Equipment: A bar of soap, some dish detergent, a scrub brush, a pan of hot water, some paper towels, and a pair of black greasy hands. (Put black grease on your hands.)

Activity and Application:

• Show your hands and offer to shake hands with anyone. Show the bar of soap and ask: Why is repentance called the soap of life? (Student choice.)
• Let me demonstrate. First, wash your hands in the water only. Show your hands and ask: How does this represent how repentance is often used? (Student choice.)
• Next wash your hands again using just a little hand soap. Show your hands again and ask: Why aren't they clean, I used soap? (Student choice.)
• Last, wash again using lots of soap, both hand and dish detergent, along with the scrub brush. Now show your hands and ask: What was required to get my hands clean of the filth? (Student choice.)
• How is this like repentance? (Student choice.)

Repentance is a beautiful cleansing process which takes a lot of hard work and the proper steps.