Text: John 19:16- 18

Title: The Passion of Christ

The Passion of Christ is told in all four gospel accounts.

Matthew 27; Mark 15; Luke 24; and John 19

Hebrews 9:22

Ash Wednesday – Marks the beginning of lent. So called Ash Wednesday because of the ceremony of putting ashes on one’s forehead as a sign of penitence.

Genesis 18:27 2 Samuel 3:31 2 Kings 19:1, 2

Isaiah 20:2 Revelations 11:3

Lent – is a forty (40) day period from Ash Wednesday to Easter eve recalling our Lord’s forty days in the wilderness. It is usually accompanied with fasting of some sort and with penitence.

Isaiah 61:3 1 Thessalonians 4:13 1 Corinthians 1:18

Romans 10:14 Romans 1:16

“It is not simply a movie, it was an event unlike anything I have ever experienced” - Paul Harvey commenting on Mel Gibson’s film The Passion of Christ

John 11: 53 Luke 22: 3,4 Luke 24:20

John 19:16 Matthew 27:25 Matthew 27:26

John 19:23

l. LET US SEE THE SAVIOR’S CRUCIFIXION John 19:18

Deuteronomy 21:22, 23

A. It was a shameful death. Matthew 27:29 Hebrews 12:2

1. He was spit upon. Matthew 26:67 Mark 14:65 Mark 15:19

2. He was stripped. Matthew 27:35

“It was the most cruel and shameful of all punishments, let it never come near the body of a Roman citizen, not even near his thoughts or eyes or ears”– Cisero (Roman Statesman)

Romans 8:1

B. There was intense suffering.

1. There was the crown of thorns. Matthew 27:29

a. It was a crown of ridicule.

b. It was a crown of rebuke.

2. The cruelty of scourging. Deuteronomy 25:3 Matthew 27:26

Mark 15:15 John 19:1

3. The cross of the Savior.

ll. SIN’S CRY

A. Sin produces a death sentence. Romans 5:12 Romans 3:23 Romans 6:23

John 8:7 Isaiah 64:6 Psalm 39:5

B. Sin demands a judgment Hebrews 2:2

C. Sin destroys John 10:10

D. Sin dooms James 1:15

E. Sin divides Mark 11:15

F. Sin devastates society 2 Timothy 3:13

lll. THE SINNER’S CONDITION

A. They are lost Luke 10:19

B. They are loved. John 3:16, Romans 5:8