Study for week following Sunday 26th April 2009
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Study leaders notes 20 minutes!!!
this sentence is not to be read out it is for the leader only. In our discussion we will think how Jesus’ resurrection relates to our future and how we live now.
The sentences in blue are supplementary questions which can be used if & as necessary. The statements in red are possible answers that you may wish to draw out in your discussion. Other pointers are in purple.
(5 mins)
You are employed to do a survey of the views of people in your local area. Thankfully all the people you stop are happy to talk. Your question is…
What do you think happens when you die?
1i. What answers do you think you will receive?
How might such a belief effect the way we live now?
1ii. If you were to ask Christians what will happen to them when they die, what kind of answers would you receive?
How might such a belief effect the way we live now?
1iii. What do you think will happen to you when you die?
How might such a belief effect the way we live now?
Read Luke 24:36-48
(5 mins)
In our reading, Jesus makes a big thing about that fact that he is physically with them(his body has been raised from the dead).
2i. Why does it matter if Jesus was actually physically present with his disciples?
2ii. In what ways might a belief in Jesus’ physical resurrection effect our understanding of what will happen to us at the resurrection?
(5 mins)
3i. If we are going to be raised physically, in what ways will that effect the way we live now?
3ii. What one thing might you do differently? at Church… work… home…
(In your discussion see if you can think of some examples of how our ideas can be applied) |
