YEAR 8 NOTES(WEEK 3-8)
WEEK 3
TOPIC: THE
PASSION OF JESUS
BIBLE REFERENCES: Mark 14:43-52; Matt.26:47-56.
SUB TOPIC: The Betrayal and Arrest
CONTENT
1. Meaning of betrayal
2. The betrayal and arrest
SUB-TOPIC 1: of Betrayal is the act of giving out information about something or
somebody to an enemy. It is act disloyalty and unfaithfulness
SUB-TOPIC 2: THE BETRAYAL AND ARREST
After the last supper, Jesus and His disciples left for
the Mount of Olives to spend the night there from
where they went to the garden of Gethsemane.
Jesus prayed a prayer of agony in the garden because
of the heaviness of His heart. After some time Judas
Iscariot who was to betray Him came with a crowd to
arrest Jesus because they have promised to pay him
thirty pieces of silver if he can hand over Jesus to
them. Before this time, Judas Iscariot had given the
crowd a sign to identify the person to arrest. Judas
went near Jesus and kissed Him, on seeing this sign
the crowd that came with him immediately arrested
Jesus.
One of the disciples of Jesus tried to defend Jesus by
cutting off the ear of one of the servant of the high
priest. Jesus condemned this act of violence and said
that those who engage in violent act would die by
violent means. All the disciples of Jesus ran away
except Peter who went along with the crowd that took
Jesus away, as far as to the courtyard of Caiaphas
the high priest, where Jesus was
to be tried.
MORAL LESSON
1. Jesus prayed seriously in the garden of
Gethsemane because of what was ahead of Him.
We also should learn to commit our ways into the
hands of God always.
2. Judas Iscariot was a traitor. He betrayed the Lord
Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. We should not be
greedy because greediness can make one to his/her
hands into
evil
3. We must not betray those that put their trust in us,
as Judas did.
4. We should not engage in violence because anyone
that engages in violent will die through violence.
THE PASSION OF JESUS
CONTENTS
1.
THE TRIAL OF JESUS
2.
PETER’S DENIAL. MATT. 26: 47-68, 69
-75
1: THE TRIAL OF JESUS
Jesus was taken to the house of the high priest
(Caiaphas) where members of the Jewish Council
(the Sanhedrin) had gathered. Here, Jesus was tried.
At the trial, false accusations were made against him.
They said he had said that he would destroy the
Temple and build another, not made with hands, in
three days. Jesus did not answer the charges because
they were false. The high priest then asked Jesus
whether he was the Son of God and when he agreed,
he said Jesus was to die because of that. The people
spat on him and hit him with their fists. They covered
his eyes and asked him to identify who it was that
struck him.
PETER’S DENIAL
Peter was in the courtyard watching the trial of Jesus.
One of the maids of the high priest accused Peter
twice that he was with Jesus, but he denied both, the
bystanders also accused Peter for the third time that he was one of the disciples of Jesus; for he was a Galilean. Immediately Peter denied Jesus for the third time, the cock crowed a second time. Jesus looked at Peter, and Peter remembered the words of Jesus that before the cock crowed twice he would deny him three times. Peter felt sorry for having disappointed Jesus by denying him. He went out and wept bitterly.
In the morning, the Council met and decided to take
Jesus to be tried by Pontius Pilate, the Roman
governor of Judea in Jerusalem. Pilate tried Jesus and
found him innocent of all the charges made against
him. He saw that the Council hated Jesus and wanted
him to die. Therefore, he did his best
to save Jesus.
There was a custom of releasing a prisoner at the
feast of the Passover. Pilate asked the people whether
he should release Jesus or a prisoner called
Barabbas a troublemaker. But, the chief priest
persuaded the people to have Barabbas released.
When Pilate asked what evil Jesus had done, they
replied that he should be crucified. Again Pilate asked what evil Jesus had done, but they shouted the more: “Crucify him.”
Pilate was forced to obey the wishes of the crowd.
He released Barabbas, and handed over Jesus to be crucified.
MORAL LESSONS:
1. Peter
disappointed Jesus by denying him. We also disappoint Jesus when we do what is
wrong and evil. We must learn not to disappoint Jesus;
2. Jesus
suffered for our sake. You must learn to pray to suffer for the sake of others like Jesus did; and for the church and our country whenever such occasions
arise.
TOPIC: THE PASSION OF JESUS
SUB-TOPIC: INSTANCES THAT CAN LEAD TO A
CHRISTIAN’S DENIAL OF CHRIST AND HIS/HER
NEIGHBOR
Peter denied Jesus because he was afraid that if he
spoke the truth he might be killed, and he was not
prepared to die at that time. In the same way, many
of us deny Jesus and our neighbours because if we
speak the truth we might be punished or lose certain
privileges. Some of the conditions that would make a
Christian deny
Christ and one’s neighbour are:
1. Failure to speak the truth for fear
of punishment
2. Tell lies to escape punishment or get
some favours.
