Sixth Grade Lessons, Block 3, Week 16: Christ Resurrection (2)—Life-giving and Church Producing

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Sixth Grade Lessons, Block 3—The Savior-God

Week 16
Christ Resurrection (2)—Life-giving and Church Producing

Reading Reference: Lesson Book, Level 2: The Triune God and the Person and Work of Christ, ch. 20; 1 Cor. 15:45; Luke 24:39; Eph. 2:1; Acts 2:24; John 10:17; 20:17; 1 Pet. 1:3; Rom. 8:29

Memory Verse: So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul”; the last Adam [became] a life-giving Spirit. (1 Cor. 15:45)

Suggested Songs: The last Adam became a life-giving Spirit (short version)

Scripture Reading: 1 Cor. 15:45; Luke 24:39; Eph. 2:1; Acts 2:24; John 10:17; 20:17; 1 Pet. 1:3; Rom. 8:29

Points to Emphasize

[Read John 20:1-22]

  • He became the life-giving Spirit—1 Cor. 15:45; Luke 24:39; Eph. 2:1

In this lesson we would like to see that in His resurrection Christ became a life-giving Spirit. Although the Lord Jesus was resurrected with a physical body, a body with flesh and bones, He was also resurrected spiritually. This means that in His resurrection He was transfigured into the Spirit. We cannot explain how He could both have a body and at the same time become the Spirit, but that is what the Bible says. This is a major point in the Bible.

His death redeemed us, but without His resurrection He could not dispense His life into us. We were not only sinful, we were also dead. As the Lamb of God, Christ can redeem us. But as the life-giving Spirit He can enliven us and regenerate us to become the children of God.

[You may as an example a vaporizer, and use the three states of water (H20) from solid (ice) [God], to liquid [man], and to water vapor (invisible air) [Spirit] you can breathe in. You may use the diagram for the process God went through to become the life-giving Spirit, to enter into us as life to enliven us.]

  • Producing the church—Acts 2:24; John 10:17; John 20:17; 1 Pet. 1:3; Rom. 8:29

He [Christ] released His divine life and propagated (spread) Himself into many people to make them the church. According to the Gospel of John, prior to His resurrection, the Lord never called His disciples “brothers.” The most intimate term He used was “friends.” But after His resurrection, His “friends” were regenerated to become His “brothers.” In the evening of the day of His resurrection, Christ came back to His disciples as the Spirit and breathed Himself into them to be their life. It was through His resurrection that the Lord was able to impart Himself as the life-giving Spirit into all His disciples. By receiving His life, they were regenerated and became His brothers. Therefore, in His resurrection, the only begotten Son became “the Firstborn among many brothers”.

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