Actually see on the board this morning.
We would like to study with you for your consideration
statements from the cross. Now that title could be
misleading. We're not going to talk about
all the statements from the cross.
We are going to primarily talk about the seven statements that
Jesus made from the cross. Now you might immediately Under
well what other statements were made.
Will you remember the two thieves one on the right?
One of the left, they communicated together.
They talk to each other. They even rebuked each other
from time to time. There's a lot more could be said
about that. However, at this time we're
going to concentrate on these seven statements and give a very
brief explanation of what I was going on at the time now, the
first four books of the New Testament are simply Matthew
Mark, Luke. And John now, these are four
gospels writing about the same events.
Matthew Mark, Luke and John all wrote about the birth of Jesus,
the life. The death, the resurrection, and
the Ascension. Now, all four of the gospels did
not include information about all five of these categories.
But the basic message that they wrote about are all in these
five messages, sometimes you have find a message that only
one of them recorded maybe say, for example, Matthew.
But then again, you might find a message.
Is that all four of them recording?
We're now going to take time and this lesson to show what
everyone did record. But what we are going to do,
we're going to show you from the reading of Mark so goals made
please to Mark 15. We're going to read verses 33
and down through several verses because here in marks account
and this will be the only time we refer back to Mark, the only
time throughout the whole lesson.
The other things that Mark had to say a mark 15 were recorded
by other writers also, but there's one key factor that Mark
wrote. That is worthy of our special
attention. So Mark 14th, chapter began at
verse 33. Now, what we learn here is very,
very interesting because Jesus is been identified by the
timetable, Well, in which he died.
Now, you don't always see that but Marc records, the third hour
and I wrote this little crude Charter board third, our the six
hour and the night flower. Now, Mark Point include all
three of those hours. So pay very close, attention
please. As we read from March writing,
you know, when you read and you study this and become very, very
apparent. That bark knew exactly what was
going on. He knew that Jesus was dying.
Now, Jesus is your very best friend.
And when Jesus was about to die, He reached out to the world, he
reached out to individuals, he reached out to do exactly what
he came to do. He even reached out to his
mother because this is all very important.
Mark chapter 15, will you begin reading at verse 25.
Please note the third hour, the six hour and the night flower as
they appear in the scriptures. The word of God said, verse 25,
and it was the third hour When They Crucified him.
Let's take a little break here, the third hour.
Now, this is Jewish time, they began from even an evening.
Shall they? Celebrate their Sabbath.
So their third hour is equivalent to our knife.
Our doors 9:00 in the morning, they began at 6:00.
So therefore you have seventh hour in one.
Hour 8:00 is two hours. He was crucified the third hour
so therefore you began to see now, a little bit more of what
Mark had to say. Please pay very close attention
to the sense in the night flower.
Have a very major part of our lesson.
The word of God said, we're reading that Mark, the 15th
chapter we begin. In verse 24.
Now, verse 25, that is the third hour.
They Crucified him and the same prescription was written over
him. The king of the Jews and went
with him. They crucified two thieves the
one on his right hand and the other on his left.
And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith and he was numbered
with the transgressors that you remember what this is when Jesus
was crucified, he was not crucified alone on that day.
There's one on his right hand. There was one on his left, but
Jesus was crucified between the two and the Bible went on to say
verse 29. This is their ugly.
Passage the Bible said that as they pass Pass by they rode on
him and they wipe their heads and said o thou that destroyest
the temple and buildest said, three days saved ourselves and
come down from the cross. They were just railing against
Jesus. However, in verse 31 likewise
also the chief priests. They mocking said and themselves
with the Scribe. He saved others himself.
He cannot Save. Let Christ.
The King of Israel. Deceived descend.
Now from the cross and we may see and believe that they were
crucified with him reviled him verse 33.
Very important passage. And whenever the sits our that
is our noon time when it's the sixth hour was come, they were
Darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour and at the
ninth hour, Jesus cried Ride of the loud voice eloi, eloi Lama
sabachthani which is interpreted in English language.
My God, my God. Why did I forsake me?
What we learn from these last two verses that there was
Darkness over the land from the six hour to the night.
So can you imagine a day of time in your life where there was
Darkness from Noon under 3:00 in the afternoon.
Well at moon was halfway point. Jesus was crucified and 9:00
a.m. he hung on the cross to noon, he continued hanging on
the cross to 3:00 p.m. So what we're studying today is
six hours of the life of Our Lord We're making that only a
portion of one day. This is an amazing segment of
scripture, by the way. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John all
recorded the last week of the Lord's life.
