Object: the children themselves.

Lesson: "Whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it."

Boys and girls, how many of you are eager to grow up? (Let them tell you.) Why would you like to be older than you are now? (They will offer a galaxy of reasons.) Sometimes it seems as though it would be better if we could be different from what we are already. Maybe we would like to be older. Some of us (believe it or not) would like to be younger. Or we may want to be more famous. Or to have more money. Or to live somewhere else. Or to have different friends.

Children often want to be adults instead of children. And in some ways that is good. God made us so that we would mature and grow up. But today I want to remind you about one of the special advantages of being …