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The Ten Commandmen
ts for Kids
GENESIS
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God gave the Ten Commandments
to Moses long ago to guide his people,
and they still
guide us to make wise choices. You
can read a fuller description of the commandments
Exodus 20:1-17. Here’s what they mean
in
for kids today:
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1. Put God first in everything you do.
Creation
darkness into a place
God’s Good
He transformed empty
2. Worship God, and God only.
out of nothing.
God made the entire universepowerful, creative, and loving he is.
from
how
of time by separating days
full of life that shows us
God created the concept on us. He created the sturdy
We learn in Genesis that
shine
sun, moon, and stars that that grow out of it. God created all the
nights. He created the
earth. And, most
and the trees and flowers
ground that we walk on swim in the seas, fly in the sky, and walk on the beautiful place
a
humans, and gave them
fascinating creatures that
Adam and Eve, the first
importantly, God created
tree of
the tree of life and the
to live called Eden.
kinds of plants, including
fruit from
Eden was filled with different God told Adam and Eve that they could eat limits.
and evil.
of good and evil was off
the knowledge of good
they could
Only the tree of the knowledge
every tree except one. Eve disobeyed God’s command. As a consequence,
and
Adam
Unfortunately,
him anymore.
not live in the garden with
Key Verse Challenge
3. Honor God’s name, and don’t misuse
it.
4. Set aside time for rest and prayer.
5. Respect and obey your parents.
6. Protect others and do not hate.
7. Be faithful to your husband or wife
if you get married someday.
8. Don’t steal.
9. Don’t lie—tell the truth.
10. Be content, not jealous of what
Engage with interactive challenges
to help you memorize Scripture.
other people have.
Jesus explained that the Ten Commandments
can be summarized as just two commandments: “You must love the Lord your
God with all your heart, all your soul,
and all your
mind,” and “Love your neighbor as
yourself” (Matthew 22:37, 39). In other
words, all the
commandments show us how to love
God and others.
did not give up on
alert! God
He had a plan that would
the people he had made. bring them back to
and
transform their hearts
with him. Just like the
live in a glorious new home
home will have a tree of
Garden of Eden, this new bring joy and healing to
will
life, and the tree of life
What good news!
all who believe in Jesus.
But—spoiler
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relationship with
wanted to have a loving
them. But
his people and to live among
fellowship and
human sin breaks that
Genesis shows
separates us from God.
amazing plan
the beginnings of God’s
and restore a
to destroy sin and death
rest of the Bible
relationship with us. The
unfolds
tells how God’s plan miraculously
by Jesus!
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as the PromCanaan, which is also knownand finishes
ised Land (Genesis 12–38),That’s a lot of
in Egypt (Genesis 39–50). you keep up?
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traveling in one book!
The northern kingdom
of Israel was captured
by
Assyria in 722 BC and
led off into exile. Later,
Babylon
defeated Assyria to
become the new world
power.
Then the southern kingdom
of Judah was destroyed
Babylon in 586 BC and
by
led off into exile. Both
nations
were exiled because
of their sin.
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it take place?
Where does
Israel and
Judah
Ministry
1 Jesus is born in Bethlehem.
Joseph and Mary
2 When Herod dies,
in Nazareth.
take Jesus to their home
with Joseph and Mary.
Jesus visits Jerusalem
3 When he is twelve,
public ministry.
when he begins his
4 Jesus is almost thirty
Jordan River near Jericho.
in Galilee.
He is baptized in the
is performed in Cana
turning water into wine,
from the Temple.
5 Jesus’ first miracle,
chases money changers
Jerusalem, where he
6 Jesus returns to
of Galilee,
catch of fish on the Sea
7 After a miraculous
Caesarea
Philippi
Jesus calls his first disciples.
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the beginning
This book tells us about
perfect power,
of time and shows God’s creates everyknowledge, and love. God
and he
thing (even mosquitoes—why?),
his image, more
makes human beings in In Genesis, we
special than anything else. how that
see how the first sin happens,
and how God sets
sin still hurts us today,
motion. Genesis
his great rescue plan in
loves us, how he
shows how much God
and how
makes and keeps his promises,
people.
his
of
care
takes
he
this is the book
If you like true epic stories, fascinatwith
for you! Genesis is filled
It tells how God
ing people and places.
the world
creates the universe, includingGod hates
how
we live in today. It shows
Genesis contains
sin but loves his people.
people, including
God’s first promises to
his promise
his promise to send a Savior, and his
Flood,
of the rainbow after the
It also shows how
promises to Abraham.
the Israelites,
people,
God’s
of
first
the
end up in Egypt.
Jesus’ Early
Denver
matter?
this book
Why does
about?
What’s it
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Who wrote
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Enjoy snapshots of people
whose lives were forever
changed by God.
Genesis
Exiled
Abraham’s
Journey
The distance Abraham
traveled was roughly
the same as
the distance from Chicago,
Illinois, to Denver, Colorado.
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timelines, and kid-friendly maps
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