Snow Doubt About It
“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow: though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” (Isaiah 1:18)
Snow Doubt About It Jesus loves me!
Snow much that He would give His life
To die on Calvary!
Jesus loves me this I know
He washed my sins as white as snow
So to Heaven one day I’ll go
I’m glad He loves me
Snow, snow, snow, snow, snow much!
It was the third Sunday in January and all the kids in the Adventure Class were singing at the top of their lungs. Even a shy seven year old like Callie Jo couldn’t help but smile and have fun! When some teenagers had knocked at their door Saturday morning and invited Callie Jo and her brothers to ride the Sunday School bus, she hoped she might find out some things about God, but she never imagined it would be FUN to go to church!
“All right, class,” said the Sunday School teacher, Mrs. Lynden. “We have to keep things moving. I promised we would build a snowman every Sunday in January, so let’s get busy. Count off in four groups.” The first row started, the boy on the far left calling out, “One,” By the time it got to her row, Callie Jo understood she needed to count off for group four, and in another minute all the groups were assembled at the front of the classroom.
“Last week we each built our own snowman out of marshmallows, candy and icing. But this one requires a little more teamwork. Each group needs one volunteer to be the snow man, and everybody else on the team gets a roll of... toilet paper!” Mrs. Lynden held up a basket full of tissue rolls and the whole class erupted into laughter. “The music will play for 3 minutes while your team builds their snowman. When the music ends I will say, ‘TIME’ and everybody freeze. The team with the best snowman gets a snowball cupcake and 10 points each.”
By the time the music started, a boy named Jonathan had volunteered to be their snowman, and come up with a plan. “I’ve got enough belt loops for everybody to hook their tissue in, then you guys stand still and I’ll turn in a circle so we don’t knock each other down. Ready?”
When Mrs. Lynden said, “GO!” Frosty the Snowman began to play. Callie Jo hooked the end of her tissue, and Jonathan began to turn. Boy, had he been right! A kid in group one had already fallen down and tripped two more kids on his team. The tissue holders in group two were running circles, wrapping so tight that the tissue kept breaking off and they had to start over. Callie gradually held her tissue higher to wind up around Jonathan’s shoulders and head, and left his eyes peeking through.
“Time!” called Mrs. Lynden, and everybody froze. “Last Sunday was a tough decision because we had so many good snowmen. But I think it’s pretty obvious that group four wins today!” When Jonathan held up both fists and cheered, the tissue broke loose and floated to the floor as each member of their team received their treat.
Back at their seats, it was memory verse time, then Mrs. Lynden began the lesson. “We’ve already recited it as our memory verse, but since it’s in the Old Testament and such an important verse for our theme, let’s look it up again. Bibles up!” All the kids held their Bibles in the air, including Callie Jo, with a Bible the teacher had loaned to her. “Isaiah chapter one, verse 18. Isaiah 1:18. GO!” It seemed like only a few seconds before kids started popping to their feet, starting with Rachel. “Okay, Rachel found it first, so she gets two points. Everybody else who found it gets one point. Rachel, go ahead and read it to us.”
“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow: though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” (Isaiah 1:18) Rachel read the verse aloud as Mrs. Lynden marked all their points on her attendance sheet, then everybody sat down. Callie Jo could not imagine being able to find a verse in the Bible as fast as some of these kids could!
“These words sound like the Lord wants us to listen as He explains and helps us understand. He said that even though our sins are a deep red stain, like scarlet or crimson, they can be washed as white as snow, or whiter than a sheep’s wool.”
“Did you ever get a stain on your clothes that your mom couldn’t get out?” Mrs. Lynden showed them a white cloth napkin with a purplish-red juice stain on it. “Here’s something from my house that got stained. Let’s picture this as a sin stain. Suppose I put a line of dish pans up here with different liquids in them, and we could try them all to wash out the stain. In this one we’ll put water, in this one we’ll put lotion, and this one will be orange soda. Those aren’t bad things, and they have a use. But if you are trying to clean a stain, they won’t work. Am I right?”
