Today's guide is written by our intern and guest preacher, Tyler Horiuchi
Listen up, little ones
Listen for the words love and grace.
Reading
Ephesians 2:4-10—But God
Optional Reading
1 John 3:1
Keys for kids
- God loves us despite our sins.
- He showed His love by sending Jesus to die in our place.
- If we believe in Jesus, we will be saved.
Questions
- Did God love us because we were good people?
- What must we do to be saved?
- What does God want us to do now that we are saved?
Notes
(See Saturday for authors. )
Yesterday we heard the bad news: we were dead in trespasses and sins and in the hands of an angry God. But we need the bad news because without it, the good news isn’t all that good. What need does a good person have for a savior? In Jesus’s words, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick” (Mark 2:17).
We were dead in trespasses and sins and in the hands of an angry God—but God. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ. Our sin may be great, but God shows us here that His love is even greater. “But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Rom. 5:8) This is a great gift, one that we don’t deserve! And what do we do? We receive it by faith, and the blood of Jesus cleanses us of all our sins. Praise God for His inexpressible gift!
Swedish Method questions
Praise
Psalm 32a, 119u
Prayer
- Thank God that He is rich in mercy and He saved us even when we were dead in sin.
- Pray for the hearing of God’s word preached this Lord's Day.
- Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.