The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-06-04
Lesson for June 7
JESUS cRUcIFIED

JESUS ChUCIFiED
| GOLDEN TEXT-But he was wound.
ed for our transgressions, he was
lbruised for our iniquities: the chas-
tisement of our peace was upon him;
and with his stripes we are healed.
LESSON TEXT-Luke 23:33-46.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Jesus' Death on
the Cross.
JUNIOR ToPIc-Jesus Taking the
WORLDS Guilt.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-What We Owe to the Lord Jesus.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC-Love's Supreme Sacrifice.
I. The Place of Crucifixion ". 33).
They led Jesus away to Calvary, a
hill north of Jerusalem resembling a
skull. Calvary is the Latin word and
EGOlgotha is the Hebrew. This Is a
most significant name for the place
where mans redemption was accom-
tplished. The skull is an apt picture
Of mans condition as the result of sin
life and intelligence gone, leaving
only the dark empty cavern which
once contained them. Jesus was not
crucified in the city for he was to
suffer without the gate (Heb. 10 :12).
II. His Companions on the Cross
". 33).
Two Indicators were crucified with
him. This was in fulf1llment of the
Scripture. "He was numbered among
the transgressors" Elsa. 53:12). He
was sinless, but became sin for us.
Ill. His Forgiving Love ". 34).
He cried, "Father forgive them"
He not only had in mind the soldiers
who acted for the government, but
the Jews who In their blindness were
ignorant of the enormity of their
crime.
~. The World Revealed wv.
3443).
Jesus Christ on the cross is the SUI
preme tombstone of human life. 1t Is
at the cross that the worlds heart is
revealed. Take cross section of the
world at any time since Christ was
crucified, and representatives Of the
various classes therein were found
around Jesus on the cross. In a real
sense the cross is the judgment of this
world (John IL :3I.
l. The COvetous w. 34). They
gambled for his seamless robe right
under the cross where he was dying
This represents those whose primary
interest in Christ is a means to get
gain. II they had had eyes to see they
could have beheld robe of righteous
ness being provided in his death to
cover their sinful nakedness.
2. The Indifferent ". 35). 1.-THE
people stood beholding." They gazed
upon him with Indifference. The great
mass of the world still gazes upon
the Crucifled with stolid Indifference.
8. The scoffers wv. $500.
a. The rulers reviIed him for his
claim to be the Savior ". 35). They
wanted q savior but not a crucified sa-
vior. Many today are religious but
have only contempt for a salvation
which centers in an atonement made
by blood. They uttered great truth
when they said, 'He saved others, let
him save himself" He could not save
himself and others, because Gods plan
was to save others by giving himself.
b. The soldiers reyiled him for
claiming to be king wv. sc, 81. The
title liking Of the Jews" had been
placed over him In bitter irony, but 1t
was true, for by right of the Davidic
Covenant he shall one day be King
over Israel III Sam. 1916. Through
his death he came into the place Of
Lordship over all who will acknowl-
edge him. The fact that the super
scription was in Greek, Hebrew, and
Latin shows that he was to be King
over all the world.
G. The impenitent malefactor ".
39). This brutal man Joined in revil
. ing the Savior, even though he per-
sonally was under condemnation.
4. The penitent malefactor wv. 40
49,. This conscious sinner who dis
cerned the heart Of the Savior prayed
for mercy. He saw that the dying man
was the forgiving God. The fact that
he acknowledged his sin as against
God showed that he was penitent. His
request for Christ to remember him
when he came into his kingdom shows
that he recognized that the One who
was dying on the cross was making
atonement for sin and that he would
one day come to reign as King. The
salvation Of this penitent thief was
immediate. Christ said, "Today shalt
thou be with me In paradise"
v. The Death Of Christ wv. A-46.)
So shocking was the crime that ma
ture herself threw around the Son Of
God a shroud to hide him from the
goddess crowd. Darkness was upon
the land at MONDAY. When the price
of sin had been paid, he cried with a
loud voice, showing that he still had
vitality, that his death was not
through exhaustion but by his will.
Our Lame Praises