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1 GO OUR SINS PAYING EVERYONE LIFE v i GREAT STORIES Ky Scriptur: 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Supplis: V projction quipmnt Lif in 6 Words: Th GOSPEL Explord V Pticipant Guids on for ach group mmbr Pns/pncils Bibls Introduc th vido sris by saying somthing lik: Today, r stting a svn k vido sris basd on th popul YouTub vido Lif in 6 Words: Th GOSPEL. uring this sris, ll b xploring th Biblical truths bhind ach of th six ords highlightd in th vido: God. Our. Sins. Paying. Evryon. Lif. To hlp us do this, ach k ll b atching a short vido of s Grg Stir and spn ord tist opaganda, ho did th original vido. Thy ll gt us sttd digging dpr into th mssag and th maning of th gospl story. And thn ll b discussing and applying ths truths upd to our rlationship ith God, ind to our on livs and outd to our rlationships ith othrs. So lt s gt sttd. 7

2 LIFE IN 6WORS Icbrakr: Movi Trivia v i Evryon lovs a grat story, right? In fact, most of you probably hav a favorit movi that tlls a story you rally dran to. What s your favorit movi or bo? Why is it your favorit? Pass out th Pticipant Guids, along ith pncils/pns for thos ho nd thm. Writing nams in bos is a good ida. Opn your bos to pag thr. Thr you ll find a list of som of th top hit movis of all tim. S if you can put thm in th right ordr basd on thir box offic succss orldid. Giv your group mmbrs a minut to rank th movis in ordr of thir succss, thn sh th corrct ansrs. #1 Avat # Titanic #3 Hry Pottr: athly Hallos #4 Lord of th Rings: Rturn of th King #5 Pirats of th Cibban: ad Man s Chst. (Ths ranks basd on orldid gross procds in currnt dolls at tim of riting.) for a sho of hands of thos ho had thm rankd corrctly. 8

3 v i No flip th pag, thr s a list of svral lmnts that hlp mak a story grat. Which of ths do you lo for in a good story? Mk your top thr. Can I hav a f voluntrs sh thir ansrs and tll us hy ths thr lmnts th most important to you? ig pr W r all dran to grat storis, but thr s on grand, sping story that riss abov th rst, bcaus it s a tru story and bcaus it addrsss th hol history of humankind. It s th story told in th pags of th Bibl. Which of ths lmnts from pag four do you s in th biblical story of God and His rlationship ith humans? Can you think of som spcific xampls of hr th biblical story involvs action, drama, sacrific, hros and villains and so on? So can s that th Bibl, too, has many of th lmnts that mak for a grat story. And that big, grand, sping, tru story is hat r going to b focusing on ovr ths nxt f ks. No, th Bibl s a big bo and you may fl ovrhlmd at th thought of tackling th story containd in its pags. But rlax, n t going to all 9

4 LIFE IN 6WORS spd rad through th ntir Bibl in th nxt f ks and thn turn in a bo rport. v i Instad, r going to pull out just a f of th ky thms of th biblical story, so you ll b abl to undrstand and xplain th ssnc of its mssag as it spans Gnsis to Rvlation. Somtims it hlps to stp back and lo at th story th Bibl tlls from 30,000 ft up you kno, lik hn you r zoomd out to gt th big pictur. And that s prtty much hat r going to b doing during this vido sris. So lt s bgin by atching a short four minut vido clip that provids th stting point for our simpl summy of th gospl. But bfor do, lt s opn in prayr. Hr s a suggstd prayr: God, hlp us undrstand mor about th big story th Bibl tlls about You and Your dsir to b in rlationship ith ach and vry human bing on th plant. Rval Yourslf to us as discuss som of th cor ssntial truths of th gospl mssag so can kno and lov You bttr and sh Your mssag of grac ith othrs. Play th Lif in 6 Words: Th GOSPEL vido. What did you think? Giv m a f on sntnc ractions to th vido you just atchd. id you catch op s lin in th vido hr h calls th gospl th 10

5 v i gratst story vr told, that s hdly vr told? Had you vr hd th gospl rfrrd to as th gratst story vr told? o you think that s a fair dscription? Why or hy not? This short four minut clip is hat r going to b unpacking ovr th coming ks. W ll spnd th nxt six ks talking about ach of th six ords xploring th Biblical truth ach ord rprsnts and applying ths truths upd, ind and outd, to our rlationship ith God, to our on livs and to th orld ound us. And to hlp us do that, to focus our thoughts and launch us into our on discussions, ll b atching a brif vido discussion btn op and Grg ach k. Ths vidos dsignd to both xplain and prompt us to go dpr ith six ky ords of th gospl mssag: God. Our. Sins. Paying. Evryon. Lif. Today, ll b atching op and Grg s short introductory clip for th coming sris. Play th Intro Sssion vido of Lif in 6 Words: Th GOSPEL Explord. op xprssd his hsitation about trying to com up ith a short, concis ay to xplain th gospl. H as concrnd that it ould b corny, or miss th mat of th mssag. o you vr fl that ay about trying to talk about God ith othrs? o you think that spiritual things should stay privat? Lik it s too prsonal to try to talk about ith othrs? Why or hy not? 11

6 LIFE IN 6WORS v i o you agr or disagr ith op s statmnt in th vido that th gospl is th singl most important pic of information knon to man? Why or hy not? If you disagr, hat ould you say is th singl most important pic of info knon to man? Lt s lo up 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. Can somon rad that for us? As it is rittn: For hat I rcivd I passd on to you as of first importanc: that Christ did for our sins according to th Scripturs, that h as burid, that h as raisd on th third day according to th Scripturs. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 What is this vrs saying about hat s of first importanc? If th gospl is so important, hy don t talk about it mor ith othrs? Turn to pag fiv of your studnt bo and chck all that apply. Wll, hatvr your prsonal rasons for not shing your faith mor, hlp is on th ay. By th nd of this vido sris, you ll b prpd to undrstand, apply and xplain to othrs six ky truths that th foundation of th biblical story of God s intractions ith humans th story of th GOSPEL. 1

7 Upd v i From th bginning to th nd, God is at th cntr of th human story. But H ants this story to b prsonal to us as individuals. Is God prsonal to you? What do you think it should lo lik hn God is prsonal to you? Ind Ar you living lik you rally bliv th gospl is th gratst story vr told? Why or hy not? Tak a f minuts and brainstorm togthr som things ach of you could do this k to stt living lik this Jsus dal rally is th gratst story vr told. (Idas: us music to spnd tim in orship, sh gnrously ith somon as a rflction of God s gnrosity to you, spnd mor tim in th Word, pray mor, talk to somon about Jsus ) Outd Our practical application this k is to think of on frind ho nds Jsus at th cntr of thir story, and thn pray for thm this k. Closing Clos th mting by alloing tim for qustions and praying for frinds ho don t kno Jsus. 13