That's a lot of information, but they recorded a lot of the
Lord's life. Some of the events, like
Zacchaeus only recorded by Luke many other Parables only
recorded by other writers. But then this the last week of
Our Lord was, of course, Boarded the hall for Matthew, Mark, Luke
and John. So therefore o you to remember
Jesus who is your very best friend when he died?
He died. Beginning at 9:00 in the morning
until 3 o'clock in the evening and there was Darkness soon
after he was crucified until noon.
And then at 3:00 of the matter of fact on our board today,
Point number four to point number seven, All transpired at
the 3:00 hour. So this is very very
interesting. Well, tell you this, it's look
at it this way. This birth life and death.
Resurrection and Ascension. We're going to concentrate on
the death of Jesus. The resurrection and the
Ascension we've commented on through the meeting.
However, the death of what we've talked about today.
Now Matthew we've talked about Matthew Mark, Luke and John
Matthew has 28 chapters Mark. 16, Luke 24 and John 21.
However, these seven points we've gathered from Matthew 27,
Mark 15, Luke 23 and John 19. Now I've written the verses of
the end of each statement. Now here's another key factor.
We're no longer going to To go through, Mark, we're gonna look
at Matthew, Luke and John as you see on the board, and we're
going to do that and make it a little bit easier for you.
There are three major statements found in Luke, the first one,
the second one, and the last one, the others are Matthew and
Mark. So this would be a real easy.
If you've got a Bible marker it's real easy to follow along
and I'm in AA, quote, the verses that entirety, but I'm going to
Simply give you the meaning and the Very Message that is for the
lesson today. Now, what we learn about these
statements made by Jesus from the cross, as his hanging on the
cross of Calvary, you know, the Bible said and John 15 verse 13.
This is not written on the board.
By the way, John 15:13. Greater love has no man than
this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
It was a great honor for Jesus even though he didn't want to do
it but he was willing to do it. He was willing to die Calvary to
save you from your sins. Very very important message
indeed. Well here we go with seven
statements, you know, there is a A very special place that I like
to go. And to, all of you good
Californian, folks. You may or may not have been to
this location. It's between Auburn and Grass
Valley. I don't know if it's halfway but
I think it's a little more than halfway.
There have a little garden called the biblical Garden.
I don't know how many of you have been there, but I've been
there several times it is free. Now that's not why I like it but
that helps It's free, they take donations.
But if you go to the this beautiful garden and you walk up
the trail of the very clean, clear?
Distinctive Trail. And as you walk up the trail you
have a little area cleared out and then they set up some
fixtures in there and this first one was The Sermon on the Mount.
And you can go there and you can push the Box on the speaker and
you can hear a voice, too. Be like Jesus voice when his
preaching Sermon on the Mount and they even have a bench or
two, you can sit down on and listen and then he's you go
further up that cross. Oh, I'm not healed.
You see different scenes of what happened in the life of our Lord
and it was quite a lengthy. You don't have to be in the very
best of shape but you need to be ready because this hill gets a
little steep at times. But after you're walking up here
seeing different seasons of life, our Lord and yet out of
the main trail and ride as she began to turn left, you loved
him, depending on what time of the year it is, you see
something that catches your eye and you can't have a wonder, I
wonder what that is. And then, as you turn a sharp
corner, all of a sudden, it basically takes your breath
away, there is a large fiberglass cross with the
Hanging on that, and that represents Jesus beside him.
The two thieves, they have not, they have seven tombstones in
that cross or in that little cleaned out area.
Each of those tombstones has one of these seven statements made
by Jesus. And as you said there, and I've
gone there with many friends at times.
But one particularly year, we went to that particular places.
They literally 23 benches, but in on end, long way, we could
all set there and I read John 17 the prayer that Jesus prayed.
Truly The Lord's Prayer. And we read there and different
ones of us. We just had tears in our eyes,
we looked at the man who simplified Jesus there that we
can kind of see and identify and we thought, wow, this is the
closest that some people will ever get to Calvary scene and
here we are just a few feet away.
If you ever get to go, go and enjoy fourth.
I know it's still there. Whether she finally pull
yourself away from that event and start Down the Cross, you
started down the hill, all of a sudden, you see something else,
you said tune and the tomb is empty.
