WEBVTT - Jeff Archey - Oct 30 - 6:00 am 0:00:00.670 --> 0:00:05.450 Mercy there was great and grace was free. Pardon there 0:00:05.769 --> 0:00:10.030 was multiplied to me, and there my burdened soul found 0:00:10.090 --> 0:00:16.259 liberty at Calvary. A beautiful hymn and worthy of our 0:00:16.340 --> 0:00:20.340 study today, What One Finds at Calvary, coming up from 0:00:20.380 --> 0:00:21.939 the International Gospel Hour. 0:00:25.640 --> 0:00:29.110 It's time for our broadcast from the International Gospel Hour. 0:00:29.710 --> 0:00:32.330 I'm Jay Webb, and welcome to our study today as 0:00:32.409 --> 0:00:35.190 we embrace God's Word to help us meet the challenges 0:00:35.250 --> 0:00:38.490 of today. Let's open our Bibles and open our heart 0:00:38.550 --> 0:00:41.269 for this time of Bible study with our speaker Jeff 0:00:41.370 --> 0:00:45.480 Archie of International Gospel Hour, a broadcast of the Churches 0:00:45.520 --> 0:00:45.979 of Christ. 0:00:46.700 --> 0:00:53.040 Here's Jeff. A very kind thank you to our Jay Webb, 0:00:53.100 --> 0:00:57.060 and greetings once again, dear friends. We are greatly encouraged 0:00:57.490 --> 0:01:00.590 when you tune in to our broadcast here from the 0:01:00.700 --> 0:01:04.779 International Gospel Hour. We're going to begin with the following 0:01:04.900 --> 0:01:10.800 passages concerning where our Lord Jesus was crucified for mankind. 0:01:11.780 --> 0:01:15.360 We begin with Matthew 27 verse 33, And when they 0:01:15.400 --> 0:01:19.360 had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, 0:01:19.550 --> 0:01:24.690 place of a skull. In Mark 15, 22, And they 0:01:24.770 --> 0:01:29.700 brought him to the place Golgotha, which is translated place 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:33.880 of a skull. In Luke 23, 33, And when they 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:38.060 had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified 0:01:38.120 --> 0:01:40.929 him and the criminals, one on the right hand and 0:01:40.950 --> 0:01:45.510 the other on the left. And John 19, 17, And he, 0:01:46.190 --> 0:01:48.990 bearing his cross, went out to a place called the 0:01:49.030 --> 0:01:52.710 place of a skull, which is in the Hebrew Golgotha. 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:58.780 Now the Greek word for Calvary or Golgotha means a 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:04.110 head or a skull, that is, it is defined. The 0:02:04.190 --> 0:02:07.230 translated word from the Greek language is where we get 0:02:07.290 --> 0:02:13.139 the word cranium, which refers to our skulls. My wife 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:16.940 and I visited Jerusalem a number of years ago, and 0:02:16.980 --> 0:02:21.940 the place believed to be Calvary or Golgotha is actually 0:02:22.139 --> 0:02:26.550 enclosed with a glass case. It is a solid rock 0:02:26.590 --> 0:02:30.540 that is shaped like a skull. Now, it is now 0:02:30.620 --> 0:02:33.739 within the city where in the days of Christ it 0:02:33.780 --> 0:02:39.660 would be outside the city. Today, friends, can we make 0:02:39.740 --> 0:02:45.530 another visit to Calvary? What does one find at Calvary? 0:02:46.570 --> 0:02:50.090 Let's continue our thoughts. First of all, we're going to 0:02:50.150 --> 0:02:57.030 find a cross on Calvary. that is accepting sin. This 0:02:57.130 --> 0:03:01.010 one is amazing, but it is true. I take us 0:03:01.060 --> 0:03:05.080 back to Luke 23, but dropping down to verse 39, 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:08.799 Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed him, 0:03:08.940 --> 0:03:13.460 or Christ, saying, If you are the Christ, save yourself 0:03:13.900 --> 0:03:18.500 and us. My good friend and preaching brother Mark Posey 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:25.300 shared some moving words of observation about this criminal. He 0:03:25.340 --> 0:03:29.210 said this man was dying because of crimes he had committed. 0:03:30.150 --> 0:03:34.470 Jesus had done nothing against him, yet this man used 0:03:34.510 --> 0:03:37.390 some of his last minutes in life to mock and 0:03:37.510 --> 0:03:42.320 scorn Jesus. As death approached, he was not moved to 0:03:42.420 --> 0:03:46.180 sorrow by thoughts of being punished forever for his wicked life. 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:51.470 He was returning another's love with bitterness. You know, Jesus 0:03:51.510 --> 0:03:56.070 was dying for him also. Even the solemnity of death 0:03:57.010 --> 0:04:01.880 could not restrain the blasphemies from his lips. He died scoffing. 