14 PRIMARY LESSON OUTLINES
PRIMARY LESSON OUTLINES PRIMARY LESSON I—ADAM AND EVE IN EDEN
Texts.—Gen, 1: 1-5;Deuteronomy 32:8;Job 31:33;Romans 5:14;1 Corinthians 15:21-45;2 Corinthians 11:3;1 Timothy 2:13-14;Jude 1:14.
Topics for Individual Recitation 1. Tell of God’s creating Adam.
2. Tell about the creation of Eve.
3. Describe the Garden of Eden.
4. Tell what grew in the Garden of Eden.
Lesson Exercises
1. Write the name of the man God created2. Who made the home where Adam and Eve lived?3. Select the word that tells why God gave man such a lovely home: hate, fear, anger, love 4. Which of the following words describe what Adam did in the Garden of Eden: play ball, go to school, work, draw pictures?
5. Is it good for every boy and girl to have some work to do?
6. Write the names of some things God gives you to show his love for you.
7. Write the name of the most importanl thing God created 8. Give the names of two trees that grew in the Garden of Eden.
9. What did God tell Eve she should not do?.
10. Do you think the thing Eve did indicates love tor God?
11. Who was it that caused Eve to sin?
12. Write on a separate piece of paper a short story of what happened to Eve as a result of her disobeying God. The teacher will have you read these papers at the second period.
13. Whom did Eve cause to sin?
14. Memorize and then copy here: 1 Timothy 2:13-14 15. Select the word that tells how you can please God: sin, crying, laziness, obedience, kindness.
PRIMARY LESSON II—ENOCH WALKS WITH GOD Purpose—To encourage a self-examination.
Texts.—Gen, 5: 1-24;2 Kings 2:11;Hebrews 11:5;Jude 1:14;Romans 12:1;Revelation 2:10.
1. Give about fifteen minutes to review of former lesson.
2. Have recitations of individual assignments made yesterday.
Individual Assignments Made the Day Before 1. Name the ten generations from Adam to Noah.
2. Tell in your own words what it means to walk with God.
3. Tell how Noah walked with God. (Gen. 6: 9.) 4. Tell what God did to Elijah, who walked with him. (2 Kings 2: 11.) 5. Show how Adam walked with God and what happened when he quit walking with him.
Teacher, explain Heb. 11: 5, 6 that the pupils may know what it means to please God Show from Amos 3: 3 that one cannot walk with God without agreeing with God. Show what it means to agree with God. Have a round-table discussion contrasting the results of Enoch’s walking with God and Adam’s failure to walk with God.
Seek to motivate your pupils to higher ideals of life. Use any experiences of life to illustrate your thought.
Lesson Exercises 1. Write the name of Enoch’s lather 2. Select the expression which tells what happened to Enoch: he died, God took him, he became sick, he lived to be 600 years old
3. Explain in your own words on another piece of paper what you think “God took him” means. The teacher will have you read these and discuss them.
4. What word tells why God took Enoch: he obeyed, he dis¬obeyed, he was ugly, he wore good clothes?
5. Do you think Enoch believed in God"
6. Tell how one gets faith (Rom. 10:17.) 7. Write what you think it means to walk with God 8. Read Rom. 12:1. Does this verse have anything to do with walking with God?
9. Read Rev. 2:10. Does this have anything to do with walking with God?
10. How may we walk with God?
11. When does a person begin to walk with God?.
12. Write the name of some things boys and girls do when they are not walking with God.
PRIMARY LESSON III—NOAH BUILDS THE ARK Purpose.—To explain and develop faith in God.
Texts.—Genesis 6:1toGenesis 8:22;Matthew 24:37:Hebrews 11:7;1 Peter 3:20;2 Peter 2:5.
Topics for Individual Recitation Assigned the Day Before 1. Tell why God decided to destroy everything. (Genesis 6:5-7.) 2. Tell about God’s plan for the ark. (Genesis 6:14-21.) 3. Describe the flood. (Genesis 7:1-24.) 4. Give the three commandments of God to Noah concerning the ark. (Genesis 6:14; Genesis 7:1-3; Genesis 8:15-17.) Lesson Exercises 1. Write the names of Noah’s three sons.
