 | Prepare a snack of unleavened bread and grape juice. Spread a
blanket on the floor and invite the children to recline around the
blanket and join you in remembering what Jesus did for us. |
| Read the Punishment Sharing
Agreement and ask if anyone wants to sign up. Explain that
Jesus took the punishment for all of our sins when he died on the cross. |
| Read Luke 22:14-19. Pass around the unleavened bread and discuss
the following.
 | When we celebrate the Lord's Supper, we should think about Jesus
dying on the cross. Remember that he died on the cross only
after he was flogged with a whip (Matthew 27:26), made to wear a
crown of thorns (Matthew 27:29), spit on (Matthew 27:30) and beaten
with a wooden cane (Matthew 27:30). |
| Jesus died on the cross voluntarily. |
| Jesus died on the cross so that our sins would be forgiven. |
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| Read Luke 22:20. Pass around the grape juice and discuss the
following.
| Jesus' death ratified a new covenant God made with his people. |
| In this new covenant God promises to forgive our sins and give us
eternal life. All we have to do is turn from sin to Jesus
Christ as our Lord and Savior. (Romans 10:9; Hebrews 8-10). |
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| When we celebrate the Lord's Supper, we should remember to thank Jesus
for the gift of eternal life that he made available to us when he died
on the cross. |
| Only those who turn to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior should
participate in the Lord's Supper since the Lord's Supper is celebrated
in memory of what Jesus did for us. A person who has not trusted
Jesus as Lord and Savior has nothing to remember. |
