Jesus' Public Opinion Poll
Children's sermon
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Object: a public opinion poll
Good morning, boys and girls. Today we are going to pretend that we are very grown up people and that I am a news reporter who is trying to get some very important information. I will ask you some questions, and I will then write down your answers for the newspaper. It is very important that you tell me exactly how you feel.
Here is my first question. "Do you think that the President of the United States is doing a great job?" (let them answer) Second question: "Do you like cartoons on Saturday morning television or would you rather have them on school nights?" (let them answer) Third question: "Which are the best teachers, men or women?" The last question is: "Do my parents love me more than anyone else in the whole world?" That is our public opinion poll and I will turn your answers into our newspaper for their study and information. Thank you.
Newspapers and magazines run a lot of polls. Americans think that polls are very important and a lot of important decisions are made on the information that is received from people like you.
Jesus once had a public opinion poll of his disciples. He asked all of the disciples what they had heard about him. He wanted to know what people were thinking about him and who they thought that he was. He asked each disciple. Some of them said that he was the prophet Elijah and others thought that he was the prophet Jeremiah. Some were talking about him being John the Baptizer. There were a lot of different ideas of who Jesus really was and each of these people that they talked about were important people in Jewish history. Jesus listened very carefully to what the people thought, but then he asked one more question. He asked the disciples who they thought he was. This was really an important question. You would have thought that it would have taken a lot of thought and some real time. But Peter was listening to Jesus, and he just said in a hurry what was on the tip of his tongue. "You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God." That was a mouthful. He was right, and Jesus told him that he was right. But he also told Peter that he did not think up that answer on his own. That answer came from God the Father in heaven, and it was given for Peter to say. It was something that no one would ever forget. The answer that Peter gave was the thing that Christians have been saying for almost 2,000 years when people have asked who Jesus is.
The next time that you hear about a poll that was taken you think about the one that Jesus took one day while he was walking through a town called Caesarea Philippi. It was Peter's answer that we will always remember. Jesus is Christ, the son of the Living God.
Good morning, boys and girls. Today we are going to pretend that we are very grown up people and that I am a news reporter who is trying to get some very important information. I will ask you some questions, and I will then write down your answers for the newspaper. It is very important that you tell me exactly how you feel.
Here is my first question. "Do you think that the President of the United States is doing a great job?" (let them answer) Second question: "Do you like cartoons on Saturday morning television or would you rather have them on school nights?" (let them answer) Third question: "Which are the best teachers, men or women?" The last question is: "Do my parents love me more than anyone else in the whole world?" That is our public opinion poll and I will turn your answers into our newspaper for their study and information. Thank you.
Newspapers and magazines run a lot of polls. Americans think that polls are very important and a lot of important decisions are made on the information that is received from people like you.
Jesus once had a public opinion poll of his disciples. He asked all of the disciples what they had heard about him. He wanted to know what people were thinking about him and who they thought that he was. He asked each disciple. Some of them said that he was the prophet Elijah and others thought that he was the prophet Jeremiah. Some were talking about him being John the Baptizer. There were a lot of different ideas of who Jesus really was and each of these people that they talked about were important people in Jewish history. Jesus listened very carefully to what the people thought, but then he asked one more question. He asked the disciples who they thought he was. This was really an important question. You would have thought that it would have taken a lot of thought and some real time. But Peter was listening to Jesus, and he just said in a hurry what was on the tip of his tongue. "You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God." That was a mouthful. He was right, and Jesus told him that he was right. But he also told Peter that he did not think up that answer on his own. That answer came from God the Father in heaven, and it was given for Peter to say. It was something that no one would ever forget. The answer that Peter gave was the thing that Christians have been saying for almost 2,000 years when people have asked who Jesus is.
The next time that you hear about a poll that was taken you think about the one that Jesus took one day while he was walking through a town called Caesarea Philippi. It was Peter's answer that we will always remember. Jesus is Christ, the son of the Living God.
