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Ezekiel 14 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Idols in the Heart

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.

PreschoolTurn to God

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

KindergartenLove God Most

TURN → picture 4HEART → picture 3IDOL → picture 2LOVE → picture 1

Grade 1Turn Back

Elders sat before Ezekiel. → picture 3They had idols in their hearts. → picture 5God said to return to Him. → picture 2Noah was righteous. → picture 4Job was righteous too. → picture 1

Order:

1. Then some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me2. Should I be inquired of at all by them3. Return, and turn yourselves from your idols4. Then you will be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it

Grade 2Idols in the Heart

  1. Who came to sit with Ezekiel? Some leaders (circle)
  2. What did they want to do? Ask God a question (circle)
  3. What did they love in their hearts? Idols (circle)
  4. What did God tell them to do? Return and turn from their idols
  5. What did God want them to be? His people (circle)
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Grade 3Turn From Your Idols

  1. Who came and sat before Ezekiel? Some of the elders of Israel
  2. Where had the elders taken their idols? Into their heart
  3. Which three righteous men did God name? Noah, Daniel, and Job
  4. What did God promise would come out of Jerusalem? A remnant
1: Then some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me2: Should I be inquired of at all by them3: Return, and turn yourselves from your idols4: Then you will be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it
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Grade 4Idols Taken Into the Heart

  1. What was wrong with how the elders came to Ezekiel? They sought God while keeping idols in their heart
  2. What was God's goal for the house of Israel? That they would be his people and he would be their God
  3. What point did God make by naming Noah, Daniel, and Job? Each person must turn to God for themselves
  4. How would Ezekiel be comforted? By seeing the remnant and knowing God had not acted without cause

Word bank: 1. word; 2. God; 3. heart; 4. land

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

Grade 5The Stumbling Block Before Their Face

  1. What does it mean that the elders had taken their idols into their heart? Their idolatry had become a matter of desire and love, not only outward worship
  2. Why did God answer their heart instead of their question? Because their heart condition was the real problem
  3. Why did God mention Noah, Daniel, and Job? Even these righteous men would deliver only their own souls, not the land
  4. What would comfort Ezekiel about the remnant? He would see that God had not acted without cause
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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