Today we'll finish looking at the 2 most important lessons we learn in VBS. (Sorry for not posting this on Friday but it's better late than never!)
2. To worship with
child-like excitement.
If you have never watched the children at VBS during the
worship rally then you have truly missed a blessing. There is
nothing like watching these kids sing praises to God and dance around as they
worship God. There is a purity and joy in their worship that is probably only outdone by the
angels in heaven. But you watch the kids don’t watch the older ones like
the teenagers because they are too cool to sing loudly and dance wildly. My
favorite kids to watch are the preschoolers. Their exuberance makes you want to jump right in there with them even if you
sing and dance as
poorly as I do. Jesus tells us in Luke 18:16-17 “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the
kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will
not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it" (NIV). When we
come to faith in Christ we have to exercise child-like faith. But to worship God we ought to worship like a child, with joy in our heart and
a purity of devotion that makes it
all about God and nothing about us.
The most important lesson ever taught in VBS is...
1. That Jesus loves
you.
The reason we do VBS is not to give kids a fun activity in
the summer. We don’t
do VBS so people will start attending our church or so we can brag about the
number of kids we had at VBS. We do VBS so we can introduce children and hopefully their parents to a life
changing relationship with Jesus
Christ. That’s it. That is the only reason we do VBS. My wife learned about God’s love at VBS and then accepted
Christ as her Lord and Savior. Many
people over the years have come to faith in Christ through VBS. That is why we teach God's love at VBS through the Bible Studies and
the songs we sing. We teach
the children what John 3:16 means. John 3:16 says “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (NIV). We teach them how God loved them enough to allow Jesus to die in our place and
that if we believe in Him we can have eternal life. We teach the children the simple message of the Gospel and we usually do that through
the ABCs. We teach them first that God loves them but we’ve all done
things that hurt God. We teach
them that we must A - Admit to God that we are a sinner. We help them understand that we have all sinned and fell short of God’s
standards. We teach them how they have to admit that they’ve sinned and to look for a way
to have
those sins forgiven. We then
teach them that the only way to have those sins forgiven is by B
- Believing in Jesus. We explain to them that if we believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that He
died on the cross so we could have our sins forgiven,
then all we have to do is ask for it & we’ll receive it. Finally we teach them C - Confess. We teach
them to confess to God that they’re a sinner, that they need forgiveness of their
sins, and to confess Jesus Christ as
Lord. That is the message we teach and preach through Bible
School. That is
the whole reason we round up the volunteers, find the teachers and buy all the
supplies. It’s so we can introduce children to a relationship with Christ that will alter their life forever.
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