Matthew 27:32-50 (ESV) You've been Anointed to Carry Your Cross

Pastor I want to compare Jesus Crucifixion to your Pastoral roll and you will see that it has a lot of comparisons of how I want to encourage you

Matthew 27:32–50 (ESV)

32 As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross. 33 And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), 34 they offered him wine to drink, mixed with gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it. 35 And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots. 36 Then they sat down and kept watch over him there. 37 And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.” 38 Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left. 39 And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads 40 and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.” 41 So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, 42 “He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43 He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ” 44 And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way. 45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 47 And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.” 48 And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine, and put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink. 49 But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.” 50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.

You’ve been Anointed to carry your Cross

Our charismatic Preachers

Make you believe that you just walk around

With the Anointing of God on your life

We don’t just walk around with the anointing of God on our life

The Anointing of God is

The divine power of God that He gives us

To fulfil a God given Assignment

He has for us to carry out for His glory

And the building up of the body of Christ

Moses in Exodus 4:10

Exodus 4:10 (ESV)

10 But Moses said to the Lord, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.”

Note: It’s called “ Exaggerating Humility “ in their culture

Julius Caesar

In 44 BC

At the hands of

Cassius and Brutus

Charles the first

In 1649

During The English

Civil War

Louis The XVI

In 1793

During The French Revolution

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

of Austria

In 1919

Which was the Impetus

For the beginning of World War I

Czar Nicholas the Second

In 1918

During the Bolsheviks Revolution

The Communist Revolution

The last Czar of Russia

All of these

Are Kings in history

Who where killed

In defiance of their RIGHT to RULE

The technical term

Is called “ Regicide “

Regicide — is the killing of a king

Regicide is generally

About rebellion and revolution

Kings are killed

For political purposes

The assassination intends

To overthrow their government

And usurp power to people for themselves

But Matthew

Presents a strange occurrence

Of regicide in history

He shows

The killing of a king

The crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Is unique because

Matthew turns regicide Inside out

The killing of this king

Do not usurp His power

He establishes it

It does not end His reign

He inaugurates it

And like many

Famous episodes

Regicide in history

It is the result of a conspiracy

Roman ego

Religious Envy

And righteous purposes

Have all conspired

To kill this king

Heaven and earth

All agreed that

This king must die

Matthew begins

To close his book

By nailing the king to the cross

That Jesus

Is the legal

And spiritual

King of the Jews

Note: Don’t ever talk about the life of Jesus Christ without nailing Him to the Cross because that’s what He came for [ To Nail Sin to the Cross ]

Example: It’s like someone doing something for you and they never let you forget....

Jesus death

Was necessary

So we can be made alive

He's a king

But he dies like a Slave

He's a Judge

But he dies like a Criminal

Matthew does something

In this text

That we are called to do

Every time we talk about the gospel

You are not proclaiming

The whole gospel

When you just talk about

He was born of a virgin

You have not fully proclaim the whole gospel

When you say

He taught messages from heaven

He was not just the sermon

That He gave it

He IS the sermon

It is not all the gospel

When you are talking about

His miracles

He walked on water

He spit on the ground and made miracle whip

Put it on a man's eye

And told him wash and come back seeing

It’s not all the gospel

When you say

He brought back people to life

When they had been dead

You have not proclaim the gospel

Until

You have Killed the King

The Teaching of the Good News of Jesus Christ --- “ euangelion “

This crucifixion experience

Is something

That Jesus has predicted

3 times in Matthews gospel

Matthew 16:21-23

Matthew 17:22-23

Matthew 20:17-19

In the text

Jesus has prepared

For His on killing

Note: When you are on your God given assignment you have to prepare for the worst sometimes

Example: Prepare for Hurricane SEASON not just for a HURRICANE

Note: The Problem as PASTORS we done prepare for some of the things we will go thru on our God given assignment [ Lying — Betrayed — Talked about — Misused — Misunderstood — The Demonic activity from FAMILY, FRIENDS & FOES ]

