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00:24 Hello boys and girls. (Miss Ruthie) Welcome back to Starting 00:26 With Jesus. I'm so glad you're here with us today. Today we 00:32 have an exciting Bible story because it's a promise to us 00:37 about something that's going to be happening very soon. So I am 00:42 looking forward to that with Miss Michelle. And we have 00:45 another exciting activity time that you won't want to miss 00:50 after Miss Michelle's Bible story. So make sure to watch for 00:54 that. But before we get to that let's go and let's sing together 00:58 ♪ ♪ 02:18 ♪ ♪ 03:26 ♪ ♪ 04:20 ♪ ♪ 04:25 Hi boys and girls and welcome to another page in God's great book 04:27 of nature. Do you ever take the time to look up at the sky. I do. 04:32 (Miss Gloria) And when I do my thoughts are lifted to heavenly 04:35 things. I start wondering about heaven and what it will be like 04:38 when we get there. I picture myself choosing the perfect spot 04:41 for a picnic with Jesus. Delicious fruit. All of the 04:45 animals would be there. I would thank Him for everything He's 04:48 done for me and then we'd take a spin around the universe. 04:51 Um, well the Bible tells us that no man has ever seen what heaven 04:57 's like but I'm pretty sure it's going to be really wonderful 05:01 and Jesus has a lot of surprises for us. We're going to get to 05:06 play with the animals and pick flowers and nothing will die up 05:10 there. It's going to be really fun. 05:11 Seems like God has prepared such wonderful things for us that we 05:14 can't even begin to imagine but it's still fun the wonder. 05:19 Hmm, what do I think heaven will be like? I think it will be like 05:25 no pain, no hot, complete paradise. 05:30 I think it will be very beautiful and very fun 05:33 for the kids. 05:37 When we go up there He has something for us. 05:40 I think heaven's going to be very pretty. I think there are 05:43 going to be lots and lots of mountains to climb. I think 05:46 there's going to be beautiful water to swim in. I think there 05:51 are going to be lots of trees. I think we're going to be able 05:54 to fly. 05:55 Something nice with no sin and no pain, no suffering. 06:02 Shiny. 06:04 I think that it will be beautiful colors of gold and that 06:11 we will be able to fly. 06:14 I think that when we get to heaven then I'll have a new names 06:22 I think when we get to heaven that it's going to be beautiful 06:29 and that nothing will die in heaven because I know it won't. 06:35 And the grass will be beautiful green, better than any grass 06:44 and that's all. 06:47 Hmm, well you know what I want to do when I get to heaven. 06:54 I want to fly above the clouds with Jesus and I also want to 06:59 meet Jesus. 07:00 When I get to heaven I want to climb the tree of life. I'll get 07:04 all the way to the top and eat the fruit. 07:07 Giggles, I want to eat everything. 07:14 Go exploring the woods. 07:16 Imagining about heaven is wonderful but you know what the 07:20 wonderful thing about heaven will be is that we get to be 07:23 with Jesus for all eternity. Oh what a day of rejoicing. 07:26 I can't wait. 07:29 When we all get to heaven, What a day of rejoicing that will be 07:36 When we all see Jesus, We'll sing and shout the victory. 07:46 When we all get to heaven I hope to see you there boys and girls 07:50 Until next time, keep looking for treasures in God's great 07:53 book of nature. Adios. 07:55 ♪ ♪ 08:00 Hey everybody. Have you ever had some really good news that you 08:04 can't wait to share with people. Well Miss Michelle has some 08:08 really good news that I'm going to share with you but first 08:10 we're going to pray. 08:12 Dear heavenly Father. Thank you for loving us, for being the 08:14 awesome, awesome God that you are. Thank you for your Holy 08:18 Spirit that you have sent to us to be our Helper and our Guide 08:21 Send your Holy Spirit now. In your name we pray, amen. 08:24 Well, Miss Michelle, you may be asking. What is your good news? 08:29 And I'm going to show you a picture of my good news. Are you 08:32 ready to see a picture? Does anybody know what that is? 08:37 Maybe your parents have showed you a picture like this before. 08:40 That's right. It's a baby. It's a baby and guess where the baby 08:45 is? Growing inside Miss Michelle We're going to have a baby in 08:49 September. Isn't that exciting. And it's such good news that I 08:53 just have to tell everyone. Although if you see me in person 08:55 my stomach will tell you without me even having to say anything. 