Image of God
True or False: Being made in God's image means we look just like Him.
False - it means He made us "like" Him. We think, feel, make choices, and are creative like God.
True or False: Satan will do anything he can to get a person to hate God.
True - Satan is constantly at work lying and tricking people into believing things that aren't true so they will turn their back on God.
Sin is anything we say, think, or do that disobeys God.
True or False: When life seems hard or bad things happen, it is always because we have done something wrong or disobeyed God.
False - sometimes life is hard or bad things happen just because there is sin in the world, not necessarily because we personally did something wrong.
Romans 6:23 tells us that "the GIFT of God is eternal life..." What do we need to do to receive the gift?
Choose to accept it.
True or False: We should be afraid of the Lord's return because it will be loud and scary.
False - The Lord's return is something to look forward to! God promises to send Jesus back to get those who believe in Him so we can live with Him in heaven forever!
How long is eternity?
It goes on without end.
What does it mean that God gave humans "dominion" over the animals?
We are in charge of them and are supposed to take care of them.
What was Lucifer's big sin that made God kick him out of heaven?
Lucifer was prideful - he wanted to be God.
How did Satan get Adam and Eve to disobey God?
He twisted God's words and tricked them into questioning God, so they disobeyed.
Name one consequence God gave Adam and Eve.
Adam would have to work hard for his food, he would die one day. Eve would have pain in childbirth.
FALSE! We all sin and can never hope to be good enough to earn our way into heaven. Only trusting in Jesus as our Savior will allow us to have eternal life with God in heaven.
Briefly describe what Jesus' return will be like - include at least 2 details from your memory verse.
Jesus will descend from heaven with trumpet sounds, those that believed in Jesus and have died will rise first, and then believers who are still alive will meet them in the air and all of them will be with the Lord forever.
Which of the following statements is False?
A. God created the heavens and the earth.
B. Heaven and earth as we know them will last forever.
C. God is eternal (will always be).
B. The Bible tells us that heaven and earth will perish and God will change them.
Humans were made uniquely from all the rest of God's creation. What was different about how God made us?
He made us in His image, in His likeness.
Since Satan is so good at deceiving people, how can we be sure that something we hear is true?
Compare it to the Bible. God's Word is always true, so if it doesn't line up with God's Word we shouldn't believe it.
True or False: Satan made Adam and Eve sin.
False - Adam and Eve believed Satan's lies and chose to disobey God.
Who was affected by Adam and Eve's sin?
Every person who has ever lived, starting with Adam and Eve all the way to us now.
List everything you have to do to be saved, in order.
Step 1 - Believe in Jesus as your Savior.
THE END!
How does knowing that Jesus will come back someday make hard things in life easier to deal with?
It gives us something good to look forward to. Even when life is hard or bad things happen, we can focus on God's promise and have hope in a future with Him in heaven.
If we choose to accept Jesus as our Savior, where will we spend eternity? With whom? What will it be like?
We will spend eternity in heaven in the presence of God. There will be no sin, sadness, crying, or pain.
God wants us to choose to love Him and have a relationship with Him.
Who is more powerful: God or Satan? How do you know?
God is more powerful. God is ALL-powerful. God created Lucifer and the Bible makes it clear that Satan will be sent to eternal punishment in hell in the future.
Romans 5:12 tells us that all sin entered the world by ____________.
One man.
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—
What was the long-term consequence of Adam and Eve's sin?
Pain, suffering, and death entered the world.
What made it so that Jesus' death took care of the punishment for our sins?
He lived a perfect and sinless life, and then chose to die in our place.
How is the hope of God different than "hoping" you get ice cream after dinner tonight?
Before each of us dies, we have one important decision to make. What are the choices?
We must choose to either accept God's gift of salvation through Jesus - OR - reject His gift. There is no other option.