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Romans 9 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: God Who Has Mercy

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.

PreschoolGod Is Kind

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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 Has Mercy

GOD → picture 3HAS → picture 1MERCY → picture 4AMEN → picture 2

Grade 1God Has Mercy

Paul loved his people. → picture 4God keeps his promises. → picture 3God shows mercy. → picture 1God is like a potter. → picture 5We trust God by faith. → picture 2

Order:

1. I tell the truth in Christ2. But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing3. So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy4. Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay

Grade 2Paul Loves His People

  1. Who did Paul love very much? His own people, Israel. (circle)
  2. What did God give Israel? His promises. (circle)
  3. Does God keep his promises? Yes, always. (circle)
  4. What does God show? Mercy. (circle)
  5. What is God like? A potter. (circle)
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Grade 3Of God Who Has Mercy

  1. Why did Paul have sorrow in his heart? He loved his own people, the Israelites.
  2. Has the word of God come to nothing? No.
  3. Through whom did God give his promise? Isaac and then Jacob.
  4. Who is salvation from? God who has mercy.
  5. What is God like in Paul's picture? A potter who shapes clay.
1: I tell the truth in Christ2: But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing3: So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy4: Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay

Grade 4Children of the Promise

  1. What belongs to Paul's people, the Israelites? The adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises.
  2. Who are counted as offspring? The children of the promise.
  3. What did God say to Moses? That he will have mercy on whom he has mercy.
  4. What picture does Paul use for God and people? A potter and clay.

Word bank: 1. glory; 2. mercy; 3. people

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

Grade 5The Potter and the Clay

  1. What does Paul say about his sorrow? He has great sorrow and unceasing pain in his heart for his relatives.
  2. Why was it said that the elder would serve the younger before the twins were born? So that God's purpose would stand, not by works, but by him who calls.
  3. From whom are the vessels of mercy called? Not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles.
  4. Why did some not arrive at righteousness? They sought it by works and not by faith.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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