Cost of the Cross
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Cost of the Cross
Cost of the Cross
45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
Humanity
incarnation
30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Cost of the Cross...
Humanity...
God became man
Humanity
Humility
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Son of Man -
85 times in gospels “son of man”
Jesus is identified in each of the gospels in different ways:
Matthew - The King of Kings
Mark - Suffering Servant
Luke - Son of Man (26x’s in Luke)
John - The Son of God
89 times in NT
Luke 19.10 - we find the mission of the Son of Man
10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Servant
Submissive
Sovereign Plan of God
God the Father
God the Son
God the Holy Ghost
O what humility the Lord had - He who was deserving of:
The greatest titles
The greatest accolades
The highest honor - chose not to declare and call himself “the Son of God” - though he was - He referred to himself as “The Son of Man”
God became man
Humanity
God became Sin -
Humility
Hurts
Injustices
Misunderstandings
Rejection
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Left alone in the times of greatest need:
Disciples Slept - garden -could you not watch one hour
36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
Disciples Scattered - smite the shepherd
Disciple Sold - Judas - traitor - 30 pieces of silver
Disciple Shunned - I know not the man
He came unto his own - and his own received him not -
God became man
Humanity
God became Sin -
Humility
God became a Suffering Servant
Hurts