A BOOK AND A CD? (CC)

JANUARY 7, 2016 CHILDREN'S MESSAGE (CC) ZION EV. LUTHERAN (WELS) TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY! [GOOD MORNING PASTOR] HOW IS EVERYBODY TODAY? [GOOD] GREAT! TWO THINGS IN THIS MORNING'S PURPLE BAG. ONE OLD. ONE NEW. AND THEY'RE BOTH SOME OF MY FAVORITE THINGS. ANYBODY HAVE A GUESS? ANYBODY WANNA LOOK? [HANDS GO UP] OKAY. LET'S LET ELIZABETH. [ELIZABETH TAKES THE PURPLE BAG AND EXPLORES ITS CONTENTS] WHAT IS IT ELIZABETH? [IT'S A BOOK] IT'S A BOOK! PASTOR LIKES BOOKS. THIS IS AN OLD ONE. ONE THOUSAND SILLY SANDWICHES. [PASTOR NODDING HEAD AND LAUGHTER] DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS, ELIZABETH? I KNOW THEY'RE BECOMING OBSOLETE. YOU KNOW OBSOLETE? [HOLDS CD IN HAND] IT'S A CD ... MUSIC THAT COMES ON A LITTLE DISC. YOU KNOW WHAT A CD IS ... RIGHT? THIS IS NEW. NEW BROADWAY SHOW. HAMILTON. FOR THE GUY WHO'S ON OUR MONEY. YOU SHOULD WANT TO KNOW THIS. SO IT'S REALLY INTERESTING THAT PASTOR LIKES BOTH OF THESE THINGS. PASTOR LIKES THIS OLD BOOK BECAUSE WHAT MAKES IT FUNNY IS ... IT HAS FLIP PAGES IN IT. SO YOU CAN MAKE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT SANDWICHES. OKAY, SO YOU CAN MAKE A RANDOM SANDWICH. OKAY! THIS ONE IT IS ... IT HAS TOMATOES AND TAR ... BROCCOLI AND BEDBUGS, AND MARSHMALLOWS AND MUD. [PASTOR SHOWS PICTURES IN BOOK TO CHILDREN] AHA! SEE, SILLY SANDWICHES. SO WHEN YOU NEED A LAUGH YOU COME OVER TO THIS BOOK AND YOU OPEN IT UP AND YOU HAVE A SILLY SANDWICH. IT HELPS YOU. AND THIS CD ISN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING UNLESS I LISTEN TO IT, SO I KNOW WHAT THE MUSIC SOUNDS LIKE. SO WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH JESUS? THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY LIKE JESUS. THAT JESUS IS ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE THINGS. BUT UNLESS THEY LISTEN TO JESUS, AND SPEND TIME WITH JESUS AND READ ABOUT HIM, THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO FULLY EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING THAT GOD WANTS FROM US IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. BECAUSE HE'S OUR SAVIOR. HE'S OUR LORD. HE'S THE ONE WHO LOVES US THROUGH OUR DEATH AND INTO ETERNITY. AND TODAY WE WANT TO REMIND OURSELVES JUST LIKE GOD TOLD THE DISCIPLES THAT WERE WITH JESUS ON THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION THAT WE NEED TO LISTEN TO HIM. IN OUR LIFE, WE NEED TO HEAR CHRIST'S WORDS; WE NEED TO READ ABOUT HIM AND EVERYTHING THAT HE'S DONE SO WE CAN BE REMINDED OF ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT ARE OURS EACH AND EVERY DAY BECAUSE OF JESUS CHRIST. OKAY? SO WHO YOU GONNA LISTEN TO? [JESUS] THERE YOU GO! RIGHT ANSWER! YOU GUYS CAN GO BACK TO YOUR MOMS AND DADS AND WE'LL JOIN TOGETHER IN OUR HYMN-OF-THE-DAY: HYMN 97.