Make me clean!
Children's sermon
Object:
a really dirty piece of clothing
Good morning! Do you ever have any clothes as dirty as this?
(Show the clothing and let them answer.) If you did have
something this dirty, what would you do with it? (Let them
answer.) I guess there are really only two things you could do.
You could either wash it, or you could throw it away. You
certainly wouldn't want to wear it when it was this dirty.
Once, a person with leprosy came to Jesus. People with
leprosy were called "unclean" in those times because the disease
made their skin look awful. Nobody wanted to touch them or get
close to them. This leper believed Jesus could cure him, and he
said to Jesus, "If you choose, you can make me clean." What do
you think Jesus did? (Let them answer.) Yes, Jesus did cure him.
He made him clean.
Now, you and I don't have leprosy, but we are also
"unclean." We are like this dirty clothing (hold up the
clothing), because we are all sinful. The only one who can make
us clean is Jesus. When we go to Jesus and plead with him to
forgive us, we are just like that leper. We too can say to Jesus,
"If you choose, you can make me clean." If we ask Jesus to
forgive us and make us clean, what do you think he will do? (Let
them answer.) Yes, of course he will. Let's thank him for making
us clean.
Dear Jesus: We are just like the leper who came to you needing to
be cleaned. He needed you to cure his leprosy, and we need you to
cure our sin. We know that you will make us clean when we come to
you and ask for forgiveness, and we thank you for promising to do
so. Amen.
(Show the clothing and let them answer.) If you did have
something this dirty, what would you do with it? (Let them
answer.) I guess there are really only two things you could do.
You could either wash it, or you could throw it away. You
certainly wouldn't want to wear it when it was this dirty.
Once, a person with leprosy came to Jesus. People with
leprosy were called "unclean" in those times because the disease
made their skin look awful. Nobody wanted to touch them or get
close to them. This leper believed Jesus could cure him, and he
said to Jesus, "If you choose, you can make me clean." What do
you think Jesus did? (Let them answer.) Yes, Jesus did cure him.
He made him clean.
Now, you and I don't have leprosy, but we are also
"unclean." We are like this dirty clothing (hold up the
clothing), because we are all sinful. The only one who can make
us clean is Jesus. When we go to Jesus and plead with him to
forgive us, we are just like that leper. We too can say to Jesus,
"If you choose, you can make me clean." If we ask Jesus to
forgive us and make us clean, what do you think he will do? (Let
them answer.) Yes, of course he will. Let's thank him for making
us clean.
Dear Jesus: We are just like the leper who came to you needing to
be cleaned. He needed you to cure his leprosy, and we need you to
cure our sin. We know that you will make us clean when we come to
you and ask for forgiveness, and we thank you for promising to do
so. Amen.
