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*Tool bag with the following tools | *Tool bag with the following tools | ||
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| + | **Hammer | ||
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| + | **Tape Measure | ||
| + | **Two Boards | ||
| + | **Concrete Block | ||
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*SAY: Do you have tools at your house? I have my toolbox here. Let’s take a look at what I brought here here. | *SAY: Do you have tools at your house? I have my toolbox here. Let’s take a look at what I brought here here. | ||
*DO: take out each tool while explaining what they are used for | *DO: take out each tool while explaining what they are used for | ||
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*If you have a Bible then I want you to turn to Matthew 9:9-13. The Bible is God's Word for each of us. It is completely true and completely trustworthy. The events described in the Bible help us to better understand what God wants us to know. | *If you have a Bible then I want you to turn to Matthew 9:9-13. The Bible is God's Word for each of us. It is completely true and completely trustworthy. The events described in the Bible help us to better understand what God wants us to know. | ||
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| − | *<blockquote>As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”</blockquote> | + | *<blockquote>As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. </blockquote><ref>Matthew 9:9, NIV</ref> |
| + | *Did you catch what happened here? As Jesus was traveling through the city he saw a man sitting at a booth, his name was Matthew. This man was a tax collector and he was collecting money from people. In those days people did not like tax collectors, all they do is take our money the people thought, these are terrible people. But Jesus was different, you see Jesus loves each and every person and Jesus loved Matthew. It didn't matter that Matthew was a tax collector and it didn't matter if other people didn't like Matthew, Jesus loved Matthew and so he gave Matthew a simple command. Follow Me! What did Matthew do? He got up and followed Jesus. | ||
| + | *<blockquote>While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”</blockquote><ref>Matthew 9:9-13, NIV</ref> | ||
| + | *Did you catch what happened next? Matthew decided to host a great big feast and Jesus and the rest of his disciples came to the feast. Apparently, Matthew invited many other tax collectors and sinners to the feast. Some of the other people saw Jesus eating with those sinners and wondered why in the world Jesus would hang-out with those sinners. Jesus had a simple answer, he told them, that he had come to help sinners. You see, no matter how bad someone might be, Jesus loves them. Jesus is not interested in how good or how bad someone is, Jesus is interested in loving each person. That's the foundation, the love of Jesus. | ||
| + | Plan to take a full six minutes here by going over each item in here multiple times until 6 minutes have elapsed. | ||
| − | ==Conclusion== | + | ==Conclusion (2 Minutes)== |
| − | + | *Imagine I want to nail these two boards together. I can take a nail and my hammer but if I don't have a firm foundation to nail upon then I will not build anything. Matthew had an important lesson to learn, Jesus loved him and that love formed the foundation of the rest of his life. These next few days I want you to remember that you cannot earn Jesus' love, he already loves you. You need to accept that he loves you and use that as the foundation upon which we build. | |
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| − | ** | + | **Do you know that even though you are a sinner Jesus still loves you? |
| − | ** | + | **Do you know that just like Jesus asked Matthew to follow him, he is asking you to follow him? |
| − | + | **Will you determine to follow Jesus? | |
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Latest revision as of 12:55, 7 July 2020
Contents
Learning Objectives
- Students will recognize that Jesus loves them no matter who they are.
- Students will realize that they cannot earn Jesus' love.
Materials
- Tool bag with the following tools
- Nails
- Hammer
- Circular Saw
- Tape Measure
- Two Boards
- Concrete Block
Introduction
The text in the notes here is intended to be a rough approximation of what you might say, it should not be something that is just read.
Text (2 Minutes)
- SAY: Do you have tools at your house? I have my toolbox here. Let’s take a look at what I brought here here.
- DO: take out each tool while explaining what they are used for
- Nails - Useful for holding boards together.
- Hammer - Useful for pounding nails into boards to build things like walls.
- Tape Measure - Useful for measuring the length of a board to make sure it is the right length.
- Circular Saw - Useful for cutting boards to size.
Transition
- SAY: No matter what you are building, one of the most important pieces is the foundation, the bottom, the part that holds it all up. Without a firm foundation, the building will just crumble. In life we need to build a strong foundation of what we believe. Today we are going to learn about the disciple Matthew and how Jesus loved him. The love that Jesus has for each of us is an important part of our foundation.
- If you have a Bible then I want you to turn to Matthew 9:9-13. The Bible is God's Word for each of us. It is completely true and completely trustworthy. The events described in the Bible help us to better understand what God wants us to know.
Main Body (6 minutes)
As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.
[1]- Did you catch what happened here? As Jesus was traveling through the city he saw a man sitting at a booth, his name was Matthew. This man was a tax collector and he was collecting money from people. In those days people did not like tax collectors, all they do is take our money the people thought, these are terrible people. But Jesus was different, you see Jesus loves each and every person and Jesus loved Matthew. It didn't matter that Matthew was a tax collector and it didn't matter if other people didn't like Matthew, Jesus loved Matthew and so he gave Matthew a simple command. Follow Me! What did Matthew do? He got up and followed Jesus.
While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
[2]- Did you catch what happened next? Matthew decided to host a great big feast and Jesus and the rest of his disciples came to the feast. Apparently, Matthew invited many other tax collectors and sinners to the feast. Some of the other people saw Jesus eating with those sinners and wondered why in the world Jesus would hang-out with those sinners. Jesus had a simple answer, he told them, that he had come to help sinners. You see, no matter how bad someone might be, Jesus loves them. Jesus is not interested in how good or how bad someone is, Jesus is interested in loving each person. That's the foundation, the love of Jesus.
Plan to take a full six minutes here by going over each item in here multiple times until 6 minutes have elapsed.
Conclusion (2 Minutes)
- Imagine I want to nail these two boards together. I can take a nail and my hammer but if I don't have a firm foundation to nail upon then I will not build anything. Matthew had an important lesson to learn, Jesus loved him and that love formed the foundation of the rest of his life. These next few days I want you to remember that you cannot earn Jesus' love, he already loves you. You need to accept that he loves you and use that as the foundation upon which we build.
- Ask:
- The people wondered why Jesus ate with sinner, but do you know that you are a sinner?
- Do you know that even though you are a sinner Jesus still loves you?
- Do you know that just like Jesus asked Matthew to follow him, he is asking you to follow him?
- Will you determine to follow Jesus?
