Have A Good Marriage
Children's sermon
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Matthew To Revelation
Object: a clock
Good morning, boys and girls. Today we want to share some ideas on marriage. Are any of you planning to get married pretty soon? (let them answer) How many of you hope to be married someday? (let them answer) What kind of a husband or wife would you like? What would be the most important thing to you in a husband or wife? (let several of them answer) This is a pretty important thing in our life. We want to make sure that we choose the right person, for whomever we choose should last us for the rest of our lives. The Bible teaches us that we should be married for as long as both people live, but that if one of the two people die, then we can marry again.
One day, Jesus taught some people that when someone marries someone else, the two people become one person. Let me show you what I mean. I have a clock with me, and it is a good clock. It tells me the right time all of the time. I like this clock. It has two hands, doesn't it? (let them answer) You can see that those two hands are very important. If you take away one of the hands, you can't tell what time it is. Take away the big hand, and you have no idea how many minutes there are after the hour. Take away the little hand, and you don't know what hour it is. It takes two hands to tell the right time.
A divorce is like taking away one of the two hands. The motor in the clock still runs. The one hand keeps turning, but the time is gone. Jesus talked about the problem of divorce, and he said it shouldn't happen. When two people get married, they are supposed to stay married until one of them dies. That is what Jesus said. Two people become one person, he said. Just like the two hands on a clock make one time. That is the way that it should be. Now everything is not the way it should be. People do get divorced. Both people are still living, but they don't live with one another. Their marriage is over. It happens, and when it does the people who are divorced are very sad. Divorced people would tell you that it is very important that you should be careful whom you choose for your wife or husband, so that your marriage works as well as my clock. God forgives people who are divorced or whose marriage is broken. I want you to know that, but I also want you to know how pleased God is with good marriages that do work.
The next time that you see a clock like mine, with two hands that work, maybe you will think about marriage, and how it should be when two people work together. Someday, I hope your marriage works just as well as my clock and even better. Jesus hopes so too.
Good morning, boys and girls. Today we want to share some ideas on marriage. Are any of you planning to get married pretty soon? (let them answer) How many of you hope to be married someday? (let them answer) What kind of a husband or wife would you like? What would be the most important thing to you in a husband or wife? (let several of them answer) This is a pretty important thing in our life. We want to make sure that we choose the right person, for whomever we choose should last us for the rest of our lives. The Bible teaches us that we should be married for as long as both people live, but that if one of the two people die, then we can marry again.
One day, Jesus taught some people that when someone marries someone else, the two people become one person. Let me show you what I mean. I have a clock with me, and it is a good clock. It tells me the right time all of the time. I like this clock. It has two hands, doesn't it? (let them answer) You can see that those two hands are very important. If you take away one of the hands, you can't tell what time it is. Take away the big hand, and you have no idea how many minutes there are after the hour. Take away the little hand, and you don't know what hour it is. It takes two hands to tell the right time.
A divorce is like taking away one of the two hands. The motor in the clock still runs. The one hand keeps turning, but the time is gone. Jesus talked about the problem of divorce, and he said it shouldn't happen. When two people get married, they are supposed to stay married until one of them dies. That is what Jesus said. Two people become one person, he said. Just like the two hands on a clock make one time. That is the way that it should be. Now everything is not the way it should be. People do get divorced. Both people are still living, but they don't live with one another. Their marriage is over. It happens, and when it does the people who are divorced are very sad. Divorced people would tell you that it is very important that you should be careful whom you choose for your wife or husband, so that your marriage works as well as my clock. God forgives people who are divorced or whose marriage is broken. I want you to know that, but I also want you to know how pleased God is with good marriages that do work.
The next time that you see a clock like mine, with two hands that work, maybe you will think about marriage, and how it should be when two people work together. Someday, I hope your marriage works just as well as my clock and even better. Jesus hopes so too.
