How Much of the Bible Do You Know….

From the time we start learning Bible stories as a small child in Sunday school, we begin to retain knowledge of the Bible.  But my question is not how many Bible stories do you know but how much of the Bible do you know?   The Scriptures tells us that we are to teach our children the Bible.  This is to be done starting at the earliest moments of life.

Deuteronomy 6:4-8: Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

What we are to teach is the truth of who God is and what God expects from us.  Teaching Bible stories is just the backdrop picture.  How many people in the world know the story of David and Goliath?  The answer is most average person in the US.  If you have ever watched the NCAA March Madness you know that number is huge.  But how many of them understand it was God that took down Goliath not the small boy.  It wasn’t a small boy beating a Giant; it was an Infinite God who brought down a small man.  We  took the truth of this Scripture and have introduced to churches how to teach the truths of Scripture not just Bible stories.  We  take the time to go through each book of the Bible teaching the main characters and main principles taught in each book.  As we go through each book we teach how each principle ties in with others in other books.  We teach key memory verses to tie together these truths. 

The goal in teaching children is simple.  Teach till the child is confident in their own salvation.  Notice I did not say until they are saved but when they are assure and confident in their salvation.  Then the second goal is to get the each child confident in the Word of God.  This begins at the early ages.  When you take a child that is confident in their salvation and confident in the Word of God and you put them in the ups and downs of Junior High; the bumps get smaller.   Fewer and smaller bumps lead to a stronger teen and young adult.  For more ideas on this, see our children’s ministry ideas on our web site, www.churchhelps.org.