["Pomp and Circumstance"]
We will open the service with
Onward, Christian Soldiers,
song number 412.
Let's go ahead and sing it out.
On the first.
Sing the second song, number 412, so I want to remind you, if parents are real, it's
possible to have their kids sit in the front.
The first three rows are reserved for all the kids.
All right, song number 412, sing it out on the second.
At the sight of time, the saints have spent fear.
The men have spent so much time, but dear things don't leave.
The salvation's given, and the shower clears.
All the saints have spent so much time, but dear things don't leave.
The saints have spent so much time, but dear things don't leave.
Song number three, Jesus paid it all, song number three.
I hear the Savior say, thy strength indeed is small.
Song number three, sing it out on the first.
I hear the Savior say, thy strength indeed is small.
God Ruler, He was fast and free.
acing the world with the light of His light.
Jesus paid it all, love was clean and cold.
The Savior Airbus was clean, He washed it white as snow.
Laney God. What was it? 328. Song number 328. I want that mountain.
Song number 328. It's a fun song so kids sing out. Alright.
Song number 100, I mean 100, 320. Sing it out on the first.
4, 15. 415. Victory through grace. Song number 415. Conquering now and still to
conquer. Song number 415. Sing it out on the first.
Sing it out on the first.
Hallelujah God. 143rd. 143. Song number 143. Blessed assurance,
Jesus is mine. See it out on the first.
So, Rama and Telsky. Yeah, you. 22. This will be the last song for favorite skids. You did a
great job selecting the songs. Song number 22. Are you washed in the blood?
Song number 22. Sing it out. Have you been to Jesus? Sing it out on the first.
Have you been to Jesus? Sing it out on the first. Have you been to Jesus? Sing it out on the first.
Amen. And we want to welcome you to our family fun night tonight. We're so glad that you are with us.
And these kids look very good up here in the front. They're doing a very good job and we appreciate them being here.
Let's go and take our bulletins. We'll get some announcements real quickly. If you do not have a bulletin, just raise your hand and one of our ushers can get one for you.
The verse this week, Psalm 118 24. This is the day the Lord hath made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. That's a good verse there. We like that.
You open up your bulletin, you'll see our service time Sunday morning service 10 30 a.m. And we had a wonderful service this morning.
And of course, tonight's very special service. It's our family fun night and we hope that you will enjoy it and learn from it.
And we have our Wednesday evening Bible study at 7 p.m. And we encourage you to be with us on Wednesday night.
Of course, if you look at our soul winning times, our main soul winning time is on Saturday mornings at 10 a.m.
And then we have additional sewing times on Thursdays and Sundays at 2 p.m.
And if you are a soul winner, please make sure that you mark your salvations on your communication card so that we can get those added to the bulletin.
If you have a map that you did not finish, please clearly mark was done was not done and you can return it in the bin in the foyer so we can get that recycled through.
And if you're running late, of course, you can call us at the number 916-868-9080.
If you look at the announcements and upcoming events, we just want you to remember that we have our I love my church Sunday coming up on February 9th.
You should have one of these cards there in your bulletin. Make sure you use that as a reminder for yourself.
And also as a tool to invite somebody. This sounds just a little echoey to me. If you could help me with that, I'd appreciate it.
Can you help me with that? Thank you. Use this as a tool for inviting somebody to church and then homeschool group.
We've got PE costs on Thursday, February 6th, and then we've got the Valentine's Day party on Friday, February 14th.
So don't forget about that. And if you'd like to attend, you can sign up on your communication card.
And then, of course, we've got sign up sheets in the back. So make sure that you sign up parents to help. There's some volunteer opportunities there for you.
Biblical Leadership Institute coming up on Tuesday, February 11th, nine chapters a day. Make sure you're just sticking with it. Don't give up and stay at it.
And then, of course, there was choir practice today. There's other things there for you to look at.
If you look at the back of the bulletin, birthdays and anniversaries for the month of January through the end of this week,
we have Miss Ermalisa's birthday on February 1st. John Bakuchik has a birthday on February 1st.
And brother Oliver and his melody Gonzalez have an anniversary on February 1st. Praise report, money matters.
All of those things are there for you to look at. So just some quick announcements about the family fun night.
Of course, we've got the kids sitting up here at the front. I think probably most of the kids are up here.
And if you're if you feel comfortable with your kids sitting up front, then we'd love for them to be up here.
If not, then that's fine. But just a couple of things. We do have a special lesson for the teens in the fellowship hall.
So in a moment here, when we're done with the announcements, we're going to sing a song.
When we're done singing, we're going to receive the offering. And during the offering time,
the teenagers can get up and go out the back the backside doors there and head to the fellowship hall.
