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Introduction:
I. the Setting (v.
33)
II. the Conflict (v.
34 - 39) - over the IDENTITY of Jesus
Why does the identity of Jesus matter so much?
His identity would show if He is the “Anointed” One.
Is he the One that God had chosen to deliver His people?
, “If thou be the Son of God...”
It is the very identity of Christ that is being questioned in these moments, so as Luke pens this it is with the intent that people would see Jesus as the perfect God-Man and be sure of His identity.
Proposition: We must stop dragging our fee in recognizing who Jesus truly is! (believers & unbelievers alike)
The Crucifixion of the Savior (v.
33)
the crucifixion calls us to recognize Jesus as Christ by type of death
the crucifixion was a torture by piercing.
Jesus was pierced by thorns on his head
Jesus was pierced by nails in his hands and feet
Jesus was pierced post mortem in his side -
the crucifixion was a torture that followed the striping of an individual
the crucifixion calls us to recognize Jesus as Christ by association in death (v.
33)
Recap: The crucifixion of the Savior
Application:
(1) If this is true, then stop looking for redemption in everything and everyone else.
Jesus was associated with thieves, though he thought it not robbery to be equal with God.
His willing associating and death with criminals points to the fact of Who He truly is.
Jesus was condemned as your substitution, if you will receive Him.
(2) For believers, it is shameful to think that you still hold barriers in class that Jesus destroyed by his cross.
Statements like, “We don’t associate with those kinds of people...”
“I don’t want my children to be influenced by the wrong crowd.”
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We are not actively reaching out towards those who are completely different than us.
“We don’t have anything in common.”
We socially ostracize ourselves by sitting in secluded places and not going out of our way to engage others not like us.
We live so self-consciously that we cannot converse with others because we think they are thinking something about us.
Jesus hung on a cross naked so that you could have a security in Him that liberates you to engage others.
Recap: The crucifixion of the Savior - Do you have redemption in the crucified Savior?
Does your life reflect this redemption?
The Conflict over the Savior (v.
34 - 39)
the conflict calls us to a recognition of deity - Father
As early as we can remember -
In the midst of his ministry - Luke
the conflict calls us to a recognition of fulfillment - (v. 34)
“Forgive them...” -
“cast lots” - - this song ends with an expectant declaration of the universal rule of Yahweh (Commentary of NT on OT)
the conflict calls us to recognition or rejection of one key issue - if he be Christ (v.
35 - 39)
the conflict calls us to recognition of
Fulfillments
He saved others - Compare with
What were the people watching?
“a worm”
“Chosen of God” - Compare with
This was an act of mockery from (cheap drink that was popular among lower ranks of society)
,
Both verses show the expectation that the Messiah could save himself
The people, soldiers, thieves, religious leaders…all were found to be questioning the identity of Jesus Christ.
Application:
Jesus, who had the ability to save himself, did not do so, in order that you, who could NOT save yourself would be saved.
(1) For your part as an unbeliever, he requires a response.
(2) For your part as a believer, he calls us to continually realize this great truth through this tremendous irony.
Meaning: don’t place so much faith in your effort as a believer that you cannot live in grace and by grace.
Not living in grace means that you are constantly wondering if you did enough to make some other person happy with you.
He enables suffering for the salvation of the lost
Not living by grace means that you hold contempt for those who do not do as much as you do or you think they should do.
- This is the Martha mentality.
He enables faith in the Father, in the midst of turmoil
Recap: The crucifixion of the Savior
Recap: The Conflict over the Savior - is the Gospel powerful enough to save you?
If so, live by the same faith.
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The Criminal and the Savior (v.
40 - 43)
the condemnation of the criminal calls us to recognize the innocence of Christ (v.
40 - 41)
the condemnation of the criminal calls us to repentance & entrance into a new kingdom (v.
42 - 43)
How do the scriptures speak of the kingdom?
It was the message of Jesus (it was present-tense) -
It was not of this world -
It was not of this world -
It is still a future completion -
It was the message of the apostles -
What exactly is the kingdom of God?
“It is God’s redemptive rule over his people.”
[What is the Gospel?
by Gilbert] - his kingship
Inclusion requires the right response to Jesus -
No, what was really astonishing about the gospel of Jesus was that this King died to save his people, that the Messiah turned out to be a crucified Messiah.
What is the message of the “gospel of the kingdom”?
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When Jesus talks about “the gospel of the kingdom,” his point is not just that the kingdom has come.
It is that the kingdom has come and you can be included in it if you are united to Me, the King, by faith that I alone can save you from your sin.
What is the “kingdom life”?
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What does “paradise” allude to?
It is the same term used for “garden” in
Eden is also used in an eschatalogical (end times) sense in
It is the abode of the righteous after death - thus this response is “judicial”
Thus, the 1st Adam caused man to be thrust from the Paradise of God; but Christ in this declaration is the 2nd Adam bringing access to what was lost.
Thus, the 1st Adam caused man to be thrust from the Paradise of God; but Christ in this declaration is the 2nd Adam bringing access to what was lost.
Application:
For the unbeliever:
Repentance & Faith - two sides to the same coin:
Repentance is fundamentally a matter of the heart’s attitudes toward sin - Gilbert
Faith in Christ carries in itself a renunciation of that rival power that King Jesus conquered—sin
Repentance, the way of life for the believer - , ,
Give yourself to true repentance instead of false repentance.
False repentance example: “I can’t believe I did that.”
True repentance by Thune: “Gospel-centered Life”
is oriented toWard god, not Me.
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