Jesus is the New and Better Abraham

Intro: We’ve seen how Jesus came to bring people who (ever since Adam) had been enemies of God back to him. We’ve seen how (just like the Ark) God gave Jesus as a way people could be rescued from his anger. Today we’ll see just how Jesus is like a trusting man, a willing son and a sheep that got stuck in a bush.

Games: To explore the idea of needing a substitute

1. Substitute Tag
   One person is it, anyone they tag must go to prison (make a well defined area in your room) and are out of the game. If everybody is in prison the ‘it’ wins. However, everybody in prison can be set free if one untagged person goes to prison, they yell ‘go free’ so that everyone knows but that person must stay in prison. They can be set free if someone else untagged takes their place.

2. Sheep hunt
   Take it in turns to hide a toy sheep, as the children hunt for it the ‘hider’ must ‘baa’ loudly when someone is near the hidden sheep.

Talk: This short talk is designed to have the sketches in the middle but you could also read the Bible stories or for a younger group use a Story Bible (Chapters, Son of Laughter and The Present in the Jesus Storybook Bible for example). For a talk without the drama use this.

Drama:
This first sketch takes us through God’s promise to Abraham, the 3 guests who give Sarah a shock and the arrival of baby Isaac. The second is about that time God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son.