“We could name one of them Church Membership,” she held up a printed sign that said Church Membership. “There are people who think that being a member of a church is enough to wash away their sins, but the Bible tells us that won’t work. Being a member of a good Bible-preaching church is important after you get saved, but it won’t save you or wash your sins away. Only Jesus can do that.”
“Here are two more.” Mrs. Lynden held up signs that said ‘Baptism’ and ‘Communion.’ “Even though these are good things and important things after you get saved, they can’t wash away the stain of sin, and they can’t pay the debt of sin.”
“What about this one?” she said as she held up another sign that said, ‘Good works. Kindness. Helping.’ “There are very nice, neighborly people who will do anything they can to help someone in need. That’s a wonderful thing to do, and we are instructed to treat people as Jesus would treat them. But if you are trusting in those good deeds to wash your sin away, then it won’t work.”
“There is only one thing that can wash away our sin. Let’s look up Revelation 1:5.” After Matthew found and read the verse, Mrs. Lynden continued. “Revelation 1:5 ‘...Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood.’ The blood of Jesus who died on the cross to save us is the ONLY thing that will cleanse the stain of our sin. Here is another verse that talks about being washed in the blood of Christ. Revelation 7:14. Bibles up.”
Sarah found it first and read it to the class. “Revelation 7:14 ‘...These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.’”
The next verse they looked up was I John 1:7. “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”
“Every Sunday when we go through the plan of salvation, we quote Romans 3:23. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” So how many of us are sinners?” asked Mrs. Lynden with her hand held up to her ear to invite their answer.
“ALL!” the class responded.
“Sin just means disobedience to God. Whether you don’t do what you are told to do, or whether you do what you are told not to do, either way you have disobeyed. Eve disobeyed God’s command when she ate the fruit from the tree of life that God had commanded them not to eat, even though they could have the fruit from every other tree. When she disobeyed what God said, she sinned. What are some things that you or I might do that would be sin because it is disobeying God’s commands?”
Hands went up all over the room, and many sins were named. Lying. Stealing. Choosing to miss church and do something else. Cussing and swear words and filthy talk. Drinking beer and alcoholic drinks. Disrespect and sassing back to parents.
“Those are all good answers, class. Anytime we disobey a command that God gave us in the Bible, that is sin. All these liquids -- lotion, water, orange soda -- are okay if they are used for their intended purpose, But if you try to use them as stain remover, it won’t work. You still have the stain.”
“In the same way, if you try to wash sin’s stain from your heart with church membership, or baptism, or communion, or good works, it won’t work. You will still have the sin stain. The only answer is to be washed in the blood of God’s Son, who died on the cross to pay our sin debt. Let’s look up one more verse that talks about Jesus’ blood. Colossians 1:14.”
Jonathan got it this time and read, “Colossians 1:14. ‘In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.’”
“That word ‘redemption’ means to buy back. Jesus paid for our salvation with His blood, and made forgiveness available to every one of us, even though we have all sinned. All we have to do is confess our sin to Him and invite Him into our hearts as our Lord and Saviour. He has promised to do all the rest.”
Mrs. Lynden continued. “The way to have Jesus’ blood wash away our sin is to receive Him, like John 1:12 says. “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.” The teacher reviewed the plan of salvation verses before the end of Sunday School.
Class time was over, and it was time to go to the church service, but Callie Jo kept thinking of what she had learned about the blood of Jesus. Before Callie Jo got back on the bus to go home, she had not only learned a lot about God and the Bible and Heaven, she had also learned that she was a sinner who needed Jesus as her Saviour. She knelt down at the altar with Mrs. Lynden after the pastor’s message and prayed to invite Christ into her heart to wash her sins away and make her a child of God.
What about you? Have you trusted in Jesus and asked Him to wash away your sins with His blood that was shed to redeem you? Perhaps you were thinking that going to church or getting baptized or doing good works was good enough to wash your sins away. If you have never been saved, there’s no better time than right now to pray something like this, and make sure you really mean it and you are talking to the Lord.
“Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I’m a sinner, and I deserve to go to Hell. But please come into my heart just like you promised and wash all of my sins away. I’m trusting in You to take me to Heaven when I die, and to help me live the rest of my life for You. Thank You for saving me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”
Snow Doubt About It... Jesus loves you and wants you to be washed from your sins and be born spiritually into His family as a child of God.
