Sesi 1 = Coach Grace Sesi 2 = Coach Shevica Kelas 4 - 6 Sesi 1 = Coach Swanky Sesi 2 = Coach Lusiana
A Son is Given
1. Lesson:
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given
Why do we celebrate Christmas? To remember God coming down to earth as a little baby.
When man chose not to rely on God but to go their own way, they were separated from God by sin. Nothing they did could bring them back to God. We were lost. Hopeless. Helpless.
But God had a solution — Thousands of years ago, God promised that He will send a very special Saviour to save us. He would send Himself.
This Saviour was special. He would be:
A Child
A Son
A Child:
God could have come as a tall, strong captain on a big horse. He could have come in a super fast space ship. He could have zoomed in like Superman.
But instead He chose to come as little helpless baby, a child. He was born and put in a smelly manger.
Man was the one who sinned. So man had to pay the price for the sin. So God had to be a man to pay the price for our sin.
He came down as a baby, lived a perfect life, and died on the cross to pay our sin for us.
A Son:
God could have come as a tall, strong captain on a big horse. He could have come in a super fast space ship. He could have zoomed in like Superman.
God didn’t just send an angel, or a very good man to save us.
He sent us His very best — His Son.
Why would He give His very best for a people who hated Him and didn’t care about Him? Because of His great love.
Jesus Himself tells us: “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Even though we made the decision to go our own way and were separated from God, God gave us His Son to die on the cross, pay for our sin and open the way back to Him.
All of us who trust in Jesus will not perish (die) but have eternal life — we can be with God forever.
This Christmas, let’s thank God for the precious gift of His Son, Jesus, who came as Child so that we all can call God “Father” and be with Him forever!
If anyone would like to receive this gift of Jesus and trust in Him, please pray together with me:
Lord Jesus, thank you for coming to earth 2,000 years ago as a little baby, a little child. You lived a perfect life. You died in my place. Because of You, I can be a son and daughter of God and be with Him forever. I receive Your love and your gift of eternal life. In Your name I pray, Amen!
Memory verse: John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
4. Activity Suggestion
Memory verse game: any simple activity to help kids to memorise John 3:16
Kelas 4 - 6 Sesi 1 = Coach Andy Sesi 2 = Coach Kezia
Jesus meets Zacchaeus
1. Story:
Tell the story of Zacchaeus meeting Jesus (based on Luke 19:1-10)
2. Lesson
a. INTRO:
Last week, we heard how Jesus met and healed someone on the road to Jericho. Who can remember who it was? Bartimaeus the blind beggar.
Today, we will learn about how Jesus met another person in Jericho. He wasn’t blind. He wasn’t poor. In fact, he was very rich. But he wasn’t well liked and he was short. His name was Zacchaeus, and he was a chief tax collector.
We’ve learned last time who a tax collector is —Tax collectors were Jews who helped the Roman government to collect taxes from their own people. Jews hated the Romans. So they also hated the tax collectors who worked for the Roman government. The tax collectors also often collected extra money for themselves. So if they were supposed to collect 100 dollars, they would collect 150 dollars instead and keep 50 dollars for themselves.
So Zacchaeus was not popular among the Jews because they saw him as a traitor and a cheat. And for all the money he had, he felt that there was something missing in his life.He wasn’t a happy man.
One day, he heard that Jesus was passing through. He must have heard good things about Jesus. He knew that Jesus was friends with many tax collectors. There was something different about Him — He was not like all the other teachers of the law or Pharisees. If only he could just see Him … But Zacchaeus was too short to see over the crowd. So he ran ahead, and he climbed a sycamore tree, to catch a glimpse of Jesus.
b. JESUS CALLS:
When Jesus reached the spot:
He looked up and saw Zacchaeus — He had come for him
He called him by name — He knew him already!
He invited Himself to Zacchaeus’ house
c. JESUS TRANSFORMS:
What’s the result of Zacchaeus warmly welcoming Jesus into his house? What effect did it have on him?
Zacchaeus stood up and told Jesus, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”
Last time we learnt about the rich young ruler who thought he could earn eternal life by obeying all the laws himself — when Jesus told him that his wealth was his idol, he could not accept it and went away sadly.
But for Zacchaeus, a tax collector who knew how unrighteous he was — he knew there was no way he could earn salvation on his own. But when Jesus came into his house and touched his heart, he was transformed. He could give up his money willingly and generously.
d. JESUS SAVES:
The people around were not so happy. “Jesus has gone to be the guest of a sinner.” They thought that Zacchaeus was not worthy to have Jesus in his house and wondered why Jesus would “waste” His time with a sinner.
Jesus told them, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Jesus came to save the lost. Those who thought they were good enough didn’t want to be saved, so He came to those who knew they were not good enough.
And because Zacchaeus received Jesus into his house and heart, he was saved and had eternal life.
e. JESUS DOES THE SAME TODAY
Today Jesus also does the same:
He looks for us — while we were lost sinners
He calls us by name — He knows us before we were born
He invites Himself to our hearts
We can all be like Zacchaeus and welcome Jesus happily.
And we can let Jesus transform our lives and give us eternal life in Him!
Memory verse: Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.