh sChOOl COnnECTIng ChuRCh and hOmE REsOuRCEs

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OVERVIEW

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Psalm 139:14a God made man and woman.

ElEmEnTaRY

PRE-TEEn/ mIddlE sChOOl

Psalm 139:13-14 God made man and woman in His image. He made us to worship Him. He knows everything about us. Hair Counting game, Belly Button facts, Self-portrait drawing

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Psalm 139:14 God made man and woman in His image.

Psalm 139:13-16 God made us in His image, in the Imago Dei. God made us to worship Him. He has a distinct plan for our lives. Gianna Jessen video, TV finds

Treasure Point

Teaching Activities

Mirror coloring page, Butcher paper silhouettes, Matching Babies resource page, Mother May I?, Treasure Verse activity, Song time, Pointing game, Worship game, Fall Leaf coloring page, Frame Verse resource page

Magazine faces, Fingerprint fun, Rules chart, Treasure Verse activity, Song time, Self-portraits, Question time

Supplies Needed

Mirror coloring page, Magazines, Cardstock, pens, tape, crayons, markers, crayons, scissors, construction paper, tape, mirror, butcher construction paper paper, pencils paper, pencils, (regular size and Matching Babies half sheets), glue, resource page, CD tape, fingerpaint, and CD player, Fall notebook paper, Leaf coloring page, wipes, butcher paper, Frame Verse markers, CD and CD resource page player, paper plates, pens, yarn, wiggly eyes, glue, pencils, small pieces of paper

Laptop/DVD player

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FOR YOuR EdIFICaTIOn

Enter the story Money. Something we cant live without. Many of us could probably use a little more of it. Few of us have everything we could want and more. We spend it, give it, invest it, lose it and waste it. Currency used to be chickens, cows, goats, eggs, food, etc. People bartered with what they had. Nowadays people will take cash, a check, or allow you to use your charge card. There are television shows entirely devoted to the stock markets.

When we look at the heavens,

the moon and stars that God has put in place, it would surely seem that this is where we see the greatest display of Gods life and character. But it is not so! No, greater than the stars, the moon, the mountain ranges, the oceans, or anything else is manhuman beings who have been made to display more of what God is like than anything else does in all of creation. Dr. Bruce Ware, Big Truths for Young Hearts, pg. 82

The God of Genesis is the

Creator, bringing order out of chaos, calling life into being by His word, making Adam from earths dust and Eve from Adams rib. And He is Lord of all that He has made. J. I. Packer, Knowing God, pg. 84

One fascinating aspect about money is the engraving on the coin or the print on the bill. Who picks whose portrait goes on the different currency? What did these former leaders have to do to get their faces on items so fixed in our society? Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, Sacagewea and many others are forever imprinted on the currency of America. Other countries have their leaders and national monuments on their currency as well. I enjoy collecting coinage and paper money from the countries I visit, even though it will never be of assistance to me at my bank. It gives me a piece of that particular countrys history.

Just as currency bears an image, so do we. We bear a more important image. We, as human beings, both male and female, were made in the image of the Almighty God who created the entire universe with His spoken word. To be made in the image of God is the Imago Dei, a Latin term meaning the image of God. God made us in His image, to reflect and bear His image. Only one part of creation had the hands-on approach by the Creator. He spoke the rest of creation into being. God formed man out of dust and took a rib of man to form woman. But we are more than little dust people. We have been made into Gods image. What a great honorthat God would choose man to bear His image, to be like Him.
Match the below names with the correct currency. George Washington Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln Franklin D. Roosevelt John F. Kennedy Sacagawea Nickel (5) Quarter (25) Half Dollar (50) Dime (10) Golden Dollar ($1) Penny (1)
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genesis 1:26-2:25: Then God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth. And God said, Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food. And it was so. And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished His work that He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work that He had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all His work that He had done in creation. These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens. When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung upfor the LORD God had not caused

it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, and a mist was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the groundthen the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground the LORD God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers. The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there. The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush. And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die. Then the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him. Now out of the ground the LORD God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature,

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that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man He made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

Our souls, bodies, reason, will,

goodness are like God, but also unlike Him, for He is the Creator, paradigm and infinite exemplar of these qualities. John Frame, Men and cal Manhood and Womanhood, pg. 225 Women in the Image of God, Recovering Bibli-

