This lesson is taken from Luke 1:57-66
Now it was time for Elizabeth’s baby to be born, and it was
a boy. The word spread quickly to her
neighbors and relatives that the Lord had been very kind to her, and everyone
was happy for her.
When the baby was 8 days old, all the relatives and friends
came for the customary ceremony. They
wanted to name the baby Zechariah, after his father. But Elizabeth said, “No!
His name is John!” “What?” the people
said. “There is no one in your family
with that name.” So they asked the
baby’s father, what the baby name would be.
He motioned for some paper, and to everyone’s surprise he wrote down,
“His name is John!” Instantly Zechariah
could speak again, and he began praising God.
Wonder fell upon the whole neighborhood, and the news of
what had happened spread throughout the Judean hills. Everyone that heard about what happened, thought about it, and
they wondered what the child would be like when he grew up. For the hand of the Lord was surely on him
in a very special way. And the child
grew and he became strong in the Spirit of the Lord. We don’t know when John left home, but the Bible tells us that he
lived in the wilderness until it was time for him to start preaching God’s
message to the people of Israel. Did
you know that Elisabeth, John’s mother, and Mary, Jesus’ mother, were
cousins. That also made John and Jesus
cousins. But John was six months older
than Jesus.
Children Questions:
Print on Card Paper. Make a game
out of the Question.
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What did Elizabeth and Zechariah name their baby?
Answer:
C. John
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What did Zechariah, John the Baptist father, do after John
was born?
Answer:
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John the Baptist was Jesus –
Answer:
b. Cousin
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When John the Baptist grew up he moved. Where did he move to?
Answer:
C. He lived in the wilderness
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Youth Page
Questions:
- How old was the baby when the relatives and friends came to see what he would be named?
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- What did the people want to name the baby?
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- What did Elizabeth say the baby’s name would be?
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- Why was the people surprise about that name?
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- What name did the baby’s father write down?
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- What happen the minute that Zechariah wrote down the name of the baby?
- ___________________________________
- What did Zechariah begin to do?
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- Why did the whole neighborhood wonder what the child would grow up to be?
- ___________________________________
Find a word:
JUDEAN HILLS ELIZABETH
ZECHARIAH GESTURES
JOHN SPECIAL
PRAISING LORD
GOD TALK
WONDER BOY
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Answer Sheet for Youth Page:
- How old was the baby when the relatives and friends came to see what he would be named? 8 days old
- What did the people want to name the baby? Zechariah
- What did Elizabeth say the baby’s name would be? John
- Why was the people surprise about that name? There was no one in her family with that name
- What name did the baby’s father write down? John
- What happen the minute that Zechariah wrote down the name of the baby? He could talk again
- What did Zechariah begin to do? He began praising God
- Why did the whole neighborhood wonder what the child would grow up to be? For the hand of the Lord was surely on him in a very special way.
