Sermon
Good Friday: John 19
Redemption Church - Twin Cities
Speaker: Drew Stevenson
April 18, 2025 · 26 min
Summary
Drawing from John 19, the sermon examines why Christ's crucifixion is strange yet wonderful—exploring the crime of the cross (Jesus' silent suffering before Pilate), God's sovereign plan fulfilled through Old Testament prophecy, and Jesus' self-sacrificial love demonstrated even in agony. Listeners are called to receive Christ's finished work of salvation rather than relying on their own efforts.
Highlights
What held him there ultimately was not the devious plans of criminals. What held him there ultimately was love.
The difference between Christianity and every other religion is every other religion says you've got work to do. Christianity says Jesus did the work for you.
Jesus has a different type of life and a different type of love than we do naturally. He has eternal life abiding in him so that when he is squeezed the most, what comes out of him is love.