Lesson 5 - Easter Sunday

Lesson 5

Bob:

Once we learn and use this blog, this technology becomes user friendly.
How can we make becoming a Christian, accepting Jesus Christ user friendly?

John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.

Does John 3:16 have anything to do with our celebration?
Everything.

Easter Celebration
God gave his only son and paid this price. Jesus Christ is a gift of from God.

It is the gift that continues to give. It never runs out. It never stops giving and being a gift.

At the Last Supper Jesus said someone will betray me.

Luke 22
20In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. 21But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table. 22The Son of Man will go as it has been decreed, but woe to that man who betrays him." 23They began to question among themselves which of them it might be who would do this.

The disciples were scared.
Jesus was telling them he was leaving
They had been with him three years. They walked with Jesus for three years. They ate what he ate, slept where he slept.
Now Jesus was going to leave them.
Jesus is going to prepare a place for you so you can be where I am. John 3:16
"I am the way" If you follow Jesus, what other way is there?

No one comes to the father except through me. God gave us a gift of his son.

What is the greatest love?
John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

What did Jesus do for us?

Was Jesus obedient to God?

Is that a lesson for us in obedience?

Jesus could have stopped the humiliation, the crown of thorns, the cross any time.

Your will not mine?

One thing is certain we either believe in him or we go to hell. This is a either/or decision.

He loved us; there is no way we could love him until he loved us.


God controls all things, but he gives us a choice.
God gives us directions and promises.

They are promises, but we can change our minds.
A rich man was going to build a new barn. An Angel comes and says the rich man will die that night, and the angel will take his soul that night. The man repented so God gave the man 15 more years. God loved that man.

Peter rejected Jesus. How many times do we reject Jesus like Peter in the lesson

Are we obedient?

Are we afraid to tell people about Jesus?

Are we born with a fear of rejection?

We don't what to hurt someone's feelings.

They are not rejecting us. They are rejecting Jesus.

How many people only hear God or Jesus Christ as a swearing comment. They do not hear God and Jesus Christ in the light of God's love.

Just as mountains protect Jerusalem we want God's love to surround us and protect us.

Bob told us about a man who had three tours of duty in Vietnam. The man said that God can never forgive him for what he did. God can forgive him for what he did there.

Some people are afraid to get out of their seat and walk up to the altar. Some people are afraid to make that commitment.

Opposition from Satan keeps us from making this commitment and from taking action.

Some people feel they have only so much love, and like a battery if they give too much love, the battery will run down. The truth is that the more you give love the more love you have to give.

What about children that are brought up in a family with no love Love comes from God. How can the children learn love and feel love if no one shows them love?

How were we brought up?

We talked about the safety in our towns growing up.

Going to movies, thumbing rides, candy on Halloween - we trusted people. We listened to the radio and our values were reflected back to us.

Fear of turning your life over to Jesus Christ holds people back.

If you don't turn your life over to Jesus, you will live with no life, no love, and no peace.

What are kids listening to now? What are they watching on television and at the movies? What messages does our society send to them?

In our travels in life what gives us our direction?

Friends and family, the community where we live, our society, our leaders all give us directions.
Do these directions lead us to follow Christ?

We want to get really good at being obedient
If we get good at being obedient, we may not do what we want

Bob: I got Satan as mad as I could get him When I jumped off that ship and swam ashore. I got Satan mad

Judge not for you shall be judged.

Jesus has done the work for us. Now it is up to us.

BIBLE - Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth

B-I-B-L-E
That is the book for me.