Hallelujah!
Children's sermon
Object:
a neatly folded linen cloth, large enough to cover the entire head of
Jesus
Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the
linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus' head, not lying
with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. (vv. 6-7)
Good morning, boys and girls. After Jesus died on the cross, two men moved him to another place. Both men were secret followers of Jesus because they belonged to the group that wanted Jesus killed. The first man was Joseph of Arimathea. He went to Pilate, the governor, and asked if he could take the body of Jesus and bury him. The second man was Nicodemus. Nicodemus brought a bunch of myrrh and aloe. The Bible says it weighed almost 100 pounds. The myrrh and aloe were meant to make the dead body smell more pleasant. Do you know where they took the body of Jesus to bury him? (let them answer) That's right, they took him to a tomb, but do you know to whom the tomb belonged? (let them answer) The answer is that it was Joseph of Arimathea's tomb. It was brand new and was carved out of rock. This was a very big rock carved out by special tools. Inside the rock was a place that looked like a room. There were several very flat spaces with a part of the rock on one end that looked like a pillow. They wrapped the body of Jesus in fine linen cloths. Everything but the head was covered with these linen wrappings. Jesus was taken into the tomb and laid on the flat stone with his head on the rock pillow. The final thing that was done was to put another piece of linen around the head of Jesus so that his face and head were completely covered. When Joseph and Nicodemus left the tomb, they rolled a huge stone in front of the tomb so that no one could get into the tomb. There were soldiers standing at attention around the tomb to make sure that no one tried to get in. That was on Friday night.
Very early on Sunday morning, Mary Magdalene, a friend and follower of Jesus, came to the tomb because she did not know that Joseph and Nicodemus had done such a good job with the myrrh and aloe. But when she got there she found the stone had been moved and the tomb was empty. She ran back to the disciples and wakened them. Peter and John raced to the tomb. John, who was younger, was much faster and arrived first. He just peeked inside but did not go in the tomb. Peter arrived and went right in the tomb. Peter was amazed. Not only was the body of Jesus gone but he also found the clothes that Jesus had been wrapped in by Joseph and Nicodemus. At the other end was a piece of linen like this, very neatly folded and laying on the flat stone. Some people said the body had been stolen but everyone else knew that Jesus had been resurrected from the dead and was then and is now alive. Christ is risen! Hallelujah! Christ is risen indeed! Amen.
Good morning, boys and girls. After Jesus died on the cross, two men moved him to another place. Both men were secret followers of Jesus because they belonged to the group that wanted Jesus killed. The first man was Joseph of Arimathea. He went to Pilate, the governor, and asked if he could take the body of Jesus and bury him. The second man was Nicodemus. Nicodemus brought a bunch of myrrh and aloe. The Bible says it weighed almost 100 pounds. The myrrh and aloe were meant to make the dead body smell more pleasant. Do you know where they took the body of Jesus to bury him? (let them answer) That's right, they took him to a tomb, but do you know to whom the tomb belonged? (let them answer) The answer is that it was Joseph of Arimathea's tomb. It was brand new and was carved out of rock. This was a very big rock carved out by special tools. Inside the rock was a place that looked like a room. There were several very flat spaces with a part of the rock on one end that looked like a pillow. They wrapped the body of Jesus in fine linen cloths. Everything but the head was covered with these linen wrappings. Jesus was taken into the tomb and laid on the flat stone with his head on the rock pillow. The final thing that was done was to put another piece of linen around the head of Jesus so that his face and head were completely covered. When Joseph and Nicodemus left the tomb, they rolled a huge stone in front of the tomb so that no one could get into the tomb. There were soldiers standing at attention around the tomb to make sure that no one tried to get in. That was on Friday night.
Very early on Sunday morning, Mary Magdalene, a friend and follower of Jesus, came to the tomb because she did not know that Joseph and Nicodemus had done such a good job with the myrrh and aloe. But when she got there she found the stone had been moved and the tomb was empty. She ran back to the disciples and wakened them. Peter and John raced to the tomb. John, who was younger, was much faster and arrived first. He just peeked inside but did not go in the tomb. Peter arrived and went right in the tomb. Peter was amazed. Not only was the body of Jesus gone but he also found the clothes that Jesus had been wrapped in by Joseph and Nicodemus. At the other end was a piece of linen like this, very neatly folded and laying on the flat stone. Some people said the body had been stolen but everyone else knew that Jesus had been resurrected from the dead and was then and is now alive. Christ is risen! Hallelujah! Christ is risen indeed! Amen.
