Holy Week: The Crucifixion (Good Friday)

The Gospels record the crucifixion of Jesus as the fulfillment of the Scriptures, including Isaiah 53 and Psalm 22. Jesus, though without sin, was mocked, pierced, and put to death, bearing the sins of others. His death was according to God’s plan, bringing forgiveness through His sacrifice. The cross shows God’s justice and mercy, as Jesus gave His life so that those who believe may receive forgiveness and life according to the Scriptures.

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Welcome And Passion Week Setup

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Hello, everyone. Welcome back to our Teach Me the Bible podcast. My name is Tim Webb here with David Klingler, who is walking us through the Passion Week of the Christ. And David, we are at day six looking at the crucifixion. And I know you have a ton of Old Testament passages referring to this.

Servant Songs And Israel’s Rejection

Isaiah 53 And Substitution

God’s Justice Not Fairness

Psalm 22 From Lament To Praise

Suffering Before Glory And Resurrection Hope

Dr. David Klingler 0:46

Yeah, we could uh we could spend eight hours on just this uh this subject, and we call this Good Friday. Uh always wondered why it was Good Friday. Um seems like it's not so good to me, but um, but it ends well. It does. The resurrection ends well. And uh, and so we are uh we are to the point of John's uh gospel. This is in uh uh in chapter 19 where he's talking about the crucifixion of Christ, and and um um I was talking to one of our New Testament professors at the seminary, and I said, I think I can summarize the whole New Testament in two words, and he said, Jesus Christ. I said, Close. Um, certainly that would work. I said, uh, told you. Told you, yeah. That's okay. The whole New Testament. That would come from you, the Old Testament scholars. Right, yeah, yeah. Uh told you. Um, in uh in the book of Isaiah, Isaiah is pronounced the judgment of Israel. There uh the because they have rebelled against the Lord, they've rejected the Lord and they've rejected uh the rock of his salvation, because to reject the Lord is to reject the Christ, right? Uh in the Old Testament. There's no other salvation that you can look to, there's no other deliverance. Uh where else, where else do you go? There's no other hope. Uh and so they've rejected the Lord, and uh, and so the servant uh has rejected the Lord, uh Israel has rejected the Lord, and they're going to serve the gods of the nations, right? And so to deliver them, uh the Father is going to send the Son, the suffering servant, who will suffer for the sins of Israel, uh, and who will restore Israel. And so there's uh we call these the servant songs, uh and they are uh really uh when we we say servant songs, we're talking about uh uh you know, really four passages. Usually I tend to include Isaiah 61 in this, but we're looking at Isaiah chapter 42, verses 1 through 9, then uh Isaiah chapter 49, verses 1 through 13, Isaiah chapter 50, verses 4 uh through 11. All of those are great uh passages to read uh during this week. Read read them today. They're they're wonderful passages, but I want to uh focus our our attention to the last uh the uh of the servant songs. It begins in Isaiah chapter 52. We were talking about 50 uh chapter 52 when we were in the upper room discourse, but it it continues uh into Isaiah 52, verse 13, all the way down through Isaiah 53, verse 12. It says, Behold, my servant will prosper, he will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted. And many were astonished at you. So his appearance is marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men. Thus he will uh sprinkle is how they translate, sprinkle many nations, kings will shut their mouth on account of him, uh for what uh had been told of them they will see. What had not I'm sorry, what had not been told of them, they will see, and what had not been heard, they will understand. For who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? Of course, he's uh that's going to be quoted in John chapter twelve, uh, that uh the disciples are the ones who have seen this. Uh they have believed the message, and the arm of the Lord has been revealed to them, to the disciples. He grew up, he the son, grew up before him, the father, like a tender shoot, like the root out of parched ground. He had no stately form or majesty that we should look upon him, nor appearance that we should be attracted to him. He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Um he knows your grief, he knows your sorrows. And like one from whom men hide their face, he was despised, and we did not esteem him. Surely our griefs he himself bore, and our sorrows he carried. Yet we were ourselves esteemed by him stricken, spitten of God and afflicted, but he was pierced through for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities, and the chastening of our well-being fell upon him, and by his scourgings we are healed. For all of us like sheep have gone astray, and each one of us has turned his own way, and the Lord has called the cause the iniquity of us to fall on him. Now, uh remember what's going on here, that uh uh John's going to say this in uh in first John. Um He died not only for our not only for our sins, but for the sins of the whole world. And so what Isaiah is focused on here in the book of Isaiah is Israel's rejection of their Lord uh and the rejection of the Christ, but the Christ is going to come and deliver them, right? And so he's gonna lay down his life for their sins. Now, um in the Old Testament story, Israel has gone down and joined the nations. And so he's not only laying down his life uh for Israel, that's of course what's in view here in Isaiah chapter 53, uh, but for the sins of all people, right? Uh that he might redeem all people. And and this is how this story is gonna uh going to play out. Uh uh He continues, so all of us like sheep have gone astray, each one of us has turned his own way, but the Lord has called the iniquity of us all to fall upon him, for he was oppressed, he was afflicted, he did not open his mouth, like a lamb led to slaughter, like a sheep that is silent before his shearers, he did not open his mouth by oppression and judgment, he was taken away. And as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off from the land of the living for the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due? His