Acts 14 · Grade 3
The Living God
Read the Story
In Iconium many people believed. But some stirred up trouble and planned to hurt Paul and Barnabas. So they went to Lystra and Derbe and kept telling the good news.
At Lystra a man had never walked. Paul saw that he had faith to be healed. Paul said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet!" He leaped up and walked.
The crowds shouted that the gods had come down. They called Barnabas Jupiter and Paul Mercury. The priest brought oxen to offer to them. Paul and Barnabas tore their clothes. They said they were men too, telling them to turn to the living God. God made all things and gives rain and fruitful seasons (Acts 14:17).
Then people came from other cities and turned the crowd. They threw stones at Paul and thought he was dead. But the disciples stood around him, and he got up. Later Paul and Barnabas went back to the churches to strengthen them and chose elders.
Memory Verse
“Yet he didn’t leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.””
Acts 14:17 (WEB)
Answer the Questions
Why did Paul and Barnabas leave Iconium?
What did Paul see in the man at Lystra?
What names did the crowds call Barnabas and Paul?
What does God give, according to Paul?
What did Paul and Barnabas choose for the churches?
Paul and Barnabas in Lystra
Write what happened in each box.
Prayer
Dear God, thank You for the lesson of Paul and Barnabas in Lystra. Help me . Amen.
Take It Home
For families: talk about these together.
- Why did Paul go back to the churches?
- What did they report at Antioch?
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