This Month’s Biblical Theme is: God is the Creator
The catechism asks: “What is God?” The answer is: “The creator of everyone and everything.” I remember building sandcastles on the beaches as a child. I was very protective and would do everything I could to keep them from being destroyed by other kids or even by the waves. Because the sandcastles were made by me, they belonged to me in a special way.
Because God created everything, it all belongs to Him. He provides and protects because it’s all His. Someone once said, “There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, ‘Mine!’” Because that is true, we can trust Him in everything. In Psalm 24:1, David recognized this: well and said this in Psalms 24:1: The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein.
-Sam Luce childdiscipleship.com
The Fall - Genesis 3
God created a perfect world where people were in a perfect relationship with Him. A serpent tempted Eve. She and Adam ate fruit from the tree. They became separated from God. They were no longer perfect, and the world was broken by their sin. They hid from God in shame, but the Lord did not leave them without hope. He promised a Savior who would defeat the serpent and free all people from the power of sin.
God is perfect and holy. When sin entered His perfectly created world, everything was broken, including His relationship with people. Sin is anything we think, do or say that disobeys God. And everyone sins! That means every person is separated from His holiness. That’s why God had a plan from the beginning to send Jesus to take the punishment for our sin. Because Jesus died on the cross and rose again, we can be forgiven. One day He will restore all of broken creation and make it new.
