Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Pour the salt into the water : that is us, pure and clean. Put the pepper into the water. They will mix: that is sin – we all sin. Talk about the atonement that will seperate and clean us from our sin. Add a drop of liquid soap to the bowl when it hits the water the salt and pepper seperate.
Start off by showing the plain glass jar. Explain how this jar represents each of us. Then put the jar in the baggie. Then explain how life puts a lot of pressure on us and we go through trials and problems. Use the hammer to break the glass in the baggie. Explain how the hammer represents the trials of life. Show the baggie of broken pieces explaining often how we…
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Hand out the objects. Explain that each object can be used to handle stains on clothing. Ask the students how s/he would use her/his object to treat a stain: Spot Treater – apply to stain and wash later. Crayons/Markers – create a decoration around the stain, making it look pretty. Patch – cover stain. Wet Wipes – try to wipe away as much as you can. Explain that sin is…
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Give every member in your class a piece of hard candy (like a Jolly Rancher or Life Saver). Tell them they can’t swallow, no matter what. Continue on with your lesson for about five minutes. Explain that this is how addiction is. The object of your addiction is constantly on your mind, like the desire to swallow when the candy was in their mouth. When the candy was in their…
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Ask: What is the difference between the two kinds of pennies? Is it possible to make the tarnished pennies shine like the new pennies? Put the tarnished pennies in the container with vinegar and stir or shake for several minutes. In the meantime, talk about baptism or repentance. Take the pennies & rub with the cloth until they are clean & shiny.
I dirtied the glass by misting it with water and sprinkling it with dust. I placed the glass on an easel on the table. At the appropriate time in the lesson, I used a glass cleaner wipe to clear away a swath on the glass. The lesson was to visualize the filth (spotting) of the world and accumulation of sin throughout the week. By coming to church and partaking of…
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Pour a small amount of salt on the plate. Talk about the salt being like us–pure. Sprinkle a little pepper in the salt. None of us is perfect; we all sin and become like this salt with pepper in it: impure. Is there anyway for us to clean the salt without destroying it? Bring out the plastic spoon and rub it on your clothes. Talk about the miraculous power of…
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Hold in your hand five or six small balls or other small items, and tell the class that these represent a handful of weaknesses (our leader wrote names of some bad habits on paper and wrapped them around spools of thread like procrastination, lying, profanity, sleeping in, eating unhealthy foods). Select a student and ask him/her to try to overcome these weaknesses by catching them. Then throw the balls to…
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1. Show a bottle of clear water. 2. Then add a couple of drops of food coloring to the water. 3. Now pour bleach in the bottle, which will turn the water clear again. Lesson Application: 1. We come to this earth sinless. 2. As we progress, each of us sins and it marks our souls. 3. However, through repentance our souls can become clean again. I believe that if…
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First take the bottle with the lid on it, show it to the class and say: See this bottle is really dirty. Put it in the soapy water and wash it and then rinse it, and wipe it dry. Show it to the class and ask: Why isn’t it clean? (Student choice.) Now show the second bottle, the one without a lid and say: See, it is very dirty, but…
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Show the white, hard-boiled egg to the class. Dip the egg into the colored water, and observe what happens. Have the class comment on what happens to the egg as you continue to dip it in the colored water. Explain that we are like the colored egg. Whenever we lower our standards or our actions to a worldly or physical level, we take on some of the characteristics of that…
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Begin this lesson by giving a brief explanation of what repentance is. Be sure to include the four basic steps: (1) regret for the sin, (2) abandonment of the sin, (3) confession, and (4) restitution. Display the strawberry basket, which is filled with the rocks. Each corner of the strawberry basket should have a helium-filled balloon tied securely to it. Application: Liken the stones to sins because they weigh us…
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