Man and woman were made to be in relationship with God, with creation and with others (Genesis 2:7-25): Relationship with god (Genesis 2:15). God puts Adam in the Garden of Eden and converses with him. Man should have felt humbled as he conversed with the very One who had created him; he had a direct connection with the God of the universe. This is carried throughout the Old Testament, as God talks with different prophets and other men. We see it in the New Testament as God talks to man through His Son, Jesus. We see this in the early church and in modern times through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. One important way we are in relationship with God is that He has written eternity on mans heart (Ecclesiastes 3:11). God is eternal; He made us. We bear His image in that we were created for eternity. This theme of man being eternal is continued throughout Scripture.

God has placed man into a

tween man and his fellowmen, and between man and nature. The references to Gods creation of given him by God indicate the primary relationman, to Gods blessing of man, and to the mandate ship in which man stands: his relationship to God. Mans relationship to his fellowmen is indicated Our relationship to nature is alluded to in Gods Hoekema, Created in Gods Image, pg. 75 in the words male and female He created them. giving us dominion over the earth. Anthony

threefold relationship: between man and God, be-

Man and woman were made in the image of God. New parents are often asked the question, Who does your baby look like? Some will say that the baby has dads eyes or moms chin or coloring. We were made to be Gods image bearers too, in the Imago Dei. Read again Genesis 1:27 and consider that we are like God in our being, our reasoning ability and our rule or authority.
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universe created humans in His image, thereby enabling them to communicate with Him in relationship. Mark Driscoll, Doctrine, pgs. 37-38

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Relationship with creation. God gave us dominion over the rest of creation (Genesis 1:26, 28; 2:15-20). Adam was given the responsibility to name the animals, livestock, plants, etc. How did he come up with hippopotamus or skunk or dandelion? And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name (v. 19b). This special authority should not give man and woman room for boasting, but instead should only point us to the One who has dominion over all things.

There are two key implications from this order of the making of man and woman by God: Man and woman are made equal in worth (in their nature and being) because their worth is based upon their being made in the image of God. They share in the uniqueness of bearing the image of God (Genesis 1:27). Man and woman are made to have different functions. Man was made first, which sets the tone for his leadership in dominion over creation and in relationship with the woman. Woman was made out of the man, to be a helper suitable for him (Genesis 2:18).

Men and women explore the

Gods imprint on our souls. Were fulfilling Gods

nature of hurricanes, examine microbes, repave streets, work to make life better. Why? Because of calling. Just think about it: even little children

reflect God when they build sand castles or explore honorable work, even if it doesnt directly consist of Christian ministry, were mirroring one of Gods Elyse Fitzpatrick, Helper By Design, pg. 26 attributes. Why? Because God works and rules.

In the Bible, differentiated roles

the shore for seashells. When were involved in

for men and women are never traced back to the fall of man and woman into sin. Rather, the foundation of this differentiation is traced back our relationships. Differentiated roles were cor-

to the way things were in Eden before sin warped rupted, not created, by the fall. They were created by God. John Piper, A Vision for Biblical Complementarity, Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, pg. 35

Relationship with others. The foundational relationship God set up for mankind is the one of marriage. As Adam was naming the animals that God had created, he came to a point when he realized that there was not a creature like him. God had a solution to that unsatisfied desire. He caused Adam to go into a deep sleep and performed the Bibles first surgery. Eve was formed from Adams rib. When Adam awoke, he spoke the Bibles first poem: This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man (Genesis 2:23). The first marriage happened right there in the garden (Genesis 2:24-25).

(Answer key) Penny-Abraham Lincoln; Nickel-Thomas Jefferson; Dime-Franklin D. Roosevelt; Quarter-George Washington; Half Dollar-John F. Kennedy; Golden Dollar-Sacagawea

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Gospel Truths About God

gOd Is ThREE In OnE. We have established the fact that God is one God. That is true. In the first verse of the Bible, a plural form of God is used, Elohim. In the verses found in our lesson this week, God refers to Himself in the plural form, in conversation with other members of the Trinity.

