LESSON FOR THE JUNIOR CLASSES
STUDY SCRIPTURE:
1 CORINTHIANS 15: 13-20_51-58
Key Verse
“But the fact is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep”.
1 Corinthians 15:20
INTRODUCTION
Every day we see all kinds of amazing things around us. These amazing things were all created by God. God gave life to people,, to animals to birds, to the bees, to insects,to the fish in the sea and to every living thing. Everything had its purpose to make life beautidu for human beings.
Then God gave us beautiful food to eat especially fruits which are very nice to eat. On top of that God had the earth produce beautiful roses and flowers and plants.
The bible uses all of these things that God created as pictures to show us that God regarded the people He created very highly. He loves people. He made people aware that He existed and then He arranged it so that the nation of Israel would carry the testimony of His existence and His love to the entire world. They were the first fruits as a nation.
Then God the Father made Jesus to be born in that nation with the job to teach them how to live properly. Then Jesus died on the Cross to bear the sins of people so that they would be saved once they believed in Him as their Saviour, Redeemer, and Messiah.
God told us that the Lord Jesus Christ died and was resurrected and became the first fruits to God, for He was resurrected and had a new and glorious body.
God promised us that all those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ would have a body just like Jesus’ glorious body and we will also be called first fruits to God. Believers would then show God’s glory and receive great blessings from God the Father.
Though we had mistreated others and disobeyed God’s commandments and instructions, God is so full of love that He forgave us and carried through His plan for us to be changed so that our bodies will be changed to a glorious body which will no longer suffer any illnesses, any bad things and we will not die any more
In the Bible the prophets and the Apostle Paul tell us that death will be conquered because of the work of the Lord Jesus Christ. We will have a future life which will be a great blessing. We will be with God in Paradise. We will live with Jesus our Saviour in a brand new Heaven and earth, and enjoy the New Jerusalem.
So let us tell others about this great God that we have. His Good News has been given to encourage us to come to follow Jesus and inherit the blessings of a future life where nothing that is damaging or bad will ever happen to us. This is God’s promise of our future life where there will be no sickness, no illness, no pain, no suffering and no death. So let us carry this Good News of the Gospel to everyone that we meet.