NT 36 Peter Denies Jesus

Reference: Luke 22:54-62

Big Idea and Motions: Believe in Jesus to be forgiven.
Believe - Pretend to grab a rope in front of you with both hands.
Jesus - Make a cross with your forearms
Forgiven - hold one palm facing up and pretend to brush something off that palm with the fingertips of your other hand.

Verse and Motions: ...forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. - Eph. 4:32 (ESV)
Forgiving - hold one palm facing up and pretend to brush something off that palm with the fingertips of your other hand
One - hold up one finger
God - point up
Christ - make a cross with your forearms
Forgave - same as above
You - point to another person

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

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