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John 16 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Spirit Will Guide You

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 Helper Is Coming

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

KindergartenJesus Wins

HELPER → picture 4JOY → picture 3TRUTH → picture 1PEACE → picture 2

Grade 1I Have Overcome

The Helper comes → picture 4Guides into all truth → picture 1Sorrow turns to joy → picture 5Ask the Father → picture 3I have overcome the world → picture 2

Order:

1. The Counselor comes2. Guides into all truth3. Sorrow turns to joy4. Ask the Father5. I have overcome the world

Grade 2Sad Turns to Glad

  1. Why were Jesus' friends sad? Jesus was going away. (circle)
  2. Who would Jesus send? The Holy Spirit (circle)
  3. What would the Spirit teach them? What is true (circle)
  4. What would happen to their sad hearts? They would be glad. (circle)
  5. What did Jesus say He has done? Won over the world (circle)
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Grade 3Your Sorrow Will Turn into Joy

  1. Why did Jesus tell them about hard times? So they would not fall away
  2. Why was it good that Jesus went away? Then the Helper would come.
  3. What would the Spirit guide them into? All truth
  4. What picture did Jesus use for sorrow turning to joy? A mother whose pain is forgotten when her baby is born
  5. What has Jesus overcome? The world
1: The Counselor comes2: Guides into all truth3: Sorrow turns to joy4: Ask the Father5: I have overcome the world

Grade 4Cheer Up! I Have Overcome

  1. What would some people wrongly think when hurting the disciples? That they were serving God
  2. What three things would the Spirit convict the world about? Sin, righteousness, and judgment
  3. What did Jesus mean when He said, A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me? His death and resurrection
  4. Why was Jesus not alone when the disciples scattered? The Father was with Him.

Word bank: 1. God; 2. sorrow; 3. good; 4. Spirit; 5. truth

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

Grade 5Joy No One Can Take

  1. Why was it better for the disciples that Jesus go away? The Spirit would come and be with every believer everywhere, not in one place.
  2. What does the Spirit do for believers? Guides them into all truth and glorifies Jesus
  3. What do the labor pains and the birth represent? The grief of the cross and the joy of the resurrection
  4. Why can believers pray to the Father in Jesus' name with confidence? The Father Himself loves them.
  5. What is striking about when Jesus said I have overcome the world? He said it on His way to the cross, yet He spoke of victory.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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