This document provides instructions for an object lesson where kids play spot the difference puzzles. It is explained that the lesson is meant to illustrate how sin is anything that does not match up to God's standard in the Bible. There are sins of omission, where something is left out that should be there, and sins of commission, where something is added that should not be. To identify mistakes in their own lives, kids are told to compare their lives to what is commanded or forbidden in the Bible.

1. Object Lesson for Kids -
Spot the Differences
We use the Bible as our standard in
which to evaluate our life.
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2. Materials
* Find a few of the puzzles which display two pictures
where there are differences between the pictures.
(If you cannot find such puzzles, photocopy a
children’s coloring book then “whiteout” lines and add
additional lines etc. to make your own puzzles. )
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3. * As a variation, you can copy a couple puzzles to
transparency sheets and place them on the overhead
projector for kids to find the differences.
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4. Objective
Kids must identify the differences in the
two pictures.
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5. Application
* We use the Bible as our standard in which to evaluate
our life. When things are missing that should be there,
or things are added that should not be there, it is called
sin. Sin is when our lives do not exactly match God’s
standard.
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6. * There are two types of sin in the Bible since of
omission (leave out something) or sins of commission
(adding something that we shouldn’t do).
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7. * Can you spot the mistakes in your life? The key to finding
the differences is to compare our lives to the Bible. If we
are not doing the things the Bible commands then we are
sinning. If we are doing the things the Bible forbids then
we are also sinning. Only through comparing our lives to
God’s Word will we know if we are living rightly.
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