Today, Marco, a student intern from Mosaic Church, talked about the problem that all people have: sin! He also talked about the wonderful way that God solved our sin problem and the free gift that God has given us: salvation! Marco played a game where he got three student volunteers to try to jump a long distance between two pieces of tape that were on the stage. No one could jump that far, not even Marco! He then explained that his game was a visual of the way sin separates people from God and that Jesus serves as the bridge to reconnect us back to God.
Then we talked about the story of Jonah and the fact that he had such a close relationship with God that God spoke to him. Jonah tried to run from God and ended up inside a big fish, but God forgave Jonah when he asked God to save him.
Romans 3:23
23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.
Romans 6:23
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.
Jonah 1:1-3, 17
1 The Lord gave this message to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.”3 But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the Lord. He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the Lord by sailing to Tarshish.17 Now the Lord had arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
Questions:
1. What does the Bible say about people and sin?
2. What free gift does God have for his children?
3. What happened to Jonah when he tried to run away from God?
This season may we all focus on the most precious gift that has ever been gifted to us--Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
Blessings,
Jan Rogers, Director
www.parkrowchristian.net
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