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Richard Chambers The Crucifixion   Worship

What does the church of Christ teach about the Crucifixion?
What does the Bible say about the Crucifixion?

John 4:21-24
21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
KJV

 

THE CRUCIFIXION

 

-Introduction

-Last Sunday morning, we began a series of lesson on God’s pattern for New Testament worship.

-To begin that series, we focused on the Lord’s Supper – one of the components of our worship.

            -We looked at the institution of the Lord’s Supper by Jesus, the emblems to be used, when

              and how often we are to partake, the purpose and who it is that is to partake of it.

-In regards to the purpose of the Lord’s Supper, I said I hoped to further address that aspect of the

  subject in an  additional lesson.  So, that is what we’ll do at this time.

 

-Lord’s Supper – An Item of Great Significance!

-When it comes to the Lord’s Supper (as with the other parts of our worship as well) we need to

  be careful that it does not become “just routine.” 

            -When we do things repetitively they sometimes loose their significance.  We must not let

              that happen with the Lord’s Supper (or with the other parts of worship).

-1 Cor 11:23-26 – “in remembrance” of Jesus – a matter of utmost significance

 

-In Remembrance of Him

-The night Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper, He was betrayed by Judas and the events

surrounding the crucifixion began.

-Sang a hymn and went to the mount of Olives (Matt 26:30), prayerful agony in the Garden

  of Gethsemane (Luke 22:41-44), the mob came and took Jesus from the Mount of Olives to

  Annas (John 18:21-13) and then Caiaphas (John 18:24) where He stood before the

  Sanhedrin.  In this illegal gathering Jewish leaders falsely accused Jesus and ineffectively

  used false witnesses against Him (Mark 14:55-64).  At this point, we have a record of some

  of the physical and verbal abuse of Jesus which continued throughout the night and into the

  next day (Matt 26:67-68).  Jesus stood before the Sanhedrin again “when the morning was

  come” (Matt 27:1).  He was then led to Pilate (Matt 27:2) who then sent Jesus to Herod

  Antipas (Luke 23:6-10).  Herod sent Jesus back to Pilate (Luke 23:11).  Pilate addressed the

  angry mob and proclaimed the innocence of Jesus (Luke 23:14).  However, Pilate gave in to

  the demands of the angry mob that cried out, “Crucify Him, crucify Him” (Luke 23:21). 

-Matt 27:25-31 - Jesus was taken to “Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull” (Matt 27:33),

  and nailed to a cross and lifted up to die a despised and shameful death in view of the people.

 

-The Crucifixion

-It is interesting that the scriptures do not reveal very many of the details involved with the

  crucifixion.  We’re told that the people continued to verbally scorn and mock Jesus as He

  hung there suffering.  We’re told of a few things that were said and done during the crucifixion

  but we are not given very many details at all.

          -I think this is another strong evidence of the inspiration of the scriptures.  Mankind wouldn’t

            record such a horrible event with the “matter-of-factness” that we find in the scriptures.

            Mankind would be inclined to include the many details involved either in support or in

       opposition to Jesus.

-What are some of the details?

 

-The Details of the Crucifixion

-Most of our ideas about the scene of the crucifixion have been formed from artwork.  That

  artwork excludes some of the atrocities and misrepresents other details.

-For a outstanding lesson on the crucifixion, listen to Wayne Jackson’s lesson at

  http://www.christiancourier.com/audio/inRemembrance.htm.

-Crucifixion was the most horrible manner of death known to mankind.  It was utterly

  despised by the Jews (Deut 21:22-23, Gal 3:13). 

-It had been used by a variety of different nations:

          -Alexander the Great, upon defeating the city of Tyre, had 2,000 of its people crucified. 

          -A Jewish ruler (between the Greek & Roman rule), Alexander Jannaeus had 800 Pharisees

            crucified.

-It seems that the process had been “perfected” by the Romans.

-It began with a scourging:  whip with three leather straps with pieces of bone or metal

          -The person was stripped of their clothing and placed on a large slanted pole so that their

            skin would be stretched tight.  They would then be whipped from the their neck to their feet.

