The Cross in the Old Testament - He Will Not See Corruption

Introduction:

Isaiah 53:10 - 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.

The Cross in Psalm 16:

1. What is the prophecy of the messiah's suffering?

   Psalm 16:8-11 - I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

2. How did Jesus fulfill this prophecy on the cross?

   "Holy One"

   Luke 23:46 - Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And having said this he breathed his last.

   Hebrews 12:2 - who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross...

3. What does this prophecy mean for us?

What NO Resurrection of Jesus Means to Me: (1 Corinthians 15)

1. NO RESURRECTION = No Reason for Faith . (1 Cor 15:14-15)
2. NO RESURRECTION = No Forgiveness of sin. (1 Cor 15:16-17)
3. NO RESURRECTION = No Reunion with those who died before Us. (1 Cor 15:18)
4. NO RESURRECTION = No Hope . (1 Cor 15:19)

   Romans 10:9-10 - if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

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Small Group Discussion
Read Psalm 16:8-11, Acts 2:22-32, Acts 13:34-41, 1 Corinthians 15:14-20

1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?
   

2. How do we know Psalm 16:8-11 is about the Messiah (Jesus), and not David? How do we know this is specifically about the resurrection of the Messiah?
   

3. In 1 Corinthians 15:14, Paul says if Jesus didn’t resurrect, our faith is in vain. Why is the resurrection of Jesus the most crucial doctrine of faith?
   

4. 1 Corinthians 15:16-17 says if Jesus did not resurrect, we are still in our sins. If Jesus died for our sins, why did He HAVE TO resurrect? Why can’t we just believe He died for our sins, without believing He rose from the dead?

Breakout
Pray for one another.

The Cross in the Old Testament - He Will be Mocked and Tortured

Introduction:

The Cross in Psalm (Psalm 22):

1. What is the prophecy of the messiah's suffering?
   • The messiah will be...
     1. Mocked and Humiliated
     2. Pierced
     3. Forsaken
2. How did Jesus fulfill this prophecy on the cross?
   • On the cross, Jesus was...
     1. Mocked and Humiliated

        Matthew 27:35 - And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots.

        Psalm 22:7-8 - All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads; "He trusts in the LORD; let him jdeliver him; let him rescue him, for he kdelights in him!"

        Matthew 27:39-44 - And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, "You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross." So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God.'" And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.

     2. Pierced
     3. Forsaken
3. What does this prophecy mean for us?
   1. We no longer need to Feel Hopeless

      Psalm 22:14-15 - I am spoured out like water, and all my bones are tout of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast; my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.

      Psalm 22:3-4 - Yet you are holy, enthroned on athe praises of Israel. In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.

      Psalm 22:21 - Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!

   2. We no longer need to Fear Rejection

      John 6:37 - All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

      Ephesians 3:18-20 - ...may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us...

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Small Group Discussion
Read Psalm 22

1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?
   

2. What causes you to feel hopeless at times? How can you fight against this feeling with the Word of God?
   

3. Do you ever wrestle with truly believing that God loves you? Why or why not?

Breakout
Pray for one another.

The Cross in the Old Testament - He Will Make Many Righteous

Introduction:

Jeremiah 17:9 - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

The Cross in Isaiah (Isaiah 53):

1. What is the prophecy of the messiah's suffering?
2. How did Jesus fulfill this prophecy on the cross?

   2 Corinthians 5:21 - For our sake he (God) made him (Jesus) to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him (Jesus) we might become the righteousness of God.

3. What does this prophecy mean for us?

   Philippians 3:3-6 - For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh— though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

5 Things People Think Make Them Righteous - That Don't: (Philippians 3:5-6)

1. Ceremony (Phil 3:5)
2. Heritage (Phil 3:5)
3. Understanding the facts (Phil 3:5)
4. Motives (Phil 3:6)
5. Perfect Record (Phil 3:6)

   Philippians 3:7-9 - But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith

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Small Group Discussion
Read Isaiah 53:11, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Philippians 3:3-9

1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?
   

2. What truth from Scripture amazes you the most, personally? What’s so amazing about Isaiah 53:11 saying he will make many to be accounted righteous?
   

3. Why do you think people have a hard time believing that righteousness comes only from Jesus? Why do you think so many people insist that there is something WE must do to make God accept us?
   

4. Look at the list of 5 Things People Think Make Them Righteous - That Don’t (from Philippians 3:3-6). Which of these have been the biggest temptation for you to trust instead of / in addition to Christ?
   

5. How would you respond to someone who says “It doesn’t matter what you believe as long as you’re sincere.”

Breakout
Pray for one another.

The Cross in the Old Testament - He Will Take Away Guilt

Introduction:

The Cross in Leviticus (Leviticus 16:15-22):

1. What is the prophecy of the messiah's suffering?
2. How did Jesus fulfill this prophecy on the cross?

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

3. What does this prophecy mean for us?

5 Things God Said to Remind Yourself When You Are Feeling Guilty:

1. My guilt is Removed .

   Psalm 103:12 - as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

2. My guilt is Lost .

   Micah 7:19 - You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

3. My guilt is Pardoned .

   Romans 8:1 - There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

4. My guilt is Paid For .

   Psalm 32:2 - Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

5. My guilt is Not Remembered .

   Jeremiah 31:34 - For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

   Isaiah 43:25 - I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.

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Small Group Discussion
Read Leviticus 16:7-10, 15-16, 20-22 and Luke 23:39-43

1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?
   

2. Why do you think many Christians wrestle with guilt? In what way do you personally struggle with guilt?
   

3. Explain the purposes of the 2 goats in the Day of Atonement sacrifice. How do they point to the work of Jesus?
   

4. Why is the thief on the cross a great example of how Jesus takes our guilt away?

Breakout
Pray for one another.

The Cross in the Old Testament - He Will Save from Death

Introduction:

The Cross in Exodus (Exodus 12:1-13):

1. What is the prophecy of the messiah's suffering?
2. How did Jesus fulfill this prophecy on the cross?

   John 19:28-29 - After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth.

   Exodus 12:22 - Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin.

3. What does this prophecy mean for us?

   Revelation 20:14 - Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire.

So What Happens to Me When I Die?

1. You Don't .

   John 11:25 - Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.”

2. You go Immediately to heaven.

   Philippians 1:23 - My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.

   2 Corinthians 5:8 - Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

3. You eventually get your Glorified Body .

   1 Corinthians 15:54-57 - When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Small Group Discussion
Read Exodus 12:1–13, 1 Corinthians 15:54-57

1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?
   

2. On a scale of 1-5, how scared are you of dying? 1 = can’t wait to go, 5 = I am terrified of death. Why do you rate yourself that way? How often do you think about your own death?
   

3. What does the Passover depict regarding Jesus Christ? What are some of the images of Passover in Egypt that are fulfilled in Jesus’ death on the cross?
   

4. Explain, specifically, from 1 Corinthians 15:54-57 how the death of Jesus defeated death for us.
   

5. What would you say to a friend who says to you, “I am afraid of dying!”

Breakout
Pray for one another.