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Jesus’ Resurrection Gives Us Eternal Life

Month 8| week 1: Equip

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To take the hope of Christ to every student

To reach every student at our school with the gospel

vision

mission

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Lifetime Trivia

Let’s Play!

Icebreaker Game: Lifetime Trivia

Materials Needed: Eight sheets of paper, marker, package of gummy bears.

Game Preparation: Write the following numbers on separate sheets of paper in order: 2.5, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, 120, 240

Gather the students into one seated group facing you. Explain how you will be naming off an animal and holding up a number. The group’s job will be to determine if the animal you named lives longer or shorter in years than the number you held up. If they think the animal lives longer, students will stand up. If they think the animal lives shorter, they will remain seated.

After students have made their guesses, reveal the correct answers. Students with the correct answer get a gummy bear.

(IN ORDER)

Betta Fish - 3.5

Hamster - 2.5

Beaver - 20

Seal - 30

African Elephant - 50

Hippopotamus - 41

Blue Whale - 35

Tortoise - 140

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Digging deeper

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how would you describe what eternal life means?

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Eternal life: the life we were always supposed �to live

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How can the resurrection of Jesus radically change the way we live today?

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Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 6:8-11

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So what does it mean, “Now if we died in Christ. . . we will also live with him?”

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So what…

How does Jesus’ resurrection impact me right now, not just after I die?

Tool time

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God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

1 john 5:11-12

God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12)

Say: If you notice in the Scripture we just read, the words used referring to eternal life are present tense. “Whoever has the Son has life.” For those of us who have trusted in Jesus, there is a definite before and after. The Bible promises that we are a new creation. We may look the same on the outside, but having this resurrection life inside us should change everything!

We are called a light in the world and a city on a hill that is visible to everyone! Our lives are to be radically different from the lives of those around us. The difference is not that our lives are free from pain and the effects of sin, but it is the way we react to them.

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Have you seen this reflected in the lives of other Christians you know?

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Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives.

1 john 14:27

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Key idea

we don’t have to wait around for eternity to live the life Jesus gave us to live.

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Who can I pray for this week?

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Let’s pray

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Thanks

See you next time!