RCCG LOWER JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2022/2023 AGE 6-8 TEACHER’S MANUAL SUNDAY 11TH OF DECEMBER 2022 LESSON FIFTEEN

BIBLE TEXT: 2 SAMUEL 11:1-12, 12:1:7

2 Samuel 11:1-12

[1]And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

[2]And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

[3]And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

[4]And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.

[5]And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

[6]And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

[7]And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

[8]And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.

[9]But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

[10]And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?

[11]And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

[12]And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.

2 Samuel 12:1,7

[1]And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

[7]And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

RCCG LOWER JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2022/2023 AGE 6-8 TEACHER’S MANUAL SUNDAY 11TH OF DECEMBER 2022 LESSON FIFTEEN

MEMORY VERSE: PSALM 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

LESSON AIM: The children will reflect upon the sinfulness of their hearts and how Jesus can give them a clean heart for repentance.

CHILD-RELATED TRUTH: God wants you to always confess and repent ofyour sins.

INTRODUCTION: Does anyone know what the word “restore” means?

When something is restored it means it’s put back together after it’s been broken or messed up in some way. One day as I was loading plates into the sink, I mistakenly dropped one of my favorite plates. It broke into two pieces, and luckily I was able to glue it back together. My plate was restored!

What if my plate had broken into 500 pieces? Do you think l would have been able to fix it? (Probably not). Sometimes our sin is a bit like that broken plate. When we disobey God we can totally spoil our lives. And it might seem like there is no way to put things right again. But God is so powerful and so merciful that He is able to restore us when we repent of our sin and ask Him to forgive us.

PROGRESSION OF EVENT: 2 SAMUEL 11:1-12

1. During springtime when kings often went out to war, David put a man named Joab in charge of the army, but David stayed home.

2. One night., David was standing on the roof of the palace, and across the way, he noticed a beautiful woman.

3. David asked his servants about her. They said, Her name is Bathsheba and she is married to Uriah, a strong warrior in your army

4. David sent messengers to Bathsheba to bring her to the palace and she spent the night there.

5. Sometime later Bathsheba sent a message to David saying”I am pregnant, and you are the father.

6. David had Uriah, Bathsheba’s husband brought home from the war. He told him to go home and spend time with his wife.

7. But Uriah refused. He said, “It’s not right for me to go home and spend time relaxing when the rest of the army is out fighting.” So instead of going home, Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with the other servants.

8. David sent a message with Uriah to Joab, the commander of the army, telling him to put Uriah at the center of the battle where the fighting was the most dangerous, Uriah died during the battle.

9. God knew exactly what David had done, and was not happy about it so He sent Prophet Nathan to David to confront him with his sin.

10. Prophet Nathan told David the story of a rich man oppressing a poor man who was deserving of death as punishment. The Prophet told David he was that man.

GOSPEL CONNECTION: Because of our sin, like David, we know that we deserve to die. The Bible says in the book of Romans 6:23 that the punishment for sin is death. Someone must die to pay for our sins. Jesus loves us so much that He was willing to die for us! Isn’t that incredible? We serve such a loving, glorious God who has offered us a wonderful gift which

is forgiveness for our sin. And there’s nothing that we have to do to try to earn it! God forgives us when we turn to Jesus and put our faith in Him.

CLIMAX: David knew that he deserved to die for what he had done, but God promised that David wouldn’t die. Instead, Nathan told David that the baby that he and Bathsheba had

would die.

CONCLUSION: Instead of continuing to hide his sin, David finally confessed it to God. He also begged God to forgive him.

CHALLENGE: When we do something wrong our first thought is often to try to hide what we have done. But there is no need to try to hide from God because Jesus loves us so much

that He wants to restore us even when we sin. When we follow Jesus and repent of our sins, we find freedom from síns.

And just like David prayed, you can ask God to “restore to you the joy of His salvation and grant you a willing spirit, to sustain you.”(Psalm 51:10).

INVITATION: The only way Jesus can ever save you and restore to you the joy of His salvation is for you to believe in Him and be saved(John 3:16).

DAILY DEVOTIONAL:

SUNDAY:ACTS 9:28-30

MONDAY: ACTS 9:3 1-33

TUESDAY: ACTS 9:34-36

WEDNESDAY ACTS 9:37-39

THURSDAY: ACTS 9:40-43

FRIDAY: ACTS 10:1-3

SATURDAY: ACTS 10:4-6

RCCG LOWER JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2022/2023 AGE 6-8 TEACHER’S MANUAL SUNDAY 11TH OF DECEMBER 2022 LESSON FIFTEEN