Listen up, little ones
Listen for the words land, earth, country, and city.
Reading
Hebrews 11:13-16-Between Two Worlds
Optional Reading
Gen 12:1-7, 13:15-17
Keys for kids
- The heroes of faith of Hebrews 11 lived between two worlds.
- We live between two worlds too.
- So we live now looking forward to then.
Questions
- What two worlds did Heb 11 heroes live between?
- What two worlds do we live between?
- How can we live between these two worlds? Explain.
Notes
(See below for all authors.)
The heroes of faith in Hebrews 11 lived in two worlds. They lived in the world they could see every day, and they also looked forward to the world God promised - a perfect future where all His promises come true. We live between two worlds too.
When my family moved to Australia, my 16‑year‑old daughter said, "Now I feel like I live in two different worlds: the one I grew up in and love, and the new one I'm learning to love." We had to think about our old world in the USA and our new world in Australia. Sometimes we didn't balance those two worlds very well.
As Christians, we also live between two worlds - but in a much more important way. We live between the here‑and‑now, the world we can see, touch, and hear-and the eternity God has promised. And we live between the "already," which is the spiritual reality God has already given us-and the "not-yet" future when all of God's promises will be fully complete forever.
In the "already," because of Jesus, we are saved by grace and are spiritually seated with Him in heaven (Ephesians 2:5-6). And, when we worship together, the Bible says we come to the heavenly Jerusalem (Heb 12:22-24).
So how should we live between these two worlds? By faith.
Swedish Method questions
Praise
Psalm 16d, 51a
Prayer
- Ask God for help in living faithfully between now and heaven.
- Pray for the reading and preaching of God’s word tomorrow.
- Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.