wk 6 Lesson 2

The ​Old Rugged Cross – Lyrics

Verse 1

​On a hill far away,stood an old rugged Cross

The emblem of suffering and shame

And I love that old Cross

where the dearest and best

For a world of lost sinners was slain

Refrain

So I’ll cherish the old rugged Cross

Till my trophies at last I lay down

I will cling to the old rugged Cross

And exchange it some day for a crown

THAT SPECIAL PHRASE:

“I will cling to the old rugged cross”

How do we Cling to the Old Cross?

Last Week We Said...

We Cling to the Old Rugged Cross when We Develop Clingstone Faith...

Hebrews 11:6 NLT

6 And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.

Romans 10:17 NLT

17 So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ.

Where Do We Go From Here?

Let’s look at verse 2:

The ​Old Rugged Cross – Lyrics

Verse 2 part one

Oh, that old rugged Cross

so despised by the world

Has a wondrous attraction for me

despised: transitive verb

1: to look down on with disrespect or aversion

despised the weak

2: to regard as negligible, worthless, or distasteful

despises organized religion

attraction: noun

1: the act, process, or power of attracting like, personal charm

2: a force acting mutually between particles of matter, tending to draw them together, and resisting their separation

Paul writes about this attraction in Romans

*(READ OUT OF BIBLE)

Romans 7:6-25

Romans 8:1-16

Romans 12:1-2

There is a real attraction to this physical world however, because of the work on the cross--we don’t have to follow the way of the world.

This Way that Jesus provided for us is despised by the world— it does take Clingstone Faith.

John 14:6 NLT

6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

Verse 2 second part

For the dear Lamb of God,

left His Glory above

To bear it to dark Calvary

Who are we talking about here, “Lamb of God”?

JESUS!

John 1:29 NLT

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

The Last Line

To bear it to dark Calvary

Calvary we know, it was Golgotha,

skull-shaped hill in ancient Jerusalem

Known as “The Place of the Skull”.

“It”?

Is it, Sin? Satan?

No in the song it is, “Glory”?

Jesus brought his “glory” from heaven and he took it— his glory to The Place of the Skull!

How would Sin and Satan be overcome!

By His Sacrifice and dispensing his glory over our sin.

HIS GLORY BEFORE THE CROSS

John 12:23 NLT

23 Jesus replied, “Now the time has come for the Son of Man to enter into his glory.

In John’s Gospel, the death of Jesus initiates his glorification.

John sees all the succeeding events—the arrest, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension—as the “glory” of Jesus.

John 12:32 NLT

32 And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself.”

First, literally, Jesus will be lifted up physically on the cross as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness

John 3:14 NLT

14 And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

Second, Jesus is going to be lifted up figuratively—raised in the estimation of people to a place of exaltation, a place of glory.

Isaiah 52:13 NLT

13 See, my servant will prosper; he will be highly exalted.

He will be exalted by having no majesty or beauty,

being despised and rejected,

being smitten and stricken by God, and

being pierced and crushed for our sins.

As the Lord lays on him our guilt,

by his wounds we are healed.

This is how Jesus the Messiah is exalted and His death is his glory.

HIS GLORY ON THE CROSS

The supreme way Jesus displays the glory of God is at the cross.

At the cross, Jesus pays the penalty of sin on behalf of sinners.

At the cross, Jesus displays both the mercy and justice of God.

The glory that Moses heard at Mount Sinai is the glory that we see in Jesus at Mount Calvary.

Therefore, Jesus views his unattractive death as his glory because through it he exhibits the majestic glory of God.

HIS GLORY AFTER THE CROSS

John 17:1–6 NLT

1 After saying all these things, Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son so he can give glory back to you. 2 For you have given him authority over everyone. He gives eternal life to each one you have given him. 3 And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth. 4 I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. 5 Now, Father, bring me into the glory we shared before the world began. 6 “I have revealed you to the ones you gave me from this world. They were always yours. You gave them to me, and they have kept your word.

LOOKING AT THE JOY JESUS SAW AFTER THE CROSS

Colossians 1:27 NLT

27 For God wanted them to know that the riches and glory of Christ are for you Gentiles, too. And this is the secret: Christ lives in you. This gives you assurance of sharing his glory.

Colossians 1:27 ESV

27 To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Refrain

So I’ll cherish the old rugged Cross

Till my trophies at last I lay down

I will cling to the old rugged Cross

And exchange it some day for a crown 

We don’t do this alone— we are the body of Christ and we make His Glory available to those far from God so they can come close...since—

Ephesians 2:13–22 NLT

13 But now you have been united with Christ Jesus. Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to him through the blood of Christ. 14 For Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us. 15 He did this by ending the system of law with its commandments and regulations. He made peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new people from the two groups. 16 Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death on the cross, and our hostility toward each other was put to death. 17 He brought this Good News of peace to you Gentiles who were far away from him, and peace to the Jews who were near. 18 Now all of us can come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us. 19 So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family. 20 Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself. 21 We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord. 22 Through him you Gentiles are also being made part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.

LAST WEEK WE ASKED...

WHO WILL YOU SHARE THE STORY OF JESUS WITH THIS WEEK TO LET FAITH ARISE?

I SAY WE AS THE SAME QUESTION FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE...

WHO WILL YOU SHARE THE GLORY OF JESUS WITH THIS WEEK?

Colossians 1:27b ESV

27b Christ in you, the hope of glory.