Object: Some money, dollar bills and some coins.

Text: And he is the expiation for our sins, and not for ours onlybut also for the sins of the whole world.

Good morning, boys and girls. I want to share some ideas with you this morning, and I need your attention because they are very important ideas. There is a very big word used in the Bible to describe what Jesus did for us when he died on the cross. The word is "expiation." It is a word that is not used very often, and I do not expect you to remember it. Let's just say that there is a big word used to tell us what happened to us when Jesus died on the cross. The word is expiate, but I am going to show you in another way what that word means.

Let's pretend that you owe me some money. Let's say that you stole the money from me and I kno…