Purkey’s
B I B L E S T U D Y
O U T L I N E S
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BACKGROUND:
A. Let’s look at the death of Jesus Christ.
1. In one
biography of the great American, Daniel Webster,
863 pages deal with Daniel Webster’s
career and just five pages are devoted to his death.
2. In Hay's life of Abraham Lincoln there are 5,000 pages but only 25 pages are devoted to the dramatic story of his assassination and death.
3. In most biographies, the death of the subject is a mere incident at the close of the book.
B. But when we come to the
four "biographies" of JESUS CHRIST, the four Gospels, we are confronted with a strange fact.
1. One-third of the Gospel
of Matthew is given to a description of the death of Christ.
2. One-third
of the Gospel of Mark,…
a..
One-fourth of the Gospel of Luke,…
b.
And one-half of the Gospel of John
are given to His death.
3. All these pages are devoted to the last 24 hours of Christ’s life.
C. The death of Jesus Christ
is the most significant
1. Because Jesus Christ came for
the express purpose of dying for sinners.
2. Even before He left heaven, Jesus Christ knew He was going to the
Cross.
INTRODUCTION:
A. After a night of humiliating abuse and vicious
scourging, which was enough to kill some people,…
1. Jesus was
wracked with horrendous pain during His 6 hours on the cross.
2. But far
worse was the agony in His soul.
3. During the
3 hours of darkness, He endured the God-forsakenness of hell.
B. The prophet Isaiah declared the suffering
Servant…
1. to be
absolutely without fault, but said,…
2. "It
pleased the Lord to bruise Him" and to "make His soul an offering for sin" (Isaiah 53:10).
3. The apostle Paul said that God made
the sinless One "to be sin for
us" (2 Corinthians
4. Not until Jesus knew He had endured
the full measure of God's judgment against our sins did He say, "It
is finished!" (Matthew 27:50;
I. A HORRIBLY
CRUEL DEATH (John
A.
The Meaning. (
1. We speak so
often
of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ that it becomes almost
trite for the average believer.
2. The
crucifixion of Jesus Christ is one of the most reprehensible, wicked points in
history.
3. Yet, this
is our REDEMPTION!
4. We need to
pause here and look at it from various points of view.
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From
the standpoint of God, the cross is a propitiation: It is the mercy seat where God can extend mercy to you and to me.
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From
the standpoint of the Lord Jesus, it is a sacrifice: He is the Savior, and He makes Himself an offering for sin.
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From
the standpoint of you and me, believers in Christ Jesus, it was a substitution:
He took my place and He took your place.
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From
the standpoint of Satan, it was a triumph and also a defeat:
It was a triumph for Satan to bruise the
heel of the woman’s seed as had been foretold way back in
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From
the standpoint of the world, the cross is nothing but a brutal murder:
They see the injustice.
So they led Him away to be crucified.
This fulfills Psalm 94:20–21: “Shall the throne of iniquity have
fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a
law? They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and
condemn the innocent blood.”
B.
The Death. (19:17-24)
1. A Cross. (
a. The word
translated cross may refer to a
single piece of wood (a stake), or it may have been two cross pieces.
(1) At any
rate, it was of such size that a man could normally carry it.
(2)
Jesus carried His cross for some
distance.
(3) Then,
according to the other Gospels, it was given to a man named Simon of Cyrene to
carry.
b. The Place of a Skull may have received this name in one of two ways:
(1) The land
itself may have resembled a skull, especially if it was a hill with caves in
the side of it. Such a site is “Gordon’s
(2) It was the
place where criminals were executed; perhaps skulls and bones were found in the
area, though in light of the Mosaic Law on burial this is most unlikely.
2. A Murder. (
a. The Lord
Jesus was nailed to the cross, hands and feet.
b. The cross
was then lifted up and dropped into a hole in the ground.
c. The only
perfect Man who ever lived, and this was the reception He received from His
own!
d. Two thieves
were crucified with Him, one on either
side.
c. This was in
fulfillment of the prophecy of
3. A Title. (
a. It was the
custom to put a title above the
head of the crucified, and to indicate the crime.
b. Pilate
ordered that the title JESUS OF
4. A Message.
(
NOTE: The place of Christ’s Crucifixion was near the city. The Lord Jesus was crucified outside the city
limits. The exact location is no longer known for certain.
a. The title
was written in Hebrew (the language of religion).
b. It was
written in Greek (the language of culture and education).
c. It was
written in Latin (the language of law and order).
d. Thus, it
was written for the whole world to see that He died for all.
e. This is the
gospel that is to be preached to the world.
f. This is the
hope of the world.
5. A
Controversy. (
a. The chief priests did not like the wording.
b. They wanted
it to read as a claim made by
Jesus, but not as a fact (which it was).
6. A
Determination. (
a. Pilate
would not change the writing.
b. He had
become impatient with the Jews and would not give in to them any more.
c. But he
should have shown this determination sooner!
7. A Division.
(
a. At such
executions, the soldiers were
allowed to share the personal effects of those who died.
b. Here we
find them dividing Christ’s garments
among themselves.
c. Apparently
there were five pieces altogether.
d. They
divided four, but there was still the
tunic, which was without seam
and could not be cut up without making it worthless.
