A building stone
Children's sermon
Object:
a large stone
Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and
precious in God's sight, and like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual
house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through
Jesus Christ. (vv. 4-6)
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever seen a house built out of stone? (let them answer) It takes a lot of stones to build a house or a church but it is done many times. I brought along a stone today and it doesn't look like anything special. You could find this stone out in a farmer's field and it could keep a plant from growing. If it was in your yard or on the sidewalk you might pick it up and throw it away. But this stone is not always something to be thrown away. As a matter of fact, this stone could be used to build a church. It could be a stone used to build God's house.
Sometimes we are like this stone. We look just like any other person. We wear the same kind of clothes, go to the same school, eat the same food, and read the same books. We are different and I will tell you why.
God has chosen you to be one of his people. You are not just another child. You are a disciple of Jesus. You belong to him and that makes you very special, very precious. You are part of the many people chosen to teach others about God by the way you live and act.
Some people may treat you like a stone on the sidewalk or some kind of trouble in a field, but you are not like that at all. You are one of the children of God and when you are gathered together, you are bigger than any church in the whole world. You go together with other children of God. Together you are strong and you do good things but most of all when people see you they say, "He/she is a Christian; see how much they love and care for each other." You are no simple stone but you are what God is building a new world with and you will live with him in his new kingdom. Amen.
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever seen a house built out of stone? (let them answer) It takes a lot of stones to build a house or a church but it is done many times. I brought along a stone today and it doesn't look like anything special. You could find this stone out in a farmer's field and it could keep a plant from growing. If it was in your yard or on the sidewalk you might pick it up and throw it away. But this stone is not always something to be thrown away. As a matter of fact, this stone could be used to build a church. It could be a stone used to build God's house.
Sometimes we are like this stone. We look just like any other person. We wear the same kind of clothes, go to the same school, eat the same food, and read the same books. We are different and I will tell you why.
God has chosen you to be one of his people. You are not just another child. You are a disciple of Jesus. You belong to him and that makes you very special, very precious. You are part of the many people chosen to teach others about God by the way you live and act.
Some people may treat you like a stone on the sidewalk or some kind of trouble in a field, but you are not like that at all. You are one of the children of God and when you are gathered together, you are bigger than any church in the whole world. You go together with other children of God. Together you are strong and you do good things but most of all when people see you they say, "He/she is a Christian; see how much they love and care for each other." You are no simple stone but you are what God is building a new world with and you will live with him in his new kingdom. Amen.
