MARCH 24, 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 82. The Snake Crusher is Crushed for Us (Mark 15)

The Big Truth: The Snake Crusher was crushed for us.

The Gospel Point: Who is the Snake Crusher? Why is Jesus called that? That name goes back to one of the earliest promises in the Bible, when God said to the serpent who deceived Eve in the garden of Eden, “Because you have done this, there will be a long and great struggle between you and Eve’s offspring until the day when a child is born from her family who will crush your head once and for all” (see Gen. 3:14–15). Jesus is that child. Jesus is the Snake Crusher. He’s the son of Mary and the Son of God. But what is surprising in our story is that the Snake Crusher is crushed. Although he had never sinned, he was punished by God for all the sins of the world. Why? So we wouldn’t have to be punished. Jesus was crushed so we don’t have to be crushed. He took the punishment for us. That’s why it was a Good Friday. And the Snake? He will still be crushed just as it was promised. But that’s a story for another day.

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.