3. Cheating during weekly continuous
Assessment tests or exams
4. Swearing in the name of God to tell
the truth and then proceed to tell lies.
5. Refuse to stand up for Jesus by doing
what is evil
6. Fail to defend Christianity when
attacked by non-Christians
7. Refuse to suffer persecution for the
sake of righteousness
WEEK: 5
TOPIC: THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF JESUS
CONTENTS
1.
THE CRUCIFIXION
2.
The death
3.
The burial
SUB-TOPIC 1: THE CRUCIFIXION: MATT. 27: 32-
44
The soldiers took Jesus away and put a purple cloth
on him. They tortured him by putting a crown of thorns on his head. They mocked him by saluting
him: “Hail King of the Jews”. They beat him and spat upon him. After maltreating him, they took away the purple cloth and led him away to be crucified.
On the way, they met Simon of Cyrene and forced him
to help Jesus carry the heavy cross. Simon helped
him, till they came to Golgotha (the place of the
skull), the place of crucifixion.
At Golgotha, the soldiers gave Jesus wine mixed with
gall (a concoction) to drink. But when he tested it, he
did not like it, so he refused to drink it.
The concoction was meant to reduce the pain that he might suffer after he had been nailed to the cross.
The soldiers crucified Jesus by laying him on the cross
and hammering nails into his hands and feet. Jesus suffered as the nails pierced his flesh. They then shared his cover cloth among them by casting lot.
Then on the top of the cross they put the charge for
which Jesus was crucified: “This is Jesus the King of
the Jews.”
Two robbers were crucified with Jesus, one on his right side and the other on his left. The crowd mocked him to save himself from the cross if he was the Christ. The chief priests also mocked Jesus as he hung on the cross saying he saved others but could not save himself. One of the two robbers also said bad things about Jesus.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF JESUS’ SUFFERING ON
THE CROSS
The suffering of Jesus on the cross shows that
suffering is part of human life. We shall all experience
suffering in life and the experience of Jesus on the
cross prepares us for the unpleasant side of life
THE DEATH OF JESUS: Matt
27: 45- 56
When it was noon, there was darkness all over the
land till three o'clock in the afternoon. Jesus then
cried with a loud voice: “ Elo-I, Elo-I, lama sabac-
Thani?” which means: “My God, My God, why hast
thou
forsaken me?”
Some of the people thought he was calling on Elijah to
come and save him. Immediately, the curtain of the
Temple was torn into two and Jesus cried with a loud
voice: “Father, into thy hands l commits my spirit”.
When the soldiers saw all this, they confessed that
Jesus was truly the Son of
God.
The women disciples of Jesus, including Mary
Magdalene, Mary, the mother of James and Joseph
, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee were at the
place of crucifixion. They sympathized with Jesus and
cried and wailed when
Jesus died on the cross.
THE SEVEN WORDS OF JESUS ON THE CROSS
1. Woman, behold, your son, Son, behold your
mother.
2. Father
forgive them, for they know not what they do.
3.Truly l say to you, today you will be with me in
paradise
4. I
thirst.
5.Elo-i,
Elo-i, lama sabachtani: which means My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me.
6.It
is finished
7.Father
into thy hands l commit my spirit.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF JESUS’ DEATH
The death of Jesus on the cross is important for
our salvation.
First, Jesus by his death atoned for our
sins since God used his blood to wash away our sins and save us from the
terrible consequences of sin.
Second, God used the blood of Jesus to
establish the New Covenant; so that after the forgiveness of our sins, we might
have the spiritual will to overcome temptations.
THE BURIAL OF JESUS
In the evening, Joseph from Arimathea, a respected
member of the council, who was also a friend of
Jesus went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus to go and bury it. He took Jesus’ body from the cross and wrapped him in a linen shroud. He then laid the body in his own rock tomb and secured the entrance with a big stone. The women disciples were there to see where Jesus was buried.
WEEK: 6
TOPIC: THE RESURRECTION AND APPEARANCE
CONTENT: The Resurrection
The significance of the resurrection
To resurrect means to
bring back to life or to rise from the dead after being declared dead. This coming to life again after the death happened to Jesus as he had predicted on three different occasions before
his death.
On the third day after the burial of Jesus in the rock
tomb, the women disciples, Mary Magdalene, Mary
the mother of James, and Salome went to the site
early in the morning. They carried spices with them
in order to anoint the body of Jesus and preserve it
from decay. As they approached the tomb they saw
that there was a stone covering the entrance of the
tomb, and wondered who would help them to remove
it. But, when they reached the place, they discovered
that the stone had been rolled away by an angel of
the Lord. The Angel said to them: “Do not be
amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was
crucified, He has risen, and he is not here; see
the place where they laid him. But go tell his
disciples and Peter that he is going before you
to Galilee; there you will meet him, as he told
you.”
