Leader Guide

Bible Activity

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Do Whatever He Asks: Look up verses about things Jesus asked people to do.

Divide the children into teams of two. Try to pair any inexperienced Bible users with others who are familiar with the Bible. Give each team a Bible if they need one. Write the Scripture reference on the board and have all of the pairs look it up. Select a pair of children to read it aloud. Have children raise hands to answer the questions.

Note that the suggested answers are from the New Living Translation. If children are using different translations, their answers will vary.

1. Matthew 17:24–27

²⁴On their arrival in Capernaum, the collectors of the Temple tax  came to Peter and asked him, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the Temple tax?” ²⁵“Yes, He does,” Peter replied. Then he went into the house. But before he had a chance to speak, Jesus asked him, “What do you think, Peter? Do kings tax their own people or the people they have conquered?” ²⁶“They tax the people they have conquered,” Peter replied. “Well, then,” Jesus said, “the citizens are free!  ²⁷However, we don’t want to offend them, so go down to the lake and throw in a line. Open the mouth of the first fish you catch, and you will find a large silver coin. Take it and pay the tax for both of us.”

What was needed? Money to pay taxes.
What unusual thing did Jesus tell Peter to do to provide for the need? Go fishing in the lake, then take a large silver coin out of the mouth of the first fish he caught to pay the tax.
Why might this be difficult to obey? Peter had probably never seen a coin in a fish!

2. Luke 5:3–6

³Stepping into one of the boats, Jesus asked Simon, its owner, to push it out into the water. So He sat in the boat and taught the crowds from there. ⁴When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Now go out where it is deeper, and let down your nets to catch some fish.” ⁵“Master,” Simon replied, “we worked hard all last night and didn’t catch a thing. But if You say so, I’ll let the nets down again.” ⁶And this time their nets were so full of fish they began to tear!

In verse 3, what did Jesus ask Simon (Peter) to do? Push the boats out into the water.
In verse 4, what did Jesus ask Simon (Peter) to do? To go out to deeper water and let the nets down.
Why were these requests unusual? The men had just cleaned their nets from fishing the night before and had caught nothing.
Did Peter obey? Yes, he obeyed Jesus even though he didn’t understand.
What was the result of doing what Jesus asked? The nets were so full of fish that they began to tear. The boats were so full they were almost sinking.

3. John 9:6–7

⁶Then He spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud over the blind man’s eyes. ⁷He told him, “Go wash yourself in the pool of Siloam” (Siloam means “sent”). So the man went and washed and came back seeing!

What was the man’s need? He was blind.
What did Jesus do that was very unusual and possibly even offensive? He spit on the ground to make mud and put it on the man’s eyes.
What did Jesus tell the man to do? Go wash his eyes in the pool of Siloam.
What happened when the man did as Jesus said? He was healed; he came back seeing!

4. Luke 17:11–19

¹¹As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, He reached the border between Galilee and Samaria. ¹²As He entered a village there, ten men with leprosy stood at a distance ¹³crying out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” ¹⁴He looked at them and said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed of their leprosy. ¹⁵One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back to Jesus, shouting, “Praise God!” ¹⁶He fell to the ground at Jesus’ feet, thanking Him for what He had done. This man was a Samaritan. ¹⁷Jesus asked, “Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other nine? ¹⁸Has no one returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” ¹⁹And Jesus said to the man, “Stand up and go. Your faith has healed you.”

How many men had leprosy? Ten.
How many returned to thank Jesus? One.
In verse 14, what is unusual about what Jesus asked the men to do? They were not instantly healed. They had to go first.

By law, they could only return to the city if they were clean. Jesus asked them to go by faith and they were healed as they went.
What was significant about the only man who returned to thank Jesus? He was a Samaritan (foreigner), not a Jewish man.
Think for a moment, what can we learn from this story? We must believe by faith and continue to obediently do what Jesus asks, even if we do not receive an immediate answer. We must always remember to thank Him for the answer. Walk by faith and not by sight.

Conclusion:  Whatever Jesus asks—even it is unusual or even unheard of —we must trust Him and by faith, do what He asks.

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