The Savior – 7. Golgotha – Amharic Language Film

It is hard to watch this reenactment of Jesus being crucified. So why do Christians insist on focusing on this brutal event? Many people want to remember Jesus as a good man, even a great prophet, but they insist on denying his crucifixion. Denying Jesus’ crucifixion corrupts God’s merciful work for all of humanity. Because of Jesus’ crucifixion our sinful nature was put to death on the cross with Christ. God pronounced that our sinful nature can produce no good thing. He regards sin as an utterly corrupt, useless thing, by passing a sentence of death upon it and nailing it to the cross with Christ. Through this painful act of crucifixion, God put to death the sinful nature of those who repent of their sins and place their faith in Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul writes in Romans 6:6 that Christian believers are “crucified with him.” And he goes on to say in Romans 6:11, “So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.” To the world, this belief seems foolish. Yet, this horrible act produced the greatest blessing for the world and achieved what human wisdom has not accomplished-the release of man from sin’s bondage.