We were created as persons by

a personal God. The Scriptures make note of this by explaining how, unlike the rest of creation, which was made solely by Gods word, God formed us by His proverbial hands and then breathed life into us. Mark Driscoll, Doctrine, pg. 115

The Father, Son, and Spirit are

both as equals of each other, yet gladly in God-

fully equal as God, yet they live gladly within lines of authority. So, too, we humans should live given lines of authority. May God help us to see the beauty of equality and the beauty of our differences. Dr. Bruce Ware, Big Truths for Young Hearts, pg. 56

counselor, there can be no doubt that He consulted with Himself . . . God summons no forHimself something distinct. As with truth His eternal wisdom and power reside within Him. John Calvin, Genesis, pg. 25

Since the Lord needs no other

gOd has dOmInIOn OVER all hIs CREaTIOn. In the first chapter of Genesis, God spoke all things into being. Their very existence depends on the word and breath of God. This implies power, authority and dominion over the creation. In Genesis 1:27, God speaks of that rule when He says that man is created in His image, to rule the rest of creation. God made all of creation to be in subjection to Him (1 Corinthians 15:27-28).

eign counselor; hence we infer that He finds within

The entire world is a revelation

of God, a mirror of His virtues and perfections; every creature is in his own way and according to his own measure an embodiment of a divine thought. But among all creatures only man is the image of God, the highest and richest revelation of creation. Herman Bavinck, Dogmatiek, 2.566

gOd madE man and WOman. He spoke the rest of creation into being by His very spoken word. However, with man, He formed Adam out of the dust of the earth and crafted Eve from a rib out of Adams side. It should be humbling to fathom that the Creator would be engaged and involved in the pinnacle of all that He designed (Genesis 2:7, 21).

God, and therefore head and crown of the entire

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Gospel Truths About Man

Man was created by the eternal God to be in a relationship with Him. Man tainted that relationship all too soon. Man decided to go his own way and not listen to or adhere to Gods perfect plan.

Gospel Truths About Redemption

Man was not content with only having dominion over creation. Man wanted Gods complete dominion; he wanted to be in charge of all things. Therefore, we see the grand narrative for mans redemption has begun. The continual theme of redemption runs throughout Scripture. Man and woman were made perfect in the image of the Creator. However, man and woman would sin, thereby needing to be rescued by their loving Creator.

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For Your Edification (continued)

Psalm 8 Psalm 139:13-16 Psalm 145 Ecclesiastes 3:9-15 1 Corinthians 15:20-28 Ephesians 2:8-10 Ephesians 5:22-33
Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, edited by John Piper and Wayne Grudem

hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. Psalm 145: I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and His greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare your greatness. They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness. The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and His mercy is over all that He has made. All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord, and all your saints shall bless you! They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom and tell of your power, to make known to the children of man your mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of your kingdom. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. The Lord is faithful in all His words and kind in all His works. The Lord upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down. The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season. You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His works. The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth. He fulfills the
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Psalm 8: O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm 139:13-16: For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mothers womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not
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desire of those who fear Him; He also hears their cry and saves them. The Lord preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy. My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, and let all flesh bless His holy name forever and ever. Ecclesiastes 3:9-15: What gain has the worker from his toil? I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, He has put eternity into mans heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toilthis is Gods gift to man. I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before Him. That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away. 1 Corinthians 15:20-28: But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at His coming those who belong to Christ. Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power. For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. For God has put all things in subjection under His feet. But when it says, all things are put in

subjection, it is plain that He is excepted who put all things in subjection under Him. When all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subjected to Him who put all things in subjection under Him, that God may be all in all. Ephesians 2:8-10: For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 5:22-33: Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, His body, and is Himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her, that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that He might present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of His body. Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

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God made man and woman in His image, in the Imago Dei. He made us perfectly. He designed us with one goal: to worship Him. We chose to sin and that marred our ability to be image bearers. God had to send Jesus to remedy this sin. Jesus lived a perfect life, died on a cross for our sins, and rose from the dead three days later. We can now have a relationship with God again and do what we were created to dogive glory to God.

My Mission As Teacher:
How do you recognize that you are created in the image of God in your life?

Prayer Points:
ven as adults, we can struggle with acceptance, self-worth, etc. Pray that the Holy Spirit E would allow you to revel in the overwhelming truth that God is your loving Heavenly Father and Creator.

Pray that your students this week would experience the love of their Creator and Father.

