Kingdom Bound
Children Ministry
Bible Study Texts
Topic Eternity
Subtopic - God's dwelling place - Heaven
(Lesson Suitable for 5 - 12 years old)
I welcome you to today's Bible study session. I hope you and your family are having a great time.
I pray that the Lord will grant you understanding of this topic in Jesus name. Amen.
We have been discussing Eternity
We discussed that our God is eternal, everlasting, endless and infinite. He has no beginning or end. He is ageless and he lives forever.
We also learnt that God wants His children to live with Him in Eternity. He made this possible by sending His Son Jesus to the world to die for our sins and save us. And anyone who believes Jesus will have Eternal Life.
Let us read John 3 v 16 (NIV) again.
For God so loved the world, that he gave His one and only son – Jesus – that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have ETERNAL LIFE.
In this series of Eternity, we are discussing the following:
- Rapture
- Heaven and Hell
- The Judgment day
- The Book of Life
We have discussed Rapture, Judgment and Book of life.
Today we will discuss God's dwelling place - Heaven
Objective
1. After today’s Bible Study, you will understand that heaven is real, and so is hell.
2. You will understand that God’s home is heaven, and through Jesus, we have hope of eternal life with God in heaven. However, those who reject Jesus will be sent to hell!
Introduction
In previous weeks, we have been discussing eternity.
We have discussed Rapture, Judgment and the Book of life. These three pointed us to a common super truth, which is simply the fact that there is hope of eternal life, life of bliss without end, for anyone who accepts the salvation that Jesus Christ offers John 3 v 16.
This eternal life, is in God’s beautiful palace, called Heaven. And we expect that Jesus will soon appear in the sky to call us home, to live with Him in his father’s house, forever
Today, we will discuss where God lives and why we should believe the place is real.
Question
Where do you think the King of England lives?
Where do you think the Presidents of Nigeria, Ghana and America live?
Tell me the names of the cities these people live in.
Do you dream of visiting any of this place some day?
See the palace where the King of England lives. It is called the Buckingham Palance in London.
See below where the President of United States of America lives. It is called The White House in Washington DC
See below where the President of Nigeria lives. It is called The Aso Villa in Abuja Nigeria
See below where the President of Ghana lives. It is called Presidential Villa in Accra, Ghana
Illustration
Do you agree with me that everyone has a home where they live? Just as you have a home where you live with your parents, every one has a place they live.
You just saw above, beautiful homes of world leaders and kings. Do you know that God is even King of all kings and all worldly leaders? Isa 9 v 6 – 7, 1Tim 6 v 15 And do you know he also has a home?
Now Having seen all these beautiful houses where these earthly kings and leaders live,
where exactly do you think God lives?
Did you say Heaven?
What is heaven?
1. Heaven is God’s Home. His Palace. His dwelling place.
God lives on His Throne in Heaven Ps 11 v 4a and the earth is just like his footstool Isa 66 v 1a.
The beauty of this home is more than human wisdom can describe. It is more beautiful than the most beautiful palace on earth. There is no perfect picture I can show you, because no one could ever draw it from human artistry. The closest I can show you is below:
Discussion
God reigns in his palace (Heaven) eternally and wants us to live with him in heaven forever, on the condition that we accept His Son Jesus as our Lord and Savior John 3 v 16.
Would you love to be there?
Guess what, having access to eternal life in heaven, is free. To go to earthly palaces like Buckingham Palace in United Kingdom or White house in America, you have to pay money. But to go to heaven, you don’t have to pay money. It is free!
Just do the following:
1. Give your life to Jesus and be born again John 3 v 3
2. Confess with you mouth that he is your Lord Romans 10 v 10b
3. Believe Him in your heart, and embrace the gift of righteous life, that’s all. Romans 10 v 10a
4.Live a new life in Christ. Become a new person 2 Cor 5 v 17
Simple! You’re going to heaven!
Question:
Why should I believe that Heaven is real?
Children, as you grow older in life, you will meet many people, teachers in school, even you may read it in your science books that heaven isn’t real! They will try to convince you that there is no physical proof of heaven, because no one alive has seen it.
However, today I want you to know that according to Christian Faith, we believe that Heaven is real! And you must hold this truth, dear to your heart!
Our Lord Jesus told his disciples that he was going to heaven to prepare a place for us. He described Heaven as His Father’s mansion, and told us that there are many rooms. He said he would come back to take us to heaven to live with him. He even said if it wasn’t real, he wouldn’t have said so! So we believe Jesus, that indeed there is a place where his father lives, and we believe that he will come back to take us there. We have hope that we will live in heaven1 peter 1 v 3 - 4
Let us read John 14 v 1 0 4
Jesus said, “Don’t be troubled. Trust in God, and trust in me. There are many rooms in my Father’s house. I would not tell you this if it were not true. I am going there to prepare a place for you. After I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back. Then I will take you with me, so that you can be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.”
Say with me HEAVEN IS REAL!”
Say with me, Heaven is beautiful
What is Hell?
Hell is a place created for those who reject Jesus. It was originally created for the devil. Those who reject Jesus will go to Hell, a place of fire and eternal death Matt 25 v 41
Is hell real?
Oh yes it is!
The Bible says anyone whose name is not in the Book of life, will be thrown into lake of fire, which is HELL. So it is a place that exists, it is real! Rev 20 v 15
This will not be your portion in Jesus name.
Conclusion
I encourage you today to continually check that you remain in Jesus Christ and obey Him as your Lord.
Embrace the gift of salvation and righteousness
Going to heaven is not about being morally upright, it is not about what you do or do not do, or being rich or poor, black or brown or white.
It is simply about giving your life to Jesus, Believe Him and Obey Him.
God bless you. Amen.
Let us pray.
Song of the day
The Sky Will Unfold