2025-10-19 Adam and Eve Sin and Reject God

Introduction

The primary goal of this lesson is to teach that people were created to show how special God is by thinking, feeling, and acting in ways that would reflect the greatness and wonder of God. Adam and Eve had the ability to fully enjoy all of God's wonderful creation and God himself as He walked with them in Garden of Eden. When Adam and Eve sinned, they traded the incomparable worth of the glory of God for something that will never satisfy and that they did not love God most of all. 

Praise and Worship (15 mins)

Parents: The parent and child scheduled for this week will lead us in singing on Sunday. Please take time to practice the songs together at home, helping your child feel confident and joyful as they prepare to lead.

 

Prayer and Offering (5 mins)

Parents: Please encourage your children to bring an offering to church. You may help your child prepare by setting aside a coin for them to bring on Sunday. This is a great opportunity to teach them about giving to God with a thankful heart and trusting Him to provide.

What is Offering?

Offering is when we give something to God to show our love and thankfulness. In church, we often give money as an offering, but we can also give our time, talents, and kindness to God and others.

Why Do We Make an Offering?

To Thank God – Everything we have comes from God! Giving back is a way to say, “Thank You, God!”
To Trust God – When we give, we show that we trust God to take care of us.
To Help Others – Offerings help the church teach about Jesus, help people in need, and share God’s love.

The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 9:7,
"God loves a cheerful giver!" That means God is happy when we give with a joyful heart!

Prayer for Offering

Dear God, thank You for giving us everything we need. We want to give back to You with joyful hearts. Please use our offering to help others and share Your love. Help us to always trust You. In Jesus’ name, Amen!

 

Review Verse from Last Week

 Psalm 16:11 —"You make known to me the path of life in your presence there is joy."

• This verse is saying God told Adam and Eve they would always live- and never die- as long as they did not eat from the tree that God told them not to eat from. Being able to spend time with God forever will fill us with joy

 

Bible Story (10 min): Adam and Eve Sin and Reject God

Introduction (2 min)

Props Needed:needed:

• RockBouquet of flowers
• Small potted plant/ or a bunch of leavesMirror
• StuffedBlack animalmarker

Teacher:

“It’sIsn’t goingthis bunch of flowers beautiful? It has red flowers, and pink ones, and even some white ones!

(Put flowers in front of mirror)

"If I hold these flowers in front of a mirror, do the flowers still look the same as the original? The picture in the mirror is called a reflection. Now, I wonder what will happen to bereflection my birthday soon, and I’m so excited. I’m going to have a big party soif I canmake sharethe howmirror happy I am. It’s going to be a wonderful party: there’s going to be cake, a lot of fun games, and so many presents! I need some help deciding who I should invite to my party.dirty….”

(Pull outColour the rock)mirror with black marker)

Teacher:

"Uh

"Shouldoh! ICan invitewe rocksstill tosee the reflection? No! Has my party?flowers Dochanged youat think they would enjoy cake and games? Why not?”

(Pull out the plant)

Teacher:

"What about this plant?all?"

(Let“So childrenwhat respond:changed? “No!”)

The

(Pullmirror outor the stuffedflowers? animal)

Teacher:

• “Hmm…Is the animalmirror mightdoing enjoy sharing the birthday cake, but do you thinkwhat it wouldis enjoymade the cake the same way weto do? No,Is becauseit thestill animalshowing doesn’ta thinkperfect or feel in the same way you and I do. So who do you think I should invite to my party? Who would REALLY enjoy the cake and games? Yes, people! Boys and girls like you could enjoy my party with me! People would be able to say how much fun the games are, and they could tell me how tasty the cake is. Only people could tell me whether they liked my party or not.reflection?”  

