THE LIFE OF JESUS: Jesus Chooses the 12 Disciples

God's Big Story

The Village Church

Kids & Family

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🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Kids learn how Jesus chose twelve ordinary people to be His disciples and invited them to follow Him. Through the calling of fishermen and a tax collector, we see that Jesus didn’t choose perfect people—He chose sinners He loved and came to save. 🌟 What Kids Will Learn: What a disciple is and what it means to follow Jesus Why Jesus chose ordinary people—not famous or important ones How Jesus called fishermen and a tax collector to follow Him That Jesus doesn’t wait for people to be perfect before loving them Why Jesus came to save sinners and invites us to follow Him too 📖 Bible Passage: Matthew 4:18–22 🧠 Big Truth: Jesus came to save sinners. He lovingly calls ordinary people to follow Him and uses them to share the good news about who He is. 🏡 Try This at Home: 🐟 Read Together: Read Matthew 4:18–22 as a family and talk about what the disciples left behind to follow Jesus. 💬 Tell a Story: Ask a family member or friend who follows Jesus when they first decided to follow Him. 🙏 Pray Together: Thank God that He loves and calls imperfect people—including us. 👣 Follow Jesus This Week: Talk about one way your family can follow Jesus through love, kindness, or obedience. 🎶 Song Featured: ⁠⁠Jesus Came to Save Sinners⁠ by The Village Kids If you’ve enjoyed this episode, one of the best ways to support the show and make sure others find it, is to subscribe and leave a review. Thank You! Editing and support by⁠⁠⁠ The Good Podcast Co.⁠⁠⁠ For sponsorship inquiries, email ⁠⁠⁠sponsor@thegoodpodcast.co

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0:00.0	You're listening to God's big story, a podcast for kids. Every week we teach the Bible,
0:17.0	sing the Bible, and talk about what it means with a friend or two. I'm your host Anna and I'm here
0:21.9	with my co-host Matt. Howdy friends? Today we're going to talk about how Jesus came to save
0:27.8	sinners by using a story from the Bible. That's right, Anna. So far, we've learned how God the
0:34.3	son came down to be born as a baby named Jesus,
0:38.3	and how he grew up to be a boy and eventually a man who never sinned.
0:44.3	Last episode, we learned that Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by his cousin John.
0:51.3	Then the Spirit of God led Jesus into the desert, where Satan, God's enemy,
0:57.8	tempted him or tried to get him to sin. But Jesus didn't sin. Yay!
1:04.4	Nope. Jesus remembered what he had read in the Bible, and he obeyed God perfectly.
1:11.8	If you missed those episodes, you can always go back and listen.
1:16.9	Good point, Anna.
1:18.6	Today, we're going to talk about how Jesus chose 12 people to be his very close friends and followers.
1:25.8	We call them Disciples.
1:31.0	Can you say disciples? Disciples.
1:39.8	Disciple is just a fancy word for follower. They followed Jesus, learned from him and helped him tell everyone the good news about him that Jesus came to save sinners.
1:45.1	Fancy followers, huh?
1:47.2	These guys must have been pretty important folks.
1:51.0	Hardly.
1:52.1	The disciples were anything but fancy.
1:55.5	They were stinky fishermen and greedy tax collectors.
2:02.0	Some of them even like to get into fights.
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