The Crucifixion - Good Friday

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Introduction

Cursed is He who is Hung on a Tree

Deuteronomy 21:22–23 ESV
22 “And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, 23 his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.

Curse: the visitation of God’s judgment against someone

A curse was a bad thing - God Promises curses for covenant disobedience - Deut 28

Galatians 3:13 ESV
13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—

Christ was indeed cursed upon the cross - in two ways

Physical Pain
Spiritual Pain

Why would God want to curse his own Son?

For his people

1. Physical Pain - the crucifixion

Crucifixion was reserved for slaves and outcast criminals

Stages of the crucifixion - Physical

Torture before the cross
Whipped with a cat of 9 tails
Crown of thorns was placed upon his head
Ridiculement
Carrying the cross to the point of failure
The Crucifixion itself
Nails in the hands and feet
Naked and bloodied in front of all
Mother had to watch
Hung for 6 hours until death

2. Spiritual Pain - The Wrath of God

He became a curse for us

Why would God want to curse his own Son?

Galatians 3:13 ESV
13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—

Since we have violated the law, we deserve to receive the law’s curse and God’s condemnation. But Christ bore the law’s curse in our place, giving us peace with God

2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV
21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
1 Peter 2:24 ESV
24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
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