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1 Peter 2 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Living Stones

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolThe Good Shepherd

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenGod’s People

STONE → picture 4SHEEP → picture 3LIGHT → picture 2HOUSE → picture 1

Grade 1Living Stones

Come to him, a living stone. → picture 3A spiritual house → picture 5Called into his marvelous light → picture 2Honor the king. → picture 4Return to the Shepherd. → picture 1

Grade 2Living Stones for God

  1. What do babies want? Milk (circle)
  2. What should God’s people want? God’s word (circle)
  3. Who is like a living stone? Jesus (circle)
  4. Where did God call his people? Out of the dark into his light
  5. Who is the Shepherd? Jesus (circle)
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Grade 3A Royal Priesthood

  1. What should believers long for? The pure spiritual milk
  2. What are believers built up as? A spiritual house
  3. What did God call them out of? Darkness
  4. What did Jesus do when he was cursed? He did not curse back
  5. Who have they returned to? The Shepherd and Overseer of their souls
1: Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen and precious.2: When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back.3: You were healed by his wounds.

Grade 4Chosen and Precious

  1. What should believers put away? Wickedness, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and evil speaking
  2. What has the rejected stone become? The head of the corner
  3. Why did God call his people out of darkness? To proclaim the excellence of the one who called them
  4. How did Jesus respond when he suffered? He committed himself to him who judges righteously

Word bank: 1. stone; 2. house; 3. light; 4. good; 5. honor

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5A Spiritual House

  1. What do living stones offer? Spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ
  2. What happens to those who believe in the cornerstone? They will not be disappointed
  3. How should believers use their freedom? Not as a cover for wickedness, but as servants of God
  4. Why did Christ bear our sins? So that we might die to sins and live to righteousness

Word bank: 1. stone; 2. God; 3. Honor; 4. sheep

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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