Participants: Natalee McLean (Host), Cecily Harker (Host), Braedan Entermann, Dr John Hammond
Series Code: DWK
Program Code: DWK000052A
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00:02 Hello there. Happy Sabbath.
00:03 Come on in, we're about to meet with the King. 00:51 Good day, I am Aunty Nat. 00:52 And I'm Aunty Cecily. 00:54 We're so glad you have come to join us for worship, 00:56 aren't we kids? 00:57 Yeah! Yes! 00:59 Aunty Cecily, is there someone today 01:00 we need to send a big hello to? 01:02 Yes, I'd like to send a big hello to Emily, 01:05 Evelyn and Eli from Tasmania. 01:08 Hello. 01:09 Hi! 01:10 It was great to meet you guys when I was in Tasmania. 01:13 It's lovely that we have so many people 01:16 joining in our worship time. 01:18 Now, we can't forget to say hello to Teddy. 01:21 Hello Teddy, we love having you on the program. 01:23 You're such a good boy. 01:25 Aunty Cecily, can you please say a prayer for us 01:27 to open our worship time? 01:29 Yes. Let's bow our heads. 01:30 Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for the Sabbath day 01:33 where we can find rest in You. 01:35 We pray a special blessing on the children 01:38 who have joined us at home. 01:40 We pray that Your Holy Spirit 01:42 would be in each of our hearts and minds 01:45 as we worship you now in Jesus' name. 01:48 Amen. Amen. 01:50 Now, Aunty Cecily, 01:51 we've come to our last key of the kingdom. 01:54 It's our 13th key. 01:56 Can you tell us all about it? 01:58 Yes, we've been on such a rich journey 02:01 full of gifts and promises 02:03 that God offers to help us to get to the kingdom. 02:06 Alesha, would you like to open our gift box 02:09 and see what our 13th key to the kingdom is? 02:16 Love. 02:18 This is a very special key. 02:20 And can you tell us what's on the other side? 02:23 1 Corinthians 13:2, 3. 02:28 Thanks Alesha. 02:29 Could you read those verses for us from the Bible, 02:32 please Caleb? 02:33 "And though I have the gift of prophecy, 02:36 and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, 02:39 and though I have all faith, 02:40 so that I could remove mountains, 02:42 but have not love, I am nothing. 02:45 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, 02:49 and though I give my body to be burned, 02:52 but have not love, it profits me nothing." 02:55 Thanks, Caleb. 02:56 That was a long passage today. 02:58 So love is everything. 03:01 It's like the master key 03:02 that unlocks all the other doors 03:04 that lead to the kingdom of heaven. 03:07 Let's review our other 12 keys to the kingdom. 03:11 Our first key was accept God's love, 03:14 then repent, 03:15 confess your wrongs and give your heart to Jesus, 03:19 at each step of the way 03:20 God gives us the keys of trust and faith 03:23 to follow Jesus 03:25 and grow to be more like Him and share God's love. 03:29 And 9th key was get to know God and the 10th, talk with God. 03:35 Another important gift or key to the kingdom was to trust God 03:40 when tempted, 03:41 and last week's key was about witnessing. 03:45 And what's our 13th key? 03:48 Love! 03:49 Yes, without love, the other keys won't work. 03:54 Do you remember our 5th key was faith. 03:56 Our Bible verse today tells us that we can have lots of faith 04:01 but without love, it doesn't help us. 04:05 The faith key won't work without the love key. 04:08 So remember to ask God every day 04:11 to help you use these keys. 04:14 These are gifts from God 04:16 that we must always use in the spirit of love. 04:20 Thanks, Aunty Cecily. 04:22 I've been blessed these past few weeks 04:24 learning about the keys to the kingdom. 04:26 Boys and girls, if you would like to learn 04:28 more about the keys to the kingdom, 04:31 you could read the little book Steps to Christ 04:33 by Mrs. White. 04:34 I'm sure mom or dad or even your grandparents 04:37 may help you to read it, if you ask them. 04:40 It's now time though for some music. 04:43 Thanks, Braedan, for joining us today. 04:45 Thanks, Aunty Nat, it's good to be here. 04:47 Hi, boys and girls, let's sing 04:49 "The Seventh is the Sabbath of the Lord." 04:53 One, two, three, four, five, six days a week 04:57 God gave to us for work and play 05:02 One, two, three, four, five, six days He made 05:06 Then rested on the seventh day 05:10 God invites us all to join Him On the seventh day of rest 05:14 For He called that day the Sabbath 05:16 And He promised we'd be blessed 05:19 One, two, three, four, five, six days for us 05:23 The seventh is the Sabbath of the Lord 05:25 Amen! 05:28 Braedan, can we please sing 05:30 "The King has a Treasure House." 