1. Welcome

2. People at the Cross

3. Luke 2:1-11

4. People at the Cross
Luke 23:35-36

5. Mocked Him

6. Matt. 27:39-44
39. And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.

7. Mark 15: “And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest [it] in three days, Save thyself, and come down from the cross.”
Luke 23:39 NKJV “Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, "If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us."
Psalms 22:7,8 “All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8 He trusted on the LORD [that] he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.”

8. Mocked Him
Spit on Him

9. Mark 14:65 “And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.”
Mark 15:19 “And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing [their] knees worshipped him.”
Matt. 27:30 “And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.”

10. Mocked Him
Gave Vinegar
Spit on Him

11. Matt. 27: “And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted [thereof], he would not drink.”
John 19:29 “Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put [it] upon hyssop, and put [it] to his mouth.”
Mark 15:36 “And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.”

12. Mocked Him
Gave Vinegar
Spit on Him
Stabbed Him

13. John 19:34 “But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.”
Psalms 22:16b... “...they pierced my hands and my feet.”
Revelation 1: 7 “Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they [also] which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.”

14. Mocked Him
Gave Vinegar
Spit on Him
Stabbed Him

15. Cried for Him

16. Mourned and lamented = NKJV
Luke 23: “And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. 28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.”
Mourned and lamented = NKJV

17. People
at the
Cross
Some today treat Jesus
The same Way

18. People at the Cross Today
Hebrews 6:6 “ If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put [him] to an open shame.”

19. People at the Cross Today Good Moral life = salvation
Mock Him
Good Moral life = salvation
Acts 10:35 “But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.”
Gal. 6:7 “Be not deceived; GOD IS NOT MOCKED: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”

20. People at the Cross Today Deny their faith - turn away
Spit on Him
Deny their faith - turn away
2 Pet. 2:20-21 “again entangled therein”
2 Tim. 4:10 “For Demas hath forsaken me,”
Heb. 10:29 “trodden under foot the Son of God”

21. People at the Cross Today
Give Vinegar
A Hypocrite
God knows the heart - they are not sincere
“Does not intend to be what he pretends to be”
Matt. 24:51 “…his portion with the hypocrites”
Rev. 3:16 “lukewarm” Laodicea

22. People at the Cross Today
Stabbed Him
Reject Jesus
Jn. 6: “From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
67. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
68. Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
69. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.”

23. People at the Cross Today Penitent people can cry
Crying for Him
Penitent people can cry
Acts 2: “…they were pricked in their heart”
NKJV “they were cut to the heart”
NASV “they were pierced to the heart”
Peter’s sermon carried conviction !

24. People at the Cross
Cried for Him

25. People at the Cross
“…that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.” Heb. 2:9

26. What are you doing with Jesus ?
People at the Cross
What are you doing with Jesus ?

28. Nelson Chapel Church of Christ
5039 Six Mile Road
Maryville, Tn
April 16, 2017
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
2705 Druid Hill Dr.
Maryville, Tn