Picture 1: JESUS OUR TEACHER Matt. 5:1 (We have heard many
stories about the people of Israel. God chose the people of
Israel as His own people. God gave His Word to them. He told
them what they should do if they wanted to please God. He also
told them that one day He would send a special person to help
them. This special person would save them from their sins. The
people of Israel waited for many years. Then God sent His own
son, Jesus Christ, from Heaven to come and live on the earth).
Jesus came as a little baby and grew up among the Israelite
people. When He was a man He began to teach the people about
God. Jesus travelled all over Israel teaching the people. Jesus
chose twelve men to stay with Him all the time. They were His
disciples (friends). Jesus spent much of His time teaching His
disciples, as well as the many people who gathered to listen to
Him. He used stories that the people could understand and
remember easily. (Jesus taught the people in the temple (big
house of God) in Jerusalem, and in the