NT 36 Peter Denies Jesus

Reference: Luke 22:54-62

Big Idea: Believe in Jesus to be forgiven.

Verse: ...forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. - Eph. 4:32 (ESV)

Motions for the Big Idea:
Believe - Fold your hands as if pleading
Jesus - Make a cross with your forearms
Forgiven - hold up four fingers for a second, then cup your hands together and gesture away from you

Motions for the Verse:
Forgiving - hold up four fingers for a second, then cup your hands together and gesture away from you
One - hold up one finger
God - point up
Christ - make a cross with your forearms
Forgave -hold up four fingers for a second, then cup your hands together and gesture away from you
You - point to another person

Questions to Ask Throughout the Week

1. Who was Peter? (One of Jesus’ disciples.)
2. What did Jesus say Peter would do? (Say he didn’t know Jesus three times.)
3. What happened to Jesus at the beginning of the story? (He was arrested.)
4. How many times did people ask Peter if he knew Jesus? (Three.)
5. What did Peter say to these people? (I don’t know him, I don’t know what you are talking about.)
6. What happened after Peter said he didn’t know Jesus the third time? (A rooster crowed.)
7. What did Peter do after Jesus looked at him? (Began to cry.)
8. Did Jesus forgive Peter for saying he didn’t know him three times? (Yes.)
9. What did Jesus do to pay our punishment? (Died on a cross.)
10. How can we be forgiven by God? (Believe that Jesus died and rose again for our sins.)
11. What is today’s big idea? (Believe in Jesus to be forgiven.)
12. What is today’s Bible verse? (...forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. - Eph. 4:32)

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