09:00 Because the baby's growing. It's going to be a baby girl and 09:04 we're so excited. That news is so exciting it makes it really 09:08 easy to tell other people because we're so excited about 09:10 it. And today we're going to talk about some more exciting 09:13 news that we should be excited about telling everyone about as 09:17 well. Jesus had made two promises to His disciples that 09:21 they had forgotten. Are you ready to hear what they are? 09:24 The first one is in Matthew 27 verse 63 and it says: Sir we 09:30 remember while He was still alive that the deceiver said 09:33 after three days I will rise. Now this was during the Pilot 09:37 trial and these were people who weren't even believers in Jesus 09:40 yet they had remembered that Jesus said He would rise again 09:44 after three days. And the disciples had forgotten that 09:46 fact. What was promise number two? It's found in Matthew 26 09:51 verse 32; 26 verse 32, let me flip back a page here, says: 09:57 He was talking with his disciples at this time before 10:04 His death and He said: But after I have been raised I will go 10:07 before you to Galilee. So they even knew about that beach meet 10:12 up with Jesus before He died and yet they had forgotten those two 10:15 important promises. Jesus appeared to the disciples 10:19 without Thomas. Remember that? And then He appeared to lots of 10:22 people in Jerusalem, or they told lots of people in Jerusalem 10:26 He didn't appear to them right then but they told everybody 10:28 that they could tell in Jerusalem and there were still a 10:30 lot of people there because of Passover, right? And they told 10:34 as many people as possible that he's going to meet us in Galilee 10:39 Now you can imagine that all the people wanted to meet the guy 10:43 who had died and yet was alive, right? Even if they didn't 10:46 believe in Jesus they were very curious. So many people, in fact 10:50 it says in the Bible at least 500 people came to Galilee for 10:55 that meeting to see and hear Jesus for themselves. The 11:00 disciples were witnessing there to the people and actually 11:04 especially Thomas who had since then seen Jesus was witnessing 11:08 to the people and he said, At first I didn't believe and now I 11:11 believe and He's alive and isn't it exciting. And they were 11:15 were telling everything about Jesus to everybody who was there 11:17 and anyone who would listen when Jesus appeared to them. And 11:21 that's in Matthew 28 verse 18. So let's skip over there. Now 11:26 Matthew 28 verse 18 says: And Jesus came and spoke to them 11:32 saying, All authority has been given to me in heaven and on 11:37 earth. What does authority mean? Someone who has a position of 11:41 authority that means they have a position of power or they have a 11:43 position over other people. And I can't think of anyone that I'd 11:48 rather have authority over me than Jesus, right? Jesus was 11:52 both God and man. And we've talked about that in the past. 11:56 It's a mind-boggling topic that even an adult can't even 12:00 fathom. In heaven, we're going to have to have Jesus sit up down 12:03 for a really good lesson over how on earth that's possible 12:06 right? And He was the only human to obey the 10 commandments. 12:12 And the cool part is He'll help us to do that. Now let's go over 12:16 to Luke because our lesson study says something important is in 12:19 Luke 24. Let's check it out. Luke 24 verses 46-49 says the 12:29 following: Then He said to them Thus it is written and thus it 12:32 was necessary for Christ to suffer and rise from the dead 12:36 the third day. And that repentance and remission of sin 12:40 should be preached in His name to all nations beginning at 12:45 Jerusalem and you are my witnesses of these things. 12:49 Behold I send the promise of my Father upon you but tarry in the 12:54 city of Jerusalem until you are endued, you are given, the power 12:59 from on high. Jesus said you're my witnesses, you're my 13:03 missionaries and I'm going to give you power. Hang out in 13:06 Jerusalem and I'm going to send power to you. Whoa! I can't 13:12 think of anyone I'd rather get power from than Jesus, right? 13:16 He was a perfect human and He died for us. Wow! Died in our 13:25 place. He died in our place. He longs to live in our hearts and 13:29 He can't wait for us to live with Him forever. I can't wait 13:33 either, right? Now the gospel, you may have heard that word a 13:40 lot and maybe you know what it means and maybe you don't. So 13:43 I'm glad that we're going to talk about it. The gospel it 13:46 talks about in Matthew 24 verse 14. We read this verse last week 13:50 too. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all 13:54 the world as a witness to all the nations and then the end 13:58 will come. Now we know that the end is just the beginning for 14:01 Jesus's followers. But gospel. I'm going to ask you take out 14:06 the word gospel in that verse and we're going to put two 14:08 different words in that describe the meaning. It might 14:10 help you understand it better. And this good news of the 14:15 kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all 14:18 the nations and then the end will come. Does that make more 14:23 sense? That's right. Miss Michelle's good news pales in 14:26 comparison to the good news of the gospel of what Jesus did for 14:32 us. Of course, we're excited about having a new baby in our 14:34 family, but I'm so excited about the promise and what Jesus has 14:40 done for us. That's like even better news and we should be 14:43 even more excited about telling that to other people, right? 