Use this Parable of the Talents Sunday School lesson to teach kids about the need to use the gifts God has given us.
Needed: Bibles, optional: chalkboard or whiteboard or paper
Needed: Bibles, optional: chalkboard or whiteboard or paper
Lesson: (Note:
Always allow students enough time to think about and to give their
answers to the questions before clarifying the teaching.)
Ask
students, What are some things that you’re good at? (Suggestions could
include anything from being good at sports to be a good artist to being a
good friend. Write at least one thing down for each student.)
If you were good at something, but you never did the thing you were good at, would that be smart? (No.)
You
should do the things that you’re good at, right? That’s why God made
you to be good at those things. He wants you to do the things that He’s
made you to be good at. If you don’t do those things, then you’re just
wasting that talent that God gave you.
Does anyone know when Jesus is going to come back? (No, only God knows when He’s going to send Jesus back to earth.)
It’s going to be s surprise for all of us when Jesus comes back. It will be like this story that Jesus told.
(Have students take turns reading Matthew 25:14-16, or read it yourself.)
So
the king gave his money to three servants. The first two servants used
the money the king gave them and earned even more money. They did a good
job using what the king gave them.
(Have students take turns reading Matthew 25:17-18, or read it yourself.)
Did the third servant use his money that the king gave him to make any more money? (No.)
The king gave the servant some money, but he didn’t do anything with it. He just buried it in the ground and wasted it.
(Have students take turns reading Matthew 25:19-23, or read it yourself.)
What
happened to the first two servants when the king came back? (The king
rewarded them because they had done a good job using the money he gave
them.)
(Have students take turns reading Matthew 25:24-30, or read it yourself.)
What
happened to the third servant when the king came back? (The king
punished him because he had wasted the money the king gave him.)
That’s
how it is will be when Jesus comes back. Just like how the king gave
each of his servants some money, so God has given us each of us talents
and abilities. He’s made us to be good at certain things. And God wants
us to use our talents and the things we’re good at for Him. If we use
our talents and the things we’re good at for God, then Jesus will reward
us when He comes back. But if we don’t use our talents and the things
we’re good at for God, and we just waste our talents, then Jesus will
punish us when He comes back.
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