July 7, 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 9. Its a Boy (Genesis 21-22)

The Big Truth: God provided a son and a sacrifice for Abraham, the man of faith.

The Gospel Point: The story of Abraham’s (almost) sacrifice of his son, Isaac, is an amazing story. An even more amazing story is the story of God the Father’s (actual) sacrifice of his son, Jesus. Isaac’s story took place on a small mountain; Jesus’s story took place on a hill. Abraham’s beloved son would carry wood for the sacrifice; God’s beloved Son would carry a wooden cross. Isaac’s life was spared because God provided a ram (a male lamb) to be sacrificed in his place. But for Jesus, there would be no ram. Jesus was the sacrifice. Jesus was the Lamb. He carried the wooden cross on his back; he was nailed to the cross. He died. Just as God provided a ram so that Isaac wouldn’t die, God provided Jesus so that we don’t have to die. The promised child of Eve—the Snake Crusher—was the Lamb of God who took away the sins of the world and rescued us from death! Our Savior would die for a people who didn’t seem to love God or trust him at all. Through Jesus’s death on a cross, we can receive forgiveness for our sins. What good news. Do you believe this? How will you respond to Jesus? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we all believed like Abraham?

Memory Verse: John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him  should not perish but have eternal life.

Catechism: Q: How can you glorify God? A: By loving Him and doing what He commands. (Ecclesiastes 12:13, Mark 12:29-31, John 15:8-10, 1 Corinthians 10:31)

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.