Bible Lessons
Dear Young Christian: You'll Need These Bible Verses in School, At Home And In Life.
As you grow up and even now as a child you will be told things that are not true. God will help you learn what is right and wrong. Read your Bible. Go to church and attend Sunday School and Vacation Bible School and other church activities for children and youth. Then practice what you are taught.
Here are some of the major issues you will face:
Gender identity. What The Bible says
Genesis 1:27 says, "God made them male and female."
You will be told you can be any gender you want to be. But the Bible says, a man cannot be a woman and a woman cannot be a man. Only God can determine who is male and who is going to be female. What you are born is what you are.
Are all religions the same? The Bible says no. Faith in Jesus is the only way to get to Heaven (John 14:6)
Christians believe Jesus paid the price for our sins by dying on the cross. We believe because he is God's son, his death washed away our sins. but we must repent (admit we are sinners) and ask him to be our savior and lord. Muslims don't believe this. Jews don't believe it either. Some people will tell you all religions lead to heaven. The Bible says there is only one way to get to heaven: You must believe in Jesus Christ and accept him as savior and lord (John 3:16). In fact, Jesus himself said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me" (John 14:6).
People are saying any type of family is good. God designed the family to work his way.
Children are being taught the it's okay for children to have two dads, or two moms. In other words, it's okay to be gay and God doesn't care. That is a lie. God himself said he wants men to only marry women. Same sex relationships are a sin according to the Bible.
Leviticus 18:22 says "Man shall not lie with man as he does with a woman." And Romans, Chapter 1:26-27, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, also says being gay is a sin in God's eyes. Christians love all people and we love gay people too, but we must not say their lifestyle is alright because God says it is not. In order to get to heaven, gays must stop practicing homosexuality (Read 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, especially verse 11 which says those who sin must repent. We must obey God.
Some people will try to tempt you to drink, use drugs or have sex before you are married. This is sinning against your own body. The Bible says in 1 Corinthians Chapter 6, that your body is a temple. When you become a Christian you give your body to Jesus, so your body is not your own: 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Those verses say:
"19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies."
Wait till you are married to have sex. And don't don't use drugs or get drunk on alcohol. You as a child or teen need to stay away from both. Don't ever use illegal drugs, because you are also breaking the law and God wants his people to obey the law.
Racial prejudice is not Christian. The Bible tells us that Heaven will be home to all believers regardless of their race or class. That means we must learn to love people who are not like us. The Bible makes it clear that those who say they love God cannot hate their neighbors (other people). Read 1 John 4::19-20.
It says, "19 We love because he first loved us. 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen."
Many children want to go to church. But we need churches to volunteer to take them
We are receiving more and more requests from children to take them to church. Sometimes their parents can't take them because of lack of a vehicle at home. Other times, the children are the only ones who go to church in the home. Whatever the reason, they need help getting to church. Jesus said, "Allow the little children to come to me." Will you help these children get to him? Remember, no one can get to heaven unless they have accepted Jesus as Lord and savior. But how can they get to Jesus if they can't even get to a church? Please help. Talk to your pastor and Sunday School about helping us transport children to church.
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The Bible tells us that all of us are to honor our parents. Exodus 20:12 says, "Honor your father and mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the LORD your God is giving you." But also respect all adults.
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE TEACH ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE?
Today this is a very important quetion as gay marriage is a subject in the news. Many people believe people should marry whoever they want regardless. But what does the Bible say about it? What is God's veiw point and what does he want Christians to do? In 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, we're reminded that as Christians, our bodies are not our own. They were bought for a price by Jesus dying on the cross for our sins. You see, when you become a Christian you give your body to Jesus and he gets to decide how you use it. That means that we as Christians must submit to God and Christ's view point instead of going with what is popular. In Leviticus 18:22 God said to men, "You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman; it is detesable." In the New Testament, Romans, chapter 1, we are told that homosexuality is a sin and in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, we are also told that those who practice same sex relationships
or gay lifestyles and who do not repent can't get into heaven. That's why we warn gay people to turn from the sin of homosexuality. This is misunderstood by some and they criticize believers. The Bible tells us to remain strong and obey God despite what the world says. In Acts 5:29 we're told that when the world and God disagree, a Christian must obey God. It is a loving thing to tell a gay person that homosexuality is a sin and that like all sin they must repent and turn from it and stop doing it, in order to be saved and go to heaven. That is not bigotry. It's an act of love. We love all people gay and straight and we should pray for God to use us to witness his truth to them. Ask God to help you witness to those who are gay and to do so in love.
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