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Participants in Kid’s Korner week # 19 are:

 Tennessee: Neil Armstrong

Tennesse: Tanna, age 11

 Tanna says: I did this lesson! It was great!

Kid's Korner
Lesson 19
 

We are learning some wonderful things about Jesus!

Our lesson text for this week is  John 6:41-59.

In this lesson we will learn more about the Living Bread of Life, Jesus Christ.

WORDS WE SHOULD KNOW:

Jew – a person whose forefather was Abraham. Jesus was a Jew.   The Twelve Disciples were Jews.

To Remember!

Miracles were signs pointing to Jesus as the Son of God. Because miracles could only come from the power of God, the miracle worker had to be a messenger of God. And the message he told had to be true.

Many figures of speech are used in the Bible. In this chapter of John Jesus used some figures of speech.

"I see" is a figure of speech that we may use when we understand something. The Jews should have seen or understood that Jesus was who He said He was by the signs that He did. The Jews knew that Jesus had healed many people, raised the dead and fed five thousand men, plus women and children. No ordinary man could do those things. Only God could give the power to heal and raise the dead.

But what did some of the Jews think?

They had seen Jesus, but they did not believe. (verse 36).

The Jews complained about Him. (verse 41).

The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves. (verse 52).

From these three verses we learn that some of the Jews had bad attitudes about Jesus. They saw the miracles (signs), but did not listen well with good hearts.

Jesus And Figures of Speech

Fill in the blanks with the figure of speech.

I am the  bread of life (verse 48).

If anyone eats of this  bread, he will live forever(verse 51).

Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood you have no life in you (verse 53).

He who  feeds on Me will live because of Me (verse 57).

This is the  bread which came down from heaven (verse 58).

He who eats this  bread will live forever (verse 58).

IMPORTANT TO KNOW!

When we read a saying that cannot possibly be true, it may be a figure of speech.

Could the people that Jesus was talking to eat his body, while he was alive?  No.

Could the people that Jesus was talking to drink his blood, while he was alive?  No.

You are right! Of course not. And Jesus would not have suggested the literal drinking of blood because according to the Old Testament that would be a sin. (Leviticus 17:10-13).

Even today someone may use these words as figures of speech. Someone might say, "I eat and drink sports." Or about someone, "He eats and drinks baseball." What they mean is that these things are the main purpose in life. And this is exactly what Jesus was teaching in these passages. Jesus must be number one in our lives. Serving Him with all of our being is what following Jesus means.

 

How to Eat Jesus!

We must

a. use a fork

b. be taught by God

 

We must _________________ in Jesus (verse 47)

c. have a plate

d. believe

 

We must make Jesus number ________ in our lives.


                                e. three
    
                                f.   one
 
 
 
             What did Jesus Say He would do?

             I shall give my  flesh (verse 51). 

When do you think that Jesus gave His flesh?         He was talking about giving his life on the cross.

 

Jesus knew that He would give His life on the cross only a few months from the time He spoke these words. It is so important for us to understand what it means to follow Jesus. It means that we must make Him the Lord and Master of our lives each day, doing the best we can to learn and do what He says in His Word, the Bible. Let us trust and obey the wonderful Jesus who loves us.

 

Lessons by: Betty Jackson