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Thrown Out: Is There Any Hope?

Bible Passage: Genesis 3:14,15, 21-24 Bible Truth: After G d !unis"es sin, "e graci usl# !r vides " !e $# giving us a glim!se int " % &atan %ill $e defeated. Lesson Objective: '"at students understand G d(s !lan t save man fr m t"e mess "e g t "imself int . What you nee : '"is sessi n re)uires s me advance !re!arati n f r it t reall# $e g d, including v lunteers !re!ared t !erf rm a skit* !a!er +magnif#ing glasses+ r t"er !a!er %it" ,i$le verses %ritten n t"em, ta!e* ,i$les, t"ree !ieces f $lank !a!er* !encils* !ti nal: '-, -./, and vide +0rince f Eg#!t+* snacks f r a !art#, like drinks and c"i!s, $all ns f r dec rati n and even music if # u %ant. Opening: 1uman 2n t--1ave t"e students f rm gr u!s made u! f $et%een 5 t 3 !e !le and ask t"em t stand in a circle. '"e students s" uld t"en reac" int t"e circle %it" t"eir rig"t "and and gras! t"e "and f s me ne else, t"er t"an t"e !ers n n t"eir immediate rig"t r left. '"e# re!eat t"e !r cess %it" t"e left "and, resulting in a large "uman kn t. '"en t"e# s" uld tr# t untangle t"emselves, %it" ut letting g f t"e "ands t"e# are " lding. 4"en a gr u! manages t untangle t"emselves, c ngratulate t"em as t"e %inners, "ave all f t"e students return t t"eir seats and ask:
Was it easy or hard to get untangled? Did any group get stuck and not know how to make more progress? If so, how did you feel? How is being part of this knot like the lives of Adam and Eve after they ate the forbidden fruit? 5t"e# g t
t"emselves in a mess* 6t(s "ard t get ut7

Interactive Learning
8,ef re t"e less n $egins find t% v lunteers f r a skit. 6t # u can(t get s me ne a"ead f time, $e !re!ared t act t"e !art f t"e !ers n receiving t"e ne%s in rder t em!"asi9e t"e element f relief. '"e skit %ill c nsist f t% scenes. 6n $ t" s me ne is sitting n a !ark $enc" eating t"eir lunc" %"en a friend a!!r ac"es, and after s me greetings t"e friend tells t"e t"er n t t % rr# t"at "e d esn(t "ave t !a# "im an#t"ing. 6n t"e first scene t"ere % n(t $e muc" res! nse n t"e !art f t"e seated ne $ecause "e didn(t %e "is friend an#t"ing an#%a#. 6n t"e sec nd scene, c mmunicate t"at t"e seated friend %es t"e t"er ne a l t f m ne# s %"en "e is t ld t"at "e d esn(t "ave t !a# an#t"ing "e is ver# relieved and e:cited.;

0lace t"e skit !artici!ants %"ere ever# ne can see t"em. 1ave t"em !erf rm t"e skit and after%ards t"ank t"em and ask t"e rest f t"e class:
Why was the reaction to the news so different in two scenes? 5in t"e sec nd scene it %as reall# g d ne%s
$ecause t"e !ers n %ed a l t f m ne#, it %as a relief7

Bible Application 86n t"is stud# it is ver# im!

rtant t"at # u as leader understand t"e verses and !re!are t"e materials s # u can "el! t"e students e:!erience t"e searc" and c me t understand t"eir verses. '"ere are several %a#s # u can d t"e f ll %ing stud#. '"e m st creative is t cut t"e s"a!e f a magnif#ing glass ut f different c l rs f c nstructi n !a!er, %rite t"e a verse n eac" ne, and ta!e t"em ar und t"e r m %it" t"e verses in c"r n l gical rder fr m Genesis t /ev. s t"e students are detectives n an investigati n searc"ing f r clues. <se red !a!er f r t"e +lam$+ verses, !ur!le f r t"e +king+ verses, and %"ite f r t"e +!riest+ verses. =r # u can %rite t"e verses in t"e different c l rs n !ieces f !lain !a!er and !aste t"em ar und t"e r m. '"e >!riest? verses are m re c"allenging t"an t"e t"ers s stud# t"em first and decide if t"e# are t difficult f r # ur students. 6f s use @ust t"e t"er t% verses.;

ast week we saw how !od punished Adam " Eve for their sin and threw them out of the !arden of Eden, leaving all humanity and the whole earth in a cursed state# !od is $ust and he punishes sin# %ut He is also merciful and so began to put into action his plan to restore the relationship broken by mankind and to remove the curse from the world#

1ave a student read Genesis 3: 21-24 ut l ud t"en ask:

What gracious acts of !od do we see in v# &'(&)? 8G d cl t"ed t"em %it" s met"ing m re ade)uate t"an fig leaves*
$# t"r %ing t"em ut f t"e garden "e !revented t"em fr m eating fr m t"e tree f life and t"us "aving t live f rever in t"eir cursed state; What do we learn about !od*s plan from +,'-? 8alt" ug" t"e ser!entA&atan %ill cause mankind t suffer 5+$ruise "is "eel+7, "e %ill eventuall# $e defeated $# a man, 5+$ruise # ur "ead+7;

