Copyright – Ministry to Youth 109
Who likes donuts? Who is a really big fan and would like to eat this one? (Pick a student
to come up front.) Hi there, what’s your name? Great, before you eat this. I am going to
put it right under your nose, but you can’t have it yet. (Put it under the student’s nose.)
Now, smell this yummy donut. Smells good, doesn’t it? I want you to hold it now, but
you still can’t eat it. (Hand the donut to the student.) What’s going through your mind
right now? (Get response.) I bet your mouth is watering and you can’t wait to eat it.
Well, you can’t have it yet. But you will soon, so hang on. I’ve got a few more things I
want to share with everyone. So, while I do that. You just hold up the donut. But don’t
eat it yet.
I have a love-hate relationship with hot, warm Krispy Kreme donuts. I love them
because they’re soooo good (especially when they are warm and gooey), but I hate
them because they aren’t very healthy. I try to eat a healthy diet, and donuts aren’t on
the list of good things to eat. But once I smell and see Krispy Kreme donuts, I simply
can’t resist. A certain kind of power comes over me. I will try with all my strength to not
eat one, but I just got to have it. So warm, tasty and yummy!
(Talking to the volunteer with the donut) Has it been difficult not eating the donut? Why
or why not? (Get a response) You’ve done a great job, go ahead and eat it. Let’s give
him a round of applause. You can go sit down now.
It’s hard to resist what I call, the “power of the donut”.
Donuts are a great illustration of the power of sin. For many of us, we can’t resist the
tempting power of the donut. Like the donut, sin has power over us. In fact, its power is
much stronger. Before we surrender our lives to Jesus, we can’t break the power of sin.
In some area of our lives, sin will control and overpower us. And that sin blocks us from
having a forever friendship with Jesus.
SIN was powerful enough to kill Jesus. Although Jesus was whipped, wore a crown of
thorns, nailed to a cross and stabbed on the side – none of those things killed him.
What killed Jesus was the weight of all the sins of the world. The Bible tells us that SIN
crushed and killed Jesus.
The good news is that Jesus came back to life. Why is that so important? Because he
broke the power of sin! Sin killed him, but God’s power raised him from the dead!
With God’s help, the power of sin in your life can be broken!
Jesus broke the power of sin in his life when he came back from the dead. When we
surrender our lives to Jesus and follow Him, we are given the same power to overcome
sin in our lives.