Hope Starts Here

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Hope Starts at the Cross

The strangeness of this concept

The importance of the crucifixion

Hebrews 9:11–14 NASB95
But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the cleansing of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Hebrews 9:11-

Hope Stays in the Christ

Matthew 16:16 NASB95
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Matthew 16:16

The Centurion’s statement was important in its theological impact

His words harken back to
Mark 14:61 NASB95
But He kept silent and did not answer. Again the high priest was questioning Him, and saying to Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?
And further back to how Mark began his gospel in and
Mark 1:1 NASB95
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Mark 1:11 NASB95
and a voice came out of the heavens: “You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased.”
Mark even recorded the words of the demons as they referred to Jesus as the Son of God in and
Mark 3:11 NASB95
Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, “You are the Son of God!”
Mark 5:7 NASB95
and shouting with a loud voice, he said, “What business do we have with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God, do not torment me!”
Then on the Mount of Transfiguration as Jesus gathered with Peter, James and John
Mark 9:7 NASB95
Then a cloud formed, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is My beloved Son, listen to Him!”
Mark 9:

Jesus was not just a man, the major theme of Mark’s Gospel is that Jesus was the Son of God, the promised Messiah, the Savior of the World.

Hope Shines in the Change

The Centurion would have been in charge of the crucifixion

Holman New Testament Commentary: Mark D. My God, My God! (15:33–41)

He saw Jesus scourged, mocked, beaten, spit upon, and crucified and then he watched him die.

He saw Jesus scourged, mocked, beaten, spit upon, and crucified and then he watched him die.
In the midst of the passion of the moment, the centurion came face-to-face with the reality that everyone will eventually face.

Jesus is who He said He was!

The individual, personal recognition of Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God, and Savior and the repentance and surrender to Him as Lord is the essence of the change that everyone needs.

Mark 14:61 NASB95
But He kept silent and did not answer. Again the high priest was questioning Him, and saying to Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?
And further back to how Mark began his gospel in and
Easter, Resurrection Day, is about new beginnings, it is about fresh starts, it is about the rest of the story!
Mark 1:1 NASB95
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Mark even recorded the words of the demons as they referred to Jesus as the Son of God in and
The individual, personal recognition of Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God, and Savior and the repentance and surrender to Him as Lord is the essence of the change that everyone needs.
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