Christ’s Death And Resurrection
Paul Nethercott
The Purpose Of The Incarnation
1. To reveal God to the world
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 18 No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him. John 1:14, 18.
6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which you gave me out of the world: your they were, and you gave them me; and they have kept thy word. 26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith you has loved me may be in them, and I in them. John 17:6, 26.
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. 1 Timothy 3:16.
2. To redeem man by bearing the sin of man
4 Surely he has borne our grief, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opens not his mouth. 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. 9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he has put him to grief: when you shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he has poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. Isaiah 53:4-16.
The next day John sees Jesus coming unto him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God, which took away the sin of the world. John 1:29.
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. Hebrews 9:28.
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed. 1 Peter 2:24.
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 1 John 3:16.
3. To bring God and man together
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. Genesis 28:12.
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Matthew 1:23.
And he said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. John 1:51.
For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 1 Peter 3:18.
4. To bring back endless life to dying man
15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:15, 16.
But whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. John 4:14.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that hears my word, and believeth on him that sent me, has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. John 5:24.
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. John 10:28.
25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26 And whosoever lives and believeth in me shall never die. Believe you this? John 11:25, 26.
Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you see me: because I live, you shall live also. John 14:19.
And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you has sent. John 17:3.
5. To destroy the devil and his works
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. John 12:31.
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me you might have peace. In the world you shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33.
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Romans 8:1-4.
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil. Hebrews 2:14.
He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3:8.
Witness Of The Old Testament Prophets
Isaiah 53:7 | He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter. |
Isaiah 53:8 | He was cut off out of the land of the living. |
Isaiah 53:10 | Thou shall make his soul an offering for sin. |
Isaiah 53:12 | He hath poured out his soul unto death. |
Daniel 9:26 | Shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself. |
Zechariah 13:7 | Smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. |
Jesus' Own Predictions Of His Death.
Matthew 12:40 | Three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. |
Matthew 16:21 | Be killed, and be raised again the third day. |
Matthew 17:23 | They shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. |
Matthew 20:28 | The Son of man came to give his life a ransom for many. |
Matthew 21:39 | And they caught him and slew him. |
Matthew 26:2 | The Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. |
Matthew 26:28 | My blood which is shed for many. |
Matthew 26:38 | My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. |
Mark 8:31 | Rejected and be killed, and after three days rise again. |
Mark 9:31 | Shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. |
Mark 10:34 | Shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again. |
Luke 9:22 | And be slain, and be raised the third day. |
Luke 22:15 | Before I suffer. |
Luke 24:46 | It became Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day. |
John 10:11 | The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep. |
John 10:15 | I lay down my life for the sheep. |
John 10:17 | I lay down my life, that I might take it again. |
John 11:51 | Prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation. |
John 12:7 | Against the day of my burying. |
John 12:32 | Lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. |
John 12:32, 33 | Lifted up from the earth "signifying what death he should die." |
John 15:13 | That a man lay down his life for his friends. |
New Testament Writers
Matthew 27:50 | When he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. |
Matthew 27:57 | Joseph went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. |
Mark 15:37 | And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. |
Mark 15:39 | The centurion saw that he so cried out gave up the ghost. |
Mark 15:43 | Joseph craved the body of Jesus. |
Mark 15:44, 45 | And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. |
Luke 23:46 | Cried with a loud voice having said thus, he gave up the ghost.” |
Acts 20:28 | He hath purchased with his own blood." |
Acts 26:23 | That Christ should suffer, and should rise from the dead. |
Romans 5:6 | Christ died for the ungodly. |
Romans 5:8 | While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. |
Romans 5:10 | Reconciled by the death of his Son, saved by his life. |
Romans 6:5 | Planted together in the likeness of his death. |
Romans 6:10 | In that he died, he died unto sin once. |
Romans 14:9 | To this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived [lived again]. |
1 Corinthians 1:25 | We preach Christ crucified. |
1 Corinthians 2:2 | Jesus Christ, and him crucified. |
1 Corinthians 5:7 | Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. |
I Corinthians 15:3 | Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures. |
1 Corinthians 15:4 | That he rose again the third day according to the scriptures. |
2 Corinthians 5:14 | One died for all. |
2 Corinthians 5:15 | He died for all. |
Galatians 3:13 | Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree. |
Ephesians 1:7 | We have redemption through his blood. |
Ephesians 2:16 | Reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross. |
Ephesians 5:2 | Hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God. |
Philippians 2:8 | Became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. |
Colossians 1:20 | Having made peace through the blood of his cross. |
Colossians 1:22 | In the body of his flesh through death. |
1 Thessalonians 4:14 | Jesus died and rose again. |
1 Thessalonians 5:9 | Jesus Christ, who died for us. |
Hebrews 2:9 | Jesus made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death. |
Hebrews 2:14 | That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death. |
Hebrews 7:27 | This he did once, when he offered up himself. |
Hebrews 9:12 | By his own blood he obtained eternal redemption for us. |
Hebrews 9:26 | He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. |
Hebrews 9:28 | Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many. |
Hebrews 10:10 | Sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ. |
Hebrews 10:12 | Offered one sacrifice for sins forever. |
Hebrews 12:2 | Endured the cross, despising the shame. |
1 Peter 2:24 | Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree. |
I Peter 3:18 | Has once suffered for sins being put to death in the flesh. |
1 Peter 4:1 | Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh. |
1 Peter 4:1 | "Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh." |
Post Ascension Testimony In Heaven
Revelation 1:18 | I am he that lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore. |
Revelation 2:8 | These things said the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive. |
Revelation 5:9 | Thou was slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood. |
Revelation 5:12 | Worthy is the Lamb that was slain. |
Revelation 7:14 | Washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. |
Revelation 13:8 | The book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. |
Benefits Of Christ Resurrection
Matthew 20:28 | Ransom of sin paid in full. |
Matthew 26:28 | Remission of sins completed. |
John 1:29 | Sins of world are taken away. |
John 3:16 | Everlasting life of saints assured. |
John 12:31 | Prince of this world is destroyed. |
Romans 3:25 | Propitiation for our sins fully accomplished. |
Romans 5:9 | Justification through Christ’s blood received. |
Romans 5:10 | Reconciliation from sin brought about. |
Ephesians 1:7 | Redemption and forgiveness verified. |
Colossians 1:20 | Peace through Christ’s blood attained. |
Colossians 1:22 | Holiness and blamelessness realized. |
1 Thessalonians 1:10 | Deliverance from wrath to come accomplished. |
Hebrews 2:14 | Destruction of devil's power of death verified. |
Hebrews 2:15 | Deliverance from bondage of sin and death. |
Hebrews 9:26 | Putting away sin accomplished. |
Hebrews 9:28 | Substitution bearing of sin. |
Hebrews 10:14 | Perfection of those sanctified. |
1 Peter 3:18 | The bringing of us to God. |
1 John 1:7 | Cleansing from all sin. |
1 John 2:2 | Propitiation for our sins. |
Revelation 1:5 | Washing from our sins. |
Revelation 7:14 | Washing of robes in Lamb's blood accomplished. |