Luke 24: ²⁵Then Jesus asked the two disciples, "Why can't you understand? How can you be so slow to believe all that the prophets said? ²⁶Didn't you know that the Messiah would have to suffer before he was given his glory?" ²⁷Jesus then explained everything written about himself in the Scriptures, beginning with the Law of Moses and the Books of the Prophets.... ³⁰After Jesus sat down to eat, he took some bread. He blessed it and broke it. Then he gave it to them. ³¹At once they knew who he was, but he disappeared. ³²They said to each other, "When he talked with us along the road and explained the Scriptures to us, didn't it warm our hearts?" (CEV)
1. How do you teach your children to appreciate what they have given to them, mainly Christ?

Jeremiah 29: ¹¹I will bless you with a future filled with hope -- a future of success, not of suffering. Colossians 2:¹³You were dead, because you were sinful and were not God's people. But God let Christ make you alive, when he forgave all our sins. ¹⁴God wiped out the charges that were against us for disobeying the Law of Moses. He took them away and nailed them to the cross. ¹⁵There Christ defeated all powers and forces. He let the whole world see them being led away as prisoners when he celebrated his victory. (CEV)
2. What evil forces exist besides Satan? What did the people see being led away?

Matthew 11: ²⁵At that moment Jesus said My Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I am grateful that you hid all this from wise and educated people and showed it to ordinary people. ²⁶Yes, Father, that is what pleased you.... ²⁸If you are tired from carrying heavy burdens, come to me and I will give you rest. (CEV)
3. How can we depend on Christ to take care of every burden?

Hebrews 2: ¹⁴We are people of flesh and blood. That is why Jesus became one of us. He died to destroy the devil, who had power over death. ¹⁵But he also died to rescue all of us who live each day in fear of dying. 1 Peter 1: ³Praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is so good, and by raising Jesus from death, he has given us new life and a hope that lives on. ⁴God has something stored up for you in heaven, where it will never decay or be ruined or disappear. ⁵You have faith in God, whose power will protect you until the last day. Then he will save you, just as he has always planned to do. (CEV)
4. What does God have stored up for you in Heaven?

Acts 2: ³⁸Peter said, "Turn back to God! Be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins will be forgiven. Then you will be given the Holy Spirit. Romans 10: ⁸All who are acceptable because of their faith simply say, "The message is as near as your mouth or your heart." And this is the same message we preach about faith. ⁹So you will be saved, if you honestly say, "Jesus is Lord," and if you believe with all your heart that God raised him from death. ¹⁰God will accept you and save you, if you truly believe this and tell it to others. (CEV)
5. From Peter's message to the crowd, how would you explore what it means to be a Christian?

Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
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