Today I'm going to tell you the story of Matthew but he also had another name
another name oh yes he's 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 Leon 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 off 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 other 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 [Music] I see I hope your children like the story
The Holy Tales well today's story is about Philip okay
Philip was one of Jesus's disciples who preached in phrygia he is known to have died a martyr in
hierapolis like Peter and Andrew Philip too came from the town of bethsaida and he too probably
was a Galilean fisherman Philip's name comes to life in the Gospel of John even though his
name was recorded in the first three gospels the Gospel of John tells us that Philip was
one of the first to whom Jesus addressed the words follow me when Philip met Christ for the
first time he said to Nathaniel we have found him of whom Moses and the prophets did right
Nathaniel was skeptical about following Jesus but Philip was not not even once
he was known not to have a skeptic mind he was simple and had Abundant Faith In Christ
Philip was a man with a warm and loving heart he wanted to do a lot of things
for others and help them but he did not understand or see how it could be done
it is said that Philip died by hanging and before he died he requested his body to be wrapped
in papers and not in linen like Jesus because he thought his body was not worthy of getting treated
in the same way as his Lord his Apostolic symbol is a basket and most importantly it was Philip who
had stressed the cross as the sign of Christianity and victory well that was a nice story
so it is because Philip that we have the cross as the sign of Christianity yes the holy Tales
today I'm going to tell you the story about Jesus's last and final disciple Thomas didimus
it's Thomas didimus tubby Thomas didymus was one of the Lesser known Disciples of Jesus
he lived in Galilee and went to preach Jesus's words in Parthia Persia and India and probably
received death as a martyr near Madras at Mount Saint Thomas in India Thomas was his Hebrew name
and didymus his Greek name at times he was also called Judas the Bible does not tell us much about
Thomas except his name however John in his gospel defines him more clearly as being present in the
raising of Lazarus in the upper room he wanted to see nail prints in Jesus's hand and also the
spear scar in his side to believe in him soon he was known as the doubting Thomas Thomas had
a bewildered and Confused mind and yet he was Brave and courageous since he was a pessimistic
man he believed only in things which he could see however he had immense faith and was a devoted man
when Jesus rose from death he came and invited Thomas to put his finger in the nail prince
in his hand and in his side it is here we see Thomas making the greatest confession of faith
Thomas's doubts transformed into faith in India Thomas was commissioned to build a palace for the
king of India where he was martyred to death with a spear for his Lord his Apostolic sign
is a bunch of Spears stones and arrows so did you like the story oh yes it was wonderful we loved it
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shine in the day the moon and stars to come out at night one day Moses went to Mount Horeb with
his sheep there God appeared to him as a flame of fire in a bush since there was
no room anywhere else they decided to spend the night in a stable here Mary had her baby
cheat him in a blanket and put him to sleep [Music]