Object Lesson

What kind of people need to be forgiven and cleansed from sin? Everyone!

Read Romans 3:23: 

For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. 

With the permanent marker, write “SIN” in large letters on the board. 

As hard as we may try, there is nothing that we can do on our own to remove sin. Try to erase “SIN” with the eraser.      

This looks hopeless doesn’t it? The good news is that God loves us and has a plan to rescue us. Let’s read that verse again, and the verses that follow in Romans 3:23–25:    

²³ For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. ²⁴ Yet God, in His grace, freely makes us right in His sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when He freed us from the penalty for our sins. ²⁵ For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed His life, shedding His blood.  

Isn’t that amazing news? Trace over “SIN” with the red dry-erase marker. Then use the eraser or cloth to wipe away the “SIN.” 

Through Jesus’ blood that was shed on the cross, we are cleansed of our sins. What is impossible for us to do, Jesus does with His blood. 

Let’s say our SuperVerse together again. 1 John 1:9:

But if we confess our sins to Him, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.