Product Information
ISBN / 9789622934702
Series / Words of Wisdom
Size / 18 x 14 x 0.3 cm
Weight / 60 g
Pages / 32
Format / Soft Cover, Staple-bound
Language / English
Translation / Contemporary English Version (CEV)
Publisher / Hong Kong Bible Society
Publication Date / April 2008 (First Printing 1995)
Recommended Ages / 3 and up
Product Description
"Words of Wisdom" series presents stories from the Old and New Testaments at a level that children can read for themselves. It contains bright and attractive pictures to help bring out the teaching of the Scriptures. The aim of the series is to make the Bible come alive to children so that they will become more interested in its message. Then they can see how valuable it is for their own lives.
"Words of Wisdom" series provides background information for each story for parents to read. There are also questions to think about, in the hope that the message of the stories will be remembered. At the back of each booklet is the Bible text for each story taken from the Good News Bible. These story books may be used as teaching materials in Sunday Schools as well as at home. They may also be used to share with friends who do not yet know about God's Good News.
The Good Samaritan story was a story Jesus told to some religious leaders. Some of these people were hypocrites—they thought they knew God but did not follow his teachings. They thought that God would still be pleased with them. They did not like the Samaritans. "The Good Samaritan" story tells us that the person God loves is the person who cares about other people.
Priests and Levites were Jews. They were specially chosen to work in the Temple. They had learned all about God's laws and closely followed every part of them. Most people knew they should help others, but the priests were different. The law said a person would be "unclean" if they touched a dead body. If a priest was "unclean" he thought God would be unhappy with him. The priests thought more about the law than they did about helping people.
Jesus told this story to remind us that the good neighbour is the one who is willing to help others.