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Presentation in the Temple
Luke 2: 25-32 (Full Lesson, vs.
25-38)
25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
Golden Text.— “A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.” — Luke 2:32
The Lesson Story
When the wonderful Babe that you learned
about last week was eight days old, he was named Jesus. This name means
Saviour. When Jesus was forty days old his parents took him to Jerusalem, to
the temple, to give him to God. They made an offering of two young pigeons. In
the temple that day there was s good man who was very old. He had been waiting
for a long time to see the Messiah. God had promised him that he should not die
till he had seen him. The Holy Spirit led him to the temple just at the time
Mary and Joseph were there with the child Jesus. As soon as he saw the little
babe, the Spirit told him that this was the Messiah. He took the babe in his
arms and thanked God, and said he was ready now to die. He said, “Mine
eyes have seen thy salvation.” He also said that Jesus was “a light
to lighten the Gentiles.” Mary and Joseph wondered at what Simeon said
about the child. A good woman named Anna then came into the temple, and when
she saw the child she told the people that he was the one who would redeem them
from sin.
1. What does the name Jesus mean?
It means Saviour.
2. When Jesus was forty days old, where did his parents take
him?
To the temple in Jerusalem.
3. When they gave him to God, what did they offer?
Two young
pigeons.
4. Who had been waiting a long time to see the Saviour?
A good
man, named Simeon.
5. How did he know this baby was the Saviour?
The Holy Spirit
told him so.
6. What did he do when he saw Jesus?
He took the child in his
arms, and thanked God.
7. What did he say about Jesus?
That he was “a light to
lighten the Gentiles.”
8. How did Joseph and Mary feel?
They wondered at all these
things.
Lesson Hymn
Unto us a Saviour’s given;
Humbly as
a little child
Jesus came to us from heaven,
Holy, pure, and
undefiled.
Can You Say—
"The whole world was lost in the
darkness of sin,
The light of the world is Jesus;
Like sunshine at
noonday his glory shone in,
The light of the world is Jesus.
Come to the
light, ‘tis shining for thee;
Sweetly the light has dawned upon
me;
Once I was blind, but now I can see;
The light of the world is
Jesus.
Jesus the Light of the World
A little girl had been
reading in her Bible where it says “I am the light of the world.”
After thinking for a while she said, “Mamma, how can the Saviour shine
into my heart, into yours, into papas, and other peoples” all at the same
time?”
The sun was shining brightly into the room when the child asked this question, and her mother said, “Look at the sun, my child; does it not shine bright and full into your eyes? So it shines full into my eyes, and if all the millions of people on our half of the world should look at it just now, it would shine into the eyes of every one. Yet there is only one sun.” So Jesus shines into the heart of every one who looks to him with love. We have but to turn our eyes to him to have his light stream into our hearts.
Lesson Truth
Jesus is the Light of the World.
99. Which is the ninth commandment?
“Thou shalt not
bear false witness against thy neighbour.”
100. What does the ninth commandment teach us?
To tell the
truth.
Pages 72 & 73
Lesson 2
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