The Bible object book : $b A book of object lessons which are different, written in plain English and in common wordsWoolston, C. H. (Clarence Herbert)
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The Bible object book : $b A book of object lessons which are different, written in plain English and in common words
Woolston, C. H. (Clarence Herbert)
Children's sermons
Say to the children that as the pine and ivy are green all the year
around and never change with the seasons, so should the Christian
always be abounding in the work of the Lord. Read Galatians 6:9; "And
let us not be weary in well doing; for in due season we shall reap if
we faint not."
Now open the last pages and you will note they are both "yellow";
these pages stand for heaven, with its streets of yellow gold. These
pages remind us of our eternal home, the home of the soul to which we
will all go if we follow the teaching of this book. Quote John
14:2,3: "I go to prepare a place for you... I will come again and
receive you unto myself, that where I am there you may be also." Read
also selections from Revelation 22.
You now say I have finished my story. It is the most wonderful story
in the world, because it is the story of salvation. It is a story
without words, because it is a story in colors.
Close the book, and ask the children how many colors they saw in the
book. Ask them to name the colors in their proper order. Drill them
in repeating the colors of the book. Then ask them to give you the
meaning of each color, after this fashion: Black for sin, red for
blood, white for righteousness, green for fruitfulness, yellow for
heaven.
Drill them now in the meaning of the colors. When I am giving this
lesson I ask some little fellow to come to the platform, and offering
him the book, I say: "Would you like to have this little book as your
own?" Of course, he says, "Yes," and as you offer it to him he
reaches out his hand to take it, and you explain that this is just
the way to receive salvation. You simply "Take it." Conclude by
quoting "The Spirit and the Bride say, Come, and whosoever will let
him take."
A private use may be made of this book in the devotional hour. Look
at every page and read the Scripture noted, and then meditate in
silence.
[1]The author has prepared such a book. Write to him about it in care
of the publishers.
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THE HEART OF SEVEN DEVILS
OBJECTS: Cardboard Hearts and a Number of Colored
Cards=
Text, Luke 8:2: "Mary Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils."
The heart of this unhappy woman was like a steel-girded prison cell.
It had locked in it as prisoners seven devils. Jesus opened the door,
and cast them out, and went in himself, and shut the door after him,
and when he shuts no man can open. Mary Magdalene was in the hollow
of God's hand forever.
Let me tell you how the seven devils got into her heart, and the
story of how they were cast out when she met Jesus.
Mary Magdalene was just like the rest of us, for we all have seven
devils in our heart, and some have a few more. She was born in sin
like all of us. She was not born a sinner; none of us are, for we do
not become sinners until we arrive at that age when with a free
choice we choose to do evil, then we are sinners.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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