The Day Christ died for you - Ministry - http://maxpages.com/leftbehindkids/The_Day_Christ_Died_For

Jesus Son of God was extremely innocent. He never sinned. Yes he has been tempted, but he was only human. The only inhuman thing he did was not give in to those temptations like every known human being has. And yet the people disliked him for claiming to be the Son of God But Jesus would never lie, and therefore he was the Son of God.
After being betrayed by Judas, Jesus Was sent to trial. Pilate questioned Jesus. He asked<"Are you the king of Jews/" Jesus said, "You say so." The chief priests and elders, that he made no answer accused him. Then Pilate said,” Do you not hear how many thing they are testifying against you?" But he did answer him one word, so that the governor was greatly amazed. Now the governor was to release him to the crowd. When he asked what should they do with him the crowd said, "Let him be crucified!" But the governor said, " Why, what evil has he done?" But the Crowd only shouted louder,"Let him be crucified!" So the governor washed his hands with water in front of everyone so that they could see him and he said, I am innocent of this mans blood, look it upon yourselves." The crowd replied His blood be upon us and upon our children." And Jesus was handed over to be crucified. Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus inside the Praetorian. There they gathered around him, stripped his clothes and put a military robe of thiers on him. They weaved a crown of thorns and placed it on his head and a reed in his right hand and mocked him by saying, hail to the king of the Jews!" Then they took the reed from his hand and wiped his head with it. Then they dressed him in his own clothes and led him off to be crucified. He had to carry his own CROSS-to a place called Golgotha. He fell many times. When they got there the mixed wine with goll and offered it to Jesus but when he tasted the wine he refused to drink it. When they crucified him, they took up his clothes and sold them. They took 3 VERY large nails and nailed his hands and feet to the cross. For hours Jesus hung on the cross, suffocating, just so we can ask for forgiveness. To Robbers were crucified beside him. When people passed Jesus on the cross, they made fun of him, insulting him, shaking their heads saying “You who are going to destroy the temple and re-build it in 3 days, save yourself! If you’re the son of God save yourself from the cross.” The elders, teachers of the law, and chief priests mocked him by saying “He saves others, but he cannot save himself. Let him come down from the cross, then we will believe. He trusts in God, let him rescue him now. For he says he’s the son of God” One of the criminals insulted him “Are you not the son of god? Save yourself…and us” but the other criminal rebuked him.” Don’t you fear god, since we are under the same sentence. This man has done NOTHING wrong. Remember me when you get to the kingdom of god.” Jesus answered him “I tell you the truth, today you will meet me in paradise.” Later that day Jesus gave out a loud cry saying “My god, my God…. why have you forsaken me?” The people standing there said, “He’s calling Elijah. Lets see if he comes” Immediately a man ran away, and came back with a sponge with wine vinegar, and put it on a stick and offered it to Jesus, but a man told him to leave Jesus alone. Jesus hung on the cross, bleeding to death, and suffocating, waiting to die. Jesus cried out with a loud voice and game up his spirit. The Curtin on the temple broke top to bottom. Then the earth shook. The tombs broke open, and the bodies of the holy people who died where rose to life. Then the people standing their finally realized that they just killed…the Son of God. Pilot ordered that Jesus’ body would be wrapped it in clean linen cloth and placed Jesus in his own new tomb that they cut out of a rock. They rolled a big stone in front of the tomb. The next day pilot made sure that the tomb was secure as ANYTHING. He put a seal on the boulder blocking the tomb. And posted a couple of guards. After the Sabbath, at dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see Jesus’ tomb. There was a violent earthquake; an angel came down from heaven. His appearance was like lightning, his clothes white as snow. He rolled the stone away, and sat on it. The guards were so scared that they fainted. Then the angel said to Mary. “Don’t be afraid, I know your looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He isn’t here; he has risen just like he said. Come and see the place where he lay, then go to the disciples and tell them that he has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, now I have told you. Then the women ran away with joy. Then Jesus came to the two women and said. “Greetings”. Then they came up to Jesus and worshiped him. “Don’t be afraid. Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee to see me.” The guards who guarded Jesus’ tomb went back and told the Chief Priests what had happened. Then the Chief Priests devised a plan. They would tell the people that the Disciples broke into the tomb and stole Jesus’ body while the guards were asleep. That story has been widely circulated among the Jews today. The Eleven disciples (Judas killed himself out of guilt) went to the mountain in Galilee just as Jesus said. They saw Jesus and worshiped him. Then Jesus said, “All authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father, in the name of the son, and in the name of the Holy Spirit. Teaching them to obey everything I command you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Then Jesus was taken up before the crowd’s very eyes, and a cloud hid him from sight. THE END >

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