And you're going to have a special lesson that is taught there.
We're going to begin the family fun night aspect of this service after the offering.
And so just be aware of that. And then also after the service at the end of the service,
once the service is completed right here in the front of the auditorium,
we're going to have Brother Matt Lee Wilson is going to be doing some balloon animals for the kids after the service.
All right. So there's going to be that after the service. Just make a note of that.
We are going to have some prizes for the kids who listen during the lesson. All right.
So, children, I want you all to look up here. Look at me. Everybody's eyes make make awkward eye contact with me.
All right. Good. Yeah, that was very awkward. All right. Look at me. And we want you to pay attention.
All right. We're going to ask some questions afterwards and you're going to get a chance to win some prizes.
I think I've got the prizes over here. A whole basket full of prizes. And there's all sorts of goodies here.
There's these. These are actually pretty awesome. These are like planes that fly a pretty far distance.
And we've got just all sorts of little toys and things here. So you've got to pay attention. All right.
And you've got to sit quietly. All right. So you've got to pay attention. You've got to sit quietly.
Everybody look at look. Look at me. Put your hands on your lap and close your mouth.
All right. You're going to make your parents look bad. All right. You're going to teach them how to sit well in church.
You're doing such a great job. And so make sure that you're paying attention. We're going to get started here in a minute.
So teens, you know where to go. Kids, you're going to stay here. And I think that's it for all of the announcements.
So we're going to go ahead and take our song books and we're not going to sing the chorus of the week.
I'm going to go and take one more favorite. And let's see from the kids. Who has a favorite? Who has a favorite? My hand.
My hand. Go ahead. What? To fifteen to one five.
Let's go ahead and do that to one five. And we're going to sing.
Heaven came down and glory filled my soul.
Two hundred fifteen as we prepare to receive the offering this evening, sing it out on the first.
Heaven came down and glory filled my soul.
Where at the cross the Savior came to rule.
What saves the cross from pain,
and what life will turn to pain.
Where at the cross the Savior came to rule.
What saves the cross from pain,
and what life will turn to pain.
Where at the cross the Savior came to rule.
What saves the cross from pain,
and what life will turn to pain.
Heaven came down and glory filled my soul.
Where at the cross the Savior came to rule.
What saves the cross from pain,
and what life will turn to pain.
Where at the cross the Savior came to rule.
What saves the cross from pain,
and what life will turn to pain.
Heaven came down and glory filled my soul.
On the last, don't forget, you've got that time at the end.
Sing it along with the third.
Now I've a hope that will surely pour
after the passing of time.
I have a future in heaven for sure,
there in the fetching sun.
Where at the cross the Savior came to rule.
Heaven came down and glory filled my soul.
Where at the cross the Savior came to rule.
My sins were lost away,
pain likeburg to all reprieve.
Heaven came down and glory filled my soul.
And my life will serve to pay.
Heaven and down in glory will my soul.
Amen.
Good singing.
Before we have the guys come up, just a quick reminder
that we, of course, are a family integrated church,
as you can tell.
So have the kids sit up here.
And if you've got little ones, we've
got mother-baby rooms and daddy rooms
available for your convenience.
Don't forget to turn your cell phones off or place them
on silent.
We'd appreciate your help with that.
And I think that's it for the announcement.
So we'll have the guys come up and help us
with the offering at this time.
And let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer.
Heavenly Father, Lord, we do love you.
We thank you for these children.
Lord, I pray that you would bless them,
help them to pay attention, to learn,
help the adults to pay attention and learn.
Lord, I pray that you'd help everything to go well tonight,
help the teens to be able to learn and receive something
from the word of God.
And Lord, we ask that you would just help us
as we invest in this next generation.
We love you.
In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
Amen.
Thank you.
Family Fun Night, Christian Kids Poppies Show.
Welcome to Verity Baptist Church's Family Fun Night.
It's so nice to have you with us.
Kids out there, please move to the first three rows.
Hi, I'm Freddy.
And I'm Amy.
Please pay attention and get ready to sing some fun songs.
We'll see you soon.
Bye.
All right.
We're going to sing some awesome songs tonight.
Kids, I'm going to need your help for some of these songs,
all right?
We're going to do some songs here.
The first one's called, Amen, Brother, Amen.
We have not sung this one song before,
so I'm going to have some practice here, OK?
Girls, I need you to start with me.
You're going to say, Amen, Brother, Amen, as loud
as you can on the count of three.
Ready?
One, two, three.
Amen, Brother, Amen.
All right, boys, I think you can do better.
Here we go.
You're going to say, Amen, Brother, Amen.
Ready?
Here we go.
Amen, Brother, Amen.
Good job.
All right.
