Happy Easter!
Children's sermon
The Giant Book Of Children's Sermons
Matthew To Revelation
Object: a gravestone marker (or a picture of one)
Good morning, boys and girls. I should have said, "Happy Easter!" Happy Easter, everyone. Why do we say Happy Easter? (let them answer) Is there a special reason why Easter should be happier than any other day? (let them answer) That's right, because this is the day that Jesus was raised from the dead. Who raised Jesus from the dead? (let them answer) Right, God raised Jesus from the dead.
Do you remember the story of how Jesus was taken down from the cross where he died, and then taken to a garden? (let them answer) Do you remember how a man by the name of Joseph gave a special place to bury Jesus that he had once saved for himself and his family? (let them answer) Did you also know that after Jesus had been put in the tomb, a big stone was rolled in front of it so that no man could get inside? (let them answer) That is exactly what they did. It must have been a very big stone because as Jesus' friends came to take care of his body the way they always did for dead people, they worried about how they were going to get into Jesus' grave.
Today things are a little different. We don't bury very many people in the way that Jesus was buried. Most of us are buried in the ground, and once we are buried you can't open the grave anymore. How many of you have been to a cemetery? (let them answer) If you have been to a cemetery you have seen things like this. (show them the gravestone marker) It has the name of the person on it; when the person was born, and when he died. It is also made out of stone. But the stone that covered Jesus' grave was much bigger. It was ten times bigger or maybe even 100 times bigger. You can understand how worried the women were when they thought of how they would move this big stone that covered Jesus' tomb.
But think of their surprise when they got to the tomb and found the stone already moved. They could see right into the tomb where the dead body of Jesus was put.
But then another surprise. Jesus wasn't there! An angel told them that Jesus was no longer dead. He was risen. It was the first time this had ever happened, but it was what Jesus had promised would happen time and time again. Jesus had told them that when he died he would be raised from the dead by his Father in heaven. No one really believed it before he died, but now they had to believe it. Jesus Christ is risen today. That's why we say, "Happy Easter!" and we mean it.
You too will be raised from the dead. It is a promise of God and we are happy to know that we shall share in the resurrection of Jesus.
Good morning, boys and girls. I should have said, "Happy Easter!" Happy Easter, everyone. Why do we say Happy Easter? (let them answer) Is there a special reason why Easter should be happier than any other day? (let them answer) That's right, because this is the day that Jesus was raised from the dead. Who raised Jesus from the dead? (let them answer) Right, God raised Jesus from the dead.
Do you remember the story of how Jesus was taken down from the cross where he died, and then taken to a garden? (let them answer) Do you remember how a man by the name of Joseph gave a special place to bury Jesus that he had once saved for himself and his family? (let them answer) Did you also know that after Jesus had been put in the tomb, a big stone was rolled in front of it so that no man could get inside? (let them answer) That is exactly what they did. It must have been a very big stone because as Jesus' friends came to take care of his body the way they always did for dead people, they worried about how they were going to get into Jesus' grave.
Today things are a little different. We don't bury very many people in the way that Jesus was buried. Most of us are buried in the ground, and once we are buried you can't open the grave anymore. How many of you have been to a cemetery? (let them answer) If you have been to a cemetery you have seen things like this. (show them the gravestone marker) It has the name of the person on it; when the person was born, and when he died. It is also made out of stone. But the stone that covered Jesus' grave was much bigger. It was ten times bigger or maybe even 100 times bigger. You can understand how worried the women were when they thought of how they would move this big stone that covered Jesus' tomb.
But think of their surprise when they got to the tomb and found the stone already moved. They could see right into the tomb where the dead body of Jesus was put.
But then another surprise. Jesus wasn't there! An angel told them that Jesus was no longer dead. He was risen. It was the first time this had ever happened, but it was what Jesus had promised would happen time and time again. Jesus had told them that when he died he would be raised from the dead by his Father in heaven. No one really believed it before he died, but now they had to believe it. Jesus Christ is risen today. That's why we say, "Happy Easter!" and we mean it.
You too will be raised from the dead. It is a promise of God and we are happy to know that we shall share in the resurrection of Jesus.
