In the Old Testament Isaac certainly was a miracle baby... and so are all true children of Abraham (also known as Christians!!). Are you one? What distinguishes a true child of Abraham from a slave child as Paul refers to them?

Galatians 3:26-5:2
Genesis 16:15-17:6,17:15-22,18:9-15,21:1-7
Acts 11:23

Sermon discussion topics for parents to use with their children:

• Why did Abraham and Sarah laugh?

• Why did Abraham want God to use Ishmael?

• Why did God wait so long to give them a baby?

• What does it mean that Isaac is a child of promise?

• Who are Abraham's children of promise today?

• Why are they still called children of promise?

Christians are justified through faith in Jesus... in the Old Testament so was Abraham... in fact he is our role model for exercising audacious faith.

Genesis 11:27-12:20,13:14-16,14:22-15:6
Galatians 3:5-9,3:15-18,3:26-29
John 8:51-59
Romans 3:21-24,4:1-5,4:13,4:16-25

Sermon discussion topics for parents to use with their children:

• Why is Abraham so important?

• Why will only true children of Abraham be saved?

• What was so audacious about Abraham's faith?

• Why do we need to exercise such faith?

• Why is it hard to follow his example?

In the Old Testament Adam and Eve experienced terrible results from their sin... and grace, love, mercy, and a wonderful promise.

Revelation 12,20:10
Genesis 3:1-4:8,4:23-26
John 8:44
Romans 8:19-22,16:17-20
1 John 3:10-13,3:8
Colossians 2:14-15

Sermon discussion topics for parents to use with their children:

• What were some of the horrible results of Adam's sin?

• How was God's love and grace also experienced at the same time?

• How has the enmity between the woman's and the serpent's seed worked out in history?

• Today?

• Who was the great deliverer promised, and how will He crush the serpent's head?

• What does this mean for you?

The Old Testament and the New Testament tell one story: the rich story of God redeeming the world through Jesus. This sermon will focus on the two attempts of Satan to destroy God's plans, one succeeded (sort of) and one failed (gloriously)!

Deuteronomy 8
Genesis 1:1,3:1-11
Luke 24:44-46
John 5:39
2 Corinthians 11:3
1 Timothy 2:14
Matthew 3:13-4:4
1 Corinthians 15:21-22

Sermon discussion topics for parents to use with their children:

• What is the Old Testament about (one word answer!!)?

• What was Satan's strategy with Eve?

• Who fell when Adam ate?

• Why?

• Who is the second Adam?

• Why was His temptation so much greater?

• How did He not fall?

• What does this mean for us?

God uses food to teach many truths... the Passover meal, manna from heaven, the Lord's Supper... and ultimately and wonderfully: Jesus as the bread of life!

Exodus 16
John 6:25-70,2:23-25,7:7,1:29

• But if he gives no record of the institution, he does give us in this discourse of Jesus something which fills the Lord’s Supper with a deep wealth of meaning for the believer. Our Lord in this discourse is not indeed speaking directly of the Lord’s Supper, but He does expound the truth which the Lord’s Supper conveys. F.F. Bruce The Gospel of John

• ...the language is sacrificial... 'the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world' (John 1:29). To give one's flesh can scarcely mean anything other than death, and the wording here points to a death which is both voluntary ('I will give')and substitutional ('for the life of the world'). Leon Morris The Gospel according to John

• Eating and drinking thus appear to be a very graphic way of saying that people must take Christ into their innermost being. The words, then, are a cryptic allusion to the atoning death that Christ would die, together with a challenge to enter the closest and most intimate relation with Him. Leon Morris The Gospel according to John

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• What are the various ways people relate to Jesus?

• What are examples of God using food to teach us truths?

• Why did Jesus call Himself the Bread of Life?

• How do we eat of this bread?

• Which of the three persons who were addressed in the application are you?

Are you concerned about your salvation and your future eternal well being? There is someone who is more concerned about you than you are! And He has done some amazing things because of His concern.

John 6,5:28-29
Ephesians 1:3-6
2 Timothy 1:9

Sermon discussion topics for parents to use with their children:

• How did God the Father show His concern for our salvation in times past?

• What was His will for His Son?

• How has the Father shown concern for your salvation in your lifetime?

• What is the Effectual Call?

• Why should all of this give you hope, joy, and a sense of security?

The plan of redemption was established even before the creation of the world. The Cross was the completion of that plan. Therefore, work out your salvation with fear and trembling to do the good works God has called you to do.

Ephesians 2:1-10,1:4
Genesis 1:1
John 3:19,3:16
Romans 4:25
Hebrews 1:1
James 2:17,3:24
Revelation 3:19-22

Jesus said He is the Vine, His Father is the Vinedresser, and we are the branches. What does this say about are relationship with Him? And what does it mean to be pruned?

John 15:1-17,1:1,14:23-24,14:15,14:30-31,13:10,13:35-36,11:25
Isaiah 5:1-7
1 John 1:1-4

Jesus commands us to stop worrying... then He gives us many reasons to consider why we should stop.

Luke 12:1-34
Psalm 27:1,27:3,3:5-6,56:3-4
1 Peter 5:7
Philippians 4:6-7
James 2:5

Sermon discussion topics for parents to use with their children:

• Jesus commands us to quit worrying. What are the reasons He gives for this commandment?

• What is the one main reason we do worry so much?

• How can we come to trust God better?

• What does it mean that faith includes: knowledge, conviction, and finally, entrustment?

What if.... there was an infinite, all powerful God who loved you personally and deeply? What is the proof that that What If is in fact a What Is?

1 John 4
Romans 8:31-32
2 Corinthians 9:15

• The infinite essential love of God, is, as it were, an infinite and eternal, mutual, holy, energy between the Father and the Son: a pure and holy act, whereby the Deity becomes, as it were, one infinite and unchangeable emotion of love proceeding from both the Father and the Son. This divine love has its seat in the Deity, as it is exercised within the Deity, or in God toward himself.Jonathan Edwards Heaven a World of Love

Sermon discussion topics for parents to use with their children:

• What was the What If that was outlined in the sermon?

• Why is that possibly so attractive?

• What is proof number one that was given?

• List some of these examples of God's love and goodness to you in your life.

• What is the Big proof that God loves us according to the passage?

• Why was/is God's Son so precious to Him?

• How hard would it be to give a Son?

• Can this God be trusted?