# He Came To Serve Everyone - The Gospels

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 15 Mar 2024, 11 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 175. Jesus taught that being great means serving others, not just getting the best seats in heaven. He visited Zacchaeus, a short man who climbed a tree to see Him, and Zacchaeus decided to be good and give back to people he had wronged. Blind Bartimaeus shouted for Jesus and, because he believed, Jesus healed him so he could see again! 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: Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,
[0:04] Speaker 1: even as the Son of Man came not to be served,
[0:08] Speaker 1: but to serve and to give his life as a
[0:10] Speaker 1: ransom for many. Matthew 20, 27 through 28. Dear God,
[0:16] Speaker 1: just like your eyes saw Zacchaeus and Bartimaeus, two people
[0:20] Speaker 1: who were seen as nothing important, thank you for seeing us.
[0:24] Speaker 1: Thank you for reaching down and making our hearts clean.
[0:28] Speaker 1: Thank you for teaching us what it really means to
[0:30] Speaker 1: be great in your kingdom.
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[1:12] Speaker 4: He came to serve everyone. In our last story, Jesus
[1:17] Speaker 4: raised Lazarus from the dead after four days of being
[1:21] Speaker 4: in the tomb.
[1:22] Speaker 5: In this story, Jesus teaches on who is the greatest,
[1:27] Speaker 5: forgives Zacchaeus, the tax collector, and heals Bartimaeus, as inspired
[1:33] Speaker 5: by the Gospels.
[1:37] Speaker 1: Hi everyone, it's Julianne Thompson, guest hosting for Julia Jeffress Sadler.
[1:41] Speaker 1: Thanks for jumping in on another episode of the Kids
[1:44] Speaker 1: Bible in a Year podcast. How to be great and
[1:48] Speaker 1: how to get to Jesus? That's what we're going to
[1:51] Speaker 1: be talking about in today's story. Listen closely. We all
[1:56] Speaker 1: need to hear this one.
[1:57] Speaker 4: A mother of two sons came to approach Jesus and
[2:03] Speaker 4: to ask him a question. And she then knelt down
[2:07] Speaker 4: pleading to him. Jesus wanted to know what she wanted
[2:11] Speaker 4: and said, Please allow my sons to sit at the
[2:15] Speaker 4: throne next to you. One can sit on your left side.
[2:19] Speaker 4: and the other can sit on your right side in
[2:21] Speaker 4: your kingdom. Jesus then explained that she did not know
[2:25] Speaker 4: what she was asking. Then she looked to both sons
[2:29] Speaker 4: and said, Would you be able to drink out of
[2:32] Speaker 4: the same cup that I have to drink from? The
[2:35] Speaker 4: two sons both answered that they would be able to.
[2:39] Speaker 4: Jesus responded, You both will surely drink from this cup.
[2:44] Speaker 4: But when it comes to who will be sitting on
[2:46] Speaker 4: my left and right, That is not a decision for
[2:49] Speaker 4: me to make, but it is only for the Father
[2:52] Speaker 4: to say. The other ten heard about this conversation, and
[2:56] Speaker 4: they became angry with both of the sons. Jesus then
[3:00] Speaker 4: called all of them to gather around and explained, There
[3:03] Speaker 4: are rulers of this world who will try to control
[3:06] Speaker 4: others with their authority.
[3:08] Speaker 3: But for you, it should be different.
[3:11] Speaker 4: If you want to be considered great amongst others, you
[3:14] Speaker 4: must know that you are to serve others first, just
[3:18] Speaker 4: as Jesus Christ did.
[3:20] Speaker 2: He came to this.
[3:21] Speaker 4: Earth to serve others, not to have others serve him.
[3:25] Speaker 4: And then he continued to serve others by giving up
[3:28] Speaker 4: his life for all of mankind. Jesus was traveling and
[3:34] Speaker 4: had passed through the city of Jericho, where there was
[3:38] Speaker 4: a man who lived there named Zacchaeus. This man was
[3:42] Speaker 4: very rich because of his profession. which was being a
[3:46] Speaker 4: wicked tax collector leader. He had overheard that Jesus was
[3:50] Speaker 4: coming into his town and.
[3:51] Speaker 2: Wanted to see him.
[3:53] Speaker 4: Zacchaeus was a short man who was not able to
[3:56] Speaker 4: see over the crowds, so he decided that he would
[3:59] Speaker 4: be able to get a better look at him if
[4:00] Speaker 4: he climbed up a tree. So Zacchaeus did just that.
[4:05] Speaker 4: He climbed up a sycamore fig tree and waited for
[4:08] Speaker 4: Jesus to pass by. As Jesus passed by the tree,
[4:12] Speaker 4: he looked up to find Zacchaeus. and called him to
[4:15] Speaker 4: climb down the tree and said, I will stay at
[4:18] Speaker 4: your house this day. So very quickly, Zacchaeus came down
[4:22] Speaker 4: the tree so that he could welcome Jesus into his house.
[4:26] Speaker 4: The crowd that saw this happen began to mumble, expressing
[4:29] Speaker 4: how shocked they were that Jesus Christ would want to
[4:32] Speaker 4: go to such a big sinner's household. During their time together,
[4:36] Speaker 4: Zacchaeus was convicted and expressed to Christ, I will give
[4:41] Speaker 4: half of all my possessions back to the poor and
[4:44] Speaker 4: for all the people that I have cheated, I will
[4:47] Speaker 4: pay them four times more than what I stole from them.
