hello and we're here to listen to a new story from holi come let's go
welcome kids i knew you'll be here soon today i'm going to tell you the story of john
john vernerius was the younger son of zebedee and salome and the younger brother of james the elder
who was also a disciple of jesus john was one of the most beloved disciples of jesus
and like his elder brother he too was a fisherman john lived with his family in bethsaida
and capernaum and later in jerusalem he went around the world preaching his master's doctrines
and also went and preached in the churches of asia minor after john became a disciple to jesus
he wrote the gospels of john 1 john 2 john 3 and revelations
once john was banished to the isle of patmos as a prisoner for preaching in the name of jesus
later he was freed and he eventually died due to old age john was not only a man of action but he
was also very ambitious and held no tolerance for unfair or selfish people john was very
close to another disciple named peter and they would often be sent together for ministry work
but it was john who always stood out and acted as the spokesperson of the band
as years went by old age caught up with him and he soon forgot all about his ambition
all he remembered was the lord's command of love john once wanted to take his own life by drinking
poison from a chalice but the lord spared his life for all the good deeds he had done all
his life he finally died of natural causes and the chalice with the snake became his apostolic symbol
that was the story of john the holy tales well today i'm going to tell you the story of matthew
but he also had another name another name oh yes he was also called levi
that sounds interesting all right then let's begin with the story
matthew was the son of alphaeus and he lived in capernaum and his name meant a gift of god
the call of matthew to the band of jesus's disciples is of great importance matthew's
other name was levi which was probably given by jesus when he became a disciple
matthew was a tax collector and a publican
he was engaged in public service work and gathered the taxes which the people paid however in those
times the jews hated the tax gatherers because they believed that it was the right of the people
to pay taxes as a tribute only to god paying it to someone else meant breaking of the law the
jews hated the tax gatherers not only for this religious reason but also because they were very
unjust and unfair towards them the jews regarded these tax collectors nothing less than criminals
matthew was one of them like every other tax collector he would assess taxes for
their people and also lend them money and charge high rates of interest from them yet
jesus chose him from amongst all the hated men and made him one of his own
being the master he saw the potential in the tax collector of capernaum matthew was different
from all the other disciples of jesus who were mostly fishermen he knew how to write
and with the power of the pen he brought to the world the teaching of jesus in the hebrew
language the apostolic symbol of matthew is three money bags which help us to remember
that he was a tax collector before jesus called him that was quite an interesting story holy
so it is because of matthew that we began to know more about jesus the holy tales today's
story is about simon the zealot sell it who's a zealot let's listen to the story and find out
the zealots were one of the little-known followers of jesus who were also known as the canaanites or
zealots the zeloths also lived in galilee and simon the zealot was one of them
the zealots were fanatical jewish nationalists who completely disregarded the suffering and struggle
involved for what they regarded as the purity of their faith the zealots had immense hatred
for the romans and it was this hate that destroyed the city of jerusalem
josephus records that the zealots were reckless people and were zealous in good practices
not much personal information is known about simon the zealot
but from the background of the zealots one can understand that he was a fanatical nationalist
he had immense devotion to the law and bitter hatred for people who dared to compromise with
yet simon emerged as a man of faith he gave up all his hatred for the faith he had in his master
and the love he was willing to share with the fellow disciples and especially matthew the
roman tax collector there was a time when simon the zealot would have killed anyone in loyalty to
israel he became a man who understood that god will accept no forced service simon the zealot
two died as a martyr and his apostolic symbol is a fish lying on a bible which indicates
that he was a fisherman who later became a fisher of men through preaching
that was an interesting story indeed i'm glad you liked it i hope you all enjoyed the story
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