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A Man of Faith
The new governor looks down from the podium at the people thinking about the legacy he will leave.
He wanted to be seen as a great leader; tough but fair, an man of faith, a man who lived and governed by his convictions.
That however was about to come into question.
The new governor looks down from the podium at the people thinking about the legacy he will leave.
He wanted to be seen as a great leader; tough but fair, an man of faith, a man who lived and governed by his convictions.
That however was about to come into question.
A mob had gathered in protest - angry and demanding action from the governor.
He pondered what he should do.
Send in the troops and risk being seen as a tyrant, or give in to the demands of the unruly mob.
He had not expected to deal with this so soon, and to this level.
See, 5 days earlier, he had decorated the town square with several large banners, each one displaying a commandment.
He believed this to be the most important commandment of all.
As a politician, he understood there would be some opposition to politically declaring his faith, but as a man of faith he wanted the people to know that his belief in a higher power was sincere.
As a politician, he understood there would be some opposition to politically declaring his faith, but as a man of faith he wanted the people to know that his belief in a higher power was sincere.
At first hanging of the banners, he was relieved at the few insignificant insults coming from the small group.
He dismissed them away, but on the second day the crowd had grown and continued to grow.
The large and boisterous crowd began demanding the governor remove the offensive banners.
Naturally however, the governor held his ground, thinking weakness was out of the question.
Being the reasonable man he was, the governor addressed the people from the podium, encouraging them to follow his example and be people of his faith, telling them, “for it is in his name and by his grace that peace and prosperity will come to this untamed land.”
The protesters were not convinced, nor did they wanted share his faith.
Soon others would come to join the protests, then more would come.
Now after five days the anxiety was high, and the clear and present danger was real.
The governor had to show them who was in charge.
The troops hid behind the mansion walls in waiting.
He figured the rebel rousers would likely scattered at the first sign of force.
He knew many would resist and some would die, but it had to be done.
He knew ultimately that history would remember him as a man of faith standing by his convictions, being fair but tough.
The troops move in, but the protesters don’t move out.
They sit, daring the troops to physically kill them or remove them.
The soldiers stood waiting on the Governors word, as he stares across the square from his balcony at the banners.
He wondered again about his legacy then he wavered, calling off the troops.
He removed the banners.
His advisers praised him and his decision, calling him prudent and merciful.
He would be remembered today for this very incident, if it were not for one other one.
Another protest arose several years later.
Another angry mob gathered making demands on the governor again.
Another appeasement by the governor was about to happen again this time assuring his legacy and place in history once and for all.
This time no one was surprised at his actions.
These citizens knew exactly what kind of man the governor was.
He was a man of his convictions, yet one who would tear down banners with what he deemed to be the most important commandment in the world.
“Hail Caesar!!”
If the crowd of people could get him to betray his own Emperor, who knows what else they could get him to do for them - this governor of Judea - this man called Pontius Pilate.
(Taken From Mike Rowe’s Podcast “The Way I Heard It”)
If you are familiar at all with the scene before the crucifixion then you know what the people got Pilate to do.
Stand and Read the Text with me.
Mark 15:1-
Crucifixion on the cross was the normal penalty for political rebels.
Crosses were well known in this Roman province of Judea.
The streets leading into Jerusalem were lined with many of them and the dead bodies of Jewish Zealots, political enemies of the State.
This is the backdrop and vivid illustration to Jesus teaching about the commitment required to be one of His followers.
Mark 8:3
Right after the scene in our text, Jesus would show His followers, those left hanging around, what he meant in that teaching.
The Via Dolorosa (Latin: "Way of Grief," "Way of Sorrow," "Way of Suffering" or simply "Painful Way"; Hebrew: ויה דולורוזה; Arabic: طريق الآلام) is a street within the Old City of Jerusalem, believed to be the path that Jesus walked on the way to his crucifixion.
The winding route from the Antonia Fortress west to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre—a distance of about 600 meters (2,000 feet)—is a celebrated place of Christian pilgrimage.
The Way of the Cross
Or we might call the path He traveled “The Way of the Cross” because the cross is where Jesus purposely took upon Himself all the Grief of the Father over sin.
On the cross He purposely took upon himself all the suffering as the humble Servant and Lamb of God for the sacrifice.
On the cross Jesus purposely took on all the pain as the object of a Holy God’s wrath.
Or we might call the path He traveled “The Way of the Cross” because the cross is where Jesus purposely took upon Himself all the Grief of the Father over sin.
On the cross He purposely took upon himself all the suffering as the humble Servant and Lamb of God for the sacrifice.
On the cross Jesus purposely took on all the pain as the object of a Holy God’s wrath.
In v.23 of we see that Jesus refused to take the wine with myrrh.
Now just reading that we may not think anything of that, but this was a time before the laws against cruel and unusual punishment.
Before a time when a death row inmate received the drug to not feel the pain while he was dying.
Myrrh was mixed with wine to dull the senses, but as David Jeremiah preached, not the senses of the criminals as much as the guards who had to stand there and hear the victims wailing and screaming over the pain involved in this slow agonizing death.
David Jeremiah, says that he believes, as do I, that Jesus refused the drink because he wanted to feel the completeness of dying this representative death for us in his humanity.
Since the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus had determined to drink fully from the cup of suffering intended for Him.
He determined to feel everything the cross would give him.
Transitional Sentence: On this Easter Sunday I want to show you the necessity of the cross, the inclusivity and exclusivity of the cross.
Transitional Sentence: On this Easter Sunday I want to show you the necessity of the cross, the inclusivity and exclusivity of the cross.
I. Jesus had to take up the cross because you and I could not.
This points to the necessity of the cross.
It fulfilled God’s design in 2 ways.
It is shocking to historians that the Jewish crowd asked Pilate to crucify him.
Pilate would have and could have turned him back over.
Jewish methods of execution, according to commentators, was stoning (the adulterous women in , Stephen in ) or burning, beheading or even strangling.
But God had eternally determined this would be the method.
Romans 5:6
Galatians 4:4-
One of the clearest verses as to God’s design being the cross:
There are numerous OT prophecies, none more so than , pointing to the Messiah dying on a cross, so it was necessary for the fulfillment of Scripture.
The necessity of Christ dying on the cross is also seen in God himself.
I recently heard a sermon from a Texas pastor on the Gospel, and he made it into an acronym: G.O.S.P.E.L.
The G is for God’s Character.
The Holiness of God permeates scripture.
It is the only characteristic ever repeated in scripture.
In Hebrew, the thrice repetition of the word Holy in shows the word as a superlative or supreme above all else.
Holy describes the godness (not goodness) of God.
God, who is Holy, is unapproachable and untouchable by anything sinful.
That is the O in the acronym.
The offence of sin.
We don’t have to look to far or too long around us to see that humanity is sinful, hey just spend some time scrolling through the news channels and Facebook.
It is proof of and and point to the necessity of the cross.
says that we are children of wrath, and that’s because sinful people are the objects of wrath of a Holy God who must punish sin, but says that God is rich in mercy and doesn’t want to punish sin.
The cross is the central component of the Gospel.
Everything written in the OT points us forward to requirement for the cross.
The wrath of God is satisfied in Christ on the cross.
The mercy of God was exemplified in Christ on the cross.
The love of God was shown in Christ on the cross.
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