Opening Hymn

Calvary

CALVARY

Scripture ReadingHeb. 13:12. "And when

they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified Him."

"That He might sanctify the people with His own blood,"

Christ "suffered without the gate."

For transgression of the law of God, Adam and Eve were banished from Eden.

Christ, our substitute, was to suffer without the boundaries of Jerusalem.

He died outside the gate, where felons and murderers were executed.

The birth, and life of Jesus, should be read on a daily/weekly/monthly basis.

Maranatha pg. 77It would be well to spend a thoughtful hour

each day, reviewing the life of Christ from the manger, to Calvary.

We should take it point by point, and let the imagination vividly grasp each scene, especially the closing ones of His earthly life.

By thus contemplating His teachings, and sufferings, and the infinite sacrifice made by Him, for the redemption of the race, we may strengthen our faith, quicken our love, and become more deeply fill, with the spirit which sustained our Saviour.

If we would be saved …. we must all learn the lesson of penitence, and faith, at the foot of the cross. . . .

Everything noble, and generous in man, will respond to the contemplation of Christ upon the cross.

I would suggest that the book of Matthew

be read.

Let’s turn there for a moment

Matthew 2:1-50Talks about

Jesus' birth, vs.1

Herod seek to kill Him, vs. 8

Parents flees to Egypt,

vs. 13-14

Jesus is baptized

He is tempted 40 daysJesus starts His Ministry,

Healing all manner of diseases

Matthew 12:14Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might

destroy him.Luke 20:19-20

And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they

feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should

feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power

and authority of the governor.

Luke 11:53-54They lay wait to criticize

HimLuke 13:14

And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation,

(deep hatred)

Matthew 13:54-58Rejected in His own

town•Whole towns

rejected Him Luke 8:37

• Rejected by Samaria

Luke 9:51-56

John 8:59

Stone Him

Luke 4:28, 29

Throw Him off a cliff

WHAT’S NEXT?

Crown Of Thorns

Scourges

Stakes

The Cross is the greatest revelation of God's divine nature. There is nothing anyone can do,

say, or preach,

that will reveal more about God, than

THE CROSS. 

Let’s say this againIt would be well for us to spend a

thoughtful hour each day in contemplation of the life of Christ.

We should take it point by point, and let the imagination grasp each

scene, especially the closing ones.

As we thus dwell upon His great sacrifice for us, our confidence in

Him will be more constant, our love will be quickened, and we shall be

more deeply imbued with His spirit. If we would be saved at last, we must

learn the lesson of penitence and humiliation at the foot of the cross.

Are you able to handle the cross?

Lets turn to Isa 53

I would suggest that we all get the book by Pastor

Johnson

In one of the chapters, Pastor Johnson, speaks of the physical torture Christ went through.It may change your life.

It did change my life!

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4BC 1147Prophecy foretold that Christ was to appear as

a root out of dry ground, Isa 53:2This chapter should be studied.

It presents Christ as the Lamb of God. Those who are lifted up with pride, whose souls are filled with vanity,

should look upon this picture of their Redeemer,

and humble themselves in the dust. The entire chapter should be committed to

memory. Its influence will subdue, and humble the soul, defiled by sin, and uplifted by self-exaltation.

YI Dec. 20,

1900 Think of Christ's humiliation. He took upon Himself, fallen, suffering

human nature, degraded and defiled by sin.

He took our sorrows, bearing our grief, and shame.

He endured all the temptations wherewith man is beset.

He united humanity with divinity: a divine spirit dwelt in a temple of flesh.

He united Himself with the temple. John 1:14

MS 77, 1899It was not alone,

by dying on the cross, that Christ accomplished His work of

saving men. The ignominy, and suffering, and

humiliation, was a part of His mission…. This penalty,

Christ has borne the punishment for every man,

and for this reason, He can ransom every soul,

however fallen his condition, If

he will accept the law of God as his standard of righteousness.

Let’s now turn to Isa. 53

It is all about Jesus!

Isa. 53:1Who hath believed

our report? And to

whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

Isa. 53:2 For He shall grow up before him as a tender plant,

and as a root out of a dry ground: He hath no form, nor comeliness;

And when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.

MS 33, 1911

These words do not mean that Christ was unattractive in person.

In the eyes of the Jews, Christ had no beauty that they should desire Him.

