The sick need medicine
Children's Activity
Object:
Teachers or Parents: Jesus came to save sinners from the
illness that results in eternal death. He is the prescription for
the illness that we all have and from which there is no other
cure. We need to impress on our children that Jesus is the cure
for the disease of sin that infects us all. Without him, we have
no hope of a cure.
*Put up pictures of several kinds of buildings, including a
hospital. Ask them to identify the building that they would go to
if they were sick. When they identify the hospital, ask them if
the hospital can cure them from sin. When they agree that it
cannot, see if they can identify who can cure us from sin.
*Set out several kinds of medicine, aspirin, prescriptions,
over-the-counter drugs of many kinds, and a picture of Jesus. Ask
them to name the medicine they would take for a headache and see
if they identify the aspirin. Go on with several other common
illnesses and identify the medicine that will help that problem.
Finally, ask them which medicine will cure them from sin and see
if they identify Jesus as the cure.
Sunday school assembly opening:
*Sing "Oh, Bless The Lord, My Soul," or another hymn that
speaks of Jesus as the physician who heals our spiritual
sickness.
illness that results in eternal death. He is the prescription for
the illness that we all have and from which there is no other
cure. We need to impress on our children that Jesus is the cure
for the disease of sin that infects us all. Without him, we have
no hope of a cure.
*Put up pictures of several kinds of buildings, including a
hospital. Ask them to identify the building that they would go to
if they were sick. When they identify the hospital, ask them if
the hospital can cure them from sin. When they agree that it
cannot, see if they can identify who can cure us from sin.
*Set out several kinds of medicine, aspirin, prescriptions,
over-the-counter drugs of many kinds, and a picture of Jesus. Ask
them to name the medicine they would take for a headache and see
if they identify the aspirin. Go on with several other common
illnesses and identify the medicine that will help that problem.
Finally, ask them which medicine will cure them from sin and see
if they identify Jesus as the cure.
Sunday school assembly opening:
*Sing "Oh, Bless The Lord, My Soul," or another hymn that
speaks of Jesus as the physician who heals our spiritual
sickness.
