Big idea

King David takes a man’s life to cover up his own sin. King Jesus gives his own life to forgive our sin.

Bible passage   

2 Samuel 11: 1-27

You will need
A container of soil

1 pair of disposable rubber gloves

All Ages Activity

Ask one member of the group to make their hands dirty in the container of soil.

Then ask them to cover up the dirt on their hands by putting on the pair of disposable gloves over the dirt.

Do their hands look clean now?

Are their hands really clean or does the dirt remain?

Talk about how their hands may now seem clean because of the gloves but are still dirty underneath.

Discussion:

We just tried to cover up some dirty hands with gloves. In the bible reading, King David tried to cover up his sin by giving orders that he knew would cause a man’s death.

David hoped no one would find out about his sin but God sees all of our sin so trying to cover it up doesn’t work. Unlike David, King Jesus gave his own life to deal with our sins. Through Jesus’ death our sins are forgiven.

Prayer idea

Dear Lord,

Help me to stop trying to cover up my sin. Thank you that King Jesus gave his life to forgive my sins. In Jesus name we pray. Amen