Answer key

Each worksheet page prints its answers upside down at the foot. Here they all are, and on the slide before the credits.

Presenting

Each clue opens with a ▶ Watch slide that plays its part of the 7-minute Chapter 5 video right on the slide: read the two questions, then click (or press →, or use a clicker) to play the clip. The slides wait while it plays and stops by itself; click twice to stop it early. Then click to show the answers. The clips need an internet connection.

Click the slide, or press → or Space (a clicker works too), to show the next thing; ← goes back, even while a clip plays. F presents full screen (Esc leaves it). P opens the presenter view, a second window with your notes, the next slide, and a timer, that moves with the slides: put it on your laptop and the slides on the projector. N shows the notes under the slides.

Your script

1. So what?

   Say: We've looked at a universe that began, promises kept, a real man, and an empty tomb. Today's question: so what? If Jesus rose, why did he have to die first? And what does it have to do with me?

2. Who could pay?

   Ask: If you were stuck somewhere and couldn't get out by yourself, what would you need? (Someone to come and get you.)

   Say: In the law of Moses, “one of their relatives may redeem them”: pay the price to set them free. Remember that word: ransom. It's the key to today.

   Clicks: 1. the line “God's law said a relative could pay the price to buy him back. That price is called a ransom.”

   Sources: Leviticus 25:47–49

3. Memory verse

   Do: Read it together three times. Then add motions: “God demonstrates his own love for us” (hug yourself), “while we were still sinners” (cover your face with your hands), “Christ died for us” (stretch your arms wide).

   Say: God didn't wait for us to be good first. He loved us while we were still doing wrong.

   Older kids: Grades 3–4 learn Mark 10:45 and grade 5 learns Romans 6:23. Both are on their worksheets.

4. Part 1 · Watch: We were captives

   Say: Start with what went wrong.

   Do: Read the two questions out loud, then click to play the clip. It's about 1 minute and stops by itself.

   Ask after: What's the Bible's word for it? What did Jesus say about everyone who sins? Click once for each answer.

   Clicks: 1. play the clip (it stops by itself) · 2. the answer to 1: Sin. · 3. the answer to 2: “A slave to sin.”

   Sources: John 8:31–36 · Romans 3:23 · Romans 6:23

5. We were captives

   Say: The Greek word for sin was used of an arrow that misses the mark. All of us fall short.

   Say: And sin doesn't just make us guilty. It holds on to us. Jesus said, “Everyone who sins is a slave to sin.” We can't free ourselves.

   Ask: Has anyone here never done anything wrong? (No one. “All have sinned.”)

   Clicks: 1. the line ““For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Like an arrow that misses the mark.”

   Sources: Romans 3:23 · Hamartia: “missing the mark” · John 8:34

6. Part 2 · Watch: He paid the ransom

   Say: So how does a captive go free? Someone pays the ransom.

   Do: Read the two questions out loud, then click to play the clip. It's about 1½ minutes.

   Ask after: What's a ransom? What did Jesus say he came to do? Click once for each answer.

   Clicks: 1. play the clip (it stops by itself) · 2. the answer to 1: The price to set a captive free. · 3. the answer to 2: “To give his life as a ransom for many.”

   Sources: Mark 10:32–45 · 1 Peter 1:18–19 · Mark 8:31

7. Not silver or gold

   Say: These are real silver coins from around Jesus's time. Silver like this was what people paid with. But Peter says we weren't bought back with silver or gold. Jesus paid with his own life.

   Say: And he knew it was coming. In Mark's Gospel alone he tells his friends three times that he'll be killed, and after three days rise again.

   Worksheet: Grades 1–2 fill in the blanks on page 1 now. Grades 3–4 match each Bible word to what it means.

   Worksheet answers: Grades 1–2, Page 1: Fill it in!: sin, ransom, cross, rose, trust

   Worksheet answers: Grades 3–4, Page 1: Know the words: 1-C · 2-E · 3-A · 4-D · 5-B

   Clicks: 1. the line “Not with silver or gold, Peter says, but “with the precious blood of Christ.””

   Sources: Mark 10:45 · 1 Peter 1:18–19 · The Tyrian shekel · Mark 8:31 · 9:31 · 10:33–34

8. Part 3 · Watch: Set free

   Say: So what did the cross actually do? Watch.

   Do: Read the two questions out loud, then click to play the clip. It's about 1½ minutes.

   Ask after: What did the empty tomb show? What was scratched on the wall? Click once for each answer.

   Clicks: 1. play the clip (it stops by itself) · 2. the answer to 1: Death couldn't keep its hold on Jesus. He won. · 3. the answer to 2: A man worshipping a crucified figure with a donkey's head.

   Sources: Hebrews 2:14–15 · Acts 2:22–24 · The Alexamenos graffito

9. The cross at the center

   Say: On a wall near Rome's Palatine Hill, around AD 200, someone drew a man worshipping a crucified figure with a donkey's head. In the next room, a different hand wrote back: “Alexamenos is faithful.”

   Say: The cross is where Jesus paid the ransom, and the empty tomb shows he won. Peter said, “It was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.”

   Worksheet: Grade 5 cracks the code on page 1 now.

   Worksheet answers: Grade 5, Page 1: Crack the code: JESUS PAID THE RANSOM TO SET US FREE

   Clicks: 1. the line “But Paul wrote that to those being saved, the message of the cross “is the power of God.””

