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I AM THE GATE
I AM THE GATE
LESSON (John 10 : 1-10)
Read John 10:1-10 out loud. [Get older kids to read]
In this passage, Jesus calls himself the gate for the
sheep. Here in PJ, we don’t see a bunch of sheep all over the place. But in
Jesus’ day, sheep and shepherds could have been seen in practically every open
field.
[optional] Let us close our eyes and imagine we are a little sheep
at that time.
Imagine you are a sheep. You are a
woolly little lamb in a big, big field. All your sheep friends are around you,
and you are happily playing and eating and being happy in the green, green
grass. You take a big, deep breath, and you can smell all the pretty white and
yellow flowers in the field around you. You listen closely and you can hear a
stream not far away where your shepherd leads you to drink. You lie down and
feel the warm sun on your back, the soft ground beneath your feet, and feel a
gentle breeze tickle your soft, sheep ears. You are one happy lamb.
Suddenly, you hear a voice that is
like music to your ears. It is the best sound in the world, and it makes your
heart go thump, thump, thump in your chest. It’s your shepherd! He is calling
you back to the sheepfold for the night. You leap up and happily follow your
dear shepherd back to the pen. You like your pen. It’s a small pen, just the
right size for just your flock.
You
look around at the rock walls and know that you are safe for the night. There
is no gate to the sheepfold, no way to lock you safe inside, so after he says good
night to each and every one of you, the shepherd puts down his staff and
spreads out in the opening of the pen, where you came through for the night. He
becomes the gate. He will sleep there all night and make sure no one will come
and hurt his sheep. You look up and the sky. The orange sun is just starting to
set, making the puffy clouds in the sky turn pink. You give a contented “baaaaa”
before laying your head down to sleep. You are safe in your sheepfold, with
your shepherd as the gate.
Does that story help you to understand what Jesus is saying in John
10:1-10? Would anybody like to explain it to me, in their own words: Why would
Jesus call himself the gate for the sheep?
LESSON (John 10 : 1-10)
Read John 10:1-10 out loud. [Get older kids to read]
In this passage, Jesus calls himself the gate for the sheep. Here in PJ, we don’t see a bunch of sheep all over the place. But in Jesus’ day, sheep and shepherds could have been seen in practically every open field.
[optional] Let us close our eyes and imagine we are a little sheep at that time.
Imagine you are a sheep. You are a woolly little lamb in a big, big field. All your sheep friends are around you, and you are happily playing and eating and being happy in the green, green grass. You take a big, deep breath, and you can smell all the pretty white and yellow flowers in the field around you. You listen closely and you can hear a stream not far away where your shepherd leads you to drink. You lie down and feel the warm sun on your back, the soft ground beneath your feet, and feel a gentle breeze tickle your soft, sheep ears. You are one happy lamb.
Suddenly, you hear a voice that is like music to your ears. It is the best sound in the world, and it makes your heart go thump, thump, thump in your chest. It’s your shepherd! He is calling you back to the sheepfold for the night. You leap up and happily follow your dear shepherd back to the pen. You like your pen. It’s a small pen, just the right size for just your flock.
You look around at the rock walls and know that you are safe for the night. There is no gate to the sheepfold, no way to lock you safe inside, so after he says good night to each and every one of you, the shepherd puts down his staff and spreads out in the opening of the pen, where you came through for the night. He becomes the gate. He will sleep there all night and make sure no one will come and hurt his sheep. You look up and the sky. The orange sun is just starting to set, making the puffy clouds in the sky turn pink. You give a contented “baaaaa” before laying your head down to sleep. You are safe in your sheepfold, with your shepherd as the gate.
Does that story help you to understand what Jesus is saying in John 10:1-10? Would anybody like to explain it to me, in their own words: Why would Jesus call himself the gate for the sheep?
Read John 10:1-10 out loud. [Get older kids to read]
In this passage, Jesus calls himself the gate for the sheep. Here in PJ, we don’t see a bunch of sheep all over the place. But in Jesus’ day, sheep and shepherds could have been seen in practically every open field.
[optional] Let us close our eyes and imagine we are a little sheep at that time.
Imagine you are a sheep. You are a woolly little lamb in a big, big field. All your sheep friends are around you, and you are happily playing and eating and being happy in the green, green grass. You take a big, deep breath, and you can smell all the pretty white and yellow flowers in the field around you. You listen closely and you can hear a stream not far away where your shepherd leads you to drink. You lie down and feel the warm sun on your back, the soft ground beneath your feet, and feel a gentle breeze tickle your soft, sheep ears. You are one happy lamb.
Suddenly, you hear a voice that is like music to your ears. It is the best sound in the world, and it makes your heart go thump, thump, thump in your chest. It’s your shepherd! He is calling you back to the sheepfold for the night. You leap up and happily follow your dear shepherd back to the pen. You like your pen. It’s a small pen, just the right size for just your flock.