Snow Doubt About It Jesus loves me!
Snow much that He would give His life
To die on Calvary!
Jesus loves me this I know
He washed my sins as white as snow
So to Heaven one day I’ll go
I’m glad He loves me
Snow, snow, snow, snow, snow much!
It was the third Sunday in January and all the kids in the Adventure Class were singing at the top of their lungs. Even a shy seven year old like Callie Jo couldn’t help but smile and have fun! When some teenagers had knocked at their door Saturday morning and invited Callie Jo and her brothers to ride the Sunday School bus, she hoped she might find out some things about God, but she never imagined it would be FUN to go to church!
“All right, class,” said the Sunday School teacher, Mrs. Lynden. “We have to keep things moving. I promised we would build a snowman every Sunday in January, so let’s get busy. Count off in four groups.” The first row started, the boy on the far left calling out, “One,” By the time it got to her row, Callie Jo understood she needed to count off for group four, and in another minute all the groups were assembled at the front of the classroom.
“Last week we each built our own snowman out of marshmallows, candy and icing. But this one requires a little more teamwork. Each group needs one volunteer to be the snow man, and everybody else on the team gets a roll of... toilet paper!” Mrs. Lynden held up a basket full of tissue rolls and the whole class erupted into laughter. “The music will play for 3 minutes while your team builds their snowman. When the music ends I will say, ‘TIME’ and everybody freeze. The team with the best snowman gets a snowball cupcake and 10 points each.”
By the time the music started, a boy named Jonathan had volunteered to be their snowman, and come up with a plan. “I’ve got enough belt loops for everybody to hook their tissue in, then you guys stand still and I’ll turn in a circle so we don’t knock each other down. Ready?”
When Mrs. Lynden said, “GO!” Frosty the Snowman began to play. Callie Jo hooked the end of her tissue, and Jonathan began to turn. Boy, had he been right! A kid in group one had already fallen down and tripped two more kids on his team. The tissue holders in group two were running circles, wrapping so tight that the tissue kept breaking off and they had to start over. Callie gradually held her tissue higher to wind up around Jonathan’s shoulders and head, and left his eyes peeking through.
“Time!” called Mrs. Lynden, and everybody froze. “Last Sunday was a tough decision because we had so many good snowmen. But I think it’s pretty obvious that group four wins today!” When Jonathan held up both fists and cheered, the tissue broke loose and floated to the floor as each member of their team received their treat.
Back at their seats, it was memory verse time, then Mrs. Lynden began the lesson. “We’ve already recited it as our memory verse, but since it’s in the Old Testament and such an important verse for our theme, let’s look it up again. Bibles up!” All the kids held their Bibles in the air, including Callie Jo, with a Bible the teacher had loaned to her. “Isaiah chapter one, verse 18. Isaiah 1:18. GO!” It seemed like only a few seconds before kids started popping to their feet, starting with Rachel. “Okay, Rachel found it first, so she gets two points. Everybody else who found it gets one point. Rachel, go ahead and read it to us.”
“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow: though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” (Isaiah 1:18) Rachel read the verse aloud as Mrs. Lynden marked all their points on her attendance sheet, then everybody sat down. Callie Jo could not imagine being able to find a verse in the Bible as fast as some of these kids could!
“These words sound like the Lord wants us to listen as He explains and helps us understand. He said that even though our sins are a deep red stain, like scarlet or crimson, they can be washed as white as snow, or whiter than a sheep’s wool.”
“Did you ever get a stain on your clothes that your mom couldn’t get out?” Mrs. Lynden showed them a white cloth napkin with a purplish-red juice stain on it. “Here’s something from my house that got stained. Let’s picture this as a sin stain. Suppose I put a line of dish pans up here with different liquids in them, and we could try them all to wash out the stain. In this one we’ll put water, in this one we’ll put lotion, and this one will be orange soda. Those aren’t bad things, and they have a use. But if you are trying to clean a stain, they won’t work. Am I right?”
“We could name one of them Church Membership,” she held up a printed sign that said Church Membership. “There are people who think that being a member of a church is enough to wash away their sins, but the Bible tells us that won’t work. Being a member of a good Bible-preaching church is important after you get saved, but it won’t save you or wash your sins away. Only Jesus can do that.”
