# Lepers, Judge, and Pride - The Gospels

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 13 Mar 2024, 11 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 173. On His way to Jerusalem, Jesus met ten men with leprosy and healed them, but only one, a Samaritan, returned to thank Him, showing gratitude and faith. Jesus taught about persistent prayer through a story of a widow who kept asking a judge for justice until he finally agreed, highlighting God's care for us. He also shared a story contrasting a proud Pharisee and a humble tax collector praying in the temple, teaching that humility is valued by God, and it's the humble who find favor. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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[0:00] Speaker 1: For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he
[0:04] Speaker 1: who humbles himself will be exalted. Luke 18, 14. Dear God,
[0:10] Speaker 1: we are so thankful that we get to be your friends.
[0:13] Speaker 1: Help us to remember to say thanks for all you
[0:16] Speaker 1: do for us each day. To keep talking to you
[0:20] Speaker 1: even when it seems like no one is listening. And
[0:23] Speaker 1: to remember that you are big and we are small.
[0:28] Speaker 1: Thank you for teaching us how to love you more.
[0:31] Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, amen.
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[1:08] Speaker 3: Lepers, Judge, and Pride. In our last story, we learned
[1:14] Speaker 3: about the lost sheep, coins, and sons, and how God
[1:18] Speaker 3: wants to forgive us, and He wants us to rejoice
[1:21] Speaker 3: in forgiveness. In this story... Jesus tells a few stories
[1:26] Speaker 3: to teach us about our relationship to God, as inspired
[1:32] Speaker 3: by the Gospels.
[1:38] Speaker 1: Hi everyone, it's Julianne Thompson, guest hosting for Julia Jeffress Sadler,
[1:42] Speaker 1: here to welcome you back to the Kids Bible in
[1:44] Speaker 1: a Year podcast. Let's dive right in to today's story.
[1:48] Speaker 1: Jesus is going to show us three ways to be
[1:51] Speaker 1: his friend. Listen in.
[1:56] Speaker 3: On Jesus' way to Jerusalem, he came to a village
[1:58] Speaker 3: between Samaria and Galilee. When he came into the village,
[2:03] Speaker 3: ten men with leprosy came to meet him. They did
[2:06] Speaker 3: not get too close because the law at the time
[2:08] Speaker 3: did not allow them to get too close. They all
[2:12] Speaker 3: spoke to him and said, Have mercy on us. Jesus
[2:17] Speaker 3: healed them and said, Go show the priests. One of
[2:21] Speaker 3: them Realizing that he was healed, turned back to Jesus
[2:24] Speaker 3: and fell at Jesus' feet. He was giving Jesus much
[2:28] Speaker 3: praise and thanking God for what he did for him.
[2:32] Speaker 3: This man was a Samaritan. Jesus, seeing this, said, Jesus,
[2:37] Speaker 3: realizing that he was a Samaritan, also said, The only
[2:51] Speaker 3: one that praises God is this foreigner. Jesus helped the
[2:55] Speaker 3: man to his feet and said, Your faith has made
[2:59] Speaker 3: you well. Jesus was then teaching on prayer and to
[3:03] Speaker 3: not get discouraged when you pray. He started to tell
[3:07] Speaker 3: them a story. He said, There was a judge that
[3:10] Speaker 3: lived in a city. This judge did not fear God
[3:13] Speaker 3: or respect people. In the same city, there was a widow.
[3:17] Speaker 3: This widow kept coming to the judge saying, Give me
[3:20] Speaker 3: justice for the man that has done me wrong. The
[3:23] Speaker 3: judge said no at first. The woman kept coming to him,
[3:27] Speaker 3: so the judge finally said yes to the woman so
[3:30] Speaker 3: that the problem would go away. Jesus then said, You
[3:35] Speaker 3: should go to God with the same persistence, but you're
[3:39] Speaker 3: in a better situation than the widow. The judge of
[3:42] Speaker 3: the widow did not care about her and her situation.
[3:46] Speaker 3: Your God does, and he loves you. After this story,
[3:50] Speaker 3: Jesus continued and told another story. He saw that many
[3:55] Speaker 3: people in the crowd felt better than each other. Jesus said,
[4:00] Speaker 3: Two men went into the temple to pray. One of
[4:02] Speaker 3: the men was a Pharisee, and the other person was
[4:06] Speaker 3: a tax collector. The Pharisee, who was praised by the people,
[4:10] Speaker 3: stood in a spot where he could be seen and
[4:13] Speaker 3: prayed this, God, I am happy. I am not like
[4:17] Speaker 3: these other people that are greedy and dishonest or like
[4:21] Speaker 3: the people that are unfaithful to their wives. I am
[4:24] Speaker 3: especially happy. I am not like that tax collector over there.
[4:29] Speaker 3: You know, Lord, that I fast twice a week and
[4:33] Speaker 3: give a tenth of everything I make. The tax collector
[4:36] Speaker 3: stood to the side, away from most of the people.
[4:40] Speaker 3: He prayed to himself and kept hitting himself in the
[4:43] Speaker 3: chest out of shame. The tax collector said, God I
[4:49] Speaker 3: know I am a sinner please have pity on me
[4:52] Speaker 3: Jesus said this to the crowd tax collector went home
[4:56] Speaker 3: justified and the Pharisee did not if you exalt yourself
[5:01] Speaker 3: you will be humbled but if you humble yourself you
[5:07] Speaker 3: will be lifted up.
