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Pastor Greg Laurie
Harvest OC
Thursday - April 17, 2014
John 19
During the days of Jesus, the
cross was a symbol of shame, warning, and terror.
Jesus had to die because there
was no other way to satisfy the righteous demands of God.
Calvary shows how far man will go
in sin and how far God will go for man’s salvation.
Isaiah 53:10 NKJV
[10] Yet it pleased the LORD to
bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for
sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the
LORD shall prosper in His hand.
Romans 8:32 NKJV
[32] He who did not spare His own
Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely
give us all things?
Romans 3:25 NKJV
[25] whom God set forth as a
propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness,
because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously
committed,
Isaiah 53:10 NKJV
[10] Yet it pleased the LORD to
bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for
sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the
LORD shall prosper in His hand.
Jesus said 7 statements from the
cross, the first was. "Father forgive them for they no not what they
do."
Read: John 19:25-27 NKJV
[25] Now there stood by the cross
of Jesus His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary
Magdalene. [26] When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He
loved standing by, He said to His mother, "Woman, behold your son!"
[27] Then He said to the disciple, "Behold your mother!" And from
that hour that disciple took her to his own home.
How the cross impacted four
different people:
1. For Mary Magdalene, the cross
was a place of redemption.
She was under the power of demons
before Jesus set her free.
Luke 7:47 NKJV
[47] Therefore I say to you, her
sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is
forgiven, the same loves little."
2. For Salome, the cross was a
place of rebuke.
James 4:3 NKJV
[3] You ask and do not receive,
because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.
3. For Mary, the mother of Jesus,
the cross was a place of reward.
Luke 1:47 NKJV
[47] And my spirit has rejoiced
in God my Savior.
Jesus was not Mary's child, she
was his.
John 19:26-27 NKJV
[26] When Jesus therefore saw His
mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother,
"Woman, behold your son!" [27] Then He said to the disciple, "Behold
your mother!" And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home.
Pastor Greg believes that Jesus
was talking about her son, John.
4. For John, the cross was a
place of responsibility.
Jesus' own family didn't believe
in Him, until he rose from the dead. If Jesus couldn't get his family to
believe, do you think you have a chance?
It is said Christians are a
walking epistles, written by God and read by man.
John 9:5 NKJV
[5] As long as I am in the world,
I am the light of the world."
Matthew 5:14 NKJV
[14] "You are the light of
the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
You represent God to this world.
John 8:29 NKJV
[29] And He who sent Me is with
Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please
Him."
John 16:32 NKJV
[32] Indeed the hour is coming,
yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave
Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
Isaiah 53:4-5 NKJV
[4] Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and
afflicted. [5] But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for
our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes
we are healed.
Read:
John 19:28-29 NKJV
[28] After this, Jesus, knowing
that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled,
said, "I thirst!" [29] Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting
there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to
His mouth.
“It is finished!”
Tetelestai
Romans 14:12 NKJV
[12] So then each of us shall
give account of himself to God.
1. Finished were the horrific
sufferings of Christ.
2. Finished was Satan’s
stronghold on humanity.
(Hebrews 2:14 NKJV
[14] Inasmuch then as the
children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the
same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that
is, the devil,)
3. Finished was our salvation.
(Isaiah 53:6 NKJV
[6] All we like sheep have gone
astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him
the iniquity of us all.)
There is nothing you and I could
do to improve on Jesus' work. We are right before God because of what He has
done, not what we have done.
What is the cross for you?
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