That. Wow.
And then as you go a little bit further, there are other things
along the way. I'm sure you go a little bit
further, and you see Jesus in the trees ascending to heaven.
And you work your way, all the way down that hill, and then
there the baptismal pool. That you can immerse people and
baptism for the remission of their sins, in the name of the
father, Son, and Holy Spirit, that of the very special place
that I like to go of all the places that I have been, I think
that is perhaps my favorite place.
I've gone there numerous of times of the past many many
years I want you to always take opportunity to take time to
save. Maybe a video, maybe a movie,
maybe a situation like that to where you can relate a little
bit to what Jesus went through. Well, one more thing about that
biblical Garden is what it's called.
The biblical Garden is each of these tombstones.
They've been to one of these and they put them in chronological
order and this list right here Here is what is considered by
the majority of the scholars to be the order that Jesus made
these statements, the donor couple that have been in
dispute. But most scholars believe these
seven are listed in this way and that is how Jesus spoke those
and Luke 23 and verse 34, we see the first one.
Father, forgive them for they know not what they do here.
Jesus is dying. And he had been beaten, he had
been whipped, he'd been treated worse that you would treat an
animal. People had to spit on him and
Jesus, they're hanging a Calvary, he said, father forgive
them. They know not what they do.
My friends, he reached out to the masses of the people and he
begged God, please forgive them. Oh, you don't know something.
Today, Jesus died at Calvary for you.
Each one of you, he died for you and if you've got seven your
life and you're not committed to Jesus, you're not committed even
worship with him every Lord's day and support gospel meetings
and be here on midweek services and be here on Sunday night and
you're not willing to reach out on, tell you what, Jesus expects
better out of you if you physically can do it.
It. The Lord expects more out of
you. He wants you to give him your
best. Like he gave you his best.
He gave you his life. He reached out to the masses.
Father, forgive them and some of those people were somewhat taken
aback because a man is dying for what he preached and how he
practiced, but yet, Jesus said, father forgive them They listen,
son, applied it, some thought about it and then other people
just waited to see what would happen.
Next that phrase father forgive them, the phrase that indicates
by the continuous action. That is something he said more
than once. Father forgive them.
Father, forgive them. Father, forgive them.
That's why Jesus came to forgive people from their sins.
Okay? Now statement number two made by
Jesus this time, he is speaking to the thief on the cross Luke
23:43, very similar same book, same chapter but he said verse
34 is verse 43, the thief on the cross said, Lord, remember me
with our comeback in to the kingdom.
Notice this was a thief previous to this.
He was one who denounce Jesus had many thousands of others
had, but now he confess, Jesus is Lord Lord.
Remember me, when, when you come back into your kingdom, he
showed his faith in his confidence, in Jesus, who he was
much speculation or what was it, that changed his mind, it could
very well be the courage of Jesus died.
Day because Jesus was dying with great amount of Courage, even
though he had been treated so terribly.
And Jesus said today, shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
Wow! Look at this word right here
today, many of you have lost loved ones, spouse child,
friend, whoever If there are saved, it is today.
Something's going to happen the day, they died.
The day you die the day. I die.
Immediately will go to paradise as saved people today, shall
die. Being looking here with me.
If anybody ever died, smiling that had to be this thief?
Because despite the fact of how he lived, Jesus says, today
you're going to go with me and we are going to Paradise.
Wow I'll assure you Paradise. Is a wonderful place.
Rich man and Lazarus story in Luke 16 they call it Abraham's
bosom. In Revelation, says, knives are
11 is a place of comfort. This time it is Jesus is going
to Paradise, but he's not going alone.
He's taking one of these things with him.
Now, I'll be honest with you. I've look, I don't know if it's
the thief on my right, or your left.
I don't know which one phase of what it does, not matter, but
one of these things said, Lord, remember me when you come again
and the Lord whom it is said today, you could be with me in
Paradise. If there's any way to jump for
joy while hanging on the cross, I'm sure he did it.
Today you're going to be with me.
Here's the deal. I want everybody to understand
when you die and you are saved that day, you're going to be
with him in Paradise, that day. So don't go doing anything
foolish. Anything that could cost you
your soul, put the Lord first. Let nobody let nothing get in
your way of living a Christian Life.
Today shot the be with me in Paradise.
Now, let's look at number three, and number three.
Now you go to the Gospel of John and John 1926, Jesus now, looked
down and he saw his mother. The Bible says, tell his mother
shantabai and the disciple whom he loved.
