Unit 1 session 2 sin entered the world

Craft: The Apple Tree

Verse: But God said, 'you shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.' Genesis 3:3

Materials needed: half sheet of brown paper, blue paper, green tissue paper cut into 1"by1" square pieces, red paper, hole puncher, scissors, glue stick, pencil. 

Instructions: 

1. Trace your hand and half of your arm on a piece of brown paper to make a tree trunk and branches 

2. Cut out the tree

3. Glue the tree to the piece of blue paper 

4. Use the pieces of green tissue paper to make leaves.(I like to twist the green tissue paper on the eraser end of a pencil to make the leaves 3D)

5. Glue the leaves on the tree

6. Use a hole puncher and red paper it make fruit for the tree 

7. Glue the fruit to the tree

Purpose: I love the symbolism of this craft...the hand print...sin entered the world by our own hand. Sin is awful, it breaks God's heart, it makes him sad, and angry, he can't be around it and one day he WILL destroy it. What a day of rejoicing that will be! I do terrible things! I lie and think bad thoughts, say bad things, roll my eyes, I am human. We all sin. This was no surprise to God. He knew this would happen, that we would ruin his beautiful perfect world. This world that God made is still amazingly beautiful and just being able to enjoy it is enough for me...I don't deserve it and I am so thankful for it. And though the beauty of this world and the life that I have been given is way more than enough for me it was not enough for God. We sinned...we screwed up...we reached up and grabbed that fruit with our own hands (and by the way we don't need satan to sin we are perfectly capable of doing that ourselves) and we let it happen even though we know it's wrong even though we have been told not to, we still do it...alot. BUT GOD wanted us. He wanted us so badly that he made a plan before the beginning of time to recue us. God knows that we can't stop sinning and we can't pay for our sins, he knows we are stuck and we will go to hell with out his help. He loves us so much that he wanted to make sure he could spend all of forever with us. So he sent Jesus to die for us. A horrible horrible death, and in that moment our sins were paid for. The wrath of God was satisfied and it was finished. And then Glory Hallelujah our savior beat death and rose from the grave leaving our sin in his place. I think this world is beautiful...I can't wait to see heaven! And because of Jesus's work on the cross I am able to enjoy it with him for all of forever! Thank you Jesus!