Passages: Luke
Big Idea: Jesus came to seek and save us.
Ages: 3-4
Ten lessons for 3 and 4 year olds exploring Jesus' saving work in Luke's gospel. Includes two lessons for Christmas.
Luke is an ordered historical account of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Luke writes so that we may have certainty about who Jesus is.
The good news of the book of Luke is summed up in Luke 19:10 “The Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.” The gospel is for all who are lost. Jesus comes to save the poor, the widowed, the notorious sinner, the Jew first but the Gentile as well.
Jesus is either crazy or a liar, or he is who he claims to be - God’s Son, our Saviour. Getting it right about Jesus is all that really matters. Throughout the gospel we meet people who get it right about Jesus and we meet people who get it badly wrong.
The shepherds announced the birth of this Saviour to the world. Jesus calls people to be devoted followers and to count the cost of true discipleship. The disciples leave everything - their business, family and home - to follow him. A blind beggar sees clearly that Jesus is the one God promised would come, from David’s line, the Saviour of the world. A tax collector, hated by all because of his greed, was willing to give away all he’d accumulated once he encountered Jesus. And Martha sat at Jesus' feet and hung off his every word.
The Pharisees, the rich and even the lepers healed by Jesus failed to see who was standing in front of them. They condemned him, walked away from him or were simply oblivious to him. And then there’s Peter. Who gets it so right, then so very, very wrong.
The unit comes complete with the following resources:
1. Leaders Manuals
2. Active Play & Games Ideas
3. Songs & Action Rhymes & Memory Verse
4. Bible Stories (full scripts, with sets of pictures for each story)
5. Small Group Time & Prayer Time Guides (complete with resources)
6. Take-Home Crafts (for children to use to retell the Bible story at home)
7. Story Book (for parents to read at home with their child)
8. Parent Pamphlet (detailing what children will learn)
9. God's Amazing World Banner (to display)
10. Routine Picture (to display for the group or for use by a child)
This unit is one of four units in two-year cycle for this age group.
Cycle B includes:
1. Our God Saves
2. The Story Of The Kings
3. God's Amazing Promises
4. The Saviour Of The World