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00:01 Hey kids, it's time for Sabbath School. Grab your Bibles and
00:03 let's go. 00:04 ♪ ♪ 00:31 (Miss Ruthie) Hello boys and girls. Welcome back to Starting 00:32 With Jesus. I'm so glad that you're here with us. We have 00:37 some really fun things planned for you today and we have an 00:41 exciting announcement at the very end. So watch till the very 00:45 end so you don't miss that. Miss Michelle has a Bible story about 00:51 a poor rich man? We'll have to see what that's about. So before 00:57 we get to any of that what do we always start with? That's right. 01:01 We start with some singing. So let's sing together. 01:04 ♪ ♪ 02:10 ♪ ♪ 03:57 ♪ ♪ 05:31 ♪ ♪ 05:39 (Austin Family) Happy Birthday. Don't you just love birthdays? 05:43 When we think of birthdays we think of cake and parties and 05:47 gifts and at our house we add something extra special to our 05:50 birthdays. For my 12th birthday I decided to ask people to bring 05:56 donations for ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency) 05:58 instead of gifts for me. So I have a little container sitting 06:01 on the table where they could put their donations. After the 06:04 party I had so much fun counting the money and deciding what I 06:08 would buy with it. I spent quite a while looking through the ADRA 06:10 catalog deciding how I would give away that money. I think I 06:14 had much more fun choosing to give away my money than I would 06:18 have opening my own gifts. 06:20 For my 10th birthday, I did 10 random acts of kindness for 06:24 other people. I did things like making banana bread for someone. 06:28 I also returned shopping carts from the parking lot. I even 06:32 made a card for someone. I did lots of kind and helpful things 06:36 for others and I had a great time. 06:39 For my 10th birthday and On Elijah's seventh birthday we had 06:44 a birthday party together at an animal shelter. Instead of 06:47 having our friends bring gifts for us we had them bring gifts 06:51 for the animal shelter like pet food and pet supplies and pet 06:55 toys. And we also had a lot of fun playing with the cats and 07:00 the dogs. We even got a tour of the animal shelter. For party 07:04 favors we gave our friends these little Glo Track Packs with a 07:08 Glo tract in the back. Our friends can share these with 07:11 other people and tell the others about Jesus. It really is more 07:16 blessed to give than to receive. 07:18 Don't forget to use your birthdays to share Jesus. 07:21 Party horns are being blown. 07:24 ♪ ♪ 08:01 Hi everybody. (Miss Michelle). Today we're going to ask a very 08:05 important question to start out our Bible story. What's in your 08:10 heart? This heart right here belongs (we're going to pretend) 08:13 to someone in the Bible and at the end of the story we're going 08:17 find out what was in his heart. Are you ready? Our story today 08:21 is called The Poor Rich Man. Let's pray. 08:25 Dear heavenly Father, we thank you and praise you for being 08:27 here with us today. Please send your Holy Spirit to guide us as 08:31 we talk about this story from your word and as we learn more. 08:34 In your name, we pray, Amen. 08:36 The Poor Rich Man? What a catchy title. Right? This story is a 08:41 super important one because not only did one gospel tell this 08:46 story; two, three, all four gospels told this story about 08:50 this young man. And yet, none of them tell us what his name was, 08:54 although we do know some interesting facts about him. 08:57 You see, he was quite rich. He was quite young. And he was a 09:03 ruler which probably meant in those days that he on the Jewish 09:08 council, a member of the Jewish council. So it was quite a 09:11 prestigious position. Now he knew about Jesus and he was 09:17 there watching as... Remember last week we talked about Jesus 09:21 blessing the children. He was there and he was watching Jesus 09:24 interact with those kids and he thought, Wow, I love that 09:29 happiness that they have and I just wish that Jesus would bless 09:32 me too, he was thinking. I think that a lot of adults at least 09:37 are kids at heart and we want those things too. Right? 09:40 Now what did Jesus mean in Luke 18 verse 17? Let's jump there 09:46 and see what Jesus was talking about. Luke 18 verse 17. Now 09:55 this is the story that we're talking about. Picture the rich 09:58 young ruler there, the children and Jesus said: 10:01 Assuredly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of 10:04 God as a little child will by no means enter it. 10:08 What did Jesus mean by that? My, he wanted to be in God's kingdom 10:12 and he knew that the 10 commandments were really 10:15 important part of being God's kingdom and he also followed all 10:21 the rules that the Jewish rulers and leaders and Pharisees and 10:24 everybody had made up. He obeyed them all to the letter. But 10:29 something was missing and he knew that. So he hurried after 10:33 Jesus as the children left because he wanted to ask the 10:37 most important question to Jesus that was on his heart. We're 10:43 going to be jumping back and forth between gospels a little 10:44 bit so if you want to you could write down these references and 10:48 check them out later. This story is found also in Mark chapter 10 10:52 Mark chapter 10 verse 17. And it says: 10:58 Now as He was going out on the road one came running and knelt 11:02 before Him and asked Him. [Now it's a capital Him so we know 11:05 it's Jesus] Good teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit 11:10 eternal life? 11:11 Jesus what can I do so I can live forever in heaven? Right? 11:16 What an important question. And Jesus right away kind of 11:21 understood where he was coming from. Obviously he really 11:23 understood because He was Jesus. And so he asked him a question. 11:27 In verse 18: So Jesus said to him Why do you call me good? 11:32 No one is good but One and that is God. 11:35 Right then and there Jesus called him out because this rich 11:39 young ruler did not believe that Jesus was the Son of God. You 11:42 could tell that in a way. But he was also questioning it. He was 11:46 trying to figure out what he believed. Only God is good. 11:50 And did the young man really believe that Jesus was the Son 11:54 of God? Hmm. Let's keep reading. Now we're going to jump to 11:59 Matthew because it tells about this story in Matthew as well. 12:02 Matthew 19 verse 17, 19 verse 17 says: So he said to him, Why do 12:08 you call me good? 12:10 We read that part, right, In another gospel. Interesting how 12:12 the stories agree with each other. Right? 12:14 No one is good but One, and that is God. But if you want to enter 12:18 into life keep the commandments. 12:22 That's what Jesus said to the rich, young ruler. Keep my 12:24 commandments. Now right away the rich, young ruler had a 12:29 follow-up question. Well which one? Back then it was so 12:32 confusing because there were so many rules. Way more than 10. 12:35 Right? So in verses 18 and 19 he asked him that follow-up 12:40 question. He said to him, so the rich, young ruler said to Jesus 12:44 When ones? And Jesus said, Well you shall not murder, you shall 12:48 not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear 12:51 false witness, you shall honor your father and mother and you 12:54 shall love your neighbor as yourself. 12:56 Do those sound familiar to you? That's right. He listed several 13:01 of the 10 commandments. And right away the rich, young ruler 13:04 was feeling pretty good about himself wasn't he? He was 13:08 thinking Hmm, verse 20: 13:10 The young man said to him, Oh all these things I have kept 13:14 from my youth. 13:15 He was feeling quite proud of himself; gave himself a little 13:19 pat on the back. Right? Then he said,... 13:25 But what do I still lack? 13:27 He still didn't feel that he had the surety he was sure that he 13:34 had eternal life. And this is where the shocker comes in. 13:39 Jesus really surprised the rich young ruler with his response. 13:44 No one saw it coming. The disciples didn't see it coming. 13:47 The rich young ruler definitely didn't see it coming and anyone 13:50 else who was there watching and listening were all surprised by 13:54 what Jesus said. What, I know you're asking, Miss Michelle, 13:57 what did he say? Here we go, verse 21:... 14:00 Jesus said to him, If you want to be perfect go and sell what 14:05 you have and give to the poor and you will have treasure in 14:08 heaven and then come follow me. 14:13 Sell all he had? You know, Jesus saw right into the rich young 14:18 rulers heart and he saw that he had a good heart and that he 14:22 could be a good disciple of Jesus. But he saw that there was 14:25 something inside his heart that was holding him back and you may 14:29 be able to guess what that was at this point when Jesus said 14:32 sell all you have. Now does Jesus call everyone to sell all 14:34 that they have? Not everyone in the Bible had that calling. The 14:39 disciples did. Right? The disciples were called to leave 14:44 all they had and follow Jesus. We'll talk more about that in a 14:46 little bit. You see, what was holding the rich young ruler 14:50 back was that he was breaking the first commandment. Do you 14:55 remember what the first commandment was? One finger, 14:58 God should be first in our life and sadly he loved being rich 15:05 more than he loved God and he wasn't truly thinking about the 15:10 needs of others and loving others as he loved himself. 15:14 He loved his money, he loved his position, he loved the fame that 15:18 it brought him. And now comes the struggle. We had the shocker 15:23 and now we have the struggle. Inside his heart the rich young 15:27 ruler was wrestling with what to do. He knew the right thing 15:30 to do. Jesus had told him exactly what he needed to do. 15:34 But people; what would people think? The members of the Jewish 15:38 council would just totally turn on him. His family would think 15:43 he was crazy, people would think he was crazy to do this. And he 15:48 had to make a choice. And he did. Are you ready to know what 15:53 was inside of his heart? Let's take a look. Inside the rich 15:59 young ruler's heart sadly was love for money. And that's what 16:07 he decided to choose. In the next verse let's read how the 16:11 Bible says it. In verse 22:... 16:13 But when the young man had heard this he went away 16:16 sorrowful for he had great possessions. 16:20 How would we say that today? He had lots of stuff that he 16:26 loved more than he wanted to follow Jesus. Ow! What a sad 16:32 choice. Now the disciples, they were scratching their heads. 16:35 They could not understand this whole thing, because back then 16:39 if you had a lot of money that meant that God had blessed you 16:43 and that you were highly favored and why would you choose to be 16:48 poor and why would you choose that for your life? So not only 16:54 were they confused they were really bummed, they were 16:56 disappointed. Why? They wanted the rich young ruler on their 17:00 team. They thought that he would make them look really good 17:03 Kind of reminds me of how they really wanted Judas to be on 17:06 their team as well. And Judas was especially disappointed 17:10 because he also thought that having the rich young ruler 17:14 would be a great benefit to their idea of what they wanted 17:18 Jesus's ministry to be which was an earthly kingdom to defeat the 17:22 Romans. Right? But we know that that's not what Jesus wanted. 17:27 And in Matthew 19 verses 24 and 25 it says:... 17:34 And again I say to You, it is easier... 17:37 this is Jesus talking to his disciples afterward. Let's 17:40 start in verse 23 actually:... 17:41 Then Jesus said to his disciples Assuredly I say to you that it is 17:45 hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. And again I 17:48 say to you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of 17:52 a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. And 17:56 when his disciples heard this they were greatly astonished 17:59 saying, Who then can be saved? But Jesus looked at them and 18:04 said to them, With men this is impossible but will God all 18:09 things are possible. 18:11 Now you may be asking, Miss Michelle, the eye of a needle? 18:15 And for those of you who don't sew out there you may not know 18:18 which part of the needle that is. So here's a needle. This is 18:23 actually an embroidery needle so it's a little bit bigger than 18:25 even the regular needles you might use for regular sewing but 18:28 the eye of the needle is not at the pokey end but at the 18:32 opposite end and you probably can't even see it because it's 18:35 so tiny; there's a little hole there and that's where you put 18:37 your thread through, pull it through and then knot it off and 18:40 that's how you sew. Right? And what Jesus was saying was that 18:45 very difficult for a rich man or woman to give those things up 18:52 for Jesus. It's like this camel, which isn't even a full size 18:56 camel, right, trying to go through this tiny little hole. 19:01 That's ridiculous. Right? And the disciples were thinking that 19:05 it sounded really hopeless. Well will any rich people be in 19:08 heaven or have eternal life? This seems impossible. And yet 19:13 Jesus follows it up with one of my favorite verses in the Bible 19:16 where he says:... 19:18 With men this is impossible but with God all things are possible 19:23 Well, a spoiler alert. Next week we're going to read about a 19:26 story where a rich man made a different choice and showed that 19:30 all things are possible with God Now the disciples were all 19:34 really confused by this. They were really sad about the choice 19:37 the rich young ruler had made and so was Jesus. Following 19:41 Jesus you know is never the easy choice. Now we should put Jesus 19:47 first, in all we do and when we do he will never leave or 19:51 forsake us. It may not be easy to follow Jesus to make 19:55 that choice but he will make it so worth it. Suffering can even 20:00 result. Some people who have chosen to follow Jesus, 20:02 especially in different countries or even here in our 20:06 country have faced consequences and even their family telling 20:09 them that they don't want them to be a part of their family any 20:11 more. Isn't that sad? But Jesus has promised that He will never 20:15 leave us or forsake us and that nothing is impossible for Him. 20:20 We are charged to give to the poor and you will have treasure 20:25 in heaven and come follow me. Now Miss Michelle is not telling 20:31 you to go out and sell everything that you have today. 20:33 But is there something that's standing between you and Jesus? 20:35 I know I have some things that sometimes get in the way between 20:40 me and Jesus. And I want to challenge all of us to be sure 20:45 to evaluate, to really look into our hearts and decide what's 20:49 the most important thing. What's in your heart today? I sure hope 20:54 it's Jesus. 20:55 ♪ ♪ 21:09 It's time to review our questions from last week. 21:12 So let's see if you got them right. 21:15 ♪ ♪ 21:32 Are you ready for our new questions? Well, here they are. 21:35 Our first question is: 21:52 Question #2: 22:00 And question #3: 22:14 And a bonus question: 22:25 You can send you answers to us at answers@startingwithjesus.com 22:31 and we like to include a shout out in our video or on our 22:36 Instagram, Facebook to acknowledge all of those 22:38 who have sent in their answers. So make sure to send on your 22:43 answers to answers@startingwithjesus.com 22:46 ♪ ♪ 22:57 Our memory verse today is found in Matthew 19 verse 21: Let's 23:02 say it together: Give to the poor and you will find treasure 23:07 in heaven and come follow me. 23:11 ♪ ♪ 23:25 Hi kids, my name is Moe and if you hear a little bit of 23:29 background that's my little boy Leo who's listening to our story 23:32 as well for today. Well I grew up in the mission field and we 23:36 grew up in central Africa. My parents were there as 23:39 missionaries and we were in the country that is now known as the 23:43 Democratic Republic of Congo. But while we were there there 23:47 were lots of troubles. People were not nice to one another. 23:51 One day one of our very close family friends, he got badly 23:55 hurt by some robbers. They wanted to take his car and they 24:00 left him badly injured. So we got a call and we decided as a 24:05 family that we were going to help him and do whatever we can 24:08 so that he can get the best help possible. But in order to do 24:13 we had to find a plane with enough seats to take him from 24:17 the Congo where we were all the way to South Africa in the south 24:21 of Africa. In those days, there were not lots of planes that 24:26 went to the Democratic Republic of Congo. So we had to go 24:30 downtown and find somebody else who could help us? So my father 24:33 went there. He went downtown and then he started walking to an 24:37 office where he thought that he could get the best help possible 24:40 As he was walking, there was a brown car that pulled up right 24:44 next to him as he was walking. He turned around and guess what 24:48 he saw. He saw a man as well walking right next to him. The 24:53 car pulled up closer to him and lowered the window and as they 24:57 lowered the window the man 24:59 behind him told him, You get in that car right now. My father 25:04 had just been kidnapped. And next week we will see what 25:10 happens when we're in a bad situation what God can do if we 25:15 turn to him and we pray to him. But for now, let us remember when 25:20 your friends get hurt always try to help them even if it might 25:26 not be your friend because Jesus is going to do something great. 25:31 ♪ ♪ 25:33 Are you ready for that announcement. Did you remember 25:36 that I told you at the very beginning we have a really, 25:39 really, really, really exciting announcement for you! Well 25:43 starting April 4th we are going to have a special storytime on 25:53 our YouTube channel and we're going to be listening to the 25:58 story of Singer on the Sand with Miss Kara. She'll be telling us 26:04 the story and I'm very excited for that. We will be having 26:08 it on our 26:09 YouTube channel at youtube.com/startingwithjesus 26:12 and it will happen every Sunday at 4 p.m. eastern time. So 26:19 you'll want to check that out. Starting April 4th we're going 26:23 to be having it for a few weeks. Going into our next exciting 26:26 announcement but we won't tell you that until next week. We are 26:30 going to be having a story time. So don't miss it. 26:33 youtube.com/startingwithjesus and you'll be able to see it 26:37 every single Sunday. The second announcement I have for you is 26:43 not really an announcement. It's just a reminder. Do you remember 26:46 back in December, maybe some of you weren't part of our 26:49 program yet we had a reading through the story of Jesus 26:54 and I want to encourage you if you haven't listened to it to go 27:00 back and to listen to that. You can find that at: 27:04 startingwithjesus.com/the story You can look at it and you can 27:09 listen to it. It was a daily program back in December but 27:11 we still have it up and we know that you'll be blessed by that 27:15 book. So you'll want to check it out at: 27:17 startingwithjesus.com/thestory and you'll be able to listen to 27:21 it and find the platform that you can listen to it on. Our 27:26 Sabbath School is over. I am so glad that you joined us today. 27:30 Why don't we end with a prayer? 27:32 Our Father in heaven, thank you so much for being with us. Thank 27:35 you that you love us. Thank you that you have taken care of us 27:38 this week and throughout our lives. I pray that you will help 27:44 us to be like you. Help us to surrender our hearts. Help us 27:47 not to be like the rich young ruler who couldn't find it in 27:54 his heart to surrender everything and to follow you. 27:57 Lord help us to give it all to you. And help us to be like you. 28:02 We love you Lord and help us to be cheerful givers. Thank you 28:07 for today. In Jesus' name, Amen. 28:10 Thank you for watching. Have a blessed week and keep in touch. 28:15 ♪ ♪ |
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