 

Story Telling (85 min)

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-7, Romans 1:1-25; Psalm 19:121-23

Props / Visuals Suggested:

•          Paper doll cutouts of a man and woman (to represent Adam and Eve) with no eyes, mouths, etc. drawn in 
•      MarkerBlack marker
•           Large piece of paper with Garden of Eden (flower, bushes, animals, etc.) drawn.drawn, Leaveinclude roomTree inof the middleKnowledge toof drawGood aand largeEvil
tree
•      Heart sticker 
  
•           Sign saying “Eternal Life”Serpent

Teacher:

“JustEverything likewas I am excited about my birthday party, there is someoneperfect in the Biblegarden thatGod washas somade. happy,God Hemade wantedAdam toand shareEve in His happiness with someone who can really enjoy it. This person is God."

"Do you remember what God created?image.”

(Let children call out their answers)

Teacher:

“After God made the sun, the moon, the stars, the oceans, plants, and all the animals, He wanted to share with happiness with someone. But He couldn’t do that with all the stars, and the plants, and the fish, and the animals that He made.”

“What do you think God did?

(Wait to see if a child will say "people", bringBring out paper dolls)

Teacher:

“Remember

"That’slast right,week hewe madetalked people.about AllGod thecreating boyspeople andin girls,a mommiesspecial and daddies.way? God made everyone on earth. People would be able to sharepeople in God’sHis happiness.”

image.

“The Bible says God said ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.’ What do you think that means “in our image”? Do you think God has long hair like Evelyn? Or that he wears glasses like your dad? No!”

“It means the God created people to beare able to think, feel, and act in special ways. Rocks and can’t see or smell"”

(DrawPlace ina eyes,heart nose, mouthsticker on the paper dolls)

"But people can. Animals can see or smell, but they can’t talk to God, people can. Plants can’t feel love, but people can.“When God made peoplepeople, He made them to be ablelike mirrors to enjoyshow Himhow inwonderful aand way that the sun or rocks or plants or animals aren’t able to. God wants people to enjoy Him by thinking of all the waysspecial God is special,in bywhat lovingwe how special God is,say and telling our friends about God.”

Teacher:

“God also created a beautiful garden. This special garden is called the Garden of Eden.”do”

(Bring out Garden of Eden picture)

“In the Garden of Eden, there were flowers and animals. God placedPlace Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden so that they could see, touch, smell, taste, and hear how wonderful and special God is.”

 (Stick paper dolls in picture)Eden)

Teacher:

“God

“There were also a lot of fruit trees thatprovided Adam and Eve couldwith eat from.”

(Draw fruit trees on the side)

“Now, in the middle of the Garden of Eden was a very special tree called the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.”

(Draw tree)

“God told Adam and Eveeverything they can eat the fruit from any tree in the garden EXCEPT from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Every day, Adam and Eve would spend time with God.needed. Adam and Eve were happy to be with God.because God was their friend, theirthe creator, and theytheir God. AsThey longshowed asGod theyhow obeyedspecial God’sHe commandis by loving Him best and obeying what God told them about not eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.”

“Satan is God’s enemy. Satan hates God and doesn’t want Adam and Eve to love, trust, and obey God.”

(Put Satan in the Garden of Eden)

“Satan is a liar. He disguised himself as a snake and said to Eve, ‘doesn’t the fruit on the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil,Evil look so tasty? If you eat some of the fruit, you will be so smart, just like God!’”

“Do you think Eve listened to Satan?”

“Eve fell for Satan’s trick! She listened to Satan and ate some of the fruit because she wanted to be as smart as God. In fact, she gave some of the fruit to Adam to eat too”

“Was that a good idea? Why not?”

“Adam and Eve decided to listen to Satan instead of God when they wouldate neverfrom diethe andtree that God told them not to eat from. Adam and Eve can spend forever living with God. When someone never diessinned and livestheir forever,hearts itbecame is called ‘eternal life’.darkened.”

