Children's Sunday School Summary November 26, 2017

Picture the reality of your salvation: Imagine standing as a defendant in a courtroom.You’ve been justly found guilty of a crime and the penalty is death. But rather thanordering law enforcement to lead you away to be executed, the judge gets up and takesyour place. He takes your punishment upon himself, declaring your innocence andallowing you to walk free. How would you respond?

This is essentially what Jesus does for sinners who trust in Him. God is the Judge, andrather than sentencing us to death like we deserve, the Father sent His Son to take ourplace. That is mercy and grace. So how should we respond?

Look at how Moses and the Israelites responded when God rescued them from Egyptand led them across the Red Sea. Exodus 15 describes their song. They praised theLord and told what He had done for them. This same attitude of thankfulness—theproper response to the good news of the gospel—is described in the Old Testament bythe prophet Isaiah.

Isaiah had a vision of God’s grace toward sinners, and he describes in Isaiah 12 thesong we will sing to the Lord. We will praise God for His mercy and compassion (Isa.12:1-2), thank Him for keeping His promise to save us (vv. 3-4), and tell of His glory andgreatness among the nations (vv. 5-6).

Isaiah looked forward to the day when God’s words would come true—God wouldbless His people, and they would be thankful and tell everyone about Him. Bysending His Son, God kept His promise to save people from sin. Jesus died on thecross and rose again. Those who trust in Him rejoice and are saved.

Once we experience salvation, we don’t sit back and cruise through the Christian life.Salvation is a call to action. Out of thankfulness for the Lord, we can love others likeJesus (1 John 4:10-12) and share with the world the good news of the gospel (Matt.28:19-20; John 14:15). Guide your kids to recognize that every good gift comes fromGod (Jas. 1:17), and God’s greatest gift to us is His own Son, Jesus. With hearts ofgratitude, praise and worship the Lord together.