Children’s Church: Lesson Guide

story 58: mr Clean (The story of Jesus and a Leper)

Scripture: Mark 1

Big Truth: Our sins make us dirty; Christ can make us clean.

Memory Verse: “I will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.” Ezekiel 37:23

Discuss the Story

1. Since God was perfectly holy, what were his people to be? What did they have to do to remain holy?

Takeaway: Because God is perfectly holy, he wants his people to be holy.

2. Who was the most unclean person in our story? What was it like to be a leper? Was there any way that lepers could be made clean? What did the leper believe only Jesus could do for him?

Takeaway: The unclean can be made clean by Jesus.

3. When Jesus healed the leper, what did he tell him to do? What did he tell him not to do? What did the leper do? When someone does something amazing for you, what do you want to do?

Takeaway: When God makes us clean, we want to tell otheres!

4. Why didn’t people touch lepers? Why did Jesus touch the leper to heal him? How can Jesus make us, not just the leper, clean and righteous?

Takeaway: Jesus took our uncleanness to make us clean.