King Jesus and Obedience

Big Idea: Our obedience is important to King Jesus.

Bible Memory: To obey is better than sacrifice (1 Samuel 15:22)

Materials: Verse written on dry erase board, an apple, teacher

wears a crown, two kids for drama

Drama
Sara: I want to be the king!
Mike: You were king the last time.
Sara: I was not…….
Mike: Come on…Sara….let’s play fair.
Sara: This stack of hay is so big, and I want to be the first to get
on top.
Mike: You’d better be careful!
Sara: Yikes! Help me Michael……I hurt my ankle.
Mike: I told you to be careful……here take my hand.
Sara: I can’t get up. Go get mom and dad.
Mike: Dad is busy with the cattle, and mom went to the store.
Sara: This is not fair…..every time I need help no one is here.
Mike: Sara….that is not true. I told you to be careful and besides,
your complain too much, and want you own way all the time.
Sara: You are mean!
Mike: No, that’s just the truth. Here, let me help you with that
ankle. Don’t try to get us if it hurts.
Sara: (cries) Life is not fair. I wanted to be the first on the hsay
stack, and look at me now.
Mike: It will be ok Sara, hold on to my arm real tight and we will
take it real easy.
Sara: Ok…..but don’t let go of me. Oh, look at my new
pants….they are torn.
Mike: Sara……your ankle is more important right now. (mutters)
sisters……
Sara: What did you say?
Mike: It was nothing….come on let’s try and walk over to that
bench. I am glad that mom decided to put it there.
Sara: Ok…here I come. (sits down) Thank you, Michael. I am
such a baby at times.
Mike: You’re ok for a sister, I guess. Let’s hop that ankle does not
swell up too much. I will go to the house and get you a wrap. Sit
here.
Sara: You are leaving me alone with a bad ankle?
Mike: You will be ok. Just don’t try to move. (Mike exits)
Sara: Bother…all this all because I wanted to be the king. I guess
next time I will lot Michael be the King first – that is only fair, I
guess.
Message: There was a young man (Saul) whom God had Samuel
anoint to be the King over the people of Israel. One day, God told
King Saul to do something that He did not want to do. So the
King thinking his plan was better decided NOT to listen to God.
Instead, he did things his own way; as a result of his
disobedience, God sent Samuel to him to let him know that the
kingdom would be away from him. This made King Saul very
angry; therefore, he tried to hurt the new King God had
appointed who did not deserve this kind of treatment.
When Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating of the forbidden
fruit in the garden (show an apple), they were sent away from
this wonderful place to find a new home. Because of their
disobedience, God sent them away from their beautiful home.
King Jesus is displeased with disobedience.
Have your parents ever told you to do something, and you failed
to do it? Maybe you forgot, or simply did not want to it. Possibly
you thought it was unfair of them to ask you to do such a thing.
Has your teacher ever told you to do your homework a certain
way, and you thought your way was better and decided not to
follow their directions. You may have been thinking that your
teacher would not notice, but they did.

If your teacher gave you a lower grade because of it, did you get
angry and say that was unfair - grumbling about it?

God’s Word says it is better to obey than to sacrifice. When we

are assigned homework or a chore at home, if we spend a lot of
time doing something else rather than what we were asked, that
is disobedience. If your mom said to clean the bathroom, and
because you did not like that job you did the dishes instead, that
is not obedience. Let us be obedient and do what we are asked
to do the first time. That way, we will please our parents,
teaches, and most of all King Jesus.

Discussion Questions:
 1. Why is it important to obey those who watch over us?
2. What should you do if someone tries to get us to disobey?
3. What does King Jesus say about being obedient?
4. Where can we find help if we are having trouble being
obedient?

Memory Verse

Let’s all say the memory verse together.

“To obey is better than sacrifice” (1 Samuel 15:22).

Look at the word “obey” To obey is to do as you are told. When

we are obedient we follow the leader whether it be our teacher,
parents, or any other adult in authority over us. When they asks
us to do something we act upon their request and comply. Look
at the word “Sacrifice”. To sacrifice is to forfeit. That means to let
go or surrender our way to what someone else wants or asks us
to do. It is not easy to always obey and sacrifice, but King Jesus
will be please when we comply with His Word. Remember it is
always best to obey. Let’s say our verse again together. This
time, each person says one word and we will build the verse
person by person. We will all say the reference together. Ready?

Close in prayer

Dear God in heaven, thank you for all our children here. We love
them, and know that King Jesus loves them more. Help us to
learn from this lesson today that our obedience is more important
than all the good things that we can do on our own. Help us to be
quick to obey you, and those in authority over us. Give each child
a good week at school and at home, and help them to obey in all
things. In Jesus name, Amen.
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