14:45 Yep. And that's what Jesus asked us to do, preach it to all the 14:50 world. Forty days after the resurrection Jesus and His 11 14:56 disciples were back in Jerusalem and they came to the Garden of 15:01 Gethsemane. We're going to pick up this story in the book of 15:04 Acts. That's right. We're moving out of the gospels and into the 15:07 book of Acts. Dun, dun, dun. We spent a lot of time in the 15:12 gospels because they're really important, right? Do you 15:14 remember what the gospels are? They're the first four books of 15:18 the New Testament, Matthew, Mark Luke and John. And the gospels 15:22 tell the story of the gospel, the good news of Jesus, right? 15:25 Acts, the title in my Bible says Acts of the Apostles. Apostles 15:30 are like followers of Jesus, right? And Acts of the Apostles 15:34 tells the history of the early church. All right. We're going 15:38 start in chapter 1. And it says: Chapter 1 I think is where they 15:42 want us to start. Let me double check. Yes, 1:1-3: The former 15:48 account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do 15:52 and teach until the day in which He was taken up after He through 16:02 the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles 16:04 whom He had chosen to whom He also presented Himself alive 16:09 after His suffering by many infallible proofs being seen by 16:13 them during 40 days and speaking of these things pertaining to 16:16 the kingdom of God. So many infallible proofs. There was no 16:19 way that people could believe that Jesus wasn't alive. He 16:23 showed up so many times and they knew in their hearts that Jesus 16:27 was alive. They had seen Him with their very eyes that He was 16:30 alive. No one could question that fact. And that's where 16:37 we're going to continue our story for today. See what 16:41 happens next. Now Jesus came to the Garden of Gethsemane and 16:45 ascended, or went up, the Mount of Olives. It was near Bethany 16:49 and we all know that Bethany was a dear place to our Savior's 16:52 heart. That's where Lazarus, Martha and Mary lived, His very 16:54 dear disciples, right? And in verse 8 it says, Jesus says, 16:59 because it's in red letters: But you shall receive power when the 17:02 Holy Spirit has come upon you and you shall be witnesses to me 17:06 in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria and to the end of 17:11 the earth. That's right. Now when He had spoken these things 17:16 while they were watching, what happens? I don't know if I'm 17:20 supposed to tell you that part yet. Let me see. I'm going to 17:22 skip ahead. I am! So I'll keep reading. He was taken up and a 17:28 cloud received Him out of their sight. So He was raising His 17:32 hands and teaching them, telling them these things and then He 17:36 started slowly going up, up, up, up, up, up into the sky. You can 17:39 imagine they just watched and watched and watched until He 17:43 disappeared into a bright cloud of angels. Now Jesus had 17:49 promised that they would receive power when the Holy Spirit comes 17:55 upon you and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem. And they 18:00 believed that. Jesus said in Matthew, it actually talks about 18:04 this as well in Matthew 28 it says: Um And Jesus said to them 18:09 Do not be afraid and go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee 18:12 where they will see me. And then at the end, it says: All 18:16 authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go 18:18 therefore and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in 18:21 the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, teaching 18:25 them to observe all things that I have commanded you and lo I am 18:28 with you always even to the end of the age. Amen. What a 18:33 beautiful promise He left them with, didn't He? Then out of 18:37 nowhere they heard two very nice voices. They were talking to 18:42 them. They had been just watching up into the sky and 18:44 when they heard the voices they turned and looked and while they 18:48 had steadfastly looked toward heaven as He went up behold two 18:52 men stood beside them in white apparel; they had white clothes 18:56 on. And they also said to them, Men of Galilee, why do you stand 19:00 gazing into heaven. This same Jesus who is taken from you into 19:04 heaven will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into 19:11 heaven. The same Jesus. The same one you ate with, you talked 19:14 with, prayed with, you traveled with, you listened to and you 19:21 loved and believed. He's going to come back. What a great 19:24 promise that was for the disciples wasn't it? Jesus 19:28 promised. They may have remembered this promise, I hope 19:31 they did at this point. In John 14 verses 1-3, do you remember? 