Sermon Tone Analysis

Once upon a Time

Week Three: Service!

A 3-Part Rock Youth Mornings Series on the Parables of Jesus!

Take Home Idea: Helping someone else is like helping Jesus.

Main Verse: “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me” ().

and you came to visit me” ().

Supplemental Verses: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; 1

Purpose: Why are we teaching this?

So teens would…

(1) Realize that serving others is like serving Jesus.

(2) Be encouraged to serve others even when the going gets tough.

(3) Choose one specific way they can serve their friends or family this week.

STARTER //

Help Me Out.

Something needed that a team will need help with.

MESSAGE

Do you remember your life without Jesus?

Maybe you do and maybe you don’t, but imagine a life without Jesus.

Imagine living your life according to the way you want to live.

Does it sound great?

Maybe it does, and you can live a happy life living the way you want to live.

But let’s change that, let’s flip the script if we can say that.

What if we showed you an eternity without Jesus.

What if we showed you what Jesus has to say about the moment He parts us for heaven and hell.

Today let’s look at a parable Jesus says about...

Serving and the Final Judgement

So what does that mean about Serving and Sheep and Goats?

ONE// Serve

- In the verses we just read we read that if we serve a stranger we serve Jesus.

- Have you ever came across someone that was in need of help but you ignored them.

- Sometimes I come across random people pushing their cars on the freeway or stuck on the side of the road, if the Holy Spirit speaks to me to help then I help because that could be Jesus needing that help!

Two//Sheep

- What does it mean to be a Sheep?

- It means those that did what Jesus asked were sheep’s.

- When you finally given God all your heart and fully surrendered to Him you become a sheep.

- You start living according to what the Bible has to say.

Three//Goat

- No, we are not talking about the abbreviation for GOAT (Greatest of All Time) – Unless we are talking about Jesus.

- The Goats represent those that disobeyed Jesus and did not follow His Word.

- They turned away from Him and did their own thing.

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DIG // Apply – Table Leaders

Service.

Ask the teens:

40 “Anyone who receives you receives me, and anyone who receives me receives the Father who sent me.

41 If you receive a prophet as one who speaks for God,[m] you will be given the same reward as a prophet.

And if you receive righteous people because of their righteousness, you will be given a reward like theirs.

42 And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded.”

Ask the teens:

• Why do people come to this church?

• What types of thirsty people might be here?

• Are these the types of people Jesus might want us to help?

• How might we help these people?