You look around at the rock walls and know that you are safe for the night. There is no gate to the sheepfold, no way to lock you safe inside, so after he says good night to each and every one of you, the shepherd puts down his staff and spreads out in the opening of the pen, where you came through for the night. He becomes the gate. He will sleep there all night and make sure no one will come and hurt his sheep. You look up and the sky. The orange sun is just starting to set, making the puffy clouds in the sky turn pink. You give a contented “baaaaa” before laying your head down to sleep. You are safe in your sheepfold, with your shepherd as the gate.
Does that story help you to understand what Jesus is saying in John 10:1-10? Would anybody like to explain it to me, in their own words: Why would Jesus call himself the gate for the sheep?
JESUS IS THE GATE THAT KEEPS US SAVE
Back in Jesus’
time, shepherds would keep usually keep their sheep in sheep pens.
One type of pen is a big pen found in cities, where several
shepherds could keep their flocks, all of their sheep, all together. This type
of pen had a door, which was guarded at night by a gatekeeper. In the morning,
the shepherds would come and call their flock out. The sheep would follow only
their shepherd because they knew his voice. “But they will never follow a
stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a
stranger’s voice.” (vs5)
The second type of sheepfold that was common in Jesus’ time was a
smaller pen out in the countryside. The shepherd would keep his sheep out here
in good weather. The walls of these pens were made of piles of rocks, and there
was no gate, just an opening for the sheep to enter through. To keep his sheep
inside, and to keep wild animals out, the shepherd would lay across the opening
to sleep. No one can cross into or out of the pen without crossing over the
shepherd — the gate.
The Bible often refers to people as sheep. Sheep rely on their
shepherd for everything in life, from finding water, to staying safe and warm,
to getting up when they fall down. They follow the shepherd wherever he leads.
Jesus is the
gate for us. He keeps us safe and protects us from anything that could hurt us.
JESUS IS THE GATE THAT KEPPS BAD GUYS OUT
Jesus
also mentions thieves and robbers that try to sneak in over the wall of the
sheepfold! Obviously, they do not have good intentions. “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.” (vs10)
These thieves and robbers may be voices from the world telling us
lies and enticing us to do things against God’s word. Or they may be religious
voices that make it difficult for us to come to God.
But the true sheep of God, the people that really know Him, know
better than to believe those lies. As God’s children, we don’t listen to the
people who want to lead us away from the truth because we know the Shepherd’s
voice. We know what Jesus says, so we will not let ourselves be confused and
taken in by lies.
How do we know what Jesus says? (Allow a few students to answer, and
write their answers on the board.) Right, we read our Bibles, we pray, we
listen to the Holy Spirit in us, we learn from sermons … all the things that
help us know Jesus better.
Back in Jesus’ time, shepherds would keep usually keep their sheep in sheep pens.
JESUS IS THE GATE TO GOOD LIFE
“I am the gate; whoever enters
through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. … I
have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (vs
9-10)
A good shepherd takes great care of his sheep, and makes sure they
have everything they need. The “good pastures” and “rich and satisfying life”
is the salvation and eternal life God has given to us!
“There is salvation in no
one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”
(Acts 4:12)
Jesus is the
only way to salvation.
JESUS IS THE GATE THAT KEEPS US SAVE
Back in Jesus’ time, shepherds would keep usually keep their sheep in sheep pens.
One type of pen is a big pen found in cities, where several shepherds could keep their flocks, all of their sheep, all together. This type of pen had a door, which was guarded at night by a gatekeeper. In the morning, the shepherds would come and call their flock out. The sheep would follow only their shepherd because they knew his voice. “But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” (vs5)
The second type of sheepfold that was common in Jesus’ time was a smaller pen out in the countryside. The shepherd would keep his sheep out here in good weather. The walls of these pens were made of piles of rocks, and there was no gate, just an opening for the sheep to enter through. To keep his sheep inside, and to keep wild animals out, the shepherd would lay across the opening to sleep. No one can cross into or out of the pen without crossing over the shepherd — the gate.
The Bible often refers to people as sheep. Sheep rely on their shepherd for everything in life, from finding water, to staying safe and warm, to getting up when they fall down. They follow the shepherd wherever he leads.
Back in Jesus’ time, shepherds would keep usually keep their sheep in sheep pens.
One type of pen is a big pen found in cities, where several shepherds could keep their flocks, all of their sheep, all together. This type of pen had a door, which was guarded at night by a gatekeeper. In the morning, the shepherds would come and call their flock out. The sheep would follow only their shepherd because they knew his voice. “But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” (vs5)
The second type of sheepfold that was common in Jesus’ time was a smaller pen out in the countryside. The shepherd would keep his sheep out here in good weather. The walls of these pens were made of piles of rocks, and there was no gate, just an opening for the sheep to enter through. To keep his sheep inside, and to keep wild animals out, the shepherd would lay across the opening to sleep. No one can cross into or out of the pen without crossing over the shepherd — the gate.
