“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” “Who can say, ‘I have kept my heart pure I am clean and without sin’?” Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.'” Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. “Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, ‘Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.” “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. Ask each youth to have some quiet moments with God of confession, and contemplating what he has done for us and how they can help others find the cleansing of Christ.And once we are clean before God, we are given the ministry to reconcile others to God, to help them to find forgiveness in him and also be cleansed from sin. Only the blood of Jesus can wash away our sins. We can wash the dirt off our bodies, but what can we do about sin which is inside our hearts? Water cannot cannot remove sin. Those things are good but they are seen on the outside we have to also clean ourselves on the inside. How does this relate to confession, God’s cleansing, and our mission as Christians? How does clean hands affect how we live life?Įxplain some people think going to church, being nice, doing good things is all you have to do to remove the sin in your life. Let them use towels to dry each others hands.Īsk the youth to share how they feel now, and how it feels to not only hold clean hands, but also to help others get their hands clean.
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