MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?

MARK 15:25-36

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. IT WAS PATHETIC TO SEE

1. The Haters [v. 29-32a]

2. The Ignorant [v. 32b, 35]

3. The Thrill-seekers [v. 36]

 

II. IT WAS PROPHETIC TO A TEE [an expression meaning perfectly, exactly] [Ps. 22]

1. The Place of Sinners [Ps. 22:1-3]

2. The Presence of Scoffers [Ps. 22:4-18]

3. The Power of Salvation [Ps. 22:19-31]

 

III. IT WAS PERSONAL TO ME

1. The Gospel Truth [1 Cor. 15:3-6]

For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.

2. The Great Truth [Jn. 3:14-16, 15:13; 1 John 4:10]

-And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

-Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

-Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

3. The Gracious Truth [Eph. 2:1-10]

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins:; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.