APRIL 28, 2024

Parents, what a joy it is to serve your precious arrows on Sunday mornings! The Little Reformers team wants you to always have full visibility to what we are teaching your kids. It is important to us that we be effective partners to you, reinforcing what you work hard to teach your children at home. Each week, we update this section of the website to reflect the lesson, the big truth, gospel point, verse, and catechism your child(ren) will learn while in our care. We hope this resource is a help to you and gives you confidence as you train up your children in the way they should go.

Bible Story: Chapter 97. No Nothing (Romans 8)

The Big Truth: In Jesus, God loves us always and forever.

The Gospel Point: We need God to keep us safe from all the dangers that exist in our fallen world. And we need regular reminders that he can and he will! The letter to the Romans is Paul’s way of reminding us that God will keep us safe if we trust in Jesus. Think of it like this—Jesus is like a boat that carries us all the way to our home in heaven. If we leave Jesus, we leave our place of safety. As long as we keep following Jesus, there is nothing that can separate us from God. Not death, not bad dreams, not bad people, not cancer, not car accidents, not things in the sky or things in the sea—nothing. We know through Jesus that the snake has been crushed, that our sins have been paid for, and that death has been defeated. We have nothing to fear! We are safe. Safe in Jesus. If that isn’t good news, then nothing is!

Memory Verse: Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Catechism: Q: What else did God make? A: God made all things. (Genesis 1, esp. vv. 1, 31, Acts 14:15, Romans 11:36, Colossians 1:16)

Sources: Bible stories from The Biggest Story Bible Story Book by Kevin DeYoung. Catechisms from Truth and Grace Book 1 by Tom Ascol . The Big Truth and the Gospel Point taken from The Biggest Story Bible by Kevin DeYoung, published by Crossway.