understand your responsibility

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Understand

Your

Responsibility


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God has called you, as ateacher of God’s Word, to

minister to the spiritualneeds of boys and girls.


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It is vitally importantthat you understand, fromGod’s Word, that there aretwo groups of children andthat each group have theirown specic need:

Understand the Needs of the Children


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There are, rstly, children who havenot trusted Jesus Christ as their ordand !aviour"

They are #orn with sinful nature$salms %&:%

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These children are spiritually dead

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John ':'( They are lost, #lind, dead, sic2.

These children need Jesus Christ

as their Saviour. (Luke 19:10)


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There are, secondly, children whohave trusted Jesus Christ as their

ord and !aviour")atthew &*:( 3 which #elieve in me

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4cts -:'* John ':&(/omans (:&*- Corinthians %:&0These children need spiritual foodso that they can ro! spiritually(1 "eter #:#).


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56ow could I ever meet these needs78

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God has also promised to #less thefaithful teaching of 6is Word and to use it

in our hearts and lives of those taught"“For as the rain comes down, and the

snow from heaven, and do not returnthere, but water the earth, and make itbring forth and bud, that it may give seedto the sower, and bread to the eater. Soshall My Word be that goes forth from

y mouth! it shall not return to e void,but it shall accomplish what " please, andit shall prosper in the thing for which "sent it#. $"saiah %%&'(,'')


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God has given us 6is Word toaccomplish seven results in the lives of

those who hear it, understand it and#elieve it" These are outlined in - Timothy':&%+&0:

“*nd that from childhood you have

known the +oly Scriptures, which are ableto make you wise for salvation throughfaith which is in hrist -esus all Scripturesis given by inspiration by God, and is

protable for doctrine, or reproof, forcorrection, for instruction in righteousness,that the man of God may be complete,

thoroughly e/uipped for every good work.#


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These three verses teach us that GodWord is given:

=or salvation" =or doctrine" =or reproof + especially with regard to

conduct" =or correction + especially with regard

to doctrine" =or instruction in righteousness" That the child #e perfect, tted, ready" That the child #e e>uipped for all good

wor2"


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=irst of all, God wants you to evangeli


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4s you teach the Word of God tochildren you will use it to evangeli


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That God is holy and that 6e loves sinners That they are sinners and separated from God That Jesus Christ died and too2 the

punishment for their sin That 6e rose again from the dead and is the

ord of ords

That they need to #e willing to turn from theirsin That they need to trust in Jesus Christ as their

ord and !aviour

That if they do so all their sins will #eforgiven, that God will see them clothed withthe perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ, andthat they will #e 5new creatures8"


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Aou cannot of course teach all these truths inone Bi#le lesson" But when you teach one ofthem you can mention others which will help inyour teaching and application of that one" Aou need to challenge the children as part of

the message, to trust Jesus Christ as their!aviour" They need to #e shown rstly that ifthey do this all their sins will #e forgiven, andsecondly that they will #e #orn again andhave a new nature" Aou need to pray that thechildren will respond to this invitation intheir hearts" This may ta2e place during themeeting, or perhaps afterwards" But youneed to #e clear that no physical response isinvolved or needed in coming to, or trusting, Jesus Christ"


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Aou need to ma2e yourself availa#le toindividual children and let them 2now thatthey may come to you after the metingconcludes if they want, and need, yourpersonal help in coming o Christ"

Aou need to #e ready to counsel, and lead to

Jesus Christ, any unsaved child who comesto you after the meeting, and as2s you tohelp him 2now how to trust Jesus Christ"

Aou need to pray for each of your unsaved

children+ that they will trust the ord JesusChrist as their !aviour" $ray for thempersonally, #y name, in your daily uiet

Time"


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4t no time must pressure of any 2indto #e put upon the children to respondto the Gospel" Aou can teach,

challenge and help + and, of course,prayD #ut it is the 6oly !pirit whodraws the children to ChristD and you

must not try to do his wor2"


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4s you teach the Word of God to thechildren you want to use it to feedsaved children and help them to grow"

In other words you will #ase yourfollow+up wor2 with, and discipleshipministry to, these children on your

teaching of God’s Word" This will involve ve main

responsi#ilities:

Understand What it Means to Feed


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Aou will teach the Word of God to thesechildren" Aou will not Eust tell them stories?even Bi#le stories@" Aou will teach themBi#le truths, and you will also apply thetruths to their every day lives in a waywhich is relevant" 4t the same time you

need to pray that the children will applythese truths to themselves" Aou should ma2e yourself availa#le to

saved children to spea2 with them

personally and on an individual #asis if theywant your help or have any >uestions, oras2ing for help"


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you need to #e ready to tal2 with,and counsel, any saved child who

comes after the meeting with>uestions, or as2ing for help

Aou should pray for each one of the

saved children regularly, personallyand specically"

Aou should #e a good witness and an

eFample to them of how a Christianshould live, act and spea2"


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$very child is !onderfully created in%is i&ae.

Girl and #oy, rich and poor, wea2 and strong,

every ethnicity + each one is made in theimage of God and so has intrinsic value, worthand dignity" $very child is iven creativity and

intellect.ach child is given the a#ility to create,invent, thin2, solve pro#lems, improve, etc"

The resource of the mind is a gift from God"

How God Sees Children?


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$very child is uni'ue special and full ofpotential.

very child is a uni>ue reection of God’sinnite diversity" Hni>ue in tastes, interests,talents, personality, physical characteristics"

There is no 5ordinary8 child"

veryone is special and has their owndistinctive com#ination of potential" verychild is important" very child has gifts thatare valua#le that need to #e developed


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$very child is kno!n and loved y %i&

very child has a name" God 2now every one#y name and loves them individually anduni>uely for who they are" 6e is willing toleave the 11 to nd the one sheep" 6e diedfor each child" In the midst of diculties, the

hope of a child can have is #ased in this + thatGod 2nows and loves him uni>uely andindividually" $very child is desired y od for

relationshipach child has #een created in a special wayto #e in relationship with his Creator" Godlongs to #e 2nown #y the child"


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$very child has a story and uni'uepurposes

very child has her own story, has a place in6is ?God’s@ story in a uni>ue way" God’spurposes and plans for her are good andmade specically for her"

$very child is a*ected y therokenness in the !orld and needshealin transfor&ation

ach child is aected #y the pro#lems in this

world" ach needs healing and restoration ofrelationships" ach can #e saved, restored,healed, transformed through Jesus

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