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
A PLAN OF ATONEMENT
A PLAN OF REDEMPTION
A PLAN OF RESTORATION
AND JUST LIKE GOD SENT
ABRAHAM TO MT MORIAH TO
SACRIFICE ISAAC
TO SEE IF ABRAHAM LOVE HIM
MORE THAN HE LOVE ISAAC
GOD SENT HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN
TO CALVARY
TO SHOW US HOW MUCH HE
REALLY LOVE YOU AND ME
YOU SEE AT CALVARY JESUS
BECAME OUR SIN OFFERING
BECAUSE HE IS THE LAMB OF GOD
WHO TAKETH AWAY THE SINS OF
THE WORLD
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. WELL NOT ONLY DOES LUKE
TELLS
US ABOUT THERE AT A PLACE
CALL CALVARY –
THEY – HIS VERY OWN
CRUCIFIED –WHAT THEY DID
BUT THE TEXT ALSO REVEALS
WHO THEY DID IT TO ----HIM
YOU SEE MY BROTHER AND
SISTERS IN
Genesis –HIM IS OUR Creator & promised Redeemer
IN Exodus –HIM IS the Passover Lamb
IN Leviticus – HIM IS OUR High Priest
IN Numbers –HIM IS OUR water in the desert
IN Deuteronomy – Him becomes the curse for us
IN Joshua –Him is the Commander of the army of the Lord
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
HIM IS ABELS VINDICATOR
HIM IS NOAH`S ARK
HIM IS ABRAHAM FRIEND
HIM IS ISAAC SUBTITUTE AND JACOB`S SHILOH
HIM IS MOSES BUSH ON FIRE AND MIRIAM SONG
EZEKIEL WHEEL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WHEEL
ISIAH LAMB HIGH AND LIFTED UP
DANIELS STONE HEWD OUT OF A STONE
JOB HORSE PAWING IN THE VALLEY
HIM IS THE ONE HEROD COULD`NT KILL
SIN COULD`NT SEDUCE
DEATH COULD`NT KEEP HIM
AND THE GRAVE COULD`NT HOLD HIM
BECAUSE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
HIM GOT UP WITH ALL POWER IN HIS HANDS
