Gospel Bead Presentation
The way many mission trip participants share Christ is by using the Gospel Bead Bracelet as a tool to simply explain salvation through Jesus Christ. The bracelet is something that they can keep and share with others. Use this information below and also the Russian Translation of “The Color Story” (see this page in this section).
Gospel Bead Colors
First Knot – The beginning of life, your birth
Black Bead – The Sin in your life
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” – Romans 3:23
Red Bead – The blood of Christ who paid the price for our sin
“For the wages of sin is death” – Romans 6:23
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” – Romans 5:8
“Jesus died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day.”
– 1st Corinthians 15:3-4
White Bead – Asking Jesus into your life.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” – John 3:16
“If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved. For “everyone” who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” – Romans 10:9,13
Blue Bead – Being baptized as an act of obedience to God
Green Bead – Spiritual growth
“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” – Mark 16:15
Yellow Bead – The streets of heaven are paved with gold.
“…and the streets of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass” – Revelation 21:21
Second Knot – The end of physical life
Butterfly Bead – Transformation into a new creature!
“Therefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things have passed away; behold new things have come.”
– 2 Corinthians 5:17