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Old Testament LESSON 23
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OLD TESTAMENT Judges 2-4; 6-8; 13-16
JUNE (week 1)
Lesson 23: May 30-June 5, 2022
“The Lord Raised Up a Deliverer”
Discussion Topics (activities below) ⇓
PRIMARY – HOME
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• Jesus Christ is my Savior.
• Jesus Christ is my Deliverer.
• The Lord can use small things to do great work.
• I can be faithful to the Lord even if others are not.
• God’s ways are different from the world’s ways.
INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES
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• The Lord offers deliverance when I stray.
• Who were Baal and Ashtaroth?
• The Lord can work miracles when I trust in His ways.
• Strength comes from faithfulness to my covenants with God. (Sampson)
TEENS
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Lesson 23 Scripture Scholars
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Lessons 23-26 Scripture Scholars
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. . . JESUS SAVED US FROM SIN & DEATH . . .
Jesus Christ is my Savior.
When the Israelites prayed to the Lord, He raised up a deliverer for them. Help the children see that Jesus Christ is the Deliverer whom God has raised up for us.
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Explain to the children that when the Israelites stopped keeping God’s commandments, they lost His protection and were defeated by their enemies. Read from Judges 3:9 the phrase “the children of Israel cried unto the Lord.” What did the Israelites do when they needed help? Share an experience when you prayed for help and God answered your prayer.
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HOVER OVER or ZOOM IN (to view) Read from Judges 3:9 the phrase “the Lord raised up a deliverer,” and invite the children to repeat it with you a few times. Explain that a deliverer is someone who saves us. Show the children several pictures of people, including a picture of Jesus Christ, and place the pictures face down on the floor.
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Let the children take turns turning over the pictures, finding the picture of Jesus, and holding it up. Testify that Jesus Christ is the Deliverer whom God has raised up to save us from sin and death.
Jesus Christ is my Deliverer.
Judges 3 describes a cycle that you can use to teach the children that God delivers us from sin through the Savior Jesus Christ.
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Write the following on the board: “did evil,” “cried unto the Lord,” and “raised up a deliverer.” Invite some of the children to find these phrases in Judges 3:7–9, and invite others to find them in Judges 3:12–15. Explain to the children that over and over in the book of Judges, the Israelites “did evil.” Then, when their enemies attacked, they “cried unto the Lord,” and the Lord “raised up a deliverer” to help them. What do we learn about the Lord from this cycle?
DOWNLOAD Cycle of History Wheel (HERE or below)Sing a song together that helps the children understand that Jesus Christ is their Redeemer and Deliverer, such as “He Sent His Son” (Children’s Songbook, 34–35). Invite the children to share their feelings about what the Savior has done to deliver us from sin, trials, sorrow, and death.
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Use this to compare with Judges cycle of history (above)
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. . . SMALL ACTS OF SERVICE . . .
The Lord can use small things to do great work.
Gideon considered himself poor and insignificant, but God saw him as a “mighty man of valour” (Judges 6:12). Help the children see that even if they feel small, God can work through them to do important things (see Alma 37:6–7).
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Tell the children that the Lord needed someone to help Him save Israel from their enemies, the Midianites, and He chose Gideon. Read Judges 6:15 to the children, and ask them why Gideon didn’t feel he could do what the Lord wanted. Read verse 16, and ask them who the Lord said would help Gideon. Tell the children about a time when the Lord asked you to do something difficult to serve Him and you felt He was with you.
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Display pictures of children or youth doing great things in the service of God (see Gospel Art Book, nos. 19, 23, 90, 102), or tell about examples you have seen. Help the children think of ways they can participate in God’s work, and invite them to draw pictures of themselves doing these things.
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Use this week’s activity page to teach the children about how the Lord made Israel’s army smaller so the Israelites would know that His power had saved them from their enemies. Share examples of small things that do a great work, such as bees gathering nectar to make honey. Bear your testimony that God can help us do a great work, even when we feel small.
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. . . STICKING TO GOD’S STANDARDS . . .
I can be faithful to the Lord even if others are not.
Although many of the Israelites fell away from the Lord, some remained true to Him and were able to help many others return to righteousness. How can you encourage the children to stay true to the Lord no matter what others are doing?
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Tell the children that during a time when the Israelites had been wicked, a righteous woman named Deborah and the commander of the Israelites’ army, Barak, delivered Israel from their enemies (see Judges 4:1–15). Read together Judges 4:14, and ask the children to find something Deborah said that showed that her faith in the Lord was strong. Then ask them to read Doctrine and Covenants 84:88 to find a principle that is also in Judges 4:14. Encourage them to share what the Lord’s promise “I will go before your face” means to them.
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Sing a song about obeying the commandments, such as “Choose the Right” (Hymns, no. 239) or “Choose the Right Way” (Children’s Songbook, 160–61). How can we stand for righteousness and obey the commandments even when others around us do not?
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MORE ON “GOSPEL STANDARDS”
God’s ways are different from the world’s ways.
The Lord asked Gideon to do things that he probably didn’t understand at the time. What inspires you about his story? How do you feel it can bless the children you teach?
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Ask the children to imagine that they needed to gather an army together to go to battle. How many people would they want in their army? Using Judges 7:4–7, invite the children to act out how the Lord helped Gideon choose the army that would deliver Israel from the Midianites. Why did the Lord want Gideon’s army to be so small? (see Judges 7:2). Why might following the Lord’s command have been hard for Gideon and his army? Invite the children to share experiences when they learned to trust the Lord even though doing so was hard.
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Invite the children to draw pictures of a sword, shield, trumpet, lamp, and pitcher. Ask the children which of these objects they would take with them into a battle. Invite them to read Judges 7:16 to learn what Gideon’s army took with them. Why would it have taken courage to do this? Read together Judges 7:19–21 to learn how the army used the trumpets and pitchers to defeat the Midianites. What do we learn about the Lord from this story?
. . . OBEDIENCE MAKES ME STRONG . . .
Strength comes from faithfulness to my covenants with God.
Samson lost both his physical strength and his spiritual strength because he violated his covenants with God, including those that applied specifically to Nazarites (for information about the Nazarites, see Numbers 6:1–6; Judges 13:7). As you read Samson’s story in Judges 13–16, ponder each covenant you have made. How have you been blessed with strength because you have kept those covenants? What do you learn from Samson’s story that inspires you to stay true to your covenants with God?
YOUTH
How can you help class members discover both the inspiring truths and the important warnings from the story of Samson? One way could be to invite half the class to review Judges 14–16 looking for verses that show that the Lord was with Samson. The other half could look for verses that show that Samson was not fully committed to the Lord. Ask class members to share what they found. What does Samson’s life teach us about keeping the covenants we make with God? The statement by Sister Ann M. Dibb in “Additional Resources” may be helpful.
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David gained spiritual strength by keeping covenants – Sampson lost physical strength by not keeping covenants
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TEMPLE COVENANTS – OVERCOMING TRIALS
QUOTE: “As you and I go to the holy houses of God, as we remember the covenants we make within, we will be more able to bear every trial and to overcome each temptation. In this sacred sanctuary we will find peace; we will be renewed and fortified.” President Thomas S. Monson, “The Holy Temple–a Beacon to the World”
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SUMMARY OF SUBJECTS FOR:
OLD TESTAMENT – Judges 2-4; 6-8; 13-16
JUNE (week 1)
Lesson 23: May 30-June 5, 2022
“The Lord Raised Up a Deliverer”
