Healing the blind
Children's sermon
Object:
some dirt and water mixed in a container, a damp cloth
When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva
and spread the mud on the man's eyes, saying to him, "Go, wash in the pool of
Siloam" (which means Sent). (vv. 6-7)
Good morning, boys and girls. Did you listen closely to the story about Jesus and the blind man? (let them answer) How did Jesus heal the blind man? (let them answer) That's right, you did listen closely. Jesus spat on the ground into a pile of dirt. Then he picked up the dirt and made a mud ball. After the mud ball was just right, he took it and spread it on the blind man's eyes and told him to walk to a pool called Siloam and wash his eyes. (spread a small amount of mud on the back of your hands, then wipe it clean with the damp cloth) When he finished washing the blind man could see. That sounds simple. Not many blind people are healed are they? (let them answer)
Jesus tried to make things simple for us, didn't he? What is it that we use when we are baptized? (let them answer) Water! That is pretty simple, isn't it? Jesus told us that when we are baptized with water and his word, we become part of his family.
What did Jesus give the disciples at the Last Supper for the forgiveness of sins? (let them answer) Very good! Jesus used bread and wine, the same bread and wine that they had used when they ate the Passover meal. But Jesus added the word to it and told us that when we drink and eat the wine and bread in his name and ask to be forgiven that we will have forgiveness. Bread and wine are pretty simple things, aren't they?
The mud, the water, the bread, and the wine are all simple things that we see all of the time. The thing that made the blind man see was the presence of Jesus and his word.
The next time you see some mud, I want you to think about the time that Jesus added the word to some mud and healed a blind man so that he could see. Amen.
Good morning, boys and girls. Did you listen closely to the story about Jesus and the blind man? (let them answer) How did Jesus heal the blind man? (let them answer) That's right, you did listen closely. Jesus spat on the ground into a pile of dirt. Then he picked up the dirt and made a mud ball. After the mud ball was just right, he took it and spread it on the blind man's eyes and told him to walk to a pool called Siloam and wash his eyes. (spread a small amount of mud on the back of your hands, then wipe it clean with the damp cloth) When he finished washing the blind man could see. That sounds simple. Not many blind people are healed are they? (let them answer)
Jesus tried to make things simple for us, didn't he? What is it that we use when we are baptized? (let them answer) Water! That is pretty simple, isn't it? Jesus told us that when we are baptized with water and his word, we become part of his family.
What did Jesus give the disciples at the Last Supper for the forgiveness of sins? (let them answer) Very good! Jesus used bread and wine, the same bread and wine that they had used when they ate the Passover meal. But Jesus added the word to it and told us that when we drink and eat the wine and bread in his name and ask to be forgiven that we will have forgiveness. Bread and wine are pretty simple things, aren't they?
The mud, the water, the bread, and the wine are all simple things that we see all of the time. The thing that made the blind man see was the presence of Jesus and his word.
The next time you see some mud, I want you to think about the time that Jesus added the word to some mud and healed a blind man so that he could see. Amen.
