Holy Week- Into thy Hands

Jesus understands your weakness

Hebrews 4:14–16 CSB

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin. Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.

Jesus understands what it feels like to be human-

the joy

the times of celebration

betrayal

Hurts

temptation

sadness

sorrow

suffering

To feel distant from God

Being outside of God presence was something Jesus never felt until the cross-

Matthew 27:46 CSB

About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Elí, Elí, lemá sabachtháni?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”

At this moment Jesus encounter the worst result of sin and that is separation from God.

-There is a world out there that experiences this everyday an the result is walking around in darkness

It is to be dead from sin and trespasses and miss life- Abundant life that only god provides.

Here is Matthew 27 for the first time Jesus is able to identify with those people,. He understands what it feels like to walk outside of God’s presence and cries out for that presences “My God why have you forsaken me?”

Jesus knows this feeling- He is aware of what it is to live under the effects of Sin

God is the author of life- Good, prosperous life, and living a life without him leads to more brokenness,

more depression- Cause in His presences is fulness of Joy!- meaning that complete unadulterated Joy is only found in the Lord

Nehemiah 8:10 CSB

Then he said to them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, because the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

Psalm 35:27 CSB

Let those who want my vindication shout for joy and be glad; let them continually say, “The Lord be exalted. He takes pleasure in his servant’s well-being.”

Leads to living in Darkness- Because He is the light of the World

It leads to falling over and over again because He is the guide, the God who leads us in His promises- Just like when Israel left captivity in Egypt.

Jesus is aware of this, He felt this, He knows darkness, sorrow, despair, rejection.

Yet He sympathizes with our weakness

Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words Compassion, Compassionate

“to suffer with another (sun, ‘with,’ pascho, ‘to suffer’), to be affected similarly

To sympathize is to understand and have compassion- There is a God who knows your weakness because he personally tasted they.

He has suffered the same effects of sin, because 2 Cor 5:21

2 Corinthians 5:21 CSB

He made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

He knows the brokenness of separation from God; the author of life.

Jesus understands the wages of Sin

To the point of Death- Romans 6:23

Romans 6:23 CSB

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Jesus Died because of Sin

But the most important thing that Jesus Does is show us how to expect God’s deliverance

In the most brutal time in Jesus’ life He cries out “God , Why have you abandoned me?”

Jesus doesn’t deny the situations that we face.

Jesus doesn’t deny the effects of sin, and the brokenness cause by it.

Psalm 22:1–5 CSB

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from my deliverance and from my words of groaning? My God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, by night, yet I have no rest. But you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. Our ancestors trusted in you; they trusted, and you rescued them. They cried to you and were set free; they trusted in you and were not disgraced.

“God Where are you?”

Troubles come, and Jesus is area of the weakness that we all suffer from, Yet Jesus as Jesus cried for Help we can cry to God knowing He hears us.

Jesus suffered the death of Sin- the death as sin- Sin no longer has to reign in your life, the brokenness no longer needs to reign in your life-

Because Jesus took in for you-

Matthew 27:47–53 CSB

When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling for Elijah.” Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and offered him a drink. But the rest said, “Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.” But Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit. Suddenly, the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth quaked, and the rocks were split. The tombs were also opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised. And they came out of the tombs after his resurrection, entered the holy city, and appeared to many.

Jesus entrusted His Spirit into the Hands of God

Luke 23:46 CSB

And Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit.” Saying this, he breathed his last.

Why?- Because God is faithful. Ps22:4-5

Psalm 22:4–5 CSB

Our ancestors trusted in you; they trusted, and you rescued them. They cried to you and were set free; they trusted in you and were not disgraced.

Jesus is not in a grave- He is not disgraced

Philippians 2:9–10 CSB

For this reason God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow— in heaven and on earth and under the earth—

Jesus is exalted because God didn not leave His to rot, but He raised Him up, and now everything is subject to Him.

Even satan and demons. and when we are in Christ we are united with Him and He is our deliverer

We get q better place in Christ!

Colossians 2:13–15 CSB

And when you were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive with him and forgave us all our trespasses. He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it away by nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and disgraced them publicly; he triumphed over them in him.