All About God: In How Many Persons Does This One God Exist?
Sound Words for Kids: A Protestant Westminster Catechism
Unit 1: All About God
All About God: In How Many Persons Does This One God Exist? ______________________________________________________________________________________
Q: In how many persons does this one God exist? A: God exists in three persons. ______________________________________________________________________________________
Memory Verse: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” - 2 Corinthians 13:14
Bible Reading: • Matthew 3:13-17 - All three persons of God are evident in this passage, where Jesus is baptized, the Spirit descends on Him as a dove, and the Father speaks.
Discussion Questions: • What do you know about God the Father? God the Son? God the Holy Spirit? • Is there anything else that is one but has three parts? How is it like or unlike God? • How can God be one and three at the same time?
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Sound Words for Kids: A Protestant Westminster Catechism
Unit 1: All About God
Devotion: The Bible clearly states that there is one true God and He exists in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We call this the triune (three part) nature of God or the Trinity. In the story of Jesus’ baptism, we can read about all three persons of the Trinity interacting with each other. Jesus is baptized by John and as He comes out of the water, the Holy Spirit descends on Him as a dove. Then God the Father speaks from the heavens, saying “This is my beloved son, whom I love. In him I am well-pleased.” There is only one true God. And that one true God exists in three persons. God is one and He is three at the same time. How can that be? Truthfully, it is a great and beautiful mystery about God that we will never fully comprehend. We know it is true because in His Word, God says it’s true! We can even look to some examples in this world that help us to understand, even if just a little, what three-in-one might be like. However, God is larger and more awesome than our wildest imaginations. Isn’t that amazing? God is beyond our understanding, yet He is the same God who loves us and cares for us, and wants to be our king, savior, and friend.
Crafts/Activities: There are many different object lesson ideas on the Trinity depending on the season of the year. Many of these object lessons are different ways of thinking about the Trinity. However, they are limited by the physical world. When teaching kids about the Trinity, remind them that these examples are only slightly similar to what the triune nature of God is really like, and celebrate the wonder of a God who is larger and more mysterious than our minds can fully understand. • Shamrock: Three leaves, three Persons • Apple: Core (Father), flesh (Son), skin (Spirit) • Water Stages: Solid, liquid, gas states • Snowman: Three parts, one snowman
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Sound Words for Kids: A Protestant Westminster Catechism
Unit 1: All About God
Q: In How Many Persons Does This One God Exist?
A: God exists in three persons. “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” - 2 Corinthians 13:14
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Sound Words for Kids: A Protestant Westminster Catechism
Unit 1: All About God
In how many persons does this one God exist? God exists in three persons. ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” - 2 Corinthians 13:14 ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________
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Sound Words: Questions and Answers of Faith for Kids
Unit 1: All About God
In how many persons does this one God exist?
God exists in three persons.
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Sound Words: Questions and Answers of Faith for Kids
Unit 1: All About God
In how many persons does this one God exist?
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” - 2 Corinthians 13:14
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Sound Words for Kids: A Protestant Westminster Catechism
Unit 1: All About God
In how many persons does this one God exist? God exists in three persons! In the story of Jesus‘ baptism, we glimpse the interaction of the three persons of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. As Jesus comes out of the water, the Holy Spirit descends on Him like a dove, and God the Father speaks from Heaven, saying “This is my son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” We cannot fully comprehend the weight and mystery of the holy Trinity, Truly these glimpses of the triune God should inspire in us praise and wonder.
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Sound Words: Questions and Answers of Faith for Kids
Unit 1: All About God
In how many persons does this one God exist? God exists in ____________________________ persons.
What does the Bible say about the the person of the Holy Spirit? What does He do?
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Sound Words: Questions and Answers of Faith for Kids
Unit 1: All About God
God is three persons in one! Draw an example of something that is one and has three parts.
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Unit 1: All About God
All About God: In How Many Persons Does This One God Exist? ______________________________________________________________________________________
Q: In how many persons does this one God exist? A: God exists in three persons. ______________________________________________________________________________________
Memory Verse: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” - 2 Corinthians 13:14
Bible Reading: • Matthew 3:13-17 - All three persons of God are evident in this passage, where Jesus is baptized, the Spirit descends on Him as a dove, and the Father speaks.
Discussion Questions: • What do you know about God the Father? God the Son? God the Holy Spirit? • Is there anything else that is one but has three parts? How is it like or unlike God? • How can God be one and three at the same time?
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Sound Words for Kids: A Protestant Westminster Catechism
Unit 1: All About God
Devotion: The Bible clearly states that there is one true God and He exists in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We call this the triune (three part) nature of God or the Trinity. In the story of Jesus’ baptism, we can read about all three persons of the Trinity interacting with each other. Jesus is baptized by John and as He comes out of the water, the Holy Spirit descends on Him as a dove. Then God the Father speaks from the heavens, saying “This is my beloved son, whom I love. In him I am well-pleased.” There is only one true God. And that one true God exists in three persons. God is one and He is three at the same time. How can that be? Truthfully, it is a great and beautiful mystery about God that we will never fully comprehend. We know it is true because in His Word, God says it’s true! We can even look to some examples in this world that help us to understand, even if just a little, what three-in-one might be like. However, God is larger and more awesome than our wildest imaginations. Isn’t that amazing? God is beyond our understanding, yet He is the same God who loves us and cares for us, and wants to be our king, savior, and friend.
Crafts/Activities: There are many different object lesson ideas on the Trinity depending on the season of the year. Many of these object lessons are different ways of thinking about the Trinity. However, they are limited by the physical world. When teaching kids about the Trinity, remind them that these examples are only slightly similar to what the triune nature of God is really like, and celebrate the wonder of a God who is larger and more mysterious than our minds can fully understand. • Shamrock: Three leaves, three Persons • Apple: Core (Father), flesh (Son), skin (Spirit) • Water Stages: Solid, liquid, gas states • Snowman: Three parts, one snowman
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Sound Words for Kids: A Protestant Westminster Catechism
Unit 1: All About God
Q: In How Many Persons Does This One God Exist?
A: God exists in three persons. “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” - 2 Corinthians 13:14
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Sound Words for Kids: A Protestant Westminster Catechism
Unit 1: All About God
In how many persons does this one God exist? God exists in three persons. ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” - 2 Corinthians 13:14 ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________
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Sound Words: Questions and Answers of Faith for Kids
Unit 1: All About God
In how many persons does this one God exist?
God exists in three persons.
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Sound Words: Questions and Answers of Faith for Kids
Unit 1: All About God
In how many persons does this one God exist?
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” - 2 Corinthians 13:14
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Sound Words for Kids: A Protestant Westminster Catechism
Unit 1: All About God
In how many persons does this one God exist? God exists in three persons! In the story of Jesus‘ baptism, we glimpse the interaction of the three persons of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. As Jesus comes out of the water, the Holy Spirit descends on Him like a dove, and God the Father speaks from Heaven, saying “This is my son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” We cannot fully comprehend the weight and mystery of the holy Trinity, Truly these glimpses of the triune God should inspire in us praise and wonder.
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Sound Words: Questions and Answers of Faith for Kids
Unit 1: All About God
In how many persons does this one God exist? God exists in ____________________________ persons.
What does the Bible say about the the person of the Holy Spirit? What does He do?
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Sound Words: Questions and Answers of Faith for Kids
Unit 1: All About God
God is three persons in one! Draw an example of something that is one and has three parts.
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