God Is Our Rescuer
Big Truth:
God Is Our Rescuer
1 Samuel 2:8-9; Psalm 3:8; 35:10; 91:1-6; Isaiah 43:1-5; 45:21-22; Ephesians 1:7
Bible Verse:
For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.
Big Ideas:
- Our sin takes us captive.
- We cannot rescue ourselves.
- God is the only one who can rescue us from sin.
- God sent Jesus to be our Savior.
Bible Story:
2 Kings 19:1-37King Hezekiah was a king who sought to obey and please God. He ruled the Israelites when the Israelites were under the siege of the Assyrians. The Assyrian king did not follow the true God. Hezekiah knew he could not save the Israelites by himself. Only God could rescue them from the Assyrians. Only God can rescue us from our sin. He is our Rescuer.
Story:
Redemption
Thankfully, God does not just leave us in the broken world, but is repairing the brokenness through His Son. From the very beginning of time, God promised He would fix creation, and He kept His promise by sending Jesus to rescue us from our sin. Jesus came to live on the earth and willingly died on the cross so that sin’s power over creation would be broken forever.
Every child should know that:
- God has provided a rescue plan for us through Jesus.
Every child should:
- Remember that God proved He is more powerful than sin and death through Jesus.
Every child should feel:
- A desperate need to be rescued from sin and death.
Every child should want:
- To be rescued by Jesus who is our Savior.
