JULY 14, 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 12. Joseph's Mean Brothers and What God meant to Do (Genesis 37, 50)

The Big Truth: God works all things according to his perfect plan.

The Gospel Point: Remember how we told you at the beginning of the lesson that this would be a messy story? It sure was. But even through our messes, God works for his good. He intends for our mess to bring about his promised rescue plan. But Joseph’s story isn’t the messiest in the Bible. Hundreds of years after Joseph, the religious and political leaders would reject God’s Son, whom the Father had sent into the world to save us. They beat him and mocked him. They hung him on a cross to die. What a mess! It sure looked like the snake was going to win. But Jesus rose from the dead. He conquered sin. He crushed the snake. His purpose was for this mess to bring about salvation. What a great story! What a great salvation!

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.