Jesus is Crucified (10 of 11)
Series: The Greatest Week in History
Scott Maze
Luke 23:26-49
Good morning to Cross Church and happy Palm Sunday to you. Turn to Luke 23 with me this morning. The universal symbol of Christianity is the cross, the old rugged cross. While the empty tomb is the foundation of Christianity, the cross is the focus of Christianity.
And while I cannot take all of you there today, I will bring down the Via Dolorosa, or the way of suffering. We are entering the very heart of Christianity by looking at the cross of Jesus. It is early in the morning on what is known as Good Friday. The cross of Jesus is a university where saints study. Here are three quick reasons why you should see rehearse the mournful narrative of our Lord's grief carefully:
1) Seeing Jesus' Sorrow Lightens My Pain
One cannot think long about Jesus' agony without tears. I have personally have had to pause in reading about Jesus' week of trials and pain because of excessive emotion. When you stop to consider what Jesus went through, your heart breaks. Yet, there is something so power in this for His grief dwarfs our grief. While I would not want to minimize your grief even for a moment, for there is substantial pain and hurt in our world today. Yet, His agony makes our pain into light affliction.
2) Seeing Jesus' Sorrow Stimulates My Passion
Not only does our hearts break at the sight of Jesus' pain, but the cross of Jesus stimulates a passion for Christ inside me. Though you are nearly crushed by the sight of Jesus, there's within you a strong, resolute and fervent passion for Him that explodes forward. Nothing is too hard for us to attempt and nothing is too difficult to endure for the One who sacrificed Himself for us. And while we are grieved to consider that our best will be so little in comparison to what He did, we are resolved in this: He deserves nothing less than our best.
3) Seeing Jesus' Sorrow Destroys My Carelessness
His shame makes ...
Series: The Greatest Week in History
Scott Maze
Luke 23:26-49
Good morning to Cross Church and happy Palm Sunday to you. Turn to Luke 23 with me this morning. The universal symbol of Christianity is the cross, the old rugged cross. While the empty tomb is the foundation of Christianity, the cross is the focus of Christianity.
And while I cannot take all of you there today, I will bring down the Via Dolorosa, or the way of suffering. We are entering the very heart of Christianity by looking at the cross of Jesus. It is early in the morning on what is known as Good Friday. The cross of Jesus is a university where saints study. Here are three quick reasons why you should see rehearse the mournful narrative of our Lord's grief carefully:
1) Seeing Jesus' Sorrow Lightens My Pain
One cannot think long about Jesus' agony without tears. I have personally have had to pause in reading about Jesus' week of trials and pain because of excessive emotion. When you stop to consider what Jesus went through, your heart breaks. Yet, there is something so power in this for His grief dwarfs our grief. While I would not want to minimize your grief even for a moment, for there is substantial pain and hurt in our world today. Yet, His agony makes our pain into light affliction.
2) Seeing Jesus' Sorrow Stimulates My Passion
Not only does our hearts break at the sight of Jesus' pain, but the cross of Jesus stimulates a passion for Christ inside me. Though you are nearly crushed by the sight of Jesus, there's within you a strong, resolute and fervent passion for Him that explodes forward. Nothing is too hard for us to attempt and nothing is too difficult to endure for the One who sacrificed Himself for us. And while we are grieved to consider that our best will be so little in comparison to what He did, we are resolved in this: He deserves nothing less than our best.
3) Seeing Jesus' Sorrow Destroys My Carelessness
His shame makes ...
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