The Lord Jesus journeyed to Calvery’s cross over 2000 years ago for you. We read in the pages of God’s word, “ the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us that are saved it is God’s power”. If we take a look around us today or even back in history we see one big barrier separating us from a holy and righteous God. That barrier is “SIN”.
Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. He journeyed to the cross where he laid down His life for you. By this great sacrifice God is able to cleanse and offer salvation for those who comein repentece and faith to His son, Jesus Christ.
Bible Scriptures: Darby Translation
1 Corinthians 1:17-25 17 For Christ has not sent me to baptise, but to preach glad tidings; not in wisdom of word, that the cross of the Christ may not be made vain.18 For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us that are saved it is God’s power.
19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.20 Where [is the] wise? where scribe? where disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom has not known God, God has been pleased by the foolishness of the preaching to save those that believe.
22 Since Jews indeed ask for signs, and Greeks seek wisdom;23 but *we* preach Christ crucified, to Jews an offence, and to nations foolishness;24 but to those that [are] called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ God’s power and God’s wisdom.25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.”
John 19:17-21– “17 And he went out, bearing his cross, to the place called [place] of a skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha;18 where they crucified him, and with him two others, [one] on this side, and [one] on that, and Jesus in the middle.19 And Pilate wrote a title also and put it on the cross. But there was written: Jesus the Nazaraean, the King of the Jews.20 This title therefore many of the Jews read, for the place of the city where Jesus was crucified was near; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, Latin.
21 The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, Do not write, The king of the Jews, but that *he* said, I am king of the Jews.22 Pilate answered, What I have written, I have written.”
John 19:25-37 “25 And by the cross of Jesus stood his mother, and the sister of his mother, Mary the [wife] of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.26 Jesus therefore, seeing his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, says to his mother, Woman, behold thy son.27 Then he says unto the disciple, Behold thy mother. And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now finished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, says, I thirst.29 There was a vessel therefore there full of vinegar, and having filled a sponge with vinegar, and putting hyssop round it, they put it up to his mouth.30 When therefore Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished; and having bowed his head, he delivered up his spirit.
31 The Jews therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, for it was [the] preparation, (for the day of that sabbath was a great [day],) demanded of Pilate that their legs might be broken and they taken away.32 The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first and of the other that had been crucified with him;33 but coming to Jesus, when they saw that he was already dead they did not break his legs,34 but one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water.
35 And he who saw it bears witness, and his witness is true, and he knows that he says true that ye also may believe.36 For these things took place that the scripture might be fulfilled, Not a bone of him shall be broken.37 And again another scripture says, They shall look on him whom they pierced.”
Galatians 3:10-14 “10 For as many as are on the principle of works of law are under curse. For it is written, Cursed is every one who does not continue in all things which [are] written in the book of the law to do them;11 but that by law no one is justified with God [is] evident, because The just shall live on the principle of faith;12 but the law is not on the principle of faith; but, He that shall have done these things shall live by them.
13 Christ has redeemed us out of the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, (for it is written, Cursed [is] every one hanged upon a tree,)14 that the blessing of Abraham might come to the nations in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.”