Everlasting Life

Kidz Chapel:

Kidz Chapel:

“For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

What question do the Kidz need to be absolutely clear about?

That everlasting life is the most valuable life that everyone must have!

Because of the love of God

Because of the Son of God

Because of the justice of God

How do I illustrate this?

“Saved from Lions”

Topics: Jesus Christ; God’s Love; Salvation; Savior; Temptation

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Several years ago, my wife, Kathy, and a friend took their kids to the St. Louis Zoo. “Big Cat Country” had just opened, which took the lions and tigers out of their cages and allowed them to roam in large enclosures. Visitors could observe the cats by walking on elevated skyways above the habitats.

As my wife and her friend took the children up one of the skyway ramps, a blanket got tangled in a stroller wheel. Kathy knelt to help untangle the wheel while our preschool boys went ahead. When Kathy looked up, she discovered that the boys had walked through a small gap in the fencing and had climbed up on the rocks some twenty or twenty-five feet from the lion pen.

Pointing to the lions below, they called back to their mother, “Hey, Mom, we can see them!” They had no concept of how much danger they were in. But what could Kathy do? If she screamed, she might startle the boys perched precariously above the lions. The gap in the fence was too small for her to get through.

So she knelt down, spread out her arms, and said, “Boys, come get a hug.” They came running for the love that saved them from danger greater than they could perceive.

With similar love, our Savior beckons us from temptation that would devour us.—Bryan Chapell, Holiness by Grace (Crossway, 2001)

Larson, C. B., & Ten Elshof, P. (2008). 1001 illustrations that connect (p. 457). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House.

What does it mean to have everlasting life?

To have everlasting life is to NOT be separated from the Creator of Life. (perish - to be destroyed, lost)

To have everlasting life is to have a relationship with the Creator of Life.

How do I illustrate this?

5365 Thoreau’s Ignorance

When Thoreau, the naturalist, was close to death, he was visited by a very pious aunt who asked, “Henry, have you made your peace with God?” “I didn’t know,” was Thoreau’s answer, “that we had ever quarreled.”

And in his answer he revealed his profound spiritual ignorance. Too many people are like him. They are utterly unconscious of the fact that they have sinned against God and so have “quarreled” with Him, and are really lost and separated from God. The first step in coming to Christ is to realize one is a sinner, a lost sinner.

Thoreau’s answer revealed that he still was a lost man: he didn’t know he was lost and so he had never come to Christ to get saved. Here is the truth about man’s sin and lost condition by nature.—Christian Victory

Tan, P. L. (1996). Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations: Signs of the Times (pp. 1217–1218). Garland, TX: Bible Communications, Inc.

How does someone get this relationship with the Creator of Life (Source)?

You must believe in Jesus Christ as the ONLY One God has sent as a connection to Him.

You must believe in Jesus Christ as the ONLY Perfect One God has sent as a connection to Him.

You must believe in Jesus Christ as the ONLY Sacrifice for Sin that God has sent for a connection to Him.

You must believe in Jesus Christ as the ONLY One Creator of Life (Source).

How do I illustrate this?

I came home one day and found a card from my wife sitting on the counter. I knew that she loved me. It was a card for a special occasion (Father’s Day or Birthday). Since I saw the card, I knew she had been there. Since I saw the card, I knew she loved me. I opened the card, and it confirmed what I already believed. “She loved me and she invested or spent money on me.” As you look at the Creation, the Bible, Local Churches, History…

What does it mean to believe on the only begotten Son of God?

What does it not mean to believe on the only begotten Son of God?

What does it mean to believe?