Sunday School Lesson for Grades 3-6
Christmas: Lesson 2
The Promised Forerunner      

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The Promised Forerunner, by Lisa DeVinney

 Memory Verse:

“He must increase, but I must decrease.”  John 3:30

Key verses for this week:
 
“among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist...” Matthew 11:11

“But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.” Luke 1:13

“And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” Luke 1:17

Fill in the Blanks

  1. Zacharias and his wife                                    had no children.
  2. The angel Gabriel appeared to Zacharias in the                            .
  3. Because                                     did not believe Gabriel, he was left unable to speak until his son was born.
  4. Zacharias and Elisabeth named their son                        .
  5. When John began his ministry, he became known as                                               .

  True or False
1. Zacharias and Elisabeth were old when Gabriel told them they would have a son. 
2. Gabriel told Zacharias that his son would prepare the way for Christ. 
3. Zacharias and Elisabeth gave their son a family name. 
4. John the Baptist told everyone that he was the promised Messiah. 
5. Isaiah and Malachi both prophesied that there would be a forerunner who would come before Christ.