Audio will be posted on May 31.
Truly This Was the Son of God!
Matthew 27:45-54
1. Setting/Context
• Matthew’s Spirit-inspired quest to show the significance of the death of Jesus
• transition from people around the cross to the Person on the cross
• transition from people around the cross to the Person on the cross
2. Cover of Darkness 46
• sign of judgment and OT connections (Amos 8:9, Ex. 10:21-23)
3. Cry of Abandonment 46-49
• statement and Psa. 22:1
• isolation and silence followed by responses of misunderstanding, pity and ridicule
• isolation and silence followed by responses of misunderstanding, pity and ridicule
4. Cry of Completion 50
• sovereign volunteer (Isa. 53:10-12) and an accomplished mission (Jn. 19:30)
5. Curtain Torn 51-53
• the issue of access (Heb. 10:19-25)
• testimony of the Father’s delight (Isa. 29:6, Ezek. 37:12-13, Dan. 12:2)
• testimony of the Father’s delight (Isa. 29:6, Ezek. 37:12-13, Dan. 12:2)
6. Confession of Identity 54
• rebuke of religious unbelief
7. So What?
• “Because of His role as your forsaken substitute, submit yourself fully to Jesus.”
• “Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed” (Watts)
• “Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed” (Watts)