The Perspectives Of Victory

John 19:30 NASB 2020

30 Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.

The Crowd (Remove Him)

You didn’t come to overthrow the Romans

You came as a prophet

You have a reputation of a good man

But…

You didn’t come the way I wanted you so, “Good Riddance!” We claim victory!

The Church:Pharisees, Sadducees, Scribes (Riddance/Rejected HIM)

You can’t be who you claim

You’re interfering in our traditions, legalism and practices

You can’t possibly be a prophet or the Messiah because we’re better than you

You’ve done plenty of works even though we believed of the Devil’s power so save yourself

You’re not my Messiah,

But…

Since you don’t value our traditions, sects and views we claim Victory! “Good Riddance!”

The Chosen: 11 Remaining Disciples (Reassurance was needed/Rebuked by all)

You can’t die

You are supposed to usher in the Kingdom…

You’ve done so many miracles, raised Lazarus, feed the multitudes, gave sight to the blind…

We’ve witnessed the Father endorse you

We saw you do victorious things….just don’t die!

They saw no victory but a personal lost to a prophesied promise

The Christ (Redemption/Restoration/Relationship)

He Fulfilled His Predestined purpose

He Fulfilled His earthly prophesies

He Refused to surrender to the vulnerable tendency of his human grief of the crucifixion

He remained steadfast through his shame of Cavalry demonstrating his

Forgiveness

Salvation

Affection

While demonstrating victory over

Anguish

Suffering

Contentment

For this reason his death was necessary

His death met the requirement of the Father’s wrath and judgement

His death meant that he was the only one qualified to die for humanity while being the propitiation for sin

The death of Christ didn’t make Jesus a victim

The death of Christ didn’t make Him weak

The death of Christ demonstrates ultimate humility

The death of Christ demonstrates to submission to the will of the father

The death of Christ ensures I have redemption for a sin debt I can’t repay

His death from the perspective of God is Victory