One more week of Zombies as we explore Sanctifying Grace. Through God’s sanctifying grace, we grow and mature in our ability to live as Jesus lived. When talking about “The Walking Dead” this week, be sure to note that we are DEAD without GRACE!
Outside all the Zombie talk we’re using to hopefully grab and hold attention of the kids, this week’s real topic is Justifying Grace. Today, some call God’s justifying grace “conversion” or being “born again.” When we experience God’s justifying grace, we come into that new life in Christ.
This week we are talking about Prevenient Grace. We used the zombie theme to identify with the students, but you saw right through that. Essentially, prevenient means “to come before.” Thus, prevenient grace is grace that comes before salvation.
Sin doesn’t make us bad. Sin makes us DEAD…and we are all sinners. The good news is God has a plan, a remedy, a fix for deadness. That remedy is GRACE! For the next few weeks, we’ll be talking about this grace and what it looks like in our lives.
WEEK 2 – Living Life WITH God // GOAL: To illustrate what it means to live LIFE WITH GOD. It requires FAITH, HOPE, and most of all LOVE.
WEEK 1 – How Do You Relate to God? // GOAL: To help the students where they fall in the postures of relating to God, in hopes that they might understand what it means to live LIFE WITH GOD.
It is only when we have a Relationship WITH God that we are able to truly be satisfied in our life and in our faith. This article will give you and your group leaders an overview of the key talking points that we will be pulling from in the discussion guides.
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In the fifth week of the Discipleship Experiment, our lesson seeks to help students understand importance of not forgetting and following through with this “Experiment” experience.
