UNIT 1: GOD’S PLAN OF LOVE FOR

HUMANKIND

Lesson 1: God’s Plan of Love in the Old

Testament
“Is God Not Enough”
pp. 2-3
 “Is God Not Enough”
• Describe the characters in the story.
• Why entitled, “Is God Not Enough”?
• What is the message of the story?
Testing My Understanding
• 1. The speaker is a volunteer catechist and they must spend
one full week attending a series of seminars, training, and
workshop.
• 2. Ms. Natividad Martinez or Sister Naty is a trainer and
formator. He is a simple woman, a good teacher and humble
trainer and formator.
• 3. Her last answer was “Is God not enough?”. If I were the
speaker I will be blessed to her answer and feel glad because
she knows how to be contented in God's love.
• 4. By expressing his love to Sister Naty.
• 5. Yes, only God makes me happy and I will feel contented to
His love for us because nothing compares to His love.
Lessons from the story
Our life’s experiences become more meaningful
when we allow God’s presence in our life and realize
that He is indeed always present.
God has been working all along in the life of His
people because He wants them to be united with
Him.
God never leaves His people because He is a faithful
God.
God's plan of love in the Old Testament is to bring
us together in the Lord Jesus Christ, our brother
• God has reveal Himself to man by
gradually communicating His own
mystery in deeds and in words. CCC69
 God’s Revelation
• Revelation - Latin word “Revelare”
which means to take off the veil
– “Re” - to reverse
– “Velare” - to cover or veil
• Divine Revelation - God’s
communication of himself and his
plan
 God through words
and deed removes
the veil and opens
himself and his plan
to us
 God reveals himself
to the human race
not all at once but
gradually and by
stages which
culminate in Christ
 The content of Revelation
• GOD (Himself)
– Above all God reveals himself and who he is, e.g.
eternal, creator, Loving Father, Savior, All Holy
• 2. His Plan
– He shows us his plan of salvation and mercy, e.g.
forgiveness of sin and restoration of life and
happiness
3 Events that show the unfolding of God’s loving
plan of salvation in the Old Testament

• 1 The Promise of Salvation

• 2. God is faithful to His Promise
• 3. The New Covenant of Love
 VIDEO
• CREATION
videoplayback (3).mp4
 The story Creation
• Day 1 - God created light and separated the
light from the darkness, calling light "day" and
darkness "night."
• Day 2 - God created an expanse to separate
the waters and called it "sky."
• Day 3 - God created the dry ground "land,"
and the gathered waters "seas."
• God also created vegetation (plants and
trees).
• Day 4 - God created the sun, moon, and the
stars to give light to the earth and to govern
and separate the day and the night.
• Day 5 - God created every living creature of
the seas and every winged bird, blessing them
to multiply and fill the waters and the sky with
life.
• Day 6 - God created the animals to fill the
earth. Man and woman (Adam and Eve) in his
own image to commune with him.
• Day 7 - God rested on the seventh day,
blessing it and making it holy.
 God’s Creation from Day 1- 6
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6

light Expanse Land, Sun, Living Land

(dome, seas and moon, creatures animals
or sky) vegetatio stars of the and man
n sea and
Atmosph winged
ere/ birds
firmame (birds
nt and sea
animals)
• The Lord is the creator of
all things … He created
everything, out of nothing
 Creation of Man

Then God said, “Let Us make man

in Our image, according to Our
likeness;
- Genesis 1:26a
 Genesis 2:7
• God fashioned man from the dust
of the earth, and gave him the
breath of life to make him a living
being.
GOD FASHIONED MAN FROM DUST OF THE
GROUND - YouTube.mkv
• 18 "It is not good that the man
should be alone; I will make
him a helper fit for him." 
• Why God Created Woman From Man's Rib... -
YouTube.mkv
• 21 So the LORD God caused a
deep sleep to fall upon the
man, and while he slept took one
of his ribs and closed up its place
with flesh; 
• 22 and the rib which the LORD
God had taken from the man he
made into a woman and
brought her to the man. 
 
• 23 Then the man said, "This at
last is bone of my bones and
flesh of my flesh; 
she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of
Man." 
•Disobedience of man
•videoplayback (6).mp4
 Garden of Eden
• And the LORD God commanded the
man…
• "You are free to eat from any tree in the
garden; but you must not eat from the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
for when you eat of it you will surely
die."
How sin entered the world
• When the woman saw that the
fruit of the tree was good for
food and pleasing to the eye,
and also desirable for gaining
wisdom
Punishment
To the woman he said:
•"I will greatly increase your
pains in childbearing; with
pain you will give birth to
children. Your desire will be
for your husband, and he will
rule over you."
 To Adam he said:
"Because you listened to your wife
and ate from the tree about which
I commanded you, `You must not
eat of it,' "Cursed is the ground
because of you; through painful
toil you will eat of it all the days of
your life.
• It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and
you will eat the plants of the field. By the
sweat of your brow you will eat your food
until you return to the ground, since from it
you were taken; for dust you are and to dust
you will return."
 The results of sin
1. We are all born in a sinful condition (original or
inherited sin)
2. We commit sins against God every day (Actual sin)
3. We deserve God’s punishment and eternal death
4. We suffer pain and sadness because of sin
5. All of nature lost its perfection with the fall into sin
The Promise of Salvation
Gen. 3: 15 

