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00:22 Hello Boys and Girls (Miss Ruthie) Welcome back to Starting
00:29 With Jesus where we want to encourage you to start 00:33 everything you do with Jesus. Now today's story is a really 00:40 sad story. It's one that whenever I read it makes me want 00:44 to cry. But you know what, sometimes it's good, sometimes 00:47 it's good to think about the sad stories because it helps us in 00:51 our lives to not make the same mistakes as some other people. 00:57 Because we look at that and say Jesus help me. So I want you to 01:01 listen closely to our Bible story today. But before we get 01:06 to the story today we have to have a happy time singing. 01:10 So let's join in some singing. 01:13 ♪ ♪ 02:14 ♪ ♪ 03:43 ♪ ♪ 05:01 ♪ ♪ 05:07 Hello boys and girls. Today I have a story for you that comes 05:10 from the country of Portugal. (Miss Milca) My grandpa and all 05:14 his family relatives were from it and my grandfather was best 05:20 friends with a Catholic priest in town. One day they were 05:25 walking down the street together and they see the evangelical 05:30 preacher from another church coming their way. And when this 05:35 preacher sees the Catholic priest coming his way, he just 05:39 goes and stands right in front of him and he tells him, Your 05:43 church doesn't follow what the Bible says because the Bible 05:47 clearly teaches that we shouldn't have images and bow 05:51 down to them and your church has images and people bow down to 05:56 them so you are not the true church. You don't follow what 06:00 the Bible says. Well the Catholic replies, Yeah I know 06:05 my church doesn't follow everything the Bible teaches 06:09 but your church does not either because if you keep reading the 06:15 commandments the fourth commandment clearly states that 06:17 Saturday is God's holy day so that's actually the right day to 06:22 worship and not Sunday. And you guys worship on Sunday just 06:27 like we do. So I know my church doesn't follow everything in the 06:31 Bible but your church doesn't either. The true church follows 06:36 all the commandments of God. Ahh, my grandpa was in shock. 06:40 because he had never heard this teaching before from the Bible. 06:45 So he didn't say anything but what he learned that day he kept 06:49 in his heart. Well, many years passed by and another Catholic 06:55 priest comes to town. And around this time one of my uncles finds 07:00 out that this tiny church in town is going to have some 07:04 prophetic seminars. But my grandpa said You know what, 07:07 You need to find out if that's the true church. Ask the pastor 07:10 what's the true day to worship and if he says Sunday, then we 07:14 won't go because we know that's not the true church. So my uncle 07:17 goes and so he goes back home and tells my grandpa, You know 07:22 what the pastor in that tiny church says it's Saturday. Oh 07:26 okay, so that must be the true church so we'll go to those 07:29 meetings. And they did. Well, they got baptized and they 07:34 became the first Seventh-day Adventists in that little town. 07:37 But when the new Catholic priest found out that my grandpa's 07:42 family had become Seventh-day Adventists, he got so upset that 07:46 the next time he had mass he told everybody there that they 07:50 could not speak to my grandpa's family anymore. My father 07:54 remembers the day after this happened when he went to school 07:58 and all the children came and spit at him. And you know what 08:03 boys and girls, the day is coming the Bible tells us that 08:08 all who try to live a Godly life and follow Jesus will be 08:13 persecuted. But if you purpose right now to be faithful to 08:17 Jesus no matter what He will help us to be faithful and stand 08:21 up for Him when that time comes. And you know what, Jesus is 08:24 preparing so many wonderful things for us that it will be 08:28 worth it. So let's be faithful to Jesus. 08:32 ♪ ♪ 08:36 Have you ever heard the word deny before? (Miss Michelle) 08:38 Deny means to say that's not true, that didn't happen. 