Enter It! ABC: Deuteronomy for Me! Raising a Caleb Kid in a Disrupted World
This is the fifth lesson in the Deuteronomy ABC series; scroll back to see the intro lesson, A, B, C, and D lessons. This series is for homeschoolers, Christian schools, kids' clubs, and anyone who wants to dig into Deuteronomy. It covers "Little Kids" (4-7), "Big Kids" (8-12), and "Teachers, Parents, Grandparents, and YOU!"
Little Kids (Ages 4-7)
E Is for Enter It!
E is for enter it
an action you do
when you use a
doorway* that
you pass through.
* What other word might you use?
E is for enter it
an activity you do
with other kids
that live around you.
* What is a good activity you do?
e.g. Play tag
What is a bad activity you might do?
e.g. Make fun of someone.
Enter It! "The Entry Way"
How do you enter your home? Through a garage door? front door? When I was a kid we entered our house through a little room we called "the entry way." It had a door, a red cement floor, and some coat hooks. In it the milkman would leave cream-topped milk in glass bottles, or the eggman would leave our farm-fresh eggs in cardboard cartons. It was where you went in just before you entered our home.
Define It: "Enter" Means
*Write "Enter It!" on the white board; let kids copy it in their journal. Explain that "enter" is an action word (verb) that means you go into something. You can enter a house, building, or room. If you enter a house how do you get in? a building? a room? (Through a door) Have you seen the word "enter" or "exit" on doors?
You can enter into a park or playground. Maybe, like Moses and God's people, you could be on a trip or journey to go to or enter into a new country or land. Can you think of some places that you go into or enter?
Enter also means to join up with others. Moses kept telling the Israelites to be careful not to join up with people around them that were worshipping and bowing down to other gods. The Lord was God alone! Can you think of kids you play or join with who are nice to be with? not nice to be with?
* Write two sentence using the word "enter:" one about a place/space you enter and one about kids you play with, or should not play with. Discuss and help as needed.
Understand It: Exit It
What is the opposite of in? of enter? Did you know that God's special people once were slaves living in a land called Egypt? Can you find Egypt on one of the maps at the back of your Bible?
Assist kids.
After awhile God helped his people get out of Egypt. They left. They exited. God opened up the Red Sea for them! Yes, they began an exodus to a new land.
Learn It: Deuteronomy 1:8
"Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers."
Discuss: Which words mean enter it? (go in) What were the Israelites supposed to go into? (the land) Which word means "promised?" Who promised them this land? (The Lord!)
Hear It! Go Into the Land Now!
Yes, God said go in--enter it! Remember, God had promised the land to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all their children that would be born later. Did they go in right away? No, they told God they wanted some spy guys to look at the land. God agreed. They picked twelve spy guys. Ten of the spy guys thought it would be too hard to go in. Two of the spy guys thought they could go in. God wasn't pleased for ten spy guys did not believe him. So God said "Stop! You won't get in for a long time now because you didn't believe me. Only two of the spy guys will go in: Caleb and Joshua. Only the little kids that will grow up later will go in." (More of the story later in "S Is for Search It!")
Go Into It! Traffic Light Verse Marker
Draw a simple traffic light on your white board, or show traffic light images. Talk about the traffic colors. Which one means "go?"
Print a book marker with three circles on it for a traffic light. Color the top circles red and yellow. Color the bottom circle a bright green. Press down hard to make it shiny. Glue on "Enter It!" over the three circles. Turn on the reverse side and glue on the verse strip: Deut.1:8.
Help kids find and highlight Deut.1:8 using a green highlighter. Use a green colored pencil to make a green "go" dot beside it. Read it, and repeat it before inserting your Bible bookmarks.
Understand It: Exit It
What is the opposite of in? of enter? Did you know that God's special people once were slaves living in a land called Egypt? Can you find Egypt on one of the maps at the back of your Bible?
Assist kids.
After awhile God helped his people get out of Egypt. They left. They exited. God opened up the Red Sea for them! Yes, they began an exodus to a new land.
Learn It: Deuteronomy 1:8
"Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers."
Discuss: Which words mean enter it? (go in) What were the Israelites supposed to go into? (the land) Which word means "promised?" Who promised them this land? (The Lord!)
Hear It! Go Into the Land Now!
