I can live with Heavenly Father after I die because Jesus Christ was resurrected. (Jr)

1 Corinthians 15:12–22

Repeat the following phrase several times with the children: “In Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:22). Show a picture of the resurrected Savior (see this week’s outline in Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families) or show the video “Jesus Is Resurrected” (ChurchofJesusChrist.org). Explain that we will all die someday, but because Jesus was resurrected, we will all come back to life after we die. (Come, Follow Me—For Primary: New Testament 2023 “1 Corinthians 14–16” )

Show the children a jacket, which represents our physical bodies. When we are alive, our spirits are in our bodies and our bodies can move (put the jacket on). When we die, our spirits leave our physical bodies and our bodies cannot move (remove the jacket and lay it on a table or chair to represent a body without its spirit). When we are resurrected, our spirits return to our bodies (put the jacket on again), and they are never separated again. Let the children take turns putting the jacket on and taking it off while another child explains what happens when we are resurrected. (Come, Follow Me—For Primary: New Testament 2023 “1 Corinthians 14–16” )

Latter Day Kids “Death and Resurrection”

Latter Day Kids “We Will All Be Resurrected” Lesson ideas

Because of Jesus Christ and His Resurrection, I will be resurrected. (Sr)

1 Corinthians 15:12–22

Invite the children to take turns reading verses in 1 Corinthians 15:12–22, looking for answers to the question “What would happen if there were no resurrection?” (Come, Follow Me—For Primary: New Testament 2023 “1 Corinthians 14–16” )

17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

For the Strength of Youth September 2023 “Now Is Christ Risen”

Invite the children to role-play how to explain resurrection to someone. For ideas, they could review a song about the Savior’s Resurrection, such as “Did Jesus Really Live Again?” (Children’s Songbook, 64). See also the video “Until We Meet Again” (ChurchofJesusChrist.org). Bear your testimony of the Resurrection of Christ. (Come, Follow Me—For Primary: New Testament 2023 “1 Corinthians 14–16” )

Friend January 1988 “An Understanding Friend” A boy mourning his grandfather’s death is taught about the resurrection by a new friend.

I can be baptized for people who died.(Jr)

1 Corinthians 15:29

Help the children think of things they cannot do for themselves. Who helps them do these things? Show a picture of one of your ancestors who died without being baptized. Tell the children about this person, and explain that this person needs our help to be baptized.(Come, Follow Me—For Primary: New Testament 2023 “1 Corinthians 14–16” )

Ask the children if they have any family members who have been to the temple to perform baptisms for the dead. Show pictures of a temple baptismal font. Ask the children if they know what happens here. Explain that in the temple we can be baptized for people who have died without being baptized. Then those people can choose whether to accept the baptism.(Come, Follow Me—For Primary: New Testament 2023 “1 Corinthians 14–16” )

I can prepare to go to the temple to be baptized for the dead. (Sr)

1 Corinthians 15:12–13, 20–22, 29

Read 1 Corinthians 15:29. What were the Saints in Paul’s day doing that we also do today? Ask the children why we are baptized for the dead. If necessary, explain that many of our ancestors did not have the opportunity to be baptized and confirmed during this life. In the temple, we can be baptized and confirmed for them. (Come, Follow Me—For Primary: New Testament 2023 “1 Corinthians 14–16” )

Gospel Topics “Baptism for the Dead” Jesus Christ taught that baptism is essential to the salvation of all who have lived on earth (see John 3:5). Many people, however, have died without being baptized. Others were baptized without proper authority. Because God is merciful, He has prepared a way for all people to receive the blessings of baptism. By performing proxy baptisms in behalf of those who have died, Church members offer these blessings to deceased ancestors. Individuals can then choose to accept or reject what has been done in their behalf.

A few days before class, ask a parent of one of the children to help his or her child come prepared to share a family tree or to tell a story about an ancestor. You could also share about your ancestors.(Come, Follow Me—For Primary: New Testament 2023 “1 Corinthians 14–16” )

Friend November 2021 “They’re Waiting for Me!” Giselle lives in India, and she can’t wait until the temple is built there so she can do baptisms for her ancestors who have died without knowledge of the gospel. (Photos at link)

Invite a member of the bishopric or a youth in your ward to share some things the children can do to prepare to enter the temple. Ask the children to add their ideas. Invite them to make a goal to go to the temple someday. (Come, Follow Me—For Primary: New Testament 2023 “1 Corinthians 14–16” )

Friend October 2021 “My First Temple Trip” Elena’s step by step first visit to the temple to do baptisms for the dead.

March 2002 Friend “A House of God” Cut out the temple, fold the sides up on the dotted lines, and glue the tabs to the insides of the walls to form a box. Cut out the scripture reference bricks. They mention some things you can do now to build your life so that you will be worthy to enter the temple. Place the bricks in the temple box. Have a child choose a brick from the box, read it out loud, and tell how they could live that principle. Have the child glue the brick to the outside of the temple. When you have read and attached all the bricks, the temple will be complete and you will have a reminder of what you can do to be prepared to enter the temple. (Could make a copy for each child and the children could glue their matching brick to their temple as it is discussed.)

