Children of God
Children's sermon
Object:
bring an older member of the congregation to the front
Good morning, boys and girls. I brought (name the person) with
me this morning. (Address your guest with the next two
questions.) Tell us how old you are. How long have you attended
our church?
(Now ask the children and let them answer.) How many of you believe that (name the older member) is a child? The truth is that (name the older member) is a child. This morning's lesson tells us that she/he is a child of God. I want you children to meet some more children, who you never thought were children. I would like everyone in the congregation who is 70 or older (choose a number to fit your congregation's situation) to please stand. Everyone standing is also a child -- a child of God. Thank you, you may sit down. In fact, everyone here today is a child of God.
Our lesson this morning tells us that we are all God's creatures. But not everyone is a child of God. To be a child of God we must believe that Jesus is our Lord. Children of God love their Father and their brothers and sisters in Christ. Proof of this love of God is in our following of God's commandments. That means that we must do what God tells us. To be God's children we must, as Jesus taught us, be spiritually born again. This second birth comes when we believe Jesus is our Lord. After church today I want you to remember all of the persons here who are older than you. Even though some of them are very much older than you they are still children -- just like you. They are children of God because they have faith in God. They follow what God tells them to do. When you follow what God tells you -- when you love one another -- you are a child of God also.
(Now ask the children and let them answer.) How many of you believe that (name the older member) is a child? The truth is that (name the older member) is a child. This morning's lesson tells us that she/he is a child of God. I want you children to meet some more children, who you never thought were children. I would like everyone in the congregation who is 70 or older (choose a number to fit your congregation's situation) to please stand. Everyone standing is also a child -- a child of God. Thank you, you may sit down. In fact, everyone here today is a child of God.
Our lesson this morning tells us that we are all God's creatures. But not everyone is a child of God. To be a child of God we must believe that Jesus is our Lord. Children of God love their Father and their brothers and sisters in Christ. Proof of this love of God is in our following of God's commandments. That means that we must do what God tells us. To be God's children we must, as Jesus taught us, be spiritually born again. This second birth comes when we believe Jesus is our Lord. After church today I want you to remember all of the persons here who are older than you. Even though some of them are very much older than you they are still children -- just like you. They are children of God because they have faith in God. They follow what God tells them to do. When you follow what God tells you -- when you love one another -- you are a child of God also.