08:42 I often hear students and kids deny things. I even hear adults 08:46 deny things sometimes too. Today we're going to talk about one of 08:50 the ultimate denials, I would say, in all of history. Today's 08:55 story is called Peter's Denial. Let's pray. 08:58 Dear heavenly Father, we praise you and thank you for being here 09:01 with us today. We ask that you would send your Holy Spirit to 09:05 guide our minds, to help us stay focused and to continue to learn 09:08 more about you. In your name we pray. Amen. 09:13 Jesus was faithfully following the plan of salvation, the plan 09:17 that was created before the foundation of the earth. 09:21 And Jesus went back to Peter, James and John, remember they 09:25 were sleeping again, and we pick up the story in Mark 14. Now we 09:30 know what's coming because I kind of spilled the beans a 09:32 little bit last week, right? Mark 14 says in verses 42 and 43 09:39 Rise, let us be going. See my betrayer is at hand. 09:43 And immediately while He was still speaking, Judas, one of 09:46 the 12, with a great multitude with swords and clubs came from 09:52 the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. Just 09:56 like that immediately it happened. Immediately is one 09:59 of Mark's the writer's favorite words. We notice that in his 10:03 gospel. Now as the crowd came Jesus stepped out in front of 10:06 His disciples as if to shield them and He said something that 10:12 was really important. And we find that in John, we'll be 10:15 flipping back and forth with all the gospels today. 10:18 John 18 verses 4-6: And Jesus therefore knowing all things 10:23 that would come upon Him went forward and said to them, Whom 10:27 are you seeking? And they answered, Well Jesus of Nazareth 10:31 Jesus said to them, I am He. And Judas who betrayed Him also 10:37 stood with them. Now when He said to them, I am He, they drew 10:41 back and they fell to the ground Why would they fall to the 10:45 ground? Right? Well at just that moment the powerful angel who 10:50 had come to comfort Jesus, the one who had taken Satan's place 10:53 in heaven as the angel at the right hand of God passed between 10:57 Jesus and the mob and the brightness of his presence and 11:01 of Jesus made them all faint with fear. They all fell down as 11:05 if dead. And at this point, once again, Jesus could have escaped. 11:09 And yet, verse 7 says, Again He asked them, Who are you seeking? 11:14 And again they said Jesus of Nazareth and He answered I have 11:17 told you, I am He. Therefore if you seek me, let these go their 11:23 way. To the very end, he was looking out for others and for 11:26 His disciples well-being. That the same might be fulfilled 11:30 which He spoke of those whom you gave me, I have lost none. Then 11:37 as was the decided-upon sign Judas did something that's 11:43 absolutely detestable. He said now His betrayer had given them 11:49 a signal saying, Whoever I kiss He is the one. Seize Him and 11:53 lead Him away safely. As soon as he had come, immediately he went 11:56 up to him, um Judas went up to Jesus, We're reading in Mark 12:00 chapter 14 verse 45, he said Rabbi, Rabbi and kissed Him. 12:04 Now that sounds really gross right? But culturally it was 12:08 quite normal in several cultures even that I know of or have 12:13 friends in it's very culturally appropriate when you meet 12:16 someone to do the kiss on the side of the cheek, You know what 12:20 I'm talking about, like kiss, kiss, and that's very normal and 12:23 guys do it, girls do it to everyone. It's just like a hug. 12:28 The same idea when you meet someone. So that was the kind of 12:30 kiss we're talking about. And that was the signal to the crowd 12:35 that this was the one that they were to take. Now Jesus had 12:38 already said, I am He, right? But Judas went through with his 12:43 end of the deal and that was to identify Jesus to the others in 12:48 the crowd. And sure enough that's what happened. And the 12:53 disciples, they were ready to fight. In fact, Matthew says 12:56 he tells the next part of the story, Matthew 26 verse 52: 13:04 26:52, here we go. But Jesus said to them...Oh. And suddenly 13:10 those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew 13:13 his sword and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off 13:15 his ear. Do you know who that was? Maybe you know your Bible 13:20 trivia. It was Peter. Peter reached out and struck off the 13:23 servant's ear. The servant's name was Malcus and Peter cut 13:28 off his ear. But Jesus said to him, Put your sword in it's 13:31 place for all those who live by the sword, oh I'm sorry, for all 13:36 who take the sword will perish by the sword. Or do you not 13:39 think that I cannot now pray to my Father and He will provide me 13:42 with more than 12 legions of angels? How then could the 13:45 scriptures be fulfilled that it must happen thus. Wow! What did 13:53 Jesus do? Dr. Luke tells us what Jesus did in the situation. 