The Meaning of the Cross Pt 2:

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• The Meaning of the Cross Pt 2
• The Purpose of Christs Coming
• Matt 211-9

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• 1 And when they had approached Jerusalem and had
  come to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then
  Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, "Go
  into the village opposite you, and immediately
  you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with
  her untie them, and bring them to Me. 3 "And if
  anyone says something to you, you shall say, 'The
  Lord has need of them,' and immediately he will
  send them." 4 Now this took place that what was
  spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled,
  saying,
• 5 "Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold your
  King is coming to you, Gentle, and mounted on a
  donkey, 6 And the disciples went and did just as
  Jesus had directed them, 7 and brought the donkey
  and the colt, and laid on them their garments, on
  which He sat. 8 And most of the multitude spread
  their garments in the road, and others were
  cutting branches from the trees, and spreading
  them in the road. 9 And the multitudes going
  before Him, and those who followed after were
  crying out, saying, "Hosanna to the Son of
  David Blessed is He who comes in the name of the
  Lord
• Hosanna in the highest!" Mt 211-9 NASB

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• Four reasons for the coming of Christ.
• 1. Jesus came to fulfill all righteousness
• He came to fulfill all that was written
  concerning the coming Messiah and the coming
  Kingdom of God in the Old Testament.

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• At His Baptism
• "Permit it at this time for in this way it is
  fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness."
• Mt 315, NASB

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• After His Baptism
• 13 and leaving Nazareth, He came and settled in
  Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of
  Zebulun and Naphtali. 14 This was to fulfill what
  was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
• 15 "The land of Zebulun and the land of
  Naphtali,
• By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
  Galilee of the Gentiles
• 16 "The people who were sitting in darkness saw
  a great light,
• And to those who were sitting in the land and
  shadow of death,
• Upon them a light dawned."
• 17 From that time Jesus began to preach and say,
  "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
• Mt 413-14 NASB

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• His final entry into Jerusalem
• 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in
  triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!
• Behold, your king is coming to you He is just
  and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted
  on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a
  donkey.
• Zec 99 NASB
• 5 "Behold, the days are coming," declares the
  Lord, "When I shall raise up for David a
  righteous Branch And He will reign as king and
  act wisely And do justice and righteousness in
  the land.
• Jer 235 NASB

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• Jesus was the complete fulfillment of the Old
  Testament and all the Bible

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• Four reasons for the coming of Christ.
• 1. Jesus came to fulfill all righteousness
• 2. Jesus was personally obedient.

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• 7"Then I said, 'Behold, I have come (In the
  roll of the book it is written of Me) To do Thy
  will, O God.'"
• 8 After saying above, "Sacrifices and offerings
  and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin
  Thou hast not desired, nor hast Thou taken
  pleasure in them" (which are offered according to
  the Law), 9 then He said, "Behold, I have come to
  do Thy will." He takes away the first in order to
  establish the second. 10 By this will we have
  been sanctified through the offering of the body
  of Jesus Christ once for all.
• Heb 107-10, NASB

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• Four reasons for the coming of Christ.
• 1. Jesus came to fulfill all righteousness
• 2. Jesus was personally obedient.
• 3. Jesus came to make the moral law complete

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• Mt 517 "Do not think that I came to abolish
  the Law or the Prophets I did not come to
  abolish, but to fulfill. NASB

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• Jesus said unless our righteousness exceeded
  that of the Scribes and Pharisees we will not
  enter heaven.
• (Matt 520)

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• How in the World is that possible??

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• 18 For I know that nothing good lives in me,
  that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do what
  is good is with me, but there is no ability to do
  it. 19 For I do not do the good that I want to
  do, but I practice the evil that I do not want to
  do.
• Ro 718-20 (HCSB)

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• Four reasons for the coming of Christ.
• 1. Jesus came to fulfill all righteousness
• 2. Jesus was personally obedient.
• 3. Jesus came to make the moral law complete
• 4. Jesus died on the cross as a sacrifice for
  us.

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• The Law was clear death is the penalty for sin.
  (Genesis 217) That was both physical death and
  spiritual death.
• This is amplified in the New Testament in Rom
  623.

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• 3 For what does the Scripture say? "And Abraham
  believed God, and it was reckoned to him as
  righteousness." 4 Now to the one who works, his
  wage is not reckoned as a favor, but as what is
  due. 5 But to the one who does not work, but
  believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his
  faith is reckoned as righteousness. So too our
  faith is reckoned as righteousness.
• Ro 43-5 NASB

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• How can our righteousness exceed that of the
  Scribes and Pharisees? Only by faith in Jesus
  Christ.
• On the cross Jesus paid it all. He atoned for
  our sin, gave us access to God and provided an
  example by which to live.