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Early Childhood
Treasure story: Genesis 1:26-2:25 Treasure Verse: I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14a). Treasure Point: God made man and woman.

engage
Early arrival activity: (15 minutes or until you are ready to begin) As children arrive, give them a copy of the Mirror coloring page (see resources). Bring in a mirror from home and ask each child to look in the mirror. Then encourage them to draw what they see in the mirror. It will be fun to see how they draw what they think they look like. When the children are finished, write on the bottom of each picture the Treasure Verse (Psalm 139:14a). Hang their self-portraits on the wall. These drawings will serve as a great reminder that these children are created in Gods image. If you do not have a mirror you can bring to class, just ask the children to try and remember what they look like when coloring this sheet. Supplies Needed: Mirror coloring page, mirror, crayons, markers, tape or other wall adhesive to hang pictures

creation was people. God made people able to appreciate all the rest of His creation so that people would praise and worship God for it. God knew this was what would make people happier than anything elseseeing how wonderful He is and praising Him for it. God intended creation to reveal to people His greatness. Starr Meade, Gods Mighty Acts in Creation, pg. 10

The Bible tells us that the crowning point of Gods

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Bible story Time: (15 minutes) Teacher Note: Make sure the children see you reading Gods Word and encourage them to listen closely. Explain the importance of Gods Word being the very words God speaks. The Bible is truth and used to help us know God better. For this lesson, read the Bible stories as listed with each point. It will help the students follow the storyline better. god finished out the week of creation with the making of man and woman. Man and woman were the most important part of His creation because they were the only ones to be made in His image (Genesis 1:26-27). Activity: Create butcher paper children. Have the children lie down on pieces of butcher paper and trace their silhouettes. They can then color and make their outlines look more like themselves. Supplies Needed: Butcher paper, crayons, pencil Activity: God made boys and girls. Have all the boys stand, then have all the girls stand. We are made differently. god instructed adam and Eve to be fruitful and multiply, to have dominion over the rest of creation (Genesis 1:28-31). Activity: Pass out copies of the Matching Babies resource page (see resources). Explain that these animals look like their parents. Supplies Needed: Matching Babies resource page, pencils god instructed adam not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:16-17). Activity: Play the Mother May I? game. You will be the first leader and then let the winners be the leaders (this will especially work well with the older children). Explain the importance of listening to what others tell us to do and that God wants us to obey our parents, teachers, leaders, etc. god made Eve out of adams side. he created them for each other, to be together as husband and wife (Genesis 2:18-25).

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Treasure Verse learning activity: (5 minutes) Younger Children Option: Have the children sit in a circle either on the floor or in chairs. Ask each child to say the verse but fill in the blank:I will praise you, for _______ (the children say their name) is fearfully and wonderfully made. Continue going around the circle until everyone has said their name in the verse. Clap and shout and give praise to God in between each one. Older Children Option: Have the children sit in a circle either on the floor or in chairs. Ask each child to say the verse but fill in the blank: I will praise you, for _______ (the children say their name and one thing they like about themselves). And I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Continue going around the circle until everyone has had a turn. Clap and shout and give praise to God in between each one. song Time: (10 minutes) Love, Love, Love is this quarters theme song. This song can be found on the Treasuring Christ website: www.treasuringchristonline.org. Supplies Needed: CD player, CD Reinforcement activity: (5 minutes) Younger Children Option: Instruct the children to stand in a circle. Give them commands such as the following: Point to your eyes. Point to your toes. Point to your neighbors knees. Point to your neighbors ears and say Hello! Continue with more commands as you remind them that God created all of our bodies and we need to use our bodies to praise Him. Older Children Option: Have your students stand up and spread out a little from each other (they will need some room to move around). Ask the question, How do these things worship God? Chickens (have children pretend they are doing the chicken dance) lay eggs. Rabbits (have children hop up and down) hop. lowers (have children start out low to the ground and grow tall by slowly standing up) grow F and add good smells to the air. rees (have kids stand really tall and wave their arms like leaves on a branch) provide shade T and move when the wind blows.

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Playground Time: (15 minutes) Center play or free play is an effective use of time if there is no playground available or if the weather is not conductive to playing outside. Option: Pass out copies of the Fall Leaf coloring page (see resources). Explain how leaves change colors in the autumn and how bright the colors can be. Encourage them to be creative in their coloring. Supplies Needed: Fall Leaf coloring page, crayons

snack Time: (10 minutes)

treasure
Treasure Point: God made man and woman.

