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EXPLORE THE BIBLE: (10 minutes)
Tell the king/queen that their first royal responsibility is to tell the class how to study the passage Exodus 20:1-6. Let the king/queen decide and make assignments for this activity, letting them know about the availability of the Bible concordance. If they need help, you can suggest and or all of the following:
1 - Reading it together.
2 - Assigning a verse to each person to memorize and then the class recites the passage.
3 - Assigning a person or group to see what the Bible concordance says and reporting back.
Ask the king/queen if they would like to delegate some time to you to offer some input (explain that the other option is for the king/queen to provide the input.) Since you’ll probably be doing the taking, here are some points to cover:
• In the Exodus, God reminds the Israelites that he took action as an act of grace.
• Because of God’s action, he now requests something of them, “You shall not have any other gods apart from Me.
• God gave all the commandments as a guide for prosperous living.
• God is a jealous god. We get a picture of a God who strongly desires a faithful priority relationship with his people. Contrast the blessing for obedience with the punishment for disobedience of the command.
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