Mystery question: Can God forgive All My Sins?
Need to Know: Jesus Paid the Price for All My Sin!
Bible Story: God’s Plan for Jesus- Genesis 3; Romans 5:18; John 3:16; 1 Peter 1:19,20; 1 John 1:9; John 14:6m
Memory verse: But without faith (cover eyes) no one (shake head) can please God. (Point up) We must believe (hand over heart) that God is real (nod head) and that He rewards everyone (hands out in front) who searches for Him. (Point up) Hebrews 11:6
Preparation: (Ball/Chin Game)
Please have the following ready for after the lesson:
- Balls (small plastic balls)
Lesson:
Welcome back to our MYSTERY MANNER series everybody, I hope you are having fun in our series… YAY! Oh my word (ecstatic) I’m sure you are as excited as I am for this week’s MYSTERY with cousins Stevie and Parker!
Before we get into our great mystery today, let’s get up! Shake up! And get ready for praise and worship.
Ask your kid/s the following question:
Which wrong thing would you be the most tempted to do; bounce a ball in the house when you were told not to OR not eat your vegetables and say you did.
It’s really hard to do the right thing all the time. What’s it called when we do the wrong things like lie, disobey or steal? It’s called ‘sin’. Today we are finding the answer to this mystery question:
Can God Forgive All of My Sin?
If we are to discover the answer to this question, we’ve got to work like detectives and join cousin Stevie and Parker on solving todays MYSTERY! Their notes will lead us to the Bible, the best book for finding the truth. I bet they are going to find more clues today!
So get set! Ready? Let’s catch up with Stevie and Parker. HERE WE GO!
Story time:
Stevie pointed to the fire place, telling Parker that that was the place where coal is burned “Remember that clue said, when things are looking bad and there is no one in control, find the answer to what you seek near the place where one burns coal”. Parker looked at Stevie all confused “So you’re telling me that there’s an answer in fireplace?”
“Well, I’m not actually sure about that”.
Parker slowly walked away from the fireplace and told Stevie that he should have a look at the creepy fireplace to see what was up there, since he was the one with all the science gadgets in his detective bag. “Oh no Parker, remember you’re the one who is all into this mystery. I’m not even sure this thing is real!” Stevie pushed Parker with his finger and said that he is the one who had to go and check out the fireplace.
Parker pushed Stevie, he tripped over the stone in front of the fireplace and fell down. “HEY! What was that for? And look- you messed up the fireplace! Everything in this old place is falling apart!”
Parker looked down and noticed a secret rock. Stevie was frustrated with Parker for pushing him, he got u from the ground and dusted himself off. His cousin Parker ignored him and picked up the secret rock he saw laying on the floor “look at this rock, it’s different from all the others”.
Angrily and not interested Stevie said “So? It looks like most of these stones are sedimentary (chalk like rock). All of these probably came in a bulk package or something”.
As Parker was inspecting the rock he noticed that the rock has a secret compartment, Stevie all interested in the rock walked towards Parker to check out the secret compartment. With the rock in Parkers hand, he tried several times to open the secret compartment and ended up accidently dropping the rock on Stevie’s toe.
“OOOOOOWWWWW! I think you broke ALL of my toes!
“Yeah, but I think your toe jarred the compartment open! Let’s see what’s inside. Oh my word there’s a clue in here”
“That’s a rabus clue, it’s a type of code where pictures can stand for words. Then, when you put them all together, it reveals a secret message”.
“Well then Stevie, let’s solve it!”
The cousins then read the first clue, the clue is a picture of a can of soda- the word would be CAN- the next one has a ‘G’ plus ‘1,3,5,7,9,11’…and minus D. “The numbers that are listed are all ODD numbers. So if we add a ‘G’ to ‘ODD’, and take away the ‘D’, then that leaves us with ‘GOD”.
“Okay Stevie, that’s good, so far we have “CAN GOD…”
“Yes Parker, the next one has the number four, then a bee hive. And the ‘H’ in ‘HIVE’ should be a ‘G”
When the ‘G’ and the ‘H’ are switched around the word the cousins got to was ‘GIVE’.
