Our knot
Children's sermon
Object:
two pieces of string and a pair of scissors
But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died though the one
man's trespass, much more surely have the grace of God and the free gift in the
grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for the many. (v. 15)
Good morning, boys and girls. This is Lent and we talk a lot about sin and the way that Jesus saves us from sin. Sin is real. It makes us different people. Sin is bad. When you sin you are doing bad things or thinking bad things, or maybe you are not doing the good things when you have a chance to do good things. Last week, we talked about sin being ugly. It makes us unhappy.
I brought along a couple of pieces of string and a pair of scissors. This piece of string used to stretch all the way to heaven. It was one long string. There was a man named Adam and a woman named Eve and they wanted some things that they were told were not good for them. The more they were told they should not ask or try these things, the more they wanted them. Pretty soon Adam (show one blade of the scissors) and Eve (show the other blade of the scissors) decided to cut the string so that God could not get close to them. (cut the string in half) They separated themselves from God and they were alone. It was not good to be alone. They not only cut God off from themselves but from all of their children and their grandchildren and their great- grandchildren and all the people living in the world. They wished they had not committed their sin and cut God off, but they had to work hard to stay alive. They had pain in their bodies and they never had that before. Sometimes they were hungry and sometimes they were thirsty. Sometimes they were very cold and sometimes they were very hot. Everything was different because they were cut away from God.
Then one day God sent his own Son, Jesus. (show them the second string that is longer) God's plan was to bring his love back to the people in Jesus. Jesus taught the people about love and how God forgives people that trust and believe in him. He also showed how much God cared for people by healing them from sickness. The greatest lesson of all was when Jesus died for all the people. (tie the two pieces of string together with a big knot so that it is much longer) The knot is the day Jesus was crucified and died for all of us. He gave us his forgiveness and asked us to be forgiving. The knot was the perfect answer because it brought God and man together in a very special way.
The next time you see a knot on a string or in your shoelaces, I want you to think about the perfect knot that brought God and people back together again. Amen.
Good morning, boys and girls. This is Lent and we talk a lot about sin and the way that Jesus saves us from sin. Sin is real. It makes us different people. Sin is bad. When you sin you are doing bad things or thinking bad things, or maybe you are not doing the good things when you have a chance to do good things. Last week, we talked about sin being ugly. It makes us unhappy.
I brought along a couple of pieces of string and a pair of scissors. This piece of string used to stretch all the way to heaven. It was one long string. There was a man named Adam and a woman named Eve and they wanted some things that they were told were not good for them. The more they were told they should not ask or try these things, the more they wanted them. Pretty soon Adam (show one blade of the scissors) and Eve (show the other blade of the scissors) decided to cut the string so that God could not get close to them. (cut the string in half) They separated themselves from God and they were alone. It was not good to be alone. They not only cut God off from themselves but from all of their children and their grandchildren and their great- grandchildren and all the people living in the world. They wished they had not committed their sin and cut God off, but they had to work hard to stay alive. They had pain in their bodies and they never had that before. Sometimes they were hungry and sometimes they were thirsty. Sometimes they were very cold and sometimes they were very hot. Everything was different because they were cut away from God.
Then one day God sent his own Son, Jesus. (show them the second string that is longer) God's plan was to bring his love back to the people in Jesus. Jesus taught the people about love and how God forgives people that trust and believe in him. He also showed how much God cared for people by healing them from sickness. The greatest lesson of all was when Jesus died for all the people. (tie the two pieces of string together with a big knot so that it is much longer) The knot is the day Jesus was crucified and died for all of us. He gave us his forgiveness and asked us to be forgiving. The knot was the perfect answer because it brought God and man together in a very special way.
The next time you see a knot on a string or in your shoelaces, I want you to think about the perfect knot that brought God and people back together again. Amen.