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:10.500 He died in sin. Friends, how tragic. To die in sin. 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:15.330 Rather than believed, he blasphemed. And the only hope he had, 0:04:15.390 --> 0:04:20.450 he declined. Well, kind friends, if one rebels against Christ... 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:24.320 and is not obedient to the gospel, one will be lost. 0:04:26.180 --> 0:04:30.460 Hear this tragic text, friends. 2 Thessalonians 1, 7 and 0:04:30.460 --> 0:04:32.839 8 And to give you who are troubled rest with 0:04:32.980 --> 0:04:35.750 us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with 0:04:35.810 --> 0:04:39.410 His mighty angels in flaming fire taking vengeance on those 0:04:39.470 --> 0:04:42.190 who do not know God and on those who do 0:04:42.270 --> 0:04:46.710 not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. So 0:04:46.750 --> 0:04:48.929 here we are at Calvary and we see a cross 0:04:48.950 --> 0:04:53.130 that is accepting sin. He's just going to die the 0:04:53.170 --> 0:04:57.930 way he was living. And that's a horrible thought. Friend, 0:04:57.970 --> 0:05:01.539 not everyone who dies is going to heaven. I heard 0:05:01.580 --> 0:05:06.539 a statement made one time that said, an individual said, 0:05:08.180 --> 0:05:10.780 we're all living in a hell on earth, and when 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:13.820 we die, we'll all go to heaven. And a nearby 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:16.419 friend who was listening said, that's not the way my 0:05:16.460 --> 0:05:19.620 Bible reads. And that is true, friends. That's not the 0:05:19.660 --> 0:05:22.770 way the Bible reads. So we see the cross that 0:05:22.850 --> 0:05:26.050 is accepting sin, and that's not a cross we wish 0:05:26.070 --> 0:05:29.290 to focus on. I would take us to see a 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:34.020 cross that is now rejecting sin. Let's look at the 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:37.960 other criminal. In Luke 23, beginning with verse 40, But 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:42.520 the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, Do you not even 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:46.570 fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? And 0:05:46.610 --> 0:05:49.410 we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of 0:05:49.529 --> 0:05:53.530 our deeds. But this man has done nothing wrong. Then 0:05:53.570 --> 0:05:56.100 he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when you come 0:05:56.130 --> 0:05:59.659 into your kingdom. And Jesus said to him, Assuredly, I 0:05:59.700 --> 0:06:02.279 say to you, today you will be with me in paradise. 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:08.279 Jesus extended forgiveness to that criminal. And think with me, friends. 0:06:08.300 --> 0:06:11.460 In Mark 2 and verse 10, this has Jesus stating 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:14.360 to those present that you may know that the Son 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:17.960 of Man has power on earth to forgive sins. So 0:06:17.980 --> 0:06:20.780 we see Jesus on more than one occasion forgiving one 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:23.200 of their sins while on earth, and this is the 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:26.080 same thing that he did to this criminal. I mean, 0:06:26.110 --> 0:06:29.450 the criminal was still on earth, and Jesus was still 0:06:29.529 --> 0:06:31.349 on earth, and he had the power to forgive this 0:06:31.410 --> 0:06:36.330 thief whose remorse turned to repentance. And to God be 0:06:36.350 --> 0:06:41.140 the glory. You see, this man died to sin. Here 0:06:41.220 --> 0:06:46.210 is a cross that is rejecting sin. and moved to repentance, 0:06:46.290 --> 0:06:54.040 Jesus forgave him just like Jesus forgave others. You see, friends, 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:59.060 he turned to the cross of Christ. If that thief 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:03.640 could say something today, that thief would say, don't look 0:07:03.700 --> 0:07:07.440 at me for your salvation. Look at the one to 0:07:07.500 --> 0:07:12.040 whom I looked at for salvation. So many times we 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:14.920 look at the thief on the cross and We try 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:19.540 to justify our obedience. Well, the thief on the cross 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:25.040 wasn't baptized. Well, friends, we really don't know that. He 0:07:25.100 --> 0:07:28.590 could have been baptized with the baptism of John. We 0:07:28.630 --> 0:07:30.970 don't know a lot about that thief or that criminal. 