Agony and Glory P. P. Lesson 4

8/19/2019 Agony and Glory P. P. Lesson 4

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“THE AGONY

AND

GLORY

OF THE CROSS”

Lesson 4


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REMEMBER PAUL’S WORDS:

“But !" #e $t "o% %e to

#o!st e&'e(t $n t)e '"oss o

ou" Lo"* +esus C)"$st, #-.)$') t)e .o"/* )!s #een

'"u'$$e* to %e, !n* 0 to t)e

.o"/*1”

2G!/!t$!ns 3:45


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THE

HOL0NESS

OF GOD6


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SEE THE BEAUT0FUL “P0CTURE”

OF OUR HOLY GOD ON H0STHRONE6

A#o7e )$% stoo* t)e se"!()$%811”

An* one '!//e* to !not)e" !n* s!$*:

9Ho/-, )o/-, )o/- $s t)e LORD o

)osts t)e .)o/e e!"t) $s u// o

)$s ;/o"-6“

20s!$!) 3:


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TODAY, THERE ARE 0NCORRECT

0DEAS ABOUT GOD6

1 Peo(/e .!nt to #e/$e7e $n !

“;o*” t)!t t)e- )!7e '"e!te*1

T)e “;o*” o %!n- $s not ! )o/-Go*

no. H$%, ?

NOT /$sten to H$% 2+o)n

@:=5


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NOTE:

T)e .o"* “HOLY” $s oun* %o"et)!n 3 t$%es $n t)e B$#/e

“Ho/$ness” $s t)e ')!"!'te"$st$' oGo* t)!t SEPARATES H0M "o%

e7e"- '"e!te* #e$n;

0t $s t)e “nu%#e" one”')!"!'te"$st$' o Go*6


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OUT OF GOD’S HOL0NESS

COMES

BOTH

H0S “LOE”

AND

H0S “+UST0CE6”


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BECAUSE GOD 0S “HOLY:”

1 H$s LOE ("o7$*es ! .!- o"S0N to #e FORG0EN6

H0S “HOL0NESS” MEANS THAT HE

CANNOT APPROE S0N6

BUT, OUT OF H0S “HOL0NESS”

ALSO COMES “+UST0CE” THATMUST PUN0SH S0N6


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“HOL0NESS” MUST BE THE

“GOAL” OF EERY CHR0ST0AN6

“#ut !s )e .)o -ou !/so #e

)o/- '!//e* -ou $s )o/-, $n !//-ou" 'on*u't,”

s$n'e $t $s ."$tten, 9You s)!// #e)o/-, o" 0 !% )o/-1“

20 Pete" :, 35


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“St"$7e o" (e!'e .$t)

e7e"-one, !n* o" t)e)o/$ness .$t)out .)$') no

one .$// see t)e Lo"*1”

2He#"e.s


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PERSONAL HOL0NESS 0S ABSENT

FROM THE L0ES OF MANY“REL0G0OUS PEOPLE6”

“T)e C)"$st$!n $s NOT RU0NED #-

/$7$n; $n t)e .o"/*,” #ut #-“!//o.$n; t)e .o"/* to /$7e $n )$%6”

Re!/ HOL0NESS $s ! “(os$t$on, !("!'t$'e, !n* ! ("o'ess6”


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TODAY, “TRUE HOL0NESS” HAS

BEEN ECHANGED FOR A

“CHEAP, FALSE SP0R0TUAL0TY6”

“S($"$tu!/$t- '!n #e !>e*,” #ut,

TRUE HOL0NESS CANNOT BEFAED6

Ou" HEARTS !"e to #e “HOLY” !n*“BLAMELESS” #eo"e Go*

2Cont$nue*5


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“!n* %!- t)e Lo"* %!>e -ou

$n'"e!se !n* !#oun* $n /o7e o"

one !not)e" !n* o" !//, !s .e *oo" -ou,”

“so t)!t )e %!- est!#/$s) -ou"

)e!"ts #/!%e/ess $n )o/$ness

#eo"e ou" Go* !n* F!t)e", !t t)e'o%$n; o ou" Lo"* +esus .$t) !//

)$s s!$nts1”

20 T)ess!/on$!ns =:


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WE ARE TO “COMPLETE

HOL0NESS” 0N THE FEAR OF GOD“S$n'e .e )!7e t)ese ("o%$ses,

#e/o7e*, /et us '/e!nse ou"se/7es

"o% e7e"- *e$/e%ent o #o*- !n*

s($"$t, #"$n;$n; )o/$ness to

'o%(/et$on $n t)e e!" oGo*1200 Co"$nt)$!ns @:5


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“T)e uest$on $s NOT, Ho. '!n !

/o7$n; Go* sen* ! s$nne" to )e//”

“T)e uest$on $s, HOW CAN A

HOLY GOD NOT SEND AS0NNER TO HELL”

WE MUST LOO AT THECROSS6


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S0 HOURS ON THE CROSS

2P!"t


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=1 T)$s GREAT RESPONSE on

Pente'ost '!%e out o t)e

CROSS

41 Go* .!s $n COMPLETE

CONTROL6

Go* )!* ;$7en t)e +e.s *!-s

!te" t)e CROSS to t)$n> !#out

.)!t )!((ene* !t t)e CROSS6

At t)e '"oss, t)e"e .!s !n

EARTHKUAE6


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T)e EARTHKUAE )!* "$;)tene*

(eo(/e 2M!tt)e.


