Listen up, little ones
Especially for the littles in your household.
Listen for the word Jews.
Reading
Acts 28:17-31—Hardened Hearers
Optional Reading
Isaiah 6:8-13
Keys for kids
Also for the littles. Young households might choose, after Keys for Kids, to go directly to praise and prayer.
- Paul loved the Jewish people and preached the Gospel to them.
- Paul taught the people about Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
- The Gospel was to the Jew first, and also the Greek.
Questions
(Some read the ?s before the notes/ ask them after.)
- What is "the hope of Israel" in verse 20?
- How might Paul have persuaded them of Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets? (verse 23).
- What is significant about the last words in the book of Acts: no one forbidding him?
Notes
(See Saturday for authors.)
Isaiah's prophetic hardening of the Jewish people continues into the Gospel age. However, it is for a very specific purpose: so that the Gospel can go forth to the Gentiles! Most of us, all who are not of Jewish descent, are Gentiles. By nature, the promises made to Abraham and his offspring are not made to us. And yet, the Bible says that when we believe in Christ, we are grafted into the promises made to Abraham, and those covenant promises are now extended in a special way to our children! Praise God that He made a way for the nations to be saved, and that we who were far off could be brought near by the blood of Christ!
Swedish Method questions
See the Sunday notes for meaning of the symbols.
Praise
Psalm 67c, 111d
Prayer
- Pray for the conversion of the Gentiles!
- Pray for a specific application from yesterday’s sermons.
- Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.