05:31 We certainly can. 05:38 The King has a treasure house of promises 05:42 Gifts from heaven above 05:46 In His word are many, many promises 05:51 Offered us in love 05:54 God gives us courage to repent 05:59 And turn away from every sin 06:02 He gives us wisdom, faith and trust 06:07 And power to follow Him 06:11 The King has a treasure house of promises 06:15 Promises for you and me 06:20 In His word are many, many promises 06:23 To give us the victory 06:27 To give us the victory 06:30 Victory! 06:33 Braedan, can we please sing "Give Your Heart to Jesus." 06:36 We certainly can. 06:37 Giving your heart to Jesus 06:39 is the best thing you can ever do. 06:41 Let's sing it together. 06:43 Give your heart to Jesus 06:47 He is calling you 06:52 Give your heart to Jesus 06:56 He is calling you 07:01 Give your heart to Jesus 07:04 He is calling you 07:09 Give Him your heart today 07:14 Let's sing it again. 07:17 Give your heart to Jesus 07:21 He is calling you 07:26 Give your heart to Jesus 07:29 He is calling you 07:34 Give your heart to Jesus 07:38 He is calling you 07:43 Give Him your heart today 07:49 Thanks, Braedan, 07:50 singing praises to God's a great way to tell Him 07:52 that we love Him. 07:54 Children, are you enjoying Dr. John's stories each week? 07:58 Yes! 07:59 Well, I wonder 08:00 what he has in store for us this time. 08:02 Let's go and see. 08:04 Hello, boys and girls, 08:06 it's wonderful to be back together again. 08:08 And I want to say hello to all the boys and girls 08:12 in South America 08:14 'cause that's where this story happened. 08:16 There was a little girl, her name was Juliane, 08:19 Juliane Koepcke, 08:21 and she had a mummy and a daddy and she loved them. 08:24 In fact, I've got a photograph of the three of them together. 08:30 And her daddy was a very clever scientist 08:34 and he worked in the jungle, 08:36 studying wild life and so is her mummy, 08:40 but she had to go away to school. 08:43 And as a reward on the day after she graduated, 08:49 and here she is graduating from school, 08:52 she's 17. 08:54 They said you can get on an airplane 08:57 and fly right across the jungle 09:00 and come and spend some time with mummy and daddy. 09:04 She was so excited. 09:06 And she got on a plane. 09:08 And I don't want you to be frightened about airplanes 09:11 'cause this was a very old plane 09:14 and it wasn't that strong 09:17 and she was in seat F on row 19. 09:23 And the plane took off and flew into the sky 09:27 and ran into some very, very rough weather. 09:33 And in that weather, lightning struck 09:37 and because the plane was old 09:40 and its wings couldn't flap the way modern airplanes do 09:44 and allows them to go through storms, 09:47 the wings broke off. 09:50 And Juliane was sitting by the window 09:55 row 19 seat F. 09:58 And she suddenly realized the plane had broken up. 10:02 She could hear a loud mutter, she could hear people screaming 10:06 and then silence and she looked down 10:11 and the jungle looked like a giant piece of broccoli, 10:18 the same green but it was spinning around. 10:21 The jungle wasn't spinning, but she was, 10:24 you know, 10:25 she fell five kilometers through the air 10:30 and somehow 10:32 she was the only one in her seat, 10:34 she had a safety belt on so tight, 10:36 she could hardly breathe. 10:39 She went unconscious, 10:40 but her seat must have hit some branches 10:45 and it landed and she woke up a few hours later 10:49 and, you know what her first thought was? 10:51 I'm alive. 10:53 She called out for her mother. 10:56 Her mother had died and she finally got out 11:01 and she said, "I'm the only one alive." 11:04 Now, she was a smart girl, 11:06 and she knew how to do what her father had told her. 11:11 He said, "If you get lost, 11:12 make sure that you walk downstream 11:16 and follow the stream because sooner or later 11:22 you'll come to people who live by the streams. 11:25 But you must go down 11:27 because that's where the people live. 11:29 She'd lost her glasses, she only had one shoe 11:33 and, you know, what she did? 11:34 She didn't wear that shoe. 11:36 There were so many snakes there, 11:37 every time she saw 11:39 she threw a shoe into the long leaves 11:42 to make sure there wasn't a snake underneath. 11:45 She found a packet of lollies or candy as we might call it 11:49 or sweets 11:51 and that was the only food she had for 10 days. 11:55 And when she had to cross the river, 11:57 she had to go in the middle because she knew the piranhas 12:02 that would eat her alive, like the shallow water. 12:07 And finally, after nine days she found a hut. 12:10 And when they found her, 12:12 they thought that she was a devil 12:14 because she was all bloodshot from the accident. 