Transcript THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, OUR RESURRECTED SAVIOR

THE CRUCIFIXION AND
RESURRECTION OF OUR
LORD JESUS CHRIST.
And if Christ be not risen, then is
our preaching vain, and your faith
is also vain. I Corinthians 15:14
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THEN RELEASED HE BARABBAS UNTO
THEM: WHEN HE HAD SCOURAGED
JESUS, HE DELIVERED HIM TO BE
CRUCIFIED. MATT.27:26
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Barabbas deserved the cross.
“Bar” in Hebrew means “son”
“Abba” in Hebrew means “father”
Barabbas means “son of father”
The people chose a criminal named
“son of father” instead of Jesus, who
was the Son of God the Father
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WHO DESERVED THE CROSS?
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To the cross intended for the sinner,
murderer and seditionist, Barabbas,
(“son of father”) went the sinless,
blameless and spotless Son of God
the Father; Savior & Messiah, Jesus.
Jesus went to the sinners’ cross to
die by crucifixion in the place of the
actual sinner(s). His vicarious death.
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Legend says this about Barabbas:
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While Jesus was hanging on the
cross Barabbas ran to its foot and
cried out, “O Jesus of Nazareth, I
know not who you are, but this I
know: You are hanging there in my
place.”
This is the cry of faith that saves—
”Jesus, you died in my place! It is my
sins that nailed you to the cross!”
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Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus
into the common hall, and gathered unto him
the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped Him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
Matthew 27: 27, 28
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Matthew 27: 15-25 the Jews demand
that Pilot give them Jesus to crucify.
Matthew 27: 27, 28 the gentiles
(Roman soldiers official representatives of the Roman Empire) strip
Jesus & put on Him the scarlet robe.
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“Come now and let us reason together, saith
the Lord; though your sins be as scarlet,
they shall be white as snow; though they be
red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”
Isaiah 1:18
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Scarlet is the color God uses for sin!
Jesus is clothed in scarlet! (not purple)
When sinners trust in Jesus as their
Savior, we take His clothes of righteousness for ourselves and He took
our clothes of scarlet sin at Calvary!
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WHAT IS THE ESSENCE OF THE
GOSPEL?
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All of my scarlet sins were put on
(clothed) Jesus as He hung on the
Cross of Calvary--By grace through faith at the point of
salvation I am clothed in the
unblemished righteousness of the Son
of Almighty God, the Lord Jesus Christ.
My sin on Jesus---His righteousness on
me!!! I am clean as white snow!
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“And when they had plaited a crown of
thorns, they put it upon His head, and a reed
in His right hand: and they bowed the knee
before Him, and mocked him, saying, Hail,
King of the Jews.” Matthew 27:29
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The last of King David’s dynasty to
be crowned in Jerusalem is crowned
with thorns.
With the thorns in His precious head,
Jesus bears the curse of sin of which
the thorn has become the symbol!
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The Gospel in the Crucifixion, by
George E. Guille:
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“The third chapter of Genesis records
the curse upon creation because of
sin. So widespread and far-reaching
has it become that ‘the whole
creation groaneth and travaileth in
pain together until now’ (Rom. 8:22)
[In Genesis 3 we] find the full significance of the crown of thorns. There
we find no less than 7 features of the
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curse, and every one has been fully
met by our Lord.
First, is the fact itself: “Cursed is the
ground for thy sake.” But behold how
He has fulfilled that which was
written of Him (Deut. 21:23): “Christ
hath redeemed us from the curse of
the law, being made a curse for us:
for it is written, Cursed is everyone
that hangeth upon a tree” (Gal. 3:13)
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Second: “In sorrow shalt thou eat of
it all the days of thy life.” And he of
the thorn-crowned brow was a “man
of sorrows, and acquainted with
grief” (Isa. 53:3), saying, as He
faced the cross, “My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death”
(Matt. 26:38).
Third: “Thorns also and thistles shall
it bring forth to thee.” Behold that
which became the symbol of the
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Curse woven into a crown for God’s
Son!
Fourth: “In the sweat of thy face
shalt thou eat bread.” Of Him who
was made a curse it is written: “ And
his sweat was as it were great drops
of blood falling down to the ground”
(Luke 22:44)
Fifth: “Till thou return unto the
ground; for out of it wast thou
taken: for dust thou art, and unto
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dust shalt thou return.” And
centuries before our Lord was born,
David, by the Holy Ghost, put upon
His lips these words: “Thou hast
brought me into the dust of death”
(Psa. 22:15).
