Paul Servant of Jesus Paul Speaks About Jesus

Paul Servant of Jesus Paul Speaks About Jesus

Paul Servant of Jesus Paul Speaks About Jesus In today’s lesson we learn about a huge change for Paul! He used to be the person to hurt Christians and now that he was a Christian, people wanted to hurt him! We can only imagine how scared he must have been. Our opening song is the same as last week followed by a new one which reminds us that God is someone who looks after us.

Paul Speaks About Jesus Acts 9: 19 – 30 As always before starting the lesson say a prayer asking for God to help your wee one to understand what you they are hearing and watching. Watch the video clip and then read the story on the next slides. You could quickly recap last week’s story.

Paul Speaks About Jesus in Damascus Acts 9: 19 – 22 Saul used to punish anyone who believed in Jesus until he became a follower of Jesus Christ himself and was baptized. He stayed with Christians in Damascus for a few days.

Paul Speaks About Jesus in Damascus Acts 9: 19 – 22 He was so excited when he understood who Jesus was and wanted to tell the Jewish leaders Jesus Christ was God’s. Everyone was surprised Saul was now a Christian because he had been so bad in the past.

Paul Speaks About Jesus in Damascus Acts 9: 23 – 25 Many believed and became Christians too, but some of the people wanted to get rid of him. They watched at the city gate day and night, waiting for a chance to grab Saul and kill him.

Paul Speaks About Jesus in Damascus Acts 9: 23 – 25 God warned Saul not to leave the city through the gate, so he waited until it was dark and his friends took him to a window on the city wall.

Paul Speaks About Jesus in Damascus Acts 9: 23 – 25 They put Saul in a basket and very quietly lowered him down on a rope. He landed safely outside the city and they quickly pulled up the empty basket.

Paul Speaks About Jesus in Damascus Acts 9: 26 – 30 Saul walked along the road to Jerusalem, thanking God for keeping him safe. He knew that some people would still be afraid of him because he had arrested so many Christians.

Paul Speaks About Jesus in Damascus Acts 9: 26 – 30 Saul began telling everyone about Jesus and Barnabas welcomed him as a brother. Saul became the Apostle Paul and a wise teacher who wrote some of the Bible.

Paul Speaks About Jesus in Damascus Acts 9: 26 – 30 Again some of the people didn’t like listening to Paul, and they planned to kill him too. His new friends helped him to escape from Jerusalem in a boat so he would be safe.

Paul Speaks About Jesus Telling others about Jesus can be difficult. Not everyone accepts that Jesus is the Son of God. Those who tell others about Jesus often need help from others who love Jesus. You could use this sentence to start a prayer with the children; “Dear God, thank you for sending friends into our lives. Help us to be good friends to others…. .

Paul Speaks About Jesus Let the children know that at Central Baptist we try to help people tell others about Jesus. Some of these people do this in other countries, some here in our country and some in Dundee. We pray for people and also give them some money.

Paul Speaks About Jesus Our closing song is an old favourite – “I will make you fishers of men”. Explain what that means to the children. We tell people about Jesus because we want them to follow him and be saved. I hope you will follow Jesus too. God Bless, Colin See the attached PDF for activities you may want to try. Lesson 36. pdf (cloversites. com)