2. Tell why you think God saved Noah and destroyed the rest of the world (Genesis 6:1-8.) 3. On a separate piece of paper draw a picture of the ark and write a description of the ark.
4. Memorize Genesis 6:22 and Hebrews 11:6 and write these two verses on a separate piece of paper.
5. Name some things that went into the ark.
7. According to Romans 10:17, when did Noah believe in God?
8. Tell in your own words how Noah built by fait!
9. Write the names of some things we can do by faith 10. Write the names of some things you cannot do by faith 11. Teacher, discuss the lists in 9 and 10 made by the pupils and help them to a fuller understanding of what a life of faith is.
12. Memorize Hebrews 11:6-7 and write the two verses from memory on another page of paper. The teacher will give you an opportunity to recite them.
13. In what was Noah saved, an ark, a house, a train, an airplane?
14. Who saved Noah—he saved himself, God saved him, the flood saved him?
15. What must we do in order to De saved by faith?
PRIMARY LESSON IV—ABRAHAM WALKS BY FAITH Purpose.—To discuss the question of salvation by faith.
Texts.—Genesis 12:1toGenesis 24:67:Matthew 22:32;Acts 3:13;Acts 7:32;Matthew 8:11;Romans 4:1-3;Galatians 3:6-9;James 2:20-24;Hebrews 11:8-17.
Recitation of Individual Topics Assigned Yesterday 1. The Lord called Abraham from Ur of Chaldees.
2. Abraham’s.family, 3. The separation of Abraham and Lot.
4. Examples of Abialiam’s faith.
Lesson Exercises 1. These are the names of Abraham’s father and two brothers 2.Abraham was in the land of- ____________ when God called him.
3. Abraham went because his wife wanted him to go, his curiosity led him, or because he had faith in God?
4. Abraham took with him _____________ out of Ur.
5. Write in your own words on another piece of paper why you think Abraham believed in God. The teacher will hear these papers read and discuss.
6. This is the name of Abraham’s wife and this is the name of his son 7. God told Abraham to take his _____________to a ___________ and _______ him as a__________. But God supplied a __________ which was offered in the place of his son __________.
8. ______________ is the name of the mountain where Isaac was offered.
Teacher, have the children turn to the passages of the text and discuss them, emphasizing the expressions of faith.
PRIMARY LESSON V—JOHN THE BAPTIST Purpose.—To find out John’s true relationship to Jesus and his mission on the earth.
Texts.—Matthew 3:1-17;Matthew 11:7-15;Luke 1:5-80;Mark 6:14-28;Luke 7:19-35;John 1:19-34.
Topics for Individual Recitations 1. Tell about John’s parents. (Luke 1:5-9.) 2. Tell about John’s dress and food.
3. Tell of John’s work in baptizing—how, where, and why did he baptize.
4. Tell about John’s death. (Mark 6:14-30.) Lesson Exercises 1. John’s father and mother were _____________ and ______________.
2. John was divinely sent to prepare the way for _____________________.
3. John came teaching repentance and _____________for the remission of sins.
4. Jesus came and was ____________ of John in the ______________________.
5. What miracle happened when Jesus was baptized?.
6. Write why you think John did, or did not, establish a church 7. John said concerning Jesus: He must ___________, but I must ___________. (John 3:30.) 8. Memorize and write on another piece of paper Matthew 11:11. The teacher will have you recite this verse and dis¬cuss it with you.
9. John directed his disciples to Herod, Judas, Jesus, or himself? (John 1:35-37.)
10. The Pharisees and ______________ rejected the counsel of God by ______________ (Luke 7:30.)
11. State in your own words how you think we may reject the counsel of God 12. John was less than, greater than, or equal to any prophet?
PRIMARY LESSON VI—JESUS OF NAZARETH Purpose.—To get a comprehensive view of the birth, life, death, and love of the Lord.
Texts.—John 1:1-15;Luke 2:1-52;Matthew 1:1-25;Matthew 13:1-23;Matthew 26:1-28.