Yes, God said go in--enter it! Remember, God had promised the land to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all their children that would be born later. Did they go in right away? No, they told God they wanted some spy guys to look at the land. God agreed. They picked twelve spy guys. Ten of the spy guys thought it would be too hard to go in. Two of the spy guys thought they could go in. God wasn't pleased for ten spy guys did not believe him. So God said "Stop! You won't get in for a long time now because you didn't believe me. Only two of the spy guys will go in: Caleb and Joshua. Only the little kids that will grow up later will go in." (More of the story later in "S Is for Search It!")
Go Into It! Traffic Light Verse Marker
Draw a simple traffic light on your white board, or show traffic light images. Talk about the traffic colors. Which one means "go?"
Print a book marker with three circles on it for a traffic light. Color the top circles red and yellow. Color the bottom circle a bright green. Press down hard to make it shiny. Glue on "Enter It!" over the three circles. Turn on the reverse side and glue on the verse strip: Deut.1:8.
Help kids find and highlight Deut.1:8 using a green highlighter. Use a green colored pencil to make a green "go" dot beside it. Read it, and repeat it before inserting your Bible bookmarks.
Older Kids: (Ages 8-12)
Find It! Synonyms for Enter
Deuteronomy only uses the word "enter" once, but it has other words that mean the same thing. Can you think of other words for "enter?" Use your online Merriam-Webster Thesaurus.
Enter Not Into It: Proverbs 4:14,15
"Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, … turn from it, and pass away."
Here's a verse beginning with "Enter not." This verse is a warning not to hang out with those who are doing evil things. For if you do, you'll be influenced by these people. Notice what it says: "Avoid it" and "turn from it!" When you're confronted by others who tempt you to do wrong or who are into things you shouldn't do, what advice does this verse give? Back in Moses' day and today, God's message is the same. Don't turn aside after other things or other gods!
I Remember It! "Enter In At the Strait Gate"
When I was a girl I attended church in a Christian home for older people that was in a humongous building that had once been a fancy hotel right along the Atlantic Ocean. At the Home I had a friend named Billy with whom I'd play. Once we decided to have a club in the Home's rather dark basement library with its ancient books as well as one painting I shall never forget! The painting showed a narrow bridge to heaven and a wider road to destruction. Every time I'd look at that picture I would recall the Bible verses I had learned from Matthew 7:13,14 "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and board is the way that leadeth to destruction and many there be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."
These verses picture two roads--one narrow, one wide. Which road speaks of the one way to heaven? Which speaks of a road or a way that doesn't matter what you believe?
Know It: I Am the Door Verse
In John 10:9 Jesus says, "I am the door: by me if any man enter in he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture."
In scripture this is a very important "enter" verse in which Jesus likens himself to a door--or a way in--to be saved.
Sing It: One Door and Only One
One door, and only one
And yet its sides are two,
Inside, and outside,
On which side are you?
One door, and only one,
And yet its sides are two,
I'm on the inside,
On which side are you?
One Lord, and only one,
And yet the ways are two,
Right way, and wrong way,
On which way are you?
One Lord, and only one,
And yet its ways are two,
I'm on the right way,
On which way are you?
Cedarmont Kids: Hear it on Youtube here:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=cedarmont+kids+one+door+and+only+one&docid=608013879498572365&mid=95636E16613E87731DF095636E16613E87731DF0&view=detail&FORM=VRAASM&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dcedarmont%2Bkids%2Bone%2Bdoor%2Band%2Bonly%2Bone%26qpvt%3Dcedarmont%2Bkids%2Bone%2Bdoor%2Band%2Bonly%2Bone%26FORM%3DVDRE
Define It: To Yoke
To yoke means to join in with. A definition says "to join as if by a yoke." What is a yoke? It's a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the head or neck working together. People too can yoke themselves or join themselves to something good, or not good. In Psalm 106 it says that God's people joined up with idol worshippers and mingled with those who were heathen and didn't love the one true God. Oh, did you notice this "yoke" is spelled differently than an egg "yolk."
Understand It: A Deuteronomy Ox and Donkey Verse
Deuteronomy 22:10 says: "Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass (donkey) together."
If you were a farmer and you put a wooden yoke on an ox and a donkey, what might happen? Do you think these two animals would work well together? Think what a donkey might do, sit down, balk, bray, and more. This is called an "unequal yoke" because these two just don't go together! Instead you need two oxen. View the images of yoked oxen here: Do you see the picture where someone actually hooked up a donkey and an oxen and labeled it "unequally yoked."
