Sermon Tone Analysis

It would be well for us to spend a thoughtful hour each day in contemplation of the life of Christ.

We should take it point by point, and let the imagination grasp each scene, especially the closing ones.

As we thus dwell upon His great sacrifice for us, our confidence in Him will be more constant, our love will be quickened, and we shall be more deeply imbued with His spirit."--Desire of Ages, p. 83

Outside

Taken

Outside of Jerusalem:

Place of wicked people

The Weight of the Cross

Jesus couldn’t carry

His cross

Desire of Ages (Chapter 78—Calvary)

Since the Passover supper with His disciples, He had taken neither food nor drink.

He had agonized in the garden of Gethsemane in conflict with satanic agencies.

He had endured the anguish of the betrayal, and had seen His disciples forsake Him and flee.

He had been taken to Annas, then to Caiaphas, and then to Pilate.

From Pilate He had been sent to Herod, then sent again to Pilate.

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From insult to renewed insult, from mockery to mockery, twice tortured by the scourge,—all that night there had been scene after scene of a character to try the soul of man to the uttermost.

Christ had not failed.

He had spoken no word but that tended to glorify God.

All through the disgraceful farce of a trial He had borne Himself with firmness and dignity.

But when after the second scourging the cross was laid upon Him, human nature could bear no more.

He fell fainting beneath the burden.

- Desire of Ages p. Page 742

Crying Women

Luke 23:27–31 (ESV)

And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him.

But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

For behold, the days are coming when they will say,

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‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’

Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’

For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

Women Crying

some recognized Him

some had been blessed

some had been healed

most were not disciples

pity for his abuse

Jesus said

don’t cry for me

cry for yourself.

Why

depicted

fall of Jerusalem.

end of the world.

What was happening

God’s wrath on Jesus

Later,

God’s wrath on sinners.

The Crowd

Desire of Ages (Chapter 78—Calvary)

Of the multitude that followed the Saviour to Calvary, many had attended Him with joyful hosannas and the waving of palm branches as He rode triumphantly into Jerusalem.

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But not a few who had then shouted His praise, because it was popular to do so, now swelled the cry of “Crucify Him, crucify Him.” - Desire of Ages p. Page 744

Ponder

easy today

popular today

normal today

Hosanna.

We You/I stand

against the crowd

later when

not easy?

not natural?

Nailed

I imagine

thieves wrestling

Jesus calm willing

Mary

Mind turns

Jesus mother

(we know she was there).

Watched her son

ridiculed

abused

tortured

She saw His hands stretched upon the cross; the hammer and the nails were brought, and as the spikes were driven through the tender flesh, the heart-stricken disciples bore away from the cruel scene the fainting form of the mother of Jesus.

Prophecy,

dedication of Jesus

only 8 days old.

Luke 2:35 (HCSB)

a sword will pierce your own soul...

No Complaint

Isaiah 53:7 (ESV)

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.

There was no...

“please stop”

“it’s not fair”

screams of agony

Silent victim

just drops of blood

sweating blood

What was He Thinking?

He is being

abused

tortured

ridicule

pierced

What on earth

going through

Jesus mind?

Scripture says: