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God’s Solution

Luke 24:44-47

We all will one day die because we all have a terminal illness called sin. The entire

Old Testament is the story of human sin and God’s grace in dealing with it that

points to an ultimate solution and cure.

Luke 24:1–9 (ESV)

1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices

they had prepared.

2 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,

3 but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

4 While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling

apparel.

5 And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to

them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?

6 He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,

7 that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and

on the third day rise.”

8 And they remembered his words,

9 and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

Five Ways Jesus Fulfills the Old Testament

Covering

Genesis 3:7 (ESV)

7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they

sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.

Genesis 3:21 (ESV)

21 And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.

• What does the LORD making a garment of animal cloth teach us about the consequences of sin. 

• How does Jesus fulfill this requirement?

The Ark

Genesis 6:11–14 (ESV)

11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence.

12 And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way

on the earth.

13 And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is

filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and

out with pitch.

• Why did the LORD send his flood over the Earth?

• What is Noah’s role in the flood story?

20 Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.[c] 21 He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside. 23 Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned backward, and they did not see their father's nakedness. 24 When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him,

• How does Noah’s Failure point towards the need for a Messiah. 

• How does Jesus fulfill Noah’s role?

God’s People

Genesis 12:1–3 (ESV)

1 Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s

house to the land that I will show you.

2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great,

so that you will be a blessing.

3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all

the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

(Bonus points if you want to talk about Romans 9:8, Galatians 3:29, Galatians 4:23-28 as they relate to the promise)

• What is God’s promise to Abraham?

• How does Jesus fulfill God’s promise to Abraham?

Substitute Sacrifice

Genesis 22:13–14 (ESV)

13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught

in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a

burnt offering instead of his son.

14 So Abraham called the name of that place, “The LORD will provide”; as it is said to this

day, “On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided.”

• In what ways is the sacrifice of Jesus related to the sacrifice of Abraham?

• How does this event point towards Jesus? 

Passover Lamb

Exodus 12:12–13 (ESV)

12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in

the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute

judgments: I am the Lord.

13 The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the

blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the

land of Egypt.

• How does the passover lamb point towards Jesus?

Jesus Opens Their Minds

Luke 24:45–47(ESV)

45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

46 and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day

rise from the dead,

47 and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all

nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

• What other examples Jesus fulfilling the Old Testament can you think of ?

Applications

• If you could capture the previous five examples in one story what would it be?

• Knowing that Jesus fulfilled the promises of the Old Testament how should we respond?

• What does this tell us about Jesus?

  • How can we worship Jesus in light of what he has done and who he is?

• What is our role in Christ’s story ?

• Read James 5:16

  • Spend some time in prayer either alone or with the group in repentance.

  • Spend time as a group confessing sin and praying for one another. 

Repentance is:

• Turning from your sin when you come to the end of yourself

• Trusting Jesus as your only hope

Jesus is waiting to celebrate with you.