Kids4Christ
Matthew 19:14
Jesus said, "Let the little
children come to me, and
do not hinder them, for the
kingdom of heaven belongs
to such as these."
Theme
Love
The good Samaritan
People were always asking Jesus questions.
One day a teacher came to Him. “I know we
must love God,” he said, “And I know that
God wants us to take care of other people
too. But who does he want us to help? Is it
our friends? Or the people we know?” Then
Jesus told him this story...
Once upon a time, a man was walking down
a lonely road. All of a sudden, some big, bad
robbers jumped out at him. “Help! Help!”
cried the man - but there was no one there to
hear him. Those big, bad robbers hit the man
and hurt him. They took all his money and ran
away.
He was left at the side of the road. “Oh!
Ooh!” groaned the man. He hurt all over. He
couldn’t get up. He lay there in the burning
sun. He couldn’t do anything.
Then he heard footsteps. Nearer and nearer
the footsteps came. “Help, at last”, thought
the man. But the footsteps went on by.
Someone had seen him, but they hadn’t come
to help!
“Oh! OOH!”, groaned the man. He was feeling
dreadful. A long time passed. Then he heard
footsteps again. Nearer and nearer the footsteps came. “Help, at last,” thought the man.
But the footsteps went on by.
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Story - Luke 10:25-37
Someone else had seen him, but they hadn’t
come to help. The man was feeling worse and
worse.
It was getting late when he heard a new
sound. Clip clop! Clip clop! Someone was
coming down the road on a donkey. This was
a man from another country, an enemy country. But he stopped when he saw the man
who was hurt. “He needs help,” the traveller
said.
So he cleaned the man’s cuts and put on bandages. Then he lifted him carefully onto his
donkey. A little way on, they came to an inn.
“This poor man has been hurt by some big bad
robbers. They’ve run off with all his money,”
the traveller told the innkeeper. “We must
take good care of him.”
Next day, he had to go on. He hadn’t finished
his journey. “Here’s some money,” the traveller said to the innkeeper. “I hope it’s enough.
Take care of the man until he is well. If it costs
more, I will pay you when I come back.”
Now Jesus asked the teacher a question.
“Tell Me, which of those people did as God
wanted?”