Bible Concepts
Use these free printables to help children learn important Bible concepts. Many of these concepts seem difficult to grasp at first, but using fun, fully illustrated printables can help children better understand these ideas.
Let Us Make
In the creation account in Genesis 1, God repeatedly directed His creative work with His words. These creative commands are recorded in numerous verses, including verses 3,9,11,14-15,24. What we read in verse 9 is typical. Verse 9 states, “Then God said, ‘Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place, and let the…
Read More ⇨Her Seed: Genesis 3:15
In Genesis 3:15 God said to the serpent, “I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.” This verse has been called the protoevangelium, which means “the first good news.” Why? In this verse we see the…
Read More ⇨Beginning
Genesis 1:1 is a familiar Bible verse: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” The word translated beginning means first in quality, importance, or chronology. It is used 50 times in the Old Testament. In the following examples, the English word or phrase representing the Hebrew word is underlined. “Bring the best…
Read More ⇨Believe
Near the end of the Gospel that bears his name, the apostle John wrote, “Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples that are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may believe Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and by believing you may have…
Read More ⇨Seen, Observed (1 John 1:1-2)
John wrote to his readers in 1 John 1:1-2 these important words: 1“What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have observed and have touched with our hands, concerning the Word of life—2that life was revealed, and we have seen it, and we testify and…
Read More ⇨Defense (1 Pet. 3:15)
The apostle Peter wrote his first letter to persecuted Christians, and in it he encouraged them to live each day in light of the glorious future God had—and has—for them. At the same time, Peter was concerned that believers make connections with those outside the church—even with the ones who were persecuting them—and help them…
Read More ⇨Persecuting
As he made his way to Damascus to arrest, jail, and intimidate Christians, Paul (then called Saul) suddenly encountered a light that blinded him, and a voice that confronted him with a penetrating question: “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” (Acts 9:4). Paul asked who was speaking to him and the voice replied, “I…
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