Lesson Loop 1.22.10

This past week in our Student Ministry:

THIRD PLACE: "Jesus as Forgiver"
We considered the lives of some of the most heinous criminals, and then talked about varying degrees of sin. Are all sins the same, or are some worse than others? Then we talked about how no matter what our sin, we stand guilty before God - we only have to break God's law in one point to be guilty of all of it as the Bible says.
On the flip side though, God offers us forgiveness for all our sin (past, present and future), no matter what we have done.
We considered the story of Christ and the woman caught in adultery, and saw how Jesus forgave her and gave her a new start. We mentioned that no one is beyond God's forgiveness, not even the heinous criminals who we talked about in the beginning of class.

Then, we watched a video snippet from the testimony of David Berkowitz ("The Son of Sam"), and saw how God has radically changed that man's life.

We ended by discussing the justice in God allowing people like David Berkowitz to be completely forgiven of his sins, and how that is sometimes an objection to Christianity.

LUCID: "Grace"

We began Lucid the same way that we began Third Place this week - considering the lives of some of the most heinous criminals, and then talked about varying degrees of sin. Are all sins the same, or are some worse than others? Then we talked about how no matter what our sin, we stand guilty before God - we only have to break God's law in one point to be guilty of all of it as the Bible says.
On the flip side though, God offers us forgiveness for all our sin (past, present and future), no matter what we have done.

In Lucid we then went to Luke 7 and the story of woman who washed Jesus' feet.  Even though Scripture refers to her as a "Sinner", she finds forgiveness with Jesus and shows her genuine love for her Savior. The contrast to this woman is Simon, who invited Jesus into his house, but did not take care of him as he should because he didn't really love Jesus. In fact, Simon did not think he had much to be forgiven from.

We then talked about how all of us are desperate sinners, and no matter what our sin we stand guilty before God and we need forgiveness.

We then watched the video testimony of David Berkowitz (The Son of Sam), and ended rejoicing God that He can save such sinners - that gives all of us hope that no matter what we might be struggling with, God is powerful enough and Christ's death is sufficient enough for us to be completely free!