My Mission: (5 minutes)
Pass out copies of the Frame Verse resource page to the children (see resources). Have them decorate the frame however they want. Give to the parent(s) when the children are picked up from the classroom. Encourage the parents to hang it on the refrigerator to serve as a reminder of the truths found in the Bible. Supplies Needed: Frame Verse resource page, crayons

Prayer Time: (5 minutes)

Have the children sit in a circle, either on the floor or in chairs. Walk around the circle and pray aloud for each child specifically by name. Thank God that they are in your class. Express thanks to God for one specific characteristic or fun trait the student adds to your class.

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Elementary
Treasure story: Genesis 1:26-2:25 Treasure Verse: I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well (Psalms 139:14). Treasure Point: God made man and woman in His image.

Best of all, humans can know God. Dogs like the people who care

for them. They wag their tails when they see them and lick their hands. But you cant teach a dog about God. A dog cant worship. It cant pray. God made humans in His image so they could know Him, love forever. Starr Meade, Gods Mighty Acts in Creation, pg. 97 Him, enjoy Him, and worship Him. He made us so we can have a relationship with Him that will last

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Early arrival activity: (10-15 minutes or until all the children arrive) Bring copies of child-friendly magazines to class (these can be new or bought from a thrift store). Have the children cut out faces they see in the magazines and make a face collage by gluing all the faces on construction paper. This activity will encourage great discussion later in the class. When the collages are finished, hang them around the classroom on the walls. Supplies Needed: Child-friendly magazines, construction paper, scissors, glue sticks, tape

Introduction: (10 minutes) Fingerprint Fun. Hand each child a piece of paper. Instruct the children to walk around the room and ask the other children to sign their name on the paper. Also have fingerpaint available so the children can put their fingerprint beside their name. Encourage positive interaction between the children as they complete this activity. Supplies Needed: Construction paper, markers, fingerpaint, wipes for cleaning their fingers

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Bible story Time: (15 minutes) Teacher Note: Ask the children to sit in the designated reading/Bible story area. Tell them this is Gods Word, the Bible, the way He speaks to us. It is true, and we need to listen to God. Be sure the children see you reading Genesis 1:26-2:25 out of the Bible and not out of the curriculum guide. Have the older children follow along in their own Bibles. god finished out the week of creation with the making of man and woman. The creation of man and woman was the best of His creation because they were the only ones to be made in His image. genesis 1:26-27: Then God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Have them look at their magazine collages that they made earlier. Talk about all the different kinds of people God created. All unique. All bearing Gods image. god instructed adam and Eve to be fruitful and multiply. he also gave them dominion over the rest of creation. genesis 1:28-31: And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth. And God said, Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food. And it was so. And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. god instructed adam not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. genesis 2:16-17: And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.

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Ask the students to name the rules they have to obey either at home, school or in Sunday School. Write them down on a big piece of butcher paper (or have the older students take turns writing them). Talk about these rules and how they are for their good. What about a train? Is a train bound by the tracks or are the tracks there for the trains good? And with cars, is it good that there are seat belts and divider lines on the roads? These rules are for our good, our blessing. Talk about how we are told to obey our parents and respect the authority God has put over us. God wanted Adam and Eve to obey His one rule about not eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Supplies Needed: Butcher paper, marker god made Eve out of adams side. he created them for each other, to be together as one flesh in marriage. genesis 2:18-25: Then the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him. Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man He made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. Treasure Verse learning activity: (10 minutes) Give each child a half sheet of construction paper with the Treasure Verse already written at the top of the page. Have everyone say the verse together. Then instruct them to put five of their individual fingerprints down the left side of the page using fingerpaint. Then beside each fingerprint, ask them to write one positive characteristic they like about themselves, starting with their name. So for example, beside the first fingerprint would be their name. When everyone is done, repeat the verse together. Supplies Needed: Half sheets of construction paper, fingerpaint, pens or markers, wipes to clean off the fingerpaint

