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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 ♪ ♪ 00:29 (Miss Ruthie)Hello boys and girls. Welcome back to Starting 00:32 with Jesus. We have some pretty fun things planned for you today 00:36 and we've been learning a new theme song haven't we? I'm 00:40 really enjoying this one. We also have an exciting Bible 00:44 story with Miss Michelle. So make sure to down load week's 00:49 coloring picture at startingwithjesus.com/color 00:52 and you'll be able to color along while Miss Michelle is 00:56 telling her story. Now before we get to that, what is the first 01:02 thing we do? That's right. We sing. So let's get to 01:05 some singing. 01:07 ♪ ♪ 02:14 ♪ ♪ 03:40 ♪ ♪ 06:25 ♪ ♪ 06:30 (Miss Gloria) Hi boys and girls. Welcome to another page in God's 06:32 great book of nature. Today we're going to learn about a 06:37 I'm sorry, a what? 06:39 A Holz Hausen. 06:43 What's a Holz Hausen 06:45 Well a Holz Hausen is a wood pile that has been stacked 06:51 in a circular shape like the one behind me. It's also called a 06:55 bee hive stack or a round stack because of the shape that it has 07:00 This kind of wood pile is stacked very carefully and you 07:04 don't need a shed or a rack or anything to hold the wood in 07:08 place. You simply start by sticking a branch in the ground 07:11 and then you lay wood logs all around it. You keep piling and 07:16 stacking up from there. Once you have a good little round wall 07:19 you start filling in the center with more logs. You can store a 07:23 lot of firewood in a small space this way. The whole thing is 07:27 really strong and secure. It can stand against tough winds and 07:32 rain. Do you know what happens to a piece of wood if it's left 07:36 on the ground by itself? When it gets rained on, soggy and eaten 07:41 by worms. It also starts rotting away. Yikes! But if this piece 07:47 of wood gets stacked in a pile with other wood with time the 07:51 sun and fresh air will dry it out and it'll be ready to be 07:54 used as firewood. Now that's more like it. God didn't make us 08:00 to be alone like that rotting log left to deal with the 08:03 struggles of life by ourselves. We would rot away in our sins. 08:07 Instead He made us to be in a relationship like families and 08:11 church families. If we unite in a circle of truth in Jesus we'll 08:16 find that God's sunshine, which is His love, will evaporate all 08:20 our sins and back characters. His fresh air, which is the Holy 08:24 Spirit, will prepare us to light a spiritual fire as we share 08:28 God's love and do God's will. 08:38 So remember, just like this wood is piled together in a circle 08:42 making it strong and dry so it can be used as firewood, let's 08:47 stand together in truth so Jesus can work on us and make us who 08:50 He wants us to be. 08:51 ♪ ♪ 09:16 (Miss Michelle) Have you ever heard your mom complain because 09:19 every day she has to clean the kitchen. No matter how many days 09:24 she cleans the kitchen the kitchen gets dirty the next day 09:27 again. And I'm sure maybe your dad helps to the clean it up. 09:31 Maybe he even complains about it There are some things in life 09:34 that seen to happen again and again and again. Today we're 09:38 going to hear another story about Jesus and how he cleaned 09:42 something that He'd already cleaned before. Let's listen and 09:45 find out what that was, after we have prayer. 09:48 Dear heavenly Father, we thank you so very much for your love 09:51 for us. Thank you for coming down to this earth and spending 09:56 your life with us, actually living amongst us. I pray that 10:00 you'll be with us now as we continue to learn about your 10:03 last week here on earth. In your name we pray, Amen. 10:06 Well today's lesson, as you may know, is called Cleaning the 10:12 Temple Again. That's right. You see. It's Passover time and 10:17 people from all over the world have come to Jerusalem to 10:20 celebrate this special Jewish event. And I think it's a really 10:24 cool event to celebrate in general because it's a 10:27 historical event in the lives of all Christians as well. Right 10:29 Jesus knew that he was going to die soon and usually, he stayed 10:34 away from Jerusalem throughout His ministry, if you've noticed. 10:37 But during the last week of His life He spent an extra amount of 10:40 time there. He knew that people would need to be paying 10:44 attention to the events that were coming up for their 10:46 salvation. Right? So Jesus went to the temple and talked just 10:52 like He did when He was really young. Right? Three years 10:55 earlier, you see, He'd come to this very same temple and He had 10:59 found it not in a good place. Do you remember what was 11:03 happening? That's right. There were money changers there and 11:05 they were trying to sell people animals and the animals were so 11:08 loud. They were trying to sell to people for prices that were 11:11 ridiculously high and they were making a very big profit. And do 11:16 you remember what happened? He drove them out and He said this 11:19 house should be a house of prayer. Right? And you have made 11:22 it a crazy place. Now when he came back this time, three years 11:27 later, it was even worse than before. Can you hear it now? 11:32 Can you imagine if you came to your church and it sounded more 11:35 like a barn than a church? That's what it was like. 11:38 Wasn't it? And Jesus just looked around the temple and his gaze 11:42 just stopped everyone. Maybe your mom or dad or teacher has a 11:47 gaze that works kind of like that but I don't think anyone 11:50 has the Jesus gaze. We're going to pick up the story in Mark 11:54 chapter 11 verse 15, 11 verse 15 says:... 11:58 So they came to Jerusalem and when Jesus went into the temple 12:01 He began to drive out those who bought and sold in the temple 12:05 and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of 12:09 those who sold doves. He would not allow anyone to carry wares 12:12 through the temple. [That's right] And then He taught saying 12:18 to them, Is it not written my house shall be called a house of 12:22 prayer for all nations. But you have made it a den of thieves. 12:27 Because these people were selling the animals for 12:30 ridiculously high prices. 12:32 And the scribes and chief priest heard of it and they sought how 12:34 they might destroy Him. 12:35 This made them very upset that He was disrupting their temple 12:39 services. 12:40 For they feared Him because all the people were astonished at His 12:43 teaching. And when evening had come He went out of the city. 12:47 So once again though, we know from the Bible and from other 12:53 books of the Bible, it says that when He drove them out once 12:59 again the priests and rulers left. The money changers left, 13:02 everybody ran away. You would think that they wouldn't be 13:04 scared of Him this time. He'd already done this once before. 13:06 Right? But they still were scared and people brought in 13:09 sick people once again, like the first time. And no longer could 13:15 you hear arguing, no longer could you hear noisy animals. 13:19 All you heard now is happy people headed to see Jesus. 13:22 And we know this because it talks about it in the book of 13:25 Matthew. So let's back up to the book of Matthew chapter 21. 13:29 I love that there's four gospels that tell the story of Jesus's 13:32 life on earth because they all add a super interesting 13:35 perspective and details that maybe somebody else forgot. 13:40 Matthew 21 verse 14 says:... 13:44 And then the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple and He 13:46 healed them. 13:48 But when the chief priest and scribes saw the wonderful things 13:51 that He did and the children crying out in the temple and 13:53 saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were indignant. 13:57 Do you know what the word indignant means? Maybe you've 14:00 heard the word furious, maybe you've heard the words roaring 14:05 mad. Those would all be synonyms for the word indignant. 14:07 They were not just a little bit upset. They were super angry. 14:10 And said to Him, Do you hear these things they are saying? 14:14 And Jesus said to them. Yes. Have you not read, Out of the 14:18 mouths of babes and nursing infants you have perfected 14:22 praise. 14:24 Now you see this was actually from the book of Isaiah. I'm 14:29 sorry, Psalms, it was from the book of Psalms so He was 14:32 actually quoting a prophecy in relation to Him. Oh, they got so 14:39 upset that that He would say that to them. Oh! So frustrated 14:44 they were. But you couldn't scare Jesus and they could see 14:48 that. They thought maybe they could intimidate Him. Right? And 14:52 it wasn't working. So they decided to try to trick Him. 14:55 And if you recall they've tried this before but apparently they 14:58 decided to try it again. So that night they all were trying to 15:02 think of a trick question, that no matter how He answered it 15:05 He'd get it wrong and they could show that He was wrong and they 15:08 were right. Right? So let's see how that goes for them. We're 15:12 to Tuesday now in that week that is going to take this whole 15:15 quarter to take about. The day of Tuesday. 15:19 On Tuesday morning Jesus headed back to the temple to spend time 15:22 there. And they were ready with their trick question for him. 15:26 Are you ready to hear what it is? Here it is:... 15:28 Matthew 21 verse 23:...[They were feeling pretty proud of 15:32 themselves here.] Now when He came to the temple the chief 15:36 priest and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was 15:38 teaching and said [Ah excuse me Jesus, ah] by what authority are 15:43 you doing these things and who gave you this authority? 15:48 Hmm. If He said God then they would say you know, No, 15:54 like you're wrong. 15:56 You cannot claim to be from God. And then of course He wasn't 15:58 going to say Satan which wouldn't make any sense 16:01 whatsoever, so any way that He answered, My own authority, Oh 16:05 my like that wouldn't give Him any credibility. Right? But 16:10 Jesus was very intelligent and He knew their tricks. And so 16:14 instead of answering the question either way, truthfully 16:18 He would have said, From God and they would have been upset. 16:21 He decided to switch it up on them. And so in verse 24 it says 16:26 Jesus answered and said to them: I also will tell you one thing, 16:31 which if you tell me I likewise will tell you of what authority 16:36 I do these things. 16:37 So he said, Well, how this? I'll ask you a question. If you 16:41 answer my question, I'll answer your question. Seems fair. 16:44 Verse 25: The baptism of John, Jesus said, Where was it from? 16:48 Was it from heaven or from men? And they reasoned among 16:53 themselves [Ooh well] If we say it's from heaven, He will say to 16:57 us then why did you not believe in him? But if we say it's from 17:01 men [mm, that won't work] for we fear what the multitude will say 17:05 for all count John as a prophet. 17:07 Like everybody thought he was really cool and they thought he 17:09 was a prophet. We can't... Ahh! A trick question with a trick 17:13 question. Right? 17:15 So they answered Jesus and said, [Well, well] We do not know. And 17:19 said to them, [Well] Neither will I tell you by what 17:22 authority I do these things. 17:24 That was the deal. A deal is a deal. You decide not to answer 17:27 my question, can't answer yours either. Right? He knew that 17:31 answering that question truthfully was not going 17:34 to bring people closer to God or to Him. It was just going to add 17:38 fuel to the fire of those religious leaders and He didn't 17:41 take the bait. He walked away. They were trying to get Him all 17:46 flustered and because of God's power that He had tanked up on 17:49 that last night of prayer He knew how to respond to them. 17:52 Jesus wasn't trying to embarrass these leaders and He wanted to 17:58 save them. But it was time for a parable. Time for a lesson 18:02 because people there needed to understand what was really 18:04 happening there. And it's called the Parable of the Two Sons. 18:07 Let's read it in verse 28 of Matthew 21:... 18:13 But what do you think? A man has two sons and he came to the 18:17 first one and said, Son go work today in my vineyard. And he 18:23 answered and said, I will not. 18:24 The son said to the father, I will not. Okay. 18:28 But afterwards he regretted it [felt bad] and he went 18:31 and worked 18:32 in the vineyard. Then he came to the second son and said 18:35 likewise and he answered and said, I go, sir. [Mm-hmm] But 18:40 he didn't actually go [Hmmm]. Which of the two did the will 18:46 of his father? Jesus asked. And they said, [Well] the first one 18:50 did. Jesus said to them, Assuredly I say to you, 18:53 [get ready for this] Assuredly I say to you, that tax collectors 18:59 and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you. For John came to 19:03 you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him. 19:05 But tax collectors and harlots believed him and when you saw it 19:09 you did not after relent and believe in him. 19:12 He's saying, You guys are the second son. You say that you 19:15 follow God but you don't really follow Him. And sinners, 19:19 Gentiles, people who you believe are low and not worthy, they 19:25 actually are following God's will. They're actually following 19:29 what He wants them to do even though they've messed up in the 19:31 past. Wow! Jesus didn't mince words did He there? The people 19:37 began to question the leaders didn't they. They couldn't like 19:40 understand. All these years they'd respected them and they'd 19:43 trusted what they'd said but they were seeing the 19:47 inconsistencies that Jesus was bringing out and they were 19:50 starting to doubt. That same day Jesus was observing people 19:53 there in the temple giving love gifts to God. And He'd watch the 19:57 rich and they'd come in there with their big bag of money and 19:59 make a big show of making sure the coins really clanked a lot 20:02 so everybody would pay attention Right You tell how prideful they 20:08 were, how proud they were of how much they were giving. Then 20:10 Jesus continued to watch and He saw a stooped widow, an older 20:16 lady there who quietly watched to make sure no one else was 20:21 watching and she quietly walked over to the you know the money 20:25 chest there where they were giving their gifts and she put 20:28 in two small coins. Then she started to turn away and Jesus 20:33 noticed this right away and it made him so, so happy. Really 20:39 Miss Michelle? A small gift of two coins made Jesus so, so 20:44 happy. That's right. Let's hop over to Mark and in Mark 12 20:49 we'll hear what Jesus said at that time. Verse 42:... 20:53 Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites which make a 20:57 quadrans. [Very small amount of money] So he called his 21:00 disciples to himself and said to them, Assuredly I say to you 21:03 that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have 21:07 given money to the treasury for they all put in out of their 21:11 abundance, [they had lots of money at home, they had lots of 21:14 money in their bank account] but she put in out of her poverty. 