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Gospel Meeting
July 31st – August 3rd
Greg Dismuke - Speaker
Gospel Meeting Theme:
"The Salvation of the Lord"
• Bible Class - - The Results of Salvation
• A.M. Worship - - The Place of Salvation
• P.M. Worship - - The Free Course of
Salvation
• Monday - - The Doctrine of Salvation
• Tuesday - - The Alternative to Salvation
• Wednesday - - The Person of Salvation
The Nails Did Not Hold Him On
The Cross!
JOHN 20:24 – 28
The Nails Did Not Hold Him On
The Cross!
• JOHN 20:24 – 28
• There is no doubt that the Nail Prints are
there, the evidence that Christ was Nailed
to the Cross is there.
• However, “The Nails Did Not Hold Him
On The Cross.”
The Nails Did Not Hold Him On
The Cross
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I. Jesus Certainly Was Nailed To The Cross
Remember, I didn’t say he wasn’t nailed to the cross,
our text certainly testifies to the fact that he was
nailed to the cross, JOHN 20:24-28
Thomas doubted until he saw the scares.
Luke tells us that after they scourged Christ, he
carried his cross to Calvary, where they crucified
Him. LUKE 23:32-33
One might even think while standing there looking
on, how helpless he was nailed to the Cross.
MATTHEW 27:42 – 43 “…Saved others, himself
he cannot save…”
The Nails Did Not Hold Him On
The Cross
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II. Jesus Could Have Removed Himself From
That Cross At Anytime.
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Christ did not have to stay on that Cross if he had not wanted
to.
Psalms 91:11 -12 –“For he shall give his angels
charge over thee, to keep the in all thy ways. They
shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy
foot against a stone.” (MATTHEW 4:6) When the
devil tempted Him to throw himself off of the pinnacle
of the Temple.
1. He could have got off of that cross, He could have
had help getting off that cross at any time.
2. Angels could have simply removed him from that
cross.
The Nails Did Not Hold Him On
The Cross!
• When questioned by Pilate, Jesus refused to
answer him – Pilate speaks to his own power to
release or crucify Christ.
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When Jesus does answer Pilate, He states,
“Thou couldest have no power at all against me,
except it were given thee from above:…” JOHN
19:10 – 11.
• A power from above allowed Pilate to do what
he did.
• That power could have been used at anytime to
get Christ off of that cross.
The Nails Did Not Hold Him On
The Cross!
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What, then held
Him on that
Cross?
The Nails Did Not Hold Him On
The Cross!
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What, then held Him on that Cross?
Love for His Father
Love for Mankind
Love for His Disciples/Us
Love for the life of ONE sheep
THE POWER, THE INSTRUMENT WHICH
HELD HIM ON THAT CROSS WAS HIS
OWN POWER, HIS OWN WILL, HIS
OVRWHELMING LOVE FOR EACH AND
EVERYONE OF US.
The Nails Did Not Hold Him On
The Cross!
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His Life was something that no “Man” or “Nail” could take
from Him unless He allowed it to.
JOHN 10: 14-18 “I am the good shepherd, and know
my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father
knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay
down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have
which are not of this fold: them must I also bring, and
they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold,
and one shepherd. Therefore doth my Father love me,
because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
NO MAN TAKETH IT FROM ME, BUT I LAY IT
DOWN MYSELF. I HAVE THE POWER TO LAY IT
DOWN OF MYSELF, AND I HAVE THE POWER TO
TAKE AGAIN, THIS COMMANDMENT HAVE I
RECEIVED OF MY FATHER.”
The Nails Did Not Hold Him On
The Cross!
• Conclusion:
• 1. There can be no doubt that Christ was nailed to the
Cross
• 2. He wasn’t weak and helpless so that he could not
save himself from such an ordeal.
• 3. He had the angels at his call to remove him, even
keep it from happening at anytime.
• 4. No man had any power to do to him what was done
except that it was given to him from a higher power.
• 5. However, he loved his Father and He loved us too
much to come down off of that cross, NAILS did not hold
him on the Cross – LOVE DID?