Sat Nov 7

Listen up, little ones

Especially for the littles in your household.

Listen for the name Jesus.

Reading

Luke 8:26-56—Do Not Fear; Only Believe

Optional Reading

Psalm 56:1–13

Keys for kids

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

Jesus keeps showing the power of His words.
He cast out demons, raised a dead girl to life and gave peace.
The man who had the demons cast out told everyone what Jesus had done for him.

Questions

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

What did Jesus do with His words in our reading?
Why is it sometimes hard to believe and not be afraid?
When we are afraid, what should we do (Psalm 56:3)?

Catechism

WSC #90

How is the Word to be read and heard, that it may become effectual to salvation?

That the Word may become effectual to salvation, we must attend thereunto with diligence, preparation, and prayer; receive it with faith and love, lay it up in our hearts, and practice it in our lives.

(Proverbs 8:34; 1 Peter 2:1-2; Psalms 119:18; Hebrews 4:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:10; Psalms 119:11; Luke 8:15; James 1:25)

Children's Catechism 116-117

What is the fourth petition?

“Give us this day our daily bread.”

What do we pray for in the fourth petition?

That God would give us all things needful for our bodies and souls.

Notes

(See below for all authors.)

Jesus keeps showing the power of His words. With a word He casts many demons out of a man who had been driven insane by them. With two words he raises a dead little girl to life. With His words He calls to a woman who was healed by touching His clothes and pronounces His peace on her.

The man who had had demons, was restored to his right mind. He wanted to go with Jesus, but the people who lived in his community wanted Jesus to leave because they were afraid of Jesus’s power. Jesus told the man to stay and tell the people all that God had done for him. So he did—hearing Jesus’s words, he did them.

The family and friends of the dead girl didn’t believe Jesus could raise her from the dead. Jesus told them not to be afraid, but to believe. Jesus told her parents not to tell anyone what had happened. Bently suggests He did this because he did not want any unhealthy publicity to interfere with the normal life of this growing girl, and he did not want anyone to proclaim him as the great deliverer. His time had not yet come.

Swedish Method questions

See the Sunday notes for meaning of the symbols.

Praise

Psalm 46c, 22c

Prayer

Pray that you will not fear but believe God’s word.
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, Michael Bentley, the Theological Dictionary of the Old and New Testaments (TDOT, TDNT) and notes from the CSB Study Bible, and the Reformation Study Bible (RSB).