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Hebrews 12 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Run the Race

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.

PreschoolRun the Race

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

KindergartenRun the Race

RACE → picture 2CLOUD → picture 4LOVE → picture 1ZION → picture 3

Grade 1Keep Running

A great cloud of witnesses surrounds us. → picture 2Run the race with endurance. → picture 4God trains us as his children. → picture 5Training gives the fruit of peace. → picture 1We have come to Mount Zion. → picture 3

Grade 2Looking to Jesus

  1. What is living for God like? Running a race (circle)
  2. Who do we keep our eyes on? Jesus (circle)
  3. Why does God train his children? Because he loves them (circle)
  4. What does training give later? Peace (circle)
  5. What should God’s people be? Thankful (circle)
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Grade 3A Great Cloud of Witnesses

  1. What surrounds us? A great cloud of witnesses
  2. What should we lay aside? Every weight and the sin that entangles us
  3. Who do we look to while we run? Jesus
  4. What does discipline yield afterward? The peaceful fruit of righteousness
  5. Where have God’s people come? To Mount Zion, the city of the living God
1: It is for discipline that you endure.2: I am terrified and trembling.3: See that you don’t refuse him who speaks.

Grade 4Endurance and Discipline

  1. Who is the great cloud of witnesses? The faithful people from chapter 11
  2. Which book does the writer quote about discipline? Proverbs
  3. Why does God discipline his children? For our profit, that we may share his holiness
  4. What is the second mountain believers have come to? Mount Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem
  5. What kind of kingdom do believers receive? A kingdom that cannot be shaken

Word bank: 1. cloud; 2. run; 3. Jesus; 4. God; 5. fruit

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

Grade 5A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken

  1. What is Jesus called in verse 2? The author and perfecter of faith
  2. What does verse 11 say discipline yields afterward? The peaceful fruit of righteousness
  3. What did Esau sell for one meal? His birthright
  4. Why should believers serve God with reverence and awe? They receive a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and God is a consuming fire

Word bank: 1. God; 2. good; 3. peace; 4. Zion; 5. Jesus

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

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