So we're going to sing this song.
You ready, Brother?
We're going to go.
Go ahead and start.
I'm going to sing it through, and you sing with me as you can.
We'll learn it together.
Here we go.
I have found the wonderful Savior, Amen, Brother, Amen.
He has changed all my behavior, Amen, Brother, Amen.
Who thinks that's pretty easy?
You think that's pretty easy?
Who thinks that's pretty easy?
All right, we're going to do it again.
Amen, Brother, Amen.
Here we go.
I have found the wonderful Savior, Amen, Brother, Amen.
He has changed all my behavior, Amen, Brother, Amen.
And then the girls, you're going to go like this.
Amen, Brother.
Please don't laugh.
And then the boys, you're going to go, Amen, Sister.
OK?
And then we'll all go together, Amen, Brother, Amen.
Here we go.
We're going to start from the top.
Amen, Brother, Amen.
Here we go.
I have found the wonderful Savior, Amen, Brother, Amen.
He has changed all my behavior, Amen, Brother, Amen.
Amen, Brother.
And Sister.
Amen, Brother, Amen.
I have found the wonderful Savior, Amen, Brother, Amen.
Some of y'all are looking at me like, what?
All right, now that y'all know what we're doing,
we're going to do a second verse.
So how I love to sing his praises, Amen, Brother, Amen.
When we get to the Amen, Brother,
you say, Amen, Brother.
And then we say, Amen, Sister.
You got it?
Here we go.
Oh, how I love to sing his praises, Amen, Brother, Amen.
It's by amazing grace he saves us, Amen, Brother, Amen.
Amen, Brother, Amen.
I have found the wonderful Savior, Amen, Brother, Amen.
All right, I know that was new, brand new.
Good job, good job.
Do number six here.
We're going to do a song.
Some of you probably know.
Jesus Loves the Little Children of the World.
How many kids know this one?
Awesome, here we go.
Jesus Loves the Little Children, All the Children of the World.
Some of y'all know this one?
Here we go.
Jesus Loves the Little Children, All the Children of the World.
Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight.
Jesus Loves the Little Children of the World.
That was a lot better.
Jesus died for all the children.
Here we go.
Jesus died for all the children, all the children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight.
Jesus died for all the children of the world.
Good job.
Jesus rose for all the children.
Here we go.
Jesus rose for all the children, all the children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight.
Jesus rose for all the children of the world.
Good job.
Y'all are singing good tonight.
Oh, be careful, little hands, what you do.
Anybody heard that one before?
Some of you?
All right.
If you know it, sing it out nice and loud
so you can help the others next to you.
Here we go.
Oh, be careful, little eyes, what you see.
We'll start with eyes, then we'll go to hands,
then we'll go to feet.
Here we go.
Oh, be careful, little eyes, what you see.
Be careful, little eyes, what you see.
For the Father up above is the King of Heaven.
Be careful, little eyes, what you see.
Oh, be careful, little hands, what you do.
For the Father up above is looking down in love.
Oh, be careful little hands, what you do.
I'm a thief, where you go, you will.
Oh, be careful, little thief, where you go.
For the Father up above is looking down in love.
Oh, be careful, little feet, where you go.
Oh, be.
Good job.
I forgot that clap in the last part.
Oh, be careful, little heart, who you trust.
Last one, make sure everybody claps.
Here we go.
Oh, be careful, little heart, who you trust.
For the Father up above is looking down in love.
Oh, be careful, little heart, who you trust.
All right.
We're going to do the same tune, but different words.
These are the words to 1 John 5.13.
The Bible says, these things have I
written unto you that you may know
that you have eternal life.
And we're going to pound that truth into your heart tonight
through music.
So I'm going to sing it first.
You all just listen.
I'm going to sing it through once,
then we'll sing it all together.
Here we go.
These things have I written unto you.
These things have I written unto you that you may know
that you have eternal life.
Good job.
We'll sing it one more time through.
Everybody together, here we go.
These things have I written unto you.
These things have I written unto you, for the Father up above
is looking down in love.
I messed that one up.
Good job, guys.
You were paying attention.
Good job.
Thank you.
Hi, Amy.
What are you doing?
I'm reading the most fascinating book about dinosaurs.
Oh, that's cool.
Yeah.
I wish I lived a million trillion kabillion years ago
so I could see them in real life.
I don't think that's true, Amy.
The Bible teaches that the Earth is not a million trillion
kabillion years old.
Yes, it is true.
This book says dinosaurs are a group of reptiles
that first lived about 245 million years ago.
So there, Freddie.
Well, I don't think that's what the Bible teaches.
The Bible teaches that God created everything.
What are you talking about, Freddie?
I read in a book that we are animals.
