KEY SCRIPTURE: John 19:18 ISV” There they crucified him, along with two others, one on each side of him with Jesus in the middle.”

Our Lord Jesus was crucified on the cross. This is a very important event that leads to the redemption of mankind. Without His crucifixion, He would not have resurrected to seal our redemption. The crucifixion of our Lord Jesus is a vital part of the good news.  By dying on the cross he became the lamb of God, who took away our sins. John the Baptist made the following remarks about Him when the Lord got to the river Jordan, where he baptised the people. John 1:29 ISV” The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” For one to be saved, you have to believe Jesus died for your sins.

It is written in another religious book (the Quran: Surah 157) that It was a conjecture. The advanced learners’ dictionary defines a conjecture as a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing, usually with little hard evidence. Please note that John, the recorder of these things says,  he was a witness to these things. John 19:26 KJV” When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!” John is the very one who wrote these things. When the Lord was resurrected from the dead, Thomas who was not present at Jesus’ first appearance said, He would not believe Jesus is resurrected until he sees the nail print in his hands and his side that was pierced. The following ensued when Jesus appeared the next time to His disciples. John 20:27 KJV “Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.”

The crucifixion of Jesus is so significant because, in God’s set principle to save men, there is no remission of sin without the shedding of blood, Heb 9:22. This is the reason we must pray for the salvation of all those who do not believe Jesus died on the cross. According to the bible, such people are lost in their sins. Dear one, do you believe Jesus died for your sins? Do you also believe he was resurrected from the dead? If you do, then confess Him today as the Lord of your life. If you did so , then you are saved according to Rom 10:9, 10.

THOUGHT: JESUS’ DEATH IS A FACT OF HISTORY AND A VITAL TRUTH FOR THE SALVATION OF MEN.

FURTHER STUDIES

1Corinth 15:3,4 KJV For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

Rom 10:9 KJV “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart, man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation.”