Rock Star Disciple
Children's sermon
Object:
A rock
“You have the words of eternal life.” (v. 68b)
Good morning girls and boys,
Welcome. It's awesome to talk to you this morning. How are you? (children respond)
I have a question for you. Does your teacher ever teach something that is hard to understand? Are you sometimes puzzled or bewildered by something your teacher said?
Have you ever wondered about hard things like what electricity is and how it works? Or gravity? Or the universe? Or algebra? (children answer)
There was that day when Jesus said something that was hard to understand. He said “Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them.”
The disciples heard this and said, “This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?”
Children and adults too, say the same thing about many things, like what is electricity or what is gravity or how far is the universe?
When Jesus said these difficult sayings, “those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them,” some of the disciples picked up their sandals and left. They had had enough.
So Jesus asked his closest disciples if they, too, wanted to leave. Simon Peter, whose name Peter means “rock,” gave a “rock-solid” answer:
“You have the words of eternal life.”
Peter was going nowhere, he stayed with Jesus. Peter became, in that moment, a “rock star” disciple. He was committed to Jesus. No other person would he believe in nor follow. Jesus only.
Children, this rock reminds us of Peter and Peter's rock-solid answer.
Lets repeat to Jesus and to each other this rock answer:
“You have the words of eternal life.”
“You have the words of eternal life.” (children repeat in unison several times)
Prayer: Lord Jesus we will not follow any other than you. Amen.
Good morning girls and boys,
Welcome. It's awesome to talk to you this morning. How are you? (children respond)
I have a question for you. Does your teacher ever teach something that is hard to understand? Are you sometimes puzzled or bewildered by something your teacher said?
Have you ever wondered about hard things like what electricity is and how it works? Or gravity? Or the universe? Or algebra? (children answer)
There was that day when Jesus said something that was hard to understand. He said “Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them.”
The disciples heard this and said, “This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?”
Children and adults too, say the same thing about many things, like what is electricity or what is gravity or how far is the universe?
When Jesus said these difficult sayings, “those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them,” some of the disciples picked up their sandals and left. They had had enough.
So Jesus asked his closest disciples if they, too, wanted to leave. Simon Peter, whose name Peter means “rock,” gave a “rock-solid” answer:
“You have the words of eternal life.”
Peter was going nowhere, he stayed with Jesus. Peter became, in that moment, a “rock star” disciple. He was committed to Jesus. No other person would he believe in nor follow. Jesus only.
Children, this rock reminds us of Peter and Peter's rock-solid answer.
Lets repeat to Jesus and to each other this rock answer:
“You have the words of eternal life.”
“You have the words of eternal life.” (children repeat in unison several times)
Prayer: Lord Jesus we will not follow any other than you. Amen.
