Elevate Sunday - Parent Connection - 10.9.2019

Objective: Students will understand that Jesus, as the Creator God, sustains all things and be challenged to worship Him.

Key Scripture: Colossians 1:16

Key Thought: Jesus is the Maker and Sustainer.

Lesson Summary: Tonight, we taught the third lesson of four-part series called “Knowing Jesus: God, Messiah, Creator, Friend.” The first two lessons of the series focused on knowing Jesus as God and knowing Jesus as Messiah. This week we focused on knowing Jesus as Creator.

We wrestled with the idea that Genesis 1:1 tells us that God made the world, but the New Testament tells us that Jesus was the Creator of the world. We reconciled those two ideas with the understanding that God is a Trinity. We drew on our knowledge from the first lesson in which we learned that Jesus is God.

Tonight, we learned that not only is Jesus the Creator of all things, He is also the Sustainer of all things. All things were created by him, through Him, and for Him, but by Him all things are held together. Such power should elicit worship from those created by Him.