The Purpose of the Cross:

Match A with the correct answer in B:


A.


1.  Philiipians 2:
2.  1 Peter 2:
3.  James 5:
4.  Luke 20:
5.  Ephesians 3:
6.  Matthew 15:
7.  Acts 10:
8.  1 Timothy 3:
9.  2 Thessalonians 2:
10.  Mark 15:
11.  Colossians 2:
12.  2 Corinthians 13:
13.  Romans 6:
14.  Colossians 1:
15.  Galatians 3:
16.  Romans 15:
17.  Matthew 22:
18.  Hebrews 12:
19.  Luke 11:
20.  Titus 3:
21.  1 John 4:
22.  John 3:
23.  Galatians 5:



 
B.



1.  "And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with him.  We are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and he will never die again.  Death no longer has any power over him.  When he died, he died once to break the power of sin.  But now that he lives, he lives for the glory of God.  So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus."

2.  "and through him God reconciled everything to himself.  He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ's blood on the cross."

3.  "But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law.  When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing.  For it is written in the Scriptures, "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."

4.  "God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.  This is real love - not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins."

5.  "For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life."

6.  "Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there."

7.  "He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right.  By his wounds your are healed."

8.  "He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross."

9.  "Although he was crucified in weakness, he now lives by the power of God.  We, too, are weak, just as Christ was, but when we deal with you we will be alive with him and will have God's power."

10.  "Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being.  When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal's death on a cross.  Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."