It is all

about

one

person

JESUS

CHRIST

Who is

this

JESUS

CHRIST

?

When Jesus was

walking on earth, He did

many miracles….

Jesus turned water into

wine

Jesus fed 5,000 by 5

loaves and 2 fishes

Jesus calmed the

roaring sea

Why Jesus came???Why Jesus came???

1.1.Taught us good Taught us good

morals so that we morals so that we

learn to be a good learn to be a good

manman

2.2.Did miracles to help Did miracles to help

peoplepeople

Jesus came with a

higher call!!

What is it?

Jesus came

Because of

YOU & ME

Back to the very

beginning of time…

Genesis 1:26-27

Then God said, “Let us make mankind

in our image, in our likeness……….. So

God created mankind in his own

image, in the image of God he

created them; male and female he

created them.

Man and Women (i.e. you Man and Women (i.e. you

and me) are created by and me) are created by

God in His imageGod in His image

Man used GodMan used God--given given

free will and chose to free will and chose to

rebel and DIErebel and DIE

Genesis 2:16-17 And the LORD God

commanded the man, “You are free to eat

from any tree in the garden; but you must

not eat from the tree of the knowledge of

good and evil, for when you eat from it you

will certainly die.”

SIN

Holy and Righteous

GOD

Sinful and Unrighteous

MAN

What is

ETERNAL

DEATH?

Separation from

our Creator God

FOREVER!

All Men Are Born Sinners

Rom 3:23

For everyone has sinned; we

all fall short of God's glorious

standard.

Rom 6:23

For the wages of sin is death...

MANMAN SINSIN DEATHDEATH

NOW MAN HAS A PROBLEMNOW MAN HAS A PROBLEM

SINFUL Man SINFUL Man

separated from separated from

RIGHTEOUS GOD RIGHTEOUS GOD

foreverforever

How would God deal How would God deal

with this problem?with this problem?

About 2,000 Years

ago……………

John 3: 16 John 3: 16

For God so loved the world For God so loved the world

that he gave his one and that he gave his one and

only Son (Jesus Christ), only Son (Jesus Christ),

that whoever believes in that whoever believes in

him shall not perish but him shall not perish but

have have eternal lifeeternal life. .

ETERNAL LIFE???ETERNAL LIFE???

John 17:3 John 17:3

Now this is eternal life: Now this is eternal life:

that they may know you, that they may know you,

the only true God, and the only true God, and

Jesus Christ, whom you Jesus Christ, whom you

have sent.have sent.

To be with GOD foreverTo be with GOD forever

How did

God save

us from

eternal

death?

How did

God

grant us

eternal

life?

All Men Are Born Sinners

Rom 3:23 Rom 3:23

For everyone has sinned; we all For everyone has sinned; we all

fall short of God's glorious fall short of God's glorious

standard. standard.

Rom 6:23

For the wages of sin is death,...

MANMAN SINSIN DEATHDEATH

PRICE of SIN is death

PRICE needs to be paid

Who will pay for this

PRICE?

Jesus suffered and

died on the cross to

pay for the price of SIN

The Empty Cross

What does the empty

cross mean to us?

Rom 3:25a Rom 3:25a

For God presented Jesus as For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin....the sacrifice for sin....

Rom 5:8 Rom 5:8

But God demonstrates his own But God demonstrates his own

love for us in this: WHILE WE love for us in this: WHILE WE

WERE STILL SINNERS, WERE STILL SINNERS,

CHRIST DIED FOR US. CHRIST DIED FOR US.

The Empty Cross

It is a reminder of God’s

promise that we have been

forgiven

Relax, my

child, I took

the sting, the

bee can’t hurt

you anymore.

DEATH

Relax, my child, I took the sting,

death can’t hurt you anymore

What is NEXT?

After the Empty

Cross……..

The Empty Tomb

What does the empty

tomb mean to us?

The Empty

Tomb

1.It shows the truth of the

resurrection (raised from

death to life) of Jesus Christ

2.It is the promise to us that

we will be raised to eternal

life

The Tomb is empty

Little Philip

and his

Easter Egg

Why is the Resurrection of Why is the Resurrection of

Jesus Christ important ?Jesus Christ important ?

Why is the Resurrection of Why is the Resurrection of

Jesus Christ important ?Jesus Christ important ?

A present A present

beautifully beautifully

wrapped and wrapped and

designated for designated for

youyou

You need to

ACCEPT the

present and

OPEN it for

your benefits

and enjoyment

Too easy ??

A Present is GIVEN FREELY

Your part is just to ACCEPT

it with a Thankful heart

EASY BUT EFFECTIVE

because

He is GOD

What is being shared

make sense BUT………

I want to WAIT

For heaven’s sake, what

took you so long?

The Empty Cross

It is a reminder of God’s

promise that we have been

forgiven

The Empty

Tomb

1.It shows the truth of the

resurrection (raised from

death to life) of Jesus Christ

2.It is the promise to us that

we will be raised to eternal

life

DEATH PAIN

ADDICTIONS

Life is not easy, we may fear:

Relax, my child, I took the sting, they

can’t hurt you anymore

My child, give your hand to me. I

will hold it tight and walk with you

in all your situations.