[5:15] Speaker 1: What great stories we heard today They sure teach us
[5:18] Speaker 1: a lot about how to be in friendship with God.
[5:22] Speaker 1: Let's look at the three things he wants us to
[5:24] Speaker 1: do from each of today's stories. The first is this.
[5:28] Speaker 1: Look up and notice Jesus. He's all around you and
[5:33] Speaker 1: wants to give you good gifts. The first story is
[5:37] Speaker 1: about ten men with the awful disease of leprosy who
[5:40] Speaker 1: came to Jesus for healing. I'm sure they had heard
[5:44] Speaker 1: about all the incredible miracles Jesus had performed. And when
[5:48] Speaker 1: he came to their village, they must have been so excited.
[5:52] Speaker 1: Once Jesus healed them, they were so happy and amazed
[5:55] Speaker 1: that they just ran away, probably to tell everyone they knew.
[6:00] Speaker 1: But one man, just one, stopped in his tracks, turned around,
[6:05] Speaker 1: and remembered Jesus. He noticed that Jesus was the reason
[6:10] Speaker 1: this wonderful day was happening. The Bible says that he
[6:13] Speaker 1: fell at his feet and said, thank you, Jesus. The
[6:18] Speaker 1: Bible also tells us that Jesus reached down and helped
[6:22] Speaker 1: the man off the ground. Then he said, your faith
[6:25] Speaker 1: has made you well. In other words, Jesus said, you
[6:29] Speaker 1: know that the reason you no longer have that terrible
[6:32] Speaker 1: disease is because of me. Not only did you believe
[6:37] Speaker 1: that I could heal you, But when everything was great
[6:40] Speaker 1: and you no longer needed me, you still came back
[6:44] Speaker 1: to say thank you. You remembered me. That's being a
[6:48] Speaker 1: good friend to Jesus. When we wake up each morning,
[6:52] Speaker 1: we should say, Good morning, Jesus. Thank you for giving
[6:56] Speaker 1: me another day. Thank you for making me healthy and
[6:59] Speaker 1: giving me everything I need. That's remembering Jesus. And if
[7:04] Speaker 1: you're having a bad day or in the middle of
[7:06] Speaker 1: something sad, When everything is okay again, don't forget to
[7:11] Speaker 1: say thank you. Don't forget that Jesus is the reason
[7:15] Speaker 1: for every good thing that happens to you. Okay, here's
[7:19] Speaker 1: the second thing God wants us to do. Keep talking
[7:22] Speaker 1: to Jesus, even when you feel no one is listening.
[7:26] Speaker 1: In this next story, Jesus told his followers to keep
[7:29] Speaker 1: praying and seeking God, no matter how tiring it gets.
[7:34] Speaker 1: He tells of a widow, a woman with no husband,
[7:38] Speaker 1: who wanted a judge to hear what someone did to
[7:41] Speaker 1: her and help her. The more he told her to
[7:44] Speaker 1: go away, the more she asked. She just kept asking
[7:48] Speaker 1: and asking and asking until finally he said, Okay, enough already.
[7:52] Speaker 1: I'll do it. Jesus said to be like that widow
[7:55] Speaker 1: when you pray. Keep asking, talking, and coming to Jesus.
[8:00] Speaker 1: He promises to hear you and answer in his perfect timing.
[8:04] Speaker 1: And Jesus reminded his friends of this truth. If that
[8:08] Speaker 1: judge gave the widow what she needed and he didn't
[8:11] Speaker 1: even care about her at all, imagine how God will
[8:14] Speaker 1: take care of you and give you what you need
[8:17] Speaker 1: since he loves you so much. And here's our last
[8:22] Speaker 1: lesson today. Remember, God is big and we are small.
[8:28] Speaker 1: Jesus tells us a story of two men praying in
[8:32] Speaker 1: the temple. The first was a Pharisee, a religious leader
[8:35] Speaker 1: who was great at obeying the law. He stood in
[8:38] Speaker 1: the middle almost as if the spotlight was on him
[8:42] Speaker 1: and prayed so everyone could hear. God, you know how
[8:45] Speaker 1: great I am. I do everything right and I'm so
[8:48] Speaker 1: much better than sinners. Yuck. Then Jesus tells of a
[8:53] Speaker 1: tax collector, a man who was known for cheating and stealing,
[8:57] Speaker 1: standing alone by himself, quietly talking to God. He says
[9:02] Speaker 1: things like, I sinned again, God. Would you please give
[9:05] Speaker 1: me your mercy and forgiveness? I know I don't deserve it.
[9:10] Speaker 1: Jesus said that prayer pleased him most. It was honest
[9:14] Speaker 1: and humble and no one else needed to hear it.
[9:18] Speaker 1: Jesus was saying, pray like.
[9:20] Speaker 2: That tax collector.
[9:22] Speaker 1: Come to me alone in your room and tell me
[9:24] Speaker 1: anything you want. Think about your sin and remember that
[9:28] Speaker 1: you are small and I am big. When you remember that,
[9:32] Speaker 1: I will reward you for it. Thanks for listening so
[9:36] Speaker 1: well today. Let's ask God to help us notice him.
[9:40] Speaker 1: Keep coming to him and to remember he wants us
[9:43] Speaker 1: to be honest about how much we need him. Oh,
[9:46] Speaker 1: and you don't want to miss our next story. It
[9:48] Speaker 1: starts with a lot of crying, but has the happiest
[9:52] Speaker 1: ending ever. Come back and you'll see. Here we go.
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