(A Place Called Calvary)

Luke 23:33 (KJV)

33 And when they were come to the place,

which is called Calvary, there they

crucified him, and the malefactors, one on

the right hand, and the other on the left.

THE WORD OF GOD FOR THE CHILDREN OF

GOD

VERY BRIEFLY IF I COULD GET A BAPTIST

AMEN -A METHODIST NOD -AND A

SANTIFIED CHURCH HALLELUJAH

I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT

(A PLACE CALLED CALVARY)

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

THERE WE`RE MANY SPECIAL PLACES THAT

PLAYED A PART IN OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS EARTHLY LIFE

PLACES LIKE BETHLEHEM ,BETHANY,NAZARETH

THERE WAS EVEN PLACES LIKE

THE JUDEAN HILLSIDE

THE SHORES OF GALILEE –THE SYNAGOGUES IN THE VILLIAGES

AS WELL THE TEMPLE IN AT JERUSALEM

EVEN THOUGH ALL THESE PLACES

WERE IMPORTANT PLACES IN THE LIFE OF JESUS

BUT THEY WE`RE MERELY STEPS ALONG THE PATH TO A PLACE CALLED CALVARY

AND THE REASON WHY IS

BECAUSE EVERY STEP JESUS TOOK IN HIS EARTHLY LIFE WAS LEADING HIM TO A PLACE

THE HEBREWS CALL----GOLGOTHA

BUT THE ROMANS CALLS CALVARY

YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS CALVARY PAINTS US A PICTURE OF HUMAN HATRED REACHING IT`S LOWEST EBB

BUT IT ALSO SHOWS DIVINE LOVE SOARING TO IT`S HIGHTEST PEAK

CALVARY PAINTS A PICTURE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN EVIL LURKS IN THE MIND OF MAN

BUT IT ALSO SHOWS THE ABUNDANCE OF LOVE IN THE HEART OF GOD

BECAUSE CALVARY ALLOWS US TO SEE SIN AT IT`S WORST

BUT GRACE AT IT`S BEST

EVEN THOUGH CALVARY REMINDS US THAT WE ARE WRETCHED SINNERS

BUT IT ALSO REVEALS TO US THAT JESUS IS A LOVING SAVIOR

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IN THE TEXT BEFORE US DR LUKE GIVES US 4 WORDS

THAT CHANGE THE WORLD AT A PLACE CALL CALVARY

AND THEM 4 WORDS ARE

(THERE THEY CRUCIFIED HIM)

YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

THERE SPEAKS OF CALVARY

AND THERE IS NO OTHER WORD IN THE HUMAN LANGUAGE

THAT IS PACK WITH MORE MEANING AND FILLED WITH MORE PASSION

THAN THE WORD CALVARY

BECAUSE CALVARY CAUSES US TO REFLECT ON

THE PAIN AND SUFFERING OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST ENDURED ON THE CROSS

CALVARY - A PIECE OF REAL ESTATE OUTSIDE THE GATES OF JERUSALEM

THAT RESEMBLE THE SKULL OF A DEAD MAN

A PLACE OF SUFFERING , SORROW AND DEATH

IT WAS THERE AT CALVARY

WHERE HE WHO IS INFINITE WAS CRUCIFIED BY THOSE WHO WE`RE FINITE

YOU SEE _____________

AT CALVARY SIN WAS DEFEATED

THE POWER OF SATAN FOREVER BROKEN

AND THE BLACK HALLS OF DEATH

WERE INVADED BY THE PRINCE OF LIFE

AND REDEMPTION AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IS FOREVER= CLAIM

FOR THOSE OF US WHO PUT OUR TRUST IN JESUS CHRIST

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WELL NOT ONLY DOES LUKE TELL US WHERE THEY CRUCIFIED JESUS

BUT TEXT HE ALSO REVEALS WHO CRUCIFIED JESUS

FOR LUKE SAYS - THEY

AND A CLOSER EXAMINATION OF THIS 23 CHAPTER OF LUKE

THERE IS ONE LITTLE PRONOUN THAT KEEPS APPEARING

AND IT`S THE WORD THEY

AND THE WORD THEY GIVES US A GLIMPSE INTO THE HEART OF THE PEOPLE

YOU SEE IN VERSE

VER-18 THEY CHOSE BARABBAS OVER JESUS

VER-21 THEY CRIED FOR HIS DEATH

VER-23 THEY WAS DETERMINED TO SEE HIM DEAD

VER- 26 THEY LEAD HIM AWAY

VER – 33 THEY CRUCIFIED HIM

BUT WHAT MAKES THIS SO TRAGIC

IS THAT JESUS WAS (THEY)PROMISE MESSIAH

YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

THEY HAD WAITED ON HIM

THEY LOOKED WITH GREAT EXSPECTATION FOR HIM

AND WHEN HE CAME (THEY) REFUSE TO ACCEPT HIM

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WELL NOT ONLY DOES LUKE TELLS US ABOUT THERE & THEY

BUT THE TEXT ALSO REVEALS THAT THERE AT CALVARY THEY CRUCIFIED JESUS

AND IT THE TRUTH BE TOLD

THOSE WORDS DOES NOT EVEN BEGIN TO COVEY

THE HORROR OF WHAT JESUS ENDURED ON THAT CROSS

BECAUSE EVEN BEFORE HE ARRIVED AT CALVARY

HE HAD PASS THROUGH 4 KANGAROO COURTS OF ANCIENT PALESTINE

JESUS WAS

BEATEN BY THE JEWS AND THE ROMAN SOLDIERS

HE ENDURED THE HORROR OF THE ROMAN SCOURGE

HE HAD BEEN MOCKED – RIDICULED SPIT UPON

LEAD HIM UP THE VIA DOLOROSA

THE ROAD OF SORROWS

TO A PLACE CALL CALVARY

NAILED TO A CROSS BETWEEN 2 THEIVES

THE ONE ON THE LEFT WAS DYING IN SIN

ONE ON THE RIGHT DYING TO SIN

AND THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE DYING FOR ALL OF OUR SINS

EVEN ON CALVARY THEY MOCK HIM AND RIDICULED HIM

THEY CLAIMED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO SAVE OTHERS

BUT WHAT THEY FAIL TO REALIZE

IS THAT JESUS STAYED ON THE

CROSS

NOT BECAUSE HE COULD`NT COME DOWN

BUT HE STAYED THERE BECAUSE

HE WOULD`NT COME DOWN

HE STAYED THERE TO PAY OUR

SIN BILL

IN OTHER WORD

AT CALVARY PAID A DEBT THAT HE DID NOT OWE

A SIN BILL THAT WE COULD NOT

PAY

BUT GOD HAD A PLAN