Bridge

Have you seen a bridge? Do you know what the bridge does? It connects the gap from one side to the other, so that people or cars can go across. Do you realize we too had a big gap with God? In other words, because of our sins, it was impossible for us to go to God, or for God to come to us. Do you know who closed the gap for us? Jesus did. When he died on the cross for our sins, he became the bridge for us.  And, do you know how we cross this bridge? By trusting Jesus.

"For there is only one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity--the man Christ Jesus" (1 Timothy 2:5, NLT). 

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Towel

When your hands, or body is wet after washing with water, what do you do to make yourselves dry? You use towels! What towels do is so amazing. They absorb all the water on our bodies to themselves, so we become dry!


This is sort of like what Jesus did for us on the cross. Once we were fully wet in sins. We were born in sins. Yet, because he loved us, Jesus took all of our sins into himself and died for us. Jesus absorbed all of our sins, so that we may become clean, when we trust in Him. Do you know what this is called? It's called God's grace.

"God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sins, so that we could be made right with God through Christ" (2 Corinthians 5:21). 

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Money

What do we do with money? We use money to pay the price for the things we want to buy. Some things are cheap. But, other things are very expensive.


Do you realize we were once sold under sins? That means, sin used to be our master! So, just as we pay money to buy things, someone had to pay the price, so that we may be freed from our sins. But, the problem was that this price of our sins was too expensive that we could not afford to pay. So, we were in trouble. But then, do you know who decided to pay that price for us? God did. And, do you know what the payment was? Jesus’ blood.

"...God bought you with a high price..." (1 Corinthians 6:20, NLT).

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Dog's Tail

"Wiggle, Wiggle!" Have you seen a dog wiggle its tail? Do you know what that means? Well, that's how a dog talks to you, "I want to be your friend." It's a sign of dog's friendship.

Do you know what the best friendship in the world is? It is the friendship that God showed to us. Even though Jesus Christ was King, and he had everything, he still left his heavenly home and came to the world to be friends with sinners. How do we know this is true? Well, just look at the cross. Cross is a sign of God's friendship to us.

"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor..." (2 Corinthians 8:9, ESV).

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The Star

"It is the most wonderful time of the year~" Do you know what Christmas is about? Is it about Santa Clause, gifts, lights, family, or something else? What is it about?

To know what Christmas is really about, you only need to look at the Christmas tree. Any clue? Well, what's on the very top of the tree? Star! Yes, the Christmas is about that star! What about that star? You may ask?

Well, the star on the very top of the tree means that Jesus is the Star that shines as the light of the world. In other words, Jesus is the shining star, the Savior, that saves us from our sins. So, this is what Christians is ALL about. It's about the Star that saves the world from sins! In a word, it's about Savior Jesus Christ!

"Wise men asked: 'Where is the king of the Jews. We saw his star..." 

(Matthew 2:2, Paraphrase).

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Snow!

Don't you love when it snows? It makes the whole world white! Do you know what makes our dark sins white? In other words, do you know what washes us from our dark sins? The Bible says, Jesus' blood shed on the Cross washes us and makes our dark sins whiter than snow. Did I say "white than snow?" Yes, whiter than snow. Wow, what could be whiter than snow? Only our sins washed by Jesus' blood!

"...Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow" (Psalm 51:7, NIV).

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Soap

Do you know what soap does? It cleanses your hands, face, and the body. But, do you realize what happens every time we use the soap? It gets smaller, smaller, and smaller. And, it eventually disappears and dies. The soap dies to cleanse us.

This is kind of like what Jesus Christ did for us to cleanse us from our sins. Jesus Christ died on the cross, so that we may be cleansed from our sins, when we trust in Him. But, unlike the soap, Jesus did not just disappear or remain dead. Because on the third day, Jesus came back from the grave to prove that Jesus has overcome the power of sin and death!


Also, when you use the soap to cleanse yourself, how often do you need to use it? Almost every day, whenever you get dirty, right? But, Jesus’s death on the cross cleanses us from our sins ONCE FOR ALL. Praise Jesus Christ!

"...you are clean, because Jesus Christ, the Passover Lamb, has died for you" 

(1 Corinthians 5:7b, Paraphrase).

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