4.10.22 Let's Go: Jesus Is Crucified!

Let’s Go: “Jesus is Crucified!”

Mark 15:33-41

April 1, 2022

I. The pain of the Cross. (vs 33-34)

1. There was a separation from light. (vs 33)

I Peter 2:24

John 3:19-21

Ephesians 2:1-2

2. There was a separation from God, the Father. (vs 34)

I Peter 3:18

“Why have you forsaken Me?”

John 12:27-28

Psalm 22:1

II. The position of the Cross. (vs 35-37)

1. There was a separation from reality. (vs 35-36)

2. There was a separation from sin. (vs 37)

“It is finished!”

“Breathed his last”…”Yielded up his spirit”

John 10:11

John 10:17-18

III. The provisions of the Cross. (vs 38-39)

1. There was the separation from the physical Temple. (vs 38)

Ephesians 2:13-14

2. There was a separation from the lies. (vs 39)

Romans 1:16

Romans 10:9-10

Let’s Go Deeper:

1. Theologians use the terms “substitutionary atonement,” “propitiation,” and “reconciliation” to describe what Jesus accomplished. Should the church continue to use these terms? How would you explain these terms to a person not familiar with theological/biblical concepts?

2. When you see a cross, do you think of it as “glorious” or “horrible”? Explain.

3. Could Jesus have avoided going to the cross? Was He capable of coming down from the cross? What kept Him there?

4. How would you respond to someone who said the darkness that descended during the crucifixion was a natural phenomenon?

5. Explain in your own words why Jesus exclaimed, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

6. What is the significance in Mark reporting that, of all Jesus’ followers, only a few of the women were there during the crucifixion, and only they and two converted Jewish leaders were there at His burial?