TRUTH:
God has got good news for every boy and girl.
VISUALS:
A newspaper, a radio, and a Bible.
LESSON:
Have you every seen a weather vane? Do you know what
it is? You can sometimes see it on the top of high buildings like a church
steeple or a tower.
Often it has four
letters on it - N for North, E for East, S for South, and W
for West. And on top of the letters there is usually an arrow with some
object like the figure of a man or a bird like a rooster on it. As the wind
blows the arrow and figure rotate and show you the direction of the wind.
But these four
letters also make up a short but very interesting word if you rearrange the
letters. Can you think of what that word is? (Give an opportunity to respond).
N E W S. News. We often use this word.
“Do you have any
news?”
“What’s the news?”
“I’m listening to
the news.”
The news tells us
what is happening in the world, or in our own city or area.
The news tells us
what is important – and the things which we need to hear.
How do we hear the
news?
Sometimes in Africa
they pass on the news by beating drums.
Years ago the
Indians in North America passed on the news by using
smoke signals.
Today we can read
the news in the newspaper (Show one).
We can listen to the
news on the radio (Show one) or read it in letters. We can see the news
on television or the Internet.
And there are many
other ways to read or hear the news.
But the greatest,
the best, and the most important, news of all is contained in this book which I
am holding. It is called the Bible. God chose a number of men whom He guided to
write down for us the news that Jesus Christ died for our sins, that He rose
again and that He will save and forgive the sins of every boy or girl who puts
their trust in Him. That is good news for everyone.
One morning a
missionary in Africa saw someone walking towards his house.
It was a man dressed
in skins and leading some kind of animal by a rope. As he got nearer the
missionary saw that the animal was a goat. When he got closer to the missionary
he asked him, “Have you got the book?”
“What book?” asked
the missionary.
The stranger
replied, “The book that gives the good news.”
The missionary went
into his house and brought out a Bible written in an
African language.
The man dressed in
skins said, “Where does it give the news about God’s love.”
The missionary
turned to John 3 v16 and read, “God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son.”
“That’s it”, he
said, “Give me the book and I’ll give you the goat.”
And away he went on
his journey home with joy on his face. He had got the good news!
Have you got the
good news? Have you read the good news? Have you trusted the Saviour Whom God
sent into the world to die for your sin?
(“Bible talks for children” – Dr. Sam Doherty
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