Childrens Sermon Service

Good morning, boys and girls. I brought an apple today because I wanted to talk about laws. Does anyone have any idea what laws have to do with apples? (Let them respond.) There are all kinds of laws. Some laws are for people and some laws are for apples. If I let go of this apple, what will happen to it? (Let them respond.) It might fall if I just drop it. It would fall to the ground or floor. But what if I threw it up in the air? (Let them respond.) It might go way up high, but it would still eventually fall to the ground. That's because the apple is following the apple rule! What is the apple rule? (Let them guess.) It's called the law of gravity. It's a force that causes things to fall to the ground. It always happens. Things don't fall up, they fall down. It was discovered by a man named Isaac Newton. Mr. Newton was a very famous scientist who helped us figure out apple rules. They aren't really called apple rules, they're called scientific laws or laws of nature. They are laws that were set up before the world began. It makes the parts of the world work properly. It keep the planets from bumping into each other. It also keeps us from floating off into space. Apple laws or laws of nature are very important to have to keep the world running.

Today's lesson is about a different kind of law. These are people laws. They weren't made by people. They were made by God. They are God's laws. The people of the world would work together better if they followed God's laws. God's laws are not very complicated like the laws of nature are. God's laws are very simple. God says to love God, love yourself and love the people around you. That's a pretty simple law -- just love! People have made it very complicated with laws for traffic, laws for courts, laws of schools, laws for government and laws between countries.

Today is Reformation Sunday. Reformation means change or make better. Martin Luther, the man that the Lutheran church is named after, wanted the church to stop making so many people laws and go back to God's laws. That's what Martin Luther wanted to change. We can make things a lot easier if we remember God's laws -- love God, love yourself and love others.