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Series Code: SWJ
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00:01 Hey kids, it's time for Sabbath School. So grab your Bibles and
00:03 let's go. 00:04 ♪ ♪ 00:30 Hello boys and girls, welcome back to Starting With Jesus. 00:34 (Miss Ruthie) I'm so glad you're here with us today. We have an 00:37 an exciting program for you. We have a really interesting 00:41 mission story during our sharing time. And during our story with 00:46 Miss Michelle we have a story about a party that a bunch of 00:51 people were invited to and didn't want to go. Before we get 00:56 to those though let's join in some singing. 01:00 ♪ ♪ 02:08 ♪ ♪ 03:00 ♪ ♪ 03:35 ♪ ♪ 03:40 Hi kids. My name's Heather. I'm really glad to be here with you. 03:44 I hope you're having a really good day. I have a story for you 03:49 and the story comes from the country of South Korea. When I 03:55 was 10 years old, are any of you 10 years old? When I was 10 my 04:01 my family moved to Korea and I lived in South Korea for a year. 04:06 I had never left America before that, so this was a very new 04:12 experience for me. Let's look at the globe again to see where 04:16 South Korea is. Here's America where I was living in Tennessee 04:23 and we flew to California and then we took a really big flight 04:30 over the Pacific Ocean over Japan and here is South Korea. 04:36 Maybe you can ask your parents to look up some pictures of it. 04:40 There are some very pretty mountains and places there. 04:44 Well would you like to learn a little bit of Korean. I'll teach 04:49 you to say Hello. You say annyeong haseyo, annyeong haseyo 04:57 Can you say that? annyeong haseyo. Good job. Well in Korea 05:05 my mother and my sister were teaching English and because I 05:09 was only 10 years old I was going to school and being a 05:14 student. I was home schooled. So I would go to school in the 05:19 living room where one day our teacher that teaches us Korean 05:24 came over to the house. My mother was talking to him. 05:29 He had already taught us a lesson in the Korean language 05:33 and now she was just serving him I think some food and they were 05:38 talking while I was doing my homework in the living room. 05:42 I could just barely hear what they were talking about and I 05:49 heard that she was telling him a familiar story. He was asking 05:54 about Jesus. Who is Jesus? He wasn't raised in a place where 05:59 Jesus was talked about very much so he didn't know. She was 06:04 telling him the story of Jesus and how he came because he loved 06:10 us because God so loved the world he gave his only Son that 06:15 whoever believes in him will not die but have everlasting life. 06:20 And she told the story of how Jesus died on the cross for us 06:26 so that we can live. I had heard this story my whole life but I 06:32 was hearing it with new ears. It was as if I had never heard 06:37 it before and it touched my heart. And after our Korean 06:42 teacher left she came in to check on me as I was doing my 06:46 school work and I had tears in my eyes because they were happy 06:52 tears because I realized what Jesus had done for me and I gave 06:56 my heart to Jesus at that time. It has been a very nice journey 07:01 of learning to grow and learn more about Jesus my whole life. 07:05 But I'm so glad for that experience in South Korea. 07:09 And the lesson we can take from this story is that when we 07:14 choose to reach out to other people and help them know more 07:18 about Jesus, you know what happens? We learn more about 07:22 Jesus. When we seek to bring other people closer to Jesus 07:28 we become closer to Jesus ourselves and he's able to teach 07:32 us more about himself. I hope you will take every opportunity 07:37 you have to reach out to other people and help them know about 07:41 the story of Jesus because then Jesus will be able to do a work 07:46 in your own heart that will be very special. 07:49 ♪ ♪ 07:56 Miss Michelle blowing up a balloon and stretching crepe 07:59 paper streamer. Let's the balloon go and it deflates. She says, 08:02 Oh, man. Oh, I um. Oh hey, I was just trying to get ready for my 08:09 son's two-year-old birthday party. I can't believe he's two 08:13 already. How could time have gone so quickly? Today's lesson 08:18 is called The Party That Many People Missed. What does that 08:24 tell you? Let's find out why. 08:26 Dear heavenly Father, we thank you for loving us. We thank you 08:29 for planning the ultimate party, a heavenly party, just for us. 08:33 Please help us to be ready for that party, Lord. Help us each 08:37 day to ask you into our hearts and to prepare us for that soon 08:41 coming day. Send you Spirit to guide us. We thank you. In your 08:45 name we pray. Amen. 08:46 Now who doesn't love a good party? Right? I know my son 08:50 who's almost two can say party really well because he's so 08:54 excited for his birthday party. And part of today's story talks 08:59 about a party. So that'll be fun. Right? Jesus was invited 09:03 though first... Well there's kind of two parts to the story. 