Hey folks! This week we're continuing with our kids in our walk through the Apostle's Creed.
This week we’re going to talk about the resurrection of the body!
The Scriptures are not always all that straightforward. It sometimes takes years of reading, thinking, learning, and contemplating to make good, deep sense of what they convey.
Then again, sometimes they’re super, super clear. And the resurrection of Christ as a (the?) fundamental event in world history, the bedrock reality of the Christian account of the world, and the hope of the Good News of Jesus, is one of those clear things. There is no disputing: if the resurrection didn’t happen “we are of all people most to be pitied,” because we live according to wishful thinking, and nothing more.
But if the resurrection did happen—and it did—then everything changes. Lives count. Hope is real and specific: your death is not your end, and therefore the world is not some nightmarish play, “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
Indeed all things: our bodies, our cities, our loves and likes, our world—all of it—is destined not for ruin but for glory.
And the resurrection of Jesus from the dead is the “first fruits” of it all—the down payment from God that all shall be well.
Scripture to consider:
John 20:1-18
1 Cor. 15
Questions for your kids
Why do you think Thomas doubted that Jesus had come back from the dead? (Hint: he knew it sounded crazy! And it was too important to believe without beings sure.)
Does the promise of coming back from the dead make you excited, scared, both?
Peace,
Danny+