THE GOODSAMARITAN (079-Stories from the Bible)

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THE GOOD SAMARITAN

Showing Love to Others

One day while Jesus was teaching, a lawyer wanted to test Him. The lawyer asked, “Master, what must I do to live forever in heaven?”

Jesus questioned, “What is written in the law?”

The lawyer answered, “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind. You must love your neighbor as yourself.”

“You have answered correctly,” said Jesus. “Do this and you will live.” But the lawyer was not satisfied.

He asked, “Who is my neighbor?”

So Jesus decided to teach a lesson with this story:

One day a man was traveling the steep, dangerous road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Suddenly some robbers jumped out from their hiding place. They grabbed him, beat him up, and stole his clothes and money. Then they left him lying by the roadside, naked and dying.

Finally, along came a Jewish priest who served God in the temple at Jerusalem. When he saw the bleeding man, he hurried past on the other side of the road.

Next came a Levite, who also worked at the temple. He walked over for a closer look at the wounded man. But he wanted to keep himself clean for his temple duties, so he kept going.

At last a Samaritan came along. He pitied this suffering man and immediately began to clean the oozing wounds. He poured soothing oil on the wounds and bandaged them. Then he carefully lifted the man onto his donkey. He took him to the nearest inn and took care of him until the next morning.

Before the Samaritan left the inn, he gave the innkeeper two silver coins. “Take care of the man until he is well,” he said. “If you have any more expenses, I’ll pay you when I return.”

Then Jesus looked straight at the lawyer. “Which of the three showed love to the wounded man?”

“The one who was kind to him,” answered the lawyer.

Jesus said, “Then go and be like him.”

Luke 10:25-37

Caption: The kind-hearted Samaritan helps a suffering man.

Parents:       My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth. (1 John 3:18)

Children:    1. What did the robbers do to the man?

2. Did the priest and Levite show any kindness?

3. Did the Samaritan love the hurt man?

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(-Stories by Ura Millar)

JESUS CLEANSES THE TEMPLE (078-Stories from the Bible)

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JESUS CLEANSES THE TEMPLE

God’s House Is Sacred

At the time of the yearly Passover feast, Jesus went to Jerusalem. Three years earlier when He had attended the Passover feast, He had been very sad by the lack of respect for God’s temple. With a braided rope whip, He had driven out the merchants and moneychangers. He had unloosed the cattle, sheep, and doves.

Now this year the merchants were all back again, busy as ever. God’s holy house looked like a market and smelled like a barnyard. How could anyone worship God in such a place? Jesus knew He must bear witness against this disgrace.

So Jesus again drove out all the merchants and upset the tables of the moneychangers. He cleared away the seats of those who had been selling doves. He did not let anyone carry any kind of bowl or pitcher through the temple. Then Jesus explained, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer.’ But you have made it a den of thieves!”

The Jewish leaders had made a rule that no lame or blind person could enter the temple. They said that only those with perfect bodies should come before the Lord. They forgot that God looks at the heart of a person more than at his body. So Jesus welcomed the lame and blind people into the temple and healed them all!

Soon the children saw Jesus doing good deeds in the temple. These innocent little ones always loved Jesus. They cried out over and over, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” (implying: God help the Messiah). What a day it was! Never before had anything like this happened in the temple. Never would it happen again.

The priests and elders should have rejoiced to see so many happy people. Instead, they were very angry.

Jesus asked them, “Have you never read in the Psalms, ‘Out of the mouth of children, even infants, you have perfect praise’?”

Matthew 21:12-16

Mark 11:15-18

Luke 19:45-48

John 2:13-16

Caption: Jesus chases the moneychangers and merchants out of the temple.

Parents:       Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. (1 Chronicles 16:29)

Children:    1. What did Jesus do to the merchants?

2. Who cried out, “Hosanna to the Son of David”?

3. Were the priests and elders happy?

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(-Stories by Ura Millar)

A MOUNTAINTOP EXPERIENCE (077-Stories from the Bible)

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A MOUNTAINTOP EXPERIENCE

Moses and Elijah Appear With Jesus

One day Jesus told His disciples that He would soon suffer much pain. The chief priests and scribes would treat Him cruelly in Jerusalem and even kill Him. But on the third day after His burial, He would come back to life.

Jesus also instructed His disciples to be faithful, and to never be ashamed of Him. They should not live selfishly, but do good to everyone. Then Jesus promised that before they died, some of them would see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.

These teachings were new to the disciples. They could not understand that Jesus had come into the world to suffer and die. Instead, they had been planning to reign with Jesus in an earthly kingdom. Now they felt greatly troubled by His words.

About one week later Jesus took Peter, James, and John up on a high mountain. The tired disciples soon fell asleep. Meanwhile as Jesus was praying, a glorious change came over Him. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became a dazzling white. Then Moses and Elijah appeared from heaven and talked with Him.

The disciples awoke with a start. What had happened to Jesus? They cowered in fear before the three brilliant beings. Somehow the disciples knew that the two from heaven were Moses and Elijah.

Soon Moses and Elijah vanished. Then a bright cloud covered Jesus and His disciples. A voice spoke from the cloud saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him.”

Jesus had planned this glorious meeting both for His three disciples and for all future believers. It was a foretaste of the glory that will be His when He returns to earth. Then all His redeemed saints will be with Him. All those who have died before His return will come back to life, like Moses did. Those who are still alive when He comes will be changed in the twinkling of an eye.

Matthew 16:21-28; 17:1-10

Mark 9:1-13

Luke 9:28-36

Caption: Three disciples see Jesus with Moses and Elijah.

Parents:       And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. (2 Peter 1:18)

Children:    1. Who were the three disciples who went with Jesus?

2. What other two men appeared with Jesus there on the mountain?

3. What happened to Jesus?

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(-Stories by Ura Millar)