THE MEANING OF THE CROSS

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• THE MEANING OF THE CROSS
• 1 COR 117-18

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• 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to
  preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech,
  that the cross of Christ should not be made void.
  
• 18 For the word of the cross is to those who are
  perishing foolishness, but to us who are being
  saved it is the power of God.
• 1 Cor 117-19 NASB

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• Types of Crosses

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• What did the cross mean to those who were there?

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• Chief Priests and Elders vs. 1-2
• The cross was a solution

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• Chief Priests and Elders vs. 1-2
• The cross was a solution
• Judas Iscariot vs. 3-10
• The cross was a place of despair

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• Chief Priests and Elders vs. 1-2
• The cross was a solution
• Judas Iscariot vs. 3-10
• The cross was a place of despair
• Pilate
• The cross was a crossroads a decision point

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• Chief Priests and Elders vs. 1-2
• The cross was a solution
• Judas Iscariot vs. 3-10
• The cross was a place of despair
• Pilate vs. 11-25
• The cross was a crossroads a decision point
• Mary - John 1925-27
• The cross was a place of emotional turmoil

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• Chief Priests and Elders vs. 1-2
• The cross was a solution
• Judas Iscariot vs. 3-10
• The cross was a place of despair
• Pilate vs. 11-25
• The cross was a crossroads a decision point
• Mary John 1925-27
• The cross was a place of emotional turmoil
• The Disciples Lk 2249
• The cross was a place of misunderstanding

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• What does the cross mean to you?

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• In a sense the cross is all of those things
• It is a symbol - of faith
• It is an unsettling place - because of what had
  to happen there
• It is a place of despair - over sin.
• It is a crossroads and a decision point what
  will you do with Jesus
• It is a place of emotional release to let go
  of sin
• It is a place of defeat where sin is defeated

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• The cross is the place where Jesus Christ, the
  sinless Lamb of God died and paid it all for you!