Names of God #12 - Pinna - Cornerstone

Ro’sh Pinna/Kephale Gonia – Chief Cornerstone

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Each table receives a bag of blocks which they will be using throughout the class. One block is a triangle. Ask each table to try to make a square using the triangle as one of the corners…does it work? Now have them replace the triangle with a square.

Explain the purpose of a Cornerstone – kept things straight when building.

Group Activity: Building Blocks

(As the leader takes the group through the following scriptures they will be creating a corner and 2 walls of a building. Start with the block that has “Pinna” on the left side and “Gonia” on the right

Ro’sh Pinna – Hebrew used in Psalms 18:22, Isaiah 28:16-17 and Zechariah 10:4

Kephale Gonia – Greek used in Matthew 21:42, Mark 12:10 and Luke 20:17 (all same), Acts 4:11, Eph 2:20 and 1 Peter 2:6-7

                Some Greek translate to Capstone – discuss difference

Psalm 118:22 to Luke 20:17 and Acts 4:11

Psalm is celebrating God’s love and the everlasting security found in it – His love endures forever. Read Psalm 118:19-23

                Jesus quotes this as He is explaining the Parable of the Evil Farmer in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke – Read Luke 20:0-19

                Note: Ideally your build on a cornerstone (or use a capstone to hold it all together) But some trip and fall on it…You have a choice: Confess your sins and place them on the Cornerstone/Jesus or you can Stumble on Him…resulting in receiving His judgement/being crushed. Leaders saw the Truth and so they wanted to Silence him!

                Peter and John use this same quote when they are testifying on where their power comes from after they were arrested for healing – Read Acts 4:1-12

Isaiah 28:16-17

                Background to Isaiah 28 – Judah was afraid of the Assyrians so they had turned to other sources for security…Is it work selling out what you believe in for temporary protection against evil?

                Read Isaiah 28: 14-19 – discuss

Pulling them together with 1 Peter 2:6-7

                Prophecies fulfilled in Jesus – Read 1 Peter 2:4-10. Each of us is a stone on the wall – write your names in a stone

                

            Each bag of blocks has 4 rectangle blocks with the words Justice, Righteous, Mercy and Judge. Tables need to decide which wall of their building, Old Testament or New Testament, illustrates these characteristics of Jesus.

Take Home Names of God Crossword Puzzle http://www.biblewise.com/kids/fun/and-his-name.php