grave was assigned with wicked men, yet he was with a rich man in his death, uh, because he had done no violence, nor was any deceit found in his mouth. And we're gonna see this in the uh in his burial, and this verse is going to be uh referred to in his burial being uh assigned to the grave of a rich man. But the Lord was pleased to crush him, putting him to grief. If he would render himself as a guilt offering, uh he will see his offspring, he will prolong his days, the good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in his hand as a result of the anguish of his soul. He will see uh and be satisfied. By his knowledge, the uh the righteous one, my servant, will justify the many, he will bear their iniquities, therefore I will allot him a portion with the great. Uh, he will divide the booty with the strong, because he was poured out uh him uh because he poured out himself to death, he was numbered with transgressors, yet he bore the sin of many, and there's interceded for their transgressions. This is this is the the the suffering servant, the the substitutionary atonement, we call it, where Christ lays down his life, the one for the many, so that he might uh redeem the many. I'm often reminded when I uh think about uh the crucifixion and the judgment that came upon the Lord. And I used to point this out to my kids when they were little, and I point this out to my class. Uh, and I think it's important for us to remember the Lord isn't fair. There's nothing fair about this. Right. Right. Uh praise the Lord, he's not fair. Because if the Lord were fair, he would give us what we deserve. Yeah, we wouldn't have the sacrifice. If the Lord was fair, he wouldn't have given his son what he didn't deserve, so he could give us what we don't deserve. Right. Right. So praise the Lord. He's not in the fair business. Yes. Say the fair's in the fall. Right. But he is just. Uh and um, and he does not leave sin unpunished, and he poured out the iniquity of us all on his son, uh, so that he could give us what we don't deserve. Uh, and so by his wounds we are all healed, not just Israel, uh, but for all those who believe in the Son from every nation. And we're gonna get this. And uh and so uh Psalm uh Psalm uh 22 and and uh and Isaiah chapter 53, two key passages. Psalm 50 uh 22 is is of course the other one, and and this is uh referred to, this psalm is referred to by all of the gospel uh uh storytellers about Christ's death, burial, resurrection. In fact, many uh Matthew and uh Matthew in chapter 27, verse 46, and Mark in chapter 15, verse 34, they introduce uh the crucifixion of Christ, uh at least refer to it uh when Jesus quotes this uh beginning uh word, uh this this Psalm 1, uh Elo, Eloilama Sabactini. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? That's the first verse in this uh this psalm. Uh and that's how they they didn't have their psalms numbered back in the day. Yes, turn to Psalm 22. No, they uh this is how they referred uh to uh to the psalm. They referred to the verse of the psalm. But my God, my God, why have you uh forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning. And so uh this uh read Psalm 22 this uh this uh today as you're thinking about and reflecting upon the crucifixion of the Christ, and and remember that this isn't a you know Psalm of David lamenting that he had a bad day. This is David the prophet looking forward uh to this uh Christ who is uh a worm, not a man, a reproach of men, despised of the people, uh that his uh garments are there's they cast lots for his garments, and uh uh and uh he's surrounded by the dogs, and he is pierced through, and he uh can count all of his bones. All all of this judgment is coming upon him. But verse 19, but you, O Lord, you're not far off, be not far off, for you are my help. Uh hasten to my assistance, deliver my soul from the sword and my uh uh my only life from the power of the dog, save me from the lion's mouth, and from the horns of the wild oxen, answer me. I will then I will tell of your name to my brethren, and I in the midst of the assembly, in the midst of the Kohel. We if we were translating that into uh to Greek, we'd say um rightly so in the midst of the synagogue or in the midst of the ecclesia of the church, I will praise you. You who fear the Lord, praise him. All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel, for he was not despised nor abhorred. Um he has not despised nor abhorred, hated the affliction of the afflicted, nor has he hidden his face from him, but he cried out to him for help and he heard him. And so uh this is the one, this is the uh the Lord heard his cry, and now all the earth will remember verse 27, and all will turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations will worship before you, for the kingdom is the Lord's, and he rules over the nations. Man, oh man, isn't that good? So we're heading towards this end. Yes, predicted in uh Psalm 22, uh in Isaiah chapter 59, the resurrection of the Christ, and then his name will be proclaimed, and he will be the king of the nations, the king of kings, and the lord of lords, the great, the mighty, the awesome God. Right. And so here we are in the story. Uh, but before we can get to the glory, before we can get to the reign, before we can get to his name proclaimed among the nations, before we can get to the kingdom, uh, the Christ has to suffer. Um, he became flesh, uh, he lowered himself, he humbled himself and became flesh, took on flesh, uh, even to the point of death, even death on a cross. And so uh in uh Paul in Philippians chapter two, reflecting upon this sacrifice of uh the second person of the Godhead of the Trinity, the Christ becoming incarnate, becoming man, the word becoming flesh, tabernacling, and then being obedient even to the point of death, even the most violent death, death on a cross. And we read all of these passages in the Old Testament about this suffering servant. But the story isn't over. Oh, by no means. And uh, you know, and so he is uh crucified in John chapter um uh 19. Uh all of those verses, uh, he was uh uh of the Old Testament prophecies being fulfilled, and he was buried in the rich man's tomb. And it seems as if all hope is lost. The disciples go back, they're hiding for their lives in fear of their lives, uh, and uh the good news is coming. Right. So this is Good Friday, but it's only good Friday because there's a good Sunday. Yes.

