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Youth 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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Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.” (Luke 23: 34) “This day thou shalt be with me in Paradise.” (Luke 23: 43) “Woman, behold thy son.” (John 19:25-27) “My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46) “I thirst.” (John 19:28) “It is finished.” (John 19:30) “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) • 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.
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Add these phrases to your Easter Egg hunt (See Good Friday Easter Egg Hunt, Easter Egg Hunt or Easter Verses Hunt) for more ideas. 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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