THE CONSEQUENCE OF DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD

Imagine the beauty of the Paradise in the picture. This is how the Garden of Eden looked like. It was a perfect place, a paradise for God's creations. God loves us so much that He wanted us to live a perfect life. 

As we learned in our previous lesson, God shows his love to us by creating a perfect world. Only joy, happiness and other good things exist. There was no pain, death or sin. Sadly, this perfect world didn't last that long :(  - the reason the world is not perfect today. 

The world and the people in this world are not perfect today. Some lie, cheat, steal and say bad things to people. We do lot of things we are not supposed to do.

God's original plan for us was to live in a perfect world and to be perfect persons. Unfortunately, this did not happen because people have rebelled.

Curious on how this rebellion against God started? 

Let's figure out what happened. Click the image below and enjoy reading!

 

THE START OF MAN'S MADNESS

Do you know who is the serpent? His name is Lucipher.

LUCIPHER

HE IS AN ANGEL.

Yes, you READ it right. He is an angel.

Maybe you're asking, aren't angels good?-- the answer is GOD MADE THEM GOOD. 

However, God has never forced anyone to love him or obey him. He still doesn't until now.

It is your choice.

And the angels in heaven had a choice too!

Lucipher chose not to follow God, to be wicked and to spread all the bad things in the world. He is the Satan.

God had given Satan a certain amount of power and authority. But he perverted the power. Lucipher wanted to exalt himself above God.. rather than just being the angel of God.

 

Satan tries to trick us in various ways. He tries to make sin look cool and fun. But falling to Satan's tricks always brings bad results - pain and death.

God loves us so much that when He knew we will commit sins because of what happened to the serpent, Adam and Eve, He allowed Jesus to live on earth as a man. He would die on the cross for our sins and put an end to devil.

God loves us so much inspite of our rebellion, imperfections and sins.

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16).

PRAYER:

Dear God, thank You for explaining to me why bad  things happen in this world. Thank You that You plan on making life better for us. In Jesus name, Amen.

LOVE IS GOD - CREATION

Do you know who created the following?

NATURE

SKY

STARS

OCEANS

FLOWERS

YOUR PET

YOUR MOM AND DAD

YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS

GOD CREATED ALL OF THESE!

NOT ONLY THESE THINGS BUT ALL THAT YOU SEE HERE ON EARTH!

God made everything that you see around. 

When you swim in your favorite lake or river - God made them

When you look up to the sky and see the stars - God made them

When you play with your favorite pets - God made them

When you spend time with your lovable Mom and Dad - God made them

And the most amazing of them all? 

GOD CREATED YOU

"IN THE BEGINNING, GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH"

- GENESIS 1:1

WANT TO DISCOVER HOW GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH?

You may read the bible story below from bibleforchildren.org. Click the image and enjoy reading!

When you look at the creation, you will see signs of God's love. God created the world for all for us. When He created it, it was perfect- there are no problems, no sickness, no sadness and no death.

You might be thinking "So what triggers the existence of problems, no sickness, no sadness? Why is the world not perfect today?

Don't worry we will discuss that in our future lessons.

As said in the bible story above, God created us in his image (Genesis 1:26). This means we are Godlike. God created us to be like him in different ways.

God is our father. 

Do you have a great father- a father that does and gives everything he could just to make his kid happy?

God is like that- even better!
He wants to spend time with you. If He was on this earth, He would shop and play with you. 

He wants to be your best friend, just like what Patrick to Spongebob. He would be there for you in times of happiness and troubles. He loves you just the way you are, no matter how bad you seem to be or how good you think you are.


A thanksgiving prayer:

Dear God, Thank You for creating the world and creating me. Thank You for being my Friend. Please watch over me, my family, and my friends. In Jesus’ name, Amen.