A mystery
Children's sermon
Object:
a big question mark
Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother
Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to
be with child from the Holy Spirit. (v. 18)
Good morning, boys and girls. I have finally figured out something that I have been thinking about for a long time. This is what I figured out. There are some things that I know. I know my name, the names of my family members, and other things, like where I work, the kind of car that I drive, the foods that I like, the different colors, how to spell many words, and how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide. There are a lot of other things that I know.
I also figured out that there are some things that I do not know. I don't know how to fly an airplane or sail a ship. I don't know the names of all the fish or the birds or insects. I don't know how to build a house or make a car. There are a lot of things that I don't know and I will never know as long as I live.
Finally, there are things that I read and hear that I will never understand. These things are just big question marks and will always be question marks to me. For instance, I do not understand how Mary gave birth to Jesus without living with a man. Instead, Jesus is the Son of God, made by the Holy Spirit and Mary the mother of Jesus. The Bible tells us that the man Mary was going to marry was Joseph, and it also tells us that they never lived together when Mary became pregnant. This is something that only ever happened once. Mary gave birth to Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit of God.
The way it always happens is when a man and a woman live together, with God's assistance, they make a life. That's how you were born. There was a father and a mother that gave you life. The same thing happened to me and to everyone else. But one time, and one time only, the Holy Spirit and a human woman named Mary were the parents of Jesus.
Do I need to understand what happened? Not really. It is a question mark. A better way of saying it, is that it is a mystery only God can solve. It wasn't magic or some kind of trick, but it was a mystery. God's Holy Spirit is the father of Jesus. Mary, a woman who had never lived with a man, is the mother.
Some things we know, some things we do not know, and some things are just a mystery that only God knows the answer to. That's good enough for me. I have plenty of things to learn that I can learn from others and in books. This is one mystery that is the property of God. Amen.
Good morning, boys and girls. I have finally figured out something that I have been thinking about for a long time. This is what I figured out. There are some things that I know. I know my name, the names of my family members, and other things, like where I work, the kind of car that I drive, the foods that I like, the different colors, how to spell many words, and how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide. There are a lot of other things that I know.
I also figured out that there are some things that I do not know. I don't know how to fly an airplane or sail a ship. I don't know the names of all the fish or the birds or insects. I don't know how to build a house or make a car. There are a lot of things that I don't know and I will never know as long as I live.
Finally, there are things that I read and hear that I will never understand. These things are just big question marks and will always be question marks to me. For instance, I do not understand how Mary gave birth to Jesus without living with a man. Instead, Jesus is the Son of God, made by the Holy Spirit and Mary the mother of Jesus. The Bible tells us that the man Mary was going to marry was Joseph, and it also tells us that they never lived together when Mary became pregnant. This is something that only ever happened once. Mary gave birth to Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit of God.
The way it always happens is when a man and a woman live together, with God's assistance, they make a life. That's how you were born. There was a father and a mother that gave you life. The same thing happened to me and to everyone else. But one time, and one time only, the Holy Spirit and a human woman named Mary were the parents of Jesus.
Do I need to understand what happened? Not really. It is a question mark. A better way of saying it, is that it is a mystery only God can solve. It wasn't magic or some kind of trick, but it was a mystery. God's Holy Spirit is the father of Jesus. Mary, a woman who had never lived with a man, is the mother.
Some things we know, some things we do not know, and some things are just a mystery that only God knows the answer to. That's good enough for me. I have plenty of things to learn that I can learn from others and in books. This is one mystery that is the property of God. Amen.
