2.17.20a 4.15.2022 Beneath The Cross Good Friday
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Entice:
When I survey…
When I survey…
When I survey the wondrous Cross,
Upon which the prince, of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.
Engage: We must cultivate this attitude. It is not natural. We do not much like to consider evil at all. We particularly avoid reflection upon evil for which we are responsible, and we are responsible for the cross. We sing of Him as prince of peace at Christmas, but find it difficult to connect His cradle to His cross. We cling to what we think enriches our lives, but above all our focus is so much on self that we drown in our pride. I love the sentiment of this profoundly written hymn, but like all of us I freely acknowledge that it makes me feel uncomfortable.
Expand: Throughout John’s gospel one of the consistent descriptions Jesus used for His coming crucifixion was the image of being “lifted up.” Like much of what Jesus says in John there is a double entendre.
The image signifies the terrible nature of crucifixion with the nailing of His body to the cross-beam and the lifting of His bleeding form as a public, humiliating display.
This “lifting-up” also signifies exaltation. For Jesus the supreme act of service was the event of His crucifixion.
What His enemies encouraged and the Romans intended was leveraged by Jesus to proclaim the love, power, and provision of God
What His enemies encouraged and the Romans intended was leveraged by Jesus to proclaim the love, power, and provision of God
Excite: We remember the cross every Sunday. Every year we also pause on Good Friday to remember the impact of the incarnate word being lifted in glory while He was lifted in shame.
Explore:
Let us linger here, beneath the cross and consider what that tells us about our sovereign Lord
Explain: Beneath the cross we learn all about the
Body of Sermon:
1 Affection of Jesus.
1 Affection of Jesus.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
1.1 His lifting focuses our faith in God.
1.2 His lifting focuses God’s love for us.
Beneath the cross we also recognize the
2 Authority of Jesus.
2 Authority of Jesus.
28 So Jesus said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me.
2.1 His divine Words are vindicated by the cross.
2.2 His divine deeds are vindicated by the cross.
Today we gather beneath the cross because of the
3 Attraction of Jesus
3 Attraction of Jesus
32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
3.1 Shame becomes glory.
3.2 Death becomes life.
3.2 Punishment becomes presence.
Shut Down:
Near the cross…
Near the cross, a wounded soul
Love and mercy found me.
There the bright and morning star…
Shed His beams around me.