2. Crucifixion

3. “Far be the very name of the cross, not only from the body, but even from the thought, the eyes, the ears of Roman citizens.” -Cicero (106-43 BC)

4. Excruciating – “from the cross.”

8. “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God” - 2 Corinthians 5:21

9. Part of its meaning is that in Jesus’ world that word “finished” was what you wrote on a bill when it had been settled: “Paid in full!” But underneath these is the meaning John intends, I believe, most deeply.

10. When God the Creator made his wonderful world, at the end of the sixth day he finished it. He completed his work. Now, on the Friday, the sixth day of the week, Jesus has completed the work of redeeming the world.

11. With his shameful, chaotic, horrible death he has gone to the very bottom, to the darkest and deepest place of the ruin, and has planted there the sign that says “Rescued.”

12. It is the sign of love, the love of the creator for his ruined creation, the love of the saviour for his ruined people. Yes, of course, it all has to be worked out. The victory has to be implemented. But it’s done; it’s completed; it’s finished! - N.T. Wright

13. “In the day that you eat of it you shall die.” - Genesis 2:17

14. “Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned. - Romans 5:12

15. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. - Colossians 2:15

16. When We Suffer: We identify with Christ!

17. I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death – Philippians 3:10

18. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co- heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. –Romans 8:17

19. When We Suffer: We identify with Christ! It’s not aimless!

20. Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last. – Luke 23:46

21. “The point of the resurrection…is that the present bodily life is not valueless just because it will die…What you do with your body in the present matters because God has a great future in store for it…

22. What you do in the present—by painting, preaching, singing, sewing, praying, teaching, building hospitals, digging wells, campaigning for justice, writing poems, caring for the needy, loving your neighbor as yourself—will last into God's future.

23. These activities are not simply ways of making the present life a little less beastly, a little more bearable, until the day when we leave it behind altogether (as the hymn so mistakenly puts it…). They are part of what we may call building for God's kingdom.” - N.T. Wright