The Scripture Lady loves creating Bible review games! Here is one called “Which Verse Fits?” to teach how to apply God’s Word.
One of our main goals as teachers of God’s Word should be to show our kids how to apply the Scriptures in their lives. Our kids are onslaughted every day by untruth, whether through the media or even their friends. It’s important that we teach them that they can speak the truth of God’s Word in love and in due season when their friends contradict the truth. Here’s a fun Bible verse activity that you can play with your kids that will help them think of which Bible verse could be spoken to help combat a false belief or idea a friend may throw their way.
Bible review games will help your children learn God’s Word in a fun way and for this one you will need to do the following:
You will see below that I have provided you with 9 different false beliefs or ideas your child might hear a person say. You will need to write each of these on an index card that you can easily file them away for further use again. Next, I’ve provided Scripture cards, each containing two possible choices of Bible verses. I suggest that you display these verses on colorful cards and laminate them for long-term use. You will notice that I’ve labeled each verse A – I, to coincide with each false belief card. You might also want to provide a nice graphic label that you can place on the back of each Scripture Card, just to give it that nice finished game look. (Remember, the games I give you can be used over and over if care is taken in the beginning to give them a published, as well as professional look, and to laminate them. I’ve had some of my games for years now.)
Once you have prepared all of the cards, you should have 9 index sized False Belief Cards and 18 total Scripture Cards. The 9 cards will be held in your hand, while the corresponding Scripture Cards should be displayed, two at a time, on a table or board or pocket chart.
How to play:
To play the game, divide your class into two teams. Have one child come up. You will read him the first false belief card. You will then show him the possible two choices of verses that would best combat their friend’s belief. Read each one out-loud and then have him choose. If he chooses the correct one, his team gets 100 points. If he was incorrect, his team gets zero points. The next team is up and you repeat the process. The team with the most points, wins!
For an extra twist to the game, you could have both of the Scripture Cards turned around (in other words, the Scripture is not showing) and then the child would just simply have to guess which verse is correct without seeing it. Have him choose one of the cards. Turn it over and read it. After hearing the verse, let him decide if he wants to stay with that verse or choose the other verse. Both ways will be fun and educational.
False Beliefs:
One day a friend tells you he has never done anything wrong. What verse in the Bible could you tell him to show that is not true?
Romans 3:23 or James 5:20 (A)
A friend tells you that it’s no big deal to lie. What verse could you tell her to show that it is?
Ephesians 4:25 or I Tim. 4:12 (B)
A friend tells you that she doesn’t believe God has ever given her anything. What verse could you tell her to show that He has given her something?
Romans 3:23 or Ephesians 4:7 (C)
A friend tells you that he believes people can get to Heaven lots of different ways. What verse could you tell him to show that’s not true?
John 14:6 or John 15:1 (D)
A friend tells you that it’s all right to believe in Jesus, but you don’t ever have to say so. What verse could you tell them to show that’s not true?
Romans 10: 9-10 or Deut. 18:18 (E)
A friend tells you that she doesn’t believe God has a son. What verse could you tell her to show that He does have a son?
Revelation 14:14 or John 3:16 (F)
A friend tells you that he’s not sure if God loves him. What verse could you tell him to show that God does love him?
Proverbs 3:3 or I John 3:1 (G)
A friend tells you that he believes God did not make people, but that we come from the fish. What verse could you tell them to show that’s not true?
Psalm 100:3 or Gen. 1:21 (H)
A friend tells you that she believes she can get to Heaven just by doing good works. What verse could you tell her to show that this not true?
Ephesians 4:12 or Ephesians 2:8-9 (I)
Scriptures to Choose From:
“…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…”
Romans 3:23 (A)
Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
James 5:20 (A)
Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.
I Timothy 4:12 (B)
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body.
Ephesians 4:25 (B)
A gift opens the way for the giver
and ushers him into the presence of the great.
Proverbs 18:16 (C)
But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.
Ephesians 4:7 (C)
Jesus answered,
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:6 (D)
I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
John 15:1 (D)
That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
Romans 10: 9-10 (E)
I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
Deuteronomy 18:18 (E)
I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one “like a son of man” with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.
Revelation 14:14 (F)
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 (F)
Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 3:3 (G)
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!
I John 3:1 (G)
Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Psalm 100:3 (H)
So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems
Genesis 1:21 (H)
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9 (I)
It was he who gave some to be … prophets, …to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up
Ephesians 4:11-12 (I)
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