[4:51] Speaker 4: The Lord told him, Since you too are a son
[4:55] Speaker 4: of Abraham, salvation has come to this house because I
[4:59] Speaker 4: came to find and save those who are lost. While
[5:02] Speaker 4: Jesus and the disciples were still in Jericho, they began
[5:06] Speaker 4: to draw a large crowd, and there was a poor
[5:09] Speaker 4: blind man there named Bartimaeus. He was on the side
[5:13] Speaker 4: of the road begging, When he heard the crowd talk
[5:16] Speaker 4: about the Son of Man being there, he started to
[5:18] Speaker 4: cry out to Jesus.
[5:20] Speaker 2: Saying, Lord, have mercy on my soul.
[5:23] Speaker 4: Many of the people there tried to get him to
[5:26] Speaker 4: be quiet, but that's when he began to.
[5:28] Speaker 2: Shout louder, saying, Jesus, please, have mercy on me.
[5:34] Speaker 4: At this point, Jesus told his disciples to go get him,
[5:38] Speaker 4: and so they told him to get up to his
[5:40] Speaker 4: feet and go see the Lord. Then, He threw off
[5:44] Speaker 4: his coat that he was wearing and ran to Jesus.
[5:48] Speaker 4: He asked Bartimaeus what he wanted. Bartimaeus said that he
[5:53] Speaker 4: wanted to be able to see. Jesus said, your faith
[5:58] Speaker 4: is the reason you are healed.
[6:00] Speaker 3: So go on your way.
[6:03] Speaker 4: As soon as he said this, Bartimaeus was able to
[6:07] Speaker 4: see again.
[6:14] Speaker 2: Anyone else singing the Zacchaeus song in their head? Just me?
[6:18] Speaker 1: Today's story opens with a mom of two sons, James
[6:22] Speaker 1: and John, who really wanted her sons to be seen
[6:25] Speaker 1: as great and important.
[6:27] Speaker 2: It seems as if they wanted that too. But what
[6:31] Speaker 2: have we learned.
[6:32] Speaker 1: Through so many of these stories? Jesus wants us to
[6:35] Speaker 1: be humble and remember that he is the great one.
[6:39] Speaker 1: This mother asked Jesus if her two sons could each
[6:43] Speaker 1: sit on his right and left in his kingdom. But
[6:47] Speaker 1: the answer she received was not exactly what she was
[6:50] Speaker 1: hoping for. Jesus explained something we've talked about a lot
[6:55] Speaker 1: on here. Having the most important seat, position, or place in.
[6:59] Speaker 2: Life is not what makes you great.
[7:03] Speaker 1: So what does make you great? According to Jesus, the
[7:07] Speaker 1: answer is serving others. Think about the life of Jesus.
[7:13] Speaker 1: He was in heaven and the most perfect place ever,
[7:16] Speaker 1: with no sadness, dying, or pain. And not only that,
[7:19] Speaker 1: he was with his father, whom he loved so very much.
[7:23] Speaker 1: But despite all of that, he chose to leave his
[7:26] Speaker 1: throne in heaven, come to a dirty, stinky stable, and
[7:30] Speaker 1: live among us on earth. He served others every day
[7:34] Speaker 1: of his life and eventually died on the cross so
[7:37] Speaker 1: we could be with him in heaven one day. Now
[7:40] Speaker 1: that is a servant. Do you want to be seen
[7:44] Speaker 1: as great in the eyes of God?
[7:46] Speaker 2: Serve others.
[7:48] Speaker 1: Next, we meet a super short dude named Zacharias. He
[7:52] Speaker 1: was a tax collector known for cheating and stealing from people.
[7:56] Speaker 1: He was so determined to see Jesus passing by his
[7:59] Speaker 1: city that he climbed right up into a sycamore tree.
[8:03] Speaker 1: I can just see Jesus catching his eye, looking right
[8:07] Speaker 1: up at him and saying, Okay.
[8:09] Speaker 2: Come down now. I'm coming over.
[8:12] Speaker 1: Jesus and Zacchaeus had a special conversation at his house.
[8:17] Speaker 1: Jesus loved him enough to spend time with him, even
[8:20] Speaker 1: though he had such a bad reputation. No one understood
[8:23] Speaker 1: why in the world someone like Jesus would want to
[8:26] Speaker 1: hang out with someone like Zacchaeus. But Jesus didn't do
[8:30] Speaker 1: things like everyone else. He knew Zacchaeus needed him, and
[8:33] Speaker 1: that's what mattered most. Because of that, Zacchaeus felt loved
[8:38] Speaker 1: and important. It made him want to do the right thing.
[8:41] Speaker 1: So he promised to give half of everything he had
[8:44] Speaker 1: to the poor and pay back the people he stole
[8:47] Speaker 1: from four times the amount. Jesus forgave him, of course,
[8:53] Speaker 1: and loved him when no one else did. The last
[8:57] Speaker 1: story we heard was about a blind man named Bartimaeus.
[9:01] Speaker 1: He cried out for Jesus to heal him and to
[9:04] Speaker 1: help him see again. He knew that if he kept yelling,
[9:07] Speaker 1: no matter how many people said to, shh, Jesus would hear.
[9:12] Speaker 1: When Jesus told his friends to get him, they went
[9:15] Speaker 1: over to Bartimaeus and said, hurry.
[9:17] Speaker 2: Get up. Jesus is calling you.
[9:20] Speaker 1: Jesus healed his blindness and taught us once again how
[9:23] Speaker 1: important it is to have faith. Maybe today, like Bartimaeus,
[9:29] Speaker 1: you need to get up and run to Jesus. Maybe
[9:33] Speaker 1: he's calling you too. Jesus wants to hear from you
[9:37] Speaker 1: through prayer. Speak to your heart through the Bible. and
[9:41] Speaker 1: help you be more like him today, more like a servant.
[9:45] Speaker 1: Thank you for listening. The next time we're together, we'll
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[9:56] Speaker 1: to obey his father, no matter the cost.
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