09:06 First we're going to talk about one meal and then we're going 09:08 to talk about another meal and we're going to talk actually 09:11 about a third meal, but we'll get there. Jesus was invited to 09:14 a Pharisee's house to eat for Sabbath lunch. You heard it 09:21 correctly. Jesus was invited to a Pharisee's house to eat for 09:24 Sabbath lunch. Yeah. And we're going to jump right into the 09:30 Bible and find out why that was. Why would Miss Michelle be so 09:34 surprised that this would happen Any guesses? If you've been 09:39 listening along you might know why it would be confusing for a 09:43 Pharisee to invite Jesus over. Were Pharisees like Jesus' 09:46 biggest fans? Did they believe that he was the Messiah come 09:49 from God? No. So why would they go to the trouble of having warm 09:53 hospitality in inviting him over? Hmm. Kind of seems like a 09:57 setup to me. I don't know. I'm a little suspicious. 10:00 Now it happened [We're in Luke 14 verse 1] Now it happened as 10:04 he went into the house one of the rulers of the Pharisees 10:07 to eat bread on Sabbath that they watched him closely. 10:12 That's awkward. Right? Have you ever felt like people were 10:15 watching you in church or somewhere? Kind of feels 10:18 awkward. I know I used to think that when I was younger and come 10:21 to find out, they weren't watching me, but it just felt 10:23 like it. Jesus could tell all the eyes in the room were on 10:26 him. Why? Let's keep reading. 10:28 And behold a certain man before him had dropsy. 10:33 Now dropsy. That is not a medical term that I was familiar 10:39 with and dropsy makes me think of dropping things but that is 10:42 not, in fact, what it was. Dropsy actually our lesson 10:49 explained to us that dropsy was when part of your body like 10:52 swells up and starts to hurt. So if you think about it kind of 10:56 being like a balloon, which is like a horrible example, but 10:58 like you know maybe if you fell hit your knee and your knee gets 11:03 bigger that's what swelling is. Right? And it's our body's way 11:07 to try to fight infection and fight whatever is hurt there. 11:11 It was really painful for him and the Pharisees had laid a 11:16 trap. They had invited the sick man on purpose because, well, 11:22 they wanted to see what Jesus would do. What day was it? 11:25 That's right. It was the Sabbath So let's see what happens. 11:29 Hmm. The plot thickens. 11:31 ...a man who had dropsy. And Jesus answering spoke to the 11:35 lawyers and the Pharisees saying [Ah] Is it lawful to heal on the 11:39 Sabbath. But they kept silent. 11:43 They knew that doing nice things on the Sabbath was okay to do. 11:47 They knew that the Pharisees' laws were ridiculous. Right? 11:51 They knew in their heart of hearts that the right thing to 11:53 do for Jesus would be to heal that man. So asking a question 11:57 is actually like pretty good strategy right there. Right? 11:59 And he took him and healed him and let him go. 12:05 How uncomfortable it must have been for that man. A room full 12:08 of important people. Right? And this man who just didn't feel 12:13 like he fit in. But Jesus healed him and said, You can go home 12:17 now. He had passed the test. Right? They couldn't argue with 12:23 his logic. Is it okay to do good on the Sabbath? Hmm. Healed him. 12:29 Silence. They had nothing. Verses 4-6 is what we just read. 12:34 We're in Luke chapter 14. Jesus loved all these lawyers and 12:39 Pharisees in this room even though they were trying to get 12:42 him into trouble like right then he still loved them and he 12:45 wanted them so badly to see the truth of God's love and be saved 12:51 And I suppose people watching I'm sure like you know people 12:55 watch like maybe I do sometimes. Okay, you do? Okay. It's kind of 12:59 fun to watch people. They're really interesting. Right? And 13:01 Jesus was watching, looking around the room and he noticed 13:03 a couple of things. The first thing that Jesus noticed was 13:06 that everyone selfishly when they