Children’s sermon: Sign of Jonah. Pharisees look for a sign. After baptism. Matthew 12:38-45

Children’s sermon: The Sign of Jonah. Why did the Pharisees look for a sign? How should we act after baptism? Matthew 12:38-45

Audio:http://www.orthodox.net/sermons/childrens-sermon_2023-07-05+sign-of-jonah+after-baptism_matthew12-38-45.mp3
Video: https://youtu.be/vUcMLy-xf8Q

An interactive (and active!) homily: exegesis of Matthew 12:38-45. The Pharisees were asking Jesus for a sign, and He told them they would receive no sign except the “sign of Jonah”. He rebuked them, mentioning Solomon and the “Queen of the South”, and gave a warning about a demon who left a man, who did not change, and later, 7 worse demons came into the man. We explain all of these things, in ways children can understand (and adults can benefit).