Jesus' Cricufixion and Death

Ballard Campus 10-30-11 Pastor Mark Driscoll
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Luke 23:26-49
Jesus' Cricufixion and Death

This U-District building was held by a Baptist congregation who, when MH was in core group phase, PMD saw a sermon there railing against nuclear weapons instead of talking about Jesus

Who was there for Jesus' Death
Women followed weeping as Jesus walked to his place of Death
+The only thing worse than what Jesus suffered is what those who die without knowing Jesus will suffer
+He tells us that weeping for Him is not as important as weeping over my sin and the judgment just waiting to be poured out on those who don't know Jesus.
Jesus focuses the women's attention on the coming eternal suffering
The Men:
+Simon who carried the cross
+The two criminals
+The Roman soldiers
+The rulers
+The Centrion
+The Crowd
+His Acquaintances
Some are passive in their opposition to Jesus
The Sinner, the Soldiers, and the Scoffers
The Active opposers of Jesus
+The sinner - accused
+The Soldiers -
++They stripped Jesus naked
++They shoved a filty tolilet sponge into the mouth of God to shut him up
+The Scoffers:
++They railed against Jesus while is struggling to breathe
Jesus Reaction
A Prayer for forgiveness...That he answers
Jesus is the most exclusive truth in the World, you must go to him to be saved
Jesus is the most inclusive truth is the World, all can come to him even if they are evil all the time

Simon of Cyrene
He was assigned at random to carry Jesus' cross - God used this moment to connect simon to Jesus and start a multi generational line of faith
He had two sons Rufus and ???
One of them was named as a leader in the Early Church in Rome
Simon Met jesus and raised two kids to love Jesus

Legacy
God is calling

The Centurion
This is an elite leader of soldiers
He is a man's man who doesn't just hurt people he kills them
He is so compelled by jesus' conduct on the Cross that he comes to faith

The Sinner
He honestly asess himself as a sinner who is humble before his God
When we sin we are not breaking God's law we are breaking God's heart
He looks at Jesus and is given forgiveness

What Happend to Jesus: What is Cruscifixion?
It started with the Persians and impailing for days and it perfected over time until the Roman Crusicifixion
The Stype is the permanent bar in the ground
The Pytibulum is the cross bar that was brought to the site by the condemned
Josehius called crucifixion the most wretched of deaths
Cicero said decent Roman citizen ought not to speak of crusicixion
God saw cursed is AYONE who is hung on a tree
When Spatircus fell in battle 6,000 people were crusified in one day
These would be held in public, like shopping centers
The worst people would show up for crucifixion
+They would bet how long it would take to die would
In early AD, there was a Jewish uprising and the little boy Jesus may have seen the mass crusifixion and realized "That's where I will end up"
THIS IS WHAT WE DID TO GOD
Crucifixion inspired the word Excruciating which literally means from the cross

The Scouging of Jesus


The falling of Jesus under the Cross Bar


Jesus' nailing

Jesus's cross bar was dropped into the hole and the nails torn the most sensitive nerve centers of the human body

Jesus spiritual separation from his Father as he became SIN

Jesus said in a loud voice "IT IS FINISHED", he died with full lungs
He didn't die from asphixiation he died from a literally broken hear resulting from his fall under the cross
It's finished means that anyone who rejects Him has no excuse

Why did the worst thing possible happen to the best Man

"Aleximanus Worships his God" - Ancient Graffiti from a non-Christian

Roman 4 Jesus was delivered up for my tresspasses
Romans 5 While I was rebelling Jesus died for me
+God gave me God, the greatest gift possible
Since I ddn't deserve the Love of God I can never lose it or be disqualified from it

What is the most important Thing to know and to Learn?
Paul "That Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures"

