#CLEAN HANDS AND PURE HEART FULL#

#CLEAN HANDS AND PURE HEART FULL#

“let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” “Who can say, ‘I have kept my heart pure I am clean and without sin’?” Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.'” Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. “Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, ‘Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.” “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. Ask each youth to have some quiet moments with God of confession, and contemplating what he has done for us and how they can help others find the cleansing of Christ.And once we are clean before God, we are given the ministry to reconcile others to God, to help them to find forgiveness in him and also be cleansed from sin. Only the blood of Jesus can wash away our sins. We can wash the dirt off our bodies, but what can we do about sin which is inside our hearts? Water cannot cannot remove sin. Those things are good but they are seen on the outside we have to also clean ourselves on the inside. How does this relate to confession, God’s cleansing, and our mission as Christians? How does clean hands affect how we live life?Įxplain some people think going to church, being nice, doing good things is all you have to do to remove the sin in your life. Let them use towels to dry each others hands.Īsk the youth to share how they feel now, and how it feels to not only hold clean hands, but also to help others get their hands clean. Use some of the scriptures listed below to discuss sin and cleansing.īring the youth to a water faucet and help them to wash their hands.How does it affect relationships with God and others around us?.How does sin affect us when we come before God?.What would happen if we never washed our hands?.Ask youth to share ways that the mud similar to sin?.Ask the youth to join hands and then describe what it is like to hold a muddy hand.Ask the youth to compare what the mud feels like to how David was feeling.Ask them to share the circumstances of the Psalm (2 Samuel 11)?.Ask the youth what David was feeling when he wrote this Psalm?.Fairly quickly, the mud will dry and become uncomfortable. Have the youth sit down while you read Psalm 51.Gather the youth around the bucket of mud and have them dip their hands in the mud.Mix dirt and water in a bucket to make thick mud.In the Bible, the phrase “clean hands and a pure heart” not only describes someone who is pure both inside and outside, but it also speaks of what we do (hands) and what we think (hearts). Here’s another summer outdoor activity that serves as a Bible Study.

Clean hands and pure heart