Object Lesson - The Key to Heaven

Object Lesson
- The Key to
Heaven
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A key is almost a universal
symbol around the world. Keys
promise access, freedom,
transport, protection, and safety.
A key is used to represent access
to something of value just as a
physical key opens up a door or
something that was previously
inaccessible. The key is also used
in the Bible, both literally and
symbolically.

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What You Need
• A variety of old keys include
a House Key. You’ll also
need at least one key for
each youth. Most people
have a variety of old keys
lying somewhere around
the house. You can also visit
a locksmith to get old keys
that did not work or blank
keys.

Games using Keys
• Key Toss – Line up the youth
a set distance from a wall
with no obstructions
between the youth and the
wall. Youth take turns tossing
their key toward the wall in
an attempt to get as close to
the wall as possible. The key
closest to the wall or even
leaning up against the wall is
the winner. To add a little
more difficulty, require the
keys to hit the wall to be a
valid toss.

• Drown the Key – Fill a bowl or wide
mouth glass, or glass jar with water
until the water level is about 1 inch
from the top. Cover the bowl or
wide mouth glass jar with a paper
napkin, being careful to not get it
damp. Secure the napkin to the top
of the jar with a rubber band and
then lie the key across the top.
Using a sharp pencil, each youth
takes a turn poking a hole in the
napkin. The game over when the
key drops into the water. The
objective is to not be the person
who caused the key to fall. If you
want the game to go faster, require
that the pencil touch the water
when it is poked through the
napkin. This creates bigger holes
and moves the game along faster.

• Key Taps – Everyone sits around
a table with a metal key in their
hand. The rules are simple. One
tap of the key on the table
moves the game play to the
next person on the right. Two
taps of the key moves the plat
to the person on the left.
Choose someone to start. The
first person taps the key on the
table either once or twice. If it
is tapped once, the person on
the right gets to tap next. If it is
tapped twice the person on the
left gets to tap next. If someone
taps out of turn or face to tap,
they are eliminated from the
game or given a forfeit.

• Which key? – Have a variety
of keys lined up on a table.
Youth are to try to make a list
what each key fits. The youth
to get the most correct wins.

TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL
DISCUSSION
• Have the youth take out any
keys they have with them.
• How many keys do you have?
• Who has the most keys?
• How old were you when you
were given your first key? How
did it make you feel?
• * What does each key open or
give you access to? A house
key, a car key, a bike key, an
office key, a key to your
church, a luggage key, a locker
key?

• What is the purpose of a
key?
• Why are keys important?
• How does it feel to lose a
key?
• What are some things we
know about keys?
• If your keys could tell a story,
what would they tell?
• What do your keys say about
you?

Keys are unique. There are
wooden keys, iron keys, large
keys, and small keys. They each
have a purpose. Without the
right key for the right lock, we
are totally locked out. We cannot
get in, to access what is beyond
the lock. We have house keys, car
keys, a mailbox key, an office key,
a desk key, a key to a diary, a
drawer, a locker, the garage.
There are keys you have been
given, keys you found, keys you
no longer need, keys from
relatives. Our keys could tell
wonderful stories.

There are keys who have lost
their purpose. Keys to forgotten
places. Keys to places that no
longer exist. Keys to the past.
Keys that open a magical place.
Keys to treasures. Many people
evaluate life by the keys they
own – they key to a nice house,
an expensive car. But we also
use the same word when we talk
about the keys to success, or the
keys to happiness. Keys may be
small, but they can open up
great things. The Bible also
mentions keys.

MAKE IT SPIRITUAL
What do the following scriptures
say about keys?
Deuteronomy 30:20 – “You can
make this choice by loving the Lord
your God, obeying Him, and
committing yourself firmly to Him.
This is the key to your life.”
Proverbs 4:13 – “Take hold of My
instructions; don’t let them go.
Guard them, for they are the key to
life.”
Isaiah 22:22 – Eliakim was
someone who had the power to
control entry into the kingdom. As
the king’s steward, he decided who
could or could not have access to
the king.

Revelation 3:7-10 – “To the angel
of the church in Philadelphia write:
These are the words of him who is
holy and true, who holds the key of
David. What he opens no one can
shut, and what he shuts no one can
open. I know your deeds. See, I
have placed before you an open
door that no one can shut. I know
that you have little strength, yet
you have kept my word and have
not denied my name. I will make
those who are of the synagogue of
Satan, who claim to be Jews though
they are not, but are liars I will
make them come and fall down at
your feet and acknowledge that I
have loved you.

Since you have kept my command
to endure patiently, I will also
keep you from the hour of trial
that is going to come on the
whole world to test the
inhabitants of the earth.”
Matthew 16:13-20 – Peter’s
confession opened the way to
heaven.
John 14:5-14 – Jesus is the only
way that gives you access to God.
He not only opens the door, but
he is the door. (John 10:7,9)

MAKE IT PRACTICAL
• How does a person access
God?
• How do we move into the
presence of God?
• How do we gain access to the
blessings of God?
• What benefits does access to
God give us as believers?

MAKE IT PERSONAL
• Are you struggling with the
key to life?
• Are you feeling locked out
and left alone?
• Do you feel separated from
God? Or from his blessings?

Let Jesus meet you at the door of
your heart! He will let you in for
Christ is your Key! He wants to
open your way to God and all
that God promises. He is the way
to heaven, the access to
forgiveness, the truth that will
set you free from the bondage of
sin, the key to life everlasting.
Today is the day to open your
heart. Eternity is a long time to
be locked out.

KEY SCRIPTURE VERSE
John 14:6 – “Jesus told him, “I
am the way, the truth, and the
life. No one can come to the
Father except through Me.”

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