Kid's
Korner
Lesson 28
Lesson
Text:
John 8:21-30
Then Jesus said to them
again, “I am going away, and you will seek Me, and will
die in your sin. Where I go you cannot come.” So the Jews
said, “Will He kill Himself, because He says, ‘Where I go
you cannot come’?”
And He said to them, “You are from beneath; I am from
above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins;
for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in
your sins.” Then they said to Him, “Who are You?”
And Jesus said to them,
“Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning. I
have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but
He who sent Me is true; and I speak to the world those
things which I heard from Him.” They did not understand
that He spoke to them of the Father.
Then Jesus said to them,
“When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that
I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father
taught Me, I speak these things. And He who sent Me is
with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do
those things that please Him.” As He spoke these words,
many believed in Him. (John 8:21-30)
Family Discussion:
Discuss what a prophet did. Take turns
naming OT prophets and tell what the
prophet foretold. Name a NT prophet besides
Jesus.
Jesus was the greatest Prophet who ever
lived. Moses, who was also a prophet, foretold of the
coming of Jesus. This is what he said:
“And the LORD said to me:
‘What they have spoken is good. I will raise up for them a
Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put
My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that
I command Him. And it shall be that whoever will not hear
My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of
him. (Deut.18:17-19)
The Israelites had been looking for the
great Prophet Moses told them about for a long, long
time. After Jesus was baptized and the Holy Spirit had
descended upon Him, His
ministry began. He went from place to place telling
people to get ready for His kingdom
because it was near. He healed people and did many
wonderful signs. This caused people to listen to Him even
more and to wonder, “Is this the Great Prophet Moses
told us would come?” One day Jesus raised up from the
dead a young boy who was the only son of a widow. After
Jesus raised him up from the dead, the Bible tells us this
is what happened:
Then fear came upon all,
and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen
up among us”; and, “God has visited His people.”
(Luke 7:16)
Just before He was crucified Jesus went into Jerusalem and
multitudes were waiting to see Him. Do you know what a
multitude is? A multitude is many, many, many people. We
understand, therefore, that great throngs of people
believed that Jesus was the Prophet. This is what
happened when He came into Jerusalem:
And when He had come into Jerusalem, all
the city was moved, saying, “Who is this?” So the
multitudes said, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth
of Galilee.” (Matt. 21:10-11)
A prophet is someone who foretells an event
that is in the future. A prophecy is the event that he
foretells. In the text of our lesson today we can find an
important prophecy given by Jesus. Jesus said:
“When you lift up the Son
of Man, then you will know that I am He, and
that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught
Me, I speak these things. (John 8:28)
This is a prophecy that He would be
crucified. They would nail Him to the cross and then lift
up the cross, put it in a hole in the ground and stand it
up. In another place Jesus gave this same prophecy in a
little different way:
And as Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be
lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish
but have eternal life. (John 3:14-15)
True
or False
1. Before Jesus was born the Israelite
people knew that a great Prophet was coming.
2. Jesus told the Pharisees that they
were from beneath.
3. Jesus said that He would never go
away.
4. Jesus told the Pharisees that they
would seek Him and find Him.
5. The Jews thought that Jesus was
telling them that He was going to kill Himself.
6. The Jews understood that He spoke to
them of the Father.
7. Jesus told them that Moses had taught
Him.
8. Jesus said, ”The Father has not left
Me alone”.
9. Jesus said that He always did those
things that pleased His Father.
Please unscramble the words and tell how
they relate to our lesson:
10. Teenabh
11. Voeba
12. Drusennadt
13. Guhtat
14. Asleep
15. Treppho
16. Stutemudil
17. Preestn
Match each word with a word in the
lesson that it goes with:
18. Going ___
Prophet
19. Cannot ___ Up
20. From ___
Believed
21. Lift ___
Come
22. Father ___
Beneath
23. Always ___ Him
24. Please ___
Away
25. Many
___Taught
26. Great ___ Do
Family Extra
Reading and Discussion Assignment:
Please
read Numbers 21:4-8 and tell how Jesus being lifted up on
the cross was like Moses lifting up the serpent in the
wilderness.
Lesson by: Sandy Ditoro
Edited by: Joan Miller