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Explaining God’s Salvation Plan to Kids • It is the Holy Spirit’s job to convict us of our sin and lead us to Christ. It’s a great privilege when God allows us to be part of the process in others! If you have a child who’s expressed an interest in God’s salvation plan, you can use these key thoughts to equip you to have a conversation with him. • The whole Bible describes God’s grand plan to be in a loving relationship with us forever. Ever since Adam and Eve, we all have sinned. (“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23) God is holy. We cannot be in relationship with Him because of our sin. • God is also perfectly fair and just. We all deserve God’s punishment. But He loves us even though we sin. (“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8) God is also perfect love. His love is a free gift. (“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23) • God loves us and wants to forgive us. (“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16) Jesus is God’s perfect Son, and He died on a cross to take the consequences for our sin. But Jesus didn’t stay dead. He conquered death and came back to life to prove He’s stronger than our sin. Because Jesus died and rose again, God’s forgiveness provided a way for us to be in relationship with Him again. • God’s plan is perfect. Believing in Jesus, asking for His forgiveness, and inviting Him to lead your life is the way to accept God’s free gift. (“If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.” Romans 10:9–10) From Spiritual Parenting DVD Curriculum by Michelle Anthony, David C Cook, 2011. Page 1 © 2013 David C. Cook. TruResources are developed in partnership with ROCKHARBOR Church and a national network of family and children’s ministry leaders. All rights reserved.
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Explaining God’s Salvation Plan to Kids
• It is the Holy Spirit’s job to convict us of our sin and lead us to Christ. It’s a great privilege when God allows us to be part of the process in others! If you have a child who’s expressed an interest in God’s salvation plan, you can use these key thoughts to equip you to have a conversation with him.
• The whole Bible describes God’s grand plan to be in a loving relationship with us forever. Ever since Adam and Eve, we all have sinned. (“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23) God is holy. We cannot be in relationship with Him because of our sin.
• God is also perfectly fair and just. We all deserve God’s punishment. But He loves us even though we sin. (“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8) God is also perfect love. His love is a free gift. (“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23)
• God loves us and wants to forgive us. (“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16) Jesus is God’s perfect Son, and He died on a cross to take the consequences for our sin. But Jesus didn’t stay dead. He conquered death and came back to life to prove He’s stronger than our sin. Because Jesus died and rose again, God’s forgiveness provided a way for us to be in relationship with Him again.
• God’s plan is perfect. Believing in Jesus, asking for His forgiveness, and inviting Him to lead your life is the way to accept God’s free gift. (“If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.” Romans 10:9–10)
From Spiritual Parenting DVD Curriculum by Michelle Anthony, David C Cook, 2011.
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© 2013 David C. Cook. TruResources are developed in partnership with ROCKHARBOR Church and a national network of family and children’s ministry leaders. All rights reserved.
Explaining God’s Salvation Plan to Kids (continued)
• God always keeps His promises. Once we believe in Jesus and ask for God’s forgiveness, we can celebrate because we’re sure He forgives us. Now we’re part of The Big God Story and His family forever. (“Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” John 1:12) We want to grow in a relationship with Him and some of the ways we do this include: praying, reading the Bible, worshipping, and being involved with other believers in the faith community.
• God is now our Father, and we have the power of the Holy Spirit to help us live the way He wants us to live. When we have the good news of being in God’s family, we have a new identity, and we want to tell others about it. (Encourage your child to express his decision in his own words.)
• Celebrate! This is the greatest decision a child will ever make, and you’ve been privileged to participate in it!
From Spiritual Parenting DVD Curriculum by Michelle Anthony, David C Cook, 2011.
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© 2013 David C. Cook. TruResources are developed in partnership with ROCKHARBOR Church and a national network of family and children’s ministry leaders. All rights reserved.
The
Bib
le s
ays
that
our
sin
sep
arat
es u
s fr
om
Go
d
(Ro
man
s 6:
23).
But
Go
d p
rovi
ded
a w
ay fo
r us
to
be
in
rela
tions
hip
with
Him
so
we
can
live
with
Him
no
w a
nd
fore
ver.
We
all n
eed
Go
d’s
forg
iven
ess.
• Do
you
wan
t to
kno
w h
ow t
o be
fo
rgiven
by G
od?
Go
d lo
ves
us b
ut H
e ha
tes
sin.
Th
e B
ible
tea
ches
tha
t al
l peo
ple
hav
e
sinn
ed o
r d
iso
bey
ed G
od
(Ro
man
s 3:
23).
• Wh
ere
do y
ou see
sin in
you
r ow
n lif
e?
This
is s
o e
xciti
ng!
No
w t
hat
you
are
forg
iven
and
par
t o
f Go
d’s
fam
ily (J
ohn
1:1
2), y
ou
can
shar
e yo
ur d
ecis
ion
with
oth
ers.
• Is
ther
e someo
ne y
ou w
ant
to t
ell
abou
t you
r de
cisio
n to
follow J
esus?
Jesu
s is
Go
d’s
per
fect
So
n. J
esus
die
d o
n a
cr
oss
to
tak
e th
e co
nseq
uenc
es fo
r o
ur s
ins
(J
ohn
3:1
6). B
ecau
se J
esus
die
d fo
r us
, Go
d
forg
ives
our
sin
s.
• Do
you
bel
ieve
tha
t Je
sus
died
on
the
cro
ss to
for
give
you
r sin
s?
The
Path
to
Salvat
ion
Onc
e w
e as
k Je
sus
to fo
rgiv
e us
, He
take
s aw
ay a
ll o
f our
sin
s.
Jesu
s sa
ves
us fr
om
the
pen
alty
of o
ur s
ins.
And
whe
n w
e tr
ust
Jesu
s as
our
Sav
ior,
we
bec
om
e p
art
of G
od
’s fa
mily
fore
ver
(1 J
ohn
5:
11–1
2). B
ecau
se w
e ar
e p
art
of G
od
’s fa
mily
, we
now
hav
e G
od
’s Sp
irit
to e
mp
ow
er u
s to
live
in a
way
tha
t p
leas
es H
im a
nd t
o d
o
the
thin
gs
that
hel
p u
s le
arn
abo
ut H
im, s
uch
as re
adin
g H
is W
ord
, b
eing
a p
art
of a
loca
l chu
rch,
pra
ying
, etc
. (C
olo
ssia
ns 1
:10)
.
• Wh
at a
re som
e way
s you
can
lea
rn m
ore
ab
out
Jesus?
Follo
wing
Jesus is
a lif
elon
g jou
rney
that
beg
ins
with
a fe
w b
asic
ste
ps.
Bel
ow
yo
u’ll
find
a p
ath
with
sev
eral
dis
cuss
ion
po
ints
to
hel
p g
uid
e yo
ur c
onv
ersa
tion
with
a
ch
ild w
ho e
xpre
sses
an
inte
rest
in G
od
’s p
lan
of s
alva
tion.
Jesu
s d
idn’
t st
ay d
ead
. Th
e B
ible
tel
ls u
s th
at H
e ro
se fr
om
the
dea
d a
nd li
ves
tod
ay. T
hat
mea
ns w
e ca
n ta
lk t
o H
im r
ight
no
w. I
f we
bel
ieve
tha
t Je
sus
die
d o
n th
e cr
oss
to
tak
e th
e co
nseq
uenc
es fo
r o
ur s
ins
and
rose
fro
m t
he d
ead
(Ro
man
s 10
:9–1
0), w
e ca
n as
k G
od
to
forg
ive
us, a
nd H
e w
ill (C
olo
ssia
ns 1
:13–
14; 1
Jo
hn 1
:9).
• Wo
uld
you
like
to a
sk G
od t
o fo
rgive
you
for
you
r sin
s?
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