We came from monkeys, which explains
why I love to climb trees and eat bananas.
I didn't come from a monkey.
Kids out there, raise your hands if you like to climb trees.
Raise them high.
Come on, raise them up.
Now, kids, raise your hands if you like to eat bananas.
See, Freddie?
They're all monkeys like me.
No, Amy, we did not come from monkeys.
Oh, Freddie, just look way out there.
I can see a few monkeys sitting right there.
Amy, we didn't come from monkeys.
Oh, yes, we did.
I read a book, and it said that we
availed from monkeys or apes.
Well, if that's the case, then why are there still
monkeys and apes?
Shouldn't they have all evolved into humans?
Uh-uh, I don't have an answer for that, but I know this.
I like the fact that I'm an animal
because I can act like an animal and do whatever I want.
You really need to pay attention to Pastor's lesson
tonight because he is going to teach us from the Bible
how everything was created.
OK, OK, don't worry, Freddie.
I'll pay attention to the Bible lesson.
Good, because you really need it.
He is getting ready to start.
Make sure to be quiet and pay attention.
Bye.
All right.
Amen.
All right, we're going to go ahead and get
into our lesson tonight.
And if you have a Bible, if you don't have a Bible,
you can take your Bibles and go to Genesis chapter number one.
And just like Amy and Freddie were talking about,
we're going to learn tonight the very first story in the Bible.
And it is a story about creation.
So we're going to learn about creation.
I think some of these kids are asking for Bibles.
I'm not sure if they need them.
Go ahead.
I don't think someone can read, but if you can read
and you need a Bible, keep your hand up.
How about that?
You can read and you need a Bible.
All right, I'm going to do a reading test right now.
So we're going to learn about the first story in the Bible.
We're going to learn about creation.
And I just want to remind you that we talked about the fact
that after the lesson, there's going to be some questions.
So if you pay attention, you're going
to learn from the Word of God.
And then you can answer some of these questions.
And what I'm going to do for you kids
is I'm actually going to draw tonight.
How many kids like to draw?
Who likes to draw?
A lot of you like to draw, little artists.
When I was a kid, I used to like to draw a lot.
And I'm going to draw some things for you.
And I want you to guess for me what
it is that I am drawing, all right?
I'm going to draw some things for you.
And you can guess for me what it is that I am drawing.
And you can just go ahead and call it out, all right, kids?
As soon as you think you know what I'm drawing,
you go ahead and call it out.
Earth?
All right, good.
Who thinks it's the Earth?
Raise your hand.
Who thinks it's the moon?
All right, you guys are a smart bunch.
I'm going to go ahead and just finish drawing this, all right?
And this is the Earth.
Now, the reason I drew the Earth is
because the Bible says in Genesis 1, 1,
in the beginning, God created the heaven and the Earth.
So I'm drawing the Earth here to show you
that on day one, because the Bible says
that God created everything in the universe in one week,
in seven days.
On the seventh day, God rested.
But in six literal days, God created everything
in the universe.
And the Bible begins by telling us that in the beginning,
God created the heaven and the, what is this?
Earth.
Now, for some of you kids out there
that are Bible theologians, let me go ahead and say this.
The Earth actually did not look like this on day one,
because the Bible teaches that God actually
did not divide the waters from the Earth
until a different day.
So the Earth didn't actually look like this,
but I drew it like this so you can identify the Earth.
Because otherwise, I would have just drawn a circle with blue
all over it, because the Bible says that actually on day one,
the entire Earth was covered with water, all right?
So we have the Earth.
See if you can guess what this is.
This one's not going to be as easy maybe to guess.
Asan?
Well, what about this?
So here's what I'll...
All right, so listen up, listen up, listen up.
The Bible says that on the first day,
God created the heaven and the Earth.
The Bible also says that on the first day,
God divided the light from darkness.
He created the light, and he divided it from darkness.
All right, I'm going to read this for you in the Bible
in Genesis chapter 1, verse 1, and verse 2.
All right, I'm going to read this for you in the Bible.
In Genesis 1, 1, the Bible says this.
Can you turn this off, please?
Genesis 1, 1, it says, in the beginning,
God created the heaven and the Earth,
and the Earth was without form and void,
and darkness was upon the face of the deep,
and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the water.
And God said, let there be light, and there was light.
And God saw the light that it was good,
and God divided the light from the darkness,
and God called the light day,
and the darkness he called night,
and the evening and the morning were the first day.
So I just read to you what the Bible says
was created on the first day, all right?
So let's review.
God created the heaven and the what on the first day?
Earth.
What else did he create?
He created light, light, good.
And he divided the light from what?
From darkness, all right, good.
You guys are good, good students.
