God never gives up
Children's sermon
Object:
a dunce cap (cone-shaped paper cap)
Good morning, boys and girls. Can anyone tell me what kind of
cap this is? (Let them try to answer.) It is called a dunce cap.
Many years ago teachers in school might have placed this on the
head of a disobedient student. That student might have also had
to sit in the corner.
My dunce cap reminds me of this morning's lesson. I have a story that I think will help you understand the lesson. Once there was a little boy who was disobedient in school. He didn't do what the teacher wanted him to do. If this little boy had grown up about 100 years ago, he would have had to wear this dunce cap. But this is a story about a little boy today. He was sent out into the hall. The next day he was still disobedient. The teacher sent him to the principal's office. The next day he was still disobedient. A note was sent home to his parents, to tell them of his disobedience.
Even though this boy never followed directions in school, and continued to be disobedient, his parents, his teacher and his principal never gave up on him. They continued to love him. They even told him that they would always continue to love him, even though he disobeyed them.
This story is like this morning's lesson. In the lesson, Paul tries to persuade the Jewish people to follow Jesus. They don't listen to him. He says that "just as they were once disobedient to God," they have now received God's mercy because of their disobedience. Paul tells the Jews for all their disobedience, God will never give up on them. God's gift of grace to them will go on forever.
Remember the disobedient boy? Like God toward the Jewish people, the boy's parents, teacher and principal never gave up on him, even though he sometimes failed. I want you to remember this week that even though sometimes we aren't able to do what God asks or wants us to do, God will always love us. God made us a promise. It is that God will never give up on us.
My dunce cap reminds me of this morning's lesson. I have a story that I think will help you understand the lesson. Once there was a little boy who was disobedient in school. He didn't do what the teacher wanted him to do. If this little boy had grown up about 100 years ago, he would have had to wear this dunce cap. But this is a story about a little boy today. He was sent out into the hall. The next day he was still disobedient. The teacher sent him to the principal's office. The next day he was still disobedient. A note was sent home to his parents, to tell them of his disobedience.
Even though this boy never followed directions in school, and continued to be disobedient, his parents, his teacher and his principal never gave up on him. They continued to love him. They even told him that they would always continue to love him, even though he disobeyed them.
This story is like this morning's lesson. In the lesson, Paul tries to persuade the Jewish people to follow Jesus. They don't listen to him. He says that "just as they were once disobedient to God," they have now received God's mercy because of their disobedience. Paul tells the Jews for all their disobedience, God will never give up on them. God's gift of grace to them will go on forever.
Remember the disobedient boy? Like God toward the Jewish people, the boy's parents, teacher and principal never gave up on him, even though he sometimes failed. I want you to remember this week that even though sometimes we aren't able to do what God asks or wants us to do, God will always love us. God made us a promise. It is that God will never give up on us.
