Elementary Level, Block 1—Adam to Noah
Week 7
Noah—Following His Forefathers and Becoming a Righteous Man
Point to Emphasize: We can do the right thing even when others do not.
Reference Reading: Genesis 6—9
Memory Verse: For Jehovah knows the way of the righteous… (Psalms 1:6a)
Story Sample
Adam’s family kept growing. We have heard about many in Adam’s family that followed God’s way. Today we will hear about Enoch’s great grandson. His name was Noah. Noah must have spent time listening to his father and grandfather telling him all about his great-grandfather, Enoch.
Our families teach us many things. They teach us how to walk, how to eat, and how to get dressed. More importantly, it is in our families that we learn how to behave and how to be a proper person. If you spend time and sit with your parents, or with your uncles and aunts, or even with your grandfathers and great grandfathers, you will enjoy hearing what they have to say. How many of you have sat with your grandfather or with your great grandfather and listened to their stories? They have so many stories to share with us on how they lived when they were young. You might hear from them that they didn’t have a cell phone or that they walked to school, or how they were hard-working people. I hope that next time you have the chance, you would ask a relative to tell you a story about them. It is so special to listen to their stories! Their stories are full of wisdom and experience.
So this is what Noah did. Noah took time, sat and listened to his father and grandfather to learn how his great grandfather, Enoch, followed God’s instructions, knew God’s needs, and made God happy. When Noah heard all the stories, he just wanted to follow Enoch’s example of walking with and talking to God.
You see, when Noah was living, the earth was a different place. It was not the precious garden in which God had placed Adam. The earth was now full of bad people and bad things. Things were very, very bad. But Noah’s parents, grandparents and great grandparents had taught him God’s way. This helped Noah to know how NOT to follow what the bad people were doing but to follow God’s ways. Noah was greatly helped by hearing the stories of his great grandfather.
Noah believed in God and he became a righteous person. What does it mean to be righteous? Let me give you an example. When you play in the playground at school or at the park, there are some rules you have to follow. Here are some I know: Slide DOWN the slides, do not climb up. Oh, but if you see other children climbing up the slides, what would you do? Would you follow what all the kids are doing or would you be righteous and do the right thing? So, to be righteous means to be right; to do the right thing.
Noah did not do the bad things that people were doing around him. He lived his life in the same way that his parents and grandparents did; following God’s way. God was so happy that He had a man on the earth that was doing the right thing! I challenge you this week to be like Noah! Let’s do the right things at school, at lunch time, even during recess. Let’s be like Noah! Let’s be right, doing the right things even when others are not!