The Bible often refers to people as sheep. Sheep rely on their shepherd for everything in life, from finding water, to staying safe and warm, to getting up when they fall down. They follow the shepherd wherever he leads.
Jesus is the
gate for us. He keeps us safe and protects us from anything that could hurt us.
JESUS IS THE GATE THAT KEPPS BAD GUYS OUT
Jesus also mentions thieves and robbers that try to sneak in over the wall of the sheepfold! Obviously, they do not have good intentions. “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.” (vs10)
These thieves and robbers may be voices from the world telling us lies and enticing us to do things against God’s word. Or they may be religious voices that make it difficult for us to come to God.
But the true sheep of God, the people that really know Him, know better than to believe those lies. As God’s children, we don’t listen to the people who want to lead us away from the truth because we know the Shepherd’s voice. We know what Jesus says, so we will not let ourselves be confused and taken in by lies.
How do we know what Jesus says? (Allow a few students to answer, and write their answers on the board.) Right, we read our Bibles, we pray, we listen to the Holy Spirit in us, we learn from sermons … all the things that help us know Jesus better.
Back in Jesus’ time, shepherds would keep usually keep their sheep in sheep pens.
JESUS IS THE GATE TO GOOD LIFE
“I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. … I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (vs 9-10)
A good shepherd takes great care of his sheep, and makes sure they have everything they need. The “good pastures” and “rich and satisfying life” is the salvation and eternal life God has given to us!
“There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)
Jesus is the only way to salvation.
JESUS IS THE GATE THAT KEPPS BAD GUYS OUT
Jesus also mentions thieves and robbers that try to sneak in over the wall of the sheepfold! Obviously, they do not have good intentions. “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.” (vs10)
These thieves and robbers may be voices from the world telling us lies and enticing us to do things against God’s word. Or they may be religious voices that make it difficult for us to come to God.
But the true sheep of God, the people that really know Him, know better than to believe those lies. As God’s children, we don’t listen to the people who want to lead us away from the truth because we know the Shepherd’s voice. We know what Jesus says, so we will not let ourselves be confused and taken in by lies.
How do we know what Jesus says? (Allow a few students to answer, and write their answers on the board.) Right, we read our Bibles, we pray, we listen to the Holy Spirit in us, we learn from sermons … all the things that help us know Jesus better.
Back in Jesus’ time, shepherds would keep usually keep their sheep in sheep pens.
JESUS IS THE GATE TO GOOD LIFE
“I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. … I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (vs 9-10)
A good shepherd takes great care of his sheep, and makes sure they have everything they need. The “good pastures” and “rich and satisfying life” is the salvation and eternal life God has given to us!
“There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)
Jesus is the only way to salvation.
MEMORY VERSE
(revise last
week)
MEMORY VERSE
(revise last week)
(revise last week)
John 10:11
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”
John 10:9 “I am the gate; whoever enters
through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.”
John 10:11
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”
John 10:9 “I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.”
John 10:9 “I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.”
Let’s say the verse again with some
motions to help us remember it.
I am (Point to the sky)
The
gate. (Pretend to open a gate)
Whoever enters (Put out hand and
walk on the hand with fingers from other hand)
Through me (Point to sky)
will be saved (Hug self as if safe)
They will go in (Step forward)
And go out (Step back)
And find pasture. (Place one
hand on top of other in a restful stance)
SONG
Psalm 23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xDMagJENz4&sns=fb
Baa Baa Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGPQX3vQtU8
Jesus is I AM
https://www.maynardsgroovytunes.co.uk/jukebox/jesusisiam
ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS
https://id.pinterest.com/pin/533184043380668300/?lp=true
Let’s say the verse again with some
motions to help us remember it.
I am (Point to the sky)
The gate. (Pretend to open a gate)
Whoever enters (Put out hand and walk on the hand with fingers from other hand)
Through me (Point to sky)
will be saved (Hug self as if safe)
They will go in (Step forward)
And go out (Step back)
And find pasture. (Place one hand on top of other in a restful stance)
SONG
Psalm 23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xDMagJENz4&sns=fb
Baa Baa Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGPQX3vQtU8
Jesus is I AM
https://www.maynardsgroovytunes.co.uk/jukebox/jesusisiam
ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS
https://id.pinterest.com/pin/533184043380668300/?lp=true
I am (Point to the sky)
The gate. (Pretend to open a gate)
Whoever enters (Put out hand and walk on the hand with fingers from other hand)
Through me (Point to sky)
will be saved (Hug self as if safe)
They will go in (Step forward)
And go out (Step back)
And find pasture. (Place one hand on top of other in a restful stance)
SONG
Psalm 23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xDMagJENz4&sns=fb
Baa Baa Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGPQX3vQtU8
Jesus is I AM
https://www.maynardsgroovytunes.co.uk/jukebox/jesusisiam
ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS
https://id.pinterest.com/pin/533184043380668300/?lp=true
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