Object: a NO TRESPASSING sign
Have you ever been some place that you were not supposed to be? Have you ever crossed a busy street when you were not supposed to, or gone into someone's yard where children are not allowed to play, and then remembered that this was going to get you into trouble? If any of those things have ever happened to you, then you know what an awful feeling it is to be somewhere that you are not supposed to be. I had a neighbor who had a sign in his yard that told everyone to stay out. His sign looked something like this: (Hold up the NO TRESPASSING sign.) Can you read this? It says NO TRESPASSING. Do you know what that means? It means that you had better not come into the yard or he will cause you a lot of trouble.
In our Lord's Prayer the word trespasses is used. It…