0:07:32.430 --> 0:07:35.290 Do we know what he stole? No. Do we know 0:07:35.350 --> 0:07:37.430 if he was married or not? No. But we all 0:07:37.510 --> 0:07:40.250 seem to know he wasn't baptized. But really, when you 0:07:40.270 --> 0:07:43.100 get down to it, we don't know that. And to 0:07:43.150 --> 0:07:48.230 be honest, folks, It is an irrelevant matter because of 0:07:48.250 --> 0:07:51.670 the time that he lived. There were many people that 0:07:51.730 --> 0:07:55.630 Jesus forgave of their sins on this earth and the 0:07:55.690 --> 0:08:00.510 thief falls in that category as well. But if we 0:08:00.550 --> 0:08:02.930 would do as the thief did, turn to the cross 0:08:02.950 --> 0:08:08.530 of Christ and obey his commands. For Jesus taught us 0:08:08.590 --> 0:08:15.570 the importance of faith and repentance and baptism. Baptism according 0:08:15.610 --> 0:08:17.890 to the gospel of Christ, which is the death, burial, 0:08:17.930 --> 0:08:23.810 and resurrection of Christ. Parallel that with Romans 6. Whereas 0:08:23.870 --> 0:08:27.590 we are commanded to carry forth the command of baptism 0:08:27.630 --> 0:08:30.770 based upon faith and repentance, well, the thief lived at 0:08:30.810 --> 0:08:33.380 a time where he did not have to do that. 0:08:34.140 --> 0:08:35.600 So if we're going to point to the thief on 0:08:35.620 --> 0:08:39.620 the cross, let's look at the cross to where the 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:43.900 thief turned to, and that's the third cross we're going 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:47.130 to look at. We're going to find a cross that 0:08:47.270 --> 0:08:52.220 is bearing sin. Of the three crosses, this is the one, 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:55.280 the only one that will bear the sin of mankind. 0:08:55.860 --> 0:08:59.760 And that did. In 1 Peter 2, verses 21 through 24, 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:03.410 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered 0:09:03.450 --> 0:09:06.110 for us. Leave in us an example that you should 0:09:06.150 --> 0:09:09.870 follow his steps. who committed no sin, nor was deceit 0:09:09.929 --> 0:09:12.929 found in his mouth, who, when he was reviled, did 0:09:12.990 --> 0:09:17.040 not revile in return. When he suffered, he did not threaten, 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:22.080 but committed himself to him who judges righteously, who himself 0:09:22.179 --> 0:09:25.820 bore our sins in his own body on the tree, 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:30.020 that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness, 0:09:30.100 --> 0:09:35.220 by whose stripes you were healed. Now, friends, at Calvary 0:09:35.300 --> 0:09:38.489 we find the cross written. bearing sin, and it's only 0:09:38.550 --> 0:09:42.700 through that cross, the cross of Christ, one may have 0:09:42.770 --> 0:09:47.220 redemption or be redeemed. For this is the one that 0:09:47.260 --> 0:09:51.780 came to seek and save the lost, Luke 19.10. Jesus 0:09:51.860 --> 0:09:56.530 Christ died for sin. Upon him was the sin of 0:09:56.590 --> 0:09:58.930 man laid, and only through the cross of Christ one 0:09:58.970 --> 0:10:02.130 will have redemption, through his blood shed upon that cross. 0:10:02.910 --> 0:10:06.640 Ephesians 1 and verse 7. So friends, let me take 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:12.260 a look. We see three crosses there at Calvary. One 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:17.920 who accepted sin, one who rejected sin, and one who 0:10:18.059 --> 0:10:22.920 bore sin. It's the cross that bore my sin that 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:25.939 I'm going to look at. And that is the cross 0:10:26.760 --> 0:10:29.620 that the thief or the criminal pointed to as well. 0:10:31.660 --> 0:10:34.300 How grateful we are for what God has done for man. 0:10:35.179 --> 0:10:37.860 With that being said, we'd like to send you a 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:42.160 very special Bible study by mail. 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