Statements From The Cross - Allen Bailey

Actually see on the board this morning.

We would like to study with you for your consideration

statements from the cross. Now that title could be

misleading. We're not going to talk about

all the statements from the cross.

We are going to primarily talk about the seven statements that

Jesus made from the cross. Now you might immediately Under

well what other statements were made.

Will you remember the two thieves one on the right?

One of the left, they communicated together.

They talk to each other. They even rebuked each other

from time to time. There's a lot more could be said

about that. However, at this time we're

going to concentrate on these seven statements and give a very

brief explanation of what I was going on at the time now, the

first four books of the New Testament are simply Matthew

Mark, Luke. And John now, these are four

gospels writing about the same events.

Matthew Mark, Luke and John all wrote about the birth of Jesus,

the life. The death, the resurrection, and

the Ascension. Now, all four of the gospels did

not include information about all five of these categories.

But the basic message that they wrote about are all in these

five messages, sometimes you have find a message that only

one of them recorded maybe say, for example, Matthew.

But then again, you might find a message.

Is that all four of them recording?

We're now going to take time and this lesson to show what

everyone did record. But what we are going to do,

we're going to show you from the reading of Mark so goals made

please to Mark 15. We're going to read verses 33

and down through several verses because here in marks account

and this will be the only time we refer back to Mark, the only

time throughout the whole lesson.

The other things that Mark had to say a mark 15 were recorded

by other writers also, but there's one key factor that Mark

wrote. That is worthy of our special

attention. So Mark 14th, chapter began at

verse 33. Now, what we learn here is very,

very interesting because Jesus is been identified by the

timetable, Well, in which he died.

Now, you don't always see that but Marc records, the third hour

and I wrote this little crude Charter board third, our the six

hour and the night flower. Now, Mark Point include all

three of those hours. So pay very close, attention

please. As we read from March writing,

you know, when you read and you study this and become very, very

apparent. That bark knew exactly what was

going on. He knew that Jesus was dying.

Now, Jesus is your very best friend.

And when Jesus was about to die, He reached out to the world, he

reached out to individuals, he reached out to do exactly what

he came to do. He even reached out to his

mother because this is all very important.

Mark chapter 15, will you begin reading at verse 25.

Mark 15 · chapter mention

Please note the third hour, the six hour and the night flower as

they appear in the scriptures. The word of God said, verse 25,

and it was the third hour When They Crucified him.

Let's take a little break here, the third hour.

Now, this is Jewish time, they began from even an evening.

Shall they? Celebrate their Sabbath.

So their third hour is equivalent to our knife.

Our doors 9:00 in the morning, they began at 6:00.

So therefore you have seventh hour in one.

Hour 8:00 is two hours. He was crucified the third hour

so therefore you began to see now, a little bit more of what

Mark had to say. Please pay very close attention

to the sense in the night flower.

Have a very major part of our lesson.

The word of God said, we're reading that Mark, the 15th

chapter we begin. In verse 24.

Now, verse 25, that is the third hour.

They Crucified him and the same prescription was written over

him. The king of the Jews and went

with him. They crucified two thieves the

one on his right hand and the other on his left.

And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith and he was numbered

with the transgressors that you remember what this is when Jesus

was crucified, he was not crucified alone on that day.

There's one on his right hand. There was one on his left, but

Jesus was crucified between the two and the Bible went on to say

verse 29. This is their ugly.

Passage the Bible said that as they pass Pass by they rode on

him and they wipe their heads and said o thou that destroyest

the temple and buildest said, three days saved ourselves and

come down from the cross. They were just railing against

Jesus. However, in verse 31 likewise

also the chief priests. They mocking said and themselves

with the Scribe. He saved others himself.

He cannot Save. Let Christ.

The King of Israel. Deceived descend.

Now from the cross and we may see and believe that they were

crucified with him reviled him verse 33.

Very important passage. And whenever the sits our that

is our noon time when it's the sixth hour was come, they were

Darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour and at the

ninth hour, Jesus cried Ride of the loud voice eloi, eloi Lama

sabachthani which is interpreted in English language.

My God, my God. Why did I forsake me?

What we learn from these last two verses that there was

Darkness over the land from the six hour to the night.

