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THE GREAT
NEWS OF
THE CROSS
April 10, 2022
THE GREAT NEWS OF THE CROSS
• The Cross Was Used As A Deadly Instrument To Carry Out The
Sentence Of Death For Slaves & Criminals Sentenced To Die.
• The Cross Was The Most Shameful Means Of Capital
Punishment Known
THE GREAT NEWS OF THE CROSS
•It Was A Curse Did Die On The Cross (Gal 3:13)
•Yet -- This Was The Way The Lord Chose To Die For Us
• The Early Church Symbol For Christianity Would Become A
Cross
THE GREAT NEWS OF THE CROSS
Death On A Cross Was Both Horrible And Shameful
• It Was A Gruesome And Ghastly Death
• READ: Mark 15:1-39
•This Is What Jesus Endured For Us As He Went To
The Cross
THE GREAT NEWS OF THE CROSS
Condemned Prisoners Would Carry The 100 lb.
Crossbeam Of
Their Own Cross On Their Shoulders.
• For Jesus, The Cross Was Too Heavy -- The Wounds Were Too Deep
• Simon the Cyrene Was Ordered By A Roman Soldier To Take
Up The Cross Of Jesus And Carry It For Him
THE GREAT NEWS OF THE CROSS
• In Excruciating Pain, Suffering And Agony
Jesus Was Crucified And Nailed To A Cross
THE GREAT NEWS OF THE CROSS
The Cross Was Predicted And Prophesied
Jesus Spoke Of The Cross Before His Death As A Symbol Of The
Necessity Of Full Commitment (Even Unto Death) For Those Who
Would Be His Disciples.
THE GREAT NEWS OF THE CROSS
•Mat 10:38 (NIV) and anyone who does not take his cross and follow
me is not worthy of me.
•John 3:14 (NIV) — 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert,
so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
THE GREAT NEWS OF THE CROSS
Much of What Happened To Jesus Was Prophesied Earlier:
• Betrayal by Judas
• Gambling for His clothing
• His legs unbroken
• His side pierced
• False accusations
• He was Guiltless yet included with Sinners
• He would be Crucified, Mocked, Forsaken
• He would be Buried in a rich man’s tomb.
• In his life Christ fulfilled 332 distinct prophecies in the Old Testament
THE GREAT NEWS OF THE CROSS
The Cross Is God’s Remedy And Answer For Sin
•The Grim Picture Of Christ On The Cross Has A Strong
Message For Us
THE GREAT NEWS OF THE CROSS
•Sin Is No Laughing Matter To Be Trivialized And Played With
•No!
It Is Dark, Gross, Corrupt And Deadly
•It Is Not Victimless Or Without Consequences
• It Is Our Sin That Put Christ On The Cross
THE GREAT NEWS OF THE CROSS
• 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 (NIV) (18) For the message of the cross is foolishness to
those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
(19) For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of
the intelligent I will frustrate."
(20) Where is the wise man?
Where is the
scholar?
Where is the philosopher of this age?
Has not God made foolish the
wisdom of the world?
(21) For since in the wisdom of God the world through
its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of
what was preached to save those who believe.
(22) Jews demand miraculous
signs and Greeks look for wisdom, (23) but we preach Christ crucified: a
stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, (24) but to those whom
God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the
wisdom of God.
(25) For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom,
and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.
THE GREAT NEWS OF THE CROSS
The Message Of The Cross Is What Divides All Of Humanity
Into Two Camps:
The Believers And The Unbelievers
The Saved And The Condemned
THE GREAT NEWS OF THE CROSS
• “Humans think that they can reason their way to God, but
God says “No!” All who come to me for salvation, must
come by way of the cross!
No matter how smart you think
you are, God says you are a fool without Christ and His
cross.”
Daniel Aiken.
THE GREAT NEWS OF THE CROSS
God Is Faithful But No One Is Righteous
•Romans 3:10-12 (NIV) (10) As it is written: "There is no one
righteous, not even one; (11) there is no one who understands, no
one who seeks God.
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