Friday and the Cross

Apr 18, 2025 • Pastor Dan Bohannon

1. Gethsemane: The Crushing Begins

[[Matthew 26:36–46 (NASB95)]]

[[Luke 22:39–46 (NASB95)]]

2. The Betrayal: A Kiss Drenched in Treason

[[Matthew 26:47–56 (NASB95)]]

[[John 18:1–11 (NASB95)]]

3. The Desertion: Scattered Like Ashes in the Wind

[[Matthew 26:56 (NASB95)]]

4. The Trials: A Puppet Court in the Dead of Night

[[Matthew 26:57–27:26 (NASB95)]]

5. The Politicians: Cowards in Robes of Power

[[Luke 23; John 18–19 (NASB95)]]

6. The Scourging: The King Whipped Like a Slave

[[John 19:1–3 (NASB95)]]

7. The Cross: Horror and Hope on a Hill (Luke 23:26–49; John 19:16–30)

* ++“Father, forgive them…” — Forgive the ones who drove the spikes into my hands and feet.

* ++“Today, you’ll be with Me in paradise.” — Said to a repentant dying thief.

* ++“Woman, behold your son…Behold your mother” — Met the needs of His family from the pain of the cross.

* ++“My god, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" — He felt the full force of God’s abandoning wrath as He bore the sin of the world.

* ++“I thirst”— Exposing the reality of His humanity

* ++“It is finished.” — Their debt is PAID IN FULL.

* ++“Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.” — He took His the final breath.

8. The Burial: A Borrowed Grave for the King

[[John 19:38–42 (NASB95)]]

Jesus wasn’t a victim. He was a volunteer.

He didn’t die because He was overpowered.

He died because love compelled Him to do so.

He died for you. for me. for every sinner in every century.

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