“REDEMPTION REQUIRED THE CROSS” John 12:27-34

God keeps His plans which He revealed centuries earlier.

  1. JESUS DECLARED THAT HE WOULD DIE BY C_________________.
    1. The Jewish audience was C_____________ by the claim of Jesus.
    2. Jesus R_________________ claimed He would die by crucifixion. John 3:14-15; 8:28; 12:32
    3. Jesus used the cross to illustrate righteous E_______________. Matthew 10:38; 16:24
  2. THE OLD TESTAMENT H_______ OF THE DEATH BY CRUCIFIXION.
    1. The bronze S__________ on the pole symbolized the crucifixion. Numbers 21
    2. Mosaic Law labels those hung on a tree as C__________ by God. Deuteronomy 21:22-23
    3. Passover Lambs were to be perfect and without D____________. Isaiah 53:7f
  3. DIVINE REDEMPTION WAS F___________ THROUGH THE CROSS.
    1. The perfect Son of God became cursed as He B________ all sin. Galatians 3:13; I Peter 2:24
    2. Jesus remained perfectly R_________________ even until death.
    3. Jesus was God’s perfect Lamb without any B___________
    4. Jesus proved Himself to be the W_______ of God in human flesh. Colossians 2:9f
    5. God uses the cross of Christ as a F_________ point in the Gospel.

I Corinthians 1:18; Ephesians 2:13f; Philippians 2:8

Does God want us to remember Jesus every time we see a tree?