Conversion of Paul Sunday School Lesson for Kids -
Saul Believes in Jesus
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about believing in Jesus and sharing our faith with others.
Needed: Bibles
Intro Activity: Christian Story Interview
Have students pair up and ask each other the following questions. They’ll then present their partner’s answers as a reporter. They can write the answers down if they want.
What is your name?
How old are you?
When did you first hear about Jesus?
When was the first time you went to a church?
When was the first time you came to this church?
What happened to make you start coming to church?
Why do you believe in Jesus?
Lesson
(Note: Always allow students enough time to think about and to give their answers to the questions before clarifying the teaching.)(Read Acts 9:1-2.)
What was Saul going to the city to do? (He was going to arrest all the people who believed in Jesus.)
(Read Acts 9:3-9.)
What happened to Saul that made him change his mind? (He saw a bright light that blinded him, and Jesus talked to him from Heaven.)
Did Saul believe in Jesus after Jesus talked to him? (Yes.)
But you’ve never heard Jesus talk to you. Can you still believe in Him? (Yes.)
How can you believe in Jesus if you’ve never heard Him talk to you? (The Bible tells us about Him, and we can feel His Spirit living inside of us.)
(Read Acts 9:10-12.)
What did Jesus want Ananias to do? (To go see Saul and heal him of his blindness.)
Do you think Ananias would want to go see Saul, or would he be afraid to go see him?
Ananias would probably be afraid to go see Saul because Ananias was a Christian, and Saul was coming to the city to arrest the Christians. Saul was the bad guy.
(Read Acts 9:13-16.)
Even though Ananias was afraid to go see Saul, did Jesus still wanted him to do it? (Yes.)
Some things scare us, too, just like Ananias was scared. But Jesus wants us to be brave and do things that are scary sometimes. Remember that Jesus can help us against anything that we’re afraid of.
(Read Acts 9:17-22.)
What did Saul do after he believed in Jesus and was healed of his blindness? (He started preaching and telling other people to believe in Jesus.)
Do you think God wants us to tell other people about Jesus too? (Yes.)
Since we believe in Jesus, we should tell other people about Him so that they can believe in Jesus and go to Heaven when they die.
Game: Saul Sees the Light
Tell the students that they are going to pretend to be Saul. Tell them to spread out and act like they are walking to the city to arrest all the Christians.
Dim the lights and tell the students that when you turn on the light, they have to pretend that Jesus is appearing to them and get down on their knees as fast as possible and shout, “I believe!”
The person who kneels the fastest gets to control the light next.
Game: Disciple Tag
Choose one student to be It. When they tag someone, that person links hands with them and joins their team. They continue adding people to their team, linking hands with each one until all but one student is part of their chain. That remaining student becomes It for the next round.
Play two or three rounds and then, explain that when we tell people about Jesus, we want them to believe in Jesus too. If they do, they become a Christian and join our team. Then, they help us tell more people about Jesus.
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