Jesus Forgives Peter Sunday School Lesson for Kids
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids how important it is to love Jesus.
Needed: Bibles, drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils
Lesson
Explain that this story probably happened a couple of weeks after Jesus rose from the dead.(Read John 21:1-6.)
Why did the disciples not catch anything, but then, caught a lot when Jesus told them to try the other side?
Sometimes, when we try to do things on our own, it doesn’t work out the way we want. But if we listen to what Jesus tells us to do, He will help us.
(Read John 21:7.)
Why did Peter jump out of the boat when he realized it was Jesus on the beach, instead of waiting for the boat to get back to shore? (Peter was so excited to see Jesus that he didn’t want to wait.)
Are you excited to see Jesus?
Someday, we will see Jesus, either when we die and go to Heaven or when Jesus comes back from Heaven. Then, we’ll be with Jesus all the time. But even before we see Him, we can still be excited to spend time with Jesus now. What are some things we can do to spend time with Jesus now? (We can spend time with Jesus by praying, reading our Bible, going to church, etc.)
Let’s spend some time Jesus right now.
Prayer Activity: Spending Time with Jesus
Have students separate around the room. Ask them to spend 5 minutes praying to Jesus. Tell them that they can talk to Jesus about anything they want to. After 4 minutes, ask them to stop talking to Jesus and to listen to anything He might want to say to them in their heart.Lesson continues...
Read John 21:8-14.
Do you remember how when Jesus was arrested, Peter told the guards three times that He didn’t know Jesus? He said he didn’t know Jesus because he was afraid that the guards would arrest him like they arrested Jesus. But now listen to what Jesus does.
(Read John 21:15-17.)
Why did Jesus ask Peter three times if he loved Him? (Because Peter had said that He didn’t know Jesus three times the night Jesus was arrested.)
Why does Jesus ask if Peter loves Him instead of asking him something else? (The thing that Jesus cares about most is if we love Him.) Do you love Jesus?
And what did Jesus ask Peter to do? (Feed and take care of His sheep.)
Did Jesus have sheep? What is He talking about?
Jesus is telling Peter to take care of Jesus’ followers. And one way we take care of people is to help them.
Craft: Servant Brainstorming
Give students drawing supplies and have them draw a picture of one thing they can do this week to help someone else. When everyone is finished, have them share their drawings and ideas. Remind students that Jesus told Peter, and He tells us, to take care of His people.Game: Sword Drill
Give each student a Bible and say, Jesus also told Peter to feed His sheep. That means He wanted Peter to teach His people God’s Word. But if we want to teach other people, we have to know the Bible, don’t we? We have to read it so that we know what it says.
Let’s practice getting to know our Bible so that we can help teach other people. Call out the name of one of the books of the Bible. The student who finds that book first wins. To make it a little more difficult, you can call out the chapter and verse of a book or the name of a Biblical person or event.
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