12:17 And many years later she went back. 12:19 She's sitting in an airplane here in 19 F 12:25 because she want to get it out of her system. 12:28 And here she is grown up, she's a scientist 12:32 and they trekked back into the jungle 12:35 and she sat in the seat that was still there. 12:41 You know what kept her alive? 12:43 She had one goal 12:45 and that was to find her father. 12:47 She wanted an every step that she took she said, 12:52 "I will find my father." 12:55 And, you know, what the lesson is there? 12:57 We need to find our Heavenly Father. 13:00 And that will keep us alive if we constantly focus 13:05 on getting to our Heavenly Father 13:06 'cause He's waiting for us. 13:08 Thank you, boys and girls. 13:10 Hi, boys and girls. 13:11 Welcome to our Bible study. 13:13 If you haven't got your Bibles ready yet, go get them now 13:15 so you can follow along with us. 13:16 Bethany, can you please say a prayer first, 13:18 before we commence our study. 13:20 Dear, Father, thank You for our Bibles 13:22 so will we can learn more about You 13:24 and Your great love for us. 13:25 Please be with the children 13:26 who are at home reading along with us, 13:28 in Jesus' name. 13:29 Amen. Amen. 13:31 Thank you, Bethany. 13:32 Now, Erin, what did we study about last Sabbath? 13:34 We looked at the life of Jonah. 13:35 Yes, we did, and he was a bit of a reluctant prophet, 13:37 wasn't he? 13:39 Yeah. Yes. 13:40 And now something else happened 13:41 with the northern kingdom of Israel. 13:43 What happened to them? 13:44 They were captured by the Assyrian. 13:45 Yes, the northern kingdom ceased to exist. 13:49 So all that was left 13:51 was the southern kingdom of Judah, 13:53 which Aunt Cecily's pointing to there. 13:56 Now, we talked about King Joash a couple of Sabbaths ago 13:59 and that he ruled for 40 years. 14:02 Three other kings followed Joash 14:05 and all four of them, 14:07 the Bible says did right in the sight of the Lord, 14:11 which was a nice change. 14:13 So now we're going to come to King Ahaz 14:16 and he was an evil king. 14:18 Let's see what he did. 14:20 Erin, can you please read 2 Chronicles 28:24? 14:27 "So Ahaz gathered the articles of the house of God, 14:31 cut in pieces the articles of the house of God, 14:34 shut up the doors of the house of the Lord, 14:36 and made for himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem." 14:40 So Ahaz shut up the doors of the temple 14:44 and set up his own idol images in the temple court. 14:48 It was during this time 14:50 that God sent the prophets Micah and Isaiah 14:54 to warn the people 14:55 and rulers of their idol worship. 14:58 So Ahaz ruled for 16 years 15:00 and then he died and his son took his place. 15:04 Can you just show us that, we're gonna talk about. 15:07 Here's Ahaz, yep, 15:08 and you can see the prophets there, 15:10 Isaiah and Micah. 15:12 Thank you. 15:13 Caleb, can you please read 2 Chronicles 29:1-2? 15:19 "Hezekiah became king when he was 25 years old, 15:22 and he reigned 29 years in Jerusalem. 15:25 His mother's name was Abijah the daughter of Zechariah. 15:30 And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, 15:33 according to all that his father David had done." 15:36 So, Hezekiah 15:38 did not follow the evilness of his father, 15:40 he chose to follow God. 15:43 Hezekiah opened up the temple doors 15:45 and gathered all the priests and levites together 15:49 to speak to them. 15:50 Bethany, can you read 2 Chronicles 29:5-6? 15:56 "And said to them, 'Hear me, Levites! 15:58 Now sanctify yourselves, 16:00 sanctify the house of the Lord God 16:02 of your fathers, 16:03 and carry out the rubbish from the holy place. 16:05 For our fathers have trespassed 16:07 and done evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, 16:10 they have forsaken Him, have turned their faces 16:13 away from the dwelling place of the Lord, 16:15 and turned their backs on Him.'" 16:17 Thanks, Bethany. 16:19 So Hezekiah realized 16:20 if he did not get Judah in order, 16:23 they were going to be the next nation 16:25 to go into captivity. 16:27 The Bible tells us that the priests and levites 16:29 cleaned the temple and put everything back 16:32 that Ahaz had taken away. 16:35 Hezekiah gathered the leaders, 16:37 the levites and the priests and offered sacrifices to God 16:40 to seek forgiveness as a nation. 16:43 There was a great revival in Judah 16:45 and because Hezekiah did what was right, 16:48 God blessed him but something happened? 16:51 The king of Assyria 16:52 after taking the northern kingdom 16:54 into captivity wanted Judah as well. 16:58 They came and encamped around Judah. 