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    The Cross and the Crucifixion
    The Cross and the Crucifixion
    The Cross and the Crucifixion
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    The Cross and the Crucifixion

    By Grace Dola Balogun

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    On the cross is where our salvation was completed. The work of redemption was completed on the cross. Salvation through Jesus Christ the true Son of man and the true Son of God. Christ bought us with His pressures blood, His blood atone for the sin of all the humanity.
    Our past, present, and future sins have been forgiven, we are no longer in Adam sin of disobedience; we are in Christ. We are clothe with Christ righteousness. We have the gift of eternal life; the gate of heaven is open and we are eligible for our inheritance in heaven. Hallelujah Hosanna in the Highest. Jesus Christ paid it all, unto Him I owe. The cross of Christ is the cross of joy to all who believe in Him.
    The cross of Christ is the peace and joy to the world. Jesus Christ crucified dead and buried rose from the grave and He is coming back again to judge the quick and the dead and all the eyes shall see Him. In Jesus Christ only is life and life everlasting. He is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of everyone in the world. He is the Messiah who came to deliver us from our past, present, and future sins. He is the way, the truth and the life.
    He is the light that shines forever and no darkness can comprehend it. He is the blessed ruler of all human souls, the blessed potentate, the King of Kings, and the Lord of lords; who only have immortality , dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto, whom no man hath seen, no can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. He is the Savior of the world. The redeemer King, the Lord of all the people on earth

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGrace Dola Balogun
    Release dateMar 23, 2012
    ISBN9780985198039
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      The Cross and the Crucifixion - Grace Dola Balogun

      The Cross and the Crucifixion

      Grace Dola Balogun

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      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2012 Grace Dola Balogun

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechan- ical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quo- tations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      Cover design by Lionsgate Book Design, Lisa Hainline http://www.lionsgatebookdesign.com

      Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New Inter- national Version®, NIV®. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. (http://www.zondervan.com)

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      Don’t be alarmed, he said.

      "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene,

      who was crucified.

      He has risen!

      He is not here.

      See the place where they laid him."

      Mark 16:6

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      I dedicate this book to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the one and only, the crucified one, our Redeemer King. Through the Cross, He took my sins and my shame and the sins of everyone on earth upon Himself, so that we could be saved and receive the gift of grace and the incompara- ble inheritance from God the Father, as His adopted children: See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 1 John 3:1. He shed His precious blood on the Cross for my sins and the sins of the whole world. This book comes from Him and it is for Him, for His work of redemption, forever completed. I dedicate it to His glory now and forever.

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      1. The Power of the Cross

      2. The Foreknowledge of God

      3. The First Adam and the Second Adam

      4. Father Forgive Them; for They Do Not Know What They Are Doing. Luke 3:34

      5. Truly: I Tell You, Today You Will Be with Me in Paradise. Luke 23:43

      6. Woman, Here Is Your Son . . . Here Is Your Mother. John 19:26-27

      7. Eloi, Eloi, Lema Sabachthani? My God, My God, Why HaveYou Forsaken Me? Mark15:34

      8. I Am Thirsty. John. 19:28

      9. It Is Finished. John 19:30

      10. Father, Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit. Luke 23:46

      11. The Significance of the Number Seven from Creation

      12. The Meaning of the Cross as Found in God’s Purpose

      Excerpt from Elizabeth C. Clephane’s 1872 Song 120

      Summary

      Final Word

      Benediction

      Biblical Index

      About the Author

      Preface

      The title of this book is perhaps too com- prehensive. Some readers might be expect- ing the dismissal of the Cross of Christ and Crucifixion. But it is on an orderly, full interpretation of the meaning and the power of the Cross the basis why Christ had to go to the Cross and be crucified in order to save sinners.

      The people of God need a clearer explanation and more accurate clarification of the work of redemp- tion. What Christ has done in the universe will not be repeated. He did it once and for all. Jesus’ words and prayers in the garden of Gethsemane clearly show that the Father sent Him to the world for the remission of the sins of the human race: My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Mark 14:34.

      Christ Jesus poured out the agony of His soul in prayer and submission to the Father’s will. We can never know the intensity of Jesus’ agonizing Spirit or the contents of the cup that He was going to drink, but he said: Abba, Father . . . everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will. Mark 14:36.

      One thing of which we can be sure is that, when we go through our own suffering, in our own Geth- semane, Jesus Christ will be there with us, sympathiz- ing and giving His own example of suffering and words of victorious submission: Yet not what I will, but what you will.

      This book has been put forward with the prayer that it may help many who need clear words of truth about the Cross and the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It has been my desire to connect the work of redemption of Christ’s suffering and agony on the Cross on the day of crucifixion to a clearer image of personal sacrifice on the part of Christ, our Lord.

      Together we will be able to see Christ on the Cross on every page of this book. It is a journey in appreciat- ing the redemptive power of the Cross to thank Him more than ever before in our lives.

      Jesus Christ was the only one who had the power to forgive sin during His life on earth. He paid for our sins on the Cross with His precious blood and foretold that the Son of man had the power on earth to forgive sins: But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. So he said to the paralyzed man, Get up, take your mat and go home. Matt 9:6.

      Before He paid ransom for the sins of the whole world, Christ had the power to forgive sin on earth. He still forgives the sins of humanity today, and will continue until His return to the earth to judge as the book of Revelations tells us. Readers must know at the moment of reading this book that, however great their sin, Christ has the power and authority to forgive them, just as He did during His earthly ministry.

      A touch from Him will leave you completely clean from your sins and the nature of sin. Jesus Christ’s atoning work on the Cross has done just that. Christ has had unlimited power, since He conquered sin and since His resurrection from the dead, sitting at the right hand of God, interceding for us, and pleading our case before the Father. Christ’s power to forgive sins still continues at the right hand of God.

      He wants all of the people of this earth to repent and pray for forgiveness of their sins, which can only be achieved or obtained through Him. He is ready to forgive you for your sins today with blessed assurance. Christ will breathe on you the breath of life with the peace of God that surpasses all understanding—the peace of God that flows from the full forgiveness of all of your sins.

      All people of this earth should believe in and expe- rience the power of the Cross and crucifixion of Christ Jesus to forgive sin. Surrender all to the Savior, call on Him with a repentant heart, and you will receive for- giveness of your sins and a new life in Him.

      Jesus entered the temple courts, and, while he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him. ‘By what authority are you doing these things?’ they asked. ‘And who gave you this authority?’

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