Gospel Project Parent's Help: Week of January 30

Unit 6, Session 1: God Gave the Ten Commandments

 

Dear Parents,

Count to 10 with your kids. Ask them to name one rule that you follow in your house. Ask and see if they know why they have that rule. Help your kids see the importance of rules for keeping order. Ask what they remember about the story they heard in The Gospel Project for Kids about God giving the commandments.

God had redeemed His people from slavery in Egypt. People who have been redeemed demonstrate their love for the Redeemer thorough obedience. By giving the Ten Commandments, God showed His standard for holiness. But the people could not obey the commandments perfectly; God used the law to show that people needed a Savior. God provided that Savior ultimately through the person of Jesus Christ.

Unit 6, Session 1: God Gave the Ten Commandments

Exodus 19:1–20:21; 31:18; 32:1-35; 34:1-9

Christ Connection

God made a covenant with His people: If you obey Me, you will be My people. (Exodus 19:5-6) But the people did not obey God. They sinned against God, and Moses asked God to forgive them. Moses acted as their mediator, or advocate, before God. When we sin, Jesus is our Mediator. Through Jesus, we are forgiven of our sins. God is pleased with us because He looks at Jesus, who never sinned.

Adult Connection Point:

Psalm 51:1-5: Confessing Our Sin. The psalmist knows that it’s God’s faithful love and compassion that are his only hope for forgiveness when God’s law has been transgressed, not his clean track record. And where has God’s faithful love and compassion been revealed most fully? In the death of Jesus on the cross, our Mediator. Jesus took on that punishment so that we are now free to say “Wash away my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. For I am conscious of my rebellion, and my sin is always before me” (vv. 2-3).

Family Devotion:

Supplies Needed: Bible, timer/sand timer

Open your Bible to Exodus 20. Quiz your children on how many commandments they can remember before the timer stops. Try again until they can say all ten.

Ask: Who thinks they can keep all Ten Commandments?

Read Exodus 19:5-6.

Say: God promised the Israelites if you obey My commandments you will be My people among all the other nations. But the Israelites did not obey. In fact, the idol they made specifically broke the second commandment. God had said, “Do not make an idol.”

Read Exodus 32:7-14.

Ask: What did Moses ask God to do?

Say: Moses interceded for the Israelites. Moses acted as a mediator between God and the Israelites. Jesus did they same for us. He never sinned, yet, He took on our sin so we wouldn’t have to be punished. When God looks at us, we are forgiven because of Jesus.

Thank God for giving us Jesus our mediator. God shows us love and compassion.