Object: A periscope or binoculars.
Good morning, boys and girls. How far away do you think the Kingdom of God is today? If you had to give someone directions to get to the Kingdom of God, I wonder how you would tell them to go. Suppose that I gave you this periscope (or these binoculars) and I asked you to show me where the Kingdom of God is, do you think that you could show me? (Let them answer.) I wonder if anyone would like to try? None of you think that you could show me where the Kingdom of God is with binoculars or a periscope. How would you show me the way so that I could get in to the Kingdom if I wanted to? (Let them answer.)
A lot of people would like to know, and a lot of people have been asking that question for a long time. One man asked Jesus the question …