Special Assignments for Special Reports 1. The parents of Jesus’ mother. (Luke 2:7); Father (Luke 1:36).
2. The place and time of Jesus’ birth (Luke 2:4-7; Matthew 2:1).
3. The flight into Egypt and return to Nazareth (Matthew 2:1-23).
4. Give in your own words the parable of the sower (Matthew 13).
Lesson Exercises Before the children begin their exercises let the teacher sketch the birth, life, death, resurrection, giving of the Great Commission, and the ascension.
1. ___________ was the mother of Jesus.
2. Jesus was bom in a boat, wagon, a hospital, a stable?
3. He was the son of God, the son of Joseph, or the son of John?
4. ______________ came from the __________ to see Jesus and was guided by___________.
5. The child Jesus was taken to Egypt because it was warm there, his uncle lived there, to escape Herod, or Mary wanted to go there?
6. Jesus could, or could not, perform miracles?
7 Write in your own words on another piece of paper the story of one of the miracles of the Lord.
8. Jesus was baptized by __________ in______________ because ___________________.
9. If we follow the example of Jesus, how will we be baptized?
10. Jesus lived a bad, good, or perfect life?
11. Jesus was crucified for himself, for a few friends, for all men?
12. Jesus showed his love for man by _______________ for man.
13. We show our love for Christ by ________________________.
14. Write the names of some acts by which we show our love for Christ.
15. Name some acts that do not show love for Christ PRIMARY LESSON VII—THE GOOD SAMARITAN Purpose.---To teach a lesson of usefulness and helpfulness.
Texts-—Luke 10:25-37;Romans 12:10;Ephesians 4:2;Colossians 3:13;Matthew 5:43-48;Matthew 7:12;
Matthew 10:24-42;Romans 12:17-21.
Special Assignments for Individual Reports 1. Tell in your own words the story of the Good Samaritan.
2. Have some of the children dramatize the story of the Good Samaritan.
3. Let the teacher tell about priests, Samaritans, and Levites.
Lesson Exercises 1. Jesus told the story of the Good Samaritan to _________________.
2. Tell why you think Jesus told this story.
3. Our neighbor is 4. Jesus teaches we should hate, love, or neglect our enemies.
5. The priest, the Levite. or the Samaritan was commended by Christ because he ________________________.
6. Name some things in which we can show kindness to others.
7. Write a story on a separate piece of paper about someone who acted like the priest when he has a chance to help someone.
8. Memorize Matthew 5:43-47, and be ready to give them before the class.
9. We should_______________our friends, our neighbors and __________ our enemies.
10. A little bird had fallen out of the nest and broken its wing; the Good Samaritan would have let it lie on the ground, killed it, or what?
11. A better world is made by those who hate, mistreat, slander, or love their fellow beings?
12. Name some actions which you very often see which do not show love.
13. Which of the following words show love for parents: pouting, quarreling, crying, helpfulness, fighting, rudeness. kindness, obedience.
PRIMARY LESSON VIII—PHILIP AND THE ETHIOPIAN Texts,—Acts 2, 6, 8, , 21.
Topics for Individual Recitations 1. Tell of Philip’s being chosen as a deacon. (Acts 6:1-7.) 2. Give the qualifications mentioned of Philip and others. (Acts 6:1.) 3. Relate the story of Simon’s conversion and sin. (Acts 8:13-21.) 4. Tell of Philip’s preaching to the Ethiopian. (Acts 8:26-40.) Teacher, show that Simon believed and was baptized to become a Christian and then when he sinned he was commanded to repent and pray.
Lesson Exercises 1. Philip was a member of the church In ______________.
2. He was selected as a ____________ there and left Jerusalem because of ___________________.
3. In order to become Christians the people of Samaria _____________ and were______________ (Acts 8:12.) 4. Those who obeyed the gospel were called _____________ (Acts 11:26.) 5. Philip met the ____________ in which the________________ was riding and ______________ to him as they rode along. They came to a certain ___________ and the Ethiopian asked to ______________. The Ethiopian confessed ___________in Christ. Then both Philip and the Ethiopian ________________ the water and ________ baptized ______________.
