JBC Lesson Plan: Year One Week 12

Well, it's time for me to get back on track. We'll pick up from where we have left off more than 2 months ago!

5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.

6 And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”

Notes

1. The Christian view of man and the state
   God is sovereign. The individual is God's servant. The state is the individual's servant.

2. The pagan view of man and the state
   State is sovereign. The individual is the state's servant.

3. Out in the wilderness, God commanded the Israelites to be His servants, to obey Him. They were to be a kingdom of priests to Him. (Ex. 19:5-6)

4. God was their king. Moses was their leader.

5. However, their lack of knowledge of God and their old dependence on the state resulted in ten crisis points. To them, returning to Egypt was easier as they didn't have to think, choose, trust and obey God. Life as slaves seemed “easier” than life having to depend on God.

6. Self-government (letting God direct and control oneself) was harder than being told what to do. They preferred bondage to liberty. Bondage is voluntary. Freedom takes godly character to maintain.

7. When Moses sent out men to spy out the land, just as God had commanded, 10 out of the 12 brought back a bad report.

8. The people rebelled and wanted a new leader.

9. Moses interceded for them.

10. New decision: the wilderness would now be God's training ground for the people. For the next 40 years, they would learn learn to depend on God. They would have to shed their pagan view of man and state.

My Lesson Plan

1. Laying the foundation
   Review the events that led up to this part of the story.
   

   DD to narrate past lessons leading up to this one.

   Ask: What do people's actions reveal about them?

2. Presentation
   We will take turns reading the scripture passages.

3. Discussion
   We will fill the chart on the white board together and talk about it.
   We will discuss examples of cause and effect in the story and how internal ideas give rise to external actions and behavior.

4. Documentation
   DD to fill in the chart herself for her notebook.
   DD to do copy work based on Ex. 19:5-6

5. Other Activities
   Crossword puzzles
   http://sewhttkr.home.comcast.net/bibleWS/bibleWS/31_canaan.htm
   Coloring page
   http://children.calvarychapel.com/site/pdf/Old/Curr049.pdf
   Acting out