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Firm Foundations. Lesson 48 Jesus was Crucified and Buried Memory verse: I Timothy 2:5. Introduction. This is the most significant event in history Nothing has ever affected lives as much as this one event. Jesus was crucified. Mark 15:20-22 Golgotha was just outside walls of Jerusalem
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Firm Foundations Lesson 48 Jesus was Crucified and Buried Memory verse: I Timothy 2:5
Introduction • This is the most significant event in history • Nothing has ever affected lives as much as this one event
Jesus was crucified • Mark 15:20-22 • Golgotha was just outside walls of Jerusalem • Mark 15:23 • This drink was to deaden the pain of crucifixion • Myrrh was a sap from a low, scrubby tree • Mark 15:24 • Nailed to cross • Lifted up • Sold his clothes • Prophecy: Psalm 22:16
Jesus was crucified (cont.) • Mark 15:25-26 • Sign placed to show the crime of the dying criminal • Think: what would your sign say? • Mark 15:27-28 • Isaiah 53:12 – Deliverer would die in company of evil men
Mocked while on the cross • Mark 15:29-32 • He would rise up again in 3 days • People thought He meant the temple • Prophecy: Psalm 22:6-8 • King David wrote this • God knew exactly what would happen to His Son long before He came into the world
Paid for sin by death1. Sin must be paid in full • Punishment for sin is death • Not just physical death, separation from God in Hell • Took our place
Paid for sin by death2. Jesus was sinless • God requires a perfect sacrifice • Able to offer Himself to God in our place
Paid for sin by death3. Separated from God for our sins • Betrayed by friends, falsely arrested, beaten, scourged, executed – none was as bad as this • Mark 15:33 • Why was sun blotted out? • Mark 15:34-36 • People misunderstood Him • Mark 15:37 • Jesus died and gave His life for us
Paid for sin by death4. Did all that was necessary for our deliverance • John 19:30 • “It is finished!” • What was finished? • He finished His work of paying for our sins • Did it by being separated from God and giving his life in full payment • Trusting in Jesus finished work brings us into friendship with God
The veil in the temple was ripped • Mark 15:38 • Who ripped the curtain? • Why? • No longer a need for animal sacrifice • Blood of animals could never pay for sin • Showed that God was fully satisfied with Jesus’ sacrifice
The centurion and women at the cross • Mark 15:39 • Centurion in charge of 100 soldiers • Mark 15:40-41 • Trusted in God’s Word and accepted that Jesus was promised Saviour
Jesus was buried • Mark 15:42-46 • Joseph was a rich man • Buried in the location of a rich man • Prophecy: Isaiah 53:9
Conclusion • Jesus Christ • Lived on earth without sinning • Took horrible punishment we deserve • Separated from God on the cross in our place • It is finished • He died in our place • Full payment for sin has been made • Nothing more needs to be done to pay for sins • The veil is torn: the way is open through Jesus Christ