(StickColour ‘eternalpaper life’doll signhearts inwith picture)black marker)

“This is just like my mirror earlier when it got dirty. It no longer shows a perfect reflection of my flowers. When Adam and Eve’s hearts became darkened, they no longer showed how wonderful and special God is because they sinned. Sin is when we do or say things that God doesn’t want us to do.”

Wrap-up & Discussion (3 min)

 Teacher:

“AndWhat that’s what Adam and Eve have: eternal life with God. Adam and Eve loved, trusted, obeyed, and enjoyed God. They were showing God that they thought He was the most special person of all. Everything in God’s creation was just asdoes it shouldmean be and this made God very happy.”  

Memorizing Verse: Romans 1:21a

Romans 1:21a
"For although they knew God, they did notto honor himGod? as God or give thanks to him,"

Teacher: 

“Our memory verse today comes from Romans 1:21a: ‘For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him."

• "What does it mean to honor someone? 
• "Honor: is another word for respect. What are some ways we can honor or show respect to someone?"

(Let children give suggestions) 

• "We can honor God by reflecting back to God that He is the most special person of all. We can do that by always thanking God for the good things he has given us and by obeying Him."

“Did Adam and Eve honor God?”

“What are some ways we can honor God?"

• One of the ways we honor God is by trusting and obeying Him. Adam and Eve didn’t trust God and disobeyed Him by eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.”

“Do we sometimes do or say things that God doesn’t want us to do?”

“How do you think God feels when we disobey Him and sin?”

Memorizing Verse: Romans 1:21a

Romans 1:21a
"For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him,"

Teacher: 

“Our memory verse today comes from Romans 1:21a: ‘For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him."

• “This verse is saying that even though Adam and Eve knew God as a friend, they didn't respect God or thank God for all the good things He has given them."

(Lead the kids in repeating the verse slowly)

(Repeat the verse in different ways, e.g.: saying it really fast, whispering, while hopping on one leg, etc.)

Teacher:

• "Did you know there's actually a second part to our Bible verse today? The entire verse is: 'For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking , and their foolish hearts were darkened.' "
• So the entire verse is saying Adam and Eve ate the fruit because they thought they could become smarter and be like God, but instead they became foolish sinners with dirty hearts.  

Craft & Game (10 mins)

Craft: refrigeratorworkbook magnets(5 min)

Supplies:

• PsalmLesson 16:11a4 Workbook Handout (see supplementary information)
• Coloured pencils/ crayons
• Glue
Hear
• Index cards
• Magnetstickers

·       Have children colourtrace the Psalmoutline 16:11ato picture.complete GlueAdam theand Eve. Stick a shiny heart sticker on Adam and Eve.  Colour picture toif thetime middleallows.

 

Game: God or Me? (5 min)

Supplies:

• Signs saying "Love God most" and "I am most special" (see Optional Activities)
• Small bag
• Hear stickers

Before class: cut out Game Signs and place in bag, tape ‘Love God most’ and ‘I am most special’ signs on opposite end of the indexroom.

card.

Introduce Gluegame: magnet“The things that we say or do lets the people around us know whether we love God the most, or whether we think we are more special than God. In the bag, there are things we can do that lets people know whether ‘we love God the most’ or if ‘I am the most special’. When I pick out a paper from this bag, I want you to thestand back ofunder the indexsign card.that you think the action shows you “’love God the most’ or ‘I am most special’

(Let children take turns pulling out paper/ reading the slips out loud)

 

Response Song

 

Closing Prayer & Snack Time (10 mins)

"Dear God, thank You for creatingalways everything.being Thankso yougood for creatingto us. Help us toshow geteveryone toaround knowus how special and wonderful you moreare by what we say and todo. enjoyHelp Yourus gloryhonor moreyou thanby anythingalways else.trusting Amen"and obeying you. Amen."

Now, let us thank You for the snack we’re about to enjoy.
We fold our hands.
We bow our heads.
We thank You, God,
for this daily bread.
Amen.

Free Time & Children Pickup (15 mins)