The Message of the Cross

Mark 15:16-39

1. The Cross Shows Why We Need Jesus

Romans 5:12–“Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned.”

1 John 2:2–“And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.”

2. The Cross Shows God’s Love for Us

Verses 16-24

3. The Cross Makes Live Possible

Mark 16:1-6-“Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the motherof James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. 2 Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. 3 And they said among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?” 4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away—for it was very large. 5 And entering the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a long white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed. 6 But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.”

John 11:25–“I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.”