8. A
Fulfillment. (
a. They cast lots for the tunic, and it was handed
over to the unnamed winner.
(1) Little did
they know that in doing this, they were fulfilling a remarkable prophecy
written a thousand years previously,…
(2) “They part my garments among them, and cast
lots upon my vesture” (Psalm
b. These
fulfilled prophecies remind us again that this Bible is the inspired Word of
God!
c. And that
Jesus Christ is indeed the promised Messiah.
d. Jesus Christ is the Savior for all who will
believe.
II. A CARING
A. Jesus Commends His Mother to John.
(19:25–27)
1. In spite of
His own suffering, the Lord had tender regard for others.
a. Seeing His mother, and John, the disciple, He introduced John to
her as the one who would hereafter take the place of son to her.
b. In calling
His mother “Woman,” the Lord did not show any lack of respect.
2. Notice that
the Lord did not call her “Mother.”
a. Jesus calls
Mary, “Woman,” just as He had in
b. His hour is
come.
(1)
He is to DIE, but He will RISE AGAIN.
(2)
He is to be GLORIFIED.
(3)
His relationship to His MOTHER is to be severed.
(4)
To her, as well as to us, He is to be the glorified Christ.
(5)
Christ’s resurrection will clear her name forever.
(6)
Her reputation will be vindicated.
c. Jesus here
instructed John to care for Mary as if she were his own mother.
d. John obeyed
and took Mary to his own home.
B. Jesus Finishes His Work On The
Cross. (19:28–30)
1. His Thirst. (
a. Between
verse 27 and 28, we have, no doubt, the
three hours of darkness -- from
b. It was
during this time that Jesus was forsaken by God as He suffered the penalty of
our sins.
c. His cry, “I
thirst!” indicated real, physical thirst, which was intensified by
crucifixion.
d. But it also
reminds us that, greater than His physical thirst was His spiritual thirst for
the salvation of the souls of men and women.
2. His Cup. (
a. The
soldiers gave Him sour wine to
drink.
b. They
probably tied a sponge to the
end of a rod with hyssop and
pressed it to His lips.
c. (Hyssop is a plant, also used at the
Passover --
d. This is not
to be confused with the vinegar mixed with gall, which had been offered to Him
earlier (Matthew 27:34).
(1) He did not
drink that because it would have acted as a pain reliever.
(2)
He must bear our sins in full consciousness.
3. His Shout.
(
a. The Lord Jesus ended His work and
suffering on the cross of
(1) In the original language in which
John recorded these words, only one word is spoken by the Lord Jesus – tetelestai.
(2) Not three
words but one – FINISHED!
b. It was the cry of consummation, the
cry of victory and of completion.
(1) In this one word, the Savior
declared a
(2) that Jesus has paid the price for our sin.
(3) We have
been redeemed!
(4) All we
have to do is accept Christ as our Savior.
“For
God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus
Christ, Who died for us…” (1 Thessalonians 5:9-10)
c. That Jesus
Christ gave up His spirit emphasizes
the fact that His death was VOLUNTARY.
(1)
He determined the time of His death.
(2) In full
control of His faculties, He dismissed His spirit -- an act no mere man could
accomplish.
CONCLUSION:
A.
If it were not
for what Christ did on the cross, we would all stand guilty before God and
hopeless in the face of death.
B.
But through faith in Jesus Christ, we receive the forgiveness of all our sins
and the assurance that death cannot hold us.
A. A
missionary was speaking to a remote tribe of people who had never heard about
the life and ministry of Jesus.
1. Seated in the front row, listening intently
to all the missionary had to say, was the chief of the tribe.
B. As the
story of Jesus came to its climax and the chief heard how Christ was cruelly
crucified, he could restrain himself no longer.
1. He jumped up and cried, "Stop!
2. Take Him down from the cross!
3. I belong there, not Him!
4. He had grasped the meaning of the gospel.
5. He understood that he was a sinner, and that
Christ was the sinless One.
C. As you
consider that scene of the Son of God hanging on the cross in agony, with blood
flowing from His wounds, can you say from your heart, "I belong
there!"
1. Then go one
step further and put your trust in Him as your Savior, so that you can say with
Paul,…
"I am
crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I
live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for
me." (Galatians 2:20)
2. Jesus took our place and died in our stead.
3. Because
Christ bore our sins, He has opened the way for us to be brought into
fellowship with the Father.
4. If you
identify yourself with Christ and believe that He died for you, God will
identify you with Christ and give you His righteousness.
D. Can you say, "I belong
there!"
-- Henry G. Bosch, Our Daily Bread,
THOUGHT TO REMEMBER: “Salvation
cannot be earned; it must be accepted.”
REFERENCES: References
used in this Bible study are from the
Believer’s Bible Commentary, David C. Cook Publishers Bible-in-Life, Dr. Cliff
Robinson Bible Outlines, Dr. Lee Roberson’s Sermons, KJV Bible Commentary, Our
Daily Bread, The Bible Reader’s Companion Ed. 3, The Nelson Study Bible: New
King James Version, Thru the Bible with J. Vernon McGee, Wiersbe’s Expository
Outlines of the New Testament Ed. 4, Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines of the Old
Testament, With the Word Bible Commentary, and selected illustrations.
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