What do the colors of the beads stand for?
Black = Sin
The black bead reminds us of our sin which separates us from God and dooms us to eternal darkness.
Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
Red = Christ's Blood
The red bead symbolizes Christ's blood shed for you and me.
Romans 5:8-9 "But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ
died for us. Since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through
Him!"
White = Prayer of Repentance For Cleansing
The white bead represents the cleansing that occurs when a sinner
repents and turns to God.
Psalm 51:1-2 "Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your
great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin."
Psalm 103:12 "..as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions
from us."
Blue = Water/Spirit Baptism
The blue bead represents baptism.
Ephesians 4:5 "...one Lord, one faith, one baptism."
We are baptized with water to identify ourselves with Jesus. The Holy Spirit baptizes those who trust
in Jesus and takes up residence in the believers heart. If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ he does not belong
to Christ. Romans 8:9
Green = Christian Growth
The Green bead represents growth in our faith.
Colossians 1:10 "And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and
may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God."
Yellow = Eternal Life
The yellow bead represents eternal life with Jesus in Heaven.
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in
Him shall not perish but have eternal life."
John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the
Father but by me."
"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ
Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless
to do beacuse it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful humanity to be
a sin offering. And so He condemned sin in human flesh in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met
in us who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit." Romans 8:1-5
