OCTOBER 20, 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 34. Promises Broken and Promises Kept (2 Chronicles 36)

The Big Truth: Two bad kings cracked God’s kingdom.

The Gospel Point: Is all hope lost? Of course not. God is God and God is good. God is still their God. He had not forgotten his people and his promises. In due time he would provide good leaders, bring his people back, restore the city walls, and rebuild the holy temple. God has done more for us than all that. In Jesus he gave us a King after his own heart to establish the forever kingdom. When Jesus preached, his first sermon was this: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand” (Mark 1:15). Jesus established God’s everlasting kingdom in a surprising way. He showed how a good king should live by loving God first and best and by loving his neighbor as himself. He suffered and died as God’s King. Then he rose again from the grave and now reigns in power in heaven. One day he will return and take his people home with him. Together we will live forever in his perfect kingdom. What a good God! Like Judah of old, we deserve curses instead of blessings. Instead, for all who are in Christ, we receive blessing after blessing after blessing.

Memory Verse: John 14:15 If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

Catechism: Q: Why ought you to glorify God? A: Because He made me and takes care of me. (Romans 11:36, Revelation 4:11, Daniel 5:23)

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.