19:35 maybe this has been a memory text for you in the past. It's a 19:37 beautiful promise. Let not your hearts be troubled. You believe 19:41 in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many 19:45 mansions and if it were not so I would not have told you. I go to 19:49 prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you 19:53 I will come again and receive you to myself that where I am 19:59 there you may be also. How exciting! Maybe they remembered 20:04 that promise as they headed back to Jerusalem. Jesus had told His 20:07 disciples to wait in Jerusalem for the Holy Spirit, the Holy 20:11 Spirit power to come. And they waited there in the upper room. 20:14 But they didn't just wait around this time. Luke 24 verse 49 20:18 tells us a little bit of what they were doing while they were 20:22 there. Luke 24 verse 49 says: Behold I send the promise of my 20:29 Father upon you. But tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you 20:35 are endued (given) the power from on high. But Acts 1 verses 20:40 12-14 says: They returned to Jerusalem from the mount called 20:44 Olivet which is near Jerusalem a Sabbath day's journey. And 20:48 when they entered they went into the upper room where they were 20:51 staying; Peter, James, John, Andrew, Phillip, and Bartholomew, 20:54 Thomas, Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, Simon the Zealot and 20:58 Judas the son of James. These all continued with one accord in 21:02 prayer and supplication with the women and Mary the mother of 21:06 Jesus and with His brothers. They didn't just sit around. 21:08 They prayed and asked God to be with them. Do you think He was 21:11 going to come? He sure was, in the form of the Holy Spirit. 21:16 We'll talk about that next week. See you next time. 21:19 ♪ ♪ 21:24 Thank you so much Miss Michelle. I am so thankful for the promise 21:30 that Jesus is going to come again. Aren't you? Well it's 21:34 time to look at our questions from last week and see whether 21:40 we got the answers right. So let's check it out. 21:43 ♪ ♪ 22:10 It's time for our new questions. Are you ready? Question number 22:14 one: What does the word Gospel mean? What does Gospel mean? 22:21 Question number two: Who did Jesus promise to send to the 22:29 disciples after He left? Who did Jesus promise to send to the 22:34 disciples after He left? And question number three: What did 22:42 the angels say to the disciples after Jesus went into heaven? 22:47 What did the angels say to the disciples after Jesus went to 22:54 heaven? You can send your answer to us at: 22:57 answers@startingwithjesus.com and we will give a shout out in 23:02 our program next week. We love to see your answers and make 23:07 sure to send them to us at answers@startingwithjesus.com 23:11 ♪ ♪ 23:53 ♪ ♪ 24:15 Hi kids. Have you ever played I spy? It's where one person 24:18 chooses an object and gives clues so that other people can 24:21 guess what that object is. Let's try it. Ready. I spy with my 24:27 little eye something brown, made out of wood. It has legs and has 24:43 a back. Did you spy what I spied If you said bench you're right. 24:51 People can use a bench when taking the time to observe God's 24:55 nature. Did you know that King Solomon would take the time to 24:58 observe God's nature too? He would observe and learn from the 25:03 ants. Oh he learned a lot from those little guys. You can sit 25:07 on a bench and observe and learn from nature just like King 25:11 Solomon. (Giggles) Are you ready for the next one? I spy with my 25:16 little eye something that you see in the spring and summer 25:21 months. It comes in many colors and sizes. It's alive and it 25:35 flutters around. Did you spy what I spied? If you said 25:43 butterfly you're correct. Butterflies are one of my 25:46 favorite things in nature. God made things that fly on the 25:50 fifth day of creation and He made things that creep on the 25:53 ground on the sixth day of creation. This one creeps but it 25:56 also flies. I wonder on what day He made it? Take the time to 26:02 study the days of creation and then go in nature and try and 26:05 find examples of God's creation. Ready for the last one? I spy 26:12 with my little eye something that is found on a farm. It has 26:20 wood and metal. It's portable. That means you can move it 26:26 around. And it's used in the garden. Did you spy what I spied 26:34 If you said an old tiny plow you got it. This old tiny tool was 26:40 used in the garden a long time ago. Sometimes the ground has 26:44 rocks in it and you have to use a tool to take the rocks out and 26:47 move the ground around so it'll be soft so when you put in the 26:51 seed the ground is good for growing. Well God has to do the 26:55 same thing to our hearts so that when He plants His seed of love 26:59 it can grow. Take the time to ask God to plow your heart today 27:04 Great job boys and girls. But I think it's time to end now. I 27:07 spy Miss Ruthie coming up with some exciting announcements and 27:11 prayer to end Sabbath School. (Giggles) Bye 27:14 ♪ ♪ 27:18 I start with Jesus by reading my Bible and praying. 27:22 ♪ ♪ 27:27 Thank you so much for joining us today. Let's pray together. 27:29 Our Father in heaven, thank you so much for your love. Thank you 27:34 that you care about us and that you are coming again. Thank you 27:39 for the promise that if I go I will come again and receive you 27:44 unto myself. I am so thankful Jesus that you are preparing a 27:49 home for us. Help us now to be preparing our hearts for that 27:53 heavenly home so we can live with you through eternity. We 27:57 love you Jesus and we thank you. And help us to share your soon 28:02 coming with our friends and our neighbors. In Jesus' name, Amen. 28:07 Thank you so much for joining. Have a blessed week and 28:10 keep in touch. 28:11 ♪ ♪ |
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