Untitled Document

BIBLICAL VIRTUE GROUP

Because I value God's teaching in the Bible, I choose to believe and follow its teachings.

	What To Believe Great Controversy The Bible teaches that Satan rebelled against God and led angels and the first humans into sin. God has power over Satan and by Christ's death sealed Satan's doom. Therefore, eventhough I see the suffering Satan has caused, I know someday God will destroy Satan and make all things new.

I choose to believe the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy.

Definition

Great Controversy means: War between Christ and Satan.

The battle started in heaven when a created being, Satan, led a rebellion against God. Satan later introduced the spirit of rebellion in Earth through Adam and Eve's rebellious choice. The whole of creation looks on, as this world becomes the center of the Great Controversy between Christ and Satan. Satan is questioning God's character, the fairness of His law, His right to rule, and Jesus' right to save sinners from eternal death.

Artwork

Music

See flipchart

Once to Every Man and Nation
The Battle Belongs to the Lord
A Mighty Fortress, SDAH 506
My Song is Love Unknown, SDAH 188

Student Life Applications

Because I know about the Great Controversy between Christ and Satan I will:

See in the world events as well as in the personal lives of those about me the effects of the unseen forces of good and evil;
Avoid trying to fight the evil in the world with only my human strength;
Make my decision to trust in God as my only way to face Satan and his evil angels;
Have comfort knowing that God will ultimately win in the fight against the evils of Satan as taught in the Bible;
Know when temptation comes to me that unseen evil angels are present trying to destroy me, but God’s angels can deliver me if I call on Him for help;
See the effects of Satan and his government in the sickness, hunger and human tragedy

Bible, E.G. White

A Cosmic View of the Controversy – 1 Corinthians 4:9 – “We have been made a spectacle to the whole world, both to angels and to men”
The Cosmic Issue – 1 John 3:4
Controversy About Truth as It Is in Jesus – Ephesians 4:21
The Significance of the Doctrine – Hebrews 1:9 – He loved righteousness and hated lawlessness

Reinforcing Stories

“Whatever I want”, “Delete Derrick, Parts 1, 2, 3", Book One, Great Stories for Kids by Jerry Thomas
“Red Hawk Hero”, Book Two, Great Stories for Kids by Jerry Thomas
“The Last Stick of Gum”, Book Five, Great Stories for Kids by Jerry Thomas

Student Activities

1. Choose an unattractive area in your town and use students to survey what could be done to improve the looks. Our world is full of evil but we can combat it with good. Make a plan for beautifying the area. Then carry out the plans.

2. Drop the Ball: Form pairs. Give each pair a wadded sheet of paper. Have partners paly one-handed toss (with left hand). After a few minutes of tossing say: Sin caused a complication in the game of life. Listen to what God does when we mess up and succumb to the wrong side of the controversy. Read: 1 John 1:8, 9. Thank God for winning the controversy.

Links to the Curriculum

Biology: Predators remind us of good and evil conflict. 1 Peter 5:8
Chemistry: Acid changes the color of litmus paper as the acid of sin changes us.
Health: As there is fighting between anitbodies and germs so there is fighting between good and evil in our spirit.

Language Arts: Verbs tell us the actions of the subject, the Greath Controversy tells us the happenings all around us.

Physics: Colliding particles of warm and cold air is thunder and lighting colliding, good and evil colliding is the Great Controversy.

Social Studies: World War II involved the whole world as the Great Controversy involves the whole universe.

Resources

Great Stories for Kids by Jerry D. Thomas. PPPA. 1999

All humanity is now involved in a great controversy between Christ and Satan regarding the character of God, His law, and His sovereignty over the universe. This conflict originated in heaven when a created being, endowed with freedom of choice, in self-exaltation became Satan, God's adversary and let into rebellion a portion of the angels. He introduced the spirit of rebellion into this world when he led Adam and Eve into sin. This human sin resulted int he distortion of the image of God in humanity, the disordering of the created world, and its eventual devastation at the time of the worldwide flood.

Evaluation

Primary:
Tell or write two ways that show what it means to believe and follow the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy.
Tell or write about a time when you saw someone show they believed and followed Bible teaching of the Great Controversy.
Tell or write about when you showed that you believed and followed the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy.
Tell or write about when you saw the hurt and unhappiness when someone didn’t believe and follow the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy.
How do you think God feels when He sees people who believe and follow the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy?
How do you feel or act when you follow the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy?
Tell two ways that you can show you believe the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy.
What makes you want to follow the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy?
What is the opposite of believing and following the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy? Who makes us act or believe that way?
Finish the sentence: We can show we believe and follow the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy when we..........

Middle:
Why does God care if I believe and follow the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy?
What difference does it make whether I believe and follow the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy or not?
What effect would it have on my future if I did not believe and follow the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy?
How would people treat me differently if I did or didn’t believe and follow the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy?
How would I feel about myself if I did or did not believe and follow the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy?
Give some reasons why you think it is best to believe and follow the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy.
Why would someone do differently?
What makes choosing to believe and follow the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy better than the opposite?
List some ways that a person might believe and follow the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy without anyone noticing?
List 3 situations where a person could believe the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy and show it in his work, home, or at the shopping mall.
Is it possible for a person to get better at believing and following the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy? Explain.
Can you think of someone who seems good at believing and following the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy? What makes them better at it?
How could you learn to be better at believing and following the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy?
How often do you show that you believe and follow the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy? Think of the last three times and tell me.
Do you like to join in when people believe and follow the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy? How have you joined in?

High school:
Would you practice believing and following the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy if no one were checking on you? Your parents, school, or the law?
What is the alternative to believing and following the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy and what do you see as the results of that choice?
Would you recognize it if someone were not fully believing and following the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy? How?
Would you keep quiet if someone paid you a lot of money not to believe and follow the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy?
Are you proud to believe and follow the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy and willing to tell others how you feel?
If someone in a group spoke out against believing and following the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy would you speak up to give the other side?
Are you willing to put some of your money toward helping people believe and follow the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy, in your city, class, work?
Can you say that believing and following the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy has become a habit? How often do you show your belief?
What effect do you think believing and following the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy will have on your future life?
Do you see your family believing and following the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy? How about your church, city, or nation?
What do you think should be done to promote believing and following the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy in your family, friends, church, city, nation?
Does it make much difference if they believe and follow the Bible teaching of the Great Controversy or not?