This document describes an object lesson for children and youth that uses static electricity to illustrate Christ's sacrificial work in removing sin from believers' lives. It involves using common materials like salt, pepper, and a nail to create a visual demonstration of how burdens can be cast upon Christ. The lesson emphasizes the importance of faith in Christ for spiritual cleansing and encourages participants to consider the burdens they wish to surrender.

1. Youth Object
Lesson: Take It
Away
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Description
This Object Lesson for children and
youth uses static electricity as a
metaphor for Christ’s work of
Salvation in the lives of Believers.
Christ not only takes our sins upon
himself, but also wants us to cast all
our burdens upon him.
Resources
Salt, Pepper, and a nail + cloth. (See
note below for variations)

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NOTE: This object lesson uses static
electricity and can be greatly affected
by the humidity and temperature.
Depending on how dry the air is, you
may be able to rub a key or spoon on
your clothing, rub a glass rod with
silk, use a comb on your hair, or rub a
piece of rubber like an inflated
balloon on your hair. Each of these
creates a static charge under the right
conditions. HINT: Don’t use clothing
or cloths that have been treated with
a fabric softener as these help
prevent the buildup of static
electricity.

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What to do
1. Pour a small mound of pure white
salt representing a pure life into
the center of a dark colored plate.
2. Sprinkle a dash of salt on top of
the salt, representing sin.
3. Get a large iron nail and rub it with
a piece of cloth to create static
electricity.

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4. When you place the statically
charged object near the pepper.
When you do this the pepper will be
attracted to it and can be lifted away.
5. Practice this a couple of times. If you
put too much pepper there may not
be enough static charge to attract all
the pepper.

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Take It to the Next Level
• The significance of using a nail is
obvious. Christ’s nail scarred
sacrifice lifted away our sin and
attached it to himself (1 Peter 2:24).
Christ is also the key to eternal life.
Our sin was taken off us and placed
on Him that we might become pure
and blameless before God.
• Another option is to have the
pepper represent hurts, bad habits,
hurtful words or other things in our
lives that we want God to remove. I
Peter 5:7 …casting all your care
upon Him, for He cares for you. Cast
your burden on the Lord Psalms
55:22.

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