came into the room were 13:09 like trying to get to the best spot at the table or in the room 13:13 and he said in his heart of hearts, time for a parable, time 13:18 for a story to help people see how ridiculous that is to feel 13:22 like you need to be the most important. And that's in verse 8 13:25 When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit 13:32 in the best place lest one more honorable than you be invited by 13:36 him and he who invited you and him comes and says to you [ah, 13:40 you need to give this place to this man] and then you begin 13:43 with shame [and they take you] to the lowest place. But when 13:47 you are invited go sit down at the lowest place so that when he 13:50 who invited you comes he may say to you, friend go up higher. 13:54 Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the 13:57 table with you. For whoever exalts himself will be humbled 14:01 and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. 14:03 That makes a lot of sense. Right? Instead of trying to be 14:07 in the best place wouldn't it be nicer if someone actually said 14:10 to you, I'd like you to be in the best place, instead of just 14:13 assuming that that's where you belong. Hmm. That was a pretty 14:16 direct parable wasn't it? The other thing that he noticed was 14:19 that only important people were invited besides the man with 14:23 dropsy who was a trap, who was a setup. Right? Who was trying 14:26 to get Jesus to mess up so that they could get him in trouble. 14:29 There were no poor people there, no sick people besides the man 14:32 and no needy people. And this really bothered Jesus too. It 14:37 made him feel uncomfortable and so he said: 14:42 He also said to him who invited him [we're in verse 12 now] 14:44 When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, 14:47 your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors lest they 14:51 also invite you back and you be repaid. But when you give a 14:55 feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame and the blind 14:58 and you will be blessed because they cannot repay you for you 15:03 shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just. 15:06 We call that one-upping. So often maybe we try to do 15:10 something nice for someone and then they feel like they have to 15:12 do something nice for us and then back and forth and back and 15:14 forth and then we're really not doing it to be nice. We're just 15:17 doing it to look good. And I think that's what Jesus was 15:19 saying right there. Hmm. This is getting really awkward. Because 15:24 he had called out two like big things they really liked to do 15:27 that were like not appropriate and not very kind and not very 15:30 Christ like or Christian. Right? But one of the people there 15:35 decided to switch up the subject Have you ever heard someone say, 15:38 So about the weather? They're trying to change the 15:41 conversation to make it less awkward. And he chose a great 15:44 topic. In fact, he chose to talk about heaven. This picture is on 15:48 my dresser at home and I just love it because it makes me 15:51 think of heaven. And I can't wait for heaven. I hope you're 15:53 excited too. So they decided to talk about heaven. Now the Jews 15:58 thought that they were just a shoe-in for heaven. Right? They 16:01 were God's chosen people. They would just get in just because. 16:05 But the Gentiles and Samaritans would obviously not be there. 16:08 Obviously. In fact, they even believed that they might be on 16:11 the outside looking in wishing they were there. And so once 16:15 again, story time with Jesus. Luke chapter 14 verses 16 and 17 16:21 says: Then he said to him a certain man gave a great supper 16:25 and invited many and sent his servant at suppertime to say 16:29 to those who were invited, Come for all things are now ready. 16:32 But they all with one accord began to make excuses. 16:42 Hope you haven't made an excuse before. Mmm-mmm. 16:44 The first said to him, I have bought a piece of ground [some 16:47 land] and I must go and see it. I ask you to have me excused. 16:53 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen and I am going 16:56 to test them out. I ask you to have me excused. Still another 17:01 said [Ah] I've married a wife and therefore I cannot come. 17:04 [Really, okay] So that servant came and reported these things 17:09 to the master. Then the master of the house became angry. 