Exegetical Aim: Discernment of who is a good person and who is a bad person is sometimes difficult and should be left to God.

Props: A tray, a strand or clump of good grass, and a patch of crabgrass (or weed). Try and pull up one whole system of each. Place the grass side by side in the tray so that they initially look like one system of grass.

Lesson: I have something in this tray this morning. Can anybody tell me what it is? (grass) Is there anything strange about the grass? (response) Look at it closely; do you notice anything odd? (response) If they do not see the difference move the two clumps apart. Now do you see? (response) This is the good grass. It’s called Bermuda. And this is the bad grass. It’s called crabgrass or weeds. If you go out to your yard today or a place where t…