A New Covenant Is Promised - Teacher (Standard) (print)

Youths (ages 9-12) · Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 36:24-28; Hebrews 8:6-13 · Standard ·35 minutes

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Objective: Explain in age-appropriate language that the prophets anticipated forgiveness, transformed hearts, and renewed relationship with God.

Read: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 36:24-28

Opening: Ask: What do you notice first in this passage, before we explain what it means?

Say:

Jeremiah promises a new covenant unlike the covenant broken by the ancestors.
The promise includes God’s law within His people and forgiveness of sin.
The prophets anticipated forgiveness, transformed hearts, and renewed relationship with God.
We will separate what the passage says from what we infer or apply.

Ask:

Do: Complete the Old and New Covenant Text Grid activity.

Close: Pray using one truth from the passage and one faithful response.

Materials: Bible; New Covenant Text Grid

4 minConnect. Use the opening prompt and invite brief observations.
4 minContext. Locate the passage in its biblical and literary setting.
8 minRead and observe. Read Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 36:24-28 closely. Ask: What does the passage directly say or narrate? What details in the context or genre affect meaning?
7 minDiscuss. Test the big idea against the passage. Ask: Which conclusion is direct text, synthesis, historical context, or inference? What response follows without claiming more than the text supports?
8 minActivity. Complete Old and New Covenant Text Grid and review its evidence. Activity: Old and New Covenant Text Grid. Printable: Y1-L17-P01-covenant-text-grid.
4 minRespond. Summarize, apply carefully, and pray.

Materials: Bible; New Covenant Text Grid

Low-resource option: Draw the same structure on plain paper or a whiteboard.

Memory verse: Jeremiah 31:31-34

Prayer: Thank God for the truth in the passage and ask for wisdom to live it faithfully.

Take-home line: The prophets anticipated forgiveness, transformed hearts, and renewed relationship with God.