NT 38 Jesus Rises From the Dead

Reference: Matthew 28, Luke 24

Big Ideas and Motions: Jesus rose from the dead

• Jesus - make a cross with your forearms
• Rose - Gesture upward with both palms
• Dead - cross your forearms in an “X’ over your chest

Verse and Motions: 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 - “....Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day...” (ESV)

• Christ - make a cross with your forearms
• Died - cross your forearms in an “X’ over your chest
• Sins - two thumbs down
• Scriptures - pretend to open a book
• Buried - pretend to dig with a shovel
• Rose - gesture upward with both palms
• Third - hold up three fingers

Questions to Ask Throughout the Week

• Where was Jesus buried? (In a tomb, with a stone in front)
• On what day of the week did Jesus die? (Friday.)
• On what day of the week did Jesus rise from the dead? (Sunday.)
• Who were the first people at the tomb? (The two Marys.)
• What happened when the Marys went to the tomb? (An earthquake, an angel rolled the stone away)
• What did the angel say? (Jesus has risen, Go tell his disciples.)
• Who did the Marys meet on the way to tell the disciples? (Jesus.)
• Did the disciples believe when the women told them Jesus had risen? (No.)
• Who ran to the tomb to check it out? (Peter.)
• When Jesus appeared to the disciples, who did they think he was? (A ghost.)
• What did Jesus do to prove he wasn’t a ghost? (Let them see his hands and feet, ate a fish.)
• What is today’s big idea? (Jesus rose from the dead.)
• What is today’s Bible verse? (1 Corinthians 15:3-4 - “....Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day...”)

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