Who's the smartest?
Children's Activity
Object:
Teachers or Parents: What is wisdom? There is much confusion
about this because we tend to think that people who know a lot of
worldly things are wise. However, Jesus has told us that it would
not matter if we had everything in the world if we lose our soul.
True wisdom, therefore, should be measured by our understanding
of spiritual, not worldly, matters. If we are aware of how we can
obtain eternal life, we are truly wise.
*Give the children a maze puzzle and have a contest to see
who can finish it first. You may want to give a prize to the
winner. When the contest is over, point out to them that it is
okay to be good at the maze puzzle and find out how to get to the
end fast, but it is more important to know how to get from here
to Heaven. Talk with them about how we get to Heaven by believing
in Jesus as our Savior and how this is true wisdom.
*Ask the children to tell you what they want to be when they
grow up. List the occupations that they name on the board or
easel. Then have a discussion about what one has to do to become
good at any of these professions. Name the educational
requirements, the experience requirements and so forth. Focus on
the areas that will be most difficult if they are to achieve
their objective. Then discuss the requirements to get into
Heaven, only believing in Jesus. Show them that you have to
become wise in worldly things to succeed in this life, but true
wisdom is in knowing how to get to Heaven where we will spend
eternity.
Sunday school assembly opening:
*Prepare a test that has a lot of very hard questions that
the children will probably not be able to answer and one final
question on how we get into Heaven. For younger children, you
could ask the questions orally. The point is that if they know
that they get to Heaven by believing in Jesus, they are very wise
about what is really important.
about this because we tend to think that people who know a lot of
worldly things are wise. However, Jesus has told us that it would
not matter if we had everything in the world if we lose our soul.
True wisdom, therefore, should be measured by our understanding
of spiritual, not worldly, matters. If we are aware of how we can
obtain eternal life, we are truly wise.
*Give the children a maze puzzle and have a contest to see
who can finish it first. You may want to give a prize to the
winner. When the contest is over, point out to them that it is
okay to be good at the maze puzzle and find out how to get to the
end fast, but it is more important to know how to get from here
to Heaven. Talk with them about how we get to Heaven by believing
in Jesus as our Savior and how this is true wisdom.
*Ask the children to tell you what they want to be when they
grow up. List the occupations that they name on the board or
easel. Then have a discussion about what one has to do to become
good at any of these professions. Name the educational
requirements, the experience requirements and so forth. Focus on
the areas that will be most difficult if they are to achieve
their objective. Then discuss the requirements to get into
Heaven, only believing in Jesus. Show them that you have to
become wise in worldly things to succeed in this life, but true
wisdom is in knowing how to get to Heaven where we will spend
eternity.
Sunday school assembly opening:
*Prepare a test that has a lot of very hard questions that
the children will probably not be able to answer and one final
question on how we get into Heaven. For younger children, you
could ask the questions orally. The point is that if they know
that they get to Heaven by believing in Jesus, they are very wise
about what is really important.
