13 March | Kids
«But the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, “No, my brethren! I beg you, do not act so wickedly!”» Judges 19:23
I am sure your mom or dad usually tells you: “Don’t talk to strange people” or “You shouldn’t go out alone in the city.” They say this to protect you. There are bad people who sometimes sneak up on you pretending to be nice, but they can do you a lot of harm.
Do you know why people are bad? Because they abandon God. A person who has no God is obedient to Satan. And all Satan does is cause evil. That is why people steal, hurt and kill others.
Back in Israel’s time, this also happened. Some men stopped following God and became so evil that they broke into a master’s house and hurt a woman who was staying there so much that she ended up dying.
This frightened the Israelites! They cried with sadness when they heard about this great evil committed against the poor woman!
Let’s practice!
Draw a heart that loves God and a heart that doesn’t love God.