Sermon
Jesus on the Cross | Matthew 27:24-66
Treeline Church
Speaker: David Livingston
April 29, 2024 · 42 min
Summary
Matthew portrays Jesus's crucifixion as a royal enthronement rather than defeat. Through the crown of thorns, physical crucifixion, darkness, and the tearing of the temple curtain, Jesus takes humanity's sin and judgment upon himself, making him the only way to God and demanding a complete life response.
Highlights
The cross of Jesus Christ is either nothing—he's just one person buried in the ground—or he's actually the true Son of God, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. It's either nothing or it's everything. There's no in between.
What the cross is saying is that our sin is actually way more serious than we could imagine, but somehow we are also more loved than we dared imagine.
Jesus Christ looks at you in the fullest, realest version of who you are—all your sin, all your brokenness—and sees something valuable enough that he willingly walks that road and says: I will pay that cost.