The Person of the Cross

Temple Baptist Church - 4-10-2000

Matthew 27:11-54

Intro: They watched Him there (Who Did They See?)- vs 36

1. Jesus Christ - Matthew 27:17

JESUS - SAVIOUR
CHRIST, n. THE ANOINTED; an name given to the Savior of the World

A. The Lamb Promised - Genesis 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will
provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

B. The Lamb Purposed - John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto
him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

1. Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him,
whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world.

C. The Lamb Provided - Ishaih 52:13-53:12

1. The Submissive Lamb - Isaiah 53:4-7

Philippians 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself,
and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

2. The Silent Lamb - Mark 15:3-5 And the chief priests accused him of
many things: but he answered nothing. And Pilate asked him again, saying,
Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against
thee. But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.

Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened
not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a
sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

3. The Sacrificial Lamb - John 10:15-18 As the Father knoweth me,
even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other
sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they
shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might
take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have
power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This
commandment have I received of my Father.

Matthew 20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered
unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

D. The Satisfying Lamb - Isaiah 53:10

1 John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he
loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

2. The Son Of God - Matthew 27:40, 54

Romans 8:1-3 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in
Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For
what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his
own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

A. The Beloved Son - Matthew 3:17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is
my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Mark 9:7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice
came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

B. The Only Begotten Son - John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt
among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the
Father,) full of grace and truth.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.

1 John 4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that
God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through
him.

3. The King Of The Jews - Matthew 27:37

A. He Is King Over All The Earth - Psalms 47:2 For the LORD most high is
terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

B. He Is The King Of All Glory - Psalms 24:7-10 Lift up your heads, O ye
gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in
battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and
the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts,
he is the King of glory. Selah.

C. He Is The King Of All Jews - Matthew 27:37 And set up over his head his
accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

D. He Is The King Of All Kings - 1 Timothy 6:15 Which in his times he shall
shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

Revelation 19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name
written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

E. He Is The King Of All Saints - Revelation 15:3 And they sing the song of
Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous
are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

4. The Lord Of Salvation - Luke 23:39-43

A. Believe Upon The Lord - “said unto Jesus, Lord”
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the
power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first,
and also to the Greek.

Romans 3:21-26 But now the righteousness of God without the law is
manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the
righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all
them that believe: for there is no difference: For all have sinned, and come
short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a
propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the
remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To
declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the
justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

B. Call Upon The Lord - “said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me”

Acts 2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name
of the Lord shall be saved.

Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall
be saved.

1 Corinthians 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them
that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every
place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: