Answer key

The worksheets don't print their answers. Here they all are, and on the slide before the credits.

Presenting

Each part opens with a ▶ Watch slide that plays a clip of the 8-minute video “What Is Faith? The Greek Word Pistis, Allegiance, and Jesus the King” right on the slide: read the two questions, then click (or press →, or use a clicker) to play the clip. The slides wait while it plays and stops by itself; click twice to stop it early. Then click to show the answers. The clips need an internet connection.

Click the slide, or press → or Space (a clicker works too), to show the next thing; ← goes back, even while a clip plays. F presents full screen (Esc leaves it). P opens the presenter view, a second window with your notes, the next slide, and a timer, that moves with the slides: put it on your laptop and the slides on the projector. N shows the notes under the slides.

Your script

1. So what?

   Say: Part 1 was God's big story. Part 2 was the ransom Jesus paid. Today is Part 3: Jesus asks us to believe in him. So what is faith?

2. Would you trust it?

   Ask: If you were climbing a wall, would it be enough to believe the rope exists? (No. You'd have to hold on and put your weight on it.)

   Say: The Bible says even the demons believe God exists. So faith must be more than that. Let's find out what.

   Clicks: 1. the line “Today: what does it really mean to believe in Jesus?”

   Sources: James 2:19

3. Remember our verse?

   Do: Say it together with the motions. Then click to show each missing word as kids call it out. This time there are four.

   Answers: love, sinners, Christ, died (the same words as the grades 1–2 sheet).

   Clicks: 1. the missing word “love” · 2. the missing word “sinners” · 3. the missing word “Christ” · 4. the missing word “died”

4. Faith · Watch: What is faith?

   Say: Watch for a golden thread. It shows up whenever faith does.

   Do: Read the two questions out loud, then click to play the clip. It's about 1½ minutes.

   Ask after: Is believing God exists enough? What does pistis mean? Click once for each answer.

   Prepare: Before class, watch the video lesson this clip comes from, with every source written out: “What is faith?”

   Clicks: 1. play the clip (it stops by itself) · 2. the answer to 1: No. Believing that God exists isn't the faith that saves. · 3. the answer to 2: Trust you place in someone, and faithfulness you keep with them.

   Sources: James 2:19 · πίστις (pistis), Strong's G4102 · Matthew 23:23 · Romans 3:3 · Acts 17:22–31

5. Trust, kept

   Say: In English we have two words, faith and faithfulness. Greek uses one word for both. It's a relationship, not just an opinion: trust going out, faithfulness coming back.

   Say: God doesn't ask for our trust without giving us a reason. In Athens, Paul said God “has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.” The empty tomb is his evidence.

   Ask: Who is someone you trust? How do they show they're faithful to you?

   Clicks: 1. the line “God keeps faith with us, and he gave us a reason to trust him: he raised Jesus from the dead.”

   Sources: πίστις (pistis), Strong's G4102 · Romans 3:3 · Acts 17:31

6. The King · Watch: Whose side are you on?

   Say: Long before Jesus, kings used this same word. Watch what they meant by it.

   Do: Read the two questions out loud, then click to play the clip. It's about 1 minute.

   Ask after: What was the king asking? What's the English word? Click once for each answer.

   Prepare: Before class, watch the video lesson this clip comes from, with every source written out: “What is faith?”

   Clicks: 1. play the clip (it stops by itself) · 2. the answer to 1: Whose side you were on. · 3. the answer to 2: Allegiance: loyalty to a king.

   Sources: 1 Maccabees 10:25–27, tr. Brenton (1851) · 3 Maccabees 3:3, tr. Brenton (1851) · Matthew W. Bates, Salvation by Allegiance Alone (Baker Academic, 2017)

7. Jesus is the King

   Say: Paul's good news is about a King: God's Son, “appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.” Messiah means the anointed King.

   Say: So faith in Jesus means three things together: believing the good news about the King, telling him you're on his side, and living like it.

   Ask: If Jesus is the King, what does it mean to be on his side?

   Clicks: 1. the line “Peter said, “God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.””

   Sources: Romans 1:1–5 · Acts 2:36

8. Followers · Watch: Followers, not fans

   Say: Here's something strange in John's Gospel. People believed in Jesus, and he didn't trust them back. Watch why.

   Do: Read the two questions out loud, then click to play the clip. It's under a minute.

   Ask after: What did Jesus do? Who will enter the kingdom? Click once for each answer.

   Prepare: Before class, watch the video lesson this clip comes from, with every source written out: “What is faith?”

   Clicks: 1. play the clip (it stops by itself) · 2. the answer to 1: He would not entrust himself to them. They were impressed; he wanted followers. · 3. the answer to 2: “The one who does the will of my Father.”

   Sources: John 2:23–25 · Matthew 7:21 · Hebrews 11:6

9. Repent and believe

   Do: Have everyone stand, walk two steps one way, then turn all the way around and walk back. Say: That's what repent means: turning around.

