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โข Are you more likely to prepare carefully or stay basic when going on a trip? Give one example.
โข Have you ever experienced something that was beyond your control and seemed bad, but turned out well? What happened?
โข Tell about a memorable loss or victory you experienced.
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๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ, ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ด ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด, ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, โ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ!โ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ช ๐ฎ๐ณ:๐ฑ๐ญโ๐ฑ๐ฐ
(Read also ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ:๐ฐ๐ฑโ๐ฑ๐ฌ.)
The word โmiraclesโ often brings to mind events that amaze, astonish, and defy the laws of nature. And this does describe many of the miracles Jesus performed on earth. But a less flashy miracle is that of fulfilled prophecies. While many miraculous events surrounded the death of Christ on the cross, one great miracle was that death itself died. This had been foretold before it was fulfilled.
๐ญ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐๐น๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป.ย
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, โ๐๐ญ๐ช, ๐๐ญ๐ช, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข ๐ด๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช?โ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด, โ๐๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ?โย ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ช ๐ฎ๐ณ:๐ฐ๐ฒ
(Read also ๐ฃ๐๐ฎ๐น๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฎ; ๐ฒ๐ต:๐ฎ๐ญ.)
Psalm 22, which was written long before the crucifixion, contains specific details that only came to pass during the crucifixion and death of Jesus: the picture of being surrounded by Gentiles; His hands and feet being pierced; and His garments being divided by casting lots. When Jesus cried, โEli, Eli, lema sabachthani?โ He was not announcing that the Fatherโs presence had left Him. Instead, Jesus was pointing back to the prophecy. This was Godโs plan all along; it was not an accident. The Father had never left Jesusโ side. What does this tell us about Godโs sovereignty?ย
๐ฎ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ, ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ต. ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ช ๐ฎ๐ณ:๐ฑ๐ญ
At the moment that Jesus died, the curtain of the temple was torn in half. In Jesusโ time, this curtain divided the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place, where only the high priest could enter once a year at the risk of his own death, because Godโs glory rested in the Most Holy Place. When the curtain was torn, it symbolized the opening of the way into Godโs presence for anyone, not just the high priest. Because of Jesusโ death, we can approach God daily in our personal lives. Are there times you still feel like you need to prepare yourself to talk to God? How does Hebrews 10:19โ22 speak into this?
๐ฏ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ด ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ. ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ช ๐ฎ๐ณ:๐ฑ๐ฎโ๐ฑ๐ฏ
The death of Jesus on the cross opened the way for all of us to also rise again. At His death, the tombs of dead saints were opened. When Jesus died, not only was it a fulfillment of the entire Old Testament and opened the way to Godโs presence; He showed us that our final end would not be death, but glory. Ultimately, the miraculous events that took place at Jesusโ death pointed to the true miracle that even bystanders couldnโt deny: that Jesus is the Son of God (Matthew 27:54). How can this change our perspective on death? What does Paul say about the victory won over death on the cross (1 Corinthians 15:54โ57)?
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โข Have you witnessed events that just donโt seem to make sense? How can you take steps to trust in Godโs ways and purposes that are higher than ours?
โข Are there times you felt or feel alone? In spite of difficult situations, how should Christโs death affect how you live today?
โข What is the mindset you grew up with on approaching God (if any)? What have you learned about approaching God from this lesson?
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โข Thank God for the miraculous events that surrounded Jesusโ death on the cross. Thank Him for the assurance of His plans that are better than our own and are for our good.
โข Pray that as you live your daily life, you will submit to God and approach Him freely.
โข Pray for the grace to tell others about Jesus, who won the victory over death for us.