SECTION 1.5 ESV

MAIN IDEA God is eternal, which means He has no beginning or end. He has always been alive, and He will always be alive. He offers us eternal life with Him if we choose to trust Christ as Savior. ESV

MEMORY VERSE PSALM 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, from ever-lasting to everlasting You are God. ESV

Share what you wrote about or drew in Start Here. INTRODUCTION Share what you wrote about or drew in Start Here. ESV

Have you ever seen a picture of your family from before you were born? INTRODUCTION Have you ever seen a picture of your family from before you were born? Did they know what you would be like even then? Did they know who you were and exactly when you would be born? ESV

INTRODUCTION Who created you and knew what you would be like and when you’d join your family even before you were born? ESV

MAIN LESSON 1. God is eternal, which means He has no beginning or end. He has always been alive, and He will always be alive. ESV

MAIN LESSON Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God. ESV

MAIN LESSON 2. We have a beginning, and we have not always been alive like God. But God says we can have eternal life, which means we can have life forever with God. ESV

MAIN LESSON John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. ESV

MAIN LESSON 3. Eternal life starts when we trust Jesus Christ as Savior, and it continues on forever in heaven. We have a choice whether we want to spend eternity with God in heaven. Let’s choose Christ and eternal life! ESV

MAIN LESSON John 5:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. ESV

What does it mean that God is eternal? FAITH IN ACTION What does it mean that God is eternal? Why is it important to remember that God is eternal, especially when you are having a difficult time with something? How will that affect the way you think and act in your day-to-day life? ESV

SUM IT UP God is eternal, which means He has no beginning or end. He has always been alive, and He will always be alive. ESV

SUM IT UP We have a beginning, and we have not always been alive like God. But God says we can have eternal life, which means we can have life forever with God. ESV

SUM IT UP Eternal life starts when we trust Jesus Christ as Savior, and it continues on forever in heaven. We have a choice about whether we want to spend eternity with God in heaven. Let’s choose Christ and eternal life! ESV

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