Life of Christ

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Life of Christ

• April 1st, 2007
• The Crucifixion of Christ
• Dr. Samuel Lamerson
• Luke 23 33-47

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THE PLACE OF CRUCIFIXION

• Luke 2333a When they came to the place called
  The Skull,

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Why was this called Skull?

• Perhaps because the top looked like the top of a
  skull.
• Perhaps because there were a number of skulls
  that had been left there from previous criminals.

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THE PAIN OF CRUCIFIXION

• Luke 2333b there they crucified Him and the
  criminals, one on the right and the other on the
  left.

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The Pain was Emotional

• The condemned mans clothes' were taken away and
  used by the guards as a gratuity. see Matt.
  2735
• The condemned man was only about three feet off
  of the ground.

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The Pain was Physical.

• The condemned was nailed through the wrist.
• Jesus has already been beaten and has collapsed
  under the weight of carrying the cross. Notice
  esp. Mark 1521

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Mark 1521

• 21 They pressed into service a passer-by coming
  from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of
  Alexander and Rufus), to bear His cross.
• Why mention the sons of Simon?

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The Pain was Spiritual

• Jesus is mocked by almost all who are there.
• Only the thief in Luke is involved in the
  crucifixion yet does not mock.
• Christ feels the pain and awfulness of sin.

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THE NATURE OF CRUCIFIXION

• What did the crucifixion really do?

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The Crucifixion Paid a Price.

• 1 Timothy 25-6 5 For there is one God, and one
  mediator also between God and men, the man Christ
  Jesus, 6 who gave Himself as a ransom for all,
  the testimony given at the proper time.

• Mark 1045 45 "For even the Son of Man did not
  come to be served, but to serve, and to give His
  life a ransom for many."

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The Crucifixion is a Substitute

• 2 Corinthians 521 21 He made Him who knew no
  sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might
  become the righteousness of God in Him.

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The Crucifixion is a Propitiation

• Propitiation- satisfying Gods justice by dealing
  with sin justly.

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• Romans 325-26 Jesus whom God displayed
  publicly as a propitiation in His blood through
  faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness,
  because in the forbearance of God He passed over
  the sins previously committed 26 for the
  demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the
  present time, so that He would be just and the
  justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

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