THE OPPOSITES AT THE CROSS THE OPPOSITES AT
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THE OPPOSITES AT THE CROSS
THE OPPOSITES AT THE BEATITUDES Matthew 5: 3 -12 • BLESSED… • POOR OWN THE KINGDOM (3) • THOSE WHO MOURN WILL BE COMFORTED (4) • THE GENTLE / MEEK WILL INHERIT THE WORLD (5) • THE HUNGRY AND THIRSTY WILL BE SATISFIED (6) • THE MERCIFUL WILL RECEIVE MERCY (7) • THE PERSECUTED WILL BE VICTORIOUS (10 -12)
OBSERVED BY THE BYSTANDERS • HE HAD GREAT POWER, BUT DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER (MT. 27: 41) • HE SAVED OTHERS BUT CANNOT SAVEHIMSELF (MT. 27: 42) • HE TRUSTED GOD, BUT GOD WON’T RESCUE HIM (MT. 27: 43)
THE OPPOSITES AT THE CROSS • THE JUST DIED FOR THE UNJUST I( PET. 3: 18) • LIFE (JOHN 14: 6) DIEDM( T. 27: 50) • THE ONE WHO GAVE LIFE J( OHN 1: 2 -3) GAVE UP HIS LIFE (JOHN 10: 17 -18) • THE TRUTH (JOHN 14: 6) WAS LIED ABOUTM(K. 14: 56) • THE HEALER (MT. 4: 23) WAS WOUNDEDM(T. 27: 26) • BY HIS WOUNDS WE WERE HEALED I( PET. 2: 24)
THE OPPOSITES AT THE CROSS • HIS BODY BORE OUR SINS I( PET. 2: 24) • THE REVILED DID NOT REVILE I( PET. 2: 23) • THE ONE WHO GIVES LIVING WATER J( OHN 4: 10) THIRSTED (JOHN 19: 28) • THE ONE WHO WILL JUDGE ALL MEN II I(I COR. 5: 10) WAS JUDGED BY MEN (JOHN 19: 13) • WHILE LOOKING AT THE LIGHT J( OHN 8: 12) THE WORLD WAS DARK (MT. 27: 45) • WATCHED BY THE BLIND (MT. 27: 36; LK. 23: 35; JOHN 19: 37… MT. 13: 13; 23: 16; JOHN 9: 39 -41)
THE OPPOSITES AT THE CROSS • THE HOLY ONE IS ACCUSED OF BEING UNHOLY M ( T. 27: 65) • THE KING WAS WORSHIPED IN MOCKERY M ( T. 27: 27 -30) • LIFTED UP (JOHN 12: 32 -33) TO BE BROUGHT LOW (JOHN 11: 53) • THE SON DIED FOR THE ENEMIES R ( OM. 5: 10)
THE POINT OF THE OPPOSITES: WE DON’T DESERVE JESUS’ SACRIFICE
THE SADDEST OPPOSITES NOW… • MINDLESSLY PARTAKE OF THE REMEMBRANCE • MEANINGLESS ACTION TO COMMEMORATE THE MOST MEANINGFUL ACTION • HEARTLESSLY PARTAKING OF THE HEARTFELT SACRIFICE • IN AN UNWORTHY MANNER, PARTAKING OF THE LORD WHO IS WORTH THE MOST.
“Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord” I Corinthians 11: 27
