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1 TCH BIB STUDY What? Job? Why now? Most biblical authorities believe, based on subject matter and language, that Job was a contemporary to the patriarchs. Job fits chronologically into this period of history. The story of Job helps Christians see God alone is all-powerful, sovereign, and good. Job s story is one all people can relate to, as everyone will suffer in his or her lifetime. God s dialogue with Job reveals His characteristics clearly. Have you ever in your life commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place? (Job 38:12) God is all-powerful! Does the eagle soar at your command and make its nest on high? (Job 39:27) God is sovereign. Who provides the raven s food when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food? (Job 38:41) God is good. Throughout all of Job s suffering, Job never stopped trusting God. isten to Job s response to God s questions: I am so insignificant. How can I answer You? (Job 40:4) Job didn t understand his suffering, but he understood who God is. While the Book of Job speaks volumes to the problem of human suffering, it is also an important picture of how a suffering person should relate to God. Though Job sometimes doubted God, he never turned away. Job s suffering actually brought him closer to God. Pray that you will help the kids you teach understand the story of Job and its implications. Point them to the true suffering servant, Jesus, who was truly innocent yet suffered greatly so that we could be brought closer to God in both our suffering and in our joy. Job reminds us that following Jesus will be worth it. God is good, present, and in control. We can trust Him when we don t understand the pain we have to endure. t the cross God used the ultimate pain to bring about the ultimate good, our future and final salvation from sin. SSN VVIW/SCHDU Session Title: Job Bible Passage: Job 1 42 Big Picture Question: Who is in control? God is all-powerful, sovereign, and good. Key Passage: Genesis 1:27 Unit Christ Connection: God knew we would sin, and Jesus, our Creator, came to redeem us and protect us from the wrath of God by suffering for us. Transition Time Welcome time ctivity sheet/table Centers Session starter (10 minutes) esson Countdown Introduce the session (1 minute) 1

2 Big picture question (2 minutes) Tell the Bible story (8 minutes) Timeline map (4 minutes) Sing (5 minutes) Key passage (4 minutes) Discussion starter video (4 minutes) Prayer (2 minutes) Table Time Bible story review & Bible skills (10 minutes) Key passage activity (5 minutes) ctivity choice (10 minutes) Prayer (5 minutes) TH BIB STY/VVIW Job Job 1 42 Job was a wealthy man known as the greatest man in the area where he lived. Job was also known as a man of perfect integrity who tried to resist sin. He had a relationship with God and was committed to following God s plan. ne day Satan came before God. God asked Satan if he had noticed Job, a man who followed God. God said that no one on earth was like Job. Satan claimed that Job only followed God because God had protected and blessed Job. He said that if God took away all Job owned, then Job would not follow God anymore. So God gave Satan permission to take away all Job owned, but he was not allowed to hurt Job. Satan sent men to steal Job s oxen, donkeys, and camels, and he sent lightning to kill Job s sheep. He also caused Job s children to die. In one day Job lost all of his wealth and his children, but Job continued to follow God. gain Satan came before God. God again asked him if he had noticed Job. God told him that even after all Satan had done, Job still followed God and kept his integrity. Satan said that if Job became sick, he would not praise God anymore. So God gave Satan permission to make Job sick, but God would not let Satan kill Job. Job became ill with boils all over his skin. His wife thought he should blame God. But Job told her that God was always in control whether Job experienced good times or bad times. Three of Job s friends, liphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, came to visit him so they could comfort him. Job shared with his friends how confused and grieved he was over all he had experienced. Instead of comforting Job, his friends told Job that he must have sinned to cause these bad things to happen to him. His friends believed that suffering only came to people who sin. They believed that Job was being punished for a sin he had committed and that Job should repent so God would restore his good fortune. Job was very upset that his friends had not comforted him and that they did not believe he was innocent. Job responded that he knew he had not sinned. Job wished he had a mediator to represent him before God. Because Job could not explain why he was suffering, he wanted some answers from God. Job wanted God to come tell his friends that he was innocent and to answer 2