He has develop

His disciple

And painted a picture

Of His passion

And using the celebration

Of the Passover

And then in Gethsemane

He prayed about His killing

He grieves His on death

Prior to it’s occurrence

In Gethsemane

When He prays

Until sweat like blood

Falls from His forehead

Jesus

Was fully aware

And a co-conspirator

In His on killing

And there in Gethsemane

When He cry & prays

He reminds us

That His killing

Is an act of divine care

And Love

1st Jesus was a co-conspirator in His own death

2nd His death was an act of divine care & love

Jesus was agreeing

To His own Killing

While Matthew

Is establishing Jesus is king

At the same time

Jesus doesn't look like a KING

Pastor sometimes you’re not going to even look like a Pastor

What Matthew does

Is he Turns

This story

Inside out

When we pick up

In Verse 32

Jesus has been arrested

He has been tried

He has been convicted

He has been condemned

He has been mocked

He has been beaten

And now

It's time to take

That long walk

To Golgotha

Matthew 27:32 ESV

32 As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross.

A black Jew

Name Simon

Helps Jesus carry His cross

You’ve been anointed to carry your cross

1st: Nobody can carry your cross

On the first

It looks like

Simon is carrying

Jesus Cross

Jesus has been

Caught—Convicted—Condemned

“It just looks like”

Simon carrying the Cross:

1st Simon was carrying a Cross that wasn’t for him

2nd Simon was carrying a cross that he couldn’t handle

3rd Simon was carrying a cross that wasn’t his assignment

But there’s a point

That Simon

Will lay the Cross down

And Christ will have to

Pick it back up

But if we

Turn it

Inside Out

Jesus is not

The one

That really deserves

This Cross

It’s not

Simon carrying

Jesus Cross

It is Jesus

Carrying Simon’s Cross

It reminds me

That the Cross

Of Christ

Is always a participatory exercise

He carries our Cross

So that He

Can bear

The wrath of God

But we are called

To carry our Cross

So that we

Can share

In His wrath of men

We are

To help carry the Cross

of Suffering

Because Jesus

Carried the Cross of Salvation

We are to

Help carry the Cross

of proclaiming the Gospel

Because He carried

The Cross

To pay the price

For the sin death

That we owe to God

Whenever

We see Jesus

Carrying the Cross

We have to remember

“That’s My Cross” He’s bearing

Example: The bellman at EK Bailey carry our bags out of the car to the cart but I got to pick it back up.

The Bellboy—>

Quote: Love carry loads that don’t belong to them.

Statement: Pastor carry loads that don’t belong to him. He helps you in what he’s bound in

And because Jesus

Bore my Cross

of Sin & Shame

And died in my place

I should be willing

To bear His cross of Purpose & Pain

And be Ostracized and Criticize

Quote: Purpose brings about PAIN

Quote: “ It is not the pain but the purpose that makes the martyr.”

Augustine of Hippo

SONG: “Must Jesus bear the Cross along & All the world go free”

“No”

“There’s a Cross for everyone & There’s a Cross for me”

Remember to Carry your Cross PASTOR

Now they moved

To the hill called

Golgotha

The soldiers

Offer Him

This wine

Mixed with gall

Jesus tasted it

Recognized that it is

A form of anesthesia

To dull His pain

For the process

of Crucifixion

And He refuses to drink it

Matthew 27:34 ESV

34 they offered him wine to drink, mixed with gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it.

You’ve been anointed to carry your cross

‌1st: Nobody can carry your cross

2nd: Things that ease Pain can hinder Purpose

The anesthesia

Will dull Christ ability

To be fully present

In the Painful moment of His Purpose

WHY ??? Jesus refused it to stay in the present of the moment

Example : The ole school mothers didn’t take the epidural for child birth / they stayed in the moment

Example : Some pain killers have side effects

While Matthew

Offers only one of them

The comparative study

Of the Crucifixion

In all 4 gospels

They have Jesus speaking

7 Key critical words

or statements

That is still giving life

While He’s giving His life

Luke 23:34 (KJV 1900) 34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

Luke 23:43 (KJV 1900) 43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

John 19:26–27 (KJV 1900) 26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! 27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

These 7 critical statements

That are significant

And life giving

Would not had been possible

If He had gotten

High on pain killers

Jesus presents

A model purpose

A model for what

It means to be

Fully present in the pain of purpose

Know that purpose

Is often verified

And can only be rightly

Worked out in Pain

Note: Our culture is looking for Pain Killers but there’s no pain killers on God’s assignment but there is a muscle relaxer [ PRAY — Garden of Gethsemane ]

Quote: You can never be your best you , without some pain, some agony, some hurt, some disappointment, and some brokenness.

