Weeds
Children's sermon
Object:
some weeds, some healthy grass or flowers
Let both of them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell
the reapers, collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but
gather the wheat into my barn. (Matthew 13:30)
Good morning, boys and girls. Do any of you play in the yard or near a flowerbed? (let them answer) Have you ever seen something like this growing in your yard or flowerbed? (show them the weeds) What do we call things that look like this? (let them answer) That's right, they are weeds. Do you like weeds? (let them answer) We don't like weeds because they spread out in the yard or the flowerbed and damage the grass or flowers. When you are trying to grow grass or flowers, you don't want weeds.
What do we do about the weeds in the yard or in the flowerbed? If we start pulling them out with our hands and sometimes we have to pull pretty hard, then we will also pull up the grass or the flowers. The best way to take care of the weeds is to spray them with a safe spray that kills the weeds but lets the grass and flowers grow.
Sometimes we hear a lot about bad people. We wonder why God lets people who do really bad things live. Why doesn't God have a really bad storm that only gets rid of all of the bad people?
If there was a bad storm, then the bad people would not be the only ones hurt, would they? Everyone who was in the storm would be hurt and everyone would have damage. God doesn't cause those kinds of things to happen. God is not sending storms to hurt anyone or punish anyone.
Jesus taught us that when the time comes and we are all prepared for heaven, God will choose the ones who are faithful to him and have not caused hate and fear to live with him in a new world. The people who have caused hate and fear will be taken away from us into their own place. That's the promise. So there are some people who act like weeds and they live with us but God knows who they are. God will take care of everyone of us. Amen.
Good morning, boys and girls. Do any of you play in the yard or near a flowerbed? (let them answer) Have you ever seen something like this growing in your yard or flowerbed? (show them the weeds) What do we call things that look like this? (let them answer) That's right, they are weeds. Do you like weeds? (let them answer) We don't like weeds because they spread out in the yard or the flowerbed and damage the grass or flowers. When you are trying to grow grass or flowers, you don't want weeds.
What do we do about the weeds in the yard or in the flowerbed? If we start pulling them out with our hands and sometimes we have to pull pretty hard, then we will also pull up the grass or the flowers. The best way to take care of the weeds is to spray them with a safe spray that kills the weeds but lets the grass and flowers grow.
Sometimes we hear a lot about bad people. We wonder why God lets people who do really bad things live. Why doesn't God have a really bad storm that only gets rid of all of the bad people?
If there was a bad storm, then the bad people would not be the only ones hurt, would they? Everyone who was in the storm would be hurt and everyone would have damage. God doesn't cause those kinds of things to happen. God is not sending storms to hurt anyone or punish anyone.
Jesus taught us that when the time comes and we are all prepared for heaven, God will choose the ones who are faithful to him and have not caused hate and fear to live with him in a new world. The people who have caused hate and fear will be taken away from us into their own place. That's the promise. So there are some people who act like weeds and they live with us but God knows who they are. God will take care of everyone of us. Amen.
