A kind of king
Children's sermon
Object:
a crown, a beautiful robe, and a sack of money
When Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself. (v. 15)
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you remember the story about Jesus feeding 5,000 people with a couple of loaves of bread and a few fish? (let them answer) It is a story about a miracle that Jesus performed near the sea and close to mountains. People came from everywhere that day and did not think to bring a lunch. There was no McDonald's nearby and no one made pizza, so after a while, they became hungry. Jesus did not want anyone to get weak or faint because of not eating, so he did something very special. He fed them using a couple of fish and a little bit of bread that a boy had brought along as a snack. When they were all done eating, the disciples gathered up the leftovers and each one of them brought back a full basket! No one had ever seen anything like it. Jesus taught like no one ever taught. He healed people of all kinds of diseases and problems. Now, Jesus even fed them with real food, enough for 5,000 people out of a small amount of bread and fish. The people felt Jesus was the person that God had promised to send. The people were so excited that they wanted to make him their king.
They began to look around and asked one another. "Who has a crown?" People don't usually carry around crowns in their bags. No one had a crown. They were so disappointed. Maybe someone brought a brilliant robe with him or her? A king should have a robe with gold thread and diamonds and it should be long and drag on the ground. But no one had a robe like that in the crowd. The people were almost frantic. They wanted him to be their king. They started looking around, pushing one another, and asking if anyone had brought lots and lots of money. But no one had come to see Jesus carrying bags of money. No one paid to be taught or healed or even fed. The people had nothing to make him a king except their own strength. They would lift him up, lift him above their heads and carry him from town to town and say, "Hail, King Jesus! Hail, King Jesus." Soon the whole world would know that the people of Israel had a new king and his name was Jesus.
Jesus saw what they were doing and just slipped away. He signaled to his disciples and then walked to the mountain and began to climb. The people were still trying to find some way to make him a king. Jesus just slipped away and spent the night on the mountain. The people were disappointed that they could not make him their king, they remembered the wonderful day it was when Jesus fed 5,000 people with some bread and fish that a little boy brought for his own lunch.
Today, when you sit down to eat your lunch and you say your prayers remember the day the people tried to make Jesus their kind of king and how Jesus just walked away. Amen.
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you remember the story about Jesus feeding 5,000 people with a couple of loaves of bread and a few fish? (let them answer) It is a story about a miracle that Jesus performed near the sea and close to mountains. People came from everywhere that day and did not think to bring a lunch. There was no McDonald's nearby and no one made pizza, so after a while, they became hungry. Jesus did not want anyone to get weak or faint because of not eating, so he did something very special. He fed them using a couple of fish and a little bit of bread that a boy had brought along as a snack. When they were all done eating, the disciples gathered up the leftovers and each one of them brought back a full basket! No one had ever seen anything like it. Jesus taught like no one ever taught. He healed people of all kinds of diseases and problems. Now, Jesus even fed them with real food, enough for 5,000 people out of a small amount of bread and fish. The people felt Jesus was the person that God had promised to send. The people were so excited that they wanted to make him their king.
They began to look around and asked one another. "Who has a crown?" People don't usually carry around crowns in their bags. No one had a crown. They were so disappointed. Maybe someone brought a brilliant robe with him or her? A king should have a robe with gold thread and diamonds and it should be long and drag on the ground. But no one had a robe like that in the crowd. The people were almost frantic. They wanted him to be their king. They started looking around, pushing one another, and asking if anyone had brought lots and lots of money. But no one had come to see Jesus carrying bags of money. No one paid to be taught or healed or even fed. The people had nothing to make him a king except their own strength. They would lift him up, lift him above their heads and carry him from town to town and say, "Hail, King Jesus! Hail, King Jesus." Soon the whole world would know that the people of Israel had a new king and his name was Jesus.
Jesus saw what they were doing and just slipped away. He signaled to his disciples and then walked to the mountain and began to climb. The people were still trying to find some way to make him a king. Jesus just slipped away and spent the night on the mountain. The people were disappointed that they could not make him their king, they remembered the wonderful day it was when Jesus fed 5,000 people with some bread and fish that a little boy brought for his own lunch.
Today, when you sit down to eat your lunch and you say your prayers remember the day the people tried to make Jesus their kind of king and how Jesus just walked away. Amen.