17:00 Let's read what Hezekiah said to the people. 17:03 Sophie, can you read 2 Chronicles 32:7-8? 17:10 "Be strong and courageous, 17:11 do not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, 17:16 nor before all the multitude that is with him, 17:19 for there are more with us than with him. 17:22 With him is an army of flesh, 17:24 but with us is the Lord our God, 17:27 to help us and to fight our battles 17:31 and the people were strengthened 17:33 by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah." 17:36 Wow, what faith Hezekiah had. 17:39 Let's see what the king of Assyria had to say. 17:42 Abigail, can you read 2 Chronicles 32:15? 17:48 "Now therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you 17:51 or persuade you like this, and do not believe him, 17:55 for no god of any nation or kingdom 17:57 was able to deliver his people from my hand 17:59 or the hand of my fathers. 18:01 How much less will your God deliver you from my hand?" 18:05 The king of Assyria mocked God, 18:07 saying that he was not strong enough 18:09 to come up against him. 18:11 Do we mock God? No. 18:12 No, we don't. 18:14 2 Chronicles 32:20 tells us 18:16 that King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah 18:20 came together and prayed. 18:22 Mia, can you read 2 Chronicles 32:21? 18:27 "Then the Lord sent an angel 18:28 who cut down every mighty man of valor, leader, 18:32 and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria. 18:35 So he returned shamefaced to his own land. 18:39 And when he had gone into the temple of his god, 18:43 some of his own offspring struck him down 18:45 with the sword there." 18:47 So who was stronger, God or the king of Assyria? 18:50 God! God. 18:52 God fought their battle for them. 18:54 Hezekiah ruled for 29 years and then he died 18:57 and his son Manasseh became king. 18:59 Can you just show us Manasseh on the chart, Aunty Cecily? 19:03 Manasseh did evil in the sight of the Lord. 19:05 He put all the idols back 19:07 that his father Hezekiah had torn down 19:10 and chose to follow the path of his grandfather Ahaz 19:14 and filled up the temple of God with images and false gods, 19:18 but something happened to Manasseh 19:21 that's worth a look at. 19:22 Aunty Cecily, can you read 2 Chronicles 33:11-13? 19:28 "Therefore the Lord brought upon them 19:30 the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, 19:33 who took Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze fetters, 19:38 and carried him off to Babylon. 19:41 Now when he was in affliction, he implored the Lord his God, 19:45 and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 19:50 and prayed to Him, and He received his entreaty, 19:54 heard his supplication, 19:56 and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. 20:00 Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God." 20:04 Wow. What a merciful God we serve. 20:07 Manasseh in his affliction turned his heart to God 20:10 and repented of all his wickedness 20:12 and God forgave him 20:14 and returned him to Jerusalem to his throne. 20:17 Manasseh took down all the idols 20:20 and told Judah 20:21 that they must worship the true God. 20:24 After Manasseh died, his son Amon became king, 20:28 but he did great wickedness and only ruled for two. 20:32 But we have another bright spot, 20:34 after King Amon died, his son became king 20:37 and that's King Josiah. 20:39 Let's read about him. 20:41 Erin, can you read 2 Chronicles 34:1-3? 20:46 "Josiah was eight years old when he became king, 20:49 and he reigned 31 years in Jerusalem. 20:52 And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, 20:54 and walked in the ways of his father David, 20:57 he did not turn aside to the left or right. 21:02 For in the eighth year of his reign, 21:04 while he was still young, 21:06 he began to seek the God of his father David, 21:09 and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah 21:12 and Jerusalem of the high places, 21:14 the wooden images, the carved images, 21:17 and the molded images." 21:20 So Josiah was only eight years old 21:22 when he became king. 21:24 At his young age he took a stand 21:27 and decided he was going to worship God alone. 21:31 Let's have a look at our torchlight 21:33 Mrs. White's writings to see what they shine 21:36 on these verses. 21:38 Aunty Cecily, can you read that for us? 21:42 "Born of a wicked king, beset with temptations 21:46 to follow in his father's steps, 21:48 and with few counselors 21:50 to encourage him in the right way, 21:52 Josiah nevertheless was true to the God of Israel. 