13:58 As Malchus is there stunned with his ear probably in his hand or 14:01 on the ground, I don't know where it was. Maybe one of the 14:03 other people picked it up and gave it to him. I'm not sure. 14:06 Peter had cut it clear off. Luke 22 verse 51 says: And Jesus 14:11 answered them and said Permit even this, so He asked them 14:16 please let go of me for a second right? And He touched his ear 14:19 and healed him. Wow! Then Jesus said to the chief priests, 14:24 captains of the temple and the elders who had come to him, Have 14:27 you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs when I was 14:30 with you daily in the temple and you did not seize me. But this 14:33 is your hour and the power of darkness. At this time Peter 14:39 suggested that maybe they ought to all run away and so they 14:42 didn't get in trouble as well. And they did. They wondered why 14:48 Jesus would allow this to happen and with that, they deserted 14:51 their master just as the prophecy had said. In Mark 14 14:57 verse 50 do you remember what Jesus had said about that, that 15:01 they would all leave Him. Mark 14 verse 50 says: Then they all 15:09 forsook Him and fled. He was alone. First, the crowd took Him 15:15 to Annas and he was the former high priest. He wasn't the 15:19 current high priest. His son-in- law Caiaphas was the present high 15:22 priest. But they had this plan. Annas was to say that Jesus was 15:25 the Son of God and the Jewish council, he was to get Jesus to 15:31 say I'm the Son of God, right? Then in the Jewish council of 15:34 course that was worthy of death. Because that was blasphemy to 15:37 this claim that you were the Son of God. And then they hoped 15:41 also to prove that Jesus was here to start a new kingdom 15:42 which would get the Romans involved because they would not 15:45 want a new kingdom or anyone challenging the Roman empire, 15:50 right? And Jesus wasn't talking and this was frustrating Annas 15:56 because he was trying to get Him to admit it, right? And in John 15:59 18 it says, verse 12, Then the detachment of troops and the 16:04 captain and officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him. 16:07 They led Him away to Annas first for he was the father-in-law of 16:10 Caiaphas who was the high priest that year. It was Caiaphas who 16:14 had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man 16:18 should die for the people. So they had this whole plan. Their 16:22 whole family was in on it weren't they? And in verse 19 16:25 it says, The high priest then asked Jesus about His disciples 16:29 and His doctrine. I Jesus said to him, I spoke openly to the 16:33 world. I always taught in the synagogue and in the temple 16:36 where the Jews always meet and in secret, I have said nothing. 16:40 Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me and what I 16:45 said. Indeed they know. Right? They were trying to trick Him. 16:48 And then He said these things. One of the officers who stood 16:51 by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand saying, Do you answer 16:54 the high priest like that? And Jesus answered him If I have 16:57 spoken evil, bear witness of the evil, but if well, why do you 17:00 strike me? Then Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high 17:05 priest. 17:07 And he knew that what Jesus had said was true. He couldn't argue 17:10 with that and he knew that if they started this trial at night 17:14 time, they were breaking their own rules. So he decided to 17:17 push Him on to Caiaphas the high priest. Annas thought followed 17:21 along. And the council members soon arrived and the trial began 17:25 They paid witnesses to lie about Jesus. Can you imagine? But when 17:30 you're telling a lie, when you're telling the truth your 17:33 stories should match, right? But the lies started to lead to 17:36 confusion because one person said one thing, one person's 17:38 story didn't match that and it wasn't making much sense. The 17:42 Sanhedrin, or the Jewish court, that were trying Jesus were 17:45 trying Jesus were starting to get a little frustrated