When you read all four accounts, you find out to be the Apostle
John the John the wrote, the Gospel of John, the John that
wrote the book of Revelation. The John wrote five books of the
New Testament, he wrote the Gospel of John Savage on 3rd,
John and revelation. So he wrote these four books,
that's a John, the same John, Peter James and John, that were
a very close confidants of Jesus.
And he spoke to Johnny said and smoked his mother.
He said and the King James version and this is a respect
for terminology is not being disrespectful of.
We might we think it'll be King. James version says woman Behold
thy son, son, Behold thy. Mother Gina was not about to
die. Leaving his mother without care
and safe keeping John I'm asking you take care of my mother
mother be the John like a mother, John beating my mom like
a son, you all take care of each other.
I love the verses says from that our John took Mary home with him
to take care of her. So they left Mary was not there.
When Jesus died. Shielding, John's home.
So therefore Jesus, important number one reached out to the
masses of the people and saying, father, forgive then in reach
down and talk to an individual, the thief on the cross beside
him. And now he looks to Earthly
matters, his mother's wealth and his mother's health and
well-being. John take care of my mother.
Let me tell you what a son who's not worthy to and willing to
take care of his mother's, not worthy to be called to say,
Jesus was Jesus on a journey here, he was in a transition and
he knew that he was just a little while from dying for what
he do. Look at those three things, the
Masters individual caring for his mother, then Darkness came
from the land and it was dark for several hours.
He brought that Silence by saying my God, my God, why has
Thou forsaken me? Aloha. hello, Lyle a toolbox and
I And Matthews account, Matthew 27 and 46.
Jesus reached out to God the father and said why did this
happen? You remember, Jesus, in The
Garden of Gethsemane pralines that father if there's any way
possible, let this cup pass from me.
Not my will, but thy will be done.
Now listen, Jesus said this seven, several time.
John 5:30. He said, John sits in 38.
He said not my will but thy will be done.
Jesus was committed to doing the father's will whatever it was,
Dear friend, please adopt that as your commitment to do, what
the Lord said. Even if you've got to make
changes and job and and hobbies and habits and all the do what
it takes to do, what Jesus needs you to do, he did, all he could
for us, we need to do all we can for him, and they may need to
make changes. We talked about the deal about
making change it last night. But on this occasion Point
number four, this is now 3:00 in the afternoon.
These four go very quickly and the time frame in which our Lord
lived and died. Now, Point number five.
Jesus said I thirst John 19 and 28 notice here.
Five and six is just two verses away.
One of them verse 30, the others verse 28, I'm thinking it is so
sad that the Son of God, the Water of Life had to be thirsty.
Thirst. I'm sure he did he'd been
hanging on that cross now for six hours and that doesn't even
say anything about the way he is training, before he got put on
that cross, the third hour of the day, He got nailed to the
cross. six hours later, he said, I thirst Oh, my friends that to
me is among all the things that is sad thing.
Jesus, that he had to be thirsty. and then two verses
later and John 19, verse 30, Jesus said it is Finished.
Wow. Isn't it nice to start a project
but it's also super nice to finish the project.
It's very nice to start a trip, but it feels so good to finish
the trip. It is finished.
And the prayer that Jesus prayed the true Lord's Prayer.
John 17, Jesus began that prayer in John 17.
And you've got red letter dishes.
You can say all red there he said O Father.
Glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had
with you before the world was and verse 4.
He said I have finished the work.
You gave me to do. He was saying I'm ready to come
home. I I wanted to be like was
between me and you before the world even was, I want to be
bad, like he used to be. I'm tired of living on this
Earth. He was only 33 years old, but
oh, did he ever work? Oh, did he accomplish a lot my
friends? He accomplished salvation for
you for you and for me. We can never repay that, but we
can say thank you, Jesus. And we can thank God for
allowing Jesus to die. And Jesus is willing to die.
Who's the Lord? Thank you and we can live our
lives. Like, we should commit our life,
like, we should and not let Jesus died in vain, anybody who
dies and goes to hell. Jesus, his death meant, nothing
to that individual. It meant everything to those who
died in our save. It meant nothing to those who
died in the Lost. Please do not The Bible calls it
new not receive the grace of God in vain.
Don't let that happen. You be the man and woman you
stand up and you say to your spouse.
Honey, I'm not live. Like I should have lived.
