Three Parables
Luke 15
Continue the conversation throughout the week with your kids by asking them questions pertaining to the lesson from Sunday at Redemption Kids.
The questions asked below were asked on Sunday during our time at Redemption Kids. Take some time to read the passage together, discuss the questions, watch a BRAND NEW video of the lesson, memorize the Bible verse, and remember the big idea of this week!
Ask the Questions
Bigs Discussion Questions
How did the three characters from the parables react when what they lost was found? (by rejoicing and celebrating; Luke 15:6,9,32)
What did the Pharisees and scribes complain about? (Jesus’ welcoming sinners, Luke 15:2)
Why was the older brother angry at the end of that parable? (He felt his father was treating him unfairly, Luke 15:29-30)
Do you ever feel like running away from God to live your own way?
Guide kids to think about the choices they make. Help them think through times when it may feel like obeying God is a burden, such as when a seeing popular movie or playing a popular video game dishonors Him. Encourage kids to speak openly about when it is hard to obey God.
Do you ever feel like it’s unfair for God to love people who disobey Him?
Help kids see that all people are sinners. We often try to rank our sin or compare it to other people’s sin to justify why we chose to sin. Help kids understand that all sin deserves death.
How should we react to a person becoming a believer in Jesus?
Direct kids to remember how God reacts to sinners’ repenting. Discuss the fact that God welcomes sinners and loves them. Help them see that we should respond like God does, with joy and celebration, not with doubt or skepticism.
Elementary Discussion Questions
How are we “lost” before we trust in Jesus?
Lead kids to recognize that being lost means not knowing Jesus as Lord and Savior. The Bible says that apart from Jesus, we are in darkness and are dead in sin. Jesus makes us alive and brings us into His kingdom. He shows us what is true about God and about ourselves.
How does it make you feel that God came looking for you?
Allow kids to share their feelings. Remind kids that God created us, so He knows us and sees us. He seeks after us because He loves us.
What might you say to someone who doesn’t know Jesus?
Invite kids to share their ideas. Suggest that kids might share their testimonies, or stories of how they came to know and love Jesus. Review the Gospel Plan Poster and encourage kids to remember the five points to summarize the good news about Jesus: God rules, we sinned, God provided, Jesus gives, and we respond. (Option: Choose a volunteer to read 1 Cor. 15:3-4.)
Watch the Videos
Remember the 3 B’s
Big Picture Question: How does God care for His creation? God loves and rules over His creation according to His perfect plan.
Big Idea: Jesus came to seek and save the lost.
Bible Verse to Memorize - He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:13-14
Practice Catechism
Question 42: What is baptism?
Answer: Baptism is the washing with water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
