Road to the Cross

Background

If we have not had the pleasure of meeting my name is John Colunga and I have the privilige of serving as lead pastor here at New Day Pasadena

I also have the privilige of bringing this weeks sermon

So if you have your Bibles, please turn to Matthew 27:27-56

If you forgot your Bible please use the one in front of you and if you dont have a Bible at all, please take home the one in front of you as a free gift to you

Matthew Series

Magnifies Jesus as King of Kings

In Matthew 5 discourses - in depth teachings of Jesus

And in his teachings, Jesus being the King, teaches about the Kingdom of God

Outside of the discourses are more narratives by Matthew

first discourse (Sermon on the Mount) chapters 5-7

second discourse (Commissioning of the Disciples) Chapter 10

third discourse (Parables of Christ and his reign) Chapter 13

Fourth discourse (Living as in the Kingdom of God) chapter 18

Fifth discourse (Coming judgement ) chapters 24-25

In chapter 26 and this is how it starts “When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, 2 “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.””

Jesus - the Master - the Rabbi - tells his disciples, his friends about his death

On passover - the rememberance of the slaughter of the lambs in Israel - Jesus, the Lamb of God, the Son of God will be delivered to death

And immediately after this - it is given by Matthew who would be intrumental in making this happen

In narrative, after Jesus is done teaching and telling the disciples about his death - it says -

3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, 4 and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. 5 But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.”

Friends

Have you ever been a bad friend to someone? Have you ever been a bad family member?

Maybe youve wronged a friend or family member

Maybe you didnt help out when you could have

Maybe you didn’t believe your friend or family member about something that turned out to be true

Sometimes it is hard for us to think about the bad we have done or the wrong we have done to others

So lets flip it. Can you recall a time when someone was a bad friend or a bad family member towards you?

And maybe now you have a whole list of names and a whole list wrongs that have been done against you

And if you were to tell me about each one, we would be here all day

If you are able to stand, I ask that you please do so for the reading of God’s word. I’ll read it as you follow along,

27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him. 28 And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 30 And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. 31 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him. 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. 51 And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. 52 The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, 53 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. 54 When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!” 55 There were also many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him, 56 among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

This is the Word of the Lord - You may now be seated

Road to the Cross

In Matthew Chapter 26 starts the road to the cross

And in almost every section of chapter 26 - Jesus is failed by at least one of his friends, one of his disciples

On Passover during the instituion of the Lords Supper - Judas is the one who will betray Jesus

And included in chapter 26 is Jesus foretelling that Peter would fail him, would fail him three times

Peter would deny knowing Jesus three time!

Then they go to the garden, and in the garden

Peter

Matthew 16:16-18 16 Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I tell you, you are Peter

Transfiguration - Peter James and John - dont tell anyone until my resurrection

Peter falls asleep at the garden

Peter denies Jesus

John 21:15-19 15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” 16 He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” 17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep. 18 Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.” 19 (This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, “Follow me.”

Application