How do we help our children understand the meaning behind Good Friday and Easter?

Children and Easter — new life and new beginnings. What better time to share the gospel with your children? Here are the basics:

1.Teach your children who God is and how He loves them. They need to know what sets Him apart from humans:

*God is holy and perfect. People, however, are not perfect.

*God is just and always fair. We are not just in all our decisions.

*God is love and desires a relationship with us. We are not always motivated out of love for another.

2. Instruct your children that their sins must be forgiven (see Rom. 6:23). Many parents feel uncomfortable talking about hell. While God is patient, He is not tolerant. His justice calls for an atonement (a payment, a penalty) for human sin. Our children must have some understanding that their sins can keep them out of heaven. Their sins must be paid for, and that is what Jesus Christ did for us on the cross.

3.Train your children to receive God’s forgiveness through faith in Jesus Christ (see Eph. 2:8, 9). Faith involves repenting from sin, turning to God in faith, and trusting Jesus Christ to be Savior and Lord.

Taken from FamilyLife Marriage Bible