Sunday School Lesson for April 20 – Achans Sin

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Here are ideas to use when planning your Sunday school lesson for April 20. This activity and the discussions that follow work well with your 6-8 year olds to teach the lesson of Achan’s sin. Relating the lesson to their personal lives and possessions is very effective.

Activity:
As the children come in, have them place one thing that belongs to them in a box. It could be a necklace, shoe, sock, hair bow, etc. After everyone has put something in the box, have them tell the rest of the class what they put in the box and why that item is important to them. Put the box up on a counter or somewhere out of the way.

Bible Story:
Tell the story of Achan’s sin from Joshua 7. You can use a children’s bible to tell the story or just tell it in such a way that this age group can understand.

Discussion:
Ask the children if taking other people’s things is okay. When they have all agreed that it is not, ask them why it is not okay. Emphasize to them that God sees everything we do, good and bad, and that He would see if we took something that belonged to someone else, just like he saw Achan. Explain that not only do we not want to hurt God, but that we don’t want to hurt people either.

Discussion:
Get the box from the beginning of Sunday school class back out. Ask the children if they remember putting something in the box. Remind them that each of them has something inside the box. Ask the children how they would feel if you just take the box home with their belongings in it and keep all of those things for yourself. Then you can emphasize to them that God felt the same way when Achan took things that did not belong to him. Return the children’s’ belongings to them.

Activity:
Have the children draw a picture of how they would feel if someone stole one of their toys. Then have them write “Do not steal” on their paper.

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