In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying:“ The voice of one crying in the wilderness:‘ Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight.’”
John
the Baptist was a preacher with a special job given to him by God. He went
about baptizing lots and lots of people.
John
would be born to prepare everyone to receive the
King
and His Kingdom. Do you know who the King is that he was preparing
for?
GETTING PREPARED
If an event is coming we often have to make preparations before the event can happen. Name some things you have had to make preparation for and tell one thing you had to do to get ready for it. Example: vacation = pack
COMPANY’S COMING
Pretend your mother has invited the preacher over for dinner. Make a list of things your mother would do if she was preparing for company.
PREPARE CUPCAKES
Ask your mother if you can bake cupcakes. (Please remember to say “please”!) Make a list of things you had to do in order to prepare cupcakes before you could eat them.
PREPARE
An important word in this lesson is the word: PREPARE. It means: To get ready, to set things in order before the event. Please answer the following questions that have to do with the word “prepare” in our lesson.
1. Who was sent to “prepare” for something?
2. Where did he go to “prepare” the people?
3. How was he “preparing” them?
4. What did he tell them to do in order to get “prepared”?
5. What was he sent to “prepare” the people for?
6. Who was he sent to “prepare” the people for?
7. Who in the Old Testament told them that he would come to “prepare” the way?
MATCH
8. John The way
9. Came Of heaven
10. Wilderness Preaching
11. Kingdom The Baptist
12. Prophet Straight
13. Prepare Isaiah
14. His paths Of Judea