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Series Code: SWJ
Program Code: SWJ000056S
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00:01 Hey kids, it's time for Sabbath School. Grab your Bibles and
00:03 let's go. 00:30 (Miss Ruthie) Hello boys and girls. Welcome to starting with 00:31 Jesus. I am so glad you're here with us today. I want to 00:35 encourage you to start everything you do with Jesus. 00:40 Start your day with Jesus, start your school work with Jesus, 00:44 start every moment with Jesus. We have a great Bible story with 00:50 Miss Michelle that talks about things that apply to us today. 00:55 So you don't want to miss that. It's very important. And we have 00:59 our first week of activities at the end of our Sabbath School. 01:03 So you really want to be able to participate in that. You can go 01:06 to our website at startingwithjesus.com/activities 01:09 and go ahead and download that activity so you can participate. 01:13 It's going to be a whole bunch of fun. Now before we get to 01:17 that let's start with some singing. 01:19 ♪ ♪ 02:42 ♪ ♪ 03:29 ♪ ♪ 04:58 ♪ ♪ 05:02 (Mr. Prewitt) Today we're going to be talking about dogs and I 05:06 want to tell you about a story that really happened to me. 05:08 I was walking on a mountain full of monkeys when I saw something 05:12 up ahead on the ground. But it wasn't a monkey. It was coming 05:16 towards me very quickly and it was ferocious, barking and 05:19 snarling and showing its fangs and it was a mother dog. You 05:25 know, you could tell that she was a mother and she was so 05:29 angry. I had never seen her before. I knew the dogs on my 05:31 mountain. Where did you come from? But she couldn't talk back 05:34 to me. But I knew someone probably dropped her off and do 05:39 you know why she was so ferocious? It's because she was 05:43 scared. She was afraid and I looked behind her and I saw she 05:49 had puppies. So I named her Suzie-Q. I talked to Suzie and 05:55 over the course of several weeks I decided, I'm going to make 05:57 friends with this dog because I noticed that Suzie, she was 06:01 barking at people on bicycles Rrrr, and she bark at people in 06:05 cars, Rrr, and she'd bark at people who were walking by 06:08 Rrr-rrr. Suzie was just a terribly ferocious dog bothering 06:14 everybody. So I had my methods. I won't tell you what I did. 06:17 But once I'd made friends with Suzie, you know what happened? 06:21 Suzie was converted. Now she was a cuddlebug. She loved to come 06:27 near me and, you know what dogs do. She'd kind of back into me 06:29 and try to get as close as she could and kind of push into my 06:32 leg and Suzie would run up. She'd want to smell my breath 06:35 so she'd jump up on me and she was just so friendly. What 06:40 happened is an idea that's described in the Bible. It's in 06:44 1 John chapter 4. Let me read it to you. First John 4 verse 17. 06:50 It says: 07:09 You know what I read here. I read that love can cast out fear 07:15 Why was she so ferocious? It was because she was afraid. She was 07:20 afraid I'd hurt her puppies or hurt her. And when she knew that 07:24 I loved her, her fear went away and her ferociousness went away. 07:27 Now young friends. You know, that you might know people too 07:32 that have anger all the time that always seem like they're 07:35 brats or bullies. Do you know that if you will try hard to 07:40 show them love and kindness sometimes the effect is that 07:44 they'll be born again, they'll be converted. That really what's 07:47 going on is they're just afraid. They're insecure and when they 07:51 know that you really care about them it'll make a difference for 07:54 them. So don't forget 1 John 4:18. It says in the last half 07:58 of the verse that fear has torment. Do you think that Suzie 08:02 liked being ferocious? Of course not. But I'll tell you once 08:07 Suzie began being friendly there was one group that she wasn't 08:12 friendly with. That was some of the people that rode the 08:16 bicycles and I wondered why but I found out. It was because 08:21 these were the people that when she was being ornery and mean 08:24 they threw rocks at her and even after she was born again she 08:29 didn't forget that. So be careful the things you say, the 08:33 way you hurt people when you try to get them back for the 08:36 mean things they do to you even if they're born again, it might 08:40 hurt your friendship with them. We can learn a lot from Suzie. 