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song Time: (10 minutes) Love, Love, Love is this quarters theme song. This song can be found on the Treasuring Christ website: www.treasuringchristonline.org. Supplies Needed: CD player, CD Reinforcement activity: (10 minutes) Instruct the children to make portraits of themselves. Give them the items they would need in order to draw themselves on a paper plate. While the students are re-creating themselves, remind them no matter their hair color, eyes or shape of their nose, they are made in the image of God. God loves them. Supplies Needed: Paper plates, glue, scissors, yarn of different colors (for hair), wiggly eyes, markers Playground time/Center activities/Free Play: (15 minutes)

Closing activity: (5 minutes) Pair up each child and give them a piece of paper. Have them ask each other questions in order to learn facts or fun things about the other person. Some questions may include the following: What school do you attend? Do you have any pets? What time do you get up in the morning? What do you like to do for fun? What is your favorite color? Be creative. Instruct them to write down what they find out on their piece of paper. Then be prepared to share it with the rest of the class. After the children finish sharing what they learned, remind them that God created everyone different and unique. He loves each of us. Supplies Needed: Notebook paper, pencils or pens

God saved the best for last. From the beginning,

God had a shining dream in His heart. He would make people to share His Jesus Storybook Bible, pg. 25 forever happiness. They would be His children. Sally Lloyd-Jones, The

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treasure
Treasure Point: God made man and woman in His image.

My Mission: (10 minutes) Allow time for sharing.

Write down five things you can tell your family members to help them understand that they are created in Gods image. Then, go home and tell those family members. In what ways do you need to be more obedient to the authority figures God has placed in your life, such as your parents or teachers? Supplies Needed: Paper, pencils

Prayer Time: (5 minutes)

With their Closing Activity sheet in hand, have the children pray over their classmates. Specifically ask God to bless the person they interviewed earlier.

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Pre-Teen/middle school
Treasure story: Genesis 1:26-2:25 Treasure Verse: For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mothers womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well (Psalms 139:13-14). Treasure Point: God made man and woman in His image. He made us to worship Him. He knows everything about us.

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group Fellowship Time: (10 minutes) Play the Hair Counting game (Matthew 10:30). Pair up the students and give them one minute to count the hairs on the head of their partner. The average human head has about 100,000 hair follicles (depending on how bald you are). Each follicle can grow about 20 individual hairs in a persons lifetime. Average hair loss is about 100 strands a day. Remind them that God cares enough about us to know exactly how many hairs are on our head. Have some fun discussing belly buttons. Conduct a poll among your students. Did Adam have a belly button? Ask them to explain their answers. Lack of a belly button on Adam and Eve would be one of the biggest tourist attractions in the preFlood world, as the grandchildren and the great-grandchildren would come up and say, Why dont you have a belly button? And they could recount again and again, to generation after generation, how God had created them special by completed supernatural acts, and yet had designed them to multiply and fill the Earth in natural ways that are equally a part of Gods continuing care for what He created. Ken Ham

Fun Facts about Belly Buttons:

Your belly button is your very first scar. Just like fingerprints, no two belly buttons are alike. A person with a navel that is off-centered is supposed to be fun-loving, have wide emotional swings, and expected to live for only 70 years. There are such things as Belly Button Dusters. They have one job onlyto remove lint from your belly button.

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Bible story Time: (30 minutes) Teacher Note: Read the Treasure Story out of your Bible or have students read it aloud. The following outline will assist you in teaching it to your students. man was created in gods image. Where do you find your worth? Is it in the clothes you wear or the stuff that you prize? Is your worth in how many friends you have or in the grades you make? Is it in sports? What does it mean to be like God (Genesis 1:27)? We are like God in our being and in our reasoning ability. We are like God in our rule or authority and in our very soul. man was given authority over the things on earth. Save the Earth or organic living is very popular in our culture. What are some positives and negatives of this movement and how can we be obedient to the command that God gave humans to have dominion over the earth? Man is commanded to take care of creation; however, we must remember the eternal worth of man as well. As Christians, we should concern ourselves more with other people than with created things that are not eternal.

Did you know?

Three million people are killed each year by outdoor air pollution that is attributed to vehicle and industrial emissions. One percent of landfill space is taken up by disposable diapers. They take 500 years to decompose. Paper use in America consumes 850 million trees each year. Think about all the paper you use in school for homework.

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nehemiah 9:6: You are the LORD, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you. Isaiah 43:20-21: The wild beasts will honor me, the jackals and the ostriches, for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people, the people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise. Job 12:7-10: But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you; or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. Who among all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? In His hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind. genesis 1:26: Then God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.

