Bible Activity

The SuperTruth tells us that salvation is for everyone. In this activity, teams of two will find Scriptures about salvation. Then you will find the answers to questions I ask about that passage. Write a short answer on the sticky note. Then just for fun, stick it onto your forehead to signal you’re done. This is not a race; it is meant to help you become familiar with using your Bibles.       

Divide the children into teams of two. Try to pair experienced Bible users with those who are less familiar with the Bible. Give each team a Bible. Announce each New Testament passage and write it on the board. Teams will find the scriptures together. Once found, have the pairs read the passage together. Then ask the questions one at a time. The pairs will write down a short answer for the two questions and then stick the note on one of the children’s foreheads to signal when done. Ask the questions again and allow the pairs to share their answers aloud. Look up as many passages as time allows.      

1. Romans 1:16:  

For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile.

• What is the salvation message called in this verse? Good News.
• Who does it save? Everyone who believes, the Jew and Gentile.

2. John 3:16–17:

¹⁶ “For this is how God loved the world: He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷God sent His Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through Him.

• In verse 16, God loved us and sent His Son for what purpose? To give everyone eternal life and not perish. 
• In verse 17, who did God want to save through Jesus? The world. 

3. 1 Timothy 2:3–4:

³ This is good and pleases God our Savior, ⁴ who wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth.

• What two things does God want for everyone? To be saved; to understand the truth. 

4. Romans 10:9–13: Pairs may need several sticky notes for these verses to stick on both players’ foreheads!  

⁹ If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.¹⁰For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.¹¹ As the Scriptures tell us, “Anyone who trusts in Him will never be disgraced.”¹²Jew and Gentile are the same in this respect. They have the same Lord, who gives generously to all who call on Him.¹³For “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 

• What does verse 9 tell us we must declare? That Jesus is Lord.
• What does verse 9 tells us we must believe in our heart to be saved? God raised Jesus from the dead.
• In verse 10, what are we to openly declare? Our faith.
• In verse 11, we will not be disgraced if we do what? Trust in Him.   
• Who has the same Lord? The Jews and Gentiles.
• Verse 13 says that everyone who does this will be saved. Calls on the name of the Lord.  

5. Acts 13:47:

“For the Lord gave us this command when He said, ‘I have made you a light to the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the farthest corners of the earth.’”

• What did the apostles become to the Gentiles? A light.
• How far were the apostles to take the message of salvation? To the farthest corners of the earth.

Conclusion: Jesus died on the cross to bring salvation to everyone. He empowered us with His Spirit to take this life giving message to the all the nations of the world.