Key Thought: The belief in Christ’s resurrection is essential to the plan of salvation and the Christian faith and encourages us in the hope of our resurrection at the second coming..
November 12, 2022

1. Have a volunteer read Matthew 27:62-66.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. How did the actions of the Romans help provide more evidence that Jesus had arisen?
3. Personal Application: How does Jesus’ resurrection prove that He had life unborrowed and underived and was the eternal God? Share your thoughts..
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “Why did they seal the tomb and put Roman guards around the tomb? Did they think the disciples might steal the body and claim He was alive? Did they think He might actually arise?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Matthew 27:51-53.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. Who were the first ones to see the resurrection of Jesus?
3. Personal Application: What was the significance of the temple curtain being torn from the top to the bottom at Christ’s death? Share your thoughts
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Why did only some people come up out of the graves at Jesus’ death and resurrection? Why didn’t all come forth? Did those who were raised die again, or did they go to heaven with Jesus?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read John 20:11-29; I Corinthians 15:5-8..

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on the key idea of these verses.
2. How do the disciples first react when they meet the risen Christ?
3. Personal Application: Even though you haven’t seen, what reasons do you have for believing in a risen Christ? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “Why did Jesus show the disciples the holes in His hands and sides? Was it to prove that He was human and not a spirit? Why would He still have the scars? Couldn’t He heal His own body from the wounds?” How would you respond to your relative?

4. Have a volunteer read I Corinthians 15:20.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How is Christ the first fruit of those that slept, since others had been raised from the dead in the Old Testament?
3. Personal Application: Who are the twenty-four elders before the throne? Were they the ones resurrected with Christ? Share your thoughts?
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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