The Tower of Babel

11/21/2024

This is the story of the Tower of Babel. This explains why we have so many languages on the Earth. It also teaches how God views pride in his people. There is a difference between good pride and bad pride. In many ways, the people in Babylon wanted to be like their own God. They wanted to make a name for themselves and bring praise to themselves instead of praising God.

Key Concepts:
1. Pride grieves God.
2. Obeying God is very important.
3. We should only worship God.

Memory Verse

“The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as, some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." 2 Peter 3:9

Songs

Books of the Old Testament
Awesome God
The Word Was With God
Genesis 1:1
The Castle of My Heart
Lord I Lift Your Name on Heart
My God is So Big
Be Careful Little Eyes

Story

Begin Class with Songs, Games, Table Activity, or Sharing Time

Open Class in Prayer

Introducing the Story Ideas
1. Play with Blocks: Put out blocks or other building toys and let the kids build towers while waiting for class to start. SAY: Today, we are going to talk about people who wanted to build a tower. But, they wanted to build a tower to make a name for themselves instead of building something to glorify God.

2. Different Languages: Teach the kids how to say hello or I Love You in different languages. SAY: Today, we are going to talk about how we got so many different languages on the Earth.

Story: Even after the flood, sin started creeping back in to the world. This time, the sin that started to creep back in was pride. Pride is a sneaky sin because it can make us think we are doing something good. However, anything we do should always glorify God. We shouldn't do good things to glorify ourselves.

READ Genesis 11:1-9 or show the power point Tower of Babel
EMPHASIZE that: