Pastor Dan Southern 3/14/04 a.m.

Centreville Community Church

Title: Words from the Cross # 4

Sub Title: Why God, Why?

Text: Mark 15: 33- 35

 

1. These are words spoken in anguish.

Mark 15:34                    John 19: 25- 27                                        

Mark 15:33

 

2. These words speak of abandonment.

Mark 15:34

 

3.These words speak of accomplishment.

 

A. The abiding presence.

John 15:16                             Romans 5:5

Matthew 18:20

 

B. We are never alone.

Matthew 28:20              Hebrews 13:5

Psalms 23:4

 

l. THE DILEMMA  

 

Charles Spurgeon wrote that he was fearful to speak on this text, lest he not do it justice.  -12 Sermons on the Cross, “Lama Sabachthani”

 

“To scrutinize all the implications of this wrenching lamentation from Jesus’ lips seems beyond human comprehension”

-Jack Hayford, How to Live Through a Bad Day

 

A. The Psalm     (Psalm 22:1)

 

1. Prophesied                        Psalm 22:7                                     

Psalm 22:13                           Psalm 22:14                

Psalm 22:15                           Psalm 22:18

 

 

2. Poetry

 

B. The Person  (fully human – fully God)                      

Matthew 16: 16                      John 1:1

 

1. His Prayer

John 4:6

Matthew 8:24                          Matthew 21:18

 

2. His Pain   -  our pain

 

Hebrew 2:14                          Hebrew 4:15

1 Corinthians 10:13

 

C. The Propitiation 

 

Propitiation means  _____________________________.

 

2 Corinthians 5:21                 Galatians 3:13

Isaiah 53:6                             Romans 3:25

1 John 2:2

 

 

 

ll. THE DARKNESS    Mark 15:33

 

A. A supernatural phenomenon.

 

Mark 15:33                             Matthew 27:45

Luke 23:44

 

B. A penetrating darkness

 

Men separated from the light  John 3:19-20

 

Men stood alone – in the dark.

 

C. The first Passover       Exodus 10:22 – 11:19

 

 

 

4. The prince of Darkness –

 

John 14:30                                       John 13:27

John 16:11

 

5. Christ prevailed                John 19:30

 

 

lll. THE DIVINE DESERTION    

 

A. What is was not.

 

1. It was not a failure of faith.

 

2. It was no faintness of heart.

Hebrews 12:3                        John 13:1, 3

 

3. It was no fancy.  

 

B. What it was.

 

1. He became the sin-bearer. 

1 Peter 2:24                           1 John 3:5

 

2. He was separated from God.

Isaiah 59:2                             Psalm 66:18

 

3. He became our substitute.

Isaiah 53:5                             1 Peter 3:18

 

 

 

 

When you ask ‘why’, remember it was for you.

 

 

 

 

 

How may I apply this sermon to my life?