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THREE MAJOR TRUTHS ABOUT BEING
HUNG ON THE TREE(CROSS)1. PAIN, TORTURE AND DEATH
(HELL ON EARTH)John 19:31-37
31 Now it was the day of Preparation, andthe next day was to be a special Sabbath.
CRIMINALS were used to hunged on the cross
for 3 or more days . It depends on thecriminal if he still alive or not devoured byany carnivorous animals.
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2. SHAME
Because the Jews did not want the bodies left onthe crosses during the Sabbath.
During that time it was a raised Cross,that everyone who passed by couldsee and stare at the persons hung.
Prophecies fullfilled :John 19:37
37 and the other Scripture that reads,"They will stare at the one theypierced.
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3. CURSEDDEUTERONOMY 21:23
CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO
IS HUNG ON A TREE..
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I. Jesus Could Have Avoided
the Cross but He Did Not
A. He had the power to avoid it.
1.He explicitly stated so in John 10:18: "No man
taketh it [my life] from me, but I lay it down ofmyself. I have power to lay it down, and I have
power to take it again. . . ."
If you had this kind of powerwould you ever voluntarily die?
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B. If He had avoided it, He would
not have realized the verypurpose of His incarnation.
John 1:14
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwellingamong us.
Why? Because blood is in the flesh andwithout the shedding of blood there canbe no remission of sin (Heb 9:22).
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People do not come into theworld merely to live, for that isno better than being an animal.
We also have "spirit" in additionto a soul and body.
To fail to accomplish thepurpose for which God destined
us, is to miss the real joy of life.
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Can you imagine Christianitywithout the cross and theconsequent resurrection? It
would be only one of many
religions. It would not be the
transforming "power of God unto
salvation" (Rom 1:16).
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II. Jesus Spoke about the
Necessity of the CrossA. The little word "must" in Matt 16:21;
Mark 8:31, and Luke 9:22 is arresting. InGreek it is the impersonal deiwhich
means "it is necessary.
He did not die because the situation
was unavoidable.
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It was necessary thatHe die because this was
how He would redeemus and bring us into
fellowship with God. Itwas the "must" of duty.
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III. He Made His
Announcement Only after
Peter's Great Confession about
His Being the ChristA. He was recognized as the divinely
anointed of God.
B. As a mere man He would not havedied while He had the power to live.
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C. As people indwelt by God and
participants in the divine nature (2
Peter 1:4), we choose duty before life,
the cross before pleasure and
enjoyment of this world. If we are notcharacterized by this divine nature, we
are none of His. This is clearly stated in
Mark 8:34, "Whosoever will come afterme, let him deny himself, and take up
his cross, and follow me."
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D. Those who believe thatthey can bypass the cross are nottruly Christ's. Jesus called Peter
"Satan" because he rebukedJesus for not escaping death
although He possessed the
power to do so (Matt 16:22,23).
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IV. There Were No Short-
Cuts to Success
A. The first one to suggest success andachievement without the cross was Satanhimself.
B. Jesus objected to the miracles Satan wantedHim to perform. Satan suggested that Jesusshould change useless stones into useful loavesof bread (Matt 4:3).
C. We should watch out for those who havefollowed Satan's suggestion to perform"miracles" and have not "taken up their crosses"
to follow Jesus
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D. Satan wanted Jesus to acquire instant
fame and he quoted Scripture to
persuade Him to do so. Satan suggested
that God would perform a miracle ifJesus would only cast Himself from the
pinnacle of the temple.
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V. He Who Had the Will to Die
on the Cross Had the Power to
Rise from the Dead
A. No other person on earth has ever
said what Jesus said and accomplished
it: "The Son of man must suffer many
things, and be rejected of the elders and
of the chief priests, and scribes, and be
killed, and after three days rise again"
(Mark 8:31).
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B. Would the world be better had
He chosen to live on, escapedeath and not exercise His
power to rise from the dead?
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NO CROSS- NO DEATHNO DEATH- NO RESURRECTION
NO RESURRECTION- NO GLORY
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C. As in His case, so in
everyone He indwells:". . . to live is Christ,
and to die is gain"Phil 1:21