The Death of Christ
Main
Text: Isaiah 53:9 “And he made his grave
with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no
violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.”
Quotations: It was the Church, not the world, that
crucified Christ. ~Karl Barth~
Death cannot harm me because it is a
stingless bee: its stinger is lodged in Christ.
~Peter J. Kreeft, Love is Stronger than Death~
I.
Introduction
a.
Today’s world is
sinful and will go to hell unless it accepts its Savior.
b.When man sinned, there arose the need of a Savior
c.
There existed a
need for an appropriate Sacrifice for sin
i.
God illustrated
the need for a blood sacrifice for sin in the Garden of Eden.
1.Genesis 3:21 “Unto Adam
also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.”
ii.
Adam and Eve
passed down the requirement of the blood sacrifice for sin orally.
1.There may exist no Biblical verse that one can point
to for evidence, but Abel and Cain knew that the blood offering was required
for sin.
a.
Genesis 4:1-7 “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she
conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And
Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
3 ¶ And in process of time it came to pass,
that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings
of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to
his offering:
5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not
respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
6 ¶ And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou
wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
b. 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and
if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his
desire, and thou shalt rule over him.”
TRANSITION: THE JEWS ANTICIPATED THE MESSIAH TO
IMMEDIATELY ESTABLISH HIS KINGDOM, THEY FAILED TO SEE THROUGH THE TYPOLOGIES OR
SHADOWS OF THE TABERNACLE AND REALIZE THAT THE MESSIAH MUST FIRST DIE FOR THEM
(Hebrews 8:5; 10:1). THEY ALSO FAILED TO
REALIZE THAT THE MESSIAH MUST FIRST DIE FOR THEM AS WAS LAID OUT IN
OLDTESTAMENT PROPHECIES.
II.
The Promise of
Christ’s death
a.
Through the veil
of the sacrifices that God instituted under the Mosaic Law, there exists
evidence that it was necessary for the Messiah to die for a sacrifice for
mankind.
i.
The male animals that were
sacrificed represented Christ as being sacrificed in the strength of His youth, while the sacrifices symbolized His power to overcome sin.
1.Christ was born circa 4-6 BC; died 33 AD
ii.
an animal that was without
blemish could only be sacrificed. This
also symbolized Christ because He was the perfect sacrifice and without spot or
blemish.
1.I Peter
1:18-19 “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not
redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain
conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
19 But with the
precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:”
iii.
The fat of the offering also
depicted Christ in the sense that He was physically perfect and in good health
when He was arrested to be put on trial.
iv.
The burnt offering typified the
submissiveness and obedience of Christ to fulfill the Father’s will by dying on
the cross.
1.Luke 22:42 “Saying, Father, if
thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine,
be done”
v.
Thus, His death is typified in the Tabernacle through the animal
sacrifices.
b.David prophesied about the coming Messiah
c.
In Psalm 22 David
prophesied that Christ would suffer a humiliating death
d.David eluded to the fact that the Messiah would die
when he wrote prophetically that the Messiah would commit His Spirit into the
hands of the Father
i.
Psalm 31:5 “Into thine hand I commit my spirit:
thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.”
e.
Isaiah prophesied
that the Messiah
i.
Isaiah 53:12
“Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the
spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was
numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made
intercession for the transgressors.”
f.
John the Baptist
prophesied that Christ would die as a sacrifice for man’s sin when he referred
to Christ as the LAMB of God.
i.
John 1:29-31
“The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of
God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
30 This is he of whom I
said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
31
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am
I come baptizing with water.”
ii.
One of the
animals used in the sin offering was that of a lamb
1.Thus, Christ was the spotless Lamb of God to die to
redeem mankind and the entire world (Revelation 5: The 7 Sealed Book) from sin.”
g.
Christ directly
informed His disciples that He was going to die
i.
Matthew 20:17-19 “And Jesus going up to
Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son
of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they
shall condemn him to death,
19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to
mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise
again.”
ii.
John 2:19-21
“Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I
will raise it up. 20 Then said the Jews,
Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in
three days?
21 But he spake of the
temple of his body.”
iii.
John 12:30-33 “Jesus answered and said, This voice came not
because of me, but for your sakes.
31 Now is the judgment of this world: now
shall the prince of this world be cast out.
32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth,
will draw all men unto me.
33 This
he said, signifying what death he should die.”
iv.
John 18:31-32 “Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and
judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not
lawful for us to put any man to death:
32 That the saying of Jesus might be
fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.”
III.
The Prophetic
fulfillment of Christ’s death
a.
Betrayed by a
friend
i.
Psalm 41:9 “Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I
trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.”
ii.
Matthew 10:4 “Mt 10:4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas
Iscariot, who also betrayed him.”
b.Sold for 30 pieces of silver
i.
Zechariah 11:12 “And I said unto them, If ye think good, give
me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of
silver”
ii.
Matthew 26:15 “And said unto them, What will ye give me,
and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces
of silver.”
c.
Money to be
thrown in God’s house
i.
Zechariah 11:13a “And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the
potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them…”
ii.