08:43 That perfect love casts out fear and when fear is gone and love 08:48 comes we can be ready for Jesus. Let me pray with you. 08:51 Our Father in heaven, I'm asking that you would teach us 08:56 how to find the people like Suzie in our life that are 09:00 ferocious and could be converted by love. Teach us how to trust 09:04 you so our own fears will go away. I'm asking for this gift 09:09 and for your Spirit in the name of Jesus. Amen. 09:12 ♪ ♪ 09:38 (Miss Michelle) Hi everybody and welcome back. I'm glad that 09:40 you're here. You see today's story is called Jesus' Last 09:44 Visit to the Temple and this is his last visit where he 09:48 voluntarily went there. Last visits are hard aren't they? 09:52 I remember my last visit with different places that I have 09:57 lived or maybe a school that I taught at or maybe a last visit 10:01 with a dear relative. They're kind of bitter sweet aren't they 10:04 Um and sadly this one was a sad visit and yet it needed to 10:13 happen. Let's find out what happened during this visit. 10:15 Let's pray. 10:16 Dear heavenly Father, thank you so much for loving us. Thank you 10:19 for taking care of us and for blessing us in so many ways. 10:23 Send your Holy Spirit to be with us here today, Lord, to open our 10:26 eyes to new things about you. In your name we pray, Amen. 10:30 We're still on Tuesday of Jesus' last week and this is, as we 10:35 said the last day that Jesus taught in the temple. There was 10:38 one thing that He needed to do that he hadn't... He'd done it 10:42 here and there but never super, super blatently. Well what was 10:45 that? You see His whole life had testified to what His mission 10:50 was and who He truly was and He was pointing others to God and 10:54 what God's character is like. Now the rulers and the Pharisees 10:58 the priests and most of them knew that what He said was true 11:01 but they had refused to believe in Him and follow Him. But there 11:06 were some people that were still on the fence. They were 11:08 wondering, is Jesus the Messiah? Is He truly the Son of God? 11:12 Is He truly the promised one? Jesus needed to plainly call out 11:17 the leaders, the religious leaders of that day and tell the 11:22 people what they were truly about and let the people know 11:25 maybe some things that they didn't know about their leaders. 11:29 Jesus said this although in a very kind voice but one full of 11:33 authority and pity. He said it with kingly authority and He 11:37 said it with power and people listened and they believed what 11:41 He said. And no one could really argue with what He was saying 11:44 about the priests and Pharisees and leaders because all of it 11:48 was true. If they fact checked it, it would have been true. 11:52 And He said this without fear, which is amazing because he laid 11:57 some real big accusations down that were true and we find those 12:02 in Matthew 23 verses 1-36. I'm just going to read a few of them 12:07 If you wanted to read Jesus' whole speech that He gave I 12:13 guess what He said, you could do that but Wow there are some 12:17 really crazy things that He said that were true so they weren't 12:21 even crazy they were true but it was amazing that He had the 12:25 strength and courage to say these things about these very 12:27 powerful leaders of the time. Let's jump in right away here. 12:31 It says here in Matthew 23 Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to 12:37 His disciples saying, The scribes and Pharisees sit in 12:40 Moses's seat. Therefore, whatever they tell you to do 12:43 observe, that observe and do but do not do according to their 12:48 works for they say, but they do not do. 12:51 This is just the beginning. 12:53 For they bind heavy burdens hard to bear and lay them on men's 12:57 shoulders but they themselves they will not move them with one 13:00 of their fingers. 13:02 Whoa and it just gets worse. Let's jump ahead a little bit in 13:05 Matthew 23: They love the best places at feasts and the best 13:09 seats in the synagogues and greetings in the market place 13:12 and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi. But you do not be called 13:16 Rabbi for one is your teacher, the Christ, and you are all 13:21 brethern. Do not call anyone on earth your Father for one is 13:24 your Father and He is in heaven. 