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| Sometimes we think that people would believe and repent if God would just perform large amazing miracles, but that isn’t necessarily the case. They would probably find some other way to explain the miracle. God knows what each person needs to believe and God provides that for us, but we always still have the free will to choose what to believe. • We are alive right now and need to reach people now. Once we are gone, we con no longer witness. The rich man desperately wanted to be able to warn his family, but it was too late. He had his chance. God is just. The rich man finally received his fair treatment. He had everything on earth, but was missing the most important thing—God. The poor man, Lazarus, had nothing on earth except God, and was now living happily in heaven. • We are called to see the Lazarus’s in the world. We are called to help whoever God puts on our doorsteps. Because we believe in Jesus, we are called to serve the poor. We see Jesus when we look into the eyes of Lazarus. It is significant in this story that the poor man was given a name while the rich man wasn’t. It is another way to show who is important in this story. APPLY: (15 minutes) Invite students to put it all together now. Divide them into small groups and give each group a piece of poster board, marker and scissor. Instructions for each group: Divide the poster board into three puzzle pieces with your marker—each piece taking approximately one third of the poster. In the top puzzle piece, summarize what you learned in the opening activity where we talked about groups and cliques in school. In the bottom puzzle piece, summarize what you learned from the Bible story. In middle puzzle piece, write what you think the other two pieces have to do with each other—what do they have in common, what brings them together, how does this story relate to high school students? Then cut the pieces apart. Continued... |
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