Sermon Tone Analysis

INTRODUCTION

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese armed forces bombed the US Naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

the next Day President Roosevelt delivered a radio address to the nation that described the event as a "day that will live in infamy."

America was not ready for this surprise attack, and after the attack was over 2,403 people lost their lives, 1,100 other people were wounded, 21 of the Navy’s ships where destroyed or sunk, as well as 180 of the militaries airplanes around the base at Pearl Harbor.

The day Japan Declared war on America has gone down in history as one of the the most infamous days in our history as a country.

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This morning as we continue through the gospel of John I would like to take you back in time to a day 2,000 years ago that will forever stand as the most infamous day in the history of all humanity.

On this day, the creation turned against their creator,

On this day, mankind raised its rebellious fist against their almighty king.

On this day, the Lion of Judah became the sacrificial Lamb.

We have come to the climax of the story of mankind.

This is The most infamous day in human history and also the day that God’s unmeasurable grace was put on full display for mankind.

At the End of Chapter 18 Pilate trying to wash his hands of Jesus Asked the Jewish people do you want me to release Jesus the king of the Jews or Barrabas a wicked thief and the people loudly responded We don’t want Jesus.

We want the Thief

This morning I want us to remember what King Jesus did for us on that day.

Turn with me in your Bibles to John chapter 19 where we read the final hours of Jesus’s life.

including his torture, His humiliation his death on the cross and His burial in another mans tomb.

There is no other chapter in all of Scripture that speaks more of how far man’s hatred for Jesus as their king will go, and there is no other passage in all of scripture that proves to sinners How much Farther God’s grace for Man will reach than their sin against him .

The first point we want to consider today is the

The Condemned King

John 19:1-28

In the first 28 verses of this chapter we read the account of what Jesus had to endure before he went to the cross.

Paul in Philippians 2:5-8

Jesus came to earth with one purpose.

To restore mans broken relationship with God.

Do you understand what it took for King Jesus to restore your broken relationship with God?

He had to endure everything you deserve because of your sins.

He humbled himself, He gave up the comforts of his heavenly throne to come to our broken sinful world, so that he could redeem you back to the Father.

sop that he could pay your debt of sin in full .

so that you could live in eternal perfection with God.

Today we are going to partake in Communion as a church.

Communion is a time for us to remember the magnitude of what jesus did for us on that Cross.

I believe that 2,000 years of history has softened our look at what Jesus Truly endured for you on the cross.

Listen and remember what king Jesus endured so that he might redeem you and bring you into fellowship with God.

the disgrace

After the arrest in the middle of the night, Jesus was brought before the Sanhedrin and Caiaphas, the High Priest.

It is here the first physical trauma is inflicted upon Jesus.

A soldier strikes Jesus across the face for remaining silent when questioned by Caiaphas.

The palace guards then blind Him with a cloth, and taunt Him to identify them as they pass by.

They Hit Him in the face, and they brutally pull out His beard.

They also spit on Jesus, In the Roman world, Spitting on someone was the lowest form of disgrace you could show them.

it was a symbol of total disregard and hatred towards them.

Even if this was all that had happened Jesus- the Creator of all things including the ones doing these acts , It would have been more than He deserved.

But yet He willingly endured the shame, the disgrace, and the pain because His love for you was greater than His own majesty.

BUT It didn’t stop there.

The Trial

In the early morning, Jesus, beaten up and bruised, dehydrated, and exhausted from a sleepless night is taken across the city to stand before the ruler, Pontius Pilate.

Pilate tries to pass the responsibility to Herod, the tetrarch of Judea.

But Herod sent Him back Pilate.

It was then in response to the cries of the angry mob, a mob that included many people whose lives Jesus’ miracles had likely touched, that Pilate orders a thief and murderer (Barabbas) released, and condemned Jesus the creator of all, too brutal scourging and death by crucifixion.

Even if this was all that had to Endure.

It would have been more than He deserved, But it didn’t stop there.

The Scourging of Jesus

Preparations for the scourging are carried out.

Jesus is stripped of His clothing, and His hands are tied to a post above His head so that the flesh of the shoulders and the back are stretched to the limit.

