The Death of Jesus Christ.

Christianity is unique, being the only religion which celebrates the death of it's leader, Jesus Christ.

When sin entered the world, death and destruction came with it.

Jesus predicted that he would be handed over for crucifixion on the passover day, at the same time the high priests, religious leaders and the chief priest were in a meeting conspiring to kill Jesus.

Judas Iscarriot went to the high priests and asked what they would give to hand Jesus over to them. The price was settled at thirty pieces of silver. From then on Judas looked for the right time to hand Jesus over.

On the night when Jesus was betrayed He said to His disciples that one of them would betray Him. The disciples responded surely you don't mean I will betray you. When Judas Iscarriot said this Jesus said “Don't play games with me Judas”¹.

Later that night Judas Iscarriot did betray Jesus. Jesus was arrested by a large crowd sent by the chief priests and the elders. The crowd took Jesus to Caiaphas the High Priest, the teachers of the Law and the elders. They tried to find people who would testify against Jesus until somebody came forward saying that Jesus had said He would tear down the temple and rebuild it in three days. When confronted with this Jesus said nothing. When asked if He was the Messiah, the Son of God Jesus replied in the affirmative. On hearing this the High Priest tore his clothes and declared Jesus to be guilty of blasphemy. They tied Jesus and took Him to the Pilate, the Roman governor.

Pilate was in the habit of setting one prisoner chosen by the people free at the time of the passover. He gave the people a choice of Jesus Barabas (a murderer) or Jesus (Christ) who is called the Messiah and incited by the Jewish authorities the crowd called for Barabas to be freed and for Jesus Christ to be crucified. Pilate asked what crime Jesus Christ had committed, but the crowd just kept yelling “crucify him”. So Pilate took a bowl of water and washed his hands in front of them saying that he was not guilty of this man's death. The people replied that the guilt should rest on them and their children. Then Pilate had Jesus whiped and handed Him over to be crucified.

The whole company of soldiers gathered, stripped Jesus of His clothes and put a scarlet robe on Him. They made a crown out of thorny branches and placed it on His head, put a stick in His right hand and mocked Him saying “Long live the king of the Jews”. They spat on him, and took the stick and hit him over the head. When they had finished mocking Him they took the robe off and put His own clothes back on Jesus and led Him off to crucify Him.

When they arrived at Golgotha, the place of the skull, they crucified Him between two thieves and divided His clothes among them by throwing dice.

At noon the whole country was covered in darkness for three hours. At three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” which means “My God, My God why have you abandoned me?” Jesus gave another loud cry and died.

According to other information I have come across God knew at this time the day and the hour that Jesus Christ would die on the cross.

At that moment the curtain in the temple was torn in two from top to bottom and the earth shook with a violent earthquake which caused rocks to split.

Jesus had said that He would be lifted up (crucified) and rise back to life on the third day.

“This is how God showed his love for us: God sent his only Son into the world so we might live through him. This is the kind of love we are talking about--not that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they've done to our relationship with God.²”

I have refered to several English translations of the Bible in writing this which is made easy by e-sword, a free downloadable program. For further information I recommend reading the Bible.

© Ken Glasgow 2009

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1Matthew chapter 26 verse 25, The Message Bible.

2First John chapter 4 verses 9 & 10, The Message Bible.

The birth of Jesus Christ.

One teaching that is important to Christianity is the birth of Jesus Christ.

God created Adam (the first man) and Eve (the first woman). God told Adam that he was allowed to eat from any tree except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because when you eat from it you will die.

At this time God made the first prediction of the coming of His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. There are many more predictions (usually known as prophesies) of the coming of Jesus Christ recorded in the Old Testament.

God sent the angel Gabriel to a virgin by the name of Mary who was engaged to marry a carpenter by the name of Joseph (who was a descendent of King David). Gabriel told Mary she would concieve and give birth to a son who would be named “Jesus”. This son would be known as the Son of God. Mary said “I am the Lord's servant, may what you said happen to me.” Then the angel left.

When Caesar Augustus ordered a census of the Roman Empire Joseph went from Nazareth to Bethlehem and took Mary, his fiance with him. While they were there Mary gave birth to a son. The child was named “Jesus”.

There were some shepherds in the fields nearby watching their flock when an angel of the Lord appeared and said “Don't be afriad, I bring good news. Today in Bethlehem the saviour was born. He is wrapped in a cloth, lying in a manger. Suddenly a choir of angels appeared singing praises to God. When the angels disappeared, the angels went and found Jesus. The shepherds told everyone what the angels had said about Jesus. The shepherds returned glorifying God for the things they had seen and heard.

I have refered to several English translations of the Bible in writing this which is made easy by e-sword, a free downloadable program (translations in other languages are also downloadable). For further information I recommend reading the Bible.

© Ken Glasgow 2009

This page was written using Open Office 3, open source software from the www.openoffice.org this software is available to download for free.

The first consequence of sin, spiritual death.

One teaching that is important to Christianity is that all people have sinned and fallen short of God's standards.ⁱ

God created Adam (the first man) and Eve (the first woman).ⁱⁱ God told Adam that he was allowed to eat from any tree except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because when you eat from it you will die.ⁱⁱⁱ When they ate the fruit they died spiritually. Their bodies died much later.

When Adam & Eve ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil they were stripped of their purity and holiness, realised that they were naked and therefore were afraid to face God.

God put into place a plan of redemption for mankind at this time. When He told the snake that the offspring of the woman would crush the head of the snake and that the snake would wound His heel God fortold the crucifixion of His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.

Jesus came to give His life as the redemption price for many. Anyone who trusts in Him is aquitted of their sins, anyone who does not is under the death sentence for failing to believe in God's only begotten Son. Who ever has Jesus Christ has life, whoever rejects Jesus Christ rejects life.

“Say the welcoming word to God--"Jesus is my Master"--embracing, body and soul, God's work of doing in us what he did in raising Jesus from the dead. That's it. You're not "doing" anything; you're simply calling out to God, trusting him to do it for you. That's salvation.”^iv

There is more truth to be extracted from the Scriptures mentioned, that will have to wait for me to make the time. I have referred to several English translations of the Bible in writing this which is made easy by e-sword, a free downloadable program (translations in other languages are also downloadable). For further information I recommend reading the Bible.

© Ken Glasgow 2009 last edited 31 May 2021.

This page was written using Open Office 3, open source software from the www.openoffice.org this software is available to download for free.

iRomans 3:23

iiGenesis 1:26-28; 2:6-7, 18 & 21-25

iiiGenesis 1:29 & 2:16-17

ivRomans 10:9, the Message Bible

1Romans chapter 10 verse 9, the Message Bible