B i g I d e a 1: God Made Our Hearts to Know and Love Him
God is the most loving person, the most enjoyable person, and the most wonderful person we can ever
know. He is so great that there will always be more of Him to know. God made every person to know
deep inside their heart that He is the only true God. He made us only able to be completely happy and
peaceful when we love, enjoy, and seek to know Him.
Understanding the Big Idea
1.Who is the most loving enjoyable, and wonderful person?
God is.
2. What does in mean to be the most loving person?
To be more patient, kind, humble, not easily angered, protecting, trusting, rejoicing in good, hoping,
persevering, forgiving person there will ever be.
3. What does it mean to be the most wonderful person?
Full of wonder—The person who amazes you more than anyone else with all the great things He does and thinks.
4.Why will there always be more of God to know?
Because God is infinite. That means He is so great that no person can ever know all of Him.
5. What do all people know deep inside their hearts?
That God is the only true God.
6. What is the only way that we can be truly happy and peaceful?
When we know, enjoy and seek to know God.
Big Idea Story Connection Questions
1.Why did Nicias think there was an Unknown God?
The witness of his heart that God made him to know and love Him.
2. Why did some of the people Paul spoke to not believe in Jesus?
They chose to not believe (suppress) the truth God had placed in their hearts about Him.
Life Application Questions
1.What did God place in our hearts to know about Him?
A witness of who He is.
2. How can knowing God help God’s people be joyful even in very hard times?
Even when the situations around them are hard or sad, God still comforts them in their heart by His Spirit. He helps them trust in His good plans and His love for them. He reminds them that one day their troubles will be finished and they will get to live forever happy with Him in heaven.
3. How can we know God?
By turning away from our sins and trusting Jesus as our Savior.
Gospel Question
God is the most wonderful person that we can ever know, what must happen if we are to know Him?
All of us are sinners who have chosen to rebel against God. Our sins separate us from Him and we deserve His forever punishment. We can never deserve to know and enjoy God on our own. But, if we confess our sins and ask His forgiveness through Jesus, God will forgive us. He will send His Holy Spirit to live in our hearts and we can know and love and enjoy Him as He made us to. Then one day, we will live with Him in heaven, knowing and enjoying Him as much as people possibly can.
ACTS Questions
1.What is something we can praise God for because of this Big Idea?
Praise God for being the most wonderful, most enjoyable, most loving person we can ever know.
2. What are sins we can confess to God because of this Big Idea?
That we all choose to rebel against Him and many times do not want to know Him.
3. What is something we can thank God for because of this Big Idea?
We can thank God that we can know Him, still, when we trust in Jesus as our Savior.
4. What is something we can ask God for because of this Big Idea?
We can ask God to work in our hearts and help us to turn to Him and to know Him and love Him more and more.
Scripture Verse
How does our Big Idea fit in with our Scripture Verse, Psalm 42:1,2 “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, The living God. When can I go and meet with God?”
Our souls pant and thirst for God because He made us to know and love Him, the most wonderful person we can ever know.
