Among many other things, here are 12 things JESUS accomplished on the cross…

Psalm 22:1-21

SERMON – “WHAT DID JESUS ACCOMPLISH ON THE CROSS?”

1. HE demonstrated God’s passionate love for sinners!

Cf. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”

2. HE demonstrated God’s passionate hatred of sin!

Cf. Romans 1:18  “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.”

Cf. Jude 14-15
¹⁴ “It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, ¹⁵ to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

Cf. Mark 9:43-48
⁴³ “And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. ⁴⁵ And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell.  ⁴⁷ And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, ⁴⁸ ‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’”

3. He suffered the righteous wrath that God had both “decreed” and “stored up” for the sins of his people!

Cf. Isaiah 53:4-6
⁴ “Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. ⁵ But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.  ⁶ All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”

4. HE fulfilled dozens specific of prophecies!

– Genesis 3 “His heel wounded by the serpent – crushed serpent’s head”

– Isaiah 53 “Rejected by men”

– Psalm 22 “Forsaken by God”

– Psalm 22 “Thirsty”

– Psalm 22 “Garments divided”

– Psalm 41 “Betrayed by a close friend”

– Zechariah 11 “Sold for 30 pieces of silver”

– Mark 8 “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by men”

– John 1 “His own people did not receive HIM”

5. HE fulfilled all of the typological feasts and sacrifices of the Old Testament!

* The Seven Annual Feasts:

– Passover (Lamb of God; Salvation of HIS people; destruction of HIS enemies)

– Unleavened Bread (without sin; Body broken)

– First Fruits (Resurrection from the dead)

– Pentecost (Coming of the Holy Spirit)

– Trumpets (Rapture of the Church)

– Day of Atonement (Great High Priest) – Tabernacles (Millennial Kingdom)

* The Five Temple Sacrifices:

– Burnt Offering (God’s judgment on sin)

– Grain Offering (Bread of life)

– Peace Offering (Peace of God)

– Sin Offering (Forgiveness of our sins – what we do)

– Trespass/Guilt Offering (Forgiveness of our sinfulness – what we are)

6. HE died in order to satisfy the righteous demands of the Law!

Cf. Ezekiel 18:4 “Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.”

Cf. James 2:10 “For whoever keeps the whole law   but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it.”

7. HE propitiated God for the offense of our sins against HIM!

Cf. 1^st John 2:1-2
¹ “My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. ² He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.”

Cf. Isaiah 53:10-11
¹⁰ “Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. ¹¹ Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.”

8. HE became sin for God’s people so that we would become the righteous of God in HIM!

2^nd Corinthians 5:21 “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”

9. HE made it possible for God to both be just and still justify sinners!

Cf. Romans 3:23-26
²³ “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴ and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, ²⁵ whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. ²⁶ It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.”

10. HE saved a criminal who was in the final moments of his life!

Cf. Luke 23:39-43
³⁹ “One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, ‘Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” ⁴⁰ But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? ⁴¹ And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” ⁴² And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” ⁴³ And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”  

11. HE provided for the care of HIS Mother!

Cf. John 19:26-27
²⁶ “When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” ²⁷ Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.”

12. HE set the stage for the absolute undeniability of HIS physical and bodily resurrection from the dead!

Cf. John 19:33-34
³³ “But when they came to Jesus and 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 at once there came out blood and water.”

Cf. Revelation 1:12-18
¹² “Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, ¹³ and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. ¹⁴ The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, ¹⁵ his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. ¹⁶ In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.           ¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, ¹⁸ and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.”