Sunday School Lesson
A Nation Under God

Golden Text:11Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
1 Chronicles 29:11

Central Truth: God calls us to live as citizens of His kingdom.

Focus: Learn from Israel's history that God rewards obedience and punishes disobedience.

Context: Eight centuries of Israel's history.

Lesson outline

I. Living in the Promised Land
Joshua 1:1-6; Judges 2:7-16; 1 Samuel 7:13-17 

II. A united and blessed kingdom
2 Samuel 5:1-5; 1 Kings 2:1-4; 9:1-9

III. A divided and lost kingdom
2 Chronicles 9:30, 31; 10:1-19; 36:14-21