Jesus Rose from Death

The Time of the Gentiles

Ballard Campus 8-14-11 Pastor Mark Driscoll
Tags: Prophesy, Escatology, Forknowledge, Soverinty
Luke 21:20-24
The Time of the Gentiles
How to see History - God's perspective on our existence
Forknowledge - Some have confidence and good guesses but God is the only
Prophesy - when God reveals the future
Soverinty - God orchestrating history and prophesy to demonstrate his foreknowledge
Jesus demonstates his Forknowledge for the coming 40 years after his death and resurrection and into out future
The conclusions of the three epochs of history
1 The Temple will be destroyed - Jewish practice will be ending
2 The time of the Gentiles - God doing something new
3 Jesus will return
The temple will be Destroyed
It will be surrounded and everyone should leave it
This was the connecting point between God and man, it was a great wonder of the world, the place where the whole nation found identity, the place of peace
This was the spot where generations and generations had come to worship God, all of your lineage as a Jew would tell stories about  the Temple
Then Jesus says all of this will be destroyed
You can't have love without wrath - God is fully Just, Wrathful, and Vengence
The destruction of the Temple was wrath from God because the nation rejected the Messiah and all the disciples putting 11 of the 12 to death.
This shows that Judgement will be pourred out on all those who reject Jesus and persecute his followers
During 70AD the Roman legions surrounded the city and waited to starve the city to death
Tacitus and Josephius both report that 500k to 1 million jews died in the siege of Jerusalem
+There was cannibalism and nursing mothers starved even as their children starved
A fire was accidentally set which burned some of the temple, then the order was given to totally deconstruct and tear down the entire city
The temple was torn appart stone by stone - It remains that way to this day
Judaism is over
We don't need to rely on a place to be closer to God, you can't be any closer than Jesus
+My faith is in a person not in a place
God chose to force the end of the Sacrificial System and the temple-centric religious system using the Romans to pour out his wrath
Jesus tells them to run away from the city (very counter-intuitive)
+The Jewish people stayed in the City and died
+The Chrstians lived and spread out carrying the good news with them
The Gentiles Will be Saved
Jesus says now the truth about God is going global
Gentiles are made into spiritual descendants of Abraham
Abram was a non-Jew who bleieved the Lord and it was credited to him as righteousness and he responded in obedience
+His spiritual descendants are the Christians because they trust in the same God who spoke to Abraham
Ruth, Rahab all became a worshipper of God and became spiritual descendants of Abraham by faith
God's plan was always to serve and redeem all of humanity so he accepted owrshippers who were not Jewish, the plan was to tell the world about Himself using the jews
God forced the issue by scattering the Christians in all dirrections
Translations (2000+ languages) and missionaries are sent everywhere even across the street
I get to be part of a global movement led by the Holy Spirit to bring the knowledge of Jesus to everyone
The only reconciliation that is possible is when people live for the Glory of Jesus
The logical next step is to plant churches where people can be taught and loved and protected from false doctrine
+The Resurgence
+Acts 29 - 400 US churches 500 potential leaders in process
+Campus plants
+Focus is in planting churches in cities because students, tourists, business poeple pass through cities and can take the news of Jesus to the nations - strategic
History Ends Because Jesus will Return
Straighten up and raise up your heads during this time
We must live faithfully and humbly until that day comes
The dead will rise
There will be a final judgment
There will be a heaven and hell
The Kingdom of God will cover all people and will never end
We must live our lives in light of eternity
Everything hinges on whether or not we trust in Jesus
Readying for Jesus Return
1 - Do you really believe that Jesus will return? Faith is believeing that Jesus is honest
2 - Am I overly concerned with the details of Jesus' return?
+Compelling His people to hysteria over the return of Jesus
3 - If Jesus comes today, would I regret anything?
4 - If Jesus comes today, who would I regret not telling about Jesus?
5 - How can I plan for future generations while living ready for judgment day?
+this required living in tension
+movements tend to either shortsightedness or long-term planning but not planning