   Sources: The Alexamenos graffito · 1 Corinthians 1:18–25 · Acts 2:24

10. Part 4 · Watch: Your verdict

    Say: We've seen the evidence, and what it means if it's true. Now the video asks you for your verdict.

    Do: Read the two questions out loud, then click to play the clip. It's about 1½ minutes.

    Ask after: What did Jesus say in his first sermon? What did he call into the tomb? Click once for each answer.

    Clicks: 1. play the clip (it stops by itself) · 2. the answer to 1: “Repent and believe the good news!” · 3. the answer to 2: “Lazarus, come out!” And he came out.

    Sources: Mark 1:14–15 · John 11:17–44 · 1 Corinthians 6:19–20

11. Repent and believe

    Do: Have everyone stand, walk two steps one way, then turn all the way around and walk back. Say: That's what repent means: turning around.

    Say: Believing is trusting Jesus the way you trust a rope to hold you when you climb. You put your weight on it.

    Say: Turning to God starts a whole new life. We don't follow him to earn his rescue. We follow him because he already paid for us: “You are not your own; you were bought at a price.”

    Worksheet: Grades 3–4 look up the four verses on page 2 now.

    Worksheet answers: Grades 3–4, Page 2: Look it up!: 1. all 2. eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord 3. the precious blood of Christ 4. I will never drive away

    Clicks: 1. the line “To believe is to trust Jesus with your life, and with what happens when you die.”

    Sources: Mark 1:15 · 1 Corinthians 6:19–20

12. Why Jesus died

    Say: Put it together. Sin held us captive. Jesus paid the ransom with his life. He rose, and death couldn't hold him. Now he asks us to turn and trust him.

    Clicks: 1. the card “We were captives” · 2. the card “He paid the ransom” · 3. the card “He rose” · 4. the card “Turn and trust” · 5. the line at the bottom

    Sources: Romans 6:23 · Mark 10:45 · Acts 2:22–24 · Mark 1:15

13. True or false?

    Do: Read each one and have kids stand up for true and sit down for false. Click to stamp each answer.

    Answers: 1. False, all have sinned. 2. True. 3. False, he told them three times. 4. True.

    Clicks: 1. the answer to 1: False. All have sinned. · 2. the answer to 2: True. · 3. the answer to 3: False. He told his friends three times. · 4. the answer to 4: True.

14. Wages or a gift?

    Ask: What's the difference between wages and a gift? (Wages are paid for work. A gift is free.)

    Say: Sin pays wages, and they end in death. Eternal life is a gift. Nobody can earn it. Jesus paid for it.

    Say: The first Christians taught it this way too. Around AD 180, Irenaeus, a bishop in what is now Lyon, in France, wrote that Christ, “redeeming us by His own blood… gave Himself as a redemption for those who had been led into captivity.”

    Worksheet: Grade 5 answers the questions on page 2 now.

    Worksheet answers: Grade 5, Page 2: Think it through: Answers will vary. Look for: 1. we can't free ourselves 2. a freeing price; Jesus, his blood 3. wages are earned, a gift isn't 4. turn to God; trust Jesus

    Clicks: 1. the line ““For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.””

    Sources: Romans 6:23 · Irenaeus, Against Heresies 5.1

15. Good news · Watch: How to start

    Say: So how do you start following Jesus? The last part of the video says.

    Do: Read the two questions out loud, then click to play the clip. It's under a minute.

    Ask after: Is anyone too far gone? What does Jesus promise? Click once for each answer.

    Clicks: 1. play the clip (it stops by itself) · 2. the answer to 1: No. Paul told people who had been thieves and swindlers, “But you were washed.” · 3. the answer to 2: “I will never drive away.”

    Sources: 1 Corinthians 6:9–11 · Acts 2:36–41 · John 6:37

16. Come to him

    Say: Following Jesus starts with talking to him. Tell him you believe. Turn from what you know is wrong, and ask him to forgive you. Then keep following him with other Christians, at church and at home.

    Do: Give everyone a quiet minute. No one has to say anything out loud. If a child wants to talk about following Jesus, talk with them afterward and let their parents know.

    Worksheet: Grades 1–2 write or draw a prayer to Jesus on page 2 now.

    Worksheet answers: Grades 1–2, Page 2: A prayer to Jesus: Drawings and writing will vary.

    Clicks: 1. the line “He promised: “Whoever comes to me I will never drive away.””

    Sources: John 6:37 · Acts 2:36–41 · Mark 1:15

17. Say it again

    Do: Say the verse together, filling in the missing words. Then try it with eyes closed.

    Answers: love, sinners, died (the same words as the grades 1–2 sheet).

    Worksheet: Everyone fills in their own memory verse on page 2 now and colors a star each time they say it.

    Worksheet answers: Grades 1–2, Page 2: Romans 5:8: love, sinners, died

    Worksheet answers: Grades 3–4, Page 2: Mark 10:45: served, serve, life, ransom

    Worksheet answers: Grade 5, Page 2: Romans 6:23: wages, death, gift, eternal

    Clicks: 1. the missing word “love” · 2. the missing word “sinners” · 3. the missing word “died”

18. Talk and pray

    Do: Talk about one or two of the questions, then pray. Kids can pray along one line at a time if they want to, or just listen.

    Clicks: 1. the prayer

19. Answer key

    Do: Show this when kids check their work, or keep it on your laptop in the presenter view. Each worksheet page also prints its answers upside down at the foot.

20. Pictures and Scripture

    Every picture on these slides, with its credit, license, and a link to its source.