1. What Does The Cross Mean To You? "All heaven is interested in the cross of Christ, all hell terribly afraid of it, while men are the only beings who more or less ignore its meaning." Oswald Chambers The _______ has historically been one of the most loved and hated __________ in the world. Original Cross Represented Death "being found in appearance as a human being, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!" Philippians 2:8 New Meaning - Cross Represents Life When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. Colossians 2:13-15 To the Christian the cross represents the _______ of our old self and the new ______ we have in Christ. 1 2 J U L Y 2 0 9 "God proved his love on the cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died it was God saying to the world—I love you." Billy Graham Gritty, Painful Love Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified... So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). Here they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle. When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes,.. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, "Woman, here is your son," and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home. Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty." A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips. When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. John 19:16-30 Tetelestai - "It is finished" (Paid in full) No one who ___________ the crucifixion of Jesus, would ever claim God didn't do _________! It is STILL finished! Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:4-6 The true meaning of the _______ is realized when we embrace the love of he who ______ (in our place) upon it. "Suffering love, the cross, stands at the heart of the church." T. Z. Koo

2. What Does The Cross Mean To You? "All heaven is interested in the cross of Christ, all hell terribly afraid of it, while men are the only beings who more or less ignore its meaning." Oswald Chambers The _______ has historically been one of the most loved and hated __________ in the world. Original Cross Represented Death "being found in appearance as a human being, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!" Philippians 2:8 New Meaning - Cross Represents Life When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. Colossians 2:13-15 To the Christian the cross represents the _______ of our old self and the new ______ we have in Christ. 1 2 J U L Y 2 0 9 "God proved his love on the cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died it was God saying to the world—I love you." Billy Graham Gritty, Painful Love Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified... So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). Here they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle. When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes,.. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, "Woman, here is your son," and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home. Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty." A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips. When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. John 19:16-30 Tetelestai - "It is finished" (Paid in full) No one who ___________ the crucifixion of Jesus, would ever claim God didn't do _________! It is STILL finished! Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:4-6 The true meaning of the _______ is realized when we embrace the love of he who ______ (in our place) upon it. "Suffering love, the cross, stands at the heart of the church." T. Z. Koo