13:25 And He continues to talk about what the Pharisees, the 13:30 religious leaders had done wrong And He called them Woes, like 13:33 Woe, watch out. 13:35 But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrits, [means 13:39 you say one thing and do another] for you shut up the 13:42 kingdom of heaven against men for you neither go in yourselves 13:46 nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. [Wow] Woe to 13:51 you blind guides who say whoever swears by the temple it is 13:56 nothing but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is 13:58 obliged to perform it. [It just doesn't make sense what you say] 14:02 Fools and blind but which is greater? The gold of the temple 14:04 or the temple that sanctifies the gold. 14:10 And Jesus continues to just tell them one thing after another 14:14 that they've done wrong. 14:15 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees you hypocrits for you pay tithe 14:20 in mint and anise and cummin and have neglected the weightier 14:22 matters of the law such as justice and mercy and faith. 14:25 These you ought to have done without leaving the others 14:29 undone. [And he continues] Woe [woe, woe, woe] to you scribes 14:35 and Pharisees hypocrits [again and again and again] because you 14:39 build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the 14:41 righteous and say, Oh if we had lived in the days of our fathers 14:44 we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the 14:46 prophets. Therefore, you are witnesses against yourselves 14:49 that you are sons of those who murdered those prophets. Fill up 14:56 then the measure of your fathers' guilt. Serpents, brood 14:59 of vipers, how can you escape the condemnation of hell? [Whoa] 15:04 Therefore indeed I send you prophets, wise men and scribes 15:07 Some of them you will kill and crucify and some of them you 15:10 you will scourge in your synagogue and persecute from 15:12 city to city that on you may come all the righteous blood 15:18 shed on earth and from the blood of the righteous Abel to the 15:21 blood of Zechariah the son of Berechiah whom you have murdered 15:26 between the temple and the altar Assuredly, I say to you all 15:28 these things will come upon this generation. 15:31 And I skipped some verses here and there. That is a loaded 15:37 chapter isn't it of what Jesus to the scribes and Pharisees 15:40 to the leaders of that day. You can imagine, it was not well 15:45 received. Then Jesus continues. He wasn't done yet. This wasn't 15:51 a parable anymore folks. This was Jesus putting it all out 15:55 there. He was showing what they were really like. You may have 16:00 heard these verses before. In verse 37, 38 and 39 I'd like to 16:04 read those to you. 16:06 Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and 16:08 stones those who are sent to her How often I wanted to gather 16:12 your children together as a hen gathers her chicks 16:16 under her wings 16:17 but you were not willing. See your house is left to you 16:23 desolate. For I say to you, you shall see me no more till you 16:27 say blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. 16:30 Your house? Wasn't this God's house? But no, after they 16:35 rejected Jesus, it was no longer God's house. They kept using it 16:41 for many years, nearly 40 years until it was then destroyed. 16:45 When Jesus died it was no longer God's house. The Jews had 16:49 finally rejected the Messiah. Now this was a super sad last 16:58 visit to the temple, wasn't it? But He delivered a very 17:00 important message then. Now you see outside the 17:04 temple some Greeks 17:05 had come. They had heard of Jesus and about Him cleansing 17:08 the temple. They were there for Passover and they wanted to know 17:11 more about Him, but they were Gentiles so they couldn't go 17:13 into the inner courts of the temple. So how did they get 17:16 Jesus's attention? In John, it talks about it. In John 12 verses 17:22 20-22. John 12 verses 20-22. It says, 17:27 Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to 17:31 worship at the feast. Then they came to Philip who was from 17:35 Bethsaida of Galilee and said to him, saying sir, we wish to 17:39 see Jesus. They found one of Jesus's disciples and who knows 17:43 someone might find you someday and tell you, I wish to see 17:48 Jesus. Could you show them what Jesus is like? Hmm. Philip came 17:52 and told Andrew and in turn Andrew and Philip went together 17:55 and told Jesus. 