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 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 the holy Tales
today I'm going to tell you the story about Jesus's last and final disciple Thomas didimus
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
the holy Tales hello children I just saw what happened and I know the perfect story to tell
you today it's about the mustard seed that Jesus told his followers for them to understand better
can't wait can't wait once a man planted a very tiny Mustard Seed in his garden
seed was one and very tiny but he knew that the seat was the beginning of something great days
and months went by and the seed grew into a little plant it grew a little every day the
man took care of it without giving up on it thinking that it is just one seed years went
by and soon the plant grew up to be a huge tree birds flew in and sat on the branches of the tree
the man was very happy and content Jesus explained the story to his followers
kingdom of God is like the single mustard seed that the man had planted it may look
very small and Tiny at the beginning but waiting patiently will bear wonderful fruit and happiness
so it is always important to do little things and God will make them grow never
ever give up thinking that whatever you do is little and would not make a difference in
the kingdom of God that was such a nice story holy I'm glad you liked it gumbo
hope you enjoyed the story too as much as we did we shall be back soon keep watching until
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created the sun to 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
and put him to sleep