Friend October 2002 “Signs for Temple Preparation” If you can follow the signs that tell you how to prepare to go to the temple, they will lead you through the maze to the temple. Signs that tell you to break the commandments will not lead you to the temple.

For additional Resources see the following: Temples: Preparing to Go to the Temple

Heavenly Father wants me to live with Him in the celestial kingdom. (Jr)

1 Corinthians 15:40–41

Write on the board celestial, terrestrial, and telestial. Help the children learn to say these words.(Come, Follow Me—For Primary: New Testament 2023 “1 Corinthians 14–16” )

Show pictures of the sun, moon, and stars. Invite the children to put them in order from the brightest to the least bright. Read 1 Corinthians 15:40–41 to the children (see also the Joseph Smith Translation in verse 40, footnote a). Explain that the sun, moon, and stars represent the kingdoms we can live in after we are resurrected. In the celestial kingdom, we can live with Heavenly Father. (Come, Follow Me—For Primary: New Testament 2023 “1 Corinthians 14–16” )

Primary 5: Doctrine and Covenants and Church History “Lesson 23: The Prophet Receives a Vision of the Three Degrees of Glory,” Ask the children to close their eyes and imagine they are outside on a cloudy night when everything is absolutely dark.

• What do you see?
• What could you see if you had the light of the stars?
• What could you see if you had the light of the moon?
• What could you see if you had the light of the sun?

Have the children open their eyes. Draw pictures of a star, the moon, and the sun on the chalkboard, with the star at the bottom of the chalkboard, the moon above the star, and the sun above the moon.

• If you could choose just one of these sources of light to see by, which would it be? Why?

Explain that Heavenly Father has provided three different places for people to live after they are resurrected. These places are referred to as kingdoms of glory in heaven.

Gospel Media

For the Strength of Youth July 2021 To live there (in the Celestial Kingdom means to dwell in the presence of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ with a perfect, resurrected body and to live the kind of life They live. This life is “a state of never-ending happiness” (Mosiah 2:41) and a “fulness of joy” (3 Nephi 28:10).

Give the children a copy of this week’s activity page to color. While they are coloring, share with them your feelings about the Savior and what He has done to make it possible for us to live with Heavenly Father again. (Come, Follow Me—For Primary: New Testament 2023 “1 Corinthians 14–16” )

Hang a picture high on a wall or in another place that the children cannot reach by themselves. Let them try to reach it, and compare this to what Paul taught in Romans 3:23. Then help them reach the picture. What has the Savior done for us that we cannot do for ourselves? Invite the children to share how they feel about the Savior when they think about what He has done and can do to help them.

• The below picture depicts heaven and returning to live with Heavenly Father and Jesus. I thought it would be an appropriate picture to put up high to demonstrate we can’t reach it ourselves, we need the Savior’s atonement so we can be made clean.

• 19 And ^ano unclean thing can enter into his kingdom; therefore nothing entereth into his ^brest save it be those who have ^cwashed their garments in my blood, because of their faith, and the repentance of all their sins, and their faithfulness unto the end. (3 Nephi 27:19)

Friend September 2023 “Come, Follow Me Activities for Little Ones” Draw a house on a piece of paper. Ask your little ones what objects belong in the house. Draw them. Does the home feel complete? No! It needs people inside. Explain that God wants us to live with Him in His heavenly home again.

After I am resurrected, I can live in the celestial kingdom.(Sr)

1 Corinthians 15:40–41

Read 1 Corinthians 15:40–41 and invite a child to draw a sun, moon, and star on the board. Ask class members to identify which kind of resurrected body is represented by each drawing. (Come, Follow Me—For Primary: New Testament 2023 “1 Corinthians 14–16” )

Gospel Media

Sing together a song related to this topic, such as “The Lord Gave Me a Temple” (Children’s Songbook, 153). Or show the video “Our Eternal Life” (ChurchofJesusChrist.org). What does the song or the video teach us about preparing to live in celestial glory? (Come, Follow Me—For Primary: New Testament 2023 “1 Corinthians 14–16” )

Explain that Joseph Smith had a vision in which he saw three kingdoms that match the kinds of bodies Paul describes. Help the children find phrases from Doctrine and Covenants 76:50–53, 70; 76:71–79; 76:81–82 that describe these three kingdoms. (Come, Follow Me—For Primary: New Testament 2023 “1 Corinthians 14–16” )

Additional Resources

1 Corinthians 16:13.

Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families: New Testament 2023 “1 Corinthians 14–16” To help your family members relate to this verse, you could draw a circle on the ground and instruct a family member to “stand fast” inside it with his or her eyes closed. Then others could try to push or pull him or her from the circle. What difference does it make when the person in the circle has his or her eyes open and can “watch”? What can we do to “stand strong” when we are tempted to make bad choices? (see also “Stay in the Boat and Hold On!” , ChurchofJesusChrist.org).

The Red Crystal

Come follow Me With Living Scriptures “1 Corinthians 14-16”