Third Aspect of Lent: Repentance
Think about that… our view of God is what causes us to repent. When we understand what an eternity in hell means for us, and the fact that Jesus came to earth to save us from that, we cannot help but fall to our knees in worship; and we can’t help but want to live a life devoted to God. When we repent and ask Jesus to forgive us of our sins, they are removed from us so that when God looks at us, He sees the perfect righteousness given to us by Jesus.
Repentance Activity:
1. Set out a colored plate.
2. Sprinkle a good-sized pile of table salt onto the plate. Explain to the children that our hearts need to be pure before God.
3. Put a pinch of black pepper on top of the salt. Explain that sin in our lives leaves its mark.
4. Take a plastic spoon that you’ve rubbed on your clothing (or your hair if necessary!) and run it along the top of the salt and pepper. The pepper should gravitate to it and leave the salt nice and white again.
5. Explain how the death and resurrection of Jesus puts us in a right relationship with God and how this can only happen if we repent.
