All Tangled Up
Children's sermon
A Time To Plant
52 Children's Sermons
Object:
A spool of thread.
I need a helper this morning. (Choose one youngster to assist. Position him/her where he/she can be seen by the congregation. Have the child extend his/her hands, wrists together, as you tie one loop of thread around the wrists while beginning to speak.) Let's see how strong you are. Can you pull your wrists apart and break that thread? Sure you can, it's just a little piece of wimpy string. Anyone can break through that. Let's try this again. What if I wrap it around twice this time? (Wrap and tie.) Can you break that? A little harder, but you are still stronger than that thread. That thread can't hold you. It can't tie you up. One more time. What if I wrap it around five, six, or seven times this time? (Wrap and tie.) I'm not sure you can break this one.
You're finally tied up by the thread. It has caught you. You kept getting more and more tangled up by the string because it didn't catch you at first. You thought you could beat it, but finally it caught you.
This is how sin works in our lives. We start messing around with things we know are wrong because we think we are strong enough not to get tangled up with them. At first, we may not get caught. We might get away with a lot, but then, BAM! We're all caught up and we can't get out by ourselves. Like the loops of thread that we can't break through, sin will eventually catch us and tangle us up.
I've known boys and girls who started telling lies to get out of trouble. They told one or two lies and never got caught, so they lied again, and again, and again. But before long, their lies caught up with them. Not only did they get in trouble, but they had a hard time knowing what was the truth and what was a lie.
We all think that we are strong enough or smart enough not to get caught by sin. But if we keep playing around with things that are wrong, eventually they will catch us.
Sin has a way of sneaking up on us and tangling us up when we don't expect it.
Be careful and don't play games with sin. Eventually, we will get caught. God bless you.
You're finally tied up by the thread. It has caught you. You kept getting more and more tangled up by the string because it didn't catch you at first. You thought you could beat it, but finally it caught you.
This is how sin works in our lives. We start messing around with things we know are wrong because we think we are strong enough not to get tangled up with them. At first, we may not get caught. We might get away with a lot, but then, BAM! We're all caught up and we can't get out by ourselves. Like the loops of thread that we can't break through, sin will eventually catch us and tangle us up.
I've known boys and girls who started telling lies to get out of trouble. They told one or two lies and never got caught, so they lied again, and again, and again. But before long, their lies caught up with them. Not only did they get in trouble, but they had a hard time knowing what was the truth and what was a lie.
We all think that we are strong enough or smart enough not to get caught by sin. But if we keep playing around with things that are wrong, eventually they will catch us.
Sin has a way of sneaking up on us and tangling us up when we don't expect it.
Be careful and don't play games with sin. Eventually, we will get caught. God bless you.
