Rejected
Children's sermon
Object:
A picture of Michelangelo's David sculpture (preferably a
head view since this is a nude)
Nearly 500 years ago the famous sculptor named Michelangelo
created a beautiful sculpture of the famous Old Testament king
named David. The artist wanted to carve a sculpture of David as a
young man. The story about this beautiful, large piece of
sculpture is that the artist looked high and low for the perfect
piece of stone to carve his statue. He found one -- it was a
stone that had been rejected by others. Sculptors had rejected it
for their statues. Builders rejected it for use as a building
material. Most people thought the stone was a worthless stone.
But Michelangelo chose it and made it one of the most famous
stones in existence! Here is a picture of that sculpture. (Show
them the picture of the sculpture.)
Jesus was very much like that rejected stone. When Jesus had an earthly body, many people rejected him. How do you suppose people rejected him? (Let them answer.) How strange that people could reject Jesus and yet he is the most famous person who ever lived. We call him our Lord and Savior! How incredible!
The people of Jesus' time did not know just who he was. Many did not see that he was the very most important person who has ever lived.
Many times we might feel rejected by others. They might not accept us because we are too young or too short or for many other reasons. Almost everyone gets rejected for some reason or another. I have been rejected. (Here you could tell about a time when you were not accepted. If you are comfortable, share your feelings about being rejected.) But even when people reject us, we can know that God accepts us because of Jesus. Jesus was rejected and he was God's own dear son. We can be rejected and know that we, also, are God's own dear children.
Dear God: Thank you for loving and accepting us because of Jesus. Amen.
Jesus was very much like that rejected stone. When Jesus had an earthly body, many people rejected him. How do you suppose people rejected him? (Let them answer.) How strange that people could reject Jesus and yet he is the most famous person who ever lived. We call him our Lord and Savior! How incredible!
The people of Jesus' time did not know just who he was. Many did not see that he was the very most important person who has ever lived.
Many times we might feel rejected by others. They might not accept us because we are too young or too short or for many other reasons. Almost everyone gets rejected for some reason or another. I have been rejected. (Here you could tell about a time when you were not accepted. If you are comfortable, share your feelings about being rejected.) But even when people reject us, we can know that God accepts us because of Jesus. Jesus was rejected and he was God's own dear son. We can be rejected and know that we, also, are God's own dear children.
Dear God: Thank you for loving and accepting us because of Jesus. Amen.
