You could say that Lent and the journey to the cross begin in the same place – with dust. ( Log Out /  God made the world and loved it dearly, but oh the agony God must have endured watching people inflict pain and injustice upon one another. Rather we will walk along Jesus’ way of suffering and try to enter into the experience. Instead we can allow this stop to speak to our hearts. God will pay the price of our sins. It is a covenant between God and all God’s creation. The crowd backs off a little and the soldiers begin their horrible task. For the Jewish leaders this was a day of victory. Our cross will correlate with His cross. Some of them are not recorded in Scripture, but come out of tradition. Truly in you we live, and move, and have our being. He must have felt what it was like for the one whom Scripture seems to describe as His best friend to lose that relationship. Journey to the Cross: John 12:20-33 . While Jesus hung on the cross, He became aware of his mother standing among those witnessing this horror. All I can think of is the pain and horror of it all. I wonder if the soldiers, used to killing, were totally comfortable with the violence of this act. Lord God, through Noah you gave us the rainbow as a sign that you would never separate Yourself from us again and through Christ you gave us the cross as a sign of your everlasting mercy and graceIn these signs we recognize and acknowledge your love and how that love is present to us to sustain us and guide us each day. So, today is the first Sunday of Lent and we begin our journey towards the cross with Christ. In a largely post-Christian world, when something truly terrible happened, the symbol of the rainbow swept our country – a simple image of hope. Finally, mercifully we come to the eighth station. That is to say, we need to come to an experiential awareness of the cross through, humility, suffering, and brokenness. Luke 19:28-44 28 And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to … Hours. Everything changes at The Cross. The journey to the cross began long before. And so the journey to Golgotha began. Our Journey to the Cross, Lenten Series. It didn’t even begin in Bethlehem. Look around the crowd at the scene at this moment. Yet we need to pause to think about what it meant that He took up this cross. He came naked into the world, but we are told that he was “wrapped in swaddling clothes.” Now the clothing he had worn was stripped from Him and even his human dignity was taken away from Him. Bible Study; Calendar. Was he really willing? For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ Then “‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’ For if men do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”. Events List; Ministries and Event Request. Some say that the rainbow is like a warrior’s bow at rest – a bow and arrow laid down. Other Near Eastern ancient civilisations have similar flood tales. God has tried dealing with sin by wiping out humanity once, and for whatever reason, God decides never to try this again. The arrow of judgement is pointed to the very heart of God. What anguish, what fear, what loss would have assaulted their hearts as they heard that Jesus, their friend had been condemned to be crucified. Crucify!” But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him. Mary and some of the other women likely heard the condemnation. They were ashamed because sin had exposed who they really were. In our gospel reading we hear how God begins to do this – God becomes one of us. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. The beginning of Jesus’ journey occurred in the palace of Pilate who was the Roman governor over Jerusalem at the time. If you need to talk to someone, please wait until you get out of the building, otherwise I would encourage you to walk out in silence and contemplate that Jesus is dead. As we walk along the path of Jesus’ suffering, we will extinguish one candle at each station until they are all extinguished. It was the day of Preparation of Passover Week, about the sixth hour. At the end of the service, I would like to ask you to walk out of the church quietly meditating on what you have experienced. 412.741.4550 412.741.1210. Kate Wesch preaching So, as we continue on our Lenten journey over these next few weeks, with our faces now turned towards Jerusalem, we begin to think about Holy Week. First Scripture Reading: Psalm 16:5-8 5 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. In the end, death came to Jesus quite quickly. How it encourages us that He truly loves others! The Journey to the Cross Home | Find Sermons RSS. 24 And they crucified him. 4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; […] Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. ( Log Out /  As we follow the journey of Jesus to the Cross and beyond, my prayer is that God will enable each of us to see our Saviour in a new light and draw closer to Him as we are reminded of His love for us and His willing sacrifice for our sins and our salvation. He was experiencing the pain of suffering and also experiencing the pain of separation from all those who were dear to them. On Ash Wednesday we remember the dust from which we come, and surely the journey to the cross in some ways started the moment God took that dust and gave it life? Some of them are not recorded in Scripture, but come out of tradition. I wonder if even the most hardened of men would have rejoiced at such a terrible spectacle. As the echo of the crunching of the fruit was still sounding in the garden, Jesus was … Journey to the Cross. Sermons Embed: Add All in series to My Favorites. It was heavy, but he carried not only the weight of the wood, but the weight of knowing what it meant. One of the things I love about this story is that it begins with being beloved. Over the course of the eight-hour trip, I would open my Bible and follow Jesus through the dusty roads of Jerusalem, trying to figure out the corresponding times of His trials as He walked determinedly to the cross. At each station, I will read the text that relates to it and then reflect on what happened. Knowing Jesus was innocent and pure and loving and wonderful would have made this a deeply disturbing experience. Perhaps God just needed us to know it was a conscious choice. Monday - Friday 9 AM - 5 PM. Again and again and again. … I would like to invite you to meditate, to feel what was going on, to experience what God was doing in this profound journey. How their hateful hearts must have rejoiced! Journey to the Cross: Mark 11:1-11. However, the cross was not the obvious outcome. In his suffering, He nevertheless, had compassion for those who were suffering. They wanted crucifixion, which was much more cruel and according to Jewish thought indicated that God had condemned the one crucified. In the commitment God makes towards creation, God promises that never again will he destroy the world by a flood. Jesus never sinned, but as he was about to be crucified, he was exposed for all to see. For you. Here, from the moment Jesus “set his face to go to Jerusalem” (Luke 9:51) everything takes place within the context of a single journey. God asks nothing of creation – God commits to a particular way of behaving towards creation for eternity. What was going on in His mind as he processed the sentence, as he anticipated the pain, as He realized what the death of the innocent one meant? This sermon begins our 8-week series called “Journey to the Cross.” In this opening message, Pastor Erik teaches us the biblical perspective on fasting and then challenges us to fast something for the next forty days, leading up to Easter. God will bear it. I don’t know where you are in your relationship with God. Download batch via Transfer Agent | Podcast: Killian Hill Baptist Church Chris Anderson | Lilburn, Georgia: Keyword: Filter: Page 1 | Found: 3 sermons: SORT. We know that it is historical fact that Jesus died on the cross. And so we read in Mark 15:21, “A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross.” The soldiers looked about and saw Simon. After a prayer, we will walk out in silence. Video Player. Sunday Sermon Audio presented by Sam Draper. When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha). “Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. God has decided that humanity cannot bear the cost of its sin, and so there is only one alternative. Darkness Falls. “Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?”, Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. People come from all over the world on pilgrimage to walk the Stations of the Cross. At the fringes of the people who were witnesses to this statement of condemnation there may have been some who were uninvolved spectators. No, the journey to the cross didn’t begin in Jericho. And of course, I would imagine myself … It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth. John 19:23-24 says, “When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. He stood naked before the whole world and as we look upon this scene, we do not really want to look. Sermons in “Journey to the Cross” Journey to the Cross: John 20:1-18. Jesus’ journey to the cross was indeed a difficult one. In Jerusalem there is a road called the Via Dolorosa, which is a Latin phrase that means the way of suffering. Phone Fax. The Judeo-Christian tradition have – inspired by the Holy Spirit – understood this calamity in the life of the world in a terrifying yet ultimately hopeful way. At each of these 14 stations there are markers on the walls of buildings, or in some cases there are even churches built to commemorate these different occasions of Jesus’ path of suffering. Finally, God could bear it no more and decided to give the world a fresh start. Sr Pastor Raul Fernandez; Proverbs 22:6 "The Best Mom!" Adam and all his kin are beloved. And because Jesus chose to walk this way, the enemies of sin, unforgiveness and death are forever defeated. (1) Deny Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. It is embarrassing, it is shameful. Then God does something new. I am amazed at the deep caring which Jesus manifested when He was Himself in the greatest depth of agony. Let’s start a … 25 It was the third hour when they crucified him. It didn’t begin in Galilee. The words of condemnation to a cruel death on a cross would have been sweet. Secondly, it is a one-sided covenant. Bishop Grant Hagiya (1) Ellen Jee (1) Eric Iki (20) James Kang (1) Julie Inouye (1) Minister Eric Iki (8) Pastor Becky Hirata (33) Pastor Ki Choi (33) Ray Sidney (1) Rev. Our Coffee Shop; Richard’s Closet; Praise & Worship; Children’s Ministry; Youth Ministry; Women’s Ministry ; Food Pantry; G1 Men’s Ministry; All Sermons The Best Mom. He was in charge and as much as he hated to do it, he feared crowd violence more and reluctantly spoke the condemning words – “take Him to be crucified.” One wonders how long it would have taken for him to get over it. What I mean by this is that we need to come to an experiential awareness of the cross – our death, our burial, our resurrection, our ascension, & our seating with God in Christ. