Grades 3-6 Lesson 41 Handout for Sunday School
The Life of Jesus Christ:  Lesson 5
Where’s the Sting?

 Memory Verse:
“O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?  But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”  1 Corinthians 5:55,57

Key verses for this week: 
“And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.”  Matthew 27:31
“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;”  Colossians 2:14
“I lay down my life, that I might take it again.  No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself.  I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.” John 10:17b -18 
“And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.”  Matthew 28:5-6
Activity: 

In gratitude to Jesus for all He has done for us, today let’s take some time to make a list of things we are grateful to Him for.  Then, we can spend a few minutes in prayer thanking Him for all he has done.

Devotional Thoughts:

Jesus had to suffer rejection so that we could be accepted by His Father.
Jesus had to shed His sinless blood so that ours could be declared clean.
Jesus had to die for us to have eternal life.
Jesus now lives so that we won’t have to die in our sins.