Leader Guide
Game
- Bible or the Superbook Bible App
- Poster board or large sheet of butcher paper
- Marker
- Optional: masking tape
- Scissors
- Two small boxes—shoeboxes are ideal
- Sin and Forgiven Pattern
- Optional: paper grocery bags, one per child
Make copies of the Sin and Forgiven Pattern.
Cut out the individual cards.
Make a cross about 3 feet tall from poster board.
With the marker, write the SuperTruth on the cross.
Write “Sin” on one box and “Forgiven” on the other box.
Tape or lean the cross against the wall.
Mark or tape a line about 15 feet from the cross.
Optional: children may hop to the “Sin” box in paper grocery bags, then discard them when they take “Forgiven” cards.
What an act of love Jesus demonstrated in our Superbook video today! Let’s say our SuperTruth together: “Jesus loves me so much that He sacrificed His life and forgave my sins.” What does sacrifice mean? To give up something valuable for the benefit of something or someone.
Jesus gave up His very life to take the punishment for our sin so we can be forgiven and live forever with Him in heaven someday. Isn’t that wonderful?
Let’s play a game about being forgiven and set free from our sin!
Jesus said in John 8:34-36:
“I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin. … So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.”
When we sin, we are bound to sin like slaves. The Good News is that Jesus—God’s Son—sets us free from our sin so we can have hope and peace and joy. Wow!
Divide the class into two equal teams. Have each team form a line behind the mark or taped line. Put the “Forgiven and Set Free” cards in the “Forgiven” box and place it at the foot of the cross. Place the “Sin” box next to that box, and give each child a “Bound by Sin” card. The game is a relay race. Each player must keep his or her ankles tightly together—as if bound or tied—and hop to the cross while holding the “Bound by Sin” card. Optional: each player hops to the “Sin” box with both feet in a paper grocery bag. The child then places the sin card in the “Sin” box and takes a “Forgiven and Set Free” card from the other box. The players then are set free and run back to the line so the next player can begin. Play until everyone is completely set free from sin!
Good job everybody! You are all set free! How did it feel to exchange your sin for forgiveness and be set free to run again?
Remember what our verse said in the book of John—
“if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.”