Object: Some nut cups, some wet cotton for each cup, and a package of dry lima beans.

Good morning, boys and girls. We are going to do something exciting today, but we will not know what a great day it is until a week or so from now. How many of you have ever heard the saying that "seeing is believing"? That means that it is very hard to believe something unless you see it with your own eyes. A lot of people feel like this, and they have a hard time believing you, unless you can show them the proof.

People have always been like this, and they were this way even with Jesus. It did not make any difference that Jesus healed people and did all kinds of other miracles; they still wanted the proof over and over again before they would believe him.

That was the reason that one day he told them…