Scott Palmer - The Cross: Why did Jesus die?

April 13, 2025

Isaiah 53:1-6

 

“I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and He was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said. He was seen by Peter and then by the Twelve.

I Corinthians 15:3-5 (NLT)

 

Why Did Jesus Die?

 

1.   He took _______________________. (4)

“No one can take my life from Me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again…”  John 10:18 (NLT)

 

“This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for He faced all of the same testings we do, yet He did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive His mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.” Hebrews 4: 15-16 (NLT)

 

2.   He took ________________________. (5)

“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God… but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.”  I Corinthians 1:18, 24 (NIV)

 

“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.  Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God” Romans 5:1-2 (ESV)

 

3.   He took _________________________. (6)

“God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” II Corinthians 5:21 (NIV)

 

“But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 (CSB)