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The Supreme Moment In History

If you asked a historian, philosopher, and scientist to identify the supreme moment in history, they’d all have different answers. But from God’s point of view, that moment was the crucifixion, death, and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ. As humans we can’t comprehend or understand all that happened at the cross, but God has given us deeper understanding of what transpired in His Word. The most momentous, supreme event in all of human history is the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

Read Luke 24:13-26 (NLT)

That same day two of Jesus’ followers were walking to the village of Emmaus, seven miles [a]  from Jerusalem.  14  As they walked along they were talking about everything that had happened.  15  As they talked and discussed these things, Jesus himself suddenly came and began walking with them.  16  But God kept them from recognizing him.

17  He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?”

They stopped short, sadness written across their faces.  18  Then one of them, Cleopas, replied, “You must be the only person in Jerusalem who hasn’t heard about all the things that have happened there the last few days.” (Jesus is the ONLY one that knew everything that happened)

19  “What things?” Jesus asked.

“The things that happened to Jesus, the man from Nazareth,” they said. “He was a prophet who did powerful miracles, and he was a mighty teacher in the eyes of God and all the people.  20  But our leading priests and other religious leaders handed him over to be condemned to death, and they crucified him.  21  We had hoped he was the Messiah who had come to rescue Israel. This all happened three days ago.

22  “Then some women from our group of his followers were at his tomb early this morning, and they came back with an amazing report.  23  They said his body was missing, and they had seen angels who told them Jesus is alive!  24  Some of our men ran out to see, and sure enough, his body was gone, just as the women had said.”

25  Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures.  26  Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?”

After the resurrection, Jesus appeared to two disciples walking on the road to Emmaus. They’d been in Jerusalem and were aware of Jesus’ death and reported resurrection but were disappointed and confused about these events. Jesus responded, (v. 25-26) “You foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer

these things and to come into His glory?” Then He explained to them all that was written about Him in the Old Testament. Jesus was the only one on earth who knew what had happened, and His Word is still explaining it to us today.

If somebody should ask you, “What happened the day Christ was crucified?” “What happened at the cross?”

God judged sin the day Jesus was crucified

Because He is holy and righteous, the Lord hates sin. He warned Adam and Eve that they would die if they disobeyed Him by eating of the tree of the knowledge of good an evil, and He continues to warn us in the scriptures not to rebel against Him because His wrath “is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth in unrighteousness” (Romans 1:18).

 God hates sin

 When we say that God “judged” sin, He did exactly that because we find his deep opposition to sin throughout scripture

 He knows it’s destructive power in a person’s life

 Just read the paper, watch the news, listen to the radio, look at some of your family and friends

 God judged sin at the cross

 Jesus bore our sin in his body

 God capsuled all the sin of mankind from Adam all the way to the last person that will ever live

 He placed all that sin upon Jesus Christ

 Then He crucified his only begotten son

Christ was the only qualified sacrifice because He was perfect. On the cross, God “made Him who knew no sin to be sin in our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Cor. 5:21). Jesus was our substitute who bore the guilt and penalty of our sins so we wouldn’t have to. This was all according to the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God. He sacrificed His Son to bear the condemnation we deserved. Now there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Christ defeated Satan on the cross

Shortly before His crucifixion, Jesus said, “Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out” (John 12:31). Even though Satan is still working powerfully in this world today, Jesus won the war against him on our behalf with His death and resurrection.

 The devil cannot condemn us. Jesus Christ paid our sin debt in full. Since we’ve all sinned, we have a certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, but Jesus has canceled it, having nailed it to the cross. At the cross, God disarmed the rulers and authorities and made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Christ. We have no debt hanging on our name in heaven.

 All of us have an account in heaven

 If you trusted Jesus Christ as your personal savior, there is one thing I know about your sin account and my sin account…it is stamped PAID IN FULL!

Satan is a defeated foe even though he still tempts and attacks us. Christ’s victory over him guarantees that none of his  accusations against us can stand because the record of our sins has been removed, and we stand in Christ’s righteousness. When we sin and confess, God promises to forgive and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. God will never condemn one of His blood-bought children.

 Satan cannot make us sin. Christ defeated the power of sin in our lives. According to Romans 6:6, “Our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so we would no longer be slaves to sin.” Satan rules over unbelievers, and they have no power to defeat him, but he can’t make any believer sin. Yes, we sometimes do, but we have God’s supernatural power to resist if we’ll use it.

 Satan cannot take our lives. Jesus alone holds the keys to death. We are held securely by Him, and nothing happens to us apart from His permissive will. Death will eventually come, but God is the one whom the cross demonstrated how wicked he is. He tempted Jesus to come down from the cross and save Himself, yet despite the humiliation, abuse, and suffering, Christ did not revile in return, but quietly endured in obedience to His Father’s will, leaving us an example to follow in His steps.

 Some people want to play around with Satan

 If you want to know what Satan will do to you, just look at the cross

 You want to know what he will do to your life; he will strip you of everything that is of value to you

 He will cheat you out of your love, peace and joy

 He will strip you emotionally, financially and physically

 Satan’s goal is to keep you out of the will of God

 He will give you money, opportunity, privilege, and anything that you desire to keep you out of God’s will

God reconciled us to Himself through Christ Reconcile means to bring back together two parties who were formerly estranged. Our sin has alienated us from a holy God, and there is nothing we can do to remedy the situation. But the Lord took the initiative to reconcile us to Himself by sending His Son to satisfy His righteous justice on the cross. Jesus bore the tidal wave of God’s
wrath that we deserved so we wouldn’t have to. He was forsaken so we could be accepted. Right before His death, Jesus cried out,”Tetelestai” or “It is finished!”

Redemption and reconciliation were complete. Through faith in Christ, the enmity is gone, and as God’s beloved children, we’re clothed with the righteousness of Christ.

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 The cross is not just a couple pieces of wood

 The cross is our ONLY HOPE

 The cross is the way of salvation

 It is man’s only possibility of being reconcile to God

 Now that know your sin debt has been paid at the cash register on the cross, will you BELIEVE!

 Christ death, burial and resurrection eliminated sin as an obstacle forever

 Now you just have to BELIEVE and RECEIVE IT and God will provide it TODAY!!