3 his questions about why he was suffering. s Job s friends insisted he must have sinned, Job became depressed and questioned whether God was just and why God was silent and would not answer his questions. Finally lihu, another friend of Job s, explained that God was not silent. lihu accused Job of insisting on his own righteousness to the point that he implied God was unjust. lihu argued that God was righteous, merciful, and just. He reminded Job that God was all-powerful and sovereign over all. fter lihu spoke to Job, God spoke to Job through a whirlwind. God asked Job if he was there when God made the earth. Was Job the one who told the sea where it should stop? Did Job decide when the sun would rise or when it would snow? Did Job put the stars in the sky? God asked if Job knew when all the animals had their babies or if he was able to tell the eagles when to fly in the sky. God used all of these questions to help Job understand that God was sovereign, allpowerful, and good. Job was a human who was not capable of fully understanding God s plans. He should have known to trust that God had control over everything and that God could use even the bad things that happened to Job for good. God gave Job the opportunity he wanted earlier, to speak directly to God about his suffering. Job realized that he had spoken about things he did not understand, and he repented of his earlier words and attitude. God restored all of Job s wealth and doubled the amount of possessions he had before he lost them all. ll of his relatives and former friends came to a special dinner at Job s house to comfort Job. Job had 10 more children and lived 140 years after his suffering. He saw his grandchildren and great-grandchildren be born and grow up before he died. Christ Connection: Job s suffering and his request for a mediator gives us a glimpse of our Savior, Jesus. Neither Job nor Jesus experienced suffering because they had sinned. Unlike Job, Jesus never questioned why He had to suffer. Jesus understood that we needed Him to pay the price for our sin and be our mediator before God. TNSITIN TIM Session Title: Job Bible Passage: Job 1 42 Big Picture Question: Who is in control? God is all-powerful, sovereign, and good. Key Passage: Genesis 1:27 Unit Christ Connection: God knew we would sin, and Jesus, our Creator, came to redeem us and protect us from the wrath of God by suffering for us. Welcome time Greet early arrivals, complete attendance sheets, take up offering, and help new kids connect to your group. You may choose to review the unit sessions, the chronology of God s story, and the big picture questions. 3

4 ctivities/table Centers Table Centers (Miscellaneous ctivities) Describing God / Big Picture Fill-In activity sheets, 1 per kid (esson Specific) pencils Bibles ead boys and girls to find the definitions on the Describing God activity sheet. eview the definitions and help kids understand how each one describes God. Say In today s Bible story Job and his friends learn that these words describe God. What words do you use to describe God? Session starter (10 minutes) ption 1: If you like Tip: Be sensitive to kids feelings during this game and do not allow one kid to stay in the middle too long. Join them in doing something silly to get another person to smile Urge kids to sit in a circle or semicircle. Select one kid to start the game by being in the middle. The goal is for the person in the middle to make someone in the circle smile. To make someone smile you complete the statement: If you like, you ll smile, and make a silly face, tell a joke, or be goofy. (examples: pizza, baseball, 4-H) They cannot touch the person. If the person smiles they must trade seats and they are now in the middle. If they do not smile, the middle person must move on to someone else. Say This was a silly game, but it shows us how easily we can influence someone to do something. True friends try to be a good influence and help us understand God. In our Bible story today, Job s friends tried to influence him. isten to find out if they were a good influence or a negative influence. isten to see if they truly understood who God was. ption 2: Good advice or bad advice paper pencils Give each kid a couple of pieces of paper. sk boys and girls to write on each paper some good advice a friend has given them or that they have given a friend (example: don t forget to do your history project). Collect all the papers. ead a scenario from the list below and read two or three papers from the kids. sk the kids to evaluate whether each one is good advice or bad advice for that situation. 1. You hurt your foot at soccer practice. 2. You made a C on your science test. 3. You saw a bully being mean to your little sister. 4. Your friend is having a bad day and is sad. Say Some of the advice wasn t very good because you didn t know the situation when you wrote down your advice. In today s Bible story Job s friends didn t understand the whole situation when they tried to give him some advice about God. Some of it was good, but most of it was bad advice. Transition to large group 4