.he statement, /And I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your seed and her 0eed1 He shall bruise your head and you shall bruise His heel,/ is the first glimpse in the %ible of !od*s plan to rescue the world from the mess it*s in# And it*s the first hint that this rescue will happen through a man, a /0eed/ of Eve# Everything that follows in the %ible is the story of this plan being put into action# .his is a process like the rising of the sun# At first you can barely see a change in the darkness, then gradually you can see more

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clearly the shadows and the light, until the sun bursts over the hori2on and fills the world with it*s light# et*s take a few minutes now and search through the %ible looking for the clues about this plan# La!b: "n ##: $%&'( )* &#: #&%#+( Lev, &-:&&( Is ./:-( 0n, &:#1( 2ev, .:$%&3 4ing: "n '1: +%&#( # 5a!, -: &#%&-( Is 1: $6-( 0n, &+: //%/-( & Ti!, $: &/%&$( 2ev, &.:/6'6 &1:&$ Priest: "n &': &+%#36 )* #+: &6 #16 /3( Lev, ': #36 #$( & 5a!, #: /.( Heb, #: &-6 &+6 1: &&%&.( 2ev, #&:##

Bivide t"e students int t"ree gr u!s and give eac" gr u! a !iece f !a!er and a !encil. E:!lain t"at t"e# are detectives searc"ing f r clues a$ ut G d(s !lan. Assign a c l r t eac" gr u! and tell t"em t %alk ar und t"e r m c llecting t"eir clues in rder. At eac" clue t"e# s" uld l k u! t"e verse, r verses, and %rite d %n a summar#. 4"en t"e# "ave c llected all f t"e clues t"e# s" uld return t t"eir seats and as a gr u! c me u! %it" an e:!lanati n f G d(s !lan acc rding t t"eir clues. 4"en all gr u!s "ave finis"ed ask t"em t s"are %"at t"e# f und %it" t"e t"er gr u!s. '"en discuss,
Were any of your verses hard to understand? If so, which ones? 8if students still d n t understand s me f t"eir
verses tr# t "el! t"em understand t"em t"e $est # u can. C r t"is reas n # ur !re!arati n is im! rtant.;

Did the verses make more sense as you moved on to later clues? If so, why? What did you learn through this activity? How does !od*s plan for mankind make you feel towards Him?

7o!!it!ent: 6f ! ssi$le, s" % t"e 0ass ver scenes fr m t"e m vie >t"e 0rince f Eg#!t? %"ere t"e# 6sraelites !ut t"e $l d n t"eir d r! sts and t"e angel f deat" g es a$ ut in t"e cit#. 6f # u canDt s" % t"e m vie cli!, ask s me ne t descri$e %"at "a!!ened during 0ass ver. 6f t"e# d nDt kn % summari9e f r t"em E: dus c"a!ter 12. t"en discuss,
Why did the Israelites painted the blood of the lamb over their front door? 8s t"at t"e angel f deat" % uld
!ass ver and n t kill t"e first$ rn in t"e " use;

What would have happened if an Israelite had neglected to put the blood over their door? 8t"e first$ rn
% uld "ave died;

3ne thing we learn in the %ible is that !od doesn*t save people /automatically/ because of their race or religion or even because of the faith of their parents or grandparents# 4ust like each house had to have the blood over the door, each person must have 4esus blood covering his or her sins in order to be forgiven# Each person has to go to 4esus, the High 5riest, asking him pay for their sins with His blood and making Him the king of his or her life# 0ome of you have already done that and show Him your gratitude by trying to live how He wants you to# 3thers of you have committed your life to !od at some point, maybe at a camp or an evangelistic meeting, but you still have doubts about some things or you still have things in your life that you know aren*t pleasing to Him# And others here may have never confessed their sins to !od and asked 4esus to be their 0avior and ord# If that*s you maybe you*ve come to reali2e how your sin causes a barrier between you and !od and you want that barrier to be broken down# 6aybe you*ve seen how much !od loves you and wants to have a relationship with you# 7o matter what your situation is right now !od knows what is in your heart# et*s bow our heads, and if you already know that your sins have been forgiven, thank !od for that and ask him to help you share that $oy with others# If you have doubts or struggles in your faith, ask Him to teach you and strengthen you through his 0pirit and through his people# If you have never trusted in 4esus as your savior and king, He*s here now, wanting you to do that#

All % t"e students a fe% minutes t !ra# t"en cl se %it" a $rief !ra#er f t"anking G d f r "is !lan f salvati n. After t"e !ra#er tell t"e students t"at # u are m re t"an "a!!# t talk %it" t"em after t"e less n a$ ut an# decisi ns r d u$ts t"e# mig"t "ave. 7losing:
In closing let*s $ust celebrate all !od has done and will do for us#

=!en u! !art# snacks and dec rate %it" $all t"anksgiving.

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