WORKSHEET 3A BEYOND THE GRAVE Actions have consequences that effect your afterlife. CHRISTIAN TEACHINGS Life – Making choices, good and bad thoughts and actions. Good Bad Death Judgement Day Good - Heaven RE\Beyond the Grave Worksheets Alternative View Bad – Hell BEYOND THE GRAVE Cause and Effect – Actions have consequences Christian Teachings Activities: On your sheet, complete the diagram: (a) In the life box, give examples of good and bad thoughts and actions. (b) Read these quotations, decide what they are describing and where they might go on the diagram. God will decide and will separate people. Those who have fed the hungry, given water to thirsty, welcomed the stranger, clothed the naked, visited the sick and those in prison will go to Heaven, those who have not will go to Hell. Everyone who has faith in Jesus will not have to perish in Hell, but will have everlasting life. If you put your faith in Jesus you will not come under judgement but will go straight to Heaven. John 3 Matthew 25 The presence of God The absence of God A beautiful strong physical body will be given to all. Corinthians 15 A throne with someone whose face is gleaming like precious stones. Around the throne a rainbow. From the throne are flashes of lightning. In front of the throne, a sea of glass, clear as a crystal. Eternal punishment of an eternal lake of fire with the devils and the angels. Matthew 25 Revelation 20 (c) (d) In the Judgement Day, Alternative, Heaven and Hell boxes – write in the key descriptive words from the quotations. Decorate your sheets with appropriate drawings. Extension Questions 1. Do you think that the idea of a judgement Day and Heaven and Hell is a fair idea? Give reasons for your answer (6 sentences). 2. If a Christian believed in a Judgement Day and Heaven and Hell would it help them have a good life? Give reasons (4 sentences). 3. Is believing that if you are good you will get to heaven a good reason to be good? Explain your answer (3 sentences). RE\Beyond the Grave Worksheets Your mum nags you to walk the dog. You can’t be bothered. You open the front door and let the dog take itself for a walk. The dog runs into the road and gets knocked down by a lorry. It dies. Jenny tells Craig she’s had enough of his selfish ways. The relationship is over. She doesn’t want him any more. Craig shrugs his shoulders. He forgets Jenny. Next week he is going out with Helen. Amil steals 3 Mars Bars from Woolworths. No-one notices. He gets away with it. Michelle’s mum breaks her leg tripping over a paving stone, so Michelle cooks all her mum’s meals and runs her errands for a month. Michelle’s mum Carol is really pleased and proud of her kind daughter. She treats Michelle to a new outfit. Mark punches Paul in the mouth. He knocks out two of Paul’s teeth. Fiona drops a plastic bag from her packed lunch into a river. A fish swims into a plastic bag and dies. Amy tells her friend Donna that she looks great in a new t-shirt (she doesn’t, she looks awful). They go out. Donna gets very upset when she realises people are sniggering behind her back. Fred sends some money off to Water Aid to put towards a well in a village in Mozambique. The people in the village of Mozambique are happy. 3 less people die of unclean water in the next year. David visits his Grandma and gives her a big hug. David’s Grandma feels happier and loved. Gemma shouts at her mum and says “I hate you”. Gemma’s mum cries. Gemma goes to her room and cries. Wayne loses the CD that Kamal has lent him. He confesses this to Kamal. Wayne says “Never mind mate, I’ve lost that game you leant me. Stuff happens.” Katie is really jealous of her friend Evie’s new puppy. Katie nags her mum for a puppy like Evie’s. They fall out because her mum works full time and it would be cruel to keep a dog. RE\Beyond the Grave Worksheets Su-Ming finds £10 on the floor of Sainsburys (near the light bulbs). She hands it in at Customer Services. No-one ever reports losing £10. Sainsburys is £10 richer. Nathan gives a homeless person selling ‘The Big Issue’ some money. The homeless person uses the money to buy alcohol. While Peter is away on business he sleeps with a woman who is not his wife. Peter’s wife never finds out. They stay married. Jennifer eats nothing but chocolate and cake for a week. Jennifer starts to feel awful. She puts on 5 lbs and gets spots. Sukinder gossips behind Frankie’s back and gives away all her secrets. Frankie finds out and breaks her friendship with Sukinder. Daniel smiles at every person he meets and makes a positive choice to try to see the good in everybody. People smile back at Daniel. People are positive back to him. Claire murders her Auntie because she tried to stop her going to a nightclub. Claire is 15. Claire is placed in custody and found guilty. She is sent to a young offenders institution. RE\Beyond the Grave Worksheets WORKSHEET 3B BEYOND THE GRAVE Cause and Effect – Actions have consequences Christian Teachings Activities: On your sheet, complete the diagram: (a) In the life box, give examples of good and bad thoughts and actions. (b) Read these quotations, decide what they are describing and where they might go on the diagram. God decides and separates people. Heaven for the good, Hell for the bad. If you have faith in Jesus – no judgement – you go straight to Heaven. Absence of God External Punishment with fire and the Devil. Presence of God with a throne. Gleaming precious stones, rainbows and a sea of glass. All people will be given a new perfect body. (c) (d) In the Judgement Day, Alternative, Heaven and Hell boxes – write in the key descriptive words from the quotations. Decorate your sheets with appropriate drawings. Extension Question Do you think that the idea of a judgement Day and Heaven and Hell is a fair idea? Give reasons for your answer (6 sentences). RE\Beyond the Grave Worksheets