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CHRIST ON THE WAY TO THE CROSS
LESSON ELEVEN
Student Instructions:
Lesson 11 This lesson brings to us the death of the Lord Jesus Christ. Perhaps you have asked yourself why would one like the Son of God have to die. WE have seen that the Son of God was made flesh. He became a man so that He might die for men. CHRIST BEFORE HUMAN JUDGES, chapter 18, verses 1-27 . After interceding for the disciples, Christ went to a garden to pray again. Judas negotiated with some priests to deliver Christ into their hands. The Lord Jesus did not resist or try to flee. He surrendered voluntarily to those who came to arrest Him. While Christ was being interrogated, Peter denied the Lord three times (verses 17, 25, 27). CHRIST BEFORE PILATE, chapter 18, verse 18 through chapter 19 , verse 16. The Jews wanted to kill Christ but did not have the authority to do so. Pilate was the Roman judge over Israel and had the authority. Pilate, after interviewing Christ, was convinced that Christ was without fault and wanted to free Him. However, the people wanted the death of Christ. They cried for the release of Barabbas, a robber (verse 40). CHRIST DIES ON THE CROSS, chapter, 19, verses 17-42. Christ was taken outside the city. His hands and feet were nailed to a cross. While in agony and suffering on the cross, He remembered His mother and made provision for her (verses 26-28). Finally He cried out, "It is finished" (verse 30), and He gave up the spirit. A soldier came and pierced His side with a spear. Later, Joseph of Arimathea presented himself to Pilate and asksed for the body of Jesus. Nicodemus came and helped Joseph prepare Christ's body for burial and put it in a new tomb in a nearby garden. We have seen how Judas helped those who hated Jesus; how the Jews wanted the death of Jesus, and how Pilate finally turned Him over to the Jews for crucifixion. Are you with those who love Christ or those who hate Him? |