Sixth: “God had forewarned Adam
that death should be the result of
disobedience. Now the sentence is
executed. “So He drove out the man.
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Out from the garden of delight,
where God’s presence had been
manifested. That is death—
separation from God. To this also
Christ has answered. In that outside
place, amid the thick darkness, He
cried, “My God, my God, why hast
thou forsaken me?”
Seventh: “He placed at the east of
the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a
flaming sword which turned every
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way, to keep the way of the tree of
life.” But that flaming sword has
been quenched in holy blood, as it is
written: “Awake O sword, against my
shepherd, and against the man that
is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts”
(Zech. 13:7; Matt. 26:31,32).
Thus did the Lord of life and glory
receive the curse that was our due,
that we might me blessed forever!
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“And as they came out, they found a man of
Cyrene, Simon by name: him they
compelled to bear His cross (Matt. 27:32).
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Simon means, “hearkener, to give heed
in order to comply.”
Cyrene = “the supremacy of the bridle.”
The Hearkener submits to Roman authority, carries the cross, follows Jesus.
The Christian’s badge is a cross, he is
crucified with Christ as he submits to the
authority of the Bible, follows Lord Jesus.
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“And when they were come unto a place
called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a
skull…they crucified Him.” Matt. 27:33,35a
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The wisdom of the Jewish and Gentile
leadership said, “Kill Jesus!”
“[H]ath not God made foolish the
wisdom of this world” (1 Cor. 1:20b)
The Lord Jesus=the “wisdom of God”
In Jesus are “hid all the treasures of
wisdom and knowledge” (Col. 2:3)
In Him was life and the life was the
light of men. (John 1:4)
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GOLGOTHA=“SKULL PLACE”
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A skull=no tissue, brain, no wisdom!
Unbelieving Gentile and Jew boast of
their wisdom, but the wisdom of the
world is foolishness to God.
The wisdom of the world demanded
that Jesus be nailed to a tree. That
cross was planted in a skull of rock!
The symbolism screams at mankind!
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“They gave Him vinegar to drink mingled with
gall: and when He had tasted thereof, He would
not drink.”
 Vinegar and gall had anesthetic and
analgesic effects—Jesus refused!
 He was willing to drink the cup of God’s
divine wrath against sin without the
stupefying effects of drugs.
 He gave Himself to the complete
endurance of God’s judgment,
accepting no relief from men that He
could give them full relief from the
consequences of their sin!
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“AND THEY CRUCIFIED HIM, AND PARTED
HIS GARMENTS, CASTING LOTS.” MT 27:35
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Read: The Gospel of John 19:23,24
Roman custom: officials of execution
get to keep clothes of the crucified.
Soldiers discover the seamless robe.
They cannot divide the robe without
destroying it so they cast lots for it.
The Prophecy: “They part my garments among them, and cast lots
upon my vesture.” Psalm 22:18
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The seamless robe of Jesus is the
figure of another robe…
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As Isaiah said, “I will greatly rejoice
in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in
my God; for He hath clothed me with
the garments of salvation, He hath
covered me with the robe of
righteousness, as a bridegroom
decketh himself with ornaments, and
as a bride adorneth herself with
jewels.” Isaiah 61:10
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AS THE PRODIGAL RETURNS HIS FATHER
SAYS, “BRING FORTH THE BEST ROBE AND
PUT IT ON HIM!” LUKE 15:22A
“Adam and Eve, in their expensively
purchased knowledge, discovered that
they were naked. And that shameful
word became God’s description of the
sinner’s moral state—NAKED! Nothing
of his own in which to hide; sin his only
claim upon God! He must have a
garment—one of God’s own pattern, of
His materials and of His providing, its
color, a death—stain.” Guille p. 15
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“Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord
God make coats of skins, and clothed them.”
Genesis 3:21
 Genesis chapter 2 ends with Adam
and Eve in sinless, selfless servanthood of each other and their God.
 Genesis 3 sin enters and now a
vicarious blood sacrifice must be
made for “without the shedding of
blood there is no remission of sin.”
 Blood must be spilled to provide a
garment for the naked pair
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The blood-sacrifice as a symbol
of salvation is part of Jewish
history until at the cross of
Jesus the full meaning of this
Jewish ritual is made plain.
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“When we were enemies, we were
reconciled to God by the death of His
Son.” Romans 5:10
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Who wears the Robe of Righteousness?
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Only the man or woman of faith!
As it is written: “Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus
Christ unto all and upon all them that
believe.” Romans 3:22
The moment a sinner believes the
gospel, God’s righteousness is upon
him [as robed], covering him from
head to foot as justified before God!
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