The Death Of Deliverance-2(2025)

The DEATH Of DELIVERANCE-II—Mark 15:26-47(15:1-47)

This ‘bare-bones’ sermon was delivered @ Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting by 1)focusing on the historical aspects presented thru reading the verses themselves, 2)presenting the bare divisions, & 3)commenting from memory in the moment.

Need:

To examine the historical reality of Jesus’ death on the Cross & thus to wrest/rescue the ‘Easter season’(as with the ‘Christmas season’) from the confines of secular thinking.

Mk. 9:31-32—“He taught His disciples & said to them, “The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men, & they will kill Him. And after He is killed, He will rise the third day.” But they did not understand this saying, & were afraid to ask Him.”

Mark related/described the chain of events surrounding Jesus’ death on the Cross.

Certain events transpired in bringing about the death of Deliverance.

BUT:

*?What causes Deliverance to die?

OR:

?How does Deliverance die?

10 delusions ensuring the death of Deliverance.

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Sunday morning we found that...

Deliverance dies with Delusions of...

1. POWER(:1-5)

2. GAIN(:6-15)

3. CONTROL(:16-20)

4. CONDEMNATION(:21-25)

Today we'll ALSO find that:

5—Deliverance ALSO dies with Delusions of...

ASSIGNMENT/Categorization(:26-28)

Explanation:(:26-28) Categorize

:26—“And the inscription of His accusation was written above: THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

Written in Hebrew, Greek & Latin—Lk. 23:38; Jn. 19:20

:27—“With Him they also crucified two robbers, one on His right & the other on His left.”

—Jesus was not the only one crucified that Friday. 2 real criminals(“robbers”) were also crucified on either side of Jesus.

:28—“So the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And He was numbered with the transgressors.””

—Fulfillment of Isa. 53:9, 12—a distinctly Messianic chapter.

The Delusion that Jesus was deserving of His punishment.

So Jesus died a criminal’s death. Between 2 actual criminals.

Argumentation:

Mat. 11:18-19—““For John came neither eating nor drinking, & they say, ‘He has a demon.’ “The Son of Man came eating & drinking, & they say, ‘Look, a glutton & a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors & sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.””

Mk. 2:15-17—“Now it happened, as He was dining in Levi’s house, that many tax collectors & sinners also sat together with Jesus & His disciples; for there were many, & they followed Him. And when the scribes & Pharisees saw Him eating with the tax collectors & sinners, they said to His disciples, “How is it that He eats & drinks with tax collectors & sinners?” When Jesus heard it, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

1Sam. 16:7—“...For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

1Cor. 1:27-29—“But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, & God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; & the base things of the world & the things which are despised God has chosen, & the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence.”

Illustration:

After the Twin Towers fell, but before the ISIS Crisis, our immediate family was returning from a vacation to Gettysburg, PA. We decided to stop for one day & catch a glimpse of the U.S. Capital environs. On a train into Washington D.C. there was a family of Middle-eastern dress & descent. ?Muslims?—People outside of my box. I immediately thought of terrorists! Assumptions of ASSIGNMENT

•They could have been Christians who had lived under the thumb of Sharia Law & traveling to the US for residency.

•They could have been Christian missionaries returning to speak in a church, demonstrating traditional garb.

•They could have been ‘non-Jihadist’ Muslims.

Application:

?Have YOUR Delusions of ASSIGNMENT/Categorization dismissed the Deliverance offered to you in Christ?

?Have your Delusions removed God’s true Deliverance from your life?

Do You ASSIGN people to categories based on Looks(hair, clothing, jewelry, vehicle, residence, etc.), Smell, Career, Jobs, Education, Inabilities, Abilities, Challenges, Skin color, Accent, etc....

But do you trust that ASSIGNMENT for the rest of your life?.....

*If you do, then your Deliverance is Dead!

You ASSIGN the Church a place with the dregs & on the fringes of society, with all the other ‘nut-buckets,’ & so, NOT to be taken seriously.

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So far we’ve found that...

Deliverance dies with Delusions of...

1. POWER(:1-5)

2. GAIN(:6-15)

3. CONTROL(:16-20)

4. CONDEMNATION(:21-25)

5. ASSIGNMENT/Categorization(:26-28)

We’ll find that...

6—Deliverance ALSO dies with Delusions of...

IMPOTENCE/Inability(:29-32)

Explanation:(:29-32) ‘What I CAN do’, versus ‘What I do.’

It is never IMPOTENCE when God acts contrary to our choosing, OR if a godly person acts contrary to popular opinion or even common sense.