21:18 She put in all that she had, her whole livelihood. 21:22 Can you imagine the widow hearing what Jesus said to the 21:26 disciples? How glad that must have made her heart to know that 21:30 God noticed that gift. Now Jesus talked a lot about rich people 21:33 and poor people. For rich people they do have a lot of money at 21:36 home and sometimes that makes them trust themselves more than 21:39 they trust God. Whereas poor people often have to worry about 21:42 money and are forced to trust God to provide for them. God 21:47 knows how we use our money. He knows how much money we have 21:49 left over after we give to Him. Some people may ask, well Miss 21:52 Michelle is it okay for us to keep some money for ourselves 21:54 and of course. But I want you to think about a few principles 21:58 when you're giving. Okay? We should all remember that 22:02 everything that we have belongs to God. Whether you're rich or 22:05 poor everything that you have belongs to God. And we should be 22:08 humble when we give and love God the most of all. And always be 22:12 ready to help. Always be ready to help other people. Thanks 22:16 for listening today and we'll see you again next time for 22:19 more stories from the life of Jesus. 22:21 ♪ ♪ 22:34 Thank you Miss Michelle for that Bible story. Now let's see. 22:38 I think we had some questions last week and I think we had 22:42 some answers too. So let's see if you got those questions right 22:47 from last week and see if those of you who went in your answers 22:51 ♪ ♪ 23:11 It's time for our new questions Question #1: 23:25 Question #2: 23:43 And question #3: 23:56 Now you can send your answers to us at 24:00 answers@startingwithjesus and we will make sure to give 24:04 you a shout out next week in our Sabbath School program. Now you 24:08 might be watching on a different platform but if you go to our 24:11 website at startingwithjesus.com you'll be able to find the 24:15 program with the shout outs in it. 24:18 ♪ ♪ 24:34 Our memory verse is found in 2 Corinthians 9 verse 7: 24:37 It says, God loves a cheerful giver. 24:41 ♪ ♪ 24:56 (Uncle Vince) Growing up as a little boy, as a Christian 24:59 little boy, my parents were very careful what friends we 25:04 were to spend our time with. As we were playing one day I 25:10 remember playing with a friend, I did something and he did not 25:15 like it and he was not a Christian little boy. And at 25:18 that point when I did something that offended him, he got so 25:21 angry and used a bad word. So I had never heard that word 25:27 before. I did not know what it meant. And I never got to find 25:30 out until many years later. But I remember what the word was. 25:34 A few months or so later as I was asking my Nanny to give me 25:40 some food and I was getting hungry and I was getting 25:43 impatient and she said, All right, you will need to wait. 25:48 I got angry and I used that same cuss word. And Oh Boy! It was 25:54 not good. I remember when my parents came home that evening 25:59 we had a talk and a lot more than a talk and I remember from 26:05 that day on the importance of making sure my words were good 26:10 Christian words that I used in my interaction with people. 26:13 I hope that's the same for you. Remember that God loves to hear 26:18 us use pure, kind words. Whatsoever is true, whatsoever 26:23 is honest, noble, lovely, think and speak on these things. 26:28 ♪ ♪ 26:30 Thank you so much for joining us. Don't forget to check out 26:32 our story time tomorrow. We've started the story of Singer on 26:36 the Sand and you won't want to miss that at 26:41 youtube.com/startingwithjesus So make sure to check it out and 26:42 we also have our activity time starting next week so don't miss 26:47 our activity time. It's going to be super fun. You can go and 26:50 down load next week's activity already. You go to: 26:53 startingwithjesus.com/activities you'll be able to download next 26:58 week's activity and get prepared because we have some really fun 27:01 ones coming up. We also have our VBS program starting soon and we 27:07 would love to have you participate so if you go to 27:10 startingwithjesus.com/onguard you'll find ways to participate. 27:14 I know that it's been coming soon for a while but we 27:18 actually have some ways that you can send in videos and other 27:21 ways that you can participate in our program so don't miss out on 27:26 that. Now our Sabbath School is over so let's thank Jesus for 27:30 being with us today. 27:31 Our Father in heaven, thank you so much for your love. Thank you 27:35 so much for your care. I pray that you will be with us today 27:38 and help us to be like you. Help us to be giving to others. Help 27:43 us not to be selfish and unkind. Help us to be like the widow who 27:49 gave all to you. Help us to give all we have to you. And help us 27:56 to specially give our hearts to you. We love you Jesus and we 28:01 thank you, in Jesus' name, Amen. 28:03 Thank you so much for joining. Have a blessed week and 28:07 keep in touch. 28:08 ♪ ♪ |
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