| Preparation:
Assembly can be done during the Object
Talk. You may wish to take a few practice runs.
What you will do during class:
Separate the 2-ply bathroom tissue into two thin squares. Some 2-ply facial
tissue also works well. Separate and take one square, place it over the
opening of the glass and secure it with the rubber band, forming something
like a drum. Then place three nickels on the tissue near the center. Take
approx. 1 ml water from the dropper and wet the tissue just around and
next to the nickels. After a while, about 30 - 60 seconds, the tissue
will break and the nickels will fall into the cup.
What you will say:
God wants us to be his children and live close to him. This cup represents
God, so for this example, being in the cup would be very close to God.
However, sin and fear keeps us from being with him. This tissue will represent
sin and fear. These nickels represent us; we are separated from God by
sin and fear. (Give names to the nickels such as class members for effect.)
God wants us to trust him, so the Holy Spirit helps us to know and trust
God. This water (empty water from dropper) represents the Holy Spirit.
Trusting in God means believing in Him, and receiving his gift of life
as in John 3:16, which says, "For God so loved the world, He gave
his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him will not perish,
but have everlasting life." When we listen to the Holy Spirit and
ask for forgiveness in our hearts, because of what Jesus did on the cross,
God will forgive us and we can live forever with Him. Sometimes this happens
when we are young, and sometimes when we are older, but if we put our
trust in God, and listen to the Holy Spriit, it will happen. |
