When Jesus was resurrected, he became immortal, and he also made it possible for all of us to be resurrected and become immortal. This means that after we have been resurrected, we will never die again. We can live with our families forever.
He showed his hand to the children and then said:
When we lived with Heavenly Father before we were born we were called spirits. We could move (He moved the fingers on his hand) and think and learn.
When our spirits came to live on earth, we were given earthly bodies. (He put on a glove.) We could still move (He moved his fingers in the glove) and think and learn, but Heavenly Father gave us wonderful bodies to have and take care of.
When we die, the body must separate from the spirit (He took off the glove). The body cannot move by itself (He pointed at the glove) but the spirit is still alive.
When we are resurrected, the body becomes perfect and is once again united with the spirit (He put the glove back on his hand). After we are resurrected, we can never die again. That means that the spirit and the body can never be separated.
Because Jesus Christ loves each of us very much, he died for us. Jesus was the first person to be resurrected. Because of what he did for us, we will be resurrected and may live again with Heavenly Father. When we think of Easter, we should think about the first Easter and remember the love that Jesus Christ has for us. He gave his life for us. He was resurrected. Now he lives in heaven with his Heavenly Father.
Jesus Christ’s resurrection is so wonderful that each year we celebrate Easter to show him how grateful we are for what he did for us.
You might want to print this off:
We gave each of our kids a paper with that, and each one drew a picture of him/herself inside the circle and wrote "Jesus Christ loves me" on the paper below.
I want you to know that I know that Jesus Christ loves each of you and that He lives. We will live again because of Him. And when we are obedient we are showing Him that we love Him.
I love you!
Grandma
3 comments:
Elena: I liked when the hand was resurrected.
I learned that when I'm resurrected I will never die again, NEVER EVER!
Victoria: I liked the glove on the hand.
Elena and Victoria - You are right; when you're resurrected you won't ever die again. You'll be able to live forever with the people you love... And we'll be able to see each other much more often. :)
Did you put a glove on your hand and then take it off to see how it works?
I got to give this lesson too! Now that our 7 year olds have a permanent teacher, I probably won't get to substitute in Primary for a while, but it sure was fun. Enjoy your class; they're so lucky to have you for teachers :)
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