1. The Suffering Savior… Luke 24:25-27 Was There Really A Need For The “Suffering”? Ephesians 1:7 Hebrews 9;22 Matthew 26:28 A Living Sacrifice Is All That Seemed To Be Required Animals Sacrificed In A Quick & “Humane” Fashion… Why Couldn’t Jesus’ Death Have Been “Civil” & “Sanitized”? Hebrews 2:9-18; 4:14-16 “A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom men hide their face, He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.” (Isaiah 53:3)

2. “…After His Passion…” Acts 1:3 It Was Imperative That Jesus Experience ALL Elements Of Human Life… He Is Able To Relate Rejected: Derided; Ridiculed; Falsely Accused Suffered Greatly Even Before The Cross Shadow of the Cross “People Problems” Betrayal; Abandonment Luke 22:55-61 Jesus Knew Suffering From The Inside Out. Physical, Emotional & Spiritual John 17:4-14

3. Suffering Beyond Comprehension Luke 22:44 Mark 14:50 John 18:12 Arrested-Tried-Tortured Convicted-Crucified The Indignity & Unmitigated Horror Of Being Crucified Why Couldn’t It Have Been Done More Humanely? 2Corinthians 5:21 He Became Sin… “My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?”

4. HIS SUFFERING & PAIN: OUR JOY & GAIN 1Peter 3:18 2Corinthians 5:18-21 1John 4:9-10 Suffering Of Christ Reveals Terribleness Of Sin & Greatness Of God’s Love Isaiah 53 Bruised For Our Transgressions Isaiah 9:6 “Wonderful Counselor” Hebrews 12:1-3

5. “He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.” (1Peter 2:24) 1John 2:1 Our Advocate 1Timothy 2:3-5 Our Mediator “For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aide of those who are tempted.” (Hebrews 2:18)