For the story this morning, I took in a Ziploc bag of potato chips. I asked for volunteers. Three brave young souls were called up to the front of the class. I gave each of them a couple of chips. The rest of the class looked on quite jealously, so we decided to share them with the rest of the class. Then I took one chip out of the bag, chewed it up, and spit it back into the bag with the rest of the chips. I then offered more chips from the bag to my volunteers. Amazingly, no one was hungry for chips any more! I asked them why not? "They have saliva on them!" and "Gross!" "Eww!" or "You chewed one up and spit it back in there!" were the typical answers. Then I went on to explain that I only chewed up one chip. The rest hadn't been in my mouth. They still refused to eat them! The lesson I was able to teach them is that just as one bad chip ruined the whole bag, just one sin ruins our hearts and makes them dirty. One little lie, or disobeying a parent, or taking something that is not theirs, will ruin their hearts. But Jesus will forgive them if they ask Him, and come into their hearts and make them clean inside.
We always try to incorporate the message of salvation into our lesson every week...you never know which child you may never see again. They move away, or lose interest, or perhaps die before they get another chance to hear the gospel message of Jesus Christ. Almost every Sunday, we lead the entire class through the sinner's prayer for the benefit of the new child or the one who has never made the decision to follow Christ. Make it easy for each child to find Christ whenever they are around you!
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