Lesson Aim: To teach that Jesus died on the cross to take the punishment for my sin!
Read: Luke 23:32 - 24:9
Prayer: Lord thank you for another day. Thank you that we can come and learn more about you. Help us to listen. Help us to remember what happened to Jesus while He was here on earth. Amen.
Previous lesson:
Does anyone remember last weeks lesson? Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey.
Show the activity page and go over verse. Jesus is King and is worthy of our worship
Songs:
My God is so great
He is risen from the dead
Story:
Jesus never sinned! But everyone wanted him to die. He was beaten. Soldiers used thorny branches to make a crown. They put this crown of thorns on Jesus’ head. After they had finished making fun of Jesus, they led Jesus away. He was given his cross to carry up the hill outside the town called Calvary. There they crucified him. The soldiers did this by nailing his hands and feet into the cross and he was left hanging there to die. They put a sign above Jesus’ head with the charge against him written on it. The sign read: “This is the King of the Jews.“
There were also two criminals led out with Jesus to be killed, crucified. One of the criminals began to shout insults at Jesus. But the other criminal stopped him. He said, “Do you not fear God!, We are punished justly; we should die. But this man has done nothing wrong!” Then this criminal said to Jesus, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom!” Jesus said to him, “Today you will be with me in paradise!”
It was about noon, lunch time, and suddenly, the whole earth was covered in darkness. There was no sun. During this time of darkness the veil of the temple was torn. And Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.” After Jesus said this, he died.
Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man! All the people who saw what had happened were afraid and returned to the town.
A follower of Jesus called Joseph, a counsellor, went to Pilate and begged for the body of Jesus. He took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a tomb that was made out of stone. There were also some woman who followed Joseph, they saw Jesus’ body and how it was laid in the tomb. They went home to prepare spices and ointments. The tomb would of then been sealed very tightly with a very big rock so that nobody could steal the body.
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, the tomb. They went to take spices which they had prepared. They found the stone had been rolled away from the tomb! They went inside the tomb to see Jesus’ body and they could not find the body of the Lord Jesus!
They were very perplexed about it. And behold, two men appeared in shining garments. They were very afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth. The men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spoke to you when he was yet in Galilee, Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
They remembered his words. They returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven disciples and the other followers of Jesus.
* Jesus never sinned
* Jesus was sent to die on the cross
* Jesus faced Gods wrath, eternal punishment for sin on the cross so that whosoever will believe in him will be forgiven for their sins and will have eternal life.
* Jesus died on the cross and He came back to life. He still lives today!!!!
PRAYER:
Father, thank you for sending your Son, Jesus Christ to this earth. Thank you that your raised Jesus Christ from the dead and that Jesus paid for our sins. Thank you that when we come to you, we can find forgiveness and repentance. You are the only God, may our lives glorify you and may we fear you.
Amen!
VERSE:
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
“I am the way, the truth and the life.” John 14:6
