Falling Plates – Romans 5:6-11 lesson from Wednesday October 5, 2015.

This lesson was designed from a question Pastor Dwight had me ask the youth last Wednesday night:  “What do you have to do to go to Heaven?”.

Lesson intro video for the night:

Falling Plates is a video made by two friends, Howard Crutsinger and John Strong, who wanted to visually “show” the world what the Gospel looks like instead of just “telling” them. Taking a very creative and artistic approach, the video uses far more images than it does words.



  • Can you explain the concept of sin and its consequences?

Romans 5:6-11 (NLT)


  • In what ways does this passage sound like the video we just watched?
  • In the video, Jesus said, “Somebody has to die: you or me.” Can you explain why “somebody has to die” because of sin?

[su_highlight background=”#f2f148″]Romans 6:23 New King James Version (NKJV)[/su_highlight]


[su_highlight background=”#f2f148″]James 1:15 New King James Version (NKJV)[/su_highlight]


  • Sometimes, the people in the world around us make Jesus out to be some Guy who makes demand after demand of us. But in the video, Jesus was narrating it and said, “I’m not here to condemn you. I came to bring you back to life.” Which “persona” of Jesus does the Bible seem to agree with? How can you tell?

You’ve just heard the best news of your life: Jesus died for you when you were at your worst. When you were broken, He gave His life on a cross to give you your life back. But He wants a response from you. What is your response to Jesus’ radical gift of love?  Some of you may be hearing this for the first time.  Some of you may have grown up in church and have heard it so much that it is something you know, but don’t apply to your own life.  Listen to this testimony of someone who grew up in church, had Godly parents, knew the Gospel, but failed to follow God’s path for his life until…

Shattered plates. Tainted water. Dead flowers. Burnt trees. Tear-stained eyes. All of those images show us the state of our relationship with God when we choose sin over Him. The video, Falling Plates, showed us what our lives look like after sin, and all that Jesus did to right our wrongs.  Josh Harmony’s testimony video was a great example of someone growing up in a Christian household with Godly parents teaching him about Christ, but him failing to follow God’s path for his life.


