This document provides instructions for a Christian object lesson using fruits. Participants will try to identify different fruits in a bag through touch alone. The lesson teaches that just as the fruits' identities were discerned without sight, God's presence can be identified even when unseen, through how he touches lives and uses others. One's spiritual gifts and relationship with God can attract others to experience that God is good, like a scent. The object lesson is meant to entice youth to know God.

1. Christian Object
Lesson - Fruit
Our spiritual gifts and our relationship with God can
serve as a taste or smell to entice others to taste and
see that the Lord is Good. (Psalm 34:8) Our lives can be
the scent of life to others. (2 Corinthians 2:16)
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Materials
A large opaque cloth sack in which you can
place fruits (a dark colored pillow case works
fine), and a variety of fruits that can be
identified by touch (and maybe smell).

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Here are some fruits you can use if available in
your area:
Apple, Apricot, Atapi, Avocado, Breadfruit,
Banana, Blackberry, Blackcurrant, Blueberry,
Chempadak, Cranberry, Custard Apple, Cherry,
Chiku, Clementine, Coconut, Date, Dragonfruit,
Durian, Fig, Grapefruit, Grape, Guava,

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Jackfruit, Jambu, Kiwi, Kumquat, Lemon, Lime,
Loganberry, Longan, Lychee, Mango,
Mangosteen, Mulberry, Nectarine, Orange,
Papaya, Passion fruit, Peach, Pear, Persimmon,
Pineapple, Plum, Pomegranate, Pomelo,
Rambutan, Raspberry, Quince, Satsuma,
Snakefruit, Soursop, Starfruit, Strawberry,
Tangelo, Tomato (yes it is a FRUIT), Wolfberry

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Activity
Place all the fruits in a single bag. You should
have as many fruits as possible but you can vary
the number of fruits depending on the age of
your group and the appropriate difficulty. If you
wish to expedite this activity you might prepare
several bags of identical items.

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Without looking inside the bag, have
youth touch the items in the bag and
then go back and write down all the
items. Award kids who get them all
correct or the most correct

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Variation
Blindfold the participants and ask them to
identify and write down the various fruits
according to the scent or give them a
sample to identify by taste. You could also
make a fruit salad and have youth identify
the various fruits in the salad.

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Application
Just as you identified by touch the presence of
items that you could not see, we can identify
the presence of God in the ways he touches our
lives. Many times he uses other people to
touch our lives. Even today, you may not see
Jesus, but you know he is there and has other
people to take care of you.

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Sometimes we cannot see, but we can
smell or taste. Our spiritual gifts and our
relationship with God can serve as a taste
or smell to entice others to taste and see
that the Lord is Good. (Psalm 34:8) Our lives
can be the scent of life to others. (2
Corinthians 2:16)

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