THE WORD OF SALVATION
The Last Words Of Jesus—Part 3 of 5
Mark 15.31-36
Mark 10.45 “… the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (csb)
Mark 15.25 “… it was the third hour when they crucified him.” (esv)
v. 34 “… Jesus cried with a loud voice …’My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’” (esv)
John 16.32 “… you will be scattered … and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.” (esv)
THESE WORDS MEAN THAT JESUS WAS …
FACING THE Root Of Our Problem
v. 31 “… the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, ‘He saved others; he cannot save himself.’” (esv)
Matthew 1.21 “… name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” (csb)
Isaiah 53.5 “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.” (niv)
MOTIVATED BY THE Love Of The Father
By Virtue of His Position? YES!
John 10.17–18 “… I lay down my life … No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again.” (csb)
By Virtue of His Mission? NO!
Matthew 26.39 “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” (esv)
John 3.16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” (esv)
John 13.1 “… Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.” (esv)
SATISFYING THE Justice Of God
1 Peter 2.24 “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree …” (esv)