Big Truth: God IS THE JUDGE WHO JUDGES JUSTLY
Watch the Bible Story Video and chat about it:
What does a judge do? Says what is right and wrong.
Can you think of somebody who judges? (who says when something is right and wrong?)
What should a good judge be like and do? Always say what is right and what is wrong.
In the story, God judges the people in Sodom and Gomorrah…
What does he do to judge them? // Why does he judge them? // Do you think God was right to judge them? Why?
God is just and he will make good judgements
Who is saved in the story? Why are they saved?
God blesses those who obey and punished those who disobey
Is there anybody who obeys God all of the time? No, even us
So if God is a good judge, what should he do to us? Punish us, like the people in Sodom.
How can we escape God’s right judgement and punishment? Only through forgiveness in Jesus, because he takes our punishment!
Try and memorise Psalm 75v7
You read it > look up any words you don’t understand > you read it and skip words for children to fill > you read it > they read it
Add some actions
Spend 1 minute thinking of as many things that you can that you did wrong yesterday
Write them down on separate pieces of paper. Have a big piece of paper, split in half with ‘Me’ written on one side and ‘Jesus’ written on the other. Hold up each of the things done wrong in turn and ask, ‘who did this wrong, you / me or Jesus?’ Then stick it on the ‘Me’ side. Once they are all on the page, ask ‘Who does God punish for all of these things?’ If we trust Jesus - Jesus - even though he has done nothing wrong! If we trust ourselves to be good enough - he will punish us!
Listen or Sing
