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Doodle Bible School
Lesson 12
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1. What is the theme of Numbers 16?
2. Can you doodle the picture clue?
3. What did the earth swallow besides the people? (16:32)
4. Can you quote the memory verse?
5. From what tribe of Israel did Korah come? (16:1)
6. How many chiefs of the congregation joined with Korah? (16:2)
7. Besides Moses, who else did these men oppose? (16:3)
8. What happened after they were swallowed by the earth? (16:33)
9. How did the men die who were offering incense? (16:35)
10. Have you ever been in a cave? How did it feel to be inside the earth?
Application Sermon Questions
Lesson 12
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1. Who was the first character mentioned that challenged Moses? (Numbers 12:1)
2. How was this person punished? (Numbers 12:10)
3. Who was the second character mentioned that challenged Moses? (Numbers 16:1)
4. How many were in the third group who challenged Moses? (Numbers 16:2)
5. What were the three points of this lesson?
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Home Church Worship Guide – Numbers 16
The Joy of Doodling Assignment
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Reading Assignment
Lesson 12
Parenting and Loving It!
Key #1 Treasure the Gift
Through the open door, we could see our four-year-old son skipping and jumping alone in the front yard. We had just finished lunch and the spring day offered too much enticement to keep Bryson inside. He had been cooped up all winter long and, like a new colt that had just found its balance, he wanted to jump over everything and then roll in the grass.
As we sat back watching Bryson’s childlike expressions and marveling at his youthful energy, my mother asked a question that eventually inspired the book from which this section is taken. “Where are all the children? When I was a child, springtime meant children. Kids were everywhere. As we closed our doors in the fall, one set of kids went in, but when the doors opened again in the spring, it seemed like hundreds more came out. Where have all the children gone?”
Cindy and I were married nine years before God blessed us with Bryson and then we waited ten more years before He gave us Gabriel. During those emotional years, we experienced two miscarriages and much heartache over the desire to have children. It is because of this heartache and many other convictions that we have a passion to encourage parenthood. Other than spiritual blessings, the human ability to procreate may be the greatest gift God ever gave to His creation. Just as He entrusted the message of salvation into the hands of men, He has also entrusted us with the power to pass along life.
In Genesis 1:28, God told Adam and Eve, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it.” (NKJV) In Genesis 9:1, He repeated this command to Noah, his sons, and their wives. In Psalm 127:3, God said that “Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from him.” These and many other passages like them emphasize God’s timeless desire for His creation to experience family life.
Throughout time, God has used the physical family to define the spiritual realm. In Psalm 89:26, and many other places, God is referred to as a father. In Ephesians 3:15, God’s people are referred to as His family, in Romans 8:14, as his sons, and in I John 3:10, as His children. In John 14, Jesus comforts his followers by referring to Heaven as a huge house with many rooms that are being prepared for all of God’s children. Perhaps the most touching use of the physical family to define the spiritual family is the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15. All through Scripture, the Holy Spirit has paralleled the spiritual family with the physical family to help us better understand the spirit world. Much about the spiritual realm is difficult for our human minds to conceive. These illustrations help us relate in a small way to God’s values.
Understanding that the physical family plays such an important role in defining spiritual principles, we can begin to see why God has placed such a heavy emphasis on parenthood, procreation, and family values in His Holy Word. When the church fails to uphold God-centered family values, God’s illustration loses its impact. When Christians fail to set a proper example of God’s design for the roles of men and women in the home, the world has no illustration to draw them into their role in the spiritual family. When church leaders begin diluting God’s words of condemnation for alternative lifestyles, God’s picture of the spirit realm is smeared and distorted. God’s desire for us to “be fruitful and multiply” has much more importance than just physical reproduction. Family life defines the very principles that one day will determine where we spend eternity.
Key #2 Give the Blessing
He whipped his boy for lying and his face was flaming red.
Of course there’s no denying there was truth in what he said
That a liar is always hated, but the little fellow knew,
That his father often stated many things that were untrue.
He caught the youngster cheating and sent him up to bed.
And, it’s useless now repeating all the bitter things he said.
He talked of honor loudly as a lesson to be learned,
And forgot he’s boasted proudly of the cunning tricks he’s turned.
He heard the youngster swearing and he punished him again.
He’d have no boy so daring as to utter words profane.
Yet, the youngster could have told him (poor misguided little elf),
That it seemed unfair to scold him when he often cursed himself.
All in vain is splendid preaching, and the noble things we say,
All our talk is wasted teaching if we do not lead the way.
We will ne’er succeed reviewing all the sermons on the shelves,
To keep younger hands from doing what we often do ourselves.
Author Unknown
In ancient times, a blessing from one’s parents was just as important as an inheritance. It often involved a meaningful touch, a period of meaningful talk and a wish for a meaningful tomorrow.