because 17:48 it wasn't going as well as they would have liked, right? And 17:51 Jesus was quiet, didn't say anything. In Matthew 26 verse 63 17:56 it says: 26:63- But Jesus kept silent and the high priest 18:01 answered and said to him. I put you under oath by the Living God 18:05 Tell us if you are the Christ the Son of God. He wanted Him to 18:09 have to answer the question, right? And Jesus said to him, 18:11 It is as you said. Nevertheless I say to you hereafter you will 18:15 see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and 18:18 coming in the clouds of heaven. Huhh! Caiaphas was terrified. He 18:23 saw the judgment day before his eyes. He knew that Jesus would 18:27 be the one who was judging him and he feigned shock, huhhh, he 18:31 acted surprised even though he wasn't and he tore His priestly 18:34 garments, his symbolic garments that had so many messages that 18:38 pointed to Jesus sewn into them. He tore them in disdain. 18:43 And verse 65 says, tore his clothes saying, you have spoken 18:47 blasphemy. What further need have we of witnesses. Look now, 18:50 you have heard His blasphemy. What do you think? And they 18:52 answered and said, He is deserving of death. Their plan 18:56 was going right like they wanted it to. Now they couldn't judge 19:04 at night, that was the rule, and so they were going to convene in 19:06 the daylight and in the meantime they took Jesus to the guard 19:09 room and did despicable things to Him. They struck Him and used 19:13 a whip and whipped Him and treated Him horribly. Peter and 19:17 John had come back after they'd all run away in the garden. John 19:21 was actually known to be a disciple of Jesus. He was pretty 19:24 well known and they allowed him to watch hoping that he would 19:27 change his mind and back them I suppose. Peter waited in the 19:30 courtyard by the fire trying to blend in with everyone else and 19:33 not be noticed. But three different people called him out. 19:38 Three different people, first a servant girl called him out. In 19:42 Mark 14 it talks about the servant girl, 14 verse 66 says 19:47 Now Peter was below in the courtyard and one of the 19:50 servant girls of the high priest came and when she saw Peter 19:52 warming himself she looked at him and said, You also were with 19:55 Jesus of Nazareth. But he denied it saying, I neither know nor 20:00 understand what you're saying. And he went out on the porch and 20:03 a rooster crowed one time. Another person saw him. In 20:09 Matthew chapter 26 verse 71 it says, And when he had gone out 20:14 the gateway another girl saw him and said to those who were with 20:18 him, This fellow is with Jesus of Nazareth. But again he denied 20:22 with an oath, that means he swore, I do not know the man. 20:26 Wow! And finally a relative of Malcus, interestingly enough, 20:31 the one who had gotten his ear chopped off, also said to Peter, 20:35 in John 18, let's look that up quickly, John 18 verse 26 it 20:42 says, One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of him 20:46 whose ear Peter had cut off said Did I not see you in the garden 20:49 with Him and Peter denied it again and immediately the 20:52 rooster crowed the second time. Two times. At that point the 20:58 trial kind of paused and Jesus looked directly at Peter, not 21:02 with an I-told-you-so look but with a look of sorrow, pity, 21:07 compassion and forgiveness. At that point, Peter fled to 21:12 Gethsemane. He ran away as fast as he could. He had let the 21:16 Savior down. He went to the same spot where Jesus had struggled 21:20 with His mission. How could Jesus ever forgive him? Do you 21:25 think Jesus could? Hmm. Sobering thought. We'll continue our 21:30 story next week. 21:32 ♪ ♪ 21:36 Thank you Miss Michelle for that Bible story. Now we had 21:39 some questions from last week and we have some answers. 21:43 So let's see what those answers were. Check out the shout out at 21:46 startingwithjesus.com. 21:49 ♪ ♪ 22:14 It's time now for our new questions: Question number one: 22:22 Why did the mob fall down when they tried to grab Jesus? 