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If Jesus Christ did not rise from the dead, our faith would be worth nothing. But because Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins and rose again, when we trust in Him as our Savior, we are saved from sin. We also have the sure hope that when we die, He will raise us up and give us new bodies so we can live forever in heaven with Him. MAIN IDEA KJV 2

1 CORINTHIANS 15:19-20 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. MEMORY VERSES KJV 3

Share what you wrote about or drew in Start Here. INTRODUCTION KJV 4

Do we always get the things we hope for here on earth? Does anyone know the difference between hoping for something like a toy and the hope we have when we trust Jesus Christ as our Savior? What is it? INTRODUCTION KJV 5

MAIN LESSON 1. Without the resurrection our faith is worthless and we would still have to be punished for our sins. KJV 6

MAIN LESSON 1 Corinthians 15:17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. KJV 7

MAIN LESSON 2. Because Christ died and rose to life, He will also raise us to life one day with a new, perfect body that will never die. KJV 8

MAIN LESSON 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. KJV 9

MAIN LESSON KJV 10 1 Corinthians 15:51-53, continued For this corruptible must put on incor- ruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

MAIN LESSON 3. We know that if we trust Christ as Savior, we will live forever in heaven just as God promises. KJV 11

MAIN LESSON 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God KJV 12

MAIN LESSON KJV 13 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, continued bring with Him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord Himself shall des-cend from heaven with a shout, with the

MAIN LESSON KJV 14 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, continued voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

MAIN LESSON KJV 15 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, continued Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

MAIN LESSON 4. We can rejoice in the hope that we have because of Christ’s resurrection. We have the sure hope of heaven someday and we have help and power from Christ to live our lives on earth. KJV 16

MAIN LESSON John 14:1-3 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive KJV 17

MAIN LESSON KJV 18 John 14:1-3, continued you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

MAIN LESSON 2 Corinthians 13:4 For though He was crucified through weakness, yet He liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you. KJV 19

FAITH IN ACTION 1.What is the difference between hoping for earthly things and the hope we receive after we trust Jesus Christ as our Savior? KJV 20

FAITH IN ACTION 2.How does this change the way we handle different situations like: A friend from church moving far away? You are unhappy at school or at home? You feel like you do not have any friends? A relative or a friend who has trusted in Jesus as Savior dies? KJV 21

Without the resurrection our faith is worthless and we would still have to be punished for our sins. SUM IT UP KJV 22

Because Christ died and rose to life, He will also raise us to life one day with a new, perfect body that will never die. SUM IT UP KJV 23

SUM IT UP KJV We know that if we trust Christ as Savior, we will live forever in heaven just as God promises. 24

SUM IT UP KJV We can rejoice in the hope that we have because of Christ’s resurrection. We have the sure hope of heaven someday and we have help and power from Christ to live our lives on earth. 25

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