In Genesis 48, Israel gave this blessing to his grandsons. In verses 10-12, he gave them the blessing of meaningful touch. The scrip ture says that he kissed them and held them on his knees. In verses 15-16, Israel gave his grandsons the blessing of meaningful talk. He reminded them of their godly past and the honor of their name. In verse 16, he blessed them with hope for a meaningful tomorrow by saying, “…may they increase greatly upon the earth.”
Families today desperately need to return to this meaningful family tradition. Consider the three following parts of the blessing.
1. Meaningful touch – Did you know that, when newborns are held regularly, they develop quicker and tend to be much healthier babies? Studies show that a touch can lower blood pressure and even aid in healing. God designed us as social beings. We need physical interaction. As the internet, ATM machines and other impersonal devices become more popular, our hunger for personal touch will only increase. Your family needs the blessing. Hold them today.
2. Meaningful talk – Someone said, “Talk is cheap.” But that is only true when talk is cheapened by a lack of reinforcing actions. Consider the poem at the top.
3. Meaningful tomorrow – Studies show that there is a growing cynicism among young people about the condition that the world will be in when they become adults. The more attached we allow our children to become to the things of this dying world, the less hope they will find in tomorrow. The things of this world will rust, decay, and die. Like drinking saltwater when thirsty, the things of this world only produce more cravings and little satisfaction. Only by helping them learn to be content in whatever state they find themselves, and by teaching them to lay up treasures in Heaven, can we help them find any real hope and emotional peace for today and for tomorrow.
Key #3 Make Your House a Schoolhouse
The teacher overheard Johnny using a most undesirable word. “Johnny,” said the teacher, “you shouldn’t use words like that! Where did you ever hear such a term?”
“My daddy says it all the time,” said the little boy boldly.
“Well,” said the teacher “he shouldn’t use that word either. Besides, you don’t even know what it means.”
“Sure I do,” the boy responded. “It means the car won’t start.”
While hiding in the woods, two young boys opened fire on a playground full of children. Five died, including one schoolteacher who was shot while shielding one of her students.
On the day of this horrible tragedy, I was holding a meeting in a city less than thirty minutes away from where the slaughter had occurred. It seemed that everyone in the congregation was personally affected and, when I was introduced, I felt a huge burden to use my lesson to bring about some application from this tragedy. The following is some of what was said.
“Many tonight are looking for answers. Some of us will blame the media for popularizing violence without consequences. Others will blame this crime on the availability of guns. Still others will blame God. We live in a world that readily passes the blame on to others and rarely accepts responsibility for its own actions. Please be reminded that a TV cannot present violent material without a person to turn it on. A gun cannot be fired without a person to pull the trigger. And God cannot be responsible for something that we have chosen to bring upon ourselves. To solve America’s problems, we must begin by taking responsibility for our actions. We must start in the home. We have little control over the actions of others, but we can control ourselves and the actions of our children. Too many of us are neglecting our parental responsibilities!”
Are you aware that the average child in America today spends more of their waking hours in an institution than they do with their own parents? Consider an average day in the life of your own child. Awakened before sunrise, they are rushed off to school or daycare to spend the majority of their waking hours under the influence of relative strangers. Although many of these adults are wonderful people who would never intentionally do anything to harm them, harm does often come.
- When we as parents are absent, our children are harmed by a lack of individual nurturing. Personal needs cannot be adequately met in a classroom full of children who are all competing for the same person’s attention. This competition promotes frustration and it often leads to anxiety, withdrawal, and even strife among students.
- When we as parents are absent, the impressionable minds of our children are harmed by peer pressure from other youngsters who have a less than desirable value system.
- When we as parents are absent, our children are harmed by an agenda or curriculum that is often designed to promote competition and materialism rather than compassion and faith in God.
- When we as parents are absent, our children are harmed by our absence. Life is the greatest school room of all. No one can teach a child better than a loving parent. Did you know that public school teachers comprise one of the largest groups of professional people who are now choosing to homeschool their own children? These experts know that children suffer when they are removed from the instruction of their own parents. Children naturally seek out role models. If the parents will not accept this responsibility, other less desirable role models are often selected. Who is the primary role model for your child?
I’m told that on the day of the terrible shooting mentioned before, a parent heard about the tragedy and rushed to the school to make sure his child was not among the injured. When he arrived, he learned that his child had not been hurt, but was instead being held for murder. How well do you know your child?
Marital Blissters Questions
Lesson 12
1. Does God still want us to multiply even though some say that we have already overpopulated the earth? What things should be allowed to limit the fulfillment of this verse? (Genesis 1:28, 9:1; Psalm 127:3)
2. What are the three parts of the blessing recorded in Genesis 48:10-16? How can these be emphasized in your home?
3. Given the violent world we live in, what steps can you take to ensure a meaningful tomorrow for your children?
4. Can a child be “left to himself” even though he has been placed in the care of another? (Proverbs 29:15) Explain your answer. Make a list of three ways a child tends to disgrace his parents when left to himself.
5. How do you feel about homeschooling? How much have you investigated this option? Does Deuteronomy 6:4-9 apply to homeschooling? Why or why not?