17:12 I would be frustrated too. He had put a lot of effort into the 17:16 party. He'd gotten all the party supplies. They were all set to 17:20 go and then all the people he had invited made up these 17:23 ridiculously rude, selfish excuses. Like you couldn't bring 17:27 your wife to the party or the land's not going to be there 17:31 tomorrow or you have to see your oxen this instant? They just 17:37 didn't make any sense did they? And they were ridiculous excuses 17:43 and thus the person who planned the party was angry and that 17:47 makes sense to me. I would be frustrated too. 17:49 So he said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and 17:54 lanes of the city and bring in here the poor, the maimed, the 17:58 lame and the blind and the servant said, Master it is done 18:01 as you commanded and there is still room. Then the master said 18:06 to the servant, Go out to the highways and hedges and compel 18:09 them to come in that my house may be filled. For I say to you 18:16 that none of those men who are invited shall taste my supper. 18:20 It was too late for them wasn't it? They had made up excuses and 18:25 they no longer were going to be able to enjoy the supper. Now 18:28 Miss Michelle said we were going to talk about three dinners and 18:31 that's right. We talked about the dinner that the Pharisee set 18:34 up to try to trick Jesus into getting into trouble. We talked 18:37 about the dinner in the parable that Jesus talked about where 18:40 people made excuses and thus missed out. And, the third 18:45 dinner that we're going to be talking about the marriage 18:47 supper of the Lamb. You see the parable was symbolizing. 18:52 A parable is a story with deeper meaning. Right? And it was 18:54 symbolizing the marriage supper of the Lamb. When will that be? 18:57 In heaven. And Jesus has invited each one of us, everyone in the 19:02 whole world to be there. We'll jump to the very end of the 19:05 story. Revelation chapter 19 verses 7-9 say: 19:09 Let us be glad and rejoice and give him glory for the marriage 19:13 of the Lamb has come and his wife [that's the church] has 19:17 made herself ready. And to here it was granted to be arrayed in 19:20 fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the 19:24 righteous acts of the saints. Then he said to me, Write, 19:27 blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the 19:30 Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true saints of God. 19:35 Jesus wants us to be there. Let's not make excuses. Let's 19:40 not make excuses in our lives. Let's not make excuses to miss 19:45 out on such an important and exciting meal. Our memory verse 19:52 says: He who humbles himself will be exalted. Luke chapter 14 19:55 verse 11. Let's not be like those Pharisees and priests and 19:59 lawyers of those days who thought that they were so 20:02 important that they just were better than everybody else. 20:08 Let's remember to humble ourselves before God because 20:11 He will lift us up and he can't wait to sit down with you at the 20:15 marriage supper of the Lamb. I just can't even imagine what's 20:19 going to be on the menu. It's making me hungry just thinking 20:21 about it. But most of all I am hungry symbolically to spend 20:26 that time with Jesus. Aren't you? I cannot wait. And He can't 20:31 wait either. Let's not miss out on the party like the people in 20:35 the parable today. Let's be there. And I can't wait to meet 20:39 each one of you from all over the world right there. Where 20:42 shall we meet? I was thinking maybe the tree of life. I'll see 20:46 you there and I'll see you again next time for another adventure 20:49 in God's world. 20:51 ♪ ♪ 21:05 Hi moms and dads. My name is Ashley and I want to invite you 21:07 to a new program we have for the littlest children up to five 21:10 years old. The Seedpod for Beginners is a way for them to 21:13 start their day with Jesus. My girls are almost two and four 21:17 and they love to do the singing, repeating memory verses 21:20 and hearing short Bible and nature stories. I want to share 21:24 this program with you for your children. Not every morning 21:26 we'll be releasing podcasts Sundays and Mondays all the way 21:30 through 2021. Repetition is so good for the young one. You can 21:34 alternate with two programs all week long all the way till 21:37 Sabbath. Hope you enjoy. Find us at startingwithjesus.com/seedpod 21:42 ♪ ♪ 21:52 Thank you, Miss Michelle, for that story. I wouldn't want to 21:55 miss out on a party like that. Would you? Let's always tell 21:58 Jesus yes when He invites us to that feast that we're 22:03 going to have 22:04 one day in heaven. Now it's time to review our questions 22:08 from last week so let's see what the answers were to last week's 22:13 questions. 