“Here are two more.” Mrs. Lynden held up signs that said ‘Baptism’ and ‘Communion.’ “Even though these are good things and important things after you get saved, they can’t wash away the stain of sin, and they can’t pay the debt of sin.”
“What about this one?” she said as she held up another sign that said, ‘Good works. Kindness. Helping.’ “There are very nice, neighborly people who will do anything they can to help someone in need. That’s a wonderful thing to do, and we are instructed to treat people as Jesus would treat them. But if you are trusting in those good deeds to wash your sin away, then it won’t work.”
“There is only one thing that can wash away our sin. Let’s look up Revelation 1:5.” After Matthew found and read the verse, Mrs. Lynden continued. “Revelation 1:5 ‘...Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood.’ The blood of Jesus who died on the cross to save us is the ONLY thing that will cleanse the stain of our sin. Here is another verse that talks about being washed in the blood of Christ. Revelation 7:14. Bibles up.”
Sarah found it first and read it to the class. “Revelation 7:14 ‘...These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.’”
The next verse they looked up was I John 1:7. “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”
“Every Sunday when we go through the plan of salvation, we quote Romans 3:23. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” So how many of us are sinners?” asked Mrs. Lynden with her hand held up to her ear to invite their answer.
“ALL!” the class responded.
“Sin just means disobedience to God. Whether you don’t do what you are told to do, or whether you do what you are told not to do, either way you have disobeyed. Eve disobeyed God’s command when she ate the fruit from the tree of life that God had commanded them not to eat, even though they could have the fruit from every other tree. When she disobeyed what God said, she sinned. What are some things that you or I might do that would be sin because it is disobeying God’s commands?”
Hands went up all over the room, and many sins were named. Lying. Stealing. Choosing to miss church and do something else. Cussing and swear words and filthy talk. Drinking beer and alcoholic drinks. Disrespect and sassing back to parents.
“Those are all good answers, class. Anytime we disobey a command that God gave us in the Bible, that is sin. All these liquids -- lotion, water, orange soda -- are okay if they are used for their intended purpose, But if you try to use them as stain remover, it won’t work. You still have the stain.”
“In the same way, if you try to wash sin’s stain from your heart with church membership, or baptism, or communion, or good works, it won’t work. You will still have the sin stain. The only answer is to be washed in the blood of God’s Son, who died on the cross to pay our sin debt. Let’s look up one more verse that talks about Jesus’ blood. Colossians 1:14.”
Jonathan got it this time and read, “Colossians 1:14. ‘In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.’”
“That word ‘redemption’ means to buy back. Jesus paid for our salvation with His blood, and made forgiveness available to every one of us, even though we have all sinned. All we have to do is confess our sin to Him and invite Him into our hearts as our Lord and Saviour. He has promised to do all the rest.”
Mrs. Lynden continued. “The way to have Jesus’ blood wash away our sin is to receive Him, like John 1:12 says. “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.” The teacher reviewed the plan of salvation verses before the end of Sunday School.
Class time was over, and it was time to go to the church service, but Callie Jo kept thinking of what she had learned about the blood of Jesus. Before Callie Jo got back on the bus to go home, she had not only learned a lot about God and the Bible and Heaven, she had also learned that she was a sinner who needed Jesus as her Saviour. She knelt down at the altar with Mrs. Lynden after the pastor’s message and prayed to invite Christ into her heart to wash her sins away and make her a child of God.
What about you? Have you trusted in Jesus and asked Him to wash away your sins with His blood that was shed to redeem you? Perhaps you were thinking that going to church or getting baptized or doing good works was good enough to wash your sins away. If you have never been saved, there’s no better time than right now to pray something like this, and make sure you really mean it and you are talking to the Lord.
“Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I’m a sinner, and I deserve to go to Hell. But please come into my heart just like you promised and wash all of my sins away. I’m trusting in You to take me to Heaven when I die, and to help me live the rest of my life for You. Thank You for saving me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”
Snow Doubt About It... Jesus loves you and wants you to be washed from your sins and be born spiritually into His family as a child of God.
