Sat Nov 14

Listen up, little ones

Especially for the littles in your household.

Listen for the word Son of Man.

Reading

Luke 9:21-22, 43-45—Jesus Had to Suffer

Optional Reading

Zechariah 13:1-9

Keys for kids

Also for the littles. Young households might choose, after Keys for Kids, to go directly to praise and prayer.

Jesus had to suffer.
He knew that and willing died for sinners like you.
He knew that and willingly died for sinners like you.
Even if we don’t understand, we must accept that.

Questions

(Some read the ?s before the notes/ ask them after.)

When did Jesus know that He would have to suffer and die?
Why did Jesus have to suffer?
Why couldn’t the disciples understand?

Catechism

WSC #93

Which are the Sacraments of the New Testament?

The Sacraments of the New Testament are Baptism, and the Lord’s Supper.

(Matthew 28:19; Matthew 26:26-28)

Children's Catechism 120-121

What is the sixth petition?

“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”

What do we pray for in the sixth petition?

That God would keep us from sin.

Notes

(See below for all authors.)

Jesus had to suffer. His death was planned between God the Father and God the Son way before the earth was created (Eph 1:4). It wasn’t a surprise to Jesus, though it was a terrible burden for Him leading up to it and a horrible experience to go through.

It shouldn’t have been a surprise to Jesus’s disciples. Over and over, Jesus told them it was coming. It was necessary. But they didn’t understand. The words were clear enough, but the idea that Jesus, God’s chosen and anointed One, would do that just didn’t make sense to them.

And even today, it doesn’t make sense to many people. They are happy to have Jesus as a good teacher and a life to imitate. But the path to a world where the effects of sin are overcome is in the suffering Savior. And when it doesn’t make sense, we have to listen to Jesus and believe God’s plan. As Mason reminds us, a sacrifice to address the flaws, failures and wickedness of the world was necessary. Jesus knew this. Jesus did this.

Swedish Method questions

See the Sunday notes for meaning of the symbols.

Praise

Psalm 22a, 22c

Prayer

Give thanks that Jesus willingly suffered so sinners like you could be saved.
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.

Notes this week are drawn in part from writings by John Calvin, William Hendriksen, Kent Hughes, Norval Geldenhuys, J. C. Ryle, John G Mason, the Theological Dictionary of the Old and New Testaments (TDOT, TDNT) and notes from the CSB Study Bible, and the Reformation Study Bible (RSB).