What do you think God created on the second day?
The second day, the Bible tells us,
I'm just gonna draw something,
and let's see if you guys can guess what it is, all right?
A cloud?
All right, hold on, hold on, hold on.
I heard star.
Who thinks these are stars?
Somebody was saying stars, all right.
Who thinks these are hot dogs?
Who thinks they're hot dogs, all right.
Who thinks these are clouds?
All right, yeah, I drew clouds.
Now, the Bible doesn't say that God created clouds
on the second day, but I drew this to illustrate this.
The Bible tells us that God created
a thing called the firmament,
and God called the firmament heaven.
And what God created was the sky.
And the Bible tells us that God divided the waters.
What do you think that is?
Water. Water.
That God divided the waters
that were under the firmament
from the waters that were above the firmament.
So on day one, He created the earth,
He created the heavens and the earth,
He created the light,
and He divided the light from darkness.
On the second day, God created the firmament, or heaven,
and He divided the waters from the firmament.
And the firmament is what we call atmosphere, or sky.
Let me read it for you from the Bible.
Genesis 1.6 says this, and God said,
let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,
and let it divide the waters from the waters.
And God made the firmament,
and divided the waters which were under the firmament
from the waters which were above the firmament.
And it was so, and God called the firmament heaven,
and the evening and the morning were the second day.
All right, so what did God create on the second day?
He created what?
The sky.
What we call atmosphere, or firmament,
and God divided the sky,
the firmament from the waters.
All right, so we have the waters down here,
and they are divided from the firmament.
Now, on the third day, the Bible tells us,
let's see if you can guess this.
I'm gonna need a few colors for this one, all right?
So let's see if you can guess this, okay?
Who thinks that they know what that is?
Water.
Okay, water, all right, good.
Some of those are good guesses.
Some of them are not very good guesses.
I mean, what's the first one?
Water.
Water, water.
Okay, water, water.
Okay, water.
Water, water.
Okay, water.
Water, water.
Okay, water.
Water, water.
Some of them are not very good guesses, but some of them are good guesses
Okay, who thinks they can guess now?
All right, so what is this?
This is land. What is this? Water. All right, what is this? Land. Good. What is this?
It is a palm tree. The Bible says that on day three, God divided the waters from
the land and he brought plant life to life. The Bible says in day three, let me
read to you, and God said let the waters under the heaven be gathered together
unto one place and let the dry land appear and it was so and God called the
dry land earth and the gathering together of the waters called the seas
and God saw that it was good and God said let the earth bring forth grass and
herb yielding seed and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind whose seed
is in itself upon the earth and it was so and the earth brought forth grass and
herb yielding seed after his kind and the tree yielding fruit whose seed was
in itself after his kind and God saw that it was good and the evening and the
morning were the third day. All right, so on the third day God gathered the
waters together and he called it the sea. That's this and God made the dry land to
appear and God created the plant life. All right, so that's what happened on the
third day. So here's what happened. Day one, God created the heaven and the what?
Earth and God created the light and he divided the light from darkness. All
right, then the Bible tells us that God created the heaven or the firmament, the
sky and he divided the water from the firmament and then the Bible tells us on
day three that God divided the water from the land. He made the land to appear
and he called it earth and he called the water seas and then he made plant life
to grow upon the earth. Okay, does that make sense to everybody? All right, now
let's go to the fourth day. Let's see if you can guess what God created on the
fourth day.
Is that a son? All right, okay, all right, that sounds good. Let's see if you can
guess this one. All right, okay, let's see if you can guess this one and the stars.
All right, the Bible tells us that on the fourth day God created the sun and the
moon and the stars. Okay, let me read it for you.
Genesis 1 14 and God said, let the earth let there be light, excuse me, in the
firmament of the heavens and divide the day from the night and let them be for
signs and for seasons and for days and years and let them be for light and the
firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth and it was so. And God made two
great lights the greater light to rule the day, that's the Sun, and the lesser
light to rule the night, that's the moon and he made the stars also and God set
them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth and to rule
over the day and over the night and to divide the light from the darkness. And
God saw that it was good and the evening
and the morning were the fourth day.
All right, so we're four days into creation.
So what did God create on day four?
He created the sun, the moon, and the stars.
All right, good.
What do you think God created on the fifth day?
Let's see if you can guess what God created
on the fifth day.
Let me get some colors here.
I'm missing one of my colors, I think.
There we go.
I couldn't find this one.
Let me see what colors I need for this.
So, see if you can guess this.
This one's gonna be hard.
You're gonna have to pay attention, okay?
Let's see if I can get this one.
Okay, all right, let's take a vote.
Let's see how good my drawings are.
Who thinks this is a hippopotamus?