   Say: Jesus's first words of preaching were, “Repent and believe the good news!” Turn from your old masters. Trust him, and give him your loyalty.

   Worksheet: Grades 3–4 match each word to what it means now.

   Worksheet answers: Grades 3–4, Know the words: 1-C · 2-D · 3-A · 4-B

   Clicks: 1. the line “To believe is to trust Jesus as King, and to stay with him.”

   Sources: Mark 1:15 · πίστις (pistis), Strong's G4102

10. Going deeper · Grades 3–5 · Watch: Isn't that earning it?

    Say: If faith means staying loyal to Jesus, does that mean we earn our way? Paul answers.

    Do: Read the two questions out loud, then click to play the clip. It's under a minute.

    Ask after: Is faith how we pay? Where do good works come from? Click once for each answer.

    Prepare: Before class, watch the video lesson this clip comes from, with every source written out: “What is faith?”

    Clicks: 1. play the clip (it stops by itself) · 2. the answer to 1: No. “It is by grace you have been saved, through faith… not by works.” Jesus paid. · 3. the answer to 2: They grow from grace. “We are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works.”

    Sources: Ephesians 2:8–10 · Mark 10:45 · 1 Corinthians 6:19–20

11. Wages or a gift?

    Ask: What's the difference between wages and a gift? (Wages are paid for work. A gift is free.)

    Say: Sin pays wages, and they end in death. Eternal life is a gift. Nobody can earn it. Jesus paid for it, and we receive it by coming over to his side.

    Worksheet: Grade 5+ answers the questions on their sheet now.

    Worksheet answers: Grade 5+, Think it through: Answers will vary. Look for: 1. saving faith trusts and follows Jesus, not just facts · 2. loyalty: whose side you were on · 3. no; we're saved by grace, and Jesus paid · 4. trusting Jesus as King and staying loyal

    Clicks: 1. the line ““For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.””

    Sources: Romans 6:23 · Ephesians 2:8–9

12. True or false?

    Do: Read each one and have kids stand up for true and sit down for false. Click to stamp each answer.

    Answers: 1. False. 2. True. 3. False: “it is by grace you have been saved… not by works.” 4. True: “God has made this Jesus… both Lord and Messiah.”

    Clicks: 1. the answer to 1: False. Even the demons believe that. · 2. the answer to 2: True. · 3. the answer to 3: False. It's a gift of grace. Jesus paid. · 4. the answer to 4: True.

13. Good news · Watch: Follow the King

    Say: So how do you start following Jesus? The end of the video says, and it starts with our memory verse.

    Do: Read the two questions out loud, then click to play the clip. It's about a minute.

    Ask after: What did Jesus say in his first sermon? How does the story end? Click once for each answer.

    Prepare: Before class, watch the video lesson this clip comes from, with every source written out: “What is faith?”

    Clicks: 1. play the clip (it stops by itself) · 2. the answer to 1: “Repent and believe the good news!” · 3. the answer to 2: With the Lamb are his “called, chosen and faithful followers.”

    Sources: Romans 5:8 · 1 Corinthians 15:3–4 · Philippians 2:9–11 · Mark 1:14–17 · Revelation 17:14

14. Come to him

    Say: Following Jesus starts with talking to him. Tell him you believe. Turn from what you know is wrong, and ask him to forgive you. Then keep following him with other Christians, at church and at home.

    Say: Following Jesus doesn't mean you'll never do wrong again. When you do, don't hide it. Tell him, and turn back. John wrote, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”

    Do: Give everyone a quiet minute. No one has to say anything out loud. If a child wants to talk about following Jesus, talk with them afterward and let their parents know.

    Worksheet: Grades 1–2 write or draw a prayer to Jesus now.

    Worksheet answers: Grades 1–2, A prayer to Jesus: Drawings and writing will vary.

    Clicks: 1. the line “Mess up later? Don't hide. “If we confess our sins, he… will forgive us.”” · 2. the line “He promised: “Whoever comes to me I will never drive away.””

    Sources: John 6:37 · Acts 2:36–41 · Mark 1:15 · 1 John 1:8–9

15. Say it from memory

    Do: Third time! Cover the words and say it with eyes closed. Who can say it alone?

    Worksheet: Everyone fills in the missing words of their own memory verse and colors a star.

    Worksheet answers: Grades 1–2, Romans 5:8: love, sinners, Christ, died

    Worksheet answers: Grades 3–4, John 8:36: Son, sets, free, indeed

    Worksheet answers: Grade 5+, Romans 6:23: wages, death, gift, life

16. Talk and pray

    Do: Talk about one or two of the questions, then pray. Kids can pray along one line at a time if they want to, or just listen.

    Do: Send the worksheets home, with this part's one-minute Short for families. The link is in your guide, under “Send it home.”

    Clicks: 1. the prayer

17. Answer key

    Do: Show this when kids check their work, or keep it on your laptop in the presenter view. The worksheets don't print their answers, so this is the key.

18. Pictures and Scripture

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