JULY 21, 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 13. God Raises Up a Deliverer (Exodus 1-3)

The Big Truth: God raises up a leader to deliver his people out of slavery.

The Gospel Point: Remember what God called himself in the burning bush? “I am who I am” (Ex. 3:14). God is the always-and-forever God. He always was and always will be. When our Lord Jesus, the eternal Son of God, came to earth, he sometimes called him- self “I am”—the same words God used when he was talking to Moses! Jesus said, “I am the light of the world” (John 8:12) and “I am the resurrection and the life” (11:25). Just in case we were missing the point, he told the Pharisees, “Before Abraham was, I am” (8:58). Jesus existed before Abraham because he has always existed, and he will exist forever. And he exists forever to deliver his people. Just as God called Moses to deliver Israel from their slavery in Egypt, God sent Jesus to deliver sinners from their sins. “Thanks be to God,” the apostle Paul writes, “that you who were once slaves of sin have . . . been set free from sin” (Rom. 6:17–18). In Jesus, we are rescued from sin so we can live for him—the great “I AM.”

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.