All right, who thinks it's a cow?
Who thinks it's a bird?
Bird, all right.
So the Bible tells us that on day five,
God created the birds and the Bible tells us
that God created, let's see if I can do this.
Who thinks that's a cow?
Okay, all right, quiet down, quiet down.
Who thinks that's a whale?
All right, yeah, it's a whale.
The Bible tells us that God created the animals
that are in the sky, in the firmament of heaven,
and in the water, in the oceans.
Not just whales, he also.
All right, he created fish.
Okay, let me read it for you, day five.
Day five, and God said,
"'Let the waters bring forth abundantly
"'the moving creatures that have life
"'and fowls that may fly above the earth
"'in the open firmament of heaven.'
"'And God created great whales
"'and every living creature that moveth with the waters,
"'which the waters brought forth abundantly
"'after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind,
"'and God saw that it was good.'
"'And God blessed them, saying,
"'Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas,
"'and let the fowls multiply in the earth,
"'and the evening and the morning were the fifth day.'"
All right, so on day number five,
God created birds and God created the creatures of the sea.
All right, the fish and the whales of the sea.
All right, let's see if you can guess the next one.
I'm gonna...
You're never gonna get this one.
Hannah, you've already seen it,
so I don't want you to say anything.
Ready?
See if you can guess this.
Adam and Eve.
Yeah.
Some of you are cheating by reading your Bibles.
But that's okay.
All right.
When it's open, Adam and Eve.
Ladybug, ladybug, ladybug, ladybug, ladybug, ladybug.
Okay, who thinks it's a ladybug?
Who thinks it's a strawberry?
It could probably be both.
All right, yeah, it's a ladybug, all right?
You know what the Bible tells us God created on day six?
He created insects, insects.
Not only did God create insects,
but on day six, He created...
Let's see if you can guess this.
Elephant, elephant, elephant, elephant, elephant, elephant.
Okay, who thinks it's a dog?
Who thinks it's a cat?
Who thinks it's an elephant?
All right, elephant.
So I drew an elephant because the Bible says
that on day six, not only did God create elephants,
but God created all the animals that live on land, all right?
So we have insects, we have the animals that live on land,
and let's see if you can guess this.
Okay, so I don't know if that's what Adam looked like.
Obviously, Adam wasn't wearing clothes,
but I'm not gonna draw that, but God created man.
On day six, God created man, all right?
So we've gone through all six days of creation.
On day one, God created the heavens and the earth.
He created the light,
and He divided the light from the darkness.
On day two, He created the sky or the firmament, heaven,
and He divided it from the waters under the firmament
and also the waters above the firmament.
On day three, He divided the land from the water.
He made the earth to appear,
and He created plant life.
On day four, He created the sun, the moon, and the stars.
On day five, He created the fowls of the air,
and He created the animals in the sea,
the whales and the fish.
And on day six, He created everything that lives on land,
insects, the land animals, and human beings.
Now, here's one thing,
because we want you guys to learn this,
but I want you to remember it as well, all right?
So one easy way for you to maybe remember this
in the future is this.
When we divide the creation week into two different parts,
then it helps us to remember what was created on one day,
on what day, all right?
If you take the first three days,
because obviously on the seventh day,
the Bible says that God rested.
In fact, let me just go ahead and read to you,
I don't think I read day number six,
but the Bible says,
and God said,
let the earth bring forth the living creatures
after His kind cattle and creeping things
and beasts of the earth, after His kind, and it was so.
And God made the beasts of the earth
after His kind and cattle, after their kind
and everything that creepeth upon the earth,
after His kind, and God saw that it was good.
And God said, let us make man in our image
after our likeness and let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air
and over the cattle and over all the earth
and over creeping things that creepeth upon the earth.
And in verse 31 the Bible says,
And God saw everything that he had made,
and behold, it was very good,
and the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
All right, so here's a way that you can remember this.
If you think of the first three days
as the day that God formed,
in fact, let's just say,
think of the first three days as forming,
and think of the next three days as filling.
This will help you remember what was created when.
If you consider the fact that on the first three days
God formed things.
What helps me to remember this is I think of like a cup.
God formed and he created, let me redo that.
He created the place.
He created the earth and the heaven.
He created the firmament and divided it from the waters.
He divided the waters into seas
and the earth and plant life.
This is the forming stage.
Then what God does on the next three days
after he forms, then he fills.
He fills what he formed.
So notice the connection here.
You have the heaven and the earth, light and darkness,
but then God fills the heavens with the sun,
the moon, and the stars.
He creates the sky and fills it with the animals
that are gonna fly in the sky, the fouls of the air.
