Youth Ministry Object Lesson - The Exchanged Life in Christ

Youth
Ministry
Object Lesson
- The
Exchanged
Life in Christ
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There is a great exchange that takes
place when we put our faith in Christ.
Our old way of
living, thinking, speaking, and acting is
replaced – not all at once, but over
time. When God looks at us, he sees
us through the blood of Christ so our
position before God changes
immediately, but our thinking and our
habits, change over time. As we grow
more and more in purity and become
more Christ like, we make room for
the fruits of the spirits in our lives to
develop and provide more
opportunities for God to work through
us to minister to others.

An Object Lesson
• What you need
• a clear glass pitcher filled with
distilled water
• a fish bowl that holds the same
amount of water as the pitcher
• a pile of smooth, egg-sized
stones.
• a permanent marker
• a pair of ice tongs
• 9 goldfish

What to do
1. Ask the youth to name some of
the things we know hinder our
spiritual growth and write their
answers on each of the stones, with
a permanent marker.

Some possible answers might
be: addictions, anger, arrogance, back
biting, being
unmerciful, bitterness, boasting, cheati
ng, complaining, complacency, a
critical spirit, cruel
words, deceit, depression, discontent,
dishonesty, disobedience, divisiveness,
doubt, drunkenness, envy, fear, foolish
talk, fornication, gluttony, gossip, gree
d, harmful
habits, hatred, impatience, ingratitude
, jealousy, laziness, lies, materialism, p
ornography, pride, profanity, quarrelin
g, self-righteousness, selfish
ambition, sexual
lust, strife, theft, unholy
thoughts, worry

2. Now place the stones in the
fishbowl, filling it to the top. Pour
as much of the water as you can
into the fish bowl. It probably
doesn’t take much. The old
habits, the old thoughts, the old
way we speak, limit God’s ability to
use your life to share the living
water with others.
3. One by one remove each of the
stones with the ice tongs. After
removing each stone, pour in a
little more water. By the time every
stone has been removed, much of
the water can fit in the container.

4. Take out the nine goldfish and
name them. The first one is “Love.”
Put it in the fishbowl. The next one
is “Joy.” The third one is “Peace.”
See them swim happily in their new
home? You know the rest of the
names…Patience, Kindness, Goodne
ss, Faithfulness, Gentleness and
Self-Control.
5. Conclude: As you remove the
dead stones, the blockages, you
make room for God to bring the
fruits of the spirit into your life.
Where once you were filled with
dead stones, you are now filled with
life.

Take it to the Next Level
Make it spiritual
“The acts of the flesh are obvious:
sexual immorality, impurity and
debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft;
hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of
rage, selfish
ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and
envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the
like. I warn you, as I did before, that
those who live like this will not inherit
the kingdom of God. But the fruit of
the Spirit is
love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindnes
s, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness
and self-control. Against such things
there is no law.” – Galatians 6:19-23

Make it Practical
“You were taught, with regard to
your former way of life, to put off
your old self, which is being
corrupted by its deceitful desires;
to be made new in the attitude
of your minds; and to put on the
new self, created to be like God
in true righteousness and
holiness.” – Ephesians 4:22-24

Our old way of
living, thinking, speaking, and
acting is replaced which each
decision that we make. It is a
process of becoming more and
more like God / Christ. What are
some of the
characteristics, actions, thoughts, a
ttitudes, and speech that are
Christlike?

“Since, then, you have been raised
with Christ, set your hearts on
things above, where Christ is, seated
at the right hand of God. Set your
minds on things above, not on
earthly things. For you died, and
your life is now hidden with Christ in
God. When Christ, who is your
life, appears, then you also will
appear with Him in glory” –
Colossians 3:1-4
When God looks at us, he sees us
through the blood of Christ so our
position before God changes
immediately, but our thinking and
our habits, change over time.

Make it Personal
• What are some
actions, thoughts, attitudes, beli
efs, and things you say that need
to be exchanged for something
more Christlike?
• What can you work on this
week?

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