Giving Children Perspective on Jesus Part II

July 24th, 2008

In an earlier post, I talked about a story I shared with Jackson. I began the story with a door. I explained that Jesus is the door for all people to enter into real relationship with God. I told him the verse from the Gospel of John and the following story.

Photo taken in Arequipa, Peru

John14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7If you really knew me, you would know^[b] my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

Imagine that God lives in the most beautiful house you have ever seen. The house has many windows, but they don’t open, and there is only one door. It is a narrow, rough door that doesn’t really match the rest of the house. It seems too simple. Inside the house, God is there, preparing the most amazing meal you have ever eaten. You can sit at his table and talk with him and you can really get to know all about him.

When you enter His house, you receive a new set of clothes that are the most beautiful and comfortable you have ever worn. The smell in His house is heavenly, and everything is perfect. There is enough room for everyone who wants to enter in through that rough, front door. Many people come right up to the edge of the house, and can kind of hear through the walls laughter and maybe smell a bit of the good food. They don’t even think there is a God, they think the the house is just there, and the smell of food just happened out of thin air and leave thinking they know all there is to know. Then some people come up and look through a window. They can maybe see a small glimpse of who God is but they can’t really get in the house, and sit down and eat dinner and talk to God and really get to know them can they? Well, maybe one of those windows is a Buddhist window, and another is a Hindu window, and another is one called money, and another is the environment and so on. We then begin to think of all of the “windows” that give us small glimpses of God but don’t ever allow any relationship with God.

Many people, leave the house, thinking they know and have met God. They say there are many windows and many people can see God in their own way. All the while, Jesus is quietly calling from the front, come in, I am the way. But not many people want to go through such a simple door. They leave never really knowing all the wonderful mysteries that God has for those who enter his house through the door of Jesus.

It was a simple, story that painted a picture. Painting pictures and telling stories is a good thing. Not only for children but for people in general.

Peace to all story tellers today~

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