Thu Nov 12

Listen up, little ones

Especially for the littles in your household.

Listen for the word crowds and disciples.

Reading

Luke 9:1-20—Who Do the Crowds Say Jesus Is?

Optional Reading

Isa 53:1-12

Keys for kids

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

People disagreed on who Jesus is.
He is God’s Messiah.
He is not a political Savior, but the spiritual Savior we need.

Questions

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

Who are you?
Who is Jesus?
Why does it matter who we think Jesus is?

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 Saturday for authors.)

Who are you? Who do people who know you say that you are? I’m Pastor Ed, son of Carl and Barbara; husband to Nancy; father to Allen, Zachary, Charity, Maria, Tamara, and Benjamin; grandfather to 24; pastor of Springs Reformed Church. People say who you are based on seeing your life.

So it was with Jesus. And who is He? The crowds said He was John the Baptist, Elijah, or another Old Testament prophet come back to life. People heard Jesus preach and teach, watched or heard of His miracles. Geldenhuys suggests that the crowds were thoroughly conscious that he was an exceptional, supernatural person; but because they had always pictured the Messiah as an earthly ruler, they were unable to see the true Christ in him.

So, if you ask people around you, Who is Jesus? what do they say? It is a very important question. We read in Luke’s orderly account that Jesus is a sending master thought of by some as merely a curiosity. He provides for needs abundantly. But as Peter noted, Jesus is God’s Messiah. But not the political Messiah the crowds longed for. Instead, Jesus is the one sent by God to save His people from their sins.

Do you know Him that way?

Swedish Method questions

See the Sunday notes for meaning of the symbols.

Praise

Psalm 118e, 22c

Prayer

Rejoice if you know Jesus as your Savior.
Pray for the preparation for preaching God’s Word this Lord's Day.
Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.