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.”, This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled which said, “They divided my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.” So this is what the soldiers did.”. We read in Mark 15:22-32, “They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull). The sounds of Jerusalem pressed in: the sound of animals, the murmur of the crowd, the clanking of the soldier’s armor and weapons and in the midst of this cacophony the sound of women weeping. I suspect that they were glad that someone was helping. John. “Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. If they knew enough to realize that the trial was a sham, that Pilate was spineless and that Jesus was innocent would they have been angry at the evil being done? Take him away! March 15, 2015, The Rev. This is a snapshot of Jesus journey to the cross and your journey will mirror Jesus Journey. A reminder that there is a God for whom all creation is beloved. By you alone do we receive the strength and hope we need for each day. March 25, 2018 Rachel Kuhn Palm Sunday Mark Journey to the Cross. Somebody had made a journey all the way from Britain to visit that cemetery, to find that grave, and on the cross above that boy to put that wreath of flowers. “When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”, As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! 1110 Chicago Blvd; View; Scripture; You Are Worth Something To God. 11 Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. 6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; I have a goodly heritage. Sermon Speakers. As the procession carries on we notice all the smells of Jerusalem: the smell of the spice shop, the butcher shop, the open sewers and the people. Isn’t it amazing how old symbols keep their power? March 18, 2018 Rachel Kuhn John Journey to the Cross No comments. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. So if you are one of the people struggling with belovedness today, and after a year of pandemic and everything else life throws at us you won’t be alone, know this. Noah was a righteous man, so God called him and his family to build the ark, preserved them and the animals they travelled with through the flood and began again with them. Harry Fujimoto (1) Rev. Our freedom to think and live and love as we chose meant we also had the freedom to sin and that sin deserved judgement. I can imagine Jesus looking up at Simon with gratitude in His eyes as the weight of the heavy cross was divided between them. I want us to sing, "There’s a Fountain Filled with Blood." Physically uninvolved, but emotionally deeply invested were those who were followers of Jesus. But they shouted, “Take him away! All we need to do is open it. Now, I want to change our hymn of invitation. Jesus and Sin. In Journey to the Cross Alistair Begg explores afresh the work of Christ on our behalf. And so, the journey to the cross begins here. Our greatest struggle is not to get God to love us but to receive the love that He is offering. This stop helps us to see the compassion and care of Jesus and allows us to be jarred by the incongruity of it all, but even more to be comforted by the great compassion of the one who cared even in the midst of His suffering. Pastor Ed Plants. “We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered. As we stop at this seventh station on the way of suffering, we once again see His compassion. The earthly journey to the cross actually began thirty-three years earlier. Getting Ready for the Cross. Lots of cute animals and a colourful rainbow have their appeal, but I remember as an adult to three children with enquiring minds dreading the question “But what happened to all the other people, Mummy?”  The tale of Noah is cataclysmic and tragic and terrible – the entire known world blotted out by an unprecedented flood. Crucify him!”. Repent of your sins and believe the Good News!”. I guess that there might well have been a catastrophic flood in pre-history, which was interpreted and understood in different ways by those who survived it. Our Lord gives the … 32 Let this Christ, this King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.”. It will be less of an exercise of the mind and more an exercise of the heart. March 31, 2019 Sermon Journey to the Cross: Readiness First Scripture Reading: Psalm 43:3-4 3 O send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling. God has decided that humanity cannot bear the cost of its sin, and so there is only one alternative. The Cross made all the Big Words possible: justification, sanctification, and redemption are all powerful products of The Cross. That is why he said, “…if men do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry.” This is a puzzling statement, but I believe it refers to what would happen because of His death and that the consequences for Jerusalem and the Jews would be devastating. They were surprised that he was already dead. It begins at the place where Pilate sentenced Jesus to be crucified and it ends at Golgotha. Conclusion – A Story of Forgiveness. April 7, 2019. But where does the journey to the cross begin? Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”, 12 Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come. In his own suffering, Jesus nevertheless was aware of the suffering of others. And that is why this story matters. This is what was happening as Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified. May 10, 2021. God tried something else first. We read in John 19:25-27, “Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. How does it feel to know that you have been condemned to death? May 3, 2 And thirdly, the sign of the covenant is a rainbow. You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, 30 come down from the cross and save yourself!”, 31 In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. God makes several covenants with people throughout the Bible and we will hear more about some of them as Lent progresses. But the stark reality for Jesus is that He was dead. Is that where we begin. When Adam and Eve sinned, they immediately became aware of their nakedness. It is filled with advice, statements, stories and of course warnings of what does or will happen. 10 As Jesus came up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Holy Spirit descending on him[a] like a dove. The journey … Jesus accepted His cross because that was the purpose for which he came. Creation was beloved. A reminder that the rain will always stop one day. THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS Intro: We are living in a day when the message of the church is changing. It is a breathless journey. This is "Journey to the Cross - Sermon (03-08-2020)" by FSBC Coffeyville on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Blow the dust off of it first. The first job was to strip the prisoner of all his garments so that he stood naked and exposed to the world. The Journey to the Cross. Or does it go further back? And so, the journey to the cross begins here. When the battle of good and evil rages within and around us, keep your Church steadfast in your Word and, when we fall, raise us again and restore us through your Son, Christ Jesus… Lord, hear our prayer…. But it is in Luke’s Gospel that the journey motif comes into its own. Mark Nakagawa (1) Rev. I think it can be easier for humanity to imagine judgement than love. The sad fact for the disciples is that hope was gone. God chose it. 11 And a voice from heaven said, “You are my dearly loved Son, and you bring me great joy.”. He goes through the waters as all creation has, he spends time in the wilderness which is both exodus and exile as Israel has and God is ready to begin. Read John 19:5-16. … We pause at station 5 as the soldiers do the first job of getting the prisoner ready to be crucified. I want to spend some time thinking about the spirit and the soul and how they play a … Peter’s life reflects that everything changes at The Cross. Asleep at the wheel Matthew 26:36-46 Introduction- We started last week a mini -series for Easter called “journey to the cross.” Last week we saw Jesus telling His disciples that if they (we) were truly going to follow Jesus; we would have to do three things. The Cross purchased Salvation, Adoption, Redemption and Eternal life for us YET it does not stop there. It’s about creating space in our lives for God to fill so that we might experience a greater intimacy with Him. Jesus; broken, beaten, carrying the heavy cross, hearing all the sounds, yet has ears for the weeping of these women and he stops to speak to them. We are completely forgiven and the power of sin is lifted from us. … Sermons. How horrible to think that Jesus, the perfect and eternal King is exposed to all. God institutes a covenant. God loves you. Although he was aware that they were weeping for Him, He was also aware that there was a time coming when they would also suffer. Although we just read that “Pilate handed him over…” it is interesting that the very next line is “Carrying His own cross…” It makes us reflect on what was actually going on here. As we read on, we pause at the next stop on this journey to the cross. 16 When I see the rainbow in the clouds, I will remember the eternal covenant between God and every living creature on earth.” 17 Then God said to Noah, “Yes, this rainbow is the sign of the covenant I am confirming with all the creatures on earth.”, 9 One day Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and John baptized him in the Jordan River. There is a certain peace about death when there has been great suffering and you know it is inevitable and you have been waiting for it. 46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi,a 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. What a lot of people fail to understand is that the Holy Bible is the instructions of life. What does it say to us that He cared for others while He was hurting? 8 Then God told Noah and his sons, 9 “I hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants, 10 and with all the animals that were on the boat with you—the birds, the livestock, and all the wild animals—every living creature on earth. 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.”. It’s not about “sacrificing” something for God; Jesus is our sacrifice. His wife and boys will never forget. In this sermon I want you to see another biblical picture of The Journey To The Cross in “Jesus Journey to the Cross” as revealed in Philippians 2:5-11. Video Player. We pause as we read in John 19:17,” Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha).”. It began in a little village a few miles south of this very place, village called Bethlehem, for there the earthly journey of the Son of God began, and it began in a stable in a manger.

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