Last Supper Sunday School Lesson From John 651 58
Last Supper Sunday School Lesson From John 651 58
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This free Bible lesson is based on John 6:51-58, when Jesus shares with His instructs His
followers to eat His flesh and drink His blood. It is designed for children’s church or Sunday
School. Please modify as best fits your ministry. If your church follows the Revised Common
Lectionary, this teaching plan would correspond to Year B – 12th Sunday after Pentecost,
Gospel Reading – John 6:51-58.
Lesson – Life in the Blood
Does anyone know what two things we eat and drink during communion?
We have bread, which represents the body of Jesus, and we have wine/juice which
represents the blood of Jesus.
Jesus Himself actually served the very first communion. He was having Passover dinner
with His followers,
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And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my
body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after the supper
He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured
out for you.” – Luke 22:19-20
Now this might sound normal to us, since we hear it every time communion is served, but for
the people at that Passover dinner, it sounded crazy!
And I think, if I was in that room and hearing that for the first time, I would think it sounded
crazy too.
But Jesus didn’t want His followers to think it was crazy. Or gross, or weird, or scary. Jesus
wanted His followers to think about life.
You heard me right, life. Even though communion is about Jesus dying, it is also about Him
living, inside of us.
Way back in the Old Testament God gave Moses some rules. God gave Moses the Ten
Commandments, which we hear about all the time, but He also gave Moses lots of other
rules to follow, about what to wear, what to eat, how far to walk, and anything else you can
think of.
In the middle of all of those rules there is one that tells us about the life in communion.
This happened WAY before Jesus was ever born, but God had it planned out and knew what
this one rule would mean to all of us. Do you want to hear it?
Ok, here it is. God told Moses that no one could eat or drink blood.
That might sound like Jesus was disobeying God in a huge way, but Jesus was doing exactly
what He needed to do. You see, the reason they couldn’t eat or drink blood was because
“the life of the body is in its blood” (Leviticus 17:11).
God didn’t want us going around with cows and pigs and chickens living inside of us. And I
must say, I don’t want cows inside me either!
But there is one and only one life God wants living inside of us. Anyone know who’s life that
is? Jesus!
With Jesus living inside us we have eternal life. And He gave us that eternal life when He
died on the cross and shed His blood for our sins.
Taking communion won’t save you. And drinking the wine/juice won’t make Jesus live inside
of you. For that to happen, you have to pray and ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins, and
to come live within you. The communion just helps us to understand what that really means.
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When we take communion we eat bread and drink wine/juice so we can remember the
sacrifices Jesus made for us. And so we can remember just what those sacrifices mean.
They mean life! Jesus living inside of us and giving us eternal life in heaven!
Supplies – clear plastic cups, construction paper, nickels or quarters, pencils, scissors,
markers, glue sticks, purple tissue paper
Give each child some purple construction paper, coin, pencil, and scissors. Have them trace
their coin 12 times with the pencil, then cut out their circles.
Glue the purple circles on the cup in a triangle pattern, then add a brown stem and green
leaf.
On a small piece of construction paper have kids write “Jesus Lives in Me!”, then glue to the
opposite side of the cup.
To finish it off, place a small tuft of purple construction paper in the bottom of the cup.
Closing Prayer – Life in the Blood
Ask for a volunteer to pray for the class before leaving, and encourage them to thank
God sacrificing His life so that we may have life in Him.
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