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Open your Bibles to Mark 15:21-32.
•We’re continuing our study of the Gospel of Mark.
•This morning we come to the first half of Mark’s account of the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus Christ.
In this passage, Mark gives us a fairly basic record of what happened to our Lord when He was crucified.
•He presents the facts of what happened that day.
•Unlike other pieces of literature, the descriptions Mark gives are pretty basic.
He doesn’t give full detail of everything like a fiction author describes events in a storybook.
•But don’t misunderstand me: Mark DOES give details in this account.
•In fact, there are things he records for us that, on the surface, may even seem insignificant.
•And they might make us wonder why Mark felt like he needed to record them.
•But when we remember that Mark was carried along by the Holy Spirit, inspired by God, as he wrote this Gospel, we are reminded that nothing is recorded by accident.
•And, because that is the case, there are usually things for us to see in the details.
There are two ways that we can read this passage:
1.
We can do what many readers of the Bible do.
•We can read the account of Jesus’ crucifixion as if it were a newspaper reporting bare facts and that’s all there is to see.
2.
Or we can read it in light of the rest of Scripture (both the OT and NT) and see a world of glory.
•We can read it in light of the fact that God inspired Mark to write and, therefore, be on alert that there may be truths bubbling underneath the surface and tucked away in the details that Mark records.
When you come to read and hear the Scriptures, remember a couple of things:
1.
There is one divine Author of Scripture and history.
•So we shouldn’t be surprised to see references, allusions, foreshadowing, and fulfillments in the Bible.
•When we see connections between things, or one portion of Scripture bring to mind something found elsewhere, we ought not view that as a coincidence of Scripture.
•God directs history.
And God inspired the Scriptures.
There are no accidents.
2.
Scripture is meant to be read and studied in the context of the Church and the teaching of Apostles in the NT.
•So there are things that we’re meant to catch.
Especially in light of how the Apostles explained the Bible.
(And especially Jesus and His work of redemption.)
Brothers and sisters, there are many, many beautiful things for us to see about our Lord and His work of salvation.
•Everything Jesus did, or had happen to Him, reveals something about who He is and what He was doing at the Cross.
•Everything (or almost everything) points to His Person and work of redemption.
•There are many pictures, many emblems, many things going on in this text that significant what was happening in the crucifixion, suffering, and death of the Lord Jesus.
•And they are there for those with eyes to see.
I’ll tell you at the outset of this sermon, that I probably won’t say anything this morning that most of you don’t already know.
•I will simply rehearse for you the truths of your redemption.
•I trust that God will bring these old, sacred, foundational, precious truths home to our hearts in a fresh way today.
The purpose of this sermon (and next week’s, Lord willing) is to stir up your affections for the Lord Jesus Christ as we consider what He has done for us at the Cross.
•And this is something that we ought to set our minds to frequently.
•And I say that because it is from a heart inflamed with love for Christ that all devotion, obedience, and proclamation of Christ flows.
•The whole of the Christian life flows from our love for Christ.
•And as we behold Him on the Cross, our love for Him grows.
For at the Cross, we see that He loved us first.
If you would, and are able, please stand with me for the reading of the inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word of God.
Mark 15:21-32
[21] And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
[22] And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).
[23] And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.
[24] And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.
[25] And it was the third hour when they crucified him.
[26] And the inscription of the charge against him read, “The King of the Jews.”
[27] And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left.
[29] And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, “Aha!
You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
[30] save yourself, and come down from the cross!”
[31] So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself.
[32] Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.”
Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.
(PRAY)
Our Heavenly Father,
Your Word is precious.
For in the Word we see our Savior, crucified, dead, and raised for us.
Your Word is full of peace.
For in it, we see Christ who purchased our peace with God.
Your Word is full of truth.
For in it, we see the one way of salvation through faith alone in your Son alone.
And so we ask you this morning to show us Christ.
Open our eyes, ears, minds, and hearts to see, receive by faith, and glory in your grace given to us through Jesus.
Grant that seeing Him, we would be changed today.
That our love for our God would grow, that our desire to glorify you in our lives would grow, and that our understanding of the rest we have in Him would grow.
Work in us today for your glory.
We ask these things in Jesus’ Name and for His sake.
Amen.
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Before we get into the text, I want to begin with a word about Jesus being crucified:
1.
That Jesus was crucified is stated as a simple, unadorned, fact in the Gospel accounts.
•vv24-25 say, “And they crucified Him…And it was the third hour when they crucified Him.”
•Mark just states it as a fact of history.
Because it is.
•Hear me: That Jesus was crucified for claiming to be the King of the Jews is one of the most certain facts of history, even from secular sources.
Brothers and sisters, our religion in rooted in HISTORY.
•It is not a myth set in some far away place.
•It is not a story full of embellishments meant to make it more interesting than it actually is.
•There are times and locations mentioned.
There are real, historically verifiable people, places, and events.
•Our religion is NOT A MYTH.
The Gospels do not read like myths because they ARE NOT MYTHS.
•Our religion is based in fact.
It is true.
•The Scriptures are an account and explanation of what GOD HAS DONE IN HUMAN HISTORY TO SAVE A PEOPLE FOR HIMSELF.
•Remember that as you read and hear the Word.
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As I said already, Mark simply mentions that Jesus was crucified.
He says no more than that with regard to the act of crucifixion.
•And that’s most likely because everyone back then had a good understanding of what crucifixion entailed.
•They had seen it.
They knew people who had suffered it.
•But maybe we don’t understand it so well.
•So allow me to give a brief overview of the horrors of crucifixion so you can better understand the bodily suffering of our Lord at the cross.
First, it’s good to note that crucifixion was so horrible and shameful and disgusting that Roman citizens could not be subjected to it.
•It was reserved for slaves, conquered peoples, and prisoners of war.
•Ancient writers record that Roman citizens did not often speak of crucifixion because it was so terrible and considered barbaric and impolite to talk about.
•Ancients are often considered to be hardened and indifferent to bloodshed, but crucifixion was too extreme even for them.
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