Titles of God s People

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1 BAPTIST TRAINING COURSE Primary Quarterly For Grades 3, 4 Titles of God s People Title Date Page 1 Sons of God September My Little Flock September A Bride and Groom September Disciples Called Christians September God s Garden October Those of This Way October New Creatures in Christ October Dear Saints of God October The Household of Faith November Kings and Priests November I m in the Lord s Army November Servants of God November Members of One Body November Primary Quarterly produced by Written by: Lena Case EDITOR IN CHIEF: Larry E. Clements Larry.Clements@bogardstore.org BUSINESS MANAGER: Wayne Sewell Wayne.Sewell@bogardstore.org PRODUCTION EDITOR: Sally McInvale ADULT EDITOR: Jim Jones CHILDREN S EDITOR: Libby Gill ILLUSTRATOR: Connie Spears GRAPHIC ARTISTS: Shawn Blase Jeff Allen Greg Hilterbrand LAYOUT DESIGNERS: Kyle Elkins Cindy Butler Ashley Elkins CONTENT EDITORS: Terry McKellar Deby Turrentine Carolyn Burks Joni Curtis PRINT PRODUCTION: Charles Easley Copyright 2014 Volume 79, No. 4 Bogard Press 4605 N. State Line Ave. Texarkana, TX

2 LESSON 1 September 7, 2014 SONS OF GOD Do you belong to the family of God? Does God know you as His son or daughter? Being a child of God is a special relationship. It makes you an heir of God and a joint heir with Christ. KNOW THESE WORDS HEIR JOINT HEIR One who inherits another s property. Sharing with someone else what belongs to another. DISCOVER YOUR TRUE IDENTITY John 1:12, 13 Who are you? You are probably thinking of your name and whose child you are. Right? There is another relationship you need. You need a family relationship you can have by choice. In this family you will have a lot of brothers and sisters in Christ around the world. God Himself becomes your Heavenly Father. Everyone has the privilege of becoming a child of God, but not everyone wants to. The family of God is people who trust Jesus Christ as personal Savior. When you repent of sin, ask God s forgiveness and accept Jesus into your heart as Savior, God adopts you into His great big family of believers. You are then a child of God, an heir to all God possesses. There is no way for you to lose your inheritance or have someone steal it from you. God has given everything to Jesus, and we are joint heirs with Him. Are you a child of God? You are, only if you have the Spirit of God living within you. Only then can you claim to be His child. If you can answer yes, then God calls you a saint and looks at you as His son or daughter. 2

3 GOD S WORD IN MY HEART appear what we shall be. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet 1 John 3:2 John was writing to believers about our heritage as children of God. Behold [or consider], what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God, he wrote in the verse just before the Memory Verse. Think about the great love God has for you to redeem you and make you a part of His family. We don t know what kind of bodies we will have in eternity, but we know that we will be like Jesus. Find the Memory Verse in your Bible. Carefully underline or highlight the words of 1 John 3:1, 2. Underline or write the correct answer. 1. (Paul, John) wrote to believers about their relationship with the Heavenly Father. 2. One becomes a son of God by (accepting God s Son as Savior, being baptized). 3. We (know, do not know) now what we will be like in eternity. 4. According to John, we will be like Jesus glorified body after His resurrection. (true, false) 5. When God is your Heavenly Father, what relationship do you have with others who are saved? (friends, brothers and sisters in Christ) 6. How does one become an heir of God and a joint heir with Christ? (Read Romans 8:15-17 before you write the answer.) 3

4 SONS OF GOD We are sons of God! 1 witness God heirs Spirit children Savior brothers Father saints family believers sisters Write the correct word in the blanks and then in the puzzle. ACROSS 3. The Spirit of God makes us know we are the of God. 5. The Spirit of God bears (gives evidence) with our spirit after salvation. 7. God, the Creator and ruler of the universe, is our Heavenly when we receive Jesus as Savior. 8. In God s family we are and sisters in Christ. 10. in Jesus Christ are saved forever. 11. God s prompts us to be saved. DOWN 1. The all-powerful, all-knowing, Supreme Being who makes us His children is the one true. 2. God calls His people. (See Ephesians 1:1 and Philippians 1:1.) 4. As God s children, we are to all He has. He owns everything. 6. In God s family, we are brothers and in Christ. 7. I m so glad I m a part of the of God is part of a song about our joy as Christians. 9. The sons of God are those who repent of sins and ask Jesus to be their. 4

5 RABBITS AND HEAVEN Oh! One of our rabbits died, Brian said pointing to the third cage of white furry pets he and Jonathan were about to feed. His friend stopped and stared at the lifeless body. Wow! It IS dead. Gone to rabbit heaven. Brian s head turned to look at Jonathan. Don t make jokes about it, he said. I wasn t, Jonathan said. Where else would it go? Silly. Animals don t go anywhere. They don t have a spirit like people. Only people go to Heaven. He started walking back to the house to tell his dad about the rabbit. I m going to Heaven, Jonathan said matter-of-factly. Good! When were you saved? Saved? Jonathan looked at Brian in surprise. What are you talking about? My dad says we ll go to Heaven if we are good. That is not what the Bible says. The Bible says you have to repent of sin and ask God s forgiveness. You depend on Jesus sacrifice on the cross to pay your sin penalty. Then God forgives you and makes you His child. Oh, well, I ll wait until I m old to do all that. That rabbit was young and it died! Besides, it s great being a son of God and living for Jesus. You mean it? I sure do! Brian said. God is my Heavenly Father, and He wants to give me the very best because I belong to Him. Hm-m-m-m! Jonathan said softly. Brian went inside to tell Dad about the rabbit while Jonathan waited by the back door. He would have to ask Brian more about how to become a son of God. 5