Song: “Jesus Once Was a Little Child,” Children’s Songbook #55
Scripture: Mosiah 3:5-8 (below)
King Benjamin, a Nephite prophet, told his people of someone important who would come to the earth.
Ask your children to listen as you read this passage:
“For behold, the time cometh, and is not far distant, that with power, the Lord Omnipotent who reigneth, who was, and is from all eternity to all eternity, shall come down from heaven among the children of men, and shall dwell in a tabernacle of clay, and shall go forth amongst men, working mighty miracles, such as healing the sick, raising the dead, causing the lame to walk, the blind to receive their sight, and the deaf to hear, and curing all manner of diseases.
“And he shall cast out devils, or the evils spirits which dwell in the hearts of the children of men.
“And lo, he shall suffer temptations, and pain of body, hunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can suffer, except it be unto death; for behold, blood cometh from every pore, so great shall be his anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people.”
Who do you think King Benjamin is talking about?
“And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary.”
In that scripture, we are taught Jesus went about doing good things while he was on the earth.
This lesson is from the 2010 Outline for Sharing Time, July.
Show the children a pair of leather sandals (or a picture in which Jesus is wearing sandals). Explain that Jesus, wearing shoes like these, went about doing good.
Say the following scripture together: “He went about doing good, for God was with him” (see Acts 10:38).
Display pictures depicting the following events around the room:
(or choose some of your own favorite pictures/stories) Gospel Art Kit
Jesus blessing the children (see 3 Nephi 17:21–24)
Jesus
healing the blind man (see John 9:1–17)
Jesus raising Jairus’s daughter from the dead (see Matthew 9:18–19, 23–25)
Jesus feeding the 5,000 (see John 6:5–14)
Pretend to put on sandals, and take turns walking to a picture. Ask your children to describe what Jesus is doing in the picture. Then read or tell the story of the picture. Before going on to the next picture repeat the phrase: “He went about doing good, for God was with him.”
