Jeremiah 35 · Grade 3
Obeying Their Father
Read the Story
God told Jeremiah to go to the house of the Rechabites. He brought them into a room in God's house. He set bowls of wine in front of them and told them to drink.
They answered that they would drink no wine. Long ago Jonadab, their father, told them not to drink wine. He told them to live in tents and not build houses. They had obeyed his voice all their days.
God used them as a lesson for Judah. The Rechabites obeyed their father's commandment. But God had spoken to his people again and again, and they had not listened. God promised that the family of Jonadab would always have someone to stand before him.
Memory Verse
““The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed; and to this day they drink none, for they obey their father’s commandment; but I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking, and you have not listened to me.”
Jeremiah 35:14 (WEB)
Answer the Questions
Where did Jeremiah bring the Rechabites?
What did they say they would not drink?
Who gave them their rules?
Where did they live?
What did God promise the family of Jonadab?
Faithful Family
Write what happened in each box.
Word Search
Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.
- JONADAB
- OBEYED
- TENTS
- HOUSE
- DRINK
- WINE
- CUPS
Prayer
Dear God, thank You for faithful families. Help me . Amen.
Take It Home
For families: talk about these together.
- Did God's people obey God?
- What can we learn from a family that kept its promise?
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