Truth, not tricks
Children's sermon
Object:
a deck of cards
Good morning! I brought this deck of cards so I could show
you a card trick. Somebody pick one of the cards out of this deck
and look at it. Be sure that I don't see it. Now put it back in
the deck, and I will shuffle the deck. Do you think I can pick
that card out of the deck now that it's been shuffled? (Let them
answer.) Well, actually I can. (Go through the deck and show them
the card that was picked.*) How do you think I was able to do
that? Do you think I have supernatural power? (Let them answer.)
No, of course I don't. Here is how the trick is done. (Show them
how it is done.*)
Now some people have always thought that all the miracles in
the Bible are just tricks, but that isn't true. All the miracles
in the Bible are true, and the good news of the Bible that God
loves us so much that He sent His Son to die for us is also true.
It's not a trick!
In one of Saint Paul's letters, he told the Christians to
whom he was writing that his appeal to them was not based on
trickery, but on the truth of the gospel. He wanted them to know
that what he was preaching to them about Jesus was true. Jesus
really did die on the cross to pay for our sins, and he rose
again from the dead on Easter morning. That really was good news
for them, and it's good news for us. No tricks!
Let's thank God for telling us the truth and not playing
tricks on us.
Dear God: We are so grateful that You always tell us the truth
and that we can trust in Your every word. Amen.
* Use a deck with pictures and arrange all the pictures the same
way. When the child takes a card, make sure he or she inserts it
back in the deck the opposite way. When you go through the deck,
you will pick the card with the picture which is upside down from
the others. (Any card trick will do. You may know a better one.)
you a card trick. Somebody pick one of the cards out of this deck
and look at it. Be sure that I don't see it. Now put it back in
the deck, and I will shuffle the deck. Do you think I can pick
that card out of the deck now that it's been shuffled? (Let them
answer.) Well, actually I can. (Go through the deck and show them
the card that was picked.*) How do you think I was able to do
that? Do you think I have supernatural power? (Let them answer.)
No, of course I don't. Here is how the trick is done. (Show them
how it is done.*)
Now some people have always thought that all the miracles in
the Bible are just tricks, but that isn't true. All the miracles
in the Bible are true, and the good news of the Bible that God
loves us so much that He sent His Son to die for us is also true.
It's not a trick!
In one of Saint Paul's letters, he told the Christians to
whom he was writing that his appeal to them was not based on
trickery, but on the truth of the gospel. He wanted them to know
that what he was preaching to them about Jesus was true. Jesus
really did die on the cross to pay for our sins, and he rose
again from the dead on Easter morning. That really was good news
for them, and it's good news for us. No tricks!
Let's thank God for telling us the truth and not playing
tricks on us.
Dear God: We are so grateful that You always tell us the truth
and that we can trust in Your every word. Amen.
* Use a deck with pictures and arrange all the pictures the same
way. When the child takes a card, make sure he or she inserts it
back in the deck the opposite way. When you go through the deck,
you will pick the card with the picture which is upside down from
the others. (Any card trick will do. You may know a better one.)
