GOD’S BIG PLAN - LESSON 33/Page 1
Let’s review what we have learned so far. (Review the previous stories, focusing on the
ones that specifically point to Christ’s birth. Encourage more and more students to share.)
Who was it that went to meet with Jesus at night? (Nicodemus.) Who was Nicodemus? (A very im-
portant leader and teacher in Israel.) Did Nicodemus understand everything there was to know about God?
(No.) What did Jesus tell Nicodemus that was hard for him to understand? (You must be born again.) What
did Jesus mean by that? Do we have to be born from our moms again? (It means that we need to be born
into a new life with God.) God loved us so much that He sent His One and Only Son. If we believe and trust
in Jesus, we, too, can have eternal life. But is that all there is? Does living for Jesus stop there? Let’s see!
READ: Matthew 4:25-5:2 (Hold your Bible open throughout the story.)
After Jesus had chosen His disciples and as people began to realize that there was something differ-
ent about Him, many people began to follow Jesus wherever He went. Jesus saw the people. He didn’t ig-
nore them. So, Jesus went up on the side of a mountain, sat down, and taught them.
“You can be really and truly happy, no matter what, if your heart is pure,” Jesus began. “That’s what it
takes to see God. When you are sad, I’ll comfort you. And you’re most like me when you are a peacemaker.”
Jesus continued, “You can be really and truly happy when people make fun of you and hurt you because of
Me, when they tell all kinds of evil lies about you. Be glad; you will have a big reward in heaven.” Then Jesus
said, “ You are salt and light. The world should be different and better because you are in it, just like salt
makes things taste good and light helps you see.”
Jesus explained, “I didn’t come to take away rules like the Ten Commandments. I came so that you
could really understand those rules. You have heard, ‘Don’t kill.’ or ‘Don’t commit murder.’ but I’m te