SPEAKER_01 13:34

And so resurrection is coming. I would say that it's good as well that that price was paid. Oh sufficiently paid. Yeah. And a price that only he could pay.

Dr. David Klingler 13:44

Only he could pay.

SPEAKER_01 13:45

That's right.

Dr. David Klingler 13:46

Yeah, I I was uh this last uh few weeks in our classes uh at the seminary reminded uh of of just this God who does not show partiality, he doesn't take a bribe. The reason why he doesn't take bribes is because you don't have anything to offer him. Yeah, right. What do we have to offer the Lord? What could you possibly pay? What do you have that he didn't give to you? Right uh and so there's only one who could ever pay our price, redeem our lives, redeem our souls from the just um punishment that we deserved. We earned it right, right? Uh we earned it.

SPEAKER_01 14:25

Right.

How We Respond In Faith

Dr. David Klingler 14:25

Uh and he has delivered us uh from the judgment that was due to us. Uh not only did he take on the sins of Israel, he took on our sins as well. My sins and your sins, past, present, and future. I wish that I could comprehend that. Right. Um I wish that I could fully comprehend uh the ex the the exchange that happened at this death. Right. I don't get it. It doesn't seem right, it doesn't seem fair uh that he laid down his life for all of our sins. Not some, not most, not the ones we acknowledge. All the past, the present, and future, and he has been raised from the dead. And so now the question is do we respond or do we not? Right? Right. Uh do we place all of our faith in him or do we hold a little back for ourselves? Well, I have come to the conclusion uh that faith in myself is useless because I will continually disappoint. Yes, we will. And so uh when I stand before the Lord and he says it, all right, uh Klingler, is there anything you want to add to this? Anything you want to add to this uh death, burial, resurrection of my son, right? Why should I let you in to my kingdom? Why should I raise you from because I believed in your son. Would you care to add to that?

SPEAKER_01 15:57

Um be like Job, put the hand over the marrow.

Dr. David Klingler 16:00

I I have nothing to say. Anything that I would add would not add but take away. Yeah, right. Right. Uh and so uh we believe in the finished work of Jesus Christ. Yes, we do. Death, burial, resurrection. And so uh happy Good Friday. Uh but it's good Friday because Sunday's coming.

Readings And Resources To Continue

SPEAKER_01 16:20

That's right. That's right. Well, David, I want to encourage everyone to read Psalm 22, Isaiah 53, and also those other passages, and then so that when we read John 19 as they walk through the story, uh the the affirmation that or the confirmation, however you want to say it, of this sovereign God who is fully in control and fully sufficient to pay for our sin. I just uh I'm encouraged by it. So, okay, we're gonna keep going. Bear with us, listeners, come on back, and so uh Sundays are coming, as you said. So thank you, Dave.

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