He creates the water and he fills it with the animals
that are going to swim in the water,
the fish and the whales, the sea creatures.
On day three, he brings the earth and he makes plant life,
and then he fills the earth with insects
and with land animals and with human beings.
So hopefully for some of you older kids,
maybe this is an easy way to remember.
Days one, two, and three, God formed.
Days four, five, and six, God filled.
And on the seventh day, the Bible tells us he rested.
On the seventh day, he rested.
So that is the creation story.
Now let me just give you some real quick applications
with regards to creation, all right?
Since God created the heaven and the earth,
that's what the Bible says in Genesis 1,
then what that tells us is
that there is no big bang theory, all right?
There are people out there who teach
and they reject the Bible,
they reject what the Bible teaches,
and they'll teach that all of this came into existence
without God, that there was just a big explosion,
and then it all came into existence.
But that's not true, because the Bible tells us
that God created everything.
God created the heaven and the earth.
Not only that, the Bible tells us that God created man.
God created man on what day?
Day number six.
The Bible tells us that God created man in his own image.
And since that's true, then here's what's not true,
evolution.
There are people who are gonna try to teach you
that we evolved from animals, that we came from apes,
and you might read a book one day,
and it says that we came from apes and we came from monkeys,
but that's not true,
because the Bible says that God created all the animals
and God created man in his image.
Also, there are gonna be people who are gonna tell you
that the earth is millions and billions
and kabillions of years old, but that's not true,
that the universe is millions and billions of years old.
That's not true.
The Bible tells us that the earth's about 6,000 years old,
and I'm not giving you an exact number there,
but the reason they want you to think
that the universe is billions of years old
is because they need that much time to lie to you
and tell you that we evolved and we came from animals.
But the Bible tells us that God created everything
and that God created you.
So since God created everything,
and since God created everyone,
then here's the big takeaway.
He must have a purpose and a plan for your life,
for all of you.
The Bible tells us in Psalm 139 in verse 14,
I'm just gonna read this for you.
It says, I will praise thee,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made,
marvelous are thy works,
and that my soul knoweth right well.
The Bible says that we were all created by God.
He says that we were fearfully and wonderfully made.
And I want you kids to remember this.
If God made you, then he must have a plan for you.
If God created you, then he must have a purpose for you.
God has a purpose and God has a plan.
Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise, all right?
Let's go ahead and bow our head tonight with a prayer.
Heavenly Father, Lord, we do love you.
We thank you for these young people.
And Lord, we thank you for the creation story
that tells us the origins of man and where we came from
and the fact that there is a God that loves us
and cares for us.
And Lord, we pray that you would help these young people
to learn, to love you and care for you,
to realize that you created them with a purpose and a plan.
In Jesus' name, we pray, amen.
["Amen"]
So Amy, what did you think
of Pastor's Bible lesson on creation?
It was good.
And what else?
I learned a lot.
And what else?
Who was right?
Okay, okay, Freddie, you were right.
God created everything.
And who was wrong?
Oh, Freddie, I was wrong.
We didn't come from monkeys, but...
What?
I still think I see some funny-looking monkeys back there.
Oh, Amy.
I'm just kidding, Freddie.
I learned a lot tonight.
I learned that God created everything.
I'm glad you paid attention, Amy.
Good job.
Thank you, Freddie.
I'm looking forward to the next family fun night.
I love learning about the Bible.
Bye, bye, bye.
All right, kids, real quick,
we're gonna go ahead and ask you some questions.
Who wants to win some prizes?
Okay, we've got some prizes here.
So I'm gonna ask a question.
You put your hands down, put your hands down,
put your hands down.
I'm gonna ask a question, and when I say go,
I'm going to, the first person that I see,
because I don't assume you guys are fast,
the first person I see to raise your hand,
I'm gonna pick them, and I'm gonna,
and you're gonna answer the question.
If you answer the question, then you can come up here.
You can't be shy, all right?
You can come up here and grab a prize
from our prize box here.
Let me just, I'm gonna put it right here
behind that speaker, and well,
let me just show you everything we've got in here.
I don't know what these things are called,
but this is, and what is this called?
Does anybody know?
I don't think these are sticky hands.
I think this is like an etch sketch type thing.
All right, we've got little planes in here.
We've got, of course, the flyers.
We've got these things.
I think these are for your parents to spank you with, maybe.
All right, we've got all sorts
of just little toys in here, little treats.
Okay, actually, I'm gonna put the box here,
and we'll, so let me go ahead and ask the first question.
All right, everybody put your hands down,
put your hands down.
I'm gonna ask the question.
Don't raise your hand if you don't know the answer.
Don't raise your hand if you don't know the answer,
but if you know the answer, and you can look up here,
and maybe this will help you with the answer, all right?