22:14 ♪ ♪ 22:31 We have some new questions for you. Are you ready? 22:35 Question #1: 22:49 Question #2: Jesus told a parable about a rich man who 22:55 invited his friends to a big party. 23:11 Question #3: After he invited those people he invited some 23:19 others. 23:28 You can send your answer to us at answers@startingwithjesus.com 23:33 or you can tag us on Instagram or Facebook at 23:36 startingwithjesusministries. We are enjoying seeing how you're 23:41 participating in Sabbath School. 23:43 ♪ ♪ 23:54 Miss Ruthie, what time is it? 23:56 It's time for our memory verse. 23:57 Let's say it together Luke 14:11 24:00 He who humbles himself 24:01 will be exalted. 24:02 Luke 14:11. 24:04 ♪ ♪ 24:19 When I was a little boy I loved to play with fire. (Dr. Eric) 24:24 Maybe like some of you watching. You love to play with fire. 24:28 Whenever we were camping there'd be a camp fire and I'd get a 24:31 long stick and kind of poke at the fire and maybe light the end 24:34 of the stick on fire. When I got a little bit older my mommy and 24:38 daddy would let me light the fire. And I'd get big sticks and 24:41 little sticks and maybe some grass or some paper. And I put 24:44 them together very carefully and then I'd light the fire for that 24:46 evening. Oh it was so much fun. But my mommy and daddy always 24:50 told me, Don't play with fire. It's dangerous. You can get 24:55 burned. Well one day as we were camping I looked at a different 25:01 campsite and there were some older boys lighting their camp 25:04 fire. And they got what looked like some gasoline and put it 25:07 all over the sticks that they were going to light for their 25:12 fire. One of them struck a match and whoosh there was this large 25:17 flame that went up and the fire went very quickly. Oh it was so 25:21 exciting. And I said, Hmm that looks like playing with fire but 25:25 it sure looked like a lot of fun So that evening when it was time 25:28 for me to light my fire I got some of the camping gas that we 25:33 had and I dripped it on the sticks and I built my fire 25:36 carefully and I put a little more gas on and then I stood as 25:40 far back as I could and I struck a match and threw it on the fire 25:43 but the match went out. So I had to get a little closer and I 25:47 struck a match and threw it on the fire, but the match went out 25:49 So I had to get very close and I struck a match and I touched the 25:54 sticks that were soaked with gas and whoosh! There was a sudden 25:59 explosion and I learned why my mommy and daddy said, Don't play 26:04 with fire. I'm thankful I wasn't badly burned but all of my 26:08 eyebrows and all the hair on my head, the end of each hair was 26:12 melted. It was singed and there was a funny little ball on the 26:15 end of every single hair. I learned an important lesson 26:18 about never playing with fire. 26:23 ♪ ♪ 26:28 I'm so glad that you've joined us for this program. We have 26:32 some really exciting announcements to make 26:35 before we close. We want to have ways for you to be able to 26:39 participate in our program. So if you have found a nature 26:43 lesson that you really like you can send it to Miss Katie at 26:48 nature@startingwithjesus.com. Or if you have a Sabbath 26:52 activity that you enjoy or something you really enjoy doing 26:55 with Jesus, special time with Jesus, you can send that to us 27:00 at info.@startingwithjesus.com. We would love to see different 27:05 ways that you are sharing Jesus or different ways that you are 27:09 finding time to spend just especially with Jesus. So send 27:13 them to us and let us know things that you like to do. 27:16 It's time to close our program. And let's end with a prayer. 27:20 Our Father in heaven, thank you so much that you love us. Thank 27:24 you so much that you have invited us to come to that 27:29 wonderful feast that you have prepared for us in heaven. 27:32 I pray that each one of these children watching today will 27:35 accept that invitation and they will give their hearts to you so 27:39 that you can come in and make them ready for that wonderful 27:43 day when you come again. I pray that you will cleanse us from 27:47 all our sins and help us to be like you. Help us to be kind, 27:51 help us to be loving and help us to start every day with you. 27:54 We love you. In Jesus' name Amen. 27:57 Thank you for watching. Have a blessed week and keep in touch. 28:01 ♪ ♪ |
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