And I will put enmity between

thee and the woman, and
between thy seed and her seed; it
shall bruise thy head, and thou
shalt bruise his heel.
The Promise of Salvation
• When the man and woman disobeyed God,
He punished them and still showed them
mercy and a proof that He loves them. God
also promise that He will sent a savior which is
Jesus Christ to save the people from sin.
Symbols
• Enmity – war
• You – snake
• Woman – human
• Head – mindset
• Heel – feet
p. 4 – Testing My Understanding
1. Snake represents temptation – People are easily
tempted by anything just to fill up their wants. The
snake in Genesis is tempting to eat the forbidden fruit
to resolve their curiosity about it.
2. The woman represents human – People easily give
in to temptation.
3. The seed of the woman who will strike the head of
the snake represents Jesus
God is faithful to His Promise
• Abraham “Abram” – father of great nations
- a nomad
- He was asked by God to leave Ur and -------
• Sharah “Sharai” - Princess
• videoplayback (2).mp4
 God is Faithful to His Promise
• God called a righteous man by the name of
Abraham. Abraham gave God his
unconditional obedience even if God's
commands were very difficult. The obedience
and fidelity of Abraham was rewarded by God.
God promised that He will give him land
where food grows in abundance and that he
will be the father of a multitude of nations.
The New Covenant of Love
 Abraham and his wife Sarah,
lived in a place called Ur.
God made a promise with Abraham. He said
"Trust me, leave everything that is familiar
behind, and go to a land which I will show you.
Do this and I will give you this land and make
you a great nation. And you shall become a
blessing to all the families of the earth."
So Abraham and Sarah,
together with Lot
(Abram’s nephew)
travelled many months,
till they came to the
land of Canaan
which God had promised
them. When Abraham
first saw the new land,
he built an altar to
glorify God.
They settled and
became the Jewish
nation of Israel.
 A Test of Faith
to Trust the Promise
 Take your son
 Take your only son
 Take the son
whom you love
 Offer him as a
sacrifice in the land
of Moriah.
 God’s Divine Intervention
and Provision
1) God tells Abraham
not to touch the boy.
2) God confirms
Abraham’s faith.
3) God provides a
substitute sacrifice.
4) God reaffirms the
promise by his own
name.
 Isaac’s
Question:
Where is the
lamb for the
offering?
Abraham’s
Response:
God will provide
the lamb.
 Abraham’s reward for his
obedience & fidelity
• God promised that He will give
him a land where food grows in
abundance
• He will be the father of the
multitude of nations
 God’s plan of salvation
continues to unfold in the
story of Moses
Miriam and Jochebed
Mount Sinai
pharaoh
10 plagues
• 1. Blood
• 2. Frogs
• 3. Lice or Gnats4. Wild animals or flies
• 5. Pestilence of livestock
• 6. Boils
• 7. Thunderstorm of hail and fire
• 8. Locusts
• 9. Darkness for three days
• 10. Death of firstborn
 God’s covenant
Israelites promised to worship Him alone
• The Ten Commandments (7_10) Movie CLIP -
Moses Presents the Ten Commandments
(1956) HD - YouTube.mkv
The new covenant of love
The Holy Bible - David - King of Israel
- YouTube.mkv
The new covenant of love
King David
King David
• Composed songs of praise, thanksgiving, and
lament to God called Psalms
• Sinned against God, and when prophet
Nathan rebuked him, he repented
• David and Bathsheba - YouTube.mkv
• The Prophet Nathan reveals King David's sin -
YouTube.mkv
King David
• God promised David that the Savior will be his
descendants.
SOLOMON
SOLOMON
• Son of David
• Gifted with wisdom
• Solomon's Famous Judgement - YouTube.mkv
SOLOMON
• Built the temple of Jerusalem
• Solomon's Temple Explained - YouTube.mkv

• Solomon “had seven hundred wives, princesses,

and three hundred concubines.” who were pagans
and he fell into idolatry
• Why did God allow Solomon to have 1,000 wives
and concubines- - GotQuestions.org -
YouTube.mp4
• Wives were pagans
• Influenced him into idolatry
• Sins caused his downfall
• Israel fall into the hands of his enemies
• Division of the kingdom of Israel
• Israel invaded by different nations
• They were sent into exile in Babylon
• Prophets were sent to give them hope.
• QUIZ
3. THE NEW COVENANT OF LOVE
• Out of love, God the Father sent his only Son,
Jesus, into the world. 
How they participated in the
unfolding of God’s plan of
salvation
• King David
• Joseph
• Mary
• Jesus’ lineage from David
• Jesus' Lineage Chart - YouTube.webm
• For three years, Jesus taught throughout
Israel about the kingdom of God and his
role as Messiah. To support his claim
as Son of God, he performed many
miracles, even raising three people from
the dead. By dying on the cross, Christ
became the Lamb of God, the perfect
sacrifice whose blood has the power to
wash away sin forever.
• The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because
he has anointed me to preach good news
to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim
release to the captives and recovery of
sight to the blind, to set free the
oppressed.
• He preached the Kingdom of God
through his Parables
• He performed miracles because of
compassion
• Death on the cross – Jesus act of love to
the Father and to humanity
• Focus Doctrine
- Revelation is God’s personal loving
communication to us on Who He is and His plan to
save us all in His love. It is God’s reaching out to us
in friendship, so we get to know Him.
• Morals: Accepting God in our lives requires that
we obey His commandments and live as His
children.
• Worship: Prayer is a faith response to God who
reveals Himself to us. Prayer must be grounded on
God’s revelation in Scriptures and Traditions
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