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A person can understand something much better if he can SEE what you are
talking about as well as HEAR you. You have heard it said that "a picture
is worth a thousand words."
Also, when a person is LOOKING at something, you have a better chance of
explaining it without being interrupted.
The "visual aid" gesture, pictured step-by-step below, has been found
EXTREMELY VALUABLE in making the plan of salvation clear and
understandable to the lost - especially on the point that the Lord Jesus
Christ has made a complete payment for sin.
1. Let this hand
represent you and me.
2. Let this
represent sin. We all have sin on us. (Rom. 3:23)
3. God loves us.
(John 3:16)
4. But He hates our
sin.
5. Our sin
separates us from God. We cannot get rid of
our sin by our good
works. (Isa. 59:2; Eph. 2:8, 9)
6. If we pay for
our sin, we will have to pay
for it by death and hell.
(Rom. 6:23)
7. Let this hand
represent the Lord Jesus Christ.
He had no sin. He was
perfect. (II Cor. 5:21)
8. Christ voluntarily took
our sin upon Himself. (I Pet. 2:24)
9. He paid for our
sin by dying in our place on the cross.
Our sin is no longer on
us, because He took it and
paid for it. He gives us
His righteousness. (II Cor. 5:21)
10. You can know
you have eternal life when you by faith
accept that payment Christ
made for you. (I John 5:13)
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