Psalm 88:13: But I, O LORD, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.

With God: In Worship

Psalm 98: Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things! His right hand and His holy arm have worked salvation for Him. The Lord has made known His salvation; He has revealed His righteousness in the sight of the nations. He has remembered His steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises! Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody! With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord! Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who dwell in it! Let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together before the Lord, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity. Psalm 95:1-7: Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise! For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In His hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are His also. The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land. Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand.

man was created to be in relationship with god and with others. With God: In Prayer
Psalm 69:13: But as for me, my prayer is to you, O LORD. At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.

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With God: In Bible Reading

2 Timothy 3:16-17: All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. Colossians 3:16: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

With Others: Be Kind and Loving

In different cultures and times, people were married by the age of 13 or 14. How can the students relate to the opposite sex as brothers and sisters in Christ since probably (hopefully!) none of them will be getting married in the next year? 1 Corinthians 13:4-7: Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

With God: In Everyday Living

Colossians 3:17: And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. Romans 12:1-2: I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

With Others: Treasure Christ Pursue and run hard after Jesus. Dont get bogged down in the things of this world.
matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

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treasure
Treasure Point: God made man and woman in His image. He made us to
worship Him. He knows everything about us.

My Mission: (10 minutes)

Instruct students to draw a self-portrait on a piece of paper. Then ask them to answer the following questions and include their answers below their self-portrait. or you personally, what are the implications of each one of us being made in Gods image? F What implications does this truth have on your relationships with your classmates and friends? What implications are there for the way we live at home? Supplies Needed: Paper, pencils

Prayer Time: (5-10 minutes)

Ask for three volunteers willing to pray for the class. Write down the following prayer requests and give one to each of the volunteers. Ask them to dismiss the class in prayer with their prayer request. ray we would see ourselves as created in Gods image. Our worth comes from this alone, P not from any external worldly thing or person. Pray we would be good stewards of what God has given usfor His glory. Pray we would be Jesus with skin on. Pray that we would show Jesus to others, living Christlike lives to our friends and family and reflecting Gods image to a lost world.

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high school
Treasure story: Genesis 1:26-2:25; Psalm 19:1-6 Treasure Verse: For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mothers womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them (Psalms 139:13-16). Treasure Point: God made us in His image, in the Imago Dei. God made us to worship Him. He has a distinct plan for our lives.

We see that God is not a faceless intelligent designer of the

universe, but the living Lord, Yahweh, who alone created everything so we could live in loving relation with Him now and forever. From the first words of the Bible, the Lord is distinguished from the gods of the nations. The other godsdemons, reallyare created beings that cant create anything. They are imaged by dead idols while God is imaged by living humans He created for loving relationship with Him. Mark Driscoll, Doctrine, pg. 89

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group Fellowship Time: (10 minutes) Introduction activity: (15 minutes) Teacher Note: This video is about a woman who survived an abortion. She challenges men and women to stand strong for Christ in the world as Gods image bearers. This video can be found at the following link: http://vimeo.com/5387154 Supplies Needed: Laptop or DVD player/TV Option: If you do not want to use the video above, discuss current and past television sitcoms and how they portray husband/wife relationships in their familial roles or other relationship roles. Teacher Note: You can find clips on YouTube or bring in DVDs of these shows as you discuss how these roles are portrayed on television.

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Bible story Time: (30 minutes) Teacher Note: Read Genesis 1:26-2:25 out of the Bible or let the students take turns reading the verses in the passage. Encourage them to think through the following ideas based on Scripture and how Scripture is the truth (instead of what we see in culture). From this passage, we learn much about Gods design for authority and relationship. Divide the students into groups and ask one group to study Gods design for authority and the other to focus on His design for relationships. Each group would then present their findings.

Authority
god has ultimate authority as the One who created everything. He gave Adam and Eve dominion over the earth. This is one way that man reflects the image of the Creator. We are to have dominion over the earth, take care of it, be fruitful and multiply. We are to reflect that gracious dominion as well, not dominating. To dominate has been given a negative connotation in todays society; however, the command was given for our good and blessing. god has given us his authority. Gods authority is spoken to us in the Bible. The Bible is the very breath of God and is true and will never lead us in the wrong direction. Colossians 3:1-4: If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. 2 Timothy 3:16-17: All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. We have dominion over the earth. genesis 1:28: And God blessed them. And God said to them,Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.

