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Youth Easter Ideas The 7 Last Words of Jesus Christ From the Cross
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Description Use the 7 last words of Jesus Christ from the cross in a variety of games and creative teaching activities to discuss the events of the crucifixion
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The 7 last words of Jesus Christ from the cross are actually 7 short phrases that Jesus spoke while hanging on the cross. None of the writers of the four gospels record all 7 of these phrases, so you have to piece them together from the gospel accounts.
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1. Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.” (Luke 23: 34) 2. “This day thou shalt be with me in Paradise.” (Luke 23: 43) 3. “Woman, behold thy son.” (John 19:25-27)
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4. “My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46) 5. “I thirst.” (John 19:28) 6. “It is finished.” (John 19:30) 7. “Into thin hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.” (Luke 23:46)
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Teaching Ideas using these 7 phrases of Christ • Play a game of charades using these phrases. (See Easter Charades for more ideas) • Play a game of Pictionary using these phrases. (See Easter Pictionary for more ideas)
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• Have a race to put the phrases into the correct order. Even better, combine it with an Easter Egg Relay using plastic eggs filled with the phrases. • Add these phrases to your Easter Egg hunt (See Good Friday Easter Egg Hunt, Easter Egg Hunt or Easter Verses Hunt) for more ideas. www.CreativeEasterIdeas.com
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• Tell the Story of the Crucifixion of Christ using these phrases similar to the method described in Telling the Easter Story. • Add the phrases to one of the eggs in the Easter: What’s Inside game
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