Editor’s note: This is the 6th and final installment from the Fall Inquiry Newsletter.
Below are some excerpts of lesson goals that have been recently reviewed. Since the training is oral, the goals along with the written questions help direct the teachers in their instruction.
Genesis 3 – The Fall into Sin
Goals:
Knowledge – To understand the punishment for sin and the price of disobedience to God. To understand the ways of the devil in his fight against the followers of God.
Attitude – To realize that the results of sin are long-lasting. To believe that when we fall short of the standard of God, He reaches out to us in love with a plan to bring us back to Himself.
Actions – To be obedient to God and to His commands. To stand against Satan in all of His works and all of His ways. To trust in the Messiah who came to offer forgiveness of our inherent sin.
Genesis 12 – The Call of Abraham
Goals:
Knowledge – To understand that when the Lord calls us, we will not know everything about what is going to happen to us. To know that the Lord desires to bless us, speak to us, and to be adored by us.
Attitude – To trust that the Lord has a plan for us and that He will bless us when we obey His instructions. To desire to be a blessing to others.
Actions – To obey the Lord and worship Him without questioning His reasons for what He asks. To go where the Lord tells us to go without hesitation.
