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Introduction
We began this series prior to Missions Conference, and we’ll continue it today.
This series is titled ‘From the Cross Through the Tomb’, and we’re looking at what Jesus experienced in the last 18 or so hours of His natural life before He was crucified and gave up the Ghost.
The first message was titled “The Perseverance of Jesus”
Jesus Persevered in the Garden
Through the Unanswered Prayer He Prayed to His Father
Through the Unwilling Apostles who slept instead of Prayed
Jesus Persevered
Jesus Persevered Through the Gnashing
Through the Accusations, Rejection & Abuse of Others
Jesus Persevered
Jesus Persevered Unto Golgotha
Though the Way was Hard & the Cross Heavy
Jesus Persevered
Secondly, we looked (briefly) at “The Purpose of Jesus” by breaking down what Jesus said in Luk.
19:10 “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Our Position (lost)
His Passion (to seek)
His Power (to save)
Aren’t you glad He did seek?
Aren’t you glad He could save?
The basis for today’s message takes place as Jesus has been nailed to the Cross.
He is hanging between Heaven & earth and He utters the words found in Luk.
23:34 “Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.”
We’re going to examine ‘The Prayer of Jesus’ what it means & the significance of it.
The first thing that we need to examine to understand the magnitude of these words is ‘The Cruelty He Endured’
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The Cruelty He Endured
By the Scoffers (v35b)
We’ll speak first of the rulers - given the great part in which they played in placing Jesus on the Cross.
Might I remind you - the rulers (Scribes & Pharisees), they didn’t drive one nail in the hands or feet of Jesus.
They didn’t place the Crown of thorns upon His head - but they were as much responsible for the nails as the soldiers were.
That being said - you didn’t drive one nail, nor place the Crown, but you’re as responsible for the Crucifixion of Jesus as anyone else!
Speaking of the rulers.
Remember the wickedness that they inflicted upon Jesus, going back just a handful of hours:
They conspired against Him
They arrested Him in the garden
They tried Him illegally that night
We see their treatment of Him in: Luk.
22:63-65 “And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.”
Took Him to Pilate and demanded His Crucifixion
They rallied the people to choose Barabbas over Jesus
Now their work is done, and they are in essence taking a ‘victory lap’ mocking Jesus as He hangs upon the Cross
Jesus endured Cruelty from the Scoffers
By the Climbers (Mat.
27:44; v39a)
I’m speaking of the men mentioned in v33 - the ‘malefactors’.
There’s a particular reason I chose to call them the ‘climbers’.
For when I began to consider the situation and the part they these two men played in it, I got a particular visual.
These two men were condemned.
They were thieves and were on their own crosses as punishment for their crimes.
They are in the same boat as Jesus physically, yet they get in on the action of mocking & railing on Jesus too!
Yes & make no mistake, both of them began this way: Mat.
27:44 “The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.”
So why am I calling them ‘Climbers’?
Because they remind of of those who attempt to make themselves feel better about their life by stepping on others.
They push others down to try and elevate themselves.
We have all either been a Climber, endured the Climbers or both.
I have endured my fair share of climbers as whenever one preaches the way I do and stands for Christ, you are painting a target on your back at the same time.
Jesus said:
Jesus endured Cruelty from the Climbers
By the Heartless (v36-37)
I’m now referring to the soldiers.
This is the best adjective that I could come up with when considering how these men treated Jesus.
I mean, they have nothing in this quarrel.
They were simply a third party that facilitated the punishment that the rulers demanded and that Pilate pronounced.
They didn’t treat Jesus cruelly out of anger, resentment or hatred.
They did it because they were told to.
Because it was their duty - and if they didn’t carry out that wicked duty, they might have suffered for it.
Considering what they did to Jesus, that is enough to warrant the title of ‘heartless’, but consider this...
Imagine experiencing the beating, & torturous behaviour that Jesus endured.
Blood loss, exhaustion, dehydration.
In prophesy, it hints at His suffering in Psa.
22:15 “My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.”
and in His distress, they offer Him mockings & vinegar.
Jesus endured Cruelty from the Heartless
By the Onlookers (v35a)
What could be considered the cruelest of them all is found at the first part of v35 - ‘And the people stood beholding’
So you have this great crowd of people who are standing there gawking at the sight of a man beaten unrecognizable, hanging naked on a Cross.
The Bible says of some: Mar.
15:29 “And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,”
So some mocked in distain, others sat and watched.
‘Well, what were they supposed to do?’ - STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR JESUS!
THAT’S WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE! ‘Well, they would have been killed’, yeah, so be it!
Everyone is going to die somehow, wouldn’t it be best to die for Christ?
I can’t help to think of where we are today in America.
Sin runs rampant in our nation - just as if Jesus was crucified anew daily… and we sit quietly by.
Christians ought to fight for Jesus!
It’s amazing.
Barabbas was condemned for inciting a riot.
He was able to stir enough people up to fight against the Romans for some type of cause, yet no one chose to fight for Jesus when upon Calvary!
Jesus endured Cruelty from the Onlookers
We see the Cruelty Jesus Endured.
This is important as we look at His reaction - found in the prayer that He uttered.
Next we see the Compassion He Displayed
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The Compassion He Displayed
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