5 SSN Session Title: Job Bible Passage: Job 1 42 Big Picture Question: Who is in control? God is all-powerful, sovereign, and good. Key Passage: Genesis 1:27 Unit Christ Connection: God knew we would sin, and Jesus, our Creator, came to redeem us and protect us from the wrath of God by suffering for us. Countdown countdown video (Insert provided DVD with esson Videos and Worship) Show the countdown video as you clean-up table centers, set up classroom chairs for lesson, and set it to end as large group time begins. Introduce the session (1 minute) eader re you all ready for our last flight on Big Picture irlines? Has anyone ever had a really bad, awful, miserable day before? Yeah. We all have had one of those days where everything went wrong. Sometimes that happens to people while flying on an airplane. They lose their luggage or miss their flight or have to wait a long time for their flight. r sometimes you might have a bad day at school because you made a bad grade or your friends hurt your feelings. We all have bad days. Today s Bible story is about a guy who has more than one bad day, and he has a hard time understanding why bad things happened to him. Sometimes when bad things happen to us we ask why. But an even better question to ask is our big picture question. Big picture question (2 minutes) 11x17 poster provided eader ur big picture question is Who is in control? Usually when bad things happen to us we focus on us. It s all about how bad our day is. We ask why is this happening to me, and we want to complain. But if we remember the answer to the question Who is in control, it will help us. et s open our Bibles and see Who is in control? Tell the Bible story (8 minutes) Job video Bibles big picture question: Who is in control? 11x17 poster provided Bible story picture 11x17 poster provided pen your Bible to the Book of Job and share the story of Job in your own words, or show the Bible story video Job. eader Job had a lot of bad things happen to him. Did you all hear at the beginning what kind of man God told Satan that Job was? Job was a man of perfect integrity. Integrity means faithful support of a standard of values. That means that Job was faithful in following God and God s instructions. ll the bad stuff that happened to Job is called suffering. When Job was suffering, he couldn t understand why he was suffering. He forgot that he knew the answer to our big picture question. What is our question? Who is in control? The answer to our question is God is all-powerful, sovereign, and good. llpowerful means that God owns all power and He can do anything He wants. Sovereign means that God is in control of all things and accomplishes whatever He pleases. Good means worthy of approval. God is good and everything He does is good. 5

6 Sometimes, just like Job, we can forget that God is always in control. ven when we suffer, God is in control. Job wanted a mediator, someone who could talk to God for him. We have a mediator. Jesus suffered when he hadn t sinned, but Jesus never questioned why He had to suffer. He died for our sins and took the punishment for sin for those who know and love Him. God can use any bad situation and create good from it. God created the entire world and knows everything that is happening in the world. He knows when we have a bad day. During the times we suffer, we have to remember that God is all-powerful, sovereign, and good, and we can trust Him to care for us. Timeline map (4 minutes) timeline map (Posted on wall in classroom. dditional copies provided for Table Time eview) Tip: Point to the timeline map to help kids identify the chronological location of today s Bible study. eader Today we are here on our timeline with Job. Job was a faithful follower of God. Sometimes bad things do happen because of our own sin. emember our story about dam and ve. Here it is on our timeline. What happened when they chose to disobey God and sin? ight. There were consequences. They were bad consequences, too. Sin separates people from God. Sometimes when bad things happen it is because we have sinned. ther times, like when Job was suffering, bad things happen because sin is in our world. When God created the world, it was perfect. The world did not contain sin and nothing bad happened to people. Now our world is broken by sin, which means that bad things are going to happen to people. We can learn, just like Job did, that God is all-powerful, sovereign, and good. We can trust God to take care of us. Noah and his family learned about how God cares for people who obey Him. God saved them from the flood because Noah was a righteous man who followed God. ast week at the Tower of Babel, we learned that sin can separate people from God and each other, but God s plan is to restore relationships. God s plan to restore relationships with Him was to send Jesus to die for our sins. Job s story helps us know Who is in control? God is allpowerful, sovereign, and good. Sing (5 minutes) Worship Song: You re God lone (on provided DVD) eader ne of the things we can praise God for is the fact that He is all-powerful and sovereign. No matter what happens, God is always in control. He is all-powerful, sovereign over all, and good. Join me in praising God by singing our theme song. Sing You re God lone. Key passage (4 minutes) key passage poster: Genesis 1:27 (provided) Worship Song: In His wn Image (on provided DVD) eader What Scripture have we been memorizing? Yes, the flight plan from God s Word is Genesis 1:27. Today is the last day for you to memorize our key passage and tell it to your small group leader. Next week we will have a new key passage to memorize. Can anyone quote our key passage from memory without any help? Select a few boys and girls to share the key passage with the group. ead the group to sing In His wn Image. 6

