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Introduction
My Mom once won a horse in a raffle.
It was a little Shetland Pony.
There was only one problem.
She was afraid of the horse, and the horse knew it.
Because she was afraid of it, it hated her.
Eventually, the horse ran away and mom was actually relieved.
Now, let me tell you another story.
When I was probably 5 or 6 my family got a little Cocker Spaniel.
Her name was Daisy.
Daisy had been abused by a little boy.
He would run into her with his electric tractor, scoop her up, and drop her in the pool.
This made Daisy very skittish around kids.
Especially if they held onto her and got in her face.
I was little.
I love dogs.
I got in her face.
She nipped at me.
I kept at it.
It took me a year or more, but I won her over through feeding her and petting her and playing with her.
These two scenarios demonstrate the difference between our natural human response and a response of love.
When someone or something hates us, our natural reaction is to reject that relationship and be relieved when it ends.
However, if we love the person, we will keep working and striving until the relationship we want to have is achieved.
described us as without strength, ungodly, sinners, and enemies.
Yet it is in that state Christ died for us, justified us, delivered us from wrath, reconciled us to God, and saved us by His life!
This morning it is my desire that we understand something about our sin.
Our sin is offensive to God.
Because our sin is offensive to a righteous and holy God, it must be punished.
Jesus suffered unimaginable pain to pay the penalty for sin.
Once the penalty is paid God is freed to woo us, pursue us, and lovingly draw us to Himself!
Like I did with our dog.
We are going to examine some of what Jesus endured this morning.
As we look at what Christ suffered for us, my desire is that we would ask ourselves a question.
What does God want to accomplish through this life He has purchased?
When He has His way in us, we become like Christ.
First thing Jesus endured was…
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The Scourging
All but Luke record this.
Pilate wanted lighter whipping (chastise).
But prophesied by Isaiah.
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Sanhedrin spit, beat.
Scourging came first. .
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Scourge = Heavy whipping or flogging that could lead to death.
2 Roman soldiers (S).
39 lashes = Jewish custom, not Roman.
Romans had no limit.
Jesus whipped by Roman soldiers.
Eusabious of Ceasare was a 3rd century historian and he said that those scourged in this way had “their bodies frightfully lacerated.
Christian martyrs in Smyrna were so torn by the scourges that their veins were laid bare, and the inner muscles, sinews, even entrails, were exposed.”
If not careful Roman soldier could disembowel or sever arteries bringing premature death.
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The whips had bone, glass, and nails at the tip embedded in lead.
The whips had anywhere from 3-12 straps.
Roman Empire was world power for around 600 years so quite a bit of variation.
· The whips had bone, glass, and nails at the tip embedded in lead.
· The whips had anywhere from 3-12 straps.
Roman Empire was world power for around 600 years so quite a bit of variation.
Replica of whip used on Jesus (S).
Whip has to be able to do kind of damage history tells us was done!
Whip has a circular, horizontal strap connecting the vertical straps.
If not in place whip would destroy itself after only a few lashes.
Fresh blood is slick, no Roman soldier would have a whip that he has to stop and untangle after every swing.
The Romans were professional killers!
They used the most effective, cruel, and painful torture known to man!
I am going to demonstrate the whip on this box and as I do I want all of us to think about what Jesus suffered for us.
Some of you have seen this before.
Don’t become desensitized.
This was the price of your freedom!
Jesus paid the price for your sin and mine!
This was the price of your freedom!
Jesus paid the price for your sin!
By His stripes we are healed!
By His stripes we are healed!
Why would someone endure this?
Why would He suffer this cruelty and pain?
It wasn’t because of our worth!
It wasn’t b/c we are good people!
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Why would someone endure this?
Why would He suffer this cruelty and pain?
It wasn’t because of our worth!
It wasn’t b/c we are good people!
(SLIDE) we didn’t love Him! Yet He allowed Himself to suffer this for our sake.
Jesus could have called 12 legions of angels!
He loved you and me and that is what kept Him there!
We didn’t love Him! Yet He allowed Himself to suffer this for our sake.
Jesus could have called 12 legions of angels!
He loved you and me and that is what kept Him there!
We live in a society that has no idea what love is! Love is not an emotion or an event.
Love is volitional.
Love is a choice that we demonstrate through actions as well as words.
True love tied to Cross! Greatest act of love ever took place 2K years ago on battered wooden cross where infamous carpenter put to death b/c religious leaders were jealous of popularity.
As read of this carpenter in historical accounts of His life, come to realize Jesus was more than a man.
The Bible reveals that Jesus is God in the flesh!
God Himself came to earth to pay the penalty for sin.
That is love!
Sing with me
“How Deep The Father’s Love For Us”.
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