6. Yeah Right!

Jesus of Nazareth was raised by God from the dead. (Statement 6 from BOB—Basis of Belief)

Getting started: (5 mins)
􏰀 What are examples of resurrection in films and books that you have come across?

Beginning in the bible: (10 mins)
1 Corinthians 15:1-19
(Take time to read this passage through slowly and discuss any words or phrases that you do not understand.)

Questions to get to know BOB better: (15 mins)

• 􏰀  Why is Jesus resurrection so crucial to understanding the gospel? (vv12-19)
  
• 􏰀  What do you find most difficult to understand or describe about the crucifixion or resurrection of
  Jesus?
  Relating BOB to life: (10 mins)
  
  • 􏰀  How can you be encouraged in your every day life because of the resurrection of Jesus?
    
  • 􏰀  Proving the resurrection of Jesus used to be one of the most crucial debates – in what ways do you
    think it is the same or different today?
    
  • 􏰀  How would you explain to others what happened when Jesus rose from the dead?
    Where to from here? (5mins)
    

• 􏰀  Pray for an opportunity to talk to a non-Christian friend about what THEY think about Jesus and whether they think he was raised from the dead?
  
• 􏰀  As you go about your week try and be more conscious of what the world (through the media) thinks about Jesus and the possibility of resurrection.
  
• 􏰀  Memorise this statement from BOB and one or two of the verses from 1 Corithians that you might need to know off by heart sometime.