7 Discussion starter video (4 minutes) ll-powerful video (on provided DVD) eader God created the world and everything in it. He has the power to create anything He wants just by speaking. That is pretty powerful. So what does it mean to have power? How powerful is all-powerful? llow a few kids to respond. eader Check out this video about power. Show ll-powerful. eader That video was a little funny, but what does it tell us about our power versus God s power? How powerful is God? Why does it matter to us that God is all-powerful? Guide kids to think about the story of Job and about God being all-powerful, sovereign, and good. Prayer (2 minutes) eader In your small groups today, you will continue to talk about Job and what he learned when he suffered. You will also talk about how we can help others when they are suffering. Who is in control? God is all-powerful, sovereign, and good. We can always trust God to take care of us because God is in control of everything. He is all-powerful, sovereign, and good. Pray that boys and girls will be able to understand that God is all-powerful, sovereign, and good even when they experience bad things or suffering. Dismiss to small groups for Table Time Insights for arge Group eaders Kids (and adults) will often ask questions about sin and suffering. s a teacher it is important to clarify that not all suffering is a result of personal sin. But sometimes we do suffer the consequences of our choice to sin. ne of the consequences of sin is that we do not know and love God. When kids ask questions about how to know and love God, you can use this guide to explain how to become a Christian. The Gospel: God s Plan for Me sk kids if they have ever heard the word gospel. Clarify that the word gospel means good news. It is the message about Christ, the kingdom of God, and salvation. Use the following guide to share the gospel with kids. God rules. xplain to kids that the Bible tells us God created everything, and He is in charge of everything. Invite a volunteer to read Genesis 1:1 from her Bible. ead evelation 4:11 or Colossians 1:16-17 aloud and explain what these verses mean. We sinned. Tell kids that since the time of dam and ve, everyone has chosen to disobey God (omans 3:23). The Bible calls this sin. Because God is holy, God cannot be around sin. Sin separates us from God and deserves God s punishment of death (omans 6:23). God provided. Choose a child to read John 3:16 aloud. Say that God sent His Son Jesus, the perfect solution to our sin problem, to rescue us from the punishment we deserve. It s something we, as sinners, could never earn on our own. Jesus alone saves us. ead and explain phesians 2:8-9. Jesus gives. Share with kids that Jesus lived a perfect life, died on the cross for our sins, and 7

8 rose again. Because Jesus gave up His life for us, we can be welcomed into God s family for eternity. This is the best gift ever! ead omans 5:8; 2 Corinthians 5:21; or 1 Peter 3:18. We respond. Tell kids that they can respond to Jesus. ead omans 10:9-10,13. eview these aspects of our response: Believe in your heart that Jesus alone saves you through what He s already done on the cross. epent, turning from self and sin to Jesus. Tell God and others that your faith is in Jesus. ffer to talk with any child who is interested in responding to Jesus. TB TIM D Session Title: Job Bible Passage: Job 1 42 Big Picture Question: Who is in control? God is all-powerful, sovereign, and good. Key Passage: Genesis 1:27 Unit Christ Connection: God knew we would sin, and Jesus, our Creator, came to redeem us and protect us from the wrath of God by suffering for us. Bible story review & Bible skills (10 minutes) Bibles Timeline - small group visual pack xplain that the books of the Bible are not in chronological order. Instead books that are related to each other are arranged together under a division title (aw, Wisdom, Paul s etters). Use the timeline in the small group visual pack to review Job s location in the chronological story of God s plan. You may choose to open your Bible and retell the Bible story in your own words. ead kids to review today s lesson by playing a game. Give the kids the first Scripture reference and allow seconds for everyone to find the verse and stand up. Select a kid to read the verse. Use the notes below as a guide to review each verse. Continue until you have completed a review of the story of Job. 1. Job 1:1 (Job was known as a man with perfect integrity. He always tried to follow God and avoid sin.) 2. Job 1:22 (ven though Job lost his children and his wealth, Job still did not sin or blame God.) 3. Job 4:8 (Job s friends told him that he must have sinned and that God was punishing him. This was not true.) 4. Job 16:2 (Job shared his disappointment that his friends had not encouraged him.) 5. Job 16:21 (Job wished for a mediator to represent him before God. mediator is one who helps two people reconcile their relationship. Jesus is our mediator because He created the way for our relationship with God to be reconciled by paying the price for our sin when He died on the cross. When you become a Christian, Jesus represents you before God.) 6. Job 37:23 (lihu reminded Job that God is all-powerful, righteous and just.) 7. Job 38:4-5 (God used questions to help Job understand that God is all-powerful and sovereign. Job should have trusted God.) 8. Job 42:2 (Job understood that God is all-powerful and sovereign.) 8

