SECTION 3.3 ESV

MAIN IDEA Every person, including you, is a sinner. The punishment for sin is death and separation from a relationship with God because God must punish sin. He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for us. When you trust that His death took the punishment for your sin, you are forgiven. You are saved from punishment and have a relationship with God forever. That’s why Jesus Christ is called the Savior. ESV

MEMORY VERSE 1 PETER 2:24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed. ESV

Share what you wrote about or drew in Start Here. INTRODUCTION Share what you wrote about or drew in Start Here. ESV

Do you think the punishment you received was fair? Why or why not? INTRODUCTION Do you think the punishment you received was fair? Why or why not? Why do we do wrong things even when we know what our punishment will be? Is God always fair? What do you think the punishment is for sin? ESV

MAIN LESSON 1. We have all sinned and the punishment for sin is death and separation from God. ESV

MAIN LESSON Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. ESV

MAIN LESSON 2. Each of us needs a savior. We can never be good enough to save ourselves. ESV

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. MAIN LESSON Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. ESV

MAIN LESSON 1 Peter 2:24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed. ESV

MAIN LESSON 3. Only Jesus can be that Savior because He is both God and human; He never sinned. ESV

MAIN LESSON 1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit. ESV

MAIN LESSON 4. All you have to do to receive Jesus’ payment is to believe that Jesus died for your sin and rose again. ESV

MAIN LESSON 1 Corinthians 15:3-5 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that He was burired, that He was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. ESV

What do you have to do to be saved? FAITH IN ACTION Who has sinned? Who needs a savior? What do you have to do to be saved? Who is someone you can tell about Jesus this week? ESV

SUM IT UP We have all sinned and the punish-ment for sin is death and separation from God. ESV

SUM IT UP Each of us needs a savior. We can never be good enough to save ourselves. ESV

SUM IT UP Only Jesus can be that Savior because He is both God and human; He never sinned. ESV

SUM IT UP All you have to do to receive Jesus’ payment is to believe that Jesus died for your sin and rose again. ESV

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