17:56 But Jesus answered them saying, The hour is come that the Son of 17:59 man should be glorified. Most assuredly I say to you, Unless a 18:02 grain of wheat falls onto the ground and dies, it remains 18:06 alone. But if it dies, it produces much grain. He who 18:10 loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this 18:13 world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves Me, let 18:16 him follow Me and where I am there my servant will also be. 18:21 If anyone serves Me him my Father will honor. 18:26 What a cool message he shared with those Greeks wasn't it? 18:30 He said, This one kernal of grain we could just let it live. 18:34 Right? And if it dies, we'll have a huge harvest of grain 18:38 like seeds. Right. Seeds technically have to die and be 18:44 planted in order to grow again. He was talking about what was 18:47 going to happen to Him that very weekend, wasn't He? He sure was. 18:51 And there were listening. Isn't it interesting that at Jesus' 18:57 birth Gentiles came. Where did they come from? The wise men 19:00 came from the east and they came to see the Baby Jesus. And at 19:05 the end of Jesus' life the Greeks came. They came from the 19:09 west and they came to learn about Jesus. Isn't that cool how 19:14 Jesus' life ended and began with everyone seeking Him. Well not 19:19 everyone right? Interesting that the Gentiles were seeking him 19:23 more than the Jews were. Very sad isn't it. Now in John 12 19:28 verse 24 it talked about the kernel of wheat. Right? And in 19:32 verse 25 it talked about how the kernel of wheat had to die. That 19:36 symbolizes us also dying to ourself and Jesus helping us to 19:41 combat those selfish temptations that the devil throws at us. 19:44 Jesus showed people what God was truly like didn't He? And the 19:49 world could also see what Satan was like and see him for who he 19:55 truly is. Now the disciples at this point were still sad, 19:59 confused and disappointed. They were afraid as well. This wasn't 20:04 turning out the way that Sunday had started with the donkey ride 20:07 into Jerusalem. That had been going as they had wanted it to 20:10 go, right, according to their plan. But they could see as they 20:14 were leaving the temple on Tuesday that things weren't 20:17 headed in the direction that they thought it was going and in 20:21 Mark they asked Jesus a question because they were really 20:25 confused by now. I mean a lot of things that had happened 20:28 during Jesus' ministry were confusing to them but by now 20:30 they were just befuddled. They couldn't understand. In Mark 20:34 chapter 13 verse 1 it says: 20:36 Then as He went out of the temple one of the disciples said 20:40 to Him, Teacher see what manner of stones and buildings are here 20:44 And Jesus answered and said to him, Do you see those great 20:48 buildings? Not one stone shall be left upon another that shall 20:52 not be thrown down. Well if they were confused before, they were 20:56 even more confused now. And Matthew, Mark and Luke, three 21:02 gospels all contain Jesus's answer to their question, 21:06 because this was very confusing to them. Let's continue reading 21:11 here what that question was. 21:12 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple Peter 21:16 James, John and Andrew asked Him privately, Tell us when will 21:22 these things be and what will be the sign when all these things 21:25 will be fulfilled? Once again, three gospels answered that 21:30 question. And Jesus told about future events all the way up 21:34 up until the second coming when He would come again. And because 21:39 He told those events that would happen all the way to the end 21:42 they're also really important for us to know as well. You see 21:47 it goes all the way up to: Then they will see the Son of Man 21:50 coming the clouds with great glory and power and then He will 21:53 send His angels and gather together His elect from the four 21:57 winds, from the farthest parts of the earth, from the farthest 22:00 part of heaven. 