21:57 Warned by the errors of past generations, 22:00 he chose to do right, 22:02 instead of descending to the low level of sin 22:06 and degradation to which his father 22:08 and his grandfather had fallen." 22:12 So Josiah was a remarkable young man. 22:15 Now in the process 22:16 of getting rid of all the idols, 22:19 Josiah also repaired the temple 22:22 and they found the Book of the Law 22:24 written by Moses, it had gone missing 22:27 during the time of Manasseh and Amon. 22:30 When King Josiah heard the words, 22:32 he ripped his clothes in grief. 22:34 Let's see what he says, Caleb, 22:36 I'm going to get you to read in 2 Kings 22:13. 22:43 "Go, inquire of the Lord for me, 22:46 for the people and for all Judah, 22:49 concerning the words of this book 22:50 that has been found, 22:52 for great is the wrath of the Lord 22:54 that is aroused against us, 22:56 because our fathers have not obeyed the words 22:58 of this book, 22:59 to do according to all that is written concerning us." 23:04 Thanks, Caleb. 23:05 So King Josiah found out from the prophetess Huldah 23:09 that God was going to end the kingdom of Judah 23:12 because of the evil that had happened 23:14 in the history of Judah and Israel. 23:16 But because of Josiah's faithfulness 23:19 to serve the Lord, 23:20 he was not going to take the kingdom away 23:22 during Josiah's reign. 23:25 If we were to read on, 23:27 the king himself went before his people 23:30 and read the Book of Moses. 23:32 The people took a stand to worship God alone, 23:35 and there was a great reformation in the land. 23:37 Do you know what? 23:39 There is power in the word, that's why we read our Bibles. 23:42 It has power to change our lives. 23:45 Let's look at our memory verse found in Psalm 119:105. 23:52 And let's read that together. 23:55 "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." 24:01 So the Bible can guide us and show us 24:04 how to live a life for God 24:06 and to be a blessing for others. 24:09 Thank you, boys and girls, for reading along with us. 24:12 We have a devotional available that goes into more depth 24:15 on what we have studied today. 24:17 Here's how you can get that. 24:19 Hey, boys and girls, as Aunty Nat said, 24:21 you can get your own devotionals. 24:23 Yes, you can download them free 24:24 from our website atadaywiththeking.com 24:26 and, Anna, we can't forget to tell the kids 24:28 to check out Teddy's blog. 24:30 We have some behind the scene photos 24:31 of filming the program. 24:33 Yes. 24:34 And we also have some photos 24:36 of Teddy going on his annual visit to the vet. 24:37 We love to hear where on the world 24:39 you're watching the program from, 24:41 so drop us a line and let us know. 24:42 Get a pen and write down our email address now 24:45 dwk@3abnaustralia.org.au mailto:dwk@3abnaustralia.org.au 24:49 So hop online today. 24:52 Thanks Kate and Anna. 24:53 We encourage you to download the devotionals 24:56 because they'll help you to read your Bible every day. 24:59 And if you read your Bible every day, 25:01 you will strengthen your relationship with Jesus. 25:05 Yes, and Jesus needs to be our best friend 25:08 if we're going to be ready for His second coming. 25:10 Aunty Cecily, should we read our memory verse 25:12 that we learned in our Bible study today? 25:14 Yes. 25:15 Would you like to read that all together, children? 25:18 Psalm 119:105, 25:23 "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." 25:29 Well, children, 25:31 we have almost come to the end of another worship time. 25:34 Caleb, what did you learn from the King today? 25:37 That the Bible has the power to change us. 25:40 Yes. 25:41 We learned about that today 25:42 with the reformation that happened in Israel 25:45 when God's Word was read to the people by King Josiah. 25:49 Aunty Natty, are you ready to sing our blessing song 25:51 to the children at home? 25:53 Yes, let's do that. 25:54 Children, can you turn around 25:55 so the children at home can see you. 26:04 May God bless you and keep you 26:09 And fill your heart with love 26:14 May God guide and protect you 26:19 And watch you from above 26:24 And Sabbath after Sabbath 26:29 We greet the day of rest 26:35 The day the King of glory 26:40 Has sanctified and blessed 26:45 Goodbye my friend till we meet again 26:50 For another day with the King 26:56 Goodbye! 26:57 See you next Sabbath! 27:06 My favorite stories in the Bible is about Jesus 27:10 because He loves children. 27:16 My favorite Bible story is David 27:18 'cause how he trusted and had lots of faith in God 27:21 through the tough times. 27:25 My favorite story is Ruth 27:27 'cause she was brave to fight and land into a foreign town. |
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