April 10, 2020 -- Good Friday Sermon

Good Friday


Date: April 8, 2020


Text: John 19:30


Theme: It is Finished — A Strange Ordination


I. Who is this man?


A. Remembering the Magi — Here is the one born King


B. Remember the crowds — Here is the one who provides


C. Remember the Governor — Here is the one who brings peace


II. The Strange Ordination


A. The Inscription announces the King


B. He is naked … not in a royal robe — as was Adam


C. His throne is a wooden cross — not a throne of ivory


D. He crown is of thorns — not of gold


E. He is given vinegar to drink — not the richest of wines


III. Why?


A. As King of the Jews —- He is the rightful heir of Adam


B. Adam’s kingdom became one of death


C. Jesus inherited the Kingdom of death …


D. But death could not contain the Lord of Life


IV. It is Finished


A. Jesus is the Life


B. The domain of death exploded with Life


C. The power of Death is shattered forever.