22:01 Oh! I'm so excited. That was verse 26 and 27. Are you curious 22:06 to know what will happen at the end of time? What will happen in 22:10 the future. Hmm. Tune in next week to find out what Jesus said 22:15 ♪ ♪ 22:29 Thank you, Miss Michelle, for that Bible story. Now last week 22:32 we had some questions. Let's see what those answers were and 22:35 let's see if you got them right. 22:37 ♪ ♪ 22:56 It's time now for our new questions. I really hope you 22:59 were listening today because it was such a good lesson for us. 23:04 So let's see if you can answer these questions. Question #1: 23:23 Question #2: 23:30 Is what Jesus told his disciples about the end times important 23:34 for us today? 23:36 Now I think I kind of gave you a hint as to the answer for that 23:40 last one. But you can send in your answers to us at: 23:44 answers@startingwithjesus.com and we'll give you a shout out 23:48 in our next week's lesson 23:50 ♪ ♪ 24:03 The memory verse for today was found in John 12 verse 26 said: 24:08 If anyone serves me let him follow me and him will my father 24:14 honor. 24:15 ♪ ♪ 24:30 Hey boys and girls. Welcome to activity time. We have a new 24:32 section where we're going to be doing some fun things together. 24:35 Now that it's warm we'll be doing some things outside and 24:38 some crafts. It'll be really fun and Miss Michelle is going to be 24:42 doing the craft. So, are you ready? Let's go! 24:46 Hi, it's Michelle, the other Michelle. We're going to do an 24:50 activity together so before you start be sure to go to: 24:55 startingwithjesus.com/activities There you'll find instructions 24:59 of what we're going to be doing. So what you'll need is a pair of 25:04 scissors, a pencil, crayons, a Bible, and a printed book, and a 25:13 stapler. All right. Are you ready? This is what we're going 25:17 to do. Okay, so the first thing we are going to do is write our 25:21 name here. My name is Michelle so I'm going to write Michelle 25:24 here on the line and then we're going to read our verse which is 25:28 John chapter 12 verse 24. 25:31 ♪ ♪ 25:42 Now let's illustrate that. I'm going to draw some grass here 25:46 and fill it in with some dirt and then draw a seed that has 25:51 been planted and then a sprout and a plant coming out because 25:55 that's what I got from this verse, but you draw whatever you 25:59 got from this verse. Now some of you may not enjoy drawing so 26:03 what you can do is you can print out a picture and paste it onto 26:07 that same place of illustration. This next section I'm going to 26:13 leave blank because I want to see what you learned from this 26:17 verse. So I'm not going to write anything. After reading this 26:21 verse I'm going to title this Illustrations by Jesus. 26:25 Now our next verse is Matthew 23:37. I'm actually not 26:33 going to fill this out because I want to see what you got from 26:37 this verse. You can send pictures of your finished 26:41 booklets to: media@startingwithjesus.com 26:46 Now this next part you'll want to have an adult help you with. 26:49 You're going to take some scissors and cut along these 26:53 black lines. So this first one and the second line and remember 26:58 to cut both sheets. Okay, now that we're all done, we can 27:05 staple it all together just like that. Wonderful solid work kids. 27:10 Thank you so much for joining us today. Don't forget to go to our 27:15 website at startingwithjesus.com/ongard 27:20 to find out ways that you'll be able to participate in our 27:24 upcoming VBS program this summer Now let's pray and thank Jesus 27:29 for our program today. 27:30 Our Father in heaven, thank you so much for your love. Thank you 27:34 for all you do for us. I pray that you will be with us and 27:39 keep us safe and in your care. I pray that you will help us to 27:47 remember these things that we learned today in our Sabbath 27:49 School that you will help us to put them in our hearts because 27:53 we know that you are coming soon. Help us to share with our 27:56 neighbors. Help us to share with our friends the fact that you 27:59 are coming soon and how much you love us. Thank you for today. 28:02 Help us to be more like you. In Jesus' name, Amen. 28:07 Thank you for watching. Have a blessed week and keep in touch. 28:10 ♪ ♪ |
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