22:31 Question number two: How did Judas betray Jesus? How did 22:40 Judas betray Jesus? And question number three: How many times did 22:48 Peter deny Jesus? How many times did Peter deny Jesus? You can 22:56 send your answer to us at answers@startingwithjesus.com 23:01 and will give you a shout out on our video next week. And it's 23:06 on our website. If you go to our website and watch through the 23:09 video at startingwithjesus.com you can see your shout-out. 23:12 So send us your answers to answers@startingwithjesus.com 23:17 ♪ ♪ 23:29 ♪ ♪ 23:45 Hello boys and girls. Some of you watched Explore the Future 23:48 with Miss Rachel last year and you learned all about the 23:51 prophecies that are found in the book of Daniel and the book of 23:54 Revelation. If you missed it, it's okay. It's on our website. 23:56 Well one of the things we learned about was 24:00 Nebuchadnezzar's dream, that statue that he saw in his dream. 24:02 Well I want to see how well you remember what everything meant. 24:06 So what I'm going to do is I'm going to say the body part of 24:09 the statue, the metal that body part was made of and what 24:12 country it represented. If I say everything correct you stand up 24:16 If I way anything wrong you sit down. I want everybody 24:22 participating so stand by a chair or by the couch and be 24:26 ready. Here goes. First one - Head, gold, Babylon. Head, gold, 24:39 Babylon. You're right. The head was made of gold and it 24:42 represented Babylon. All right perfect. Everybody should be 24:44 sitting up or standing up, sorry All right here's the next one. 24:49 Chest and arms, gold and silver Persia. Chest and arms, gold and 24:58 silver, Persia. You're all right That's not right. Its chest and 25:03 arms, it was made of silver only and it actually represented the 25:07 Medes and the Persians, so we call that Medo-Persia. All right 25:09 Everybody should be sitting down Here we go. Next one: Legs, iron 25:15 Rome. Legs, iron, Rome. Perfect The legs were made of iron and 25:23 that did represent Rome. Perfect Here's the next one. Ready? Here 25:28 goes. Feet, concrete, America. Feet, concrete, America. No of 25:39 course that's wrong. We know that the feet were partly of 25:41 iron and partly of clay, right? And that it represented what? 25:44 Divided Rome. Very good. All right, so everyone should be 25:50 sitting down. This is our last one for this one. Here goes. 25:53 A stone cut without hands, solid rock, Jesus's kingdom. A stone 26:02 cut without hands, solid rock, Jesus kingdom. Good job. The 26:06 stone hit the feet, remember? And the whole statue came 26:09 tumbling down. The last kingdom will be Jesus's kingdom and it 26:13 will stand forever and ever and ever. So you should be standing 26:17 Good job boys and girls. Let's end with a standing ovation for 26:21 your participation. And then let's sit back down, sit in 26:24 Sabbath School. Bye. 26:27 ♪ ♪ 26:29 Thank you so much for watching today. And I hope that you are 26:33 choosing Jesus every day. You know there are times that are 26:36 going to come up in your life when nobody else is choosing 26:39 Jesus. And nobody else is choosing to do the right thing. 26:42 And you're going to be tempted to say Mmmnn maybe this time I'm 26:49 I'm just not going to do it. I'm not going to do the right thing 26:52 because nobody else is and it's embarrassing. But you know what 26:56 whenever that time comes think about Jesus and think about His 27:00 loving face looking at you and saying Please don't do that. 27:03 Please choose the right way and remember that Jesus loves you 27:09 so much. And then say a prayer, Jesus help me. Help me to choose 27:14 the right thing and to stand up for you when nobody else is. 27:19 I know that you're going to do that and I know that you're 27:22 going to choose Jesus. Let's pray together. 27:25 Our Father in heaven, thank you so much for today. I pray that 27:30 you will help us to always choose you even when everything 27:34 just seems to be going wrong. I just pray that you will help 27:38 us to say Jesus we choose you even if nobody else does. I pray 27:43 for each one of these boys and girls who are watching this 27:46 program today that you will help them to stand firm for you and 27:52 that you will help them to one day when you come again be able 27:56 to look up and say this is my God whom I have waited for. 28:00 I know that you love us and I pray that we will show that love 28:06 to everyone else. We thank you Jesus. In your name, Amen. 28:10 Thank you so much for watching. Have a blessed week and 28:13 keep in touch. 28:14 ♪ ♪ |
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