A n oth er Illustration Luke 9:51-56
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Even the Sam aritans, so despised by the Jew s, w ere the objects o f the vital concern o f Jesus. W hen these people did not readily receive the Son o f God when He cam e into th eir village, James and John w ere in fa v o r o f h aving fire called down from H eaven to consum e them . Thus th ey w ere true to their designa tion as “ the sons o f thunder” (M ark 3 :1 7 ). F o r this attitude they w ere rebuked (v. 5 5 ), and the L ord Jesus showed H is attitude tow ard all men (v. 5 6 ). He cam e to be a Saviour, not a ven gefu l destroyer. Helps For The Children P rotectin g O thers from Harm Matt. 18:1-6, 10-14; M ark 1:40-42; Luke 9:51-56; 12:4-7 M em ory V e rse : “ Thou shalt not kill” (E x . 20:13). H ate and anger in the h eart cause trouble and unhappiness. Sometimes these feelin gs can lead to takin g the life o f another person— to killin g someone. God’s commandment, “ Thou shalt not k ill” includes m ore than actu ally killing someone else. It includes anger, hatred, u nfairn ess, and m istreating others too. Those who drink alcohol easily become an gry and unhappy and m any tim es kill others. They n ot only ruin th eir own bodies but frequ en tly harm others too. Th ey first think in their h eart w hat they w ould like to do to another, and then they actu ally do the deed. The L ord Jesus said, I am “ come to seek and to save th at which was lost.” H is w a y is the w ay o f kindness and love, n ot the w ay o f hatred and cruelty. H e came to save souls, but H e also wanted to protect and heal bodies and keep them clean and pure. There are several w ays th at God’s children are to protect others from harm . W e are n ot only to protect the bodies o f others from death, fo r there are w orse things than death. W e are to protect the m inds o f others from filthy stories and from th in gs that are untrue. W e are to protect the habits o f others b y not doin g those things which they can copy th at w ould be h arm fu l and sinfu l. W e are to protect th eir souls from hell by telling them o f God’s Son who died on C alvary’s cross th at they m ight have everlasting life by believing upon H im as th eir Sav iour. W e are to protect th eir bodies by not offerin g them anything w hich m ight harm their bodies or th eir m inds to eat or drink. Christians are n ot saved ju s t to be saved. They are “ saved to serve.” They are responsible fo r others whose lives th ey touch. E ach day Christian boys and g irls be fo re th ey talk w ith anyone else should talk w ith their L ord and let H im talk w ith them through H is W ord that th ey m ight say and do those things th at w ill cause others to w an t to know th eir Saviour too.
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