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Today I will speak openly of the cross.
▾Start:
• Entice: Today I will speak openly of the cross.
It you want Jesus for your King, if you wish to be a part of His eternal Kingdom-you must embrace His bloodied,
Entice: Today I will speak openly of the cross.
thorn-crowned visage upon that torturous tree.
I know it is not easy.
There are pulpits today that will try to proclaim the glory of the cross whilst ignoring the gore.
If you want Jesus for your King, if you wish to be a part of His eternal Kingdom-you must embrace His bloodied, thorn-crowned visage upon that torturous tree.
I know it is not easy.
There are pulpits today that will try to proclaim the glory of the cross whilst ignoring the gore.
Some embrace the symbolism of the cross
Some will see the symbolism of the cross while ignoring the sin it symbolizes.
You and I know that you can actually build a pretty big church without the Old
while ignoring the sin it symbolizes.
It is actually possible build a pretty big religious institution without the Old Rugged Cross, but it won’t be the Church Jesus died to build it won’t be the Kingdom of God without it.
Engage: It is a humbling thing for we sinners to hear the words
Rugged Cross, but you can't build the Kingdom of God without it.
"behold your King!"
• Engage: It is a humbling thing for we sinners to hear the words "behold your King!" from the wine stained lips of a Roman petty bureaucrat.
I think it's fitting.
Pilate
from the wine stained lips of a Roman petty bureaucrat.
I think it's fitting.
Pilate was no better nor worse, no more or less sinful than you and I. His position was more responsible but his culpability exactly the same as ours.
All persons can see the King on the cross or a humiliated pretender, the difference is whether or not you and i can see with eyes of faith.
was no better nor worse, no more or less sinful than you and I. His position was more responsible but his culpability exactly the same as ours.
All persons can see
Expand: After His betrayal, arrest, brutal treatment by accusers and judges, and hopping between various Kangaroo courts, Jesus finally stands before the representative of the Empire-the King's man in Jerusalem.
His conversation with Pilate is conducted with a dignity that is in stark contrast to His treatment.
His response to Pilate's interrogation-His only defense is that His kingdom is above and beyond the day to day intrigues and aspirations of this world.
To really understand the events of His passion, to comprehend the depths of His sacrificial humility you have to understand that conversation with Pilate.
Jesus was not playing the petty games of the powers of this age.
He was founding an eternal Kingdom proclaiming and enabling God's restorative rule over His fallen creation.
our King on the cross or a humiliated pretender, the difference is whether or not you and i can see with eyes of faith.
▾ Expand: After His betrayal, arrest, brutal treatment by accusers and judges, and hopping between various Kangaroo courts, Jesus finally stands before the
representative of the Empire-the King's man in Jerusalem.
His conversation with Pilate is conducted with a dignity that is in stark contrast to His treatment.
His
playing the petty games of the powers of this age.
He was founding an eternal Kingdom proclaiming and enabling God's restorative rule over His fallen creation.
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response to Pilate's interrogation-His only defense is that His kingdom is above and beyond the day to day intrigues and aspirations of this world.
To really
understand the events of His passion, to comprehend the depths of His sacrificial humility you have to understand that conversation with Pilate.
Jesus was not
playing the petty games of the powers of this age.
He was founding an eternal Kingdom proclaiming and enabling God's restorative rule over His fallen creation.
Excite: You and I are not only recipients of the grace of God in Christ we are participants in His ongoing Kingdom work.
When we raise the banner of the Cross we are saying to the world that He reigns and that His rule is about more than the meets the eye.
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• Excite: You and I are not only recipients of the grace of God in Christ we are participants in His ongoing Kingdom work.
When we raise the banner of the Cross we
Explore: Before Jesus rose to reign He died to save; so
are saying to the world that He reigns and that His rule is about more than the meets the eye.
on the cross we see either the delivering prince or a debunked pretender.
on the cross we see either the delivering prince or a debunked pretender.
• Explore: Before Jesus rose to reign He died to save.
Explain: This morning let’s examine together the instruments of His enthronement...
• Explain:
Of course a King has to have a
▾ Body of Sermon:
1 Crown.
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▾ 1 Crown.
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1.1 Humiliation…rather than exaltation.
• 1.1 Humiliation.1-3
1.2 Manipulation…rather than subordination.
1.3 Rejection…rather than conviction.
Jesus crown symbolizes to the world that he failed…to the faithful it symbolizes His willingness serve unto death to save those who live in a fallen and forlorn world.
We remember His bloody crown because it is not the crown he deserved.
• 1.2 Manipulation.
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We also realize from history…and CNN that Kings draw a...
2 Crowd.
▾ 2 Crowd.
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• 2.1 Intimidation.
2.1 Intimidation.
• 2.2 Hypocrisy.
2.2 Hypocrisy.
Pilate discovered that day that when you won’t rise above a crowd the result is a
▾ 3 Crisis.
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3 Crisis.
• 3.1 Pilate proclaims His innocence.
Now ironically, the root idea of “crisis” is judgement..
The tragedy of Pilates role on the day of Jesus’ crucifixion is that even though he symbolically sits upon the “judgement seat” his actions and words reflect poor judgement.
3.1 Pilate proclaims His innocence.
• 3.2 Pilate proclaims His identity.
3.2 Pilate proclaims His identity.
3.3 Pilate protects his own image.
Because of Pilate’s poor judgment in a time of crisis we are not confronted with the most brutal of all the instruments of Jesus coronation… His
▾ 4 Cross.
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4 Cross.
• 4.1 A place where evil is exposed.
The cross is...
4.1 A place where evil is exposed.
• 4.2 A place where grace is exhibited.
4.2 A place where grace is exhibited.
• 4.3 A place where sin is exhausted.
4.3 A place where sin is exhausted.
• 4.4 A place where death is exiled.
4.4 A place where death is exiled.
Because the cross is so brutally effective we arrive at the final instrument of Christ’s enthronement.
He is laid to rest in the
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