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The Cross

The Cross. Westchurch 24 October 2010. Mark 15.

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The Cross

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  1. The Cross Westchurch 24 October 2010

  2. Mark 15 6Now it was the custom at the Feast to release a prisoner whom the people requested. 7A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising. 8The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did. 9"Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?" asked Pilate, 10knowing it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him. 11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead. 12"What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?“ Pilate asked them. 13"Crucify him!" they shouted. 14"Why? What crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. . But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!“ 15Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.

  3. 21A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. ( Luke 23:  32Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. 33When they came to the place called the Skull (Golgotha), there they crucified him, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. 34Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. 25It was the third hour when they crucified him. 26The written notice of the charge against him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS. 27They crucified two robbers with him, one on his right and one on his left. 29Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, "So! 30come down from the cross and save yourself!" 31In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. "He saved others," they said, "but he can't save himself! 32Let this Christ, this King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.

  4. 33At the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lam sabachthani?"—which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" 35When some of those standing near heard this, they said, "Listen, he's calling Elijah." 36One man ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. "Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down," he said. (Luke 23:30. When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head.) 37With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. 38The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 39And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, "Surely this man was the Sonof God!" 40Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. 41In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there.

  5. The Cross

  6. Parable of Eden This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created. The LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. 8Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 9 And the LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 15The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."     22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 25The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

  7. The Fall of Man 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?" 2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' “ 4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman. 5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

  8. 8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the LORD God called to the man, "Where are you?" 10He answered, "I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so hid." 11And he said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?" 12The man said, "The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it." 13Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?“ The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." 14So the LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, "Cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. 15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."

  9. 17 To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it,'        "Cursed is the ground because of you;        through painful toil you will eat of it        all the days of your life. 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you,        and you will eat the plants of the field. 19 By the sweat of your brow        you will eat your food        until you return to the ground,        since from it you were taken;        for dust you are        and to dust you will return." 20 Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.

  10. 21 The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. 22 And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever." 23 So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. 24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

  11. The Parable of Eden God’s risk of human free will I can be a god My way is Wholesome, Enjoyable and Empowering Consequences: • Rejecting God’s authority • Shame • Blame • Hard work and adversity • Power relationships • Pain and suffering • Distance from God and banishment from paradise

  12. Back to Eden – Is there a way? God must do it by becoming one of us and winning us back by our free will The message of God’s kingdom – exercising free will for good • Peace for enemies • Food for hungry • Healing for sick • Release for the oppressed • Meekness instead of power • Service instead of dominance • Love instead of hatred • Selflessness instead of selfishness • Obedience instead of rebellion • Trust instead of suspicion

  13. Back to Eden – God becomes human Jesus was misunderstood ........ The children of Adam and Eve could only understand a kingdom of violence and domination God’s path through earth must be complete - He must feel the full effects of human free will: • Rebellion, shame, blame, adversity, oppression, violence • The injustice of false accusations • The victimisation of the worst and most despised criminal • Even the forsaking of God

  14. Back to Eden – The Cross Finally at the Cross the ultimate effects of human rebellion – death The most violent kind of death Gruesome public humiliation meted out on the Son of God • This is our response to God’s attempt to bring us back to him • His response is Father, forgive them, they dont know what they are doing • He has finally suffered all that we suffer and he said “It is finished”

  15. We stand at the Cross as equals • Equally condemned • Equally offered God’s grace • The story is not yet ended – that is next week • Who is worthy? You are worthy because you were slain . .... Rev 5 v12 More than animal skins to cover our shame. God has removed our shame and restored us to his paradise

  16. Confession Almighty and everlasting God You hate nothing that you have made And forgive the sins of all those who are penitent Create and make in us new and contrite hearts That lamenting our sins and acknowledging our weaknesses We may receive from you, the God of all mercy Perfect forgiveness and peace Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen Cramner

  17. O Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world Look upon us and have mercy upon us, You who are yourself both victim ad priest Both reward and redeemer Keep safe from all evil those who you have redeemed O Saviour of the world Amen St Irenaeus of Lyons

  18. How should we then live? The cross is the central story to our faith What difference does it make to our practice?

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