Warn youth about cults & false religious leaders teaching to obey man rather than God, Jesus is not God but a good man, heaven is earned by works, the Bible isn't completely true.

Teaching children from God's Word Devotions for Children

Lessons From Elijah

How can we know what is right?

1 Kings 18:17-40

Who do you think the "prophets of Baal" and the "prophets of the groves" mentioned in verse 19 might be? (They were false religious leaders who led the people to worship the wrong way. They taught that there were other gods besides the real God.

Did they follow God's rules or make their own?

Are there any false religious teachers today?

What kind of things do they teach? (That you must follow the teachings of a certain man in order to be saved; that Jesus is not really God, but he was a good man; that you can be saved by being good; that you can't be saved unless you are good (Nobody can be good enough to be saved.); that the Bible is not completely true.

Just like the prophets of Baal, false religious leaders today want to make their own rules. Was God pleased with those who made their own rules in Elijah's day?

Is He pleased with those who make their own rules instead of following the Bible today?

How can you know which church or religious group teaches God's way? (Study the Bible for yourself. The Bible is God's ruler. You can measure everything by it. If it doesnt fit what the Bible teaches, it is wrong.)

If we don't study the Bible for ourselves, how will we know what to believe?