Sometimes

Doing God’s assignment

you need some type

of pain killers

And even though

It will make you

Feel Better

It’s not going to help you

Function Better

And even though

It will help your emotional Reality

It will not

Help your spiritual development

Sometimes

you just got to go on

And Feel

The Nails—Feel the thorns— Feel the Spear — Feel the cross — Feel the Mocking — Feel the canonized tails

Sometimes

you need the pain

So that you can Properly

Execute your purpose

You’ve been anointed to carry your cross

1st: Nobody can carry your cross

2nd: Things that ease Pain can hinder Purpose

3rd Your enemies sometimes Affirm your assignment

Sometimes

As we see in the text

God will use your

Enemies & Haters

To affirm that you are in His Will

Note: The enemy will NEVER come against something or someone that’s not God given

Note: It could be your CHILDREN - GRANDCHILDREN - BOSS - COWORKERS - CHURCH FOLKS

Note: Learn how to appreciate your enemies because they are tools for God to use for your assignment.

Example: The Babylonias was tools in the hand of the Lord to turn His people back to Him

The claim

That they are attempting

To dismiss

They are actually affirming

Note: Note the charge against Him

Matthew 27:37 (ESV) 37 And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”

The fuller picture

Presented by John’s Gospel

It helps us to see better

It’s actually

Written in 3 languages

Greek-Latin-Aramaic

This is Jesus

of Nazareth

The King of the Jews John 19:19

John 19:19 (ESV) 19 Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”

They are dividing

His garments

And the bible says

They nailed Him between

What the ESV translate says

Two robbers

These are actually

Rebels

These two robbers

Who are freedom fighters

You’re looking at

The Crucifixion

of 3 Freedom fighters

Two failed

Only one succeed

This accusation

That He claims

To be the

King of the Jews

They don’t realize

As they are

mocking Him

And deriding Him

And laughing at Him

They are actually affirming Him

In fact

Even the small

task of taking

His garments

And casting lots for them

They are AFFIRMING

It is a fulfilment

of Psalm 22:18

They are actually

Affirming Him [ Casting Lots is not gambling ]

Those 2 freedom fighters

Who wanted

To overthrow

Roman government & Power

Engaged in Violence insurrection

And they failed

Because military might

was not the need

But this Single

Freedom fighter

In the middle

Did not engage in violence insurrection

He’s engaged

In passive

Overcoming

Because sometimes Church

You got to have

That Muhammad Ali

Rope-a-dope Strategy

I’m going to

Let you do

your worse to me

And let you punch

Yourself Out

That’s what’s

Happening on the Cross

Roman is punching

It’s self out

Jesus is leaning

And rocking

And you want Jesus to get off the ropes

And Jesus hollers

Over to the corner

I know what I’m doing

The worst

Roman can do to Jesus

Is crucify Him

But He can take Crucifixion

Which was a tool of death

And turn it

Inside Out

Into

A tool of Life

He is the King

Of the Jews

He is the King

of Kings

He is the Lord

Of Lords

The claim that they are trying to dismiss they are actually Affirming

He handled

The Nails

He handled

The Thorns

He handled

The Wipe

He handled

The Spear

To affirm that He is Indeed the King of the Jews

You’ve been anointed to carry your cross

1st: Nobody can carry your cross

2nd: Things that ease Pain can hinder Purpose

3rd Your enemies sometimes Affirm your assignment

4th It’s going to look like you need saving

Matthew 27:42 (ESV) 42 “He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

Quote: Jesus looks like He needs saving, like He can’t save, and like He won’t be saved, while He’s saving

Matthew 27:39–43 (ESV) 39 And those who passed by [derided him, wagging their heads] 40 and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, [save yourself!] [If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross]” 41 So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, 42 “[He saved others]; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43 He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

Look at Verse 36—The soldiers sat over to watch to make sure nobody came over to help, because people would sneak in and pull people down from their Crucifixion.

Matthew 27:36 ESV

36 Then they sat down and kept watch over him there.

Quote: Jesus looks like He needs saving, like He can’t save, and like He won’t be saved, while He’s saving.

Statement: Your ministry is going to be at it’s BEST when you’re hanging on the CROSS

Note: That language of salvation is very interesting because they are trying to assess Jesus spiritual person based on His circumstantial experience.