Matthew
27:5a “And he cast down the pieces of
silver in the temple,…”
d.Price Given for the Potter’s field
i.
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Zechariah 11:13b “…And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and
cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.”
ii.
Matthew 27:7 “And they took counsel, and bought with them
the potter's field, to bury strangers in.”
e.
Forsaken by His
Disciples
i.
Zechariah 13:7 “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and
against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd,
and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little
ones.”
ii.
Mark 14:50 “And they all forsook him, and fled.”
f.
Accused by false
witnesses
i.
Psalm 35:11 “False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my
charge things that I knew not.”
ii.
Matthew 26:59-61 “Now the chief priests, and elders, and all
the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
60 But found none: yea, though many false
witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to
destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.”
g.
Dumb before His
accusers
i.
Isiaiah 53:7 “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet
he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a
sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.”
ii.
Matthew 27:12-19 “And when he was accused of the chief priests
and elders, he answered nothing.
13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not
how many things they witness against thee?
14 And he answered him to never a word;
insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to
release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
16 And they had then a notable prisoner,
called Barabbas.
17 Therefore when they were gathered together,
Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus
which is called Christ?
18 For he knew that for envy they had
delivered him.
19 When he was set down
on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do
with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because
of him.”
h.
Wounded &
Bruised
i.
Isaiah 53:5 “But he was wounded for our transgressions,
he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him;
and with his stripes we are healed.”
ii.
Matthew 27:26 “Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when
he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.”
i.
Smitten and spit
upon
i.
Isaiah 50:6 “I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks
to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.”
ii.
Matthew 26:67 “Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted
him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,”
j.
Mocked
i.
Psalm 22:7 &
8 “All they that see me laugh me to
scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
ii.
8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver
him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.”
iii.
Matthew 27:31 “And
after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his
own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.”
k.Fell under the cross
i.
Psalm 109:24
& 25 “My knees are weak through
fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
25 I became also a
reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.”
ii.
Luke 23:26 “And as they led him away, they laid hold
upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the
cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.”
l.
Hands and feet
pierced
i.
Psalm 22:16 “For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of
the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.”
ii.
Luke 23:33 “And when they were come to the place, which
is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the
right hand, and the other on the left.”
m.
Crucified with
thieves
i.
Isaiah 53:12 “Therefore will I divide him a portion with
the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath
poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and
he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”
ii.
Matthew 27:38 “Then were there two thieves crucified with
him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. “
n.
Made intercession
for His persecutors
i.
Isaiah 53:12 “Therefore will I divide him a portion with
the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath
poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and
he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”
ii.
Luke 23:34 “Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for
they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.”
o.Rejected by His own people
i.
Isaiah 53:3 “He is despised and rejected of men; a man of
sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him;
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”
ii.
John 7:5 & 48 “For neither did his brethren believe in him.
… 48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?”
p.Hated without a cause
i.
Psalm 69:4 “They that hate me without a cause are more
than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies
wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.”
ii.
John 15:25 “But this cometh to pass, that the word might
be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.”
q.Friends stood afar off
i.
Psalm 38:11 “My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my
sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.”
ii.
Luke 23:49 “And all his acquaintance, and the women that
followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.”
r.
People shook
their heads
i.
Psalm 109:25 “I became also a reproach unto them: when
they looked upon me they shaked their heads.”
ii.
Matthew 27:39 “And they that passed by reviled him, wagging
their heads,”
s.
Stared upon
i.
Psalm 22:17 “I
may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.”
ii.
Luke 23:35 “And the people stood beholding. And the
rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save
himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.”
t.
Garments parted
and casts lots
i.
Psalm 22:18 “They part my garments among them, and cast
lots upon my vesture.”
ii.
John 19:23-24 “Then the soldiers, when they had crucified
Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and
also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24 They said therefore among themselves, Let
us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture
might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my
vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.”
u.
To suffer thirst
i.
Psalm 69:21 “They
gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.”
ii.
John 19:28 “After this, Jesus knowing that all things
were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.”
v.
Gall and vinegar
offered Him
i.
Psalm 69:21 “Let
their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for
their welfare, let it become a trap.”
ii.
Matthew 27:34 “And when they were come unto a place called
Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,”
w.
His forsaken cry
i.
Psalm 22:1 “And
when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a
skull,”
ii.
Matthew 27:46 “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a
loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God,
why hast thou forsaken me?”
x.
Committed Himself
to God
i.
Psalm 31:5 “Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou
hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.”
ii.
Luke 23:46 “And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice,
he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he
gave up the ghost.”
y.
Bones not broken
i.
Psalm 34:20 “He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is
broken.”
ii.
John 19:33 “But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he
was dead already, they brake not his legs:”
z.
Heart broken
i.
Psalm 22:14 “I am poured out like water, and all my bones
are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.”
ii.
John 19:34 “But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced
his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.”
aa.
His side pierced
i.
Zechariah 12:10 “And I will pour upon the house of David, and
upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications:
and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for
him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as
one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.”
ii.
John 19:34 “But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced
his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.”
bb.
Darkness over the
land
i.
