The Crucified Christ

SCRIPTURE

Acts 2:22–36 NKJV

22 “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know—23 Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; 24 whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it. 25 For David says concerning Him: ‘I foresaw the Lord always before my face, For He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken. 26 Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad; Moreover my flesh also will rest in hope. 27 For You will not leave my soul in Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. 28 You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of joy in Your presence.’ 29 “Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, 31 he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. 33 Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. 34 “For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, 35 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” ’ 36 “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.”

INTRODUCTION

Tell me THE STORY OF JESUS. That has been our focus over the past couple weeks. We’ve told the story of THE ASCENDED KING and how Jesus was taken up into Heaven, is seated at the right hand of the Father making intercession for us, and is coming back again. We’ve told the story of THE RISEN LORD and how Jesus’ resurrection makes us justified, gives us the ability to live transformed lives now, and offers us the hope of eternal life to come.

We’ve covered the ASCENSION and the RESURRECTION. We still have the CRUCIFIXION and INCARNATION left to cover. Today we are going to talk about the CRUCIFIXION.

The Cross of Calvary is where it all happened. The Cross is where the price of redemption was paid. The Cross is where the bondage of sin was broken. The Cross is where the powers of darkness were conquered. The Cross was not a place of defeat, it was a place of victory. We owe all of the blessings we have through the GOSPEL message to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the Cross of Calvary.

Today we are going to continue THE STORY OF JESUS by focusing on THE CRUCIFIED CHRIST and what Jesus for us at Calvary.

MESSAGE

He Took Our Place

He Bore Our Sins

1 Peter 2:24 NKJV

24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.

He Became Sin Who Knew No Sin

2 Corinthians 5:21 NKJV

21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

He Satisfied the Wrath of God Against Sin

Romans 5:8–9 NKJV

8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

He Set Us Free

He Nailed Our Sin Debt to the Cross

Colossians 2:14 NKJV

14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

He Came to Seek and to Save the Lost

Luke 19:10 NKJV

10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

He Set us Free

Galatians 5:1 NKJV

1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

He Won Our Victory

He Destroyed the Works of the Devil

1 John 3:8 NKJV

8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

He Made Us More Than Conquerors

Romans 8:37 NKJV

37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

He Leads Us in a Triumphal Procession

2 Corinthians 2:14 NKJV

14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.

CLOSING

CALL TO ACTION