Transcript St. John the Evangelist and the Repented Thief

St. John the Evangelist and the
Repented Thief
Grade 4 & 5 Girls
Sunday-school
St. Mary COC
THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
SAINT JOHN (1:1-17)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God. He was in
the beginning with God. All things were made by
Him; and without Him was not anything made that
was made. In Him was life; and the life was the
light of men. And the light shines in darkness; and
the darkness did not comprehend it.
There was a man sent from God, whose name
was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness
of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He
was not the Light, but was sent to bear witness to the
Light. That was the true Light that gives light to every
man coming into the world. He was in the world, and
the world was made by Him, and the world did not
know Him. He came unto His own, and His own did not
receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He
gave power to become children of God, to those who
believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor
of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of
God.
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt in
us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the
Only-Begotten of His Father, full of grace and
truth. John bore witness of Him, and cried out,
saying, “This was He of whom I said, `He who
comes after me is preferred before me: for He
was before me.’ ” And of His fullness we have all
received, and grace for grace. For the law was
given by Moses, but grace and truth came
through Jesus Christ.
Glory be to God forever. Amen.
St. John was preaching when he noticed a smart young man in the
audience. He called the man and preached to him then left him in the
care of the bishop to teach him the faith.
This young man was attracted to a group of bad friends who taught him
evil deeds, until he became a thief and then a leader of a gang.
After many years St. John
returned and asked the
bishop about the young man
but the bishop was very sad
to tell him what happened to
the man.
St John went to see the young man
but he was captured by the other
group members and brought to the
man, and he was very sad and
ashamed to see St John.
He turned away running from St
John but St John told him not to be
afraid and that anyone who seeks
forgiveness will receive it.
Through God’s grace St John was
able to convince the weeping man
and together they prayed and fasted
until the man was able to take part
of the Holy Communion again.
St. John loved sinners and cared for them which encouraged many to
repent and return back to the church.
Living in sin will never bring joy to my life
We will feel happy and relieved after we
confess, but we must confess very sincerely
Feel joy through a relationship with God and
through the forgiveness we receive from
repentance and confession
What Can I Do?
Do a reflection of the bad and
good things in our day.
Go to confession and get our
SNB signed!
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful
and just to forgive us our sins and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness”
(1 John 1:9)
Questions!
1. What happened when St John was preaching?
He noticed a smart young man , that he brought
to the Bishop
2. True or False: The man stayed close to God until St
John came back.
FALSE
3. Complete the verse:
CONFESS our sins, He is _______
FAITHFUL and ____
JUST
“If we ________
to forgive us our SINS
____ and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness”
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