          -The skin & muscles would be ripped apart and at times the spinal column would be exposed.

          -Many went into shock and died at this stage.

-The person would bear the cross or a portion of it to the site of execution where they would be

  stripped of their clothes and tied or nailed to the cross.  Of course, Jesus was nailed to the cross.

          -The nails in His hands would have been nailed through His wrists.  In the Greek language,

      the word for “hand” includes the wrist area.  The severed nerves resulted in excrutiating pain.

                      -The word “excruciating” is derived from “crucifixion”.

-In 1968, archeologists discovered the remains of some Jews who had been crucified upon the

 destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70.

          -One of them had a spike driven through his heel.  It seems that his two feet had been

      separated, one to each side of the cross, and nailed separately through the heel.  The spike

            that was used was made of iron – 7 inches long.  It was similar to a railroad spike.

-When the person was raised up on the cross, the weight of the body would immediately cause

  the shoulders to pop out of joint. 

          -The victim’s feet were a short distance off the ground– from a few inches up to approx 3 feet.

   -The bodies of most victims were allowed to rot on the cross.  Therefore, dogs and other

           animals would stay around the crucifixion sites and eat the bodies.  At times, they would

           start eating on the victims before they died.

-A number of doctors have studied the process of crucifixion and have determined two primary

  causes of death:

          -Hypovolemic shock – low blood volume

                      -As the body loses blood and other fluids, the kidneys shut down causing insatiable thirst.

                      -Under continued stress, the heartbeat became erradic.

          -Exhaustion asphyxiation – suffocation

                      -The person could not breath in the position they hung in.  To breath, the victim had to

                        pull up with their arms and push up with their feet.

                      -Mark 15:25 – third hour;  Matt 27:46 – ninth hour = Six hours of suffering.

-Ps 22

 

-Summary and Invitation

-Crucifixion was the most horrible and shameful method of death known to man.

          -Heb 12:2

-“Out of the ugliness and agony of crucifixion, God accomplished the greatest good of all –

   the redemption of sinners” – (from Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary,  © 1986, Thomas Nelson

    Publishers)  -1 Pet 1:18-23

-These are the types of things we should reflect on while partaking of the Lord’s Supper –

  in remembrance of Jesus and what He suffered on our behalf and what He made available to us.

-Jesus died on the cross so that we could be saved.

-To be saved, we must not only remember His sacrifice, but properly respond to it.  Have you?

          -Believe (John 8:24), Confess (Matt 10:32), Repent (Luke 13:3), Be Baptized (Mark 16:16)

          -We are then to walk in newness of life (Rom 6:4).  We aren’t perfect so we continually need

            the forgiveness of God through Jesus – 1 John 1:7-9.


 

 

Other sermons and lessons about Worship:

 
Worship:          

Title

Outline

Lesson

Audio

Video

Author

Teach Us To Worship     Bobby Stafford

Worship in Spirit and in Truth

 

    David Hersey
Lifting Holy Hands       Travis Main
True Worship       Don Cope
All Service to God is not Worship     Travis Main
What is the Meaning of Worship?       Bobby Stafford
Reverence in Worship       Bobby Stafford
Why Does the church of Christ Observe the Lord's Supper Weekly?  

    David Hersey
Lesson 1:  God's Patterns       

Richard Chambers

Lesson 2:  The Lord's Supper     Richard Chambers
Lesson 3:  The Crucifixion     Richard Chambers
Lesson 4:  Singing       Richard Chambers
Lesson 5:  The Silence of the Scriptures     Richard Chambers
Lesson 6:  Giving       Richard Chambers
Lesson 7:  Prayer     Richard Chambers
Lesson 8:  Preaching     Richard Chambers
Lesson 9:  Evangelism and the Jerusalem Church     Richard Chambers
Lesson 10:  Church Authority & Organization       Richard Chambers
Lesson 11:  Too Exclusive &/or Narrow Minded?       Richard Chambers

 

 

 

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