Monday, February 15, 2010

2/14 Junior & Senior High Sunday School, "Ethos-Know Your Story"

Introduction

Play the game “2 truths and a lie”
Tie In: We have to know our past and use that past if we are to be considered qualified to endorse a product.

The US Government is in the process of passing a law that states if a celebrity endorses a product, that they must actually have used, or currently use that product. They don’t want someone who has never used the product to get up there and say they have just so they can collect money from the company.

Peter gave some pretty bold statements on the day of Pentecost. Anyone could look at him and be skeptical. However, if they tried to see if Peter subscribed to the product he was selling, they found quickly that he truly believed every word that he said.

Lesson

Have everyone to Mark 1.
If you were a fisherman in the time of Jesus what did that mean? (You were not the best of the best. In fact, you were close to being the worst. You were not smart, you did not make it through school, and you were probably just carrying on the legacy of the parents before you)

Read Mark 1:16-20. What type of faith would it take for you to drop everything that you were doing in order to


Other points in Peter’s life that gave him credibility:
Walking on water
He’s had his doubts (denial of Christ)
His reinstatement: John 21:15-18

No comments:

Post a Comment