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| CONNECT: (5–6 minutes) Option #1: Gather the groups back together and review the lists. What were the common emotions surrounding the topics? Now ask these questions: • Does God ever get jilted? Can you think of a Bible story where God got jilted? • Did anyone ever break a promise to God? Can you think of a Bible story where that happened? • Do people stop trusting God for no apparent reason? Is there a Bible story that illustrates this happening? Say: “You know how you felt when people broke your heart, let you down or just stopped trusting in you. God has felt those same things. How do you suppose God responded when those things happened in Bible times?” Option #2: Ask them to do the same activity, only now they are pretending to be God as God writes out a contract for Christians. What would this list look like? After 4 minutes, call them back as one big group and compare these lists. Say: “Isn’t it interesting how the lists are similar? Have you ever thought about your relationship to God as being like a marriage relationship? It’s a metaphor, of course; there are some major differences. But this is the main metaphor that Jeremiah uses to explain to the people of Israel and Judah how they should respect and live for God.” EXPLORE THE BIBLE: (23–25 minutes) Ask a student to read aloud Jeremiah 31:31-34. If you used Option #1, take the time now to explain that Jeremiah used the metaphor (symbolic comparison) of a marriage to describe the relationship between God and the people of Israel and Judah. Then break them up into smaller groups with the following assignments: Continued... |
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