1-23-11: Learning to Follow Jesus Attribute 2.3: Learn to see Jesus in scripture

PIF Kids Sermon
Sunday – 1/23/11
Learning to Follow Jesus
Attribute 2: Learn to listen
Step 3: Learn to see Jesus in scripture

Bible Memory Verse: Matthew 7:24-25
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.” – Matthew 7:24-25

Bible Story:

Micah 5:2 – Micah wrote this prophecy about 700 years before Jesus was born! God knows the future and through the bible, he often tells us about what will happen
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
though you are small among the clans of Judah,
out of you will come for me
one who will be ruler over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,
from ancient times.”

Isaiah 53 – This chapter is about Jesus. It describes his death and burial and explains that Jesus died for our sins. Isaiah wrote these words about 700 years before Jesus was even born! Only God could know ahead of time how Jesus would die. Prophecies like this one prove that the Bible really is the Word of God.

Isaiah 7:14 (Matthew 1:22-23) – The word Immanuel is a Hebrew name that means God is with us. It is used here to refer eventually to Jesus who would come to earth and truly be “God with us”