Marked To Take Up A Cross

Jesus’s charges were all truths, but man put him to death for the
charges non the less. He was the Son of God, King of the Jews,
and He would tear down and rebuild the temple.
Jesus died as a sinless man.
He wasn’t able to carry His own cross, but He enables us to carry
ours.
He denied the wine mixed with myrrh, a form of narcotic. He
wasn’t going to sleep on the cross. He committed to remain
conscience until the bitter end. He experienced pain,
abandonment, sorrow, mockery, and reviling, yet he humbly never
retaliated.
Jesus resisted all political overtones but ironically is executed
as a political messiah.
The cross of Christ still speaks… I love you.
Theses passages are parallel to the account given by Mark. Psalm
22:16,17,7,8,6,1
Pride, envy, jealously, greed, slander, betrayal, disobedience,
cruelty, and murder: all sins that were associated with those who
crucified Christ.

1. What are your top three sins that Christ carried to the cross
for you? 
2. Pastor Bob mentioned homework… remember? Discuss as a group
what the cross represents for you?
3. Jesus experienced the human condition, from the list given in
the fourth point above, which of these can you relate to?
4. How does knowing that He experienced this help you?