6. The ________ added the Ethiopian to the _____________ (Acts 2:47.) 7. Underscore the statements that are true. The Ethiopian, in order to obey the Lord, went down into the water, stood on the bank, kept himself dry, was baptized, was sprinkled, came out of the water.
8. Philip asked the Ethiopian before he baptized him if he __________ with all his ________. The Ethiopian confessed, “I ___________ that __________ is the ______of __________.”
9. Underscore the statements that are correct.
Faith, repentance, and baptism are to please the teacher, for fun, to please the church, for the forgiveness of our sins.
10. To become a Christian like the Ethiopian we must _________________________________________________.
PRIMARY LESSON IX—PETER SINS AND IS RESTORED
Texts.—Luke 22:31-34;Matthew 14:22-33;Matthew 16:13-28;Matthew 26:26-75;Acts 2:1-47.
Topics for Individual Recitations 1. Jesus calls the disciples. (Matthew 4:18-22.) 2. Peter confesses Christ, then denies him. (Matthew 16:16-18; Matthew 26:26-75.) 3. The Great Commission given. (Matthew 28:16-20; Mark 16:16-18; Luke 9:20.) 4. Peter restored preaches the gospel. (Acts 2:1-47.) Teacher, emphasize the conditions of restoration (Acts 8:22), the work and sacrifice of Peter after the restoration.
Lesson Exercises 1. Peter was called with _________ his brother and ________ into full-time discipleship.
2. During the personal ministry of Jesus, the disciples preached the kingdom of heaven is 3. Peter confessed, “ ______________________________________ ” (Matthew 16:16.) 4. Jesus showed he was not satisfied, pleased, or annoyed by Peter’s confession 5. At the trial of the __________ refer toChrist, _____________times. Then he heard the cock ________ and remembered what ________ had said and went out and ____________.
6. When Peter wept, it was a sign he was amused, sorry, or didn’t care what he had done.
7. Peter told Simon to _________ and ___________________ because of his __________, therefore Peter must have __________and asked God to __________ him.
8. A person must believe, confess, _____________ and. be __________ in order to become a _____________. When a Christian sins, he must ____________ and ______________ for forgiveness.
9. On the day of Pentecost Peter told those who inquired to ___________ and be ____________ for ___________.
About _______ were ________ to the __________.
10. Acts 2:47 : The Lord added the ________ to the church!
PRIMARY LESSON X—FINAL REVIEW Purpose.—To fix certain truths in the mind of the children and to help the teacher evaluate his/her teaching. The teacher should prepare her own outline for review so it relates to the points discussed and emphasized in the lessons studied.
Review Exercises
1. ______________ and ____________ whom God created lived in the ____________ of __________. Because
_____________ ate the forbidden fruit and gave it to _________ to eat, ___________ were driven from the
____________. From Adam there were __________ generations to _______who built the ark.
2. The story of _____________ is the story of a good man who _______with God. To walk with God means ___________.
3. By _____________ Noah built the ________. By __________ Abraham journeyed from the _____ of _______. He also offered _______________________ as a sacrifice by_____________ on Mount ____________.4. ______________ was the prophet sent to ____________ the way for the coming of Christ. He __________ Jesus in the ___________ River, When __________ was ____________, the Holy Spirit descended on him in the form of ____________ and a voice from _____________ was heard proclaiming "__________________ in whom I am ______________ hear ye him."
5. __________ was born in Bethlehem. His mother was ________, His father was_______. He is not their son as some suppose, but He is the son of ______, the _________ of the world.
6. ___________ was a disciple of _______ the ______ who confessed Christ then as the ____ of _____.
He became very _______ for his denial and _________ of Christ. On the day of ___________ Peter told folks to
_________ and be __________ for the ____________ of their ______. About __________were __________and the Lord ___________ them to the _________.
7. When a Christian sins, he must _________ and ______ God to forgive him. One who is not a Christian must repent and be _________ in order to be a Christian.
8. The Good Samaritan was more like Christ than the ____________ or _________________.