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Join us for a night of food, fellowship, and communion, as we remember and celebrate what Jesus did for us on Good Friday. Bring a side dish or dessert. We will provide the meat, bread, and drink.

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Everyone hunting eggs needs to bring 12 plastic eggs, filled with goodies, and their basket by WEDNESDAY, March 27th. We will split the groups up by age (Nursery & Pre-K, K-2nd and 3rd-5th). I will need a couple of volunteers, per group, to help hide eggs and watch children.

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Jesus didn’t just claim to be a good man, Jesus claimed to be the GOD-MAN. And for that, he was arrested and handed over to the Romans for crucifixion. Way before that, at the beginning of his ministry, we see John the Baptist use really strange sacrificial language pointing to Jesus as the Promised Savior! 

Jesus claims to I AM - the God who long before spoke to Moses from the burning bush!

So, Jesus claimed to be GOD - which is blasphemy - for which the Old Testament penalty is DEATH by stoning.

Jesus is taken to Pilate - the Roman governor of the area. They want Pilate to crucify Him, but Pilate is reluctant. 

Pilate decides to give him a flogging. (There was no 39-lash maximum for the Romans; that was only for Jews flogging other Jews with sticks.) The Romans used a woven leather whip known as the flagrum, with pieces of metal balls and sharp bone tied onto the strips. The metal bruised the skin causing bleeding under the skin; the bone lacerated the skin causing an incredible loss of blood.

Pilate brings Jesus back out, hoping that would satisfy his enemies. It does not, so Pilate sends Jesus to be crucified.

Matthew 27:27–31 (NIV) Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said. They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

• Remember the story of Abraham getting ready to offer up his son Isaac on Mt. Moriah (current day Jerusalem) Remember that the son carried the very wood he was to be sacrificed on? Remember how the bodies of the sacrifices on Yom Kippur would be taken OUTSIDE the walls of the Jewish community?
• Jesus was sacrificed just outside the walls of Jerusalem, in the same area of Mt. Moriah - carrying the wood He would be sacrificed on, until He could carry it no more. But this time, there would be no sacrificial substitute…because HE WAS IT!

Matthew 27:35–37 (NIV)

When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots. And sitting down, they kept watch over him there. Above his head they placed the written charge against him: this is Jesus, the king of the jews.

Matthew 27:46 (NIV)

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

• King David (the author) didn’t know about crucifixion! It hadn’t been invented by the Persians yet, and certainly not yet perfected by the Romans. 
• Had Jesus been killed by the Jews, they would have stoned Him to death - not pierced His hands and feet!

Further, King David prophecies about clothing being gambled for, and sure enough, this is what the Roman soldiers did, casting lots to determine who got the nice piece of clothing.

The Suffering Servant would DIE “with the wicked” - sinners - in this case, CRIMINALS. And a rich man, a secret follower of Jesus - Joseph of Ariamathea (Mt 27:57-60) - buries Jesus in his own brand new family tomb; Jesus is buried “with the rich in his death”.

This isn’t the end. After His suffering He would see the light of life. And sure enough, Jesus did just that - RAISING from the dead!This Righteous Servant would justify many - making them right with God by trading their sins for His righteousness.

• Remember where the priest would offer the blood of the bull and goat on Yom Kippur - on the mercy seat - representing the throne of God - the place between 2 angels?
• The Ark of the Covenant was a picture of what SHE saw that day! The final sacrifice had been put on the mercy seat and IT IS FINISHED - the PERFECT SUBSTITUTE SACRIFICE had completed the task, once and for all! The Suffering Servant has payed our price and HE IS ALIVE! That changed the COURSE for the rest of the disciples lives! 

ARE YOU WORTH THE PRICE? Jesus thinks so…

People are Precious, Sin is Serious, & God is Gracious.

Take some time to discuss these questions with your family, friends, or group.

1. Why was Jesus killed? (Leaders Note: Jesus was killed for His claim to be GOD IN SKIN. Bigger than that, Jesus died to make payment for our sins.) 
2. How did the description of the brutality of Jesus’ death impact you? What were you thinking as you heard about what Jesus went through? 
3. Take some time to Read Ps 22:1, 6-8, & 16-18. Then read Isaiah 53:1-12 and let the students highlight what stood out most for them. 
4. How is it that King David, writing 1,000 years before Jesus’ death & Isaiah (700 years before Jesus’ death) could be so accurate? How does this impact your trust of the Scriptures? 
5. Read 2 Cor 5:17-21. Discuss what Jesus’ death really means for US. Should we also be “ambassadors” - what does that mean? (Leaders Note: Make sure to highlight that Jesus paid for ALL sin that we TURN FROM. If we turn from sin and follow Jesus, our sin is REALLY FORGIVEN!) 
6. Share any ‘aha’ moments in today’s study - what you learned or how you were challenged. What’s God want YOU to do with what we studied today? 
7. Take time to share prayer needs and then pray for one another.