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*The Gospel of the Via Dolorosa*
*Luke 23:26-43*
v *Opening Illustration*
Ø The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the most important thing we possess
§ It is what Jesus came to give us
§ It is what the church is commissioned to proclaim
· *Mk 16:15*
¨ /Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.
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Ø “Good News” in GK: euanggelion
§ Where we get the word Gospel
Ø If you were asked right now to explain the Gospel…
§ What would you say?
§ How would you explain it?
§ What aspects would you talk about?
§ What would you emphasize?
v Amazingly…
Ø Jesus on his way to Golgotha
§ On the /Via Dolorosa/
· Had the amazing grace to emphasizes the 3 basics parts of the Gospel
*Read V. 26*
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v Here we see that Jesus is being led to his death through the streets of Jerusalem
Ø We have to realize…
§ Jesus was very weak at this point…
· He had been…
¨ Beaten and mocked by the temple guards before sunrise
¨ Scourged by the Roman guards after Pilate’s interrogation
Ø This was perhaps the worst
§ 9 tailed whip with sharp pieces of lead and metal
· Whipped until the bone, veins and ligaments were exposed
¨ Finally, his kingship was mocked by placing crown of thorns on head
¨ Then the 100 lb cross beam was placed on his shoulders
Ø And led through the streets toward Golgotha
v At some point along the way, Jesus just could not go on
Ø So the Romans soldiers forced a man from Cyrene, Simon, modern day Lybia, to carry the cross beam
v The procession continued
Ø And along the way were women who were mourning his impending death
§ *READ verse 27*
Ø At some point along the route where Jesus stopped and turned to the women and said…
*READ verses 28-31 *
v Here Jesus takes this opportunity to declare the first part of the Via Dolorosa Gospel…
Ø *Judgment is coming*
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v He says, “Daughters of Israel”
Ø OT language used to address the entire people of God
§ 2 Sam 1:24; Zeph 3:14; Zech 9:9
v And here he warns them that a time of *judgment is coming*
Ø “Blessed is the barren woman, the wombs that never bore, the breast that never nursed…”
§ This is a way of describing how horrible that time will be
· It will be so terrible that the thought of innocent children having to go through it is unimaginable
Ø Many think the same way today
§ Many today look at the downward spiral of culture and society
§ The political climate
§ The moral and ethical slide
§ The proliferation of drugs and alcohol
§ The propagation and acceptance of pornography
· They look around and say…
¨ It is better to not have children
v Jesus is saying that when judgment comes…
Ø It is going to be so terrible that the blessing of children will seem like a curse!
v Jesus is saying that when this judgment comes…
Ø People will not want to live, but die
§ /They will say to the mountains “Fall on us”, and to the hills “Cover us”/
· Here he quotes from *Hosea 10:8*
¨ Hosea was a prophet to the northern kingdom sent by Yahweh to warn them that the Assyrians are coming…
Ø Coming as an instrument of his judgment on a sinful nation
§ And when they come…
· It will be horrific!
v And that is what Jesus is echoing here
Ø He is prophesying about the destruction of Jerusalem by Rome 40 years in the future in AD 70
§ Titus’ siege lasted 6 months
· Josephus tells us that the starvation was so bad that people began eating the dead
§ Romans killed 1 MM Jews
§ 100,000 into slavery
§ Jerusalem & Temple completely destroyed
· Judgment will come if people don’t repent
¨ *Judgment is coming!*
v And that is the hardest part of the Gospel to present, isn’t it?
Ø We tend to present the Gospel in terms of…
§ Jesus forgiving
§ Jesus as friend
§ Mercy, Love, Grace
· And those things are true!
· But mercy and Grace have no context outside the judgment of God
¨ They simply do not mean much if there is no judgment coming
Ø We have a God given responsibility to proclaim the whole Gospel…
§ Which includes that there will come a time in which each person will stand before God and be judged
· *Rom 14:10, 12*
¨ /For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat…So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God./
Ø But how do you tell someone about a coming judgment without sounding judgmental?
§ God’s words, not mine
· That is what the Prophets did
¨ “The Lord Says…”
· They might kill the messenger…
¨ And you are the messenger!
§ Judgment’s purpose is always redemption
· Judgment causes fear
¨ Fear seen as a negative
Ø But not necessarily so!
· Fear is good when it moves you in the right direction
¨ We all know *Prov 9:10*
Ø /Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom/
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