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genesis 2:19-20a: Now out of the ground the LORD God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field.

relAtionships
We have been made to have relationship with god and mankind. First and foremost, we have been made to have a relationship with the God of the universe. He created all things. He chose to make us in His image so we could have a relationship with Him. In this Treasure Story, we also find truths about the relationship we have with the opposite sex. god made us male and female. God made you and He made you in His imagethis is not up for societys discussion or debate. If you choose to live outside of this God-given authority, that isnt a choice, it is sin. Gods authority is lasting and true. It is right for every question we have. There is no alternative that isnt sinful. god made men and women with equal worth but different functions. Both male and female are equal in their nature; both have the same worth in Gods sight. However, man has authority, especially in the marriage relationship. This is not to be seen as domination but as selfless love and sacrifice. (Remember that a dating relationship is not a marriage. However, the male in the relationship should lead by humility and God-passion to be himself growing toward Christ and wanting to run hard after God, treasuring Christ above all else.) God made the woman to be mans helper. genesis 2:18-25: Then the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him. Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man He made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

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Ephesians 5:22-33: Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, His body, and is Himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her, that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that He might present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of His body. Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

treasure
Treasure Point: God made us in His image, in the Imago Dei. God made us to
worship Him. He has a distinct plan for our lives.

My Mission: (10 minutes)

discussion Questions: What are the implications in our society of homosexuality, cohabitation and TV shows that promote glamorous but sinful lives? Ask the students to state the problem and base the solution on Scripture. What are the implications for these biblical truths? Because men and women are created equal yet with different functions and roles, how does this truth affect their relationships with the opposite sex? homosexuality: For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done (Romans 1:26-28).

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Cohabitation: Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous (Hebrews 13:4). The divorce rate in the United States is high. Forty-three percent of marriages end in divorce within 15 years (www.dcd.gov). Findings from the Rutgers University National Marriage Project showed divorce rates are even higher for those who cohabitate before marriage. The evidence seems to show that living together before marriage increases the risk of divorce. TV sitcoms that show living in sin to be glamorous: I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil (Psalm 101:2-4).

Prayer Time: (10 minutes)

Ask the students to pray for situations in their schools/neighborhoods/families that may not reflect truth. Teacher Note: This time of prayer is not to turn into a gossip time, but have them pray for general situations. Friends not living in right relationships with their boyfriend/girlfriend Families being torn apart by homosexuality, divorce or abuse Christian friends who arent treasuring Christ above all else and obeying the Word in their relationships, self-image and worth, rebellion against authority, etc.

We sometimes hear the expression that accident of sex, as though ones

being a man or woman were a triviality. It is very far from being a triviality. It is our nature. It is the modality under which we live all our lives; it is what you and I are called to becalled by God, this God who is in charge. It is our destiny, planned, ordained, fulfilled by an all-wise, all-powerful, all-loving Lord. Elisabeth Elliot, Let Me Be a Woman, pg. 17

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Genesis 1:26-2:25

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Imago Dei is Latin for the image of God. Of all of Gods creation, only man and woman have the distinct honor of being image bearers. One of the first rights and privileges of being an image bearer of God was mankinds absolute rule over all of creation. One would think that that would have certainly given man enough jurisdiction and rulership to be content and satisfied. Unfortunately, man was not content. Because he did not obey God, this ability to bear the image of God would be marred.

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In Psalm 139, we see that God has gone to great details to create each of us. These verses use the analogy of God knitting us together in our mothers womb. The passages that your child(ren) will study this Sunday point to man and woman being the pinnacle of Gods creation. They will learn of their ability to communicate directly with God, their position to stand before Him with no guilt, and of Gods great desire to relate to His creation. Encourage your child to consider how God clearly desires a relationship with everyone who bears His image. One of the most important ways we and our children bear Gods image is that of all of Gods creation only we have a soul. Treasure Verse: For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mothers womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them (Psalm 139:14-16).

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our children. It is not a single event, but a lifetime of interaction that is based on Gods revelation. We are promised that our teaching will bear fruit in our childrens lives. Tedd and Margy Tripp, Instructing a Childs Heart, pg. 19

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