The Worst Tragedies Can Be the Best Opportunities

West Seattle Campus 8-14-11 Pastor Mark Driscoll
Tags: Prophesy, Escatology
Luke 21:5-19
The Worst Tragedies Can Be the Best Opportunities
Scripture is true but still difficult to understand but it's all true
This is the most debated section of the New Testament
The debate is over which items were soon to occur to the early church and which are still unfulfilled
The worst tragedies are sometimes the best opportunities
+Like the Crucifixion
The Temple will be Destroyed
There will not be left one stone upon another...
+People are like what signs will show this?!
+Jesus is speaking about the core of all of Judiasm being destroyed, he is speaking of their hope and the only connection of God
This statement is scandalous to the ruling powers (Herod, the Roman Gov't, or the priests), when you take away someone's idol they react violently
+The temple was a massive idol
The listeners heard and they believed Him.
+They want to prepare themselves for this cataclyism.
False Teachers Will Arise
Jesus warns that wolves will come to lead people astray
+They will prey on the emotions of people who are afraid
+This is true in the Near day of Jesus and the Far days like today

Farakan, Harold Kamping, the SDA, the Johovah's Witnesses, etc all try to prey on people with fear by making predictions and exploiting they fear
Mars Hill is on the welcoming committee not the planning committee for Jesus' return to the World.
Fruits and Nuts
Arnold Potter 1800s - Claimed to be possessed by Jesus and became Jesus "Potter-Christ"
Bahula (1800s) founder of the behai faith, he claimed to be the uniter of all the major world religions
Sum Yung Moon - Claims to be the 2nd coming of Jesus incarnate
Jim Jones claimed to be the 2nd coming of Buddy, Jesus, and Vlad Lennin
Heaven Gate Cult - Mass suicide for a comet
David Karesh - Said he was the son of God and 70+ people died in Texas
Growing in Grace Cult - Jose Miranda - "I do must greater things than Jesus of Nazareth"

When we get stressed we tend to use something to be a medication - some idiot claiming to be God, or Alcohol, or Food, or money
+Anything we use to deliver use from hard times
+Anything other than Jesus goes away and disappoints and devastates, because all things pass away
Sin Will Continue
Their will be horror on a massive scale - War, weather, genocides, etc.
+This is all because of Sin, God called the whole World good, we made life crooked
Desasters are like dress rehersals for the final end of Sin - Charles Haddon Spurgeon
In 3,400 years of recorded history there have been less than 300 years without war - ????
Jesus' People Will be Persecuted
Covert - no rewards, loss of jobs, loss of promotion, demotion, familial rejection, maginalization from friends, divorce
Overt - Murders and false criminal charges
Make the Most of Every Opportunity
With all the terror coming, what do we do? We get to testify about Jesus
Don't think about when to say, I will speak on your behalf
Jesus is our great message to minister to the people under the horrible circumstances of a world in peril
Jesus Christ makes persecution meaningful and even in the darkness of the days leading up to the end
Jerusalem's Fall
Canabalism, 500k-1mil jews died when the Romans lay siege to the City and eventually tore down the temple in 40AD
Even this horrible event was used by god to force the Christians out into the World to spread the good news