They are trying

To decide

Who Jesus is

In eternity

By what He’s going thru

At this time

They are trying

To denial

That He is the

Sinless, Spotless, Lamb of God

Because He is

Blood stained at the present moment

That helps me to know

That you can’t determine

Who a person is

By where a person is

Because sometimes

Circumstances

That look like

They are negative

Are actually positive

Sometimes

circumstance that looks

To be problematic

Are actually solutions

Sometimes

When it seems like

God is not at work

Are actually times that

He is at work

If you need evidence

Just look at Jesus

[ Look at Jesus just hanging there on that Cross]

And sometimes

when God is at work

You’re just hanging

On a cross

And it Hurts

And you’re crying

And you’ve been betrayed

And you’ve been denied

And you’re disappointed

And you’re discombobulated

And you’re confused

And you’re wondering if it’s worth it

Can I just give you a Clue

DIE FOOL — JUST DIE

I’m done, but let me show you something significant about the CROSS

Note:

At the cross

Wrath & Love

Are opposites

That exist

Without opposition

Darkness

For 3 of the 6 hours

of the Lord’s

Time on the Cross

Jesus says, “My God My God…. [The Wrath of God]

Darkness represent calamity

And wrath, anger, and animosity

God

Sees the Sin

of human kind

Placed on His Son

And God’s wrath

Righteous anger

Places on

Jesus Christ

And at the same time

Love

Wrath & Love

Those opposites

Exist

Without opposition

In tension

But not in competition

Only a God man

Can wear

Man’s punishment

And offer God’s love

In the same act

Of Sacrifice

That’s why we

Have to kill

The King

So people will know

The reality of

Wrath & Love

And now Jesus

Cry’s

With a loud voice

And yielded up His spirit

15 times in the NT

A word is used

To describe

A person dying

It’s a single word

Speaking of the

Expiration of life

But Matthew & John

Add a word

To that singular word

To let us know

That Jesus didn’t

Just die

He died when He got ready [ He’s in control ]

The Greek words used here

And in John 19:30

says Jesus yielded up His Spirit

It meant that Christ

Chose when He died

I talked about

The regicide of history

But there’s another Kind

or another form

of Regicide

In some parts

of Africa

When a King got old

And begin to die

They would begin

To say

“That the grass is fading”

So in order

To preserve

The growth and the well being

on the land

It was necessary

To Kill the King

So his power can be transferred

This was required by law

The killing of the King

That was wide spread

In Northern Africa

Among some of them

Killing the King

Occurred after

A specific time

And the meaning

Of Killing the King

Is that the blood

of the King

Would be mixed with

Seed corn

So that the corn

Would become fertile

They wasn’t clowning

Around with that

About killing the King

Because there’s a product

you can buy

Called “Blood Meal”

Blood meal

Is used by farmers

And gardeners

It’s the product

Of slaughterhouse

They take the blood

From the killing floor

And they process it

And sell it

Because putting blood

Helps the soil stay Healthy

Now you see ----- “They Had To Kill The King”

Because His blood

Had to be applied

To the soil of our souls

So that we can produce

The fruit of Righteous

For the glory of God

You’ve been anointed to carry your cross

1st: Nobody can carry your cross

2nd: Things that ease Pain can hinder Purpose

3rd Your enemies sometimes Affirm your assignment

4th It’s going to look like you need saving

Song:

Alas! and did my Savior bleed And did my Sov’reign die? Would He devote that sacred head For such a worm as I?

Was it for crimes that I had done He groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity! grace unknown! And love beyond degree!

Well might the sun in darkness hide And shut his glories in, When Christ, the mighty Maker died, For man the creature’s sin.

Thus might I hide my blushing face While His dear cross appears, Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, And melt my eyes to tears.

But drops of grief can ne’er repay The debt of love I owe: Here, Lord, I give myself away, ’Tis all that I can do.

Those words

written by Isaac Watts

were sung from 1707-1885

A 178 years

Those words were sung

That same way every time

But in 1885

A man named Ralph F. Hudson

was singing that Hymn

And got happy

And Hudson added a Chorus

To those 5 verses

And His chorus was

Refrain (Hudson): At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light, And the burden of my heart rolled away, It was there by faith I received my sight, And now I am happy all the day!

You’ve been anointed to carry your cross

1st: Nobody can carry your cross

2nd: Things that ease Pain can hinder Purpose

3rd Your enemies sometimes Affirm your assignment

4th It’s going to look like you need saving