So here's the question number one.
What did God do on day three?
Go ahead, yeah.
He created land.
He created land on day three, all right?
Yeah, well, he divided the waters from land,
but that's good enough.
So come on up, and you can grab a prize.
Grab a prize, yeah, let's give him a round of applause.
You gotta tell us what you got, though.
Tell us what you got.
What is that?
I don't know.
I don't know either.
Show it to everybody.
I think it's like, isn't that an Etch-a-Sketch
or something like that?
Somebody help me with that, I don't know.
All right, good job.
Let's give her a round of applause.
Okay, next question.
Put your hand, I'm gonna look this way.
You gotta put your hand down first, down first, okay?
Next question.
What did God create on day two, day two?
I think your hand was up.
Do you know?
Cloud, all right, I think your brother
helped you with that.
He created the sky.
Come on up and grab something.
See what you.
Good job, all right, you got a plane.
All right, let's give him a round of applause.
Here's another question.
I'm gonna go over here, go over here.
What did God create on day one?
I think it was her, yep.
Good, good job, come on up.
All right, grab something from here.
Show everybody what you got.
All right, those are the popular ones.
Okay, let's see, we've done two from here.
Let's do this side.
Tell me one thing that God created on day six.
I think Ollie's hand was up first.
All right, well you gave me three things
but you can only get one prize.
All right, good job.
Let's give him a round of applause.
Dig in there, what's in there, Eli?
Okay, he got a plane.
Okay, we're gonna do one more.
This one's gonna be a hard one.
I'm gonna try to stand back and see
if I can see who said it, okay?
What did pastor teach to help you remember
what was created on what day?
You need, no, put your hands down, put your hands down,
put your hands down, put your hands down.
Hands, hands down, okay.
On your mark, get set, no.
On your mark, get set, go.
Man, I think Madison.
You gotta explain it, you gotta explain it.
What was it?
Forming.
Forming, okay, what does that mean?
Think about this thing.
He created the space, okay.
All right, and then what do you, give me the other one.
Okay, so what do you do with the space?
You filled it, all right, come on up, good job.
Let's give her a round of applause.
Grab something, good job.
All right, those are the popular ones, I guess.
Okay, thank you guys, good, good job.
So let me just give you one last thing
before we're done tonight.
We're gonna have Brother RJ come up
and lead us in a last song, but just one last thing.
Next time we do this, which is gonna be one month from now,
all right, I think the last Friday of February.
This is more, this is for the kids,
but more for the parents too.
We're going to give you a memory verse,
and if you memorize this verse in the next month,
then everyone who comes back next month
and they memorize the verse can grab a prize
from our prize box here, okay.
So here's the verse, I'm gonna give it to you.
It's Psalm 139 verse 14.
Psalm 139 verse 14.
Psalm 139, 14, it says this,
I will praise thee, for I am fearfully
and wonderfully made, marvelous are thy works,
and that my soul knoweth right well.
All right, you have a whole month to memorize that verse.
Now here's what we're gonna do, okay.
If you say the verse word perfect to your parents
and they tell us that you said it to them word perfect,
then next time you'll be able
to grab a prize from the box, all right.
So it's the honor system.
Can we trust your parents?
Who thinks we can trust your parents?
Yeah, all right, some of you don't have your hands up,
but I understand, okay.
So Psalm 139 verse 14.
Psalm 139, 14, memorize it, say it to your parents,
and if they say that you said it,
then next time, if you say it,
you can grab something from the prize box.
All right, God bless you guys, you did a good job.
Brother RJ's gonna lead us in a final song.
Amen, let's grab our song books
and turn to page number 316.
Psalm number 316, we used to sing this
in one of those Sunday school classes.
I have decided to follow Jesus' kids.
I want you all to be singing out, all right.
Psalm number 316, I have decided
to follow Jesus singing out on the first.
I have decided to follow Jesus.
You're turning back, you're turning back.
So if you want to sing it out with me, sing it.
Oh, with me, still I will follow.
Oh, not with me, still I will follow.
Oh, with me, still I will follow.
You're turning back, you're turning back.
The last.
Amen, great singing.
I want to thank everyone here for being with us this evening.
And if anyone here has questions about salvation,
baptism, or church membership, pastor will be at the door.
And I would love to talk to you directly to someone
who's trained to do that as well.
Brother Matt, would you dismiss us with a word of prayer?
Dear Lord, thank you so much for your questions.
The children of God, the elders of the congregation,
Lord, in your heart, in your mind,
in your digestive, Lord, in the name of the Lord,
in your people, in your life, Lord,
I pray that you bless us all
and that we all stay in Jesus' name.
God bless you, you're dismissed.