I thought this was interesting and worth sharing.
Mrs. Larry and I are teaching six, seven, and eight year old kids in Vacation Bible School (Wilkinson Terrace location). As some of you all know, yesterday's lesson title was "Go Tell" - coming from Matthew 27:26-54, 28:1-10. Of course, that passage deals with Jesus' death and some of the events surrounding it.
Well, there was this six (I repeat six) year old boy in our class that asked the following question about mid-way through the lesson:
"Mr. Wright, I know that blood and water came out of Jesus' body, so did blood come out of one side and water out of the other?"
Now, some adults don't even know about the blood and water which came from Jesus' body when he was pierced in the side. Mrs. Larry and I were pretty amazed by the question. Why would a six year old boy randomly ask such a question? Neither Mrs. Larry or I had mentioned anything about Jesus being pierced in the side. He seemed to already know some of the crucifixion events - even very specific details about it. It showed that he'd had some level of Word exposure. The clincher is that he retained it- again at the age of six. We just had to give him a VBS buck ($5) for such a great question.
Of course Mrs. Larry and I answered the question and continued the lesson, but he wasn't done. He made two other comments during the lesson.
Check it out:
Later, he just volunteered to mention that the captors put a crown of thorns on Jesus' head and pressed it in through his skin to his skull.
Later he volunteered to mention that the captors put a sign on the cross that said "King of the Jews."
And today, another little boy in the class (age 7) said this:
Praise God - as we've seen in our own children's ministry these kids can be exposed to the Word and retain it. Now, who does this little boy remind you of? Sounds like Jesus, at the age of twelve when we was in the temple asking and answering law related questions (Luke 2:46-47)."Mr. Wright, after Jesus was raised from the dead he went back to the cross, gathered up His blood, took it to Heaven and put it on the mercy seat."
In the service of the King,
DSW
