That's not fair!
Children's sermon
Object:
a newspaper story about someone being sentenced for a
crime
Good morning! I brought a clipping from the newspaper to
show you today. (Show the clipping.) This is a story about a
person who was convicted of a crime and is being sentenced to
spend time in jail as a punishment. Now if a person commits a
crime and is found guilty of doing that crime, do you think it's
fair that they should be sent to jail? (Let them answer.) Yes, It
certainly is. If you break the law, you should have to suffer the
consequences. When you do something wrong, don't you have to
suffer the consequences? (Let them answer.)
Suppose we were reading this clipping and it said that this
person was convicted of a crime, so they were going to put
another person in jail who was totally innocent instead of the
guilty person. Do you think that would be fair? (Let them
answer.) No, of course not. That would be really unfair. But, do
you know something? That's exactly what God has done for us. All
of us are guilty of sinning against God and we all deserve to be
punished. But God sent Jesus into the world to pay for our sins.
Jesus was killed to pay for our sins so that we wouldn't have to
be punished for them. Wasn't that a wonderful thing for Jesus to
do? (Let them answer.)
Let's thank Jesus for doing that for us.
Dear Jesus: We are so thankful that you were willing to take our
punishment for us so that we are no longer guilty, but innocent,
because of what you did for us. Amen.
show you today. (Show the clipping.) This is a story about a
person who was convicted of a crime and is being sentenced to
spend time in jail as a punishment. Now if a person commits a
crime and is found guilty of doing that crime, do you think it's
fair that they should be sent to jail? (Let them answer.) Yes, It
certainly is. If you break the law, you should have to suffer the
consequences. When you do something wrong, don't you have to
suffer the consequences? (Let them answer.)
Suppose we were reading this clipping and it said that this
person was convicted of a crime, so they were going to put
another person in jail who was totally innocent instead of the
guilty person. Do you think that would be fair? (Let them
answer.) No, of course not. That would be really unfair. But, do
you know something? That's exactly what God has done for us. All
of us are guilty of sinning against God and we all deserve to be
punished. But God sent Jesus into the world to pay for our sins.
Jesus was killed to pay for our sins so that we wouldn't have to
be punished for them. Wasn't that a wonderful thing for Jesus to
do? (Let them answer.)
Let's thank Jesus for doing that for us.
Dear Jesus: We are so thankful that you were willing to take our
punishment for us so that we are no longer guilty, but innocent,
because of what you did for us. Amen.