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T)e CURTA0N $n t)e te%(/e .!s

to"n "o% “to( to #otto%6”

2M!tt)e.


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“An* !// t)e '"o.*s t)!t )!*

!sse%#/e* o" t)$s s(e't!'/e,

.)en t)e- s!. .)!t )!* t!>en

(/!'e, "etu"ne* )o%e #e!t$n;

t)e$" #"e!sts1”2Lu>e


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T)e ROMAN “CENTUR0ON” .!s

*ee(/- %o7e*, !n* s!$*, “T"u/-

t)$s .!s t)e Son o Go*6”

2M!tt)e.


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1 CHR0ST0AN0TY $s #u$/t on t)e

“EMPTY TOMB”

On Pente'ost, t)e Ho/- S($"$t

'!%e on t)e !(ost/es so t)!t

(eo(/e )e!"* t)e% s(e!> $n t)e$"o.n /!n;u!;e6 2A'ts


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On PENTECOST, Pete" !$"%e* t)e

RESURRECT0ON !n* PROED $t #-

THREE WONDERFUL PROOFS6

He ("o7e* $t #- O/* Test!%ent

S'"$(tu"e 2A'ts


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THE CHURCH

CAME FROM

THE “EMPTY

TOMB6”


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THE F0NAL THREE HOURS AT

THE CROSSTH0N OF FOUR MORE

STATEMENTS OF +ESUS6

1 “M- Go*, .)- )!7e -ou

o"s!>en %e” 2M!tt)e.


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+ESUS WAS “SEPARATED” ON

THE CROSS FROM THE FATHER1He #e'!%e “S0N” “FOR US6”

“Fo" ou" s!>e )e %!*e )$%to #e s$n .)o >ne. no s$n,so t)!t $n )$% .e %$;)t #e'o%e

t)e "$;)teousness o Go*1”

200 Co"$nt)$!ns :


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THROUGH THE CROSS, +ESUS

NOT ONLY CONKUERED S0N, BUT

HE ALSO CONKUERED DEATH6

“S$n'e t)e"eo"e t)e ')$/*"en

s)!"e $n /es) !n* #/oo*, )e)$%se/ /$>e.$se (!"too> o t)e

s!%e t)$n;s, t)!t t)"ou;) *e!t)

)e %$;)t *est"o- t)e one .)o )!st)e (o.e" o *e!t), t)!t $s, t)e

*e7$/,” 2He#"e.s


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=1 “0T 0S F0N0SHED” 2+o)n I:=

See !/so +o)n @:4, 5

Go*’s “PLAN OF THE AGES” )!s

#een 'o%(/ete*, “(e"e'te*6”

“81%- $ns$;)t $nto t)e %-ste"- o

C)"$st, .)$') .!s not %!*e >no.n

to t)e sons o %en $n ot)e"

;ene"!t$ons !s $t )!s no. #een

"e7e!/e* to )$s )o/- !(ost/es !n*

("o()ets #- t)e S($"$t1” 2E()1 =:4, 5


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GOD HAD “PLANNED,

PROM0SED,

PROPHES0ED, PREPARED,

!n*

NOW PERFECTED” H0S REDEMPT0ON 0N CHR0ST6


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“so t)!t t)"ou;) t)e ')u"') t)e

%!n$o/* .$s*o% o Go* %$;)tno. #e %!*e >no.n to t)e "u/e"s

!n* !ut)o"$t$es $n t)e )e!7en/-

(/!'es1”

“T)$s .!s !''o"*$n; to t)e

ete"n!/ (u"(ose t)!t )e )!s"e!/$Je* $n C)"$st +esus ou"

Lo"*,” 2E()es$!ns =:, 5


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41 “F!t)e", $nto T)- )!n*s 0

'o%%$t M- s($"$t” 2Lu>e


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THE “GLORY” OF THE CROSS

+esus )!* PRAYED t)e n$;)t #eo"e

$n +o)n @

He )!* “GLOR0F0ED” t)e F!t)e" #-

'o%(/et$n; t)e .o"> He '!%e to *o2+o)n @:45

T)en, +esus ("!-e* t)!t t)e F!t)e"

.ou/* ;$7e H$% t)e GLORY He )!*.$t) H$% #eo"e '"e!t$on

2Cont$nue*5


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“An* no., F!t)e", ;/o"$-

%e $n -ou" o.n ("esen'e.$t) t)e ;/o"- t)!t 0 )!*

.$t) -ou #eo"e t)e .o"/*e&$ste*1”

2+o)n @:5


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GOD HAD TURNED THE MOST

0NHUMANE 0NSTRUMENT OF

DEATH 0NTO THE GREATEST

“MOT0AT0ON6”

THE CROSS “DRAWS PEOPLE”TO CHR0ST6

THE CROSS CALLS US TOOBEY CHR0ST6

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