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Introduction
Discuss using tools and objects in unusual or unconventional ways.
ASK: When have you used a tool or an object in an unusual or unconventional way?
ASK: What happened?
Transition to Bible lesson.
God created us on purpose.
We must understand and fulfill that purpose.
God isn’t amused or impressed by those who use their lives for reasons He never intended.
Gather
• Incense oils, air fresheners, or perfumes.
Creation of Humans
By God
Humans are either a product of God’s purposeful creation or an evolutionary accident.
The latter view dominates culture today, bringing devastating effects on society.
ASK: What are some implications of viewing human life as an evolutionary accident?
Life is seen as having no intrinsic value; people are viewed as disposable; government assumes the role of supreme power; the Bible is seen as irrelevant and Christians as a threat to society.
The Bible teaches that God created humanity and the rest of the universe.
An honest look at nature should lead any sane person to conclude the universe, including humanity, couldn’t have happened by accident.
No amount of time and chance would ever yield a well-ordered universe filled with intricate and wondrous designs.
Adam and Eve were God’s final creation on day 6 of the creation week.
God made Adam and Eve perfect and fit for His use.
He concluded they and the rest of His creation were “very good” (Gen.
1:31).
Sin ruined God’s creation not long after the creation week.
We will talk more about that in the next lesson.
ASK: After learning God created us, what question should we ask next?
We should ask why God created us.
ASK: Why is that question important?
It gives us direction and purpose in life.
For God
God created people to fulfill His purposes.
The KJV uses the word “pleasure” in Revelation 4:11.
The original Greek word means “will.”
There is a sense in which God created all things for His pleasure.
That becomes clear in other passages.
Revelation 4 is John’s vision of a still future event slated to take place in Heaven after the Rapture.
The words in verse 11 will be uttered by members of Christ’s church, represented in the passage by the twenty-four elders.
Christ’s church includes all believers from the present Church Age, which extends from the coming of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2) until the Rapture (1 Thess.
4:16, 17).
So we will be part of the group that says these words to God.
In Heaven, we will worship God and acknowledge that He created us and the rest of the universe by His will.
We can find meaning in life only through knowing God’s will for humanity.
Paul added in Colossians that Christ, the Son of God, created all things for Himself.
So communication and fellowship between God and man is highly important to God.
He made that clear in the creation account.
So we were created to have fellowship and relationship with God and to worship Him.
Communication by Humans
With God
We are so accustomed to modern conveniences that going without them can make us frustrated and upset.
ASK: How do you respond when the electricity goes out or your phone die with no charger?
God put Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
They lived there without electricity, social media, and iPhone's.
There were no movies to watch, video games to play, or fast-food meals to order through Uber Eats.
They didn’t even have a house and a cozy bed.
Yet they didn’t complain, feel bored, or have any sense of missing out.
ASK: What made life in the Garden of Eden so enjoyable for Adam and Eve?
They were perfect, their environment was perfect, and they enjoyed unhindered communication and fellowship with God.
God created Adam and Eve to enjoy communicating with Him.
He made them persons, gave them self-awareness, language, and the ability to respond to Him intelligently.
In other words, He made them in His image.
We shouldn’t think that God felt lonely prior to creating Adam and Eve.
He didn’t create them because He had a void in His existence.
After all, He is the I AM, meaning He is self-existent and dependent on no one (Exod.
3:14).
God enjoyed communing with Adam and Eve.
He loved them and looked forward to talking with them.
about Himself, the rest of creation, and humanity’s purpose and part in His plan.
We understand the importance of Adam and Eve’s communication and fellowship with God when we read about the immediate aftermath of their first sin.
Sin ruined Adam and Eve’s fellowship with God.
They became afraid of Him and aware of their own guilt.
Yet God searched for Adam and Eve as if He didn’t know what they had done.
His searching and calling out for them showed them that His interest in communing with the couple hadn’t waned.
And His actions reveal to us that His walking and talking with Adam and Eve happened regularly.
Peter wrote that God’s ears are attentive to the righteous, a reference to believers.
Sin affects our communication with God, but it doesn’t affect God’s desire to hear from us.
Remember that He sent His Son to die on the cross so He might invite us to come directly to His throne of grace through prayer (Heb.
4:14–16).
Revelation 5 is a continuation of John’s heavenly vision recorded in chapter 4.
God pictured the prayers of believers as golden bowls full of incense.
ACTIVITY: Have several air fresheners, containers of incense oils, or perfumes for your students to pass around and smell.
Have them share their responses to the different scents.
ASK: Why do you think God compared believers’ prayers to pleasant-smelling incense kept in golden bowls?
To reveal that our prayers are precious and pleasing to Him.
ASK: Do you see communicating with God as an essential part of your life?
Do you believe God wants to hear your prayers?
Explain.
God created every person to commune with Him.
He longs to hear us talk to Him through prayer.
And He delights to answer our prayers in His time and according to His will.
About God
We should focus on God’s greatness when communicating with Him.
He deserves our praise and delights to hear it.
Even when we make requests of God, we should be expressing to Him both our faith in His ability to answer our requests and our thankfulness for all He has done and will do through us (Phil.
4:6).
Our communication about God should include songs we sing as a church and as individuals.
Those songs should come from our hearts and from what we learn about God in His Word.
If we don’t feel the urge to sing or talk about God, then perhaps the “word of Christ” is not dwelling in us “richly.”
For that to happen, we need to spend time in God’s Word thinking and praying about its meaning and personally and purposefully applying its truths.
It also means we need to keep our hearts away from sinful input.
ASK: What did Peter say about talking about God’s greatness?
We should proclaim what God did to save us from the darkness of sin.
Witnessing to the lost should come naturally because of our gratitude for our salvation and our awe of God’s great grace.
God saved us so we would talk about His saving grace and interest others in knowing Him too.
To the very end, God’s glory is the Bible’s main theme (Rev.
21:22–26).
If we aren’t talking about God’s glory, then we are missing the main reason for our creation.
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