What I See at the Cross

TEXT:  Gal. 6:14;  1 Cor. 1:18

INTRODUCTION:

A.      THE CROSS SUMS UP ALL GOD'S DEALING WITH MAN( 1 Cor. 2:2 ).

B.      DIFFERENT MEANINGS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS.

C.      WHAT DO WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CROSS.

I.      THE FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY.

A.      GOD'S PURPOSE IN CHRIST( Acts 2:22-24 ).

B.      FORETOLD.

          1.       All the prophets( Acts 2:14-15, 18, 24;  1 Pet. 1:10-12 ).

          2.       The testimony of Moses( John 5:346-47;  Acts 26:22-23 ).

          3.       Finished on the cross( John 19:28-30 ).

C.      EXAMPLES( Isa. 53;  Zech. 11:1;  Psa. 22 ).

II.     THE END OF THE MOSAIC LAW.

A.      ALSO PROPHESIED( Heb. 8:6-13 ).

B.      NAILED TO THE CROSS( Col. 2:13-16 ).

C.      NO USE TO APPEAL( Gal. 5:4 ).

III.    MIRACLES AND GOD'S APPROVAL.

A.      AT CALVARY( Matt. 27:45, 51, 52-53 ).

B.      THE SOLDIERS REACTION( vs. 54 ).

C.      WITNESSED BEFORE HIS DEATH( Acts 2:22 ).

D.      THE RESULT( John 3:1-2;  John 20:30-31 ).

IV.   THE LOVE OF GOD AND JESUS.

A.      CHRIST'S DEATH WAS A SACRIFICE( 2 Cor. 8:9;  Phil. 2:5-8 ).

B.      GOD'S LOVE WAS DEMONSTRATED( Rom. 5:8;  1 John 4:9-10 ).

C.      GREATER LOVE( John 10:17-18;  15:13 ).

V.    SALVATION IN HIS BLOOD( 1 Pet. 1:18-19 ).

A.      HE DIED FOR US( 1 Thess. 5:9-10;  1 Pet. 2:24 ).

B.      TO SATISFY JUSTICE( Rom. 3:23-26 ).

C.      APPRECIATION AND OBLIGATION( 2 Cor. 5:14-15 ).

CONCLUSION:  WHAT DO YOU SEE AT THE CROSS?  John 3:14;  12:32

"And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up"( John 3:14 ).

"And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself"( John 12:32 )