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=images+of+oxen+yoked+together&id=187E7FD867280F8C0AB1AE019568A341B9768618&FORM=IQFRBA
Here's something else to know about an ox and a donkey. In Moses' time the Israelites had laws that said that animals were either clean or unclean. There laws, which had to do what the people ate, said that an ox was clean animal and could be eaten whereas a donkey was an unclean animal and could not be eaten. Youth Sleuth: Research an ox and a donkey--what makes them different. Clue: Look at their hooves.
Make it: The Yoke Bookmark
Prepare It: sheet of computer paper, rectangle marker shape, fine point marker, online image page of yokes or yoked oxen, scissors, glue, …. Parent/Teacher: Find a "yoke" page by typing in: "Picture to color of an oxen yoke." Click on a picture with a yoke that's bookmark size. After, hold up the computer paper over it lightly tracing it. If you prefer, print it. Carefully cut out yoke holes. Center yoke; at middle top staple to bookmark shape. Slip it over your Deut.22 chapter edge. Note it looks like a pair of "spectacles."
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=picture+to+color+of+an+oxen+yoke&qpvt=picture+to+color+of+an+oxen+yoke&FORM=IGRE
*Idea: Yoke Spectacles* If you wish your younger kids to learn about the ox/donkey you can make a marker/ and an extra pair of Yoke Spectacles with a yarn tie to wear like a necklace. Kids can than lift their yoke specs to inspect and read Deuteronomy 22:10. On reverse side of marker print: II Corinthians 6:14 "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: …"
Discuss It: Be Ye Not Unequally Yoked!
Read aloud II Corinthians 6:14-18. Remember, God told his people over and over, don't join up or link up with those idol worshippers round about you. And that's what these verses mean don't enter into an agreement with those who don't know Jesus as their Savior or don't marry them either. Why?
Teachers, Parents, Grandparents, YOU!
It is never too early to begin to talk with your children and teach them that those who've accepted Jesus as their Savior are warned over and over not to hook up with, marry, or even enter into business with those who are unsaved or unbelievers.
Hear It: A Story About My Parents
Many years ago when my dad met my mom he was an unbeliever-- that is, he had not accepted Jesus as his Savior from sin. Yes, he tried to be moral and thought himself good. But, no one had ever told him that he needed to be born again or accept Jesus as his personal Savior. So when dad met mom right away she shied away from him informing him that she couldn't join up with him, enter into any long term commitment, or marry him for he wasn't saved. Dad was flabbergasted--what kind of a Christian was she?
That same night as dad walked on the Atlantic City boardwalk with mom and her friend, there was man preaching telling people the very same message. They stopped to listen. After dad commented to them, "Well, I guess there is someone else who believes like you two." Dad was troubled. Mom left returning to her home but kept writing dad telling him how to become a true Christian.
Later, dad went to a church and there he met the same boardwalk preacher. Coincidence? No, for dad was even more disturbed, and after a time found the Lord as his Savior. Could mom now accept him as her special friend? Yes she did, discipling him so beautifully. Later, they married and what a godly home it was for over fifty long years.
May the Lord help us all--teachers-parents-grandparents-you--to help raise up Caleb kids who faithfully follow the Lord's directions, rather than being unequally yoked or joined to the world surrounding us!
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."
These verses picture two roads--one narrow, one wide. Which road speaks of the one way to heaven? Which speaks of a road or a way that doesn't matter what you believe?
Know It: I Am the Door Verse
In John 10:9 Jesus says, "I am the door: by me if any man enter in he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture."
In scripture this is a very important "enter" verse in which Jesus likens himself to a door--or a way in--to be saved.
Sing It: One Door and Only One
One door, and only one
And yet its sides are two,
Inside, and outside,
On which side are you?
One door, and only one,
And yet its sides are two,
I'm on the inside,
On which side are you?
One Lord, and only one,
And yet the ways are two,
Right way, and wrong way,
On which way are you?
One Lord, and only one,
And yet its ways are two,
I'm on the right way,
On which way are you?
