Worship Lesson 3: Old and New Covenant connections, Who God is

Define: Worship, Symbol Connect: OT worship (temple, tithe, sacrifice, Passover)  NT worship- Last Supper teaches- Remembrance—expand Terms: Trinity, Worship, God’s Character,  Communion, Covenant, Lord’s Supper, Belief

Review Have bibles. Visual from biblefunforkids.com- Old & New Covenant Radical book for kids: pg.202-203 Hebrews:10:9-11 Luke 22:14-20 icb

Activity: ·         God’s Character (give pairs magnet letters & attribute description- to make word and share). ·         Add the Cross to God’s Covenant at the start. Teach Trinity as Triangle- God in three parts ·         Read verses. Show Symbols. ·         Coloring Page: Last Supper and story form last supper. ·      Review Books of the Bible OT-try NT if time.

Attention Getter: Who God is- His attributes

Have baggies of letters for pairs out, with a description of the attribute, and a card with the answer.  Have the students figure out the word, and then think of an example of this attribute of God. 

I.e.  God is Great.  Great means that He is better than other things. (an outstandingly superior skilled person) Or the Highest form of the Trinity.  Example:  God created EVERYTHING.  God provides for us. God loves us.

Resource found here and explained- thanks biblefunforkids.com

Today- the whole picture is put together with the cross in the middle!! 

 Define Symbol- a representation, a sign, letters that stand for something.  (when you see a wedding ring? A heart? Stone tablets, sign language, man/woman on door)

This is the review.

Read Hebrews 10:9-11 together: ⁹ Then he said, “Here I am. I have come to do what you want.” So God ends the first system of sacrifices so that he can set up the new system. ¹⁰ Jesus Christ did what God wanted him to do. And because of this, we are made holy through the sacrifice of his body. Christ made this sacrifice only once, and for all time. ¹¹ Every day the priests stand and do their religious service. Again and again they offer the same sacrifices. But those sacrifices can never take away sins.

Hebrews 10:9-11 New Living Translation (NLT)  ⁹ Then he said, “Look, I have come to do your will.” He cancels the first covenant in order to put the second into effect. ¹⁰ For God’s will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time.  ¹¹ Under the old covenant, the priest stands and ministers before the altar day after day, offering the same sacrifices again and again, which can never take away sins.

What else is worship?

Introduce Concept: Worship: could be thought of as “Worth Ship” to bring assign worth or value to.

Could be thought of as to honor, revere, praise. A simple way to think about WORSHIP of God- to give glory & praise, honor to God.  When we are seeking God with our whole hearts, we are able to remember and CELEBRATE who God is.  On our own and each week in the Lord’s Supper. 

We worship God because of Who He is.  Our focus is on God and the Lord Jesus and who they are, what Jesus has done for us, and we respond with praise the comes from our hearts overflowing with gratitude.