A new way of speaking
Children's sermon
Object:
telephone, record, tape player, cd's, computer disks,
etc.
A hundred years ago, most people spoke to one another
directly -- just as I am speaking to you directly. But then in
1876 a man tried out a little invention he had discovered.
Anybody know what that invention was? (Let them answer.) It was
the telephone. Now all these years later, many of us use the
telephone every day. It is a way of communicating. Even before
the invention of the telephone, another item was invented. Let
me give you a hint: it plays these. (Here hold up the record.)
Someone else invented a way of using a tape to communicate.
Here's a cassette tape. Have any of you used these? (Let them
answer.) Now we have computer disks and compact disks to
communicate. There are so many new ways to speak to one another
or be spoken to by another.
The Bible tells us that long ago God spoke in many ways
also. But then God spoke in a new way -- a really new way. God
spoke directly through his son Jesus. On this day we celebrate
God's speaking to us through Jesus. Jesus is God's Word. Jesus
is the way God speaks of God's love for us.
Long ago, even though God spoke in many ways, the message
didn't always come across too clearly. But now we understand
God's Word named Jesus. Jesus came at Christmas as God's gift to
us.
We understand messages that are lived much better than
words. Jesus lived God's message to us. He lived like one of
us; he ate food like we eat food and slept as we sleep at night.
He was born into this world just as we are born into this world.
And Jesus preached and taught people about God. He taught them
good news. He showed people how God loves us. Then Jesus
allowed himself to be killed so that he could rise again on the
third day to prove to us that his word -- his life -- was true.
Dearest Lord Jesus: We thank you for being God's wonderful, good
Word to us today. Amen.
directly -- just as I am speaking to you directly. But then in
1876 a man tried out a little invention he had discovered.
Anybody know what that invention was? (Let them answer.) It was
the telephone. Now all these years later, many of us use the
telephone every day. It is a way of communicating. Even before
the invention of the telephone, another item was invented. Let
me give you a hint: it plays these. (Here hold up the record.)
Someone else invented a way of using a tape to communicate.
Here's a cassette tape. Have any of you used these? (Let them
answer.) Now we have computer disks and compact disks to
communicate. There are so many new ways to speak to one another
or be spoken to by another.
The Bible tells us that long ago God spoke in many ways
also. But then God spoke in a new way -- a really new way. God
spoke directly through his son Jesus. On this day we celebrate
God's speaking to us through Jesus. Jesus is God's Word. Jesus
is the way God speaks of God's love for us.
Long ago, even though God spoke in many ways, the message
didn't always come across too clearly. But now we understand
God's Word named Jesus. Jesus came at Christmas as God's gift to
us.
We understand messages that are lived much better than
words. Jesus lived God's message to us. He lived like one of
us; he ate food like we eat food and slept as we sleep at night.
He was born into this world just as we are born into this world.
And Jesus preached and taught people about God. He taught them
good news. He showed people how God loves us. Then Jesus
allowed himself to be killed so that he could rise again on the
third day to prove to us that his word -- his life -- was true.
Dearest Lord Jesus: We thank you for being God's wonderful, good
Word to us today. Amen.
