ESSENTIAL40#6 JESUS CHRIST - HIS LAST DAYS
VERSES
THE PASSION WEEK (traditional view)
Mark 14:1- "Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some sly way to arrest Jesus and kill him."
THE INJUSTICES OF THE SIX TRIALS
The Night Trials
I Corinthians 15:3-7 - "For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter than to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then, he appeared to James, then to all the apostles."
Matthew 26: 59 - "The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death."
Matthew 26:63,65,66 - "But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him 'I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.' 'Yes, it is as you say,' Jesus replied.….."Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, 'He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?' 'He is worthy of death,' they answered."
The Roman Trial
Luke 23:4,14 - "Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, 'I find no basis for a charge against this man.'….and said to them, 'You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence and have found no basis for your charges against him.'"
Luke 23:22 - "For the third time he spoke to them: 'Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him.'"
Matthew 27:18, 21-23 - "For he knew it was out of envy that they had handled Jesus over to him….'Which of the two do you want me to release to you?' asked the governor. 'Barrabas,' they answered.' 'What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called Christ?' Pilate asked. They all answered, 'Crucifiy him!' 'Why? What crime has he committed?' asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, 'Crucify him!'
EVIDENCE FOR THE RESURRECTION
I Corinthians 15:4-7 - "that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter,and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,"
Acts 20:7 - "On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people…"
Romans 6:4,5 - "We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection."
WHY JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS
I Corinthians 5:7 - "….For Christ our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed."
John 1:29 - "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'"
Isaiah 53:6,12 - "We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all….."Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors."
Habakkuk 1:13 - "Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrong…."
Romans 6:23 - "For the wages of sin is death…"
Matthew 16:21, 17:22,23 - "From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be raised to life…..When they came together in Galilee, he said to them, 'The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised to life.'"
Leviticus 17:11 - "For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one's life."
Hebrews 9:22 - "In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness."
II Corinthians 5:21 - " God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."
I Peter 2:24 - "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed."
I Peter 3:18- "For Christ died for sins, once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit,"
Hebrews 9:27,28 - "Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him."
I John 2:2 - "He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world."
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ESSENTIAL 40#6 JESUS CHRIST – HIS LAST DAYS