9 9. Job 42:12 (God blessed Job.) eview the big picture question with the kids. Who is in control? God is all-powerful, sovereign, and good. Key passage activity (5 minutes) Band-id cards (3-4 sets have been provided for your classroom) key passage poster ach word of the key passage has been typed on a Band-id card. Toss them out and invite the kids to arrange them in the correct order. few sets have been provided for your classroom, so you may choose to form teams. Invite boys and girls to quote the key passage from memory if they can. Say What does the key passage tell us? How were we made? Why do you think we were made in the image of God? ctivity choice (10 minutes) ption 1: Follow the command ption: nlist a leader to lead the kids to play the game. Tell the helper to give a verbal command, but you demonstrate another action to confuse the kids. ead the kids to play the game. Give a verbal command, but demonstrate another action to confuse the kids. Play one or two rounds of the game. Say Is it hard to do what is said when you see someone do something different? The words we say and the actions we take are very important. People notice if we tell them we love God and are Christians, but then we don t act like it. Job is known for his integrity and following God. ven when bad things were happening to him, Job remained faithful to God. His words and actions matched. Who is in control? God is all-powerful, sovereign, and good. lthough Job is a good example of someone with integrity, he was still a sinner. nly Jesus never sinned. He is the only one who followed God s commands perfectly, so we might be saved by trusting Him. ption 2: ncouragement books 8½-by-11-inch paper scissors markers or crayons Bibles stickers (optional) stapler Guide boys and girls to follow these steps to create a book. 1. Fold the paper in half width-wise. 2. Fold the bottom half up. 3. Fold the right side over to the left side. 4. Staple the middle seam. 5. Trim the top, bottom, and outside edges. Do not cut the seam with the staple. 6. ncourage boys and girls to write encouraging Bible verses inside their books and to decorate 9

10 the outside cover. Invite kids to give their encouragement book to a friend who is having a bad day. Say When Job needed his friends to encourage him, they discouraged him because they did not understand the truth about God. We can encourage our friends with verses from the Bible so they know that God loves and cares for them even when bad things happen. We can share with our friends about our big picture question. Who is in control? God is allpowerful, sovereign, and good. We can also help our friends understand that Jesus was willing to suffer and die for our sins so we could know and love God. Missions Connection (optional video, 5 minutes) The east of These Missions Video (on provided DVD) Missionaries in the South frican nation of Zimbabwe minister in many ways. Prayer and Clean-Up (5 minutes) ncourage kids to list the names of friends and a way they can pray for each of those friends every day this week. Say Praying for our friends is a great way to be a good friend. We should not only pray for our friends, we should look for opportunities to share with them about Jesus. Invite kids to write a sentence prayer praising God for being all-powerful, sovereign, and good. sk kids if they have any prayer requests. Invite each boy and girl to say aloud a one-sentence prayer to God. Clean-up oom. 10

11 _2012_F.indd 9 Instructions: Follow the path to match each word with the definition. Instructions: In the space provided, list other words that describe God. 3/15/12 12:43 PM UNIT 1 Session 5 lder Kids ctivity Pages In the Beginning

12 2012 ifeway Christian esources. In the Beginning UNIT 1 Session 5 lder Kids ctivity Pages Instructions: Fill in the missing words from each Big Picture Question. Find the missing words in the word search. D I W Y G D I H G H Y D W W N S S I P S S P G Y P I G W N H P W P S T Y T D W H 1. Who created everything? God created the and people to bring Him. 2. What is sin? Sin is breaking God s and separates from God. 3. Why does sin separate people from God? God is and separate from. 4. What happens when people choose to sin? Sin people from God and each other, but God s plan is to relationships. 5. Who is in control? God is all-powerful, sovereign, and.

13 Family Journal Page In the Beginning sk each family member to share moments when he or she may need help remembering that God is all-powerful, sovereign, and good. ecord these moments as prayer requests for your family to pray about during the week. Session Title: Job Bible Passage: Job 1 42 Big Picture Question for preschoolers: Who is allpowerful? God is all-powerful. Big Picture Question for kids: Who is in control? God is all-powerful, sovereign, and good. Key Passage: Genesis 1:27 Christ Connection: Job s suffering and his request for a mediator give us a glimpse of our Savior, Jesus. Neither Job nor Jesus experienced suffering because they had sinned. Unlike Job, Jesus never questioned why He had to suffer. Jesus understood that we needed Him to pay the price for our sin and be our mediator before God. TM UNIT 1 Session ifeway Christian esources. K to print

14 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27 UNIT 1 Key Passage Poster (SV) TM 2012 ifeway Christian esources. In the Beginning