They looked for a Messiah who would come with outward display, and worldly glory, one who would do great things for the Jewish nation,

exalting it above every other nation on the earth. But Christ came with His divinity hidden by the garb

of humanity, unobtrusive, humble, poor. They, the Jews, compared this man with the proud

boasts they had made, and they could see no beauty in Him.

They did not discern the holiness and purity of His character.

The grace and virtue revealed in His life, did not appeal to them.

Isa. 53:3 He is despised and rejected of

men

Isa. 53:3 A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief:

Isa. 53:3 And we hid as it were our faces from

Him; He was despised, and we esteemed him

not.

Isa. 53:4 Surely He hath borne our griefs,

and carried our sorrows:

Isa. 53:4 Yet we did esteem Him stricken,

smitten of God, and afflicted.

Isa. 53:5 But He was wounded for our

transgressions,

Isa. 53:5 He was bruised for our

iniquities:

Isa. 53:5 The chastisement of our peace was

upon Him

Isa. 53:5And with His stripes, we are

healed.

Isa. 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray;

We have turned every one, to his own way; And the LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

Isa. 53:7 He was oppressed,

and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth:

Isa. 53:7 He is brought as a lamb to

the slaughter, and as a

sheep before her shearers

is dumb, So He

openeth not His mouth.

Isa. 53:8 He was taken from prison and from judgment:

And who shall declare his generation? For He was cut off out of the land of the living:

For the transgression of my people was He stricken.

Isa. 53:9 And He made his grave with the wicked, and with

the rich in His death; Because He had done no violence, neither was

any deceit in His mouth.

MS 42, 1901Satan assailed Him, Christ, in every point,

yet He sinned not in thought, word, or deed. He did no violence, neither was guile found in His

mouth. Walking in the midst of sin, He was holy,

harmless, undefiled. He was wrongfully accused,

yet He opened not His mouth to justify Himself. How many now,

when accused of that of which they are not guilty, feel that there is a time when forbearance ceases

to be a virtue, and losing their temper,

speak words which grieve the Holy Spirit?

Isa. 53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He hath put Him to

grief: when thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the

pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.

Isa. 53:11 He shall see of the travail of His soul, and shall be

satisfied: By his knowledge shall my righteous servant

justify many; For He shall bear their iniquities.

Isa. 53:12 Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great,

and He shall divide the spoil with the strong; Because He hath poured out His soul unto death:

And He was numbered with the transgressors; And He bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

6T 309The angels were waiting to welcome Jesus

as He ascended after His resurrection. The heavenly host longed to greet again,

their loved Commander, returned to them from the prison house of

death. Eagerly they pressed about Him as He

entered the gates of heaven. But He waved them back.

His heart was with the lonely, sorrowing band of disciples whom He had left upon

Olivet. It is still with His struggling children on

earth, who have the battle with the destroyer yet to wage.

Are you able to handle the cross?

The spotless Son of God hung upon the cross, His flesh lacerated with stripes;

Those hands so often reached out in blessing, nailed to the wooden bars;

Those feet so tireless on ministries of love, spiked to the tree;

That royal head pierced by the crown of thorns; those quivering lips shaped to the cry of woe.

And all that He endured, the blood drops that flowed from His head,

His hands, His feet,

the agony that racked His frame, and the unutterable anguish that filled His soul at the hiding of His

Father's face, speaks to each child of humanity,

to me, declaring,

It is for thee, that the Son of God consents to bear this burden

of guilt; For thee,

He spoils the domain of death, and opens the gates of Paradise.

He, who stilled the angry waves,

and walked the foam-capped billows, who made devils tremble, and disease flee,

who opened blind eyes and called forth the dead to life, offers Himself upon the cross as a sacrifice,

and this, from love to thee.

He, The Sin Bearer,

endures the wrath of divine justice, and for thy sake,

for my sake becomes sin itself.

I, we,

need to come to the Foot of the Cross,to see the real picture of why God allowed His one and only

Son, to leave everything,

just for me, for us.

CAN YOU HANDLE THE CROSS?

Righteousness Through ChristThe love existing between the

Father and His Son, cannot be portrayed.

It is measureless. In Christ, God saw the beauty and perfection of excellence

that dwells in Himself. Wonder, O heavens,

and be astonished, O earth, for God spared not His own Son, but gave Him up to be made sin

for us, that those who believe may be made the righteousness of God,

in Him. . . .

2 Cor. 5:21

The Old Rugged The Old Rugged CrossCross

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