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The Armor of God · Lesson 5

The Armor of God: Helmet of Salvation

Jeremiah 32:1-17, 26-27, 36-44; Ephesians 6:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:8; 1 Peter 1:3-5 Old Testament PrincipleHope

Jeremiah weighing silver on a scale and signing a scroll in the palace guard courtyard while witnesses watch.

The Babylonian army was all around Jerusalem, and everyone knew the city would fall. Then God told Jeremiah to buy a field! Jeremiah paid for it, signed the papers and sealed them in a clay jar so they would last a long time. It was God's promise in a jar. "Houses and fields will again be bought in this land." The helmet of salvation is our hope in Jesus. Because He saved us and holds our future, our minds are guarded against hopelessness.

The helmet of salvation is part of God's armor. Jesus has saved us and holds our future, so we can face hard days with hope, and that hope guards our minds.

  1. CreationGod made it
  2. FallWe broke it
  3. RedemptionJesus fixes it
  4. RestorationJesus makes it new (this lesson)

Memory verse

“Ah, Lord GOD, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!”

Jeremiah 32:17 BSB

Christ Connection · Promise

God promised His people an "everlasting covenant" in which He would "never stop doing good to them" (Jeremiah 32:40). Jesus made that covenant real. At the Last Supper He said, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood" (Luke 22:20). Jeremiah paid to buy back his family's land; Jesus paid with His life to buy us back. Through His resurrection we have "a living hope" and an inheritance "that can never perish" (1 Peter 1:3-4). That certain hope is our helmet.

Luke 22:20; 1 Peter 1:3-5; Ephesians 1:13-14; 1 Thessalonians 5:8-10

The Big Story · Restoration

Even as Jerusalem fell, God promised to bring His people home and make an everlasting covenant with them, a promise kept in Jesus, who gives us a living hope that can never perish.

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An enemy army was all around Jerusalem. Everyone felt hopeless. But God told Jeremiah to buy a field and seal the papers in a clay jar. God promised, "Fields will again be bought in this land." The helmet of salvation is our hope in Jesus. He saved us, and He has good plans ahead, so we don't have to think, "It will always be bad."

Memory verse

“Nothing is too difficult for You!”

Adapted from Jeremiah 32:17

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Put on the helmet. Ask, "What does a helmet protect?" Say, "Today we learn about the fifth piece of God's armor, the helmet of salvation. It protects our thinking!"

Bible story 6 min

A big army was all around God's city. They built dirt hills up to the walls. Soon they would get in.

Jeremiah told people what God said. The king did not like it. So Jeremiah had to stay in the king's yard. Guards watched him.

One day his cousin came. "Jeremiah, please buy my field. It is your right to buy it. Then it stays in our family."

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Hope or hopeless? 8 min

  1. Say a thought. If it's hopeless, like "Nothing will ever get better," kids cover their heads. If it's hopeful, like "God keeps His promises," kids stand and cheer.
  2. After each hopeless thought, ask a child to say a hopeful truth to answer it.
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