Jesus is Mocked by Ungrateful Sinners

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Jesus is Mocked by Ungrateful Sinners

• Matthew 2727-44

Presented by Bob DeWaay September 11, 2005
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They Mock Jesus Kingship

• Matthew 2727, 28
• Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus
  into the Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman
  cohort around Him. And they stripped Him, and put
  a scarlet robe on Him.

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Jesus Predicted They Would Mock Him

• Matthew 2019
• and will deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and
  scourge and crucify Him, and on the third day He
  will be raised up. "

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Sevenfold Mockery of our Lord

• 1) Mock Royal Robe (vs 28)
• 2) Mock Crown (vs 29)
• 3) Mock Royal Scepter (vs 29)
• 4) Mock Adulation (vs 29)
• 5) Mock Royal Greeting (vs 29)
• 6) Direct Mockery of Spitting (vs 30)
• 7) Mockery of Being Beaten with His own Scepter
  (vs 30)

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A Mock Royal Garment

• Matthew 2728
• And they stripped Him, and put a scarlet robe on
  Him.

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Though They Mock Jesus, They Unwittingly Show
That He is Bearing the Curse

• Matthew 2729
• And after weaving a crown of thorns, they put it
  on His head, and a reed in His right hand and
  they kneeled down before Him and mocked Him,
  saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

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Thorns Are a Sign of The Curse of Sin on the World

• Genesis 318
• Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you
  And you shall eat the plants of the field

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They Show Hatred for the Jews by Mocking Their
Disgraced King

• Matthew 2729
• And after weaving a crown of thorns, they put it
  on His head, and a reed in His right hand and
  they kneeled down before Him and mocked Him,
  saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

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The Roman Soldiers Think They Prove Their
Superiority by Beating this King with His own
Scepter.

• Matthew 2730
• And they spat on Him, and took the reed and
  began to beat Him on the head.

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Jesus Had Already Been Cruelly Flogged

• Matthew 2731
• And after they had mocked Him, they took His
  robe off and put His garments on Him, and led Him
  away to crucify Him.

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Simon the Cyrene Is Conscripted

• Matthew 2732
• And as they were coming out, they found a man of
  Cyrene named Simon, whom they pressed into
  service to bear His cross.

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Golgatha

• Matthew 2733
• And when they had come to a place called
  Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull,

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Scripture is Fulfilled

• Matthew 2734
• they gave Him wine to drink mingled with gall
  and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink.
• Psalm 6921
• They also gave me gall for my food, And for my
  thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

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More Scripture is Fulfilled

• Matthew 2735, 36
• And when they had crucified Him, they divided up
  His garments among themselves, casting lots and
  sitting down, they began to keep watch over Him
  there.

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More Scripture is Fulfilled

• Psalm 2218
• They divide my garments among them, And for my
  clothing they cast lots.

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The Charge Against JesusFilled with Irony

• Matthew 2737
• And they put up above His head the charge
  against Him which read, THIS IS JESUS THE KING
  OF THE JEWS.

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Jesus is Numbered with the Transgressors

• Matthew 2738
• At that time two robbers were crucified with
  Him, one on the right and one on the left.

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Jesus is Numbered with the Transgressors

• Isaiah 5312
• Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the
  great, And He will divide the booty with the
  strong Because He poured out Himself to death,
  And was numbered with the transgressors Yet He
  Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for
  the transgressors.

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More Scripture Fulfilled

• Matthew 2739
• And those passing by were hurling abuse at Him,
  wagging their heads,
• Psalm 227
• All who see me sneer at me They separate with
  the lip, they wag the head

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Like Satan They Question His Divine Sonship

• Matthew 2740
• and saying, You who are going to destroy the
  temple and rebuild it in three days, save
  Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down
  from the cross.

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They Want a King Without a Cross

• Matthew 2741, 42
• In the same way the chief priests also, along
  with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him,
  and saying, He saved others He cannot save
  Himself. He is the King of Israel let Him now
  come down from the cross, and we shall believe in
  Him.

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Scripture Fulfilled

• Matthew 2743
• He trusts in God let Him deliver Him now, if
  He takes pleasure in Him for He said, I am the
  Son of God.
• Psalm 228
• Commit yourself to the Lord let Him deliver
  him Let Him rescue him, because He delights in
  him.

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The Robbers Join the Mockers

• Matthew 2744
• And the robbers also who had been crucified with
  Him were casting the same insult at Him.

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Applications

• We Must not Remove the Cross to Get the World to
  Accept Us
• Man Cannot Set the Terms for His Own Salvation
• Preach the Truth of the Cross Even if it is
  Mocked

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Application We Must not Remove the Cross to Get
the World to Accept Us

• 1Corinthians 118
• For the word of the cross is to those who are
  perishing foolishness, but to us who are being
  saved it is the power of God.

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Application Man Cannot Set the Terms for His Own
Salvation

• Acts 1730
• Therefore having overlooked the times of
  ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all
  everywhere should repent,

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Application Man Cannot Set the Terms for His Own
Salvation

• Acts 1731
• . . . because He has fixed a day in which He
  will judge the world in righteousness through a
  Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof
  to all men by raising Him from the dead. "

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Application Man Cannot Set the Terms for His Own
Salvation

• Acts 1732, 33
• Now when they heard of the resurrection of the
  dead, some began to sneer, but others said, We
  shall hear you again concerning this. So Paul
  went out of their midst.

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Application Preach the Truth of the Cross Even
if it is Mocked

• 1Corinthians 122, 23
• For indeed Jews ask for signs, and Greeks search
  for wisdom but we preach Christ crucified, to
  Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles
  foolishness,

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Application Preach the Truth of the Cross Even
if it is Mocked

• 1Corinthians 124
• but to those who are the called, both Jews and
  Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of
  God.

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Application Preach the Truth of the Cross Even
if it is Mocked

• 1Corinthians 22
• For I determined to know nothing among you
  except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.

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