Erasing Blame
1 Thessalonians 3:13
Children's Sermon
by Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: To demonstrate that Christ's love makes us blameless.

Props: A chalkboard, some chalk, and an eraser.

Lesson: When I was a little boy, I went to school. And in the school we had a chalkboard where we would do all of our work in front of the class. Do any of you have chalkboards in your classroom? (response) Sometimes we would do math problems. The teacher would write a math problem for us on the board and we would have to solve it. Let me show you. Write 2+2= on the board and ask someone to write the answer with the chalk. Then quickly do another simple problem and allow someone else to write the answer. The thing I remember most about that chalkboard, though, is that it wasn't always used for doing problems. Do you know what else it was used for? (response) Whenever the …

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