Jesus Christ is Lord, King, and Savior

Ballard Campus 6-26-11 Pastor Mark Driscoll
Tags: Wedding, Funeral, Prophesy
Luke 19:28-44
Jesus Christ is Lord, King, and Savior
Kids are innately desiring of being a prince or a princess/queen
Then they graduate to loving a wedding
The biggest moment for the bride is when the doors open and she sees the groom and knows he is there for her
The Brits were really into the royal wedding
+18million watched on the internet, 40 million on TV, 500,000 on the street
The Story fo theBible is that Jesus the prince of peace came to take a bride for himself
The entry of Jesus to Jerusalem as a prince riding in his processional to claim his bride
The day when the wedding finally happens is coming and the World will erupt in joy
Jesus Christ is Lord
Jesus says get the colt and say the LORD needs it
This procession is on the eve of the big holiday of Passover
Jesus chooses a lowly pack animal as his royal entry vehicle
The King of Kings rides into town on a beater Kia
He continually chose humility when he could have used his infinite power to live a life of grandeur and wealth and comfort, yet he rides a Kia
Jesus calling himself Lord was treason against Rome
Jesus calling himself Lord would be blasphemy to the Jews, He is saying "I am God" and he got kiled for that statement
Prophesy
Zacheriah 9 said that Jesus' entry will be at Jerusalem and there will be shouting even though he rides a colt the foul of a donkey in humility
The crowd knew this verse well and then they see Jesus and they flip out
The feeling of the crowd was like a bride who had been promised a husband and waited and waited and loses hope, then one day she meets him and walks toward her and she knows, "Oh here he is!"
+This is the feeling in Jerusalem they see it and the very stones of the city is ready to sing out
This is why we love weddings, processionals, why little girls like t dress up for a wedding, it's an echo of the Gospel.
Jesus Christ is King
At this time Jesus has ministered in more than 35 locations and here he comes into the city
Jesus is soo poor that he doesn't even have a saddle so his disciples offer they coats
+This is huge generosity
+Most folks only had one cloak and they need it, yet they are generous
The disciples go first by raising up Jesus and exalt him, then other people join in and praise Jesus
+Would I throw my most important possesion on the ground for Jesus to trample in worship?
Jesus' red carpetentry is one the coats of the poor giving they most vital possesion to worship God
David, a loved king, he rode a lowly donkey around his kingdom showing he was a humble king
+Later other kings rode more regal animals fit for a king and Jesus shows up back on a donkey's colt
Psalm 118 - a Psalm sung for a King riding out to kill the enemies of Israel "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord"
+This song is the same one that was sung as the King goes out to war
+this is fitting because Jesus is coming to wage war and conquer our enemies of Satan, Sin, Death, and to bear the wrath of God
Peace in heaven means that Jesus actually brings peace with God
+Before this time God was at war and we had no peace with God
+Only in Jesus will the wrath passover me because it would be unjust to punish both me and Jesus
The People want Peace and so they sing to the only one who can bring it
There are two Kings, two Kingdoms, two color Black and White.
+Jesus will deal justly with his enemies
The crowd is rejoicing because God is bringing Peace between Man and God
+Appart from Jesus that peace is not possible, without Jesus to show up and reconcil there will be eternal consequence for the rejection of God
Mars Hill Church
Do we get really excited about Jesus like at a concert and sporting event?
All of creation was made to worship Jesus, and it is yearning to cry out in worship to it's creator
Charismatic - The responce to the wedding monent of Knowing Jesus is loving "Jesus loves me unconditionally"  Yeah!!
Mars Hill & Me - More of a funeral Chirstian "Oh I killed God" Oh Shit!
Mars is just a bunch of People gathered around Jesus rejoicing around how awesome he is
Jesus Christ is Savior
All of a Christian life is a series of weddings and Funerals
Jesus weeps over his City of Jerusalem who is blind to its only hope and misses the precious moment
People closed their eyes spiritually speaking
Real men don't cry except for what breaks the heart of God
It's only recorded three times where Jesus wept
1 - His buddies funeral, Lazarus
2 - Over Jerusalem
3 - In the garden before his dies
While the crowd enjoys a wedding moment, Jesus weeps because the people are missing the moment and that the City will be judged in destruction
It's a lot easier to criticize how people worship than to worship

The Bible is About Jesus

Ballard Campus 5-29-11 Pastor Mark Driscoll

Tags: Scripture, Prophesy,

Luke 18:31-34

The Bible is about Jesus

"Father rip my heart open with this word to my mind"

Divine Inspiration - God writing a letter to his people through human authors

Pastor Mark did this sermon completely off the cuff and on NO FREAKING SLEEP!!

1551 - Verses added to the Bible

25% of the Bible is the NT

1500 years ~40 Authors 3 languages

400 years of silence between OT and NT

OT 1889 chapters, 31,173 verses

Hundreds of time the authors say "Thus sayeth the lord" - this is a book from God

The Authors saw themselves as messengers from God speaking His words

Is it about Us? About History of a nation? A moralistic tale?

What is the central message of this collection of Books?