Amos 8:9 “And it shall come to pass in that day, saith
the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken
the earth in the clear day:”
ii.
Matthew 27:45 “Now from the sixth hour there was darkness
over all the land unto the ninth hour.”
cc.
Buried in a rich
man’s tomb
i.
Isaiah 53:9 “And he made his grave with the wicked, and
with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any
deceit in his mouth.”
ii.
Matthew 27:57-60 “When the even was come, there came a rich
man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of
Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he
wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he
had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the
sepulchre, and departed.”
dd.
Jesus Himself
testified after His resurrection
i.
Luke 24:44 (Glorified
Christ appeared to 11 disciples in room)And he said unto them, These are the
words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be
fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in
the psalms, concerning me.
45 Then opened he their
understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
ii.
46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and
thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
TRANSITION: EITHER THESE PROPHECIES WERE EITHER GIVEN BY
INSPIRATION OF GOD OR THE PROPHETS JUST WROTE THEM AS THEY THOUGHT THAEY SHOULD
BE. IN SUCH A CASE THE PROHECTS HAD JUST
ONCE CHANCE IN 1017 OF HAVING THEM COME TRUE IN ANY MAN, BUT THEY
ALL CAM E TRUE IN CHRIST. THIS MEANS
THAT THE FULFILLMENT OF 8 OF THESE PROPHECIES ALONE PROVES THAT GOD INSPIRED
THE WRITING OF THOSE PROPHECIES TO A DEFINITENESS WHICH LACKES ONLY ONE CHANCE
IN 1017 OF BEING ABSOLUTE.
PETER
STONER IN SCIENCE SPEAKS CONSIDERED
48 PROPHCIES AND SAID, “WE FIND THE CAHNCE TTHAT ANY ONE MAY FULFILLED ALL 48
PROPHECIES TO BE 1 IN 10157.”[1]
IV.
The proof for
Christ’s death
a.
Jesus was
actually dead
i.
Jesus was not
drugged (p. 120)
ii.
Heavy loss of
blood
1.Suffered 5 major wounds between 9 in the morning and
sunset (p. 120)
a.
Crown of thorns
b.Nails
c.
Loss of blood in
the Garden of Gethsemane
d.Whipped
e.
Nails in wrists
and feet seeredd major nerves
iii.
Side pierced with
spear and water and blood flowed out (would have been fatal blow)
1.Done by Roman soldiers
a.
They knew how to
kill
b.They knew when someone was dead
2.Spear would have pierced through Christ’s right lung
and the pericardium and the heart, thereby ensuring death
iv.
Legs never broken
because the Roman soldier knew he was dead
1.It would have been his life if Christ was not dead
v.
Jesus was
embalmed and placed in a grave
1.Even if He did awake, Christ could have never:
a.
unwrapped Himself
b.rolled bthe stone back up the side of its carved-out
track
c.
overcome the
guards
d.escape unnoticed
b.The Purpose for Christ’s death
i.
Christ died for
our sickness and informities
1.Isaiah 53:5 “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was
bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and
with his stripes we are healed.”
2.I Peter 2:24 “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on
the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose
stripes ye were healed.”
ii.
Christ came to
Redeem all that was lost in the creation
1.John 1:29 “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith,
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world
iii.
Redeem mankind
from sin and to restore God’s lost fellowship with mankind to restore mankind’s
eternality
1.Romans 5:12 “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world,
and death by sin; and so death
passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”
2.John 10:10b “…I am come that they might have life, and that they
might have it more abundantly.”
3.John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.”
V.
Conclusion
a.
The evidence has
been presented this morning
i.
The death of
Christ has been promised from before the beginning of time because Revelation
13:8 states that Christ was the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
ii.
“The atonement is
the center of gravity in Christian life and thought because it is the center of
gravity in the NT, as a mere census of referrences immediately
demonstrates. According to the apostolc
preaching and droctrine, the significacne of Jesus Christ does not lie
isupremely in His person or ministry or teaching: it lies supremely in his
death upon the cross. In the NT, to be
sure, that event is never viewed in isolation from His person, His ministry,
and His teaching; nor is it viewed apart from His resurrection. …It is the event of Christ’s death which the
NT consistently underscores as all0important, and his dath interpreted nto as a
martyrdom, burough to pass by a miscarriage of justice, but as the offering of
a redemptive sacrifce.”[2] ~Vernon C. Grounds~
iii.
Man may try to
deny the very existence of Christ, but evidence proves that Christ existed as a
man and that He actually died
iv.
We learned today
that Christ died for a purpose
1.He died that you and I could know Him and not go to
hell
v.
The decision is
ours today
1.If you have asked Christ to forgive all of your sins
and you have repented of your sins and no longer do them, than you can rest in
surety knowing that you have a heavenly home awaiting you
2.However, if you do not know Christ this morning, now
is your opportunity to accept Him as your personal Savior
a.
If you do not
accept Him this morning, you may never receive another opportunity to repent of
your sins and accept Christ as your personal Savior
b.Time is short and none of us are promised any certain
amount of time
c.
James 4:14 “Whereas
ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a
vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”
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