Confirmation Session 2: Who is Jesus Christ?

5 min. Open with prayer. Collect papers. Answer questions about papers.

Next week they’ll write about “Who is Jesus Christ?”

10 min. Show video clip from Jesus of Nazareth

Begins with Pilate giving people choices. People choose Barabas over Jesus.

Jesus crucifixion

15 min. Debrief video

How did you feel as you watched the video?

Why was Jesus killed?

What made Jesus special?

If Jesus lived today, what might he do to make us want to crucify him?

15 min. Sing The Outlaw

Give them the lyrics

Discuss the song

10 min. Jon lecture on Jesus.

We know what God is like most fully when God comes to our world in Jesus Christ.

1. God reveals Himself

a. Makes Himself known in a special way

b. Reveals His

1) Nature

2) Love

3) Righteousness

4) Justice

5) Mercy

6) Power

7) Truth

c. We know God as God makes Himself known in Christ

d. Keystone diagram:

<———Reason——Revelation——Reason———————>

1) We can know a great deal about God thru the use of our reason as we explore nature.

2) But Christ is the keystone.

3) Without special revelation the whole arch would collapse

4) Nature is inadequte—revelation is necessary.

2. God comes to us in Jesus to

1) Tell us that God is a loving God

2) Show us that God’s love is all powerful

3) Offer us God’s forgiveness

4) Give us meaning for our lives

5) Offer us God’s new life

3. So we know that the God who created the world is also a loving God.

5 min. Jon. On flipchart, write:

“O Jesus who _____________ we praise you.”

Have them fill in the blank several times.

Say it together as the closing prayer.