When the disciples, Peter and John, heard that Jesus
had risen from the dead, they ran to the tomb. They
went inside and saw the linen shroud that was used
to wrap the body of Jesus, but there was no sign of
Jesus himself. Jesus was alive
again.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESURRECTION
Jesus conquered death by His resurrection from the dead.
1.This
action is a sign of Jesus’ victory over death.
2.This victory over death is our hope for
eternal life.
3.Since
God raised Jesus from the dead unto life. He will also raise us from the dead
unto eternal life, after we die.
4.Christians
all over the world celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
during the time of Easter.
5.Christians
share in the resurrection of Jesus Christ with a picnic and merrymaking by going
to “Galilee.” On Easter Monday
WEEK: 8
TOPIC: RESURRECTION AND APPEARANCE OF
JESUS
SUB-TOPIC 1: THE APPEARANCE OF JESUS
AFTER RESURRECTION
2: THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE RESURRECTION
STORY OF JESUS
THE APPEARANCES OF JESUS AFTER THE RESURRECTIONS
Jesus Christ appeared to many people after his
resurrection from the dead. These various
appearances are recorded in the Gospels of Matthew,
Mark, John and Luke.
APPEARANCE IN MATTHEW’S GOSPEL (Matt 28:
16-2
When Jesus appeared to the women disciples, he informed them to tell the male disciples to meet him by a mountain in Galilee. The eleven disciples went to the mountain in Galilee as Jesus had directed, and there Jesus appeared to them. When they saw him, they worshipped him. But some of them doubted that he was the resurrected Jesus. He then gave them the Great Commission.
Appearance in Mark’s Gospel (Mark 16:
9-18)
According to Mark, Jesus first appeared to Mary
Magdalene, who went and informed the disciples and the rest; but they did not believe her. He further appeared to two men who were going to the county side. The men also went back and reported to the rest of the apostles, but they did not also believe
. Jesus also appeared to the eleven disciples as they sat at a table. He scolded them for their hardness of heart because they had not believed those who saw him and witnessed to them. Jesus then gave them the Great Commission, and signs that will follow.
APPEARANCE IN LUKE’S GOSPEL: (Luke 24: 1-
49)
The same day that Jesus appeared to the women
disciples, he appeared to two other disciples who
were going to Emmaus. They were talking about the
suffering and death of Jesus Christ which they had
witnessed. Jesus joined them as they were talking,
but they did not recognize him. Jesus asked them
what they were discussing. One of them called
Cleopas asked him whether he did not know what
had happened these last few days, in Jerusalem.
They told him about Jesus, the Messiah, who was crucified and was raised from the dead on the third day.
They arrived at Emmaus in the evening, and Cleopas
and his friend persuaded Jesus to spend the night
with them.
As they sat down to eat Jesus took bread and blessed it and broke it and gave it to them. Immediately the eyes of the two disciples were opened and they recognized him as the risen Christ. Jesus vanished from them and the two men rushed back to Jerusalem that same evening to inform the rest. As the two were narrating their experiences to the rest, Jesus himself appeared to them, and they were startled and frightened, Jesus said to them: “Why are you so troubled, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself, handle me and see: for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.” He took some fish and ate it in front of them and they knew that it was indeed the risen Jesus.
APPEARANCE IN JOHN’S GOSPEL (John 21: 1-1,
20:19-29)
Jesus met the disciples in a room and said to them
‘Peace be with you, As the Father has sent me, even
so, l send you.’ One of the disciples, Thomas was not
present when Jesus appeared to the rest and when
he was told he did not believe. He said: ‘Unless l see
in his hands the print of the nails, and place my
finger in the mark of the nail, and place my hand in
his side, I will not believe. A week later, Jesus
appeared to them while Thomas was present. Jesus
said to them: ‘Peace be with you’. He then said to
Thomas: ‘Put your finger here, and see my hands:
and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing. Thomas answered
him: ‘My Lord and my God’. Jesus said to him: ‘Have
you believed because you have seen me’? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe’.
Jesus revealed himself to the disciples again by the sea of Tiberias. He appeared at the seashore at daybreak to Peter, Thomas, Nathaniel, James and John the sons of Zebedee, and two others as they were returning from fishing.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE APPEARANCES OF THE RISEN JESUS
CHRIST:
1.Jesus
appeared to the disciples in order to strengthen their faith in him.
2.Jesus
appeared to them to assure them that he had indeed resurrected from the dead as
had prophesied when he was alive with them.
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