June 27th 2025 Children Sermon 2 Darkness to Light
Good morning boys and girls. I am so happy that you were again able to come today. Once you put the toys up, I'd like you to have a seat because I want to ask you all a question. Very good. Now have any of you ever been in a place that was totally dark? I'm not asking about a moonless night but actually a place that was so pitch dark that you could not tell any difference when your eyes were open or closed. Perhaps in a deep cave with the lights extinguished? If not have you ever got out of bed in the middle of the night with no lights anywhere? If so, what did it feel like to you? I mean did you stumbled about not knowing where you were, unable to see anything? Yet as soon as there was the tiniest point of light, such as a tiny night light, it immediately grabbed your attention and became the focal point to which you headed. Well it is the same way with Yeshua the Messiah, and in just a moment I will be reading to you about how Paul spoke about the work he was doing for The Lord in turning the people from darkness to light. There is much written in the bible about darkness and the way it is displaced by the light. However, early Believing scholars consistently point to Luke as the author of the book of Acts. Specifically, verses 13-18 of Acts 26 which I will be reading today for you about Paul's recounting of his experience , where he describes Yeshua appearing to him on the road to Damascus. This section is part of Paul's larger testimony so listen as I read Acts 26:13-18 “At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. 14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. 16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; 17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. “
Now I would like you all to get a partner the older ones with the younger as you try and find the missing words from the verses below.
Acts 26:13-18 “At ______, O king, I saw in the way a light from ______, above the brightness of the sun, _______ round about me and them which _________ with me. 14 And when we were all ______ to the earth, I heard a _____ speaking unto me, and saying in the ______ tongue, Saul, Saul, why ___________ thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the ______. 15 And I said, Who art thou, ____? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. 16 But ____, and stand upon thy ____: for I have ________ unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a ________ and a witness both of these ______ which thou hast seen, and of _____e things in the which I will appear unto thee; 17 __________ thee from the people, and from the ________, unto whom now I send thee, 18 To ____ their eyes, and to turn them from ________ to light, and from the _____ of Satan unto God, that they may _______ forgiveness of sins, and ___________ among them which are sanctified by _____ that is in me. “
Answers:
Acts 26:13-18 “At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. 14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. 16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; 17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. “