Jesus Won't Let You Down

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This trick takes some gimmicking beforehand.  Find a handkerchief that’s either solid red or one that is red and white with mostly red.  If you can’t find a red one, buy a small piece of solid red cloth and cut it into the size of a handkerchief.  This next step is very important.  When hemming the cloth, place two beads inside the hem that are close enough for you to get your thumb between them.  Attach the beads with thread so that they won't move or slide around.  Run the thread inside the holes of each bead and secure them to the hem so that they won’t move. 

Next take a Solo cup and decorate it so that it’s covered with all kinds of glitter, jewels, sparkles, etc.  Don’t use a red cup though.  Attach your glittery items with either glue or hot glue.  They need to be permanently attached.  Write the word "SINS" upside down with a black marker at the opening of the cup.  Why upside down?  So that once you place it on the book everyone will be able to read it.

Finally take a white Styrofoam cup and with a red marker, draw a cross and write the name Jesus inside it.  This should be a very plain cup with nothing else one it.  This should be legible when the cup is sitting upright not upside down.
 

Good morning boys and girls.  Today I have a story for you involving two different cups.  This Solo cup that has been highly decorated and this plain white Styrofoam cup.  (Turn it so that the cross with Jesus on it is at the back for now.) Now I want you to look at them for a few seconds and tell me which one you like the best.  Most people will say they like this one the best and who can tell me why?  That’s right because it is so pretty with its glitter and jewels and things.  But what about this one?  Yes it’s very plain and there’s nothing exciting looking about it is there?

 

OK I have a book here and this book is going to represent your life.  This decorated cup is going to represent Satan while this white cup is going to represent whom?  Yes, of course, it represents Jesus.  (Turn it around so they can now see the cross.)  We’re going to see which one will never let you down in your entire life.  Will it be Satan or Jesus?  Well let’s try a little experiment and see.  I’m going to put the Satan cup here on the book that represents your life and turn it upside down.  But before I do that who can tell me why I have the Satan cup all decorated?  I have the Satan cup decorated because this is one way that he leads us astray or entices us to commit sin.  He doesn’t want us to see sins as the bad things that they are but rather as something exciting, interesting and fun.  Then once we take part in sinful things we tend to get caught in it like being caught in a spider’s web and can’t escape.  We’re trapped and now the bright colored exciting things that looked so wonderful have all changed to dark and scary sinful things.  So what about Satan?  Is he going to always be there with us or is he going to let us down?  Well I’m afraid that when things in our life go from bad to worse and our whole world and life turn upside down Satan just disappears and leaves us on our own.  (Turn the book on which the Satan cup is sitting upside down and it quickly falls to the floor.)  That’s just like Satan, leaving us now that he has us right where he wants us, trapped in our sins forever.

 

So now let’s take a look at Jesus.  Is He going to drop us like a hot potato when our world and life turn upside down?  Will He leave us like Satan did?  Well He won’t if we invite and accept Him into our heart and soul as our Lord and Savior.  (Start to wrap the book with the red cloth making sure the hem with the hidden beads inside are at the edge of the book closest to you.  Feel for the two beads and place the rim of the cup inside the space between the two beads.  Then place your thumb inside the same space which now should be a snug fit.  This pressure being applied to the rim of the cup from the bead on the inside of the rim and your thumb on the outside will prevent the cup from falling off the book.  Act as naturally as possible so that it doesn’t appear that you are searching for the beads and placing the cup between them.) 

Because when you accept Jesus as your personal Savior, He covers you with His blood that He shed for you on the cross.  It’s this blood that cleanses us from our sin and sets us free from the web of sins that Satan snared us with.  Jesus actually breaks us free from those sins that once bound us.  Now we are free forever being transformed into a new creature in Christ.  And what about Jesus?  (Turn the book upside down leaving the cup attached to it.)  As our Lord and Savior, Jesus will never leave us alone through good or bad times because He now resides inside our heart and soul.  He’ll be with us till the end of our life and then will take us home to heaven to live for all eternity with Him and His Father, God.  Thank you Jesus!!!!!!!  LET’S PRAY!