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Adam & Eve 2

Looking Around: Why Am I Here?


Bible Passage: Genesis 2:8-17 Bible Truth: In Eden God's perfect plan for Adam was for him to enjoy God and his creation, wor , and o!ey God Lesson Objecti e: "hat the st#dents #nderstand what God wants them to do with their li$es What you need: a %treas#re% of somethin& li e candy and e'tra candy( a %treas#re map%( three sheets of !lan paper( copies of the hando#t( pencils O!ening: "reas#re h#nt) *efore the class starts hide a %treas#re% in or near the classroom and draw a simple map showin& where the treas#re is hidden and how to &et there) "he treas#re sho#ld !e somethin& the whole team can share, li e candy) +a e s#re yo# ha$e eno#&h candy to share with the losin& team after the whole acti$ity is finished) ,n a second sheet of paper j#st li e the one with the treas#re map, write, %-earch for a hidden treas#re)% .old !oth hando#ts in half) ,pen the class with prayer) "hen di$ide the st#dents into two teams) E'plain that somewhere in or near the classroom is hidden a treas#re and that the first team to find it &ets to eep it) Gi$e each team one of the hando#ts and instr#ct them not to let the other team see their instr#ctions) "he team with the map sho#ld find the treas#re /#ic ly) "he other team mi&ht complain that it was #nfair that they didn't ha$e a map, !#t j#st tell them that there was a reason) As the winnin& team to wait to eat their treas#re and contin#e with the followin& disc#ssion) Interacti e Learning: ,nce the st#dents are seated a&ain as the followin& /#estions:
How important was the map in finding the treasure? 0it made the search easier1 How did the person who drew the map know where the treasure was? 0!eca#se they p#t it there1 How is the treasure map like the Bible in our lives? 0since God made #s he nows how to &#ide #s to what is !est
for #s1

The Bible is like a treasure map God has given us. Since He made us, He knows what we need in our lives to make us happy and fulfilled. hen !dam was first created and living in the Garden of "den, a place with no sin or unhappiness, God showed him what things were important in life. #et$s continue our study of the lives of !dam and "ve to see if we can learn what God wants us to be doing with our lives.

Bible A!!lication: 2i$ide the &ro#p into three teams and &i$e each team a piece of paper and pencils)

3At this point tell the st#dents that they may eat their candy and hand o#t candy to those who didn't &et any in the first acti$ity)4 "hen e'plain:

%ou live in the Garden of "den where you work in the immigration office. !s a group, prepare an informational pamphlet e&plaining to new immigrants how they should live in "den using the verses given to your group as a guideline"

Gro#p 1: Genesis 2:5( 1 6hron) 17:8-18( 9salm 17:11( 9hil :: : Gro#p 2: Genesis 1:28, 2:1;( E'od#s 28:8-11( Ecclesiastes ;:18-15( 6ol) <:2< Gro#p <: Genesis 2:17-17( 2e#teronomy 28:1-7, 1<-1;( =ohn 1::21 >hile the st#dents are wor in& on this, wal aro#nd the room enco#ra&in& them, answerin& any /#estions they may ha$e re&ardin& their passa&es, and eepin& them foc#sed on the tas ) After the &ro#ps ha$e finished their projects as them to e'plain their %pamphlets,% and the $erses they are !ased on, to the rest of the &ro#p) "hen disc#ss to&ether the followin& /#estions:
'rom these verses, what do we see as elements that God says are important to living a happy life?
0enjoyin& God and his creation, wor in&, and o!eyin& God1

!lthough these verse in Genesis don(t say the words )God made us to have a relationship with Him and to en*oy him) the idea is all throughout the Bible. +an you think of some things in the Bible that show us this? 0hopef#lly they can thin of se$eral thin&s, !#t here are a few e'amples: God the .ather &a$e his -on =es#s to die
so we co#ld ha$e a personal relationship with him( God created a !ea#tif#l world for #s to enjoy1

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Adam & Eve 2

,ead -+hron. -./0. 1f you had to write a song about God$s wonderful acts what would some of those acts be? e know that !dam didn$t have to work to buy food or pay for anything, why do you think God gave him work to do? 2id you ever think of work as something that makes you a happy person? hy or why not? 0?yes, when I
do a &ood jo! at %@% it ma es me feel satisfied or si&nificantA( !#t ma e s#re they feel free to say somethin& li e Ano, my jo! is !orin& and I hate itA1 hy is obeying God part of a happy life? 0Be lo$es #s and wants the !est for #s so if he tells #s to do or not to do somethin& it's !eca#se he nows that is !est for #s1

#ommitment: Band o#t copies of %+y Cife's Deport 6ard% and pencils to each st#dent) As them to tho#&htf#lly fill them o#t, &radin& themsel$es in each area from A to .) After they ha$e finished as them to %a$era&e% their %&rades)% "hen as people to mention in which areas the scored the hi&hest, and then the lowest) .inally as what they co#ld chan&e in their li$es to impro$e their scores)
1t is always helpful to e&amine our lives, comparing how we live with how the Bible tells us that God wants us to live. But as useful as this is in helping us know where we need to focus our efforts and prayers to grow in our relationship with God, it is *ust as important to remember that none of us will ever earn an !3. !nd because in order to get into heaven by your works you have to have an !33, no amount of trying harder will get you there. 1f you have not asked 4esus to be your lord and savior, trying to be a better person to get into heaven is like trying to build a taller ladder to reach the moon. But if 4esus is your savior then 1 want to you cross out where you wrote your )average grade ) and write in 5!36 because he has already lived a perfect life and has )credited to your account) his perfectness. !ll of these good and important things don$t make God love you any more than he already does right now, if you have been saved. %ou may wonder, 5if that(s true, why try to live this way?6 ell it(s simple, the more we live life God$s way, the more )treasure) and *oy we have here on earth and in heaven.

#losing:
The Bible doesn$t tell us everything we would like to know about heaven, but we do know that the very things we have been talking about today77en*oying God and his creation, obeying him, and having meaning and purpose in our lives through work77will somehow be a part of heaven in a more complete way than we can imagine right now. Some people say that the )work) we will do in heaven is to praise God. #et$s close today by praising him with our voices.

2ependin& on the preference of yo#r &ro#p, either sin& a fa$orite praise son& or the first stanEa of a hymn or read alo#d a psalm, li e 9salm 1:;:1-1<)

$y %e!ort #ard
&ubject *ein& "han f#l to God for what he has created and &i$en me Dejoicin& in God "ellin& other people how &reat God is 2oin& my schoolwor or wor to the !est of my a!ility Destin& from wor one day a wee Fsin& the &ifts and a!ilities God has &i$en me for Bis &lory Gnowin& what God wants me to do !y st#dyin& Bis >ord -howin& God I lo$e him !y o!eyin& his commandments 9rayin& for &#idance when I donHt now what to do *elie$in& that God's way is the !est way to li$e and li$in& it A$era&e Grade 'rade

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