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Reference

Acts 2:24-32

Complementary Old Testament Passage:
Psalm 16

Sermon Outline:

  • The Old Testament Foreshadows Christ
  • The Old Testament teaches about Union with Christ
  • It is not possible for death’s ropes of pain to hold God’s Holy One.
  • God’s Holy One will not be abandoned to the grave
  • God’s Holy One will have fulness of joy in God’s Presence forever

Family Discussion Questions:

  1. Why did Jesus die?
  2. How many days did Jesus stay dead?
  3. Why could Jesus not stay dead?
  4. What happens to Christians when they die?
  5. What will happen to Christians when Jesus comes back?
  6. What does “union with Christ” mean? How does this passage teach it?
  7. How does the resurrection of the body help us to resist temptation?
  8. How does the resurrection of the body help us to endure suffering?
  9. The fact that Jesus could not be held by death proved that he was the one referred to in Psalm 16. What does that tell us about where Jesus is now? What does that tell us about where Christians will be?
  10. How has the Biblical truth that fullness of joy is only from the Lord - been proven in society and your own life?