Cedarmont Kids: Hear it on Youtube here:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=cedarmont+kids+one+door+and+only+one&docid=608013879498572365&mid=95636E16613E87731DF095636E16613E87731DF0&view=detail&FORM=VRAASM&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dcedarmont%2Bkids%2Bone%2Bdoor%2Band%2Bonly%2Bone%26qpvt%3Dcedarmont%2Bkids%2Bone%2Bdoor%2Band%2Bonly%2Bone%26FORM%3DVDRE
Define It: To Yoke
To yoke means to join in with. A definition says "to join as if by a yoke." What is a yoke? It's a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the head or neck working together. People too can yoke themselves or join themselves to something good, or not good. In Psalm 106 it says that God's people joined up with idol worshippers and mingled with those who were heathen and didn't love the one true God. Oh, did you notice this "yoke" is spelled differently than an egg "yolk."
Understand It: A Deuteronomy Ox and Donkey Verse
Deuteronomy 22:10 says: "Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass (donkey) together."
If you were a farmer and you put a wooden yoke on an ox and a donkey, what might happen? Do you think these two animals would work well together? Think what a donkey might do, sit down, balk, bray, and more. This is called an "unequal yoke" because these two just don't go together! Instead you need two oxen. View the images of yoked oxen here: Do you see the picture where someone actually hooked up a donkey and an oxen and labeled it "unequally yoked."
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=images+of+oxen+yoked+together&id=187E7FD867280F8C0AB1AE019568A341B9768618&FORM=IQFRBA
Here's something else to know about an ox and a donkey. In Moses' time the Israelites had laws that said that animals were either clean or unclean. There laws, which had to do what the people ate, said that an ox was clean animal and could be eaten whereas a donkey was an unclean animal and could not be eaten. Youth Sleuth: Research an ox and a donkey--what makes them different. Clue: Look at their hooves.
Make it: The Yoke Bookmark
Prepare It: sheet of computer paper, rectangle marker shape, fine point marker, online image page of yokes or yoked oxen, scissors, glue, …. Parent/Teacher: Find a "yoke" page by typing in: "Picture to color of an oxen yoke." Click on a picture with a yoke that's bookmark size. After, hold up the computer paper over it lightly tracing it. If you prefer, print it. Carefully cut out yoke holes. Center yoke; at middle top staple to bookmark shape. Slip it over your Deut.22 chapter edge. Note it looks like a pair of "spectacles."
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=picture+to+color+of+an+oxen+yoke&qpvt=picture+to+color+of+an+oxen+yoke&FORM=IGRE
*Idea: Yoke Spectacles* If you wish your younger kids to learn about the ox/donkey you can make a marker/ and an extra pair of Yoke Spectacles with a yarn tie to wear like a necklace. Kids can than lift their yoke specs to inspect and read Deuteronomy 22:10. On reverse side of marker print: II Corinthians 6:14 "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: …"
Discuss It: Be Ye Not Unequally Yoked!
Read aloud II Corinthians 6:14-18. Remember, God told his people over and over, don't join up or link up with those idol worshippers round about you. And that's what these verses mean don't enter into an agreement with those who don't know Jesus as their Savior or don't marry them either. Why?
Teachers, Parents, Grandparents, YOU!
It is never too early to begin to talk with your children and teach them that those who've accepted Jesus as their Savior are warned over and over not to hook up with, marry, or even enter into business with those who are unsaved or unbelievers.
Hear It: A Story About My Parents
Many years ago when my dad met my mom he was an unbeliever-- that is, he had not accepted Jesus as his Savior from sin. Yes, he tried to be moral and thought himself good. But, no one had ever told him that he needed to be born again or accept Jesus as his personal Savior. So when dad met mom right away she shied away from him informing him that she couldn't join up with him, enter into any long term commitment, or marry him for he wasn't saved. Dad was flabbergasted--what kind of a Christian was she?
That same night as dad walked on the Atlantic City boardwalk with mom and her friend, there was man preaching telling people the very same message. They stopped to listen. After dad commented to them, "Well, I guess there is someone else who believes like you two." Dad was troubled. Mom left returning to her home but kept writing dad telling him how to become a true Christian.
Later, dad went to a church and there he met the same boardwalk preacher. Coincidence? No, for dad was even more disturbed, and after a time found the Lord as his Savior. Could mom now accept him as her special friend? Yes she did, discipling him so beautifully. Later, they married and what a godly home it was for over fifty long years.
May the Lord help us all--teachers-parents-grandparents-you--to help raise up Caleb kids who faithfully follow the Lord's directions, rather than being unequally yoked or joined to the world surrounding us!
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