Solomon's Temple - Sunday Stories for Families

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1 Kings 8:5-15 Activity Sheets for Children can be found here: https://stebbes.org/online The building of the temple was a very important moment in the story of God's people. It also pointed forward to the time when Jesus would come to earth, giving all people access to God. Spend some time thinking through the questions: 1.) Why were the Israelites sacrificing and celebrating the building of Solomon’s new temple? What was so special about that day? What had changed? Why was this so important? 2.) Why did the Israelites have to approach God in this specific way? Who had decided how they would come to God? 3.) What did the priests take into the temple? What did it represent? 4.) Did Solomon’s temple last forever? How do we come to God today? How did Jesus replace the temple? How is Jesus better than Solomon’s temple? 5.) Have you ever tried to approach God? Have you come to him by faith in Jesus? Why can we not come to God any other way? 6.) Are there ways in which you treat a church building as if it is a temple? Are there any places where you feel closer to God than others? Is this right? How might your attitude need to change? 7.) What are some of the ways that people try to come to God today? Who should decide how people can relate to God? 8.) How have God’s promises to David been fulfilled in the person of Jesus? Do we need elaborate buildings today in order to worship God? 9.) Give thanks that God has made a way for us to come to him through Jesus at any time and anywhere. Ask him to help you to trust in his Son as the only means by which we can come to him. W-I-S-D-O-M Music and words by Zach Jones © 2010 Sovereign Grace Worship (ASCAP) CCLI Song Number: 5806988 Scriptures quoted from the International Children’s Bible®, copyright ©1986, 1988, 1999, 2015 by Tommy Nelson. Used by permission.

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