At-home guide / number 51
A Change of Clothes
Zechariah 3. Part 3 of the story, poetry and prophets. This guide went out for Sunday February 15, 2026.
Reinforce this truth throughout the week and during your study.
We are terribly dirty, but God makes us perfectly clean!
Read the passage to or with your children.
Zechariah 3
Memorize and recite this verse with your children throughout the week
"Behold, I have taken your iniquity away from you, and I will clothe you with pure vestments."
- Zechariah 3:4
Watch the video below with your children.
Take time with your family to discuss these questions (or variations of these questions) together, and reflect on this week’s truth and Word.
When God told his people to be holy like him, how were they supposed to treat other people? And who were they supposed to worship? Why can’t God be around unholy people?
TakeawayBecause God is holy, only holy people can be in his presence.
If we picture God’s holiness as something perfectly clean, what would it look like to be unholy? What things make us unholy, or dirty, in God’s eyes (since we know it’s not dirt)?
TakeawayOur sin makes us dirty, or unholy, in God’s eyes.
Why couldn’t God’s people go into the temple and meet with God? What did the priests have to do to be allowed to be in God’s presence? What did Joshua fail to do? What did God do for Joshua?
TakeawayTo be in God’s presence we must be cleaned from our sin.
Who did the angel of the Lord say was coming to remove the sin from Israel in a single day? Who is the Branch? Since we have all sinned and become unholy or dirty, how can we become clean? How does the story in Zechariah end, and why is that the perfect response?
TakeawayLet’s celebrate that Jesus, the promised high priest and Branch from David’s family tree, has removed our sin.
As your family reflects on the truths you learned in this week’s lesson, pray together.
Here are some questions to get you started...
- What did I learn about God that I can praise Him for?
- What sins and weaknesses can I confess to God?
- What promises can I thank God for?
Keep going
The story runs on.
Every guide follows the one storyline of Scripture, week by week. Guide 51 sits in part 3, poetry and prophets.