Jesus is saying that all the OT authors were talking about the Son of Man and all the little details

1 - Jerusalem is the culmination of Jesus' mission on Earth, he came to Earth to come to Jerusalem and die and rise

Called the city of David because King David was given the original mandate to build God's house

The place where Abraham almost sacrificed his son

"...[the sacrifice] will be provided" - Jesus will come to this same place carrying his own wood as the atonment for the whole world

The temple was forshadowing the coming of God in flesh where the very presense of God would dwell with man

The temple was the connecting place between heaven and Earth where God touches his people

Jesus is prophesying about himeself:

1 - Arrested and handed over to non-Jews

2 - Mocked

3 - Shamefully treated

4 - Spit upon

5 - Flogged

6 - He would die

7 - And how he would die

8 - He would be resurrected to never die again

Everything That I will experience is fulfillment of what God had pre-ordained in all the prophesies, it is impossible for any of the prophesies to not come true

"The Bible is about Me," is what Jesus is saying

If the OT is about Jesus, where does he show up?

Where is Jesus in the Old Testament?

Christophanies - Jesus as eternally pre-existant God breaking in "cameo apperances" - Walked with Abraham, Wrestled Joseph, Spoke to Moses, with Daniel in the furnace, he calls Isaiah into ministry in that crazy vision that was gifted to Isaiah, he provided the alternate sacrifice for Isaac - The angel of the Lord is different from an angel of the Lord, journeyed and ministred to Moses

Types - OT institutions, representatives figures, events that anticipate Jesus' work and coming: Adam is the first man and Jesus is the second Adam, the priest hood - Jesus as our high priest, David as a King Jesus is King of Kings, Moses and other Prophets and Jesus is our ultimate prophet, animal sacrifices with lambs shedding blood as Jesus would later, The temple - God's precesnse dwelling with us as Jesus came to dwell with his people the temple's veil was torn showing that God comes to be with each of his people as the temples, Shepherds caring for their sheep like Jesus, judges rendering verdicts as Jesus the Judge, Bread/vines/light of which Jesus is all to his people

Analogous service - People who do things that Jesus fully accomplishes:

Jesus is...

True and better Adam shown by Jesus passing his test in a garden unlike Adam

True and better Able who was slain though innocent

True and better Issac carrying his own wood to his death

True and better Jaccob who though wounded limped away from his fight

True and better Joseph betrayed for money but exalted by God the Father

True and better Moses who leads God's people out of Slavery to freedom

True and better Job trempted by satan in the Desert

True and better David who though should have been defeated by evil triumphed

True and better Jonah who preached the truth to a city who came to faith

True and better Boaz redeeming Ruth like Jesus will redeem his people

True and better Nehemiah rebuilging the city

True and better Hosea pursuing his whoring wife like Jesus does with his Bride the Church

Events - Events that forshadow the coming and works of Jesus

Exodus narrative where Gods people are redeemed from tryanny and slavery through the shedding of blood - the whole poing of Passover is Jesus, without the shedding of Jesus blood there is no forgiveness for sin

Titles - high name for Jesus describing his roles as God and savior who will setup a Kingdom that will never end

The suffering servant

Bridegroom

Light

Rock

Shepherd

Lord of Glory

Son of Man

Prophesy - the most common category where Jesus shows up in the Bible, a miracle of God where God shows up to reveal the future, these show that the Bible was inspired by God

Years before Jesus...

1000 - Psalm 16 - Holy one will not see corruption, Jesus though dead will not rot away he will rise

1000 - Psalm 22 - My God Why have you forsaken me, Jesus is quoting the Bible and fulfillinf

1000 - Psalm they have pierced my hands and my feet, Hundreds of years before crusifixion is invented

1000 - Psalm 41 - my friend has raised his heel to me (giving him the finger) - Judas will betray Jesus

700 - Isaiah 50 - gave my back to striking, beard pulled out, hid not my face from spitting

700 - Isaiah 52 - apprearance so marred beyond human semblance (an unrecognizeable mess) and high and lifted up (on a cross)

700 - Isaiah 53 - cut off out of the land of the living, burried with the rich in his death, put to grief, out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied - All of this is about the resurrection