168 Hours - Easter Sunday
Looking at Jesus and seeing Jesus is not the same thing. Faith sees Jesus.
What does it mean to truly see someone? (Like in the movie Avatar, or as in “seeing through someone.”
Read: 1 Corinthians 15:13-20 (The Message Translation)
Why did Paul write so dramatically about the resurrection in this text?
Respond to this: “If the resurrection is not true, the claims of Christ crumble. If the resurrection is true, then Jesus and his teaching cannot be ignored.”
Read: John 20:1-7
Time to get real with your group. If your group raced to the tomb that first Easter who would get there first? Who would arrive last?
Why do you think John was reluctant to enter the tomb when he arrived?
What do you make of the way John described the burial garments that were left in the tomb?
Read: 1 Peter 1:3-5
How does the resurrection give you hope?
What did Peter mean when he wrote that our inheritance can never perish, spoil or fade?
Read: John 20:8-9
“He saw and believed,” means to “look carefully, to observe and perceive.” What role does faith play in that kind of seeing is believing?
Prayer: Who do you know that needs to really see Jesus. Pray that God gives you opportunities to show Jesus to that person.