A Great Illustration for Young People Concerning Sin and Repentence/Forgiveness..
 

Usually once or twice a year I am asked to speak at a local christian/Nazarene High School. This is one of the illustrations I did that
worked well....

You can use 3 or 4 volunteers..

Purchase 8 White T-shirts Sm/Md/Lg
1 Contractor Black Garbage Bags
Oreos (Crushed)
Eggs (raw)
Mustard
Ketchup
Anything slimy and sprayable that's safe..
A LARGE DROP CLOTH IT WILL GET A BIT MESSY...

The object is what sin does to your life..

Have the four chosen taken into another room and have them put on a t-shirt (over their Cloths).. then cut a place for arms and neck in the black garbage bag and put it on over the t-shirt...

Then on top of that put another white t-shirt on... They will have this configeration t-shirt/Garbage Bad/T-shirt

Bring them out on the drop cloth have then kneel (cover their legs with mor garbage bags ) and begin to talk about what sin does to their life and how it stains them... and began to

Spray them with the mustard/ketchup/steak sause/ Raw Eggs and then start applying the dirt (Oreos) of sin... to the white t-shirts.. until they are a mess...

when you start talking about repentence and forgiveness... you then walk behind each of them and take a pair of scizzors and begin to cut the the outside t-shirt and the garbage bag off from behind..(take care not to cut the first White T-shirt). and underneath of course is the t-shirt white... free from sin..

It's a great lesson...

So how many get saved from this method of outreach?

I always have an altar call.. but there is not much time for them to pray they have to go back to class..

But I will tell you kids come up all the time..

Does anyone follow up with them?

Not much of an oppurtunity too... the best hope is that there is a seed planted that will grow in their heart...

So does your district support this outreach?

The District has nothing to do with this oppurtunity...

Then how do they and the organization they represent have the right to prevent you from using a TV ad or program to plant seed that way?

If the results are the same, No follow up and there's simply a hope that a seed is planted, then what's the difference?

Your preachin' to the choir here....

Seriously bro... it makes no sense to me.