Do you remember last week when we talked about Jesus being
with God from the very beginning? Well, where is God? He’s in heaven.
Then, if Jesus was with God from the beginning, where was He? He was
also in heaven! What was Jesus called in the verses we looked at last
week? In the beginning was . . . The Word . . . Well, in our verses for
this week we learn that “the Word became flesh.”
For this one I need the paragraph to be within a Bible like below or something, and for the words 'Word' and 'Flesh' to be removed and a line put there instead or the words to be written in (remember to make the line longer than the words were originally, or the children won't be able to fit their word in.)
Who knows what flesh is? . . . It means skin and bones, it means
to be a human being, like you and like me. So, if “the Word” is Jesus
and “flesh” means to become human, then John 1:14 means that Jesus
became human! It means God in a human body. When do you think
that happened? It was when Jesus grew inside of His mother, Mary,
and then was born and laid in the manger. John 1:14 continues to tell
us He lived here with us on earth. Can you imagine! Jesus came from
heaven to live on earth with us. He didn’t come straight down as a king
to sit on a throne. And he didn’t ride in like a warrior on a big white
horse to start a battle. Jesus came from heaven to earth as a little baby
who couldn’t walk yet, or talk. Jesus, with all the power of heaven,
came in the body of a baby who needed His mom and dad to do everything
for Him. The One who was with God in the beginning creating was
now a little, bitty baby. You know why I think that was? Well, we
learned last week that “the Word,” Jesus, was sent by God to live and
grow and to show us what God is like, to explain God to us. And maybe
He came as a baby to show us that even as children we can follow God’s
example. He is our example of what God is like.
See if this will fit al one one page. If it will, on the next page have a manger, and print baby Jesus separate, for the children to glue in.
As a baby, we need someone to take care of us. And when we are
still babies in what we understand about God, we need Him to care for
us and protect us because we don’t really know much, yet.
As children, younger and older, we need someone to teach us how to do
things on our own and how to make the right decisions. And
as we grow closer to God and begin to understand Him more, we need
Jesus’ example - we need to know what God says about things and how
Jesus did things and we need to act like Him.
have the children colour Jesus and the children.
And when we are adults, we should be mature and able to take
care of others and help others learn how to do things and how to make
the right decisions. And the more and more time we spend with God,
reading and studying the Bible and acting more and more like Jesus
every day, we should be an example to everyone around us and by the
way we live, show them who God is - just like Jesus did.
have the children colour this picture, too.
The book of John continues to tell us that Jesus is the “true
light” that came to the world He made and they didn’t know Him. He
came to the people of His country, but they did not receive Him. They
didn’t believe God sent Him. They chose to walk around in the dark instead
of following Jesus, the Light. But, there were others who believed
He was sent from God and “believed in His name,” Jesus - which means
“God saves.” Those who believed became children of God! When we
trust Jesus and believe that He was sent from God and when we choose
to follow Him, God adopts us into His family! He chooses us as children!
Are you a child of God? Do you know that God sent His one and
only Son to this world to make a way for you to become His child?!
Don’t wait . . . Join the family today!
remove children and print separatly so they can be glued back in.
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