Today we pick up the next adventure as Epic Explorers. We’re finding out all about Jesus’ death. How he died in our place. We found out last time that we don’t treat God the way we should and we all have sin in our hearts. Only Jesus has the power to forgive sin and rescue us, restoring the broken relationship between us and God that our sin creates.
Jesus took the punishment we deserve for our sin and through Jesus’ death, there is now a way for us to be forgiven friends of God.
You might like to look on our map to see where we are today. Can you find the Mysterious mountains?
Craft
You will need:
- A4 piece of paper
- glue
- tissue paper – lots of colours
- cross template
Print off the cross template. Glue the tissue paper to the cross. Keep going until the whole cross is covered.
Or you might like to colour in this stainglass cross.
Story
You’ll find today’s story in Mark 15. It’s a hard story to read- God planned for Jesus to die, it was a shocking sight – Jesus didn’t deserve to be punished but he chose to die in our place so we could be rescued. It was a happy day because through Jesus death, He did something amazing and wonderful. And it didn’t end there. Jesus had promised to come back to life on the third day…. but we’ll be thinking about that next time!
For older children – Wild Bible have 2 parts of the story
Some questions to think about together
- What was surprising about what happend to Jesus in Mark 15? So why was Jesus not surprised?
- What do we learn about who Jesus is?
- What brillant things will happen when Jesus takes the punishment for someone’s sins?
- I wonder which of the reactions to Jesus death is most like your own
- the confused crowd – you don’t understand
- the religious leaders – you don’t need Jesus’ help
- the roman soldier – wow! Jesus must be God!
Prayer
Memory verse
Can you remember the first 2 parts of our memory verse?
The next part is:
…and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Song
This is a song that reminds us of the power of the cross.