This was a rather confusing puzzle for Parker, he was overwhelmed by it actually. However, with Stevie being there to help him, he got very excited because he knew that they would solve the clue Grand-Pa Pif-Paf had left for them. “Okay Parker, here comes the next one. So ‘FOUR’ plus ‘GIVE’ gives us the word ‘FORGIVE’! That means that we only have three more. The next one has a picture of a ball minus the ‘B’. So that gives us the word ‘ALL’, and a total sentence we have now is ‘CAN GOD FORGIVE ALL’. Now the next one is a picture of a key, minus the ‘K’ and the ‘E’ in ‘KEY’ is actually an ‘M’.
Parker was super excited that they finally got so far, and he couldn’t wait for them to solve the next clue. “Ok, so when we take away the ‘K’ in the ‘KEY’, that leaves ‘EY’ .But if we change the ‘E’ to ‘M’ that give us the word ‘MY’ Stevie!
“YES Parker! We are getting there, the last one is a picture of someone singing, but it says to replace the ‘G’ with another ‘S’. Parker jumped up and down and did a victory dance out of excitement. “The word is ‘SINS Stevie!”
This left the cousin with a complete sentence that reads ‘CAN GOD FORGIVE ALL MY SINS?’
Parker wondered how they were to answer the question, he shook the rock and out of it fell a key, which looks like a key for a secret safe. He then started walking around room, looking for the secret safe. They discovered that the clue they got was not only a question but a title of a book which was in the book. Parker took the key and opened the book safe that in the room. In the safe they found a few dollars which they weren’t really excited about. Stevie was really upset.
“Woah, Stevie, I’m sorry that this didn’t turn out to be a ton of money and only 8 dollars, I didn’t know what it was, honest. And this mystery IS real, I just know it. I promise that I’m not making this whole thing up. Look, there’s another clue in here. Maybe this will help us out”
INSERT VIDEO.
Stevie;
“So wait, someone else paid the price for every wrong thing I’ve ever done? And ever WILL do? I’ve done a LOT of wrong things! Like talk back to my parents, say words I shouldn’t, and even taken people’s stuff when it is better than mine!”
Parker;
“I know. It’s hard to understand how God could love us so much that He would do that, but GOD DOES LOVE US, and that’s why He allowed Jesus pay the for our sin”
Stevie;
“I was confused about something, though. Great Grandpa Pif-Paf mentioned that there is a reward when we search for and follow Jesus. What does that mean? Does that mean that there’s a greater reward if we keep following these clues”
Parker;
“I’m not sure. But I don’t even know where the next clue is.
Stevie;
“Even though $8.39 isn’t a LOT, it COULD still buy us some ice cream on our way home. Soooo…what if we stop playing with the money so we don’t accidently tear it? There, now they will be…
Parker;
“What? They will be what? They will be pretty? They will be green? They will be happy?
Stevie;
“No…there’s something written on the back of these dollar bills I think this is our next clue!
To be continued…
Another clue?? It’s starting to look like Stevie is buying into this mystery after all! Let’s talk about what we learned today!
Activity:
- What did the first people who ever lived do that was wrong (Disobeyed God, sinned)
- What does sin do to our friendship with God? (Hurts our friendship with God)
- Did God want to fix our friendship with Him (Yes) what was God’s plan to fix our friendship with Him? (Send His Son Jesus to earth to live a perfect life & pay the price for our sins by dying on the cross)
- True or False: When we believe that Jesus died to pay the price for our sins, God will forgive us for EVERYTHING? (True)
- How does it make you feel to know that Jesus came to earth to pay the price for your sin? (Allow responses)
All the money in the world can’t pay the price for our sin! Do you know who CAN pay the price for all our sin? (Jesus) That’s right! When Jesus died on the cross and came back to life, He paid the price for all of the wrong things we have done and ever will do! Do you remember what we need to know today?
Jesus Paid the Price for All My Sin!
REPEAT MEMORY VERSE; but without faith (cover eyes) no one (shake head) can please God. (Point up) We must believe (hand over heart) that God is real (nod head) and that He rewards everyone (hands out in front) who searches for Him. (Point up) Hebrews 11:6
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank you for planning all along for Jesus to pay the price for my sin. Thank you for loving me so much! In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Game time!
Place balls on the floor and have a relay race to see which team can retrieve all the balls by picking them up with their chins and placing them in a bowl or bucket. First team done wins.
Have Fun!