The Jews had an ancient law prohibiting more than 40 lashes which is why Paul several times received 39 lashes in his life.

But the Romans made no attempt to follow Jewish law in this matter and Jesus probably received many more strikes.

When the back of Jesus is bared and stretched tight, a Roman legionnaire steps forward with the flagrum (a cat-of-nine-tails) in his hand.

It is a short whip consisting of nine heavy leather thongs, each thong laden with small lead balls, embedded with bits of glass, stone, or bone attached near the ends.

This heavy whip is intended to to rip the flesh from the victims back.

This heavy whip is brought down with full force again and again and again on the shoulders, back, and legs of Jesus.

At first the heavy strips of leather and glass cut through the skin only.

Then, as the blows continue, they cut deeper and deeper into the tissue, producing first an oozing of blood from the capillaries and veins of the skin, and finally spurting arterial and veins bleeding from vessels in the underlying muscles.

The small balls of lead, bits of glass, and stone produce large, deep bruises which are broken open by subsequent blows.

Eventually, the skin on the back hangs in long ribbons, and the entire area is an unrecognizable mass of torn bleeding tissue.

The blows from the whip do not hit just the back either.

When the long strands of the flagellum strike, they wrap around the victim’s body and dig into the front and sides of the body.

Then the flagellum is quickly pulled back, violently ripping and tearing the flesh off the body.

When it is determined by the centurion in charge that the prisoner is near death, the beating is finally stopped.

Even if this was all that Jesus had to Endure.

It would have been more than The the perfect man deserved, But it didn’t stop there.

The robe and the crown of thorns

The half-fainting Jesus is then untied and allowed to slump to the stone pavement, soaked with His own blood.

The Roman soldiers see an opportunity to make a joke out of Him.

Here is a provincial Jew claiming to be a king, but was now barely alive.

So they throw a robe across His shoulders and place a stick in His hand for a scepter.

To make the travesty complete, a small bundle of flexible branches covered with long thorns are woven into the shape of a crown and pressed into His scalp.

Since head wounds always bleed profusely, the blood is now running down His face and into His eyes.

After mocking Him and striking Him across the face some more, the soldiers take the “scepter” from His hand and strike Him on the head, which drives the thorns deeper into His scalp.

After they tire of their sadistic sport, the robe is torn from His back.

It had already adhered to the clots of blood and ribbons of flesh on His back, and had begun to dry in the hot mid-eastern sun.

The tearing of the robe from His back, just like the careless removal of a surgical bandage from a wound, causes excruciating pain as wounds reopen and more flesh is torn from His back.

King Jesus at this point was probably the most inhuman looking thing you’ve ever seen.

In fact, The prophet Isaiah wrote of the Messiah in Isaiah 52:14-15: “They shall see the Servant of God beaten and bloodied, an object of horror; so disfigured many were Horrified.

His face and His whole appearance were marred more than any man’s, one would scarcely know it was a person…”

Even if this was all that king Jesus Endure.

It was more than the perfect Son of God deserved, But it didn’t stop there.

The Journey to Golgotha

The soldiers then took the heavy patibulum, The cross-beam of the cross, and they tied it roughly to Jesus’ torn up shoulders.

And is ordered to march through the streets of Jeruselm to his own death.

The procession leads down the Via Dolerosa.

With Jesus are the two thieves who will be crucified with Him, and the execution detail of Roman soldiers.

They walk slowly through the crowded streets., as many Jewish people watch in wonder.

Many in the crowd jeer and mock as Jesus passes by.

Others shrink back in horror at the sight of this broken man.

In spite of His efforts to walk erect, the weight of the heavy wooden beam, together with the shock produced by blood loss, is too much for Jesus to bare.

He frequently stumbles and falls.

and when He does, the rough wood of the beam gouges into the lacerated skin and muscles of His shoulders and sends splinters deep into His skin.

At one point, He Falls and tries to rise back up, but his human muscles had been pushed beyond their endurance.

The centurion, anxious to get on with the crucifixion, looked into he near by crowd and selected a strong North African onlooker, Simon of Cyrene, to carry the crossbeam.

Jesus follows behind, still bleeding, and sweating the cold, clammy sweat of shock.