Introduction
Let me begin with a discipleship question: how will you follow Jesus in faithful obedience to Jesus this week?
Main Points
In this lesson shaped by Calvary Boise's teaching on KIDS TIME: Creative Creatures - November 4, 2020, Christ invites us to receive truth with humility, practice repentance, and walk in faithful obedience.
Sin and Salvation
You know there's something so exciting and satisfying about taking your own two hands some raw materials and the skills that god's giving you. To make something welcome everybody to our series creative creatures where we're going to be exercising our creativity muscles because even if you don't.
- Consider yourself to be an architect an engineer an inventor or an artist god has made you as his special creation his workmanship and.
- You were made in his image and that means you're supposed to reflect god's character to the world so part of that is being.
- Creative today we're going to look at creativity and the area of building things and making things with our hands human beings as god's.
- Special creatures are able to make some extraordinary things one example of this that we see in the bible comes in exodus chapter 31.
Where they talk about the building of the tabernacle which was like a giant tent used for worshiping god so in exodus 31 god.
Grace and Justification
Tells moses look I have specifically chosen bezelle son of urry he is a master craftsman expert in working with gold silver and bronze. He is skilled in engraving and mounting gemstones and in carving wood he is a master at every craft and he goes on to.
- Say I have personally appointed a holy ab to be his assistant moreover I have given special skill to all the gifted craftsmen so.
- They can make all the things I have commanded you to make so it seems like some people have just these natural gifts that.
- Help them to be creative and useful in making things and god also gives people special skills when they need to make things and.
- Others work long and hard at honing their skills until they get really good at their craft so we get to see really amazing.
Works of art and engineering like the tabernacle in the bible but also just think about all the amazing buildings you've seen sculptures that.
Faith and Obedience
Are out there human beings can be really creative as they build things with the skills that god's given them all right before we. Get to our creativity challenge for this week where we're going to be using our hands to build things I'm going to give you.
- A little warm up calling this one hand shapes okay so I'm going to make some shapes with my hands just to get our.
- Hands warmed up for the building process so try to follow along with me as we do a few different hand shapes all right.
- Get ready wiggle those fingers all right first one the heart easy enough okay another one the teepee get it like a tent okay.
- And how about the thumb war gotcha okay all right got some more how about the dove the dove okay and the binoculars and.
Lastly the octopus okay are your hands warmed up good now it's time for the creativity challenge this week it is your job to.
Living the Truth in Daily Life
Build something with your own two hands so it could be really anything you could build a robot you could build a fort you. Could shape a sculpture out of clay or plato build something with legos just take a moment to be a creative creature and build.
- Something god has given us the great ability to use our hands to make things not only is that cool but it's also a.
- Lot of fun so enjoy your challenge this week be creative creatures I'll see you next time you.
Conclusion
We return to the opening teaching: discipleship is not just information, it is transformation through faith and obedience to Jesus. If we receive His Word and walk it out, He will shape us into people who endure and bear fruit.
Lord Jesus, help me hear Your Word, obey it with faith, and grow as Your disciple. Amen.
Conclusion
We return to the opening teaching: discipleship is not just information, it is transformation through faith and obedience to Jesus. If we receive His Word and walk it out, He will shape us into people who endure and bear fruit.
Closing Prayer
Lord Jesus, help me hear Your Word, obey it with faith, and grow as Your disciple. Amen.