Question to children:
What does the church use to be victorious?
Answer: The armor of God. "Put on the full armor of God ..." Eph 6:11
Question to intermediates:
What are the three weapons of the armor of God mentioned in Ephesians 6:16, 17?
Answer: The shield of faith, the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which it is the Word of God. “Above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” Eph 6:16-17.
Question to adolescents:
Relate what is written in Song 4: 4 with the text of Ephesians 6:16 and 17.
Answer: The weapons and shields of the bride (church) are: The shield of Faith, the helmet of Salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. “Above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” Eph 6:16-17
Question to children:
In John 4:10, what did Jesus promise to give us?
Answer: Living water. "... If you knew the gift of God, and who is what he tells you: give me drink, you would ask him, and he would give you living water." John 4:10b.
Question to Intermediates:
Reading Song of Solomon 4:15, link it with what is written in John 4:13-14.
Answer: The Faithful Church, filled with the Holy Spirit, accepted the Gift of God and drank from the water that the Lord Jesus offered, which is the Holy Spirit. For this reason, there is a fountain of water that flows into eternal life this church. “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” Jo 4:13-14.
Question for Adolescents:
Why does Jesus calls the church the "fountain of gardens and well of living waters"?
Answer: Because the faithful church has the Holy Spirit in her midst, Who leads her to eternal life. "A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon”. Song 4:15.
Question for the Children:
How does the Lord Jesus call those who do His will?
Answer: friends. “ You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.” John 15:14.
Question for the Intermediates:
Who does the man who prepared the supper represent?
Answer: God the Father. “Then He said to him, “A certain man gave a great supper and invited many.” Luke 14:16.
Question for the Adolescents:
Reading Song of Solomon 5:1, in the expression: “Eat, O friends! Drink, yes, drink deeply, O beloved ones!”, make a connection with what it’s written in Luke 14:17, in the expression: “Come, for all things are now ready.”.
Answer: It is referring to the wedding of the lamb, where the great supper will take place, the banquet of the faithful church. “and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, “Come, for all things are now ready.” Luke 14:17
Question for the Children:
What does the reserved oil that the wise virgins carried represent?
Answer: The Holy Spirit in our hearts. “But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.” Matt 25:4.
Question for the Intermediates:
Reading Song of Solomon 5:2, in the expression “…I sleep, but my heart is awake…”, make a relation of this expression with what is written in Matthew 25:8, in the expression of the “foolish virgins”: “Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out”.
Answer: It refers to an unfaithful church, which was not raptured, because it did not carry spare oil in its vessels. “And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.” Matt 25:8.
Question for the Adolescents:
What differentiated the two groups of women, who were preparing for the wedding?
Answer: The foolish had no reserve oil in their vessels. The prudent ones had oil in reserve. “Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them. But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.” Matt 25:3-4.