“We need to remember that there is no little sin because there is no little God to sin against.”
Sermon Title: GOOD FRIDAY
Sermon Text: MATTHEW 27:39-51 NIV
Sermon Series: LENT: JOURNEY TO THE EMPTY TOMB
By: PTR NESTOR SY
Sermon Notes:
MATTHEW 27:39-51 NIV
39 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads 40 and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!” 41 In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. 42 “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the King of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” 44 In the same way the robbers who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him. 45 From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. 46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”--which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 47 When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling Elijah.” 48 Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. 49 The rest said, “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.” 50 And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. 51 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split.
I. JESUS WAS REJECTED BY SINNERS
A. Rejected by the Ignorant Sinners
MARK 15:6-7 NIV
6 Now it was the custom at the Feast to release a prisoner whom the people requested. 7 A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising.
MARK 15:11-13 NIV
11 But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead. 12 “What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?” Pilate asked them. 13 “Crucify him!” they shouted.
“The answer seems to be that they were disappointed with Jesus. This was the crowd which, just a few days before, had welcomed him into Jerusalem. The city was filled with people Jesus had healed. The eyes of the blind had been opened, the deaf made to hear, and the lame to walk.”
Ray Stedman
B. Rejected by the Religious Sinners
MATTHEW 27:18 NIV
18 For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.
C. Rejected by the Condemned Sinners
II. JESUS WAS ABANDONED BY HIS FATHER
MATTHEW 27:45-46 NIV
45 From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. 46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”--which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
III. JESUS WAS OVERCOME BY DEATH
MATTHEW 27:47-50 NIV
47 When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling Elijah.” 48 Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. 49 The rest said, “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.” 50 And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.
MATTHEW 27:51 NIV
51 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split.
A. A Barrier Removed
B. A Door Opened
HEBREWS 10:19-20 NIV
19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body
C. A Hope Confirmed
“Our sins may be many and great, but the payment made by our Great Substitute far outweighs them all.”
J.C. Ryle