Jesus once told a parable about a rich man and a beggar. They both died, but the soul of the rich man did not go to heaven. He was selfish and self-interested when he was alive, and he lived only for himself. So he received the punishment which he deserved. The beggar’s soul went up to heaven, for his sin has been forgiven. The rich man wished to come back to earth and be a good man, but it was already too late. This parable warns us so that we are not afraid of poverty or hardship. Jesus has already prepared a home in heaven for those who believe in him and love him. The Son of God Jesus once left his heavenly home and came down to earth to bring us this news. He knows that we have sinned. He came to take on the punishment which we deserved. We should remember that Jesus said: “In my Father’s house are many rooms. I am going there to prepare a place for you.” (John 14:2)

A Child’s Good Friend

Our Father’s World Lesson 50
The Christian Literature Society for China, Shanghai

The six pictures below show a way of doing one kind of Spiritual-Moral Education for teaching the Bible to children’s classes and neighborhood Sunday School.

Top Right:
First line up outside the door to enter the hall
(1) Students follow a teaching assistant into the hall. The class monitor welcomes them at the door. The class secretary collects their notebooks.
[Above the door: Jesus Hall, bedside the door: Sunday School]

Middle Right:
Enter the assembly hall to study singing and prayer
(2) To acquire a sense of respect, the students (Ch: little brothers) imitate the teacher (Ch: big brother) in standing, sitting, kneeling, folding hands, and so on.

Lower Right:
Line up to offer money to the Lord
(3) The treasurer stands in the front of the offering box as the teaching assistant leads students to line up in the hall and place their offering in the box, and then return to their seats.

Upper Left:
Students listen to the Bible stories in small groups
(4) Everyone puts their small stools into a semicircle facing the teaching assistant and listen to a ten-minute Bible story prepared by the teacher.

Middle Left:
Students freely express what they have heard
(5) Students sit in a semicircle facing outward, using their stools as the desks. They draw their own expressive drawing and receive their notebooks back from the secretary to stick their pictures in it.

Lower Left:
Students pray for the Lord to assist them in their determined behavior
(6) Every student prays for the Lord to assist them in doing what the Bible story moved them to do, and in their own expressive drawing for how they should act.

Under the six pictures:
One of the most efficient ways for children’s classes to cause every student to understand the Bible and acquire new life in the Lord Jesus

Large characters at the bottom:
Right: Christians and teaching the Bible
Middle: Teach me your way, O Lord Psalm 27:11
Left: A picture of a model neighborhood Sunday School

Matthew 7, Acts 18

China Sunday School Union

Top: Always pray and do not give up. (Luke 18:1)

Top right picture: To thirst and seek

Bottom right: Ask and it will be given to you. (Luke 11:9)

Bottom left: Jesus said, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and he goes to him at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him.’ “Then the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ I tell you, though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man’s boldness he will get up and give him as much as he needs. “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. (Luke 11:5–9)

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A New Friend