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Join us for week 1 of Clean, as Savannah Nix kicks off this series about sin, redemption, and purity. This week we are covering the topic of the shame and guilt that comes from hiding our sins, and how Jesus makes a way for us to come clean and walk before God as new creations.

Big Idea

Jesus is the only way to be clean before God.

Key Verses

Romans 3:23-26

23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. 24 Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. 25 For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past, 26 for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and just, and he makes sinners right in his sight when they believe in Jesus.

1 John 1:7-9

7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.

J High Questions

1. Would you consider yourself a messy or clean person?

2. What have you felt when you are carrying the guilt of sin?

3. How does the knowledge that we ALL fall short of God’s glory change how you view sin?

4. Read 1 John 1:7-9. What makes confession so important in the process of getting clean through Christ?

5. How can you use the two steps (1. Confess and 2. Walk) to confront your every day sins this week?

High School Questions

1. Would you consider yourself a messy or clean person?

2. What have you felt when you are carrying the guilt of sin?

3. How does the knowledge that we ALL fall short of God’s glory change how you view sin?

4. Read 1 John 1:7-9 and review the two steps you can take towards getting clean through Jesus (1. Confess and 2. Walk). How do these actions support each other in achieving cleanliness through Christ?

5. What are you going to do differently this week in confronting your every day sins?