I'm not been who I should have been, but I'm going to start
today, and I'm going to do better, and if you catch me not
doing, or saying, or acting or behaving, like, I should be
praying to my attention, I'm going to live and I'm going to
start today, living the life, the Lord needs me to live.
Give the Lord needs me and I'm going to be there for him.
I needed him. He was there for me.
Dear friends. You can have a new beginning,
you start to spiritual life all over again, you can start and
you can accomplish to go the Lord wanted for you and that you
one time wanted for yourself. It is finished.
That here is bittersweet. Is much more sweet than this
better is better than he was in pain and Agony and gone through
all he did. But it's so sweet.
He finished the work, the lord gave him to do.
And the last phrase he said, and did I hands?
I commend my spirit. Back to Luke 23 and verse 46.
The Bible said with a loud voice.
He prayed to the father into thy hands, I commend my spirit.
That phrase with a loud voice has been studied by many many
scholars, because most people when they hang on the cross
hours of Jesus did, they can barely even speak and when they
do it just whisper, they just don't have the body.
So used that you don't have room to talk, then you can't talk not
very much at all. But Jesus is different because
he laid down his life for his friends.
And Jesus cried with a loud voice.
Listen, your best friend is now in the process of dying.
You've been by your loved one, you've held the hand of those.
I don't know how many times I've been there and I've held the
hands of people that breathe their last breath.
They died. I don't know how many times I've
been with parents and grandparents and friends and
Brothers and Sisters in Christ at that time.
We were praying together and they died right there.
I don't know how many times we've been singing.
Amazing Grace. How sweet the sound that saved a
Wretch? Like Me I once was lost but now
I'm found was blind but now I see and that person died.
All those events are tough. So tough there many times
tougher on us and them if they're saved.
I mean, where's head, praise God, they're saved.
But for us, we're going to miss him.
You remember what Paul said about efford itís, he was sick
unto death. Paul said God spared him, he
spared his life. So I would not have sorrow upon
sorrow, but the Bible does say they get ahold of this Hebrew,
1927, it is appointed unto man once to die and after this the
Judgment, if the Lord delays his coming.
But yeah, In Our Lifetime that we had time, he'll come, but
we're going to that. We can all die everybody here.
You're going to die. If you wait 20 years me to come
back and Pans Road, many of you are going to be dead.
I may not be able to come back in 20 years from now.
I'll be 80 years old. I may be dead.
But, you know, that's insignificant.
What's important is am I ready to meet my maker and are you
ready to meet your maker today? Now, this very moment, eleven
twenty, nine point. Forty right now.
Are you living? They are you dead spiritually.
You've got to make that decision.
Jesus cried out to his daddy. And he said in thy hands.
I commend my spirit. The Bible said he bowed his head
and gave up the ghost. Your best friend, just died.
I want you to think about that. Because I had Jesus, not died.
There's no way any of us could be saved.
But Jesus did die. So all of us can be saved but
it's up to us individually to make the right decision.
Lord, I commit my life to thee. Take it, and make it on how
about own way. Lord Have Thine Own Way.
Many great songs have been written that kind of touch your
heart. I'm going to ask you today, are
you ready to meet your maker? But I'm going to go a step
further. I've asked out of the time.
Through this meeting. Now, I'm going to ask, are you
ready to make your commitment to serving the lord and turn your
back on Satan? Turn your back on sin, turn your
back on evil. Now, you're going to rise up.
You say, Lord, You Can Count On Me, I'm going to be there for
you and for your calls the called for what you guys. any
time, a president of the United States dies, some very popular
figure, it may be musician and maybe politician to maybe
whoever, you know, they many time will televise it for days
and they will show people coming by and looking at Usually it's a
closed casket passing by the casket Liberty walk today.
You can be in this little building right here at plans
road. You can get your life right with
the Lord. If you never been baptized this
baptistry back here behind this board.
It only takes 15 minutes. To fill.
You can be baptized today and become a member of the Lawrence
Family. You can call your brothers and
sister other baptized Believers Brothers and Sisters in Christ.
And if you have been baptized, you've not lived like you should
own up to it, be man or woman. I have to say I have sinned.
And ask for prayer, the church and made that commitment that
repentance. That turn, turn away from Satan
sin and evil. You're ready to meet your maker.
Now, here's the situation. You can make the decision today.
The Lord will make the decision of the Judgment Day based on
your decision today and Future Days Ahead.
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