So can you imagine a day of time in your life where there was

Darkness from Noon under 3:00 in the afternoon.

Well at moon was halfway point. Jesus was crucified and 9:00

a.m. he hung on the cross to noon, he continued hanging on

the cross to 3:00 p.m. So what we're studying today is

six hours of the life of Our Lord We're making that only a

portion of one day. This is an amazing segment of

scripture, by the way. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John all

recorded the last week of the Lord's life.

That's a lot of information, but they recorded a lot of the

Lord's life. Some of the events, like

Zacchaeus only recorded by Luke many other Parables only

recorded by other writers. But then this the last week of

Our Lord was, of course, Boarded the hall for Matthew, Mark, Luke

and John. So therefore o you to remember

Jesus who is your very best friend when he died?

He died. Beginning at 9:00 in the morning

until 3 o'clock in the evening and there was Darkness soon

after he was crucified until noon.

And then at 3:00 of the matter of fact on our board today,

Point number four to point number seven, All transpired at

the 3:00 hour. So this is very very

interesting. Well, tell you this, it's look

at it this way. This birth life and death.

Resurrection and Ascension. We're going to concentrate on

the death of Jesus. The resurrection and the

Ascension we've commented on through the meeting.

However, the death of what we've talked about today.

Now Matthew we've talked about Matthew Mark, Luke and John

Matthew has 28 chapters Mark. 16, Luke 24 and John 21.

However, these seven points we've gathered from Matthew 27,

Mark 15, Luke 23 and John 19. Now I've written the verses of

the end of each statement. Now here's another key factor.

We're no longer going to To go through, Mark, we're gonna look

at Matthew, Luke and John as you see on the board, and we're

going to do that and make it a little bit easier for you.

There are three major statements found in Luke, the first one,

the second one, and the last one, the others are Matthew and

Mark. So this would be a real easy.

If you've got a Bible marker it's real easy to follow along

and I'm in AA, quote, the verses that entirety, but I'm going to

Simply give you the meaning and the Very Message that is for the

lesson today. Now, what we learn about these

statements made by Jesus from the cross, as his hanging on the

cross of Calvary, you know, the Bible said and John 15 verse 13.

John 15:13

This is not written on the board.

By the way, John 15:13. Greater love has no man than

John 15:13

this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

It was a great honor for Jesus even though he didn't want to do

it but he was willing to do it. He was willing to die Calvary to

save you from your sins. Very very important message

indeed. Well here we go with seven

statements, you know, there is a A very special place that I like

to go. And to, all of you good

Californian, folks. You may or may not have been to

this location. It's between Auburn and Grass

Valley. I don't know if it's halfway but

I think it's a little more than halfway.

There have a little garden called the biblical Garden.

I don't know how many of you have been there, but I've been

there several times it is free. Now that's not why I like it but

that helps It's free, they take donations.

But if you go to the this beautiful garden and you walk up

the trail of the very clean, clear?

Distinctive Trail. And as you walk up the trail you

have a little area cleared out and then they set up some

fixtures in there and this first one was The Sermon on the Mount.

And you can go there and you can push the Box on the speaker and

you can hear a voice, too. Be like Jesus voice when his

preaching Sermon on the Mount and they even have a bench or

two, you can sit down on and listen and then he's you go

further up that cross. Oh, I'm not healed.

You see different scenes of what happened in the life of our Lord

and it was quite a lengthy. You don't have to be in the very

best of shape but you need to be ready because this hill gets a

little steep at times. But after you're walking up here

seeing different seasons of life, our Lord and yet out of

the main trail and ride as she began to turn left, you loved

him, depending on what time of the year it is, you see

something that catches your eye and you can't have a wonder, I

wonder what that is. And then, as you turn a sharp

corner, all of a sudden, it basically takes your breath

away, there is a large fiberglass cross with the

Hanging on that, and that represents Jesus beside him.

The two thieves, they have not, they have seven tombstones in

that cross or in that little cleaned out area.

Each of those tombstones has one of these seven statements made

by Jesus. And as you said there, and I've

gone there with many friends at times.

But one particularly year, we went to that particular places.

They literally 23 benches, but in on end, long way, we could

all set there and I read John 17 the prayer that Jesus prayed.

Truly The Lord's Prayer. And we read there and different

ones of us. We just had tears in our eyes,

we looked at the man who simplified Jesus there that we

can kind of see and identify and we thought, wow, this is the

closest that some people will ever get to Calvary scene and

here we are just a few feet away.

If you ever get to go, go and enjoy fourth.

I know it's still there. Whether she finally pull

yourself away from that event and start Down the Cross, you

started down the hill, all of a sudden, you see something else,

you said tune and the tomb is empty.

That. Wow.

And then as you go a little bit further, there are other things

along the way. I'm sure you go a little bit

further, and you see Jesus in the trees ascending to heaven.

And you work your way, all the way down that hill, and then

there the baptismal pool. That you can immerse people and

baptism for the remission of their sins, in the name of the

father, Son, and Holy Spirit, that of the very special place

that I like to go of all the places that I have been, I think

that is perhaps my favorite place.

I've gone there numerous of times of the past many many

years I want you to always take opportunity to take time to

save. Maybe a video, maybe a movie,

maybe a situation like that to where you can relate a little

bit to what Jesus went through. Well, one more thing about that

biblical Garden is what it's called.

The biblical Garden is each of these tombstones.

They've been to one of these and they put them in chronological

order and this list right here Here is what is considered by

the majority of the scholars to be the order that Jesus made

these statements, the donor couple that have been in

dispute. But most scholars believe these

seven are listed in this way and that is how Jesus spoke those

and Luke 23 and verse 34, we see the first one.

Father, forgive them for they know not what they do here.

Jesus is dying. And he had been beaten, he had

been whipped, he'd been treated worse that you would treat an

animal. People had to spit on him and

Jesus, they're hanging a Calvary, he said, father forgive

them. They know not what they do.

My friends, he reached out to the masses of the people and he

begged God, please forgive them. Oh, you don't know something.

Today, Jesus died at Calvary for you.

Each one of you, he died for you and if you've got seven your

life and you're not committed to Jesus, you're not committed even

worship with him every Lord's day and support gospel meetings

and be here on midweek services and be here on Sunday night and

you're not willing to reach out on, tell you what, Jesus expects

better out of you if you physically can do it.

It. The Lord expects more out of

you. He wants you to give him your

best. Like he gave you his best.

He gave you his life. He reached out to the masses.

Father, forgive them and some of those people were somewhat taken

aback because a man is dying for what he preached and how he

practiced, but yet, Jesus said, father forgive them They listen,

son, applied it, some thought about it and then other people

just waited to see what would happen.

Next that phrase father forgive them, the phrase that indicates

by the continuous action. That is something he said more

than once. Father forgive them.

Father, forgive them. Father, forgive them.

That's why Jesus came to forgive people from their sins.

Okay? Now statement number two made by

Jesus this time, he is speaking to the thief on the cross Luke

Luke 23:43

23:43, very similar same book, same chapter but he said verse

34 is verse 43, the thief on the cross said, Lord, remember me

with our comeback in to the kingdom.

Notice this was a thief previous to this.

He was one who denounce Jesus had many thousands of others

had, but now he confess, Jesus is Lord Lord.

Remember me, when, when you come back into your kingdom, he

showed his faith in his confidence, in Jesus, who he was

much speculation or what was it, that changed his mind, it could

very well be the courage of Jesus died.

Day because Jesus was dying with great amount of Courage, even

though he had been treated so terribly.

And Jesus said today, shalt thou be with me in Paradise.

Wow! Look at this word right here

today, many of you have lost loved ones, spouse child,

friend, whoever If there are saved, it is today.

Something's going to happen the day, they died.

The day you die the day. I die.

Immediately will go to paradise as saved people today, shall

die. Being looking here with me.

If anybody ever died, smiling that had to be this thief?

Because despite the fact of how he lived, Jesus says, today

you're going to go with me and we are going to Paradise.

Wow I'll assure you Paradise. Is a wonderful place.

Rich man and Lazarus story in Luke 16 they call it Abraham's

bosom. In Revelation, says, knives are

11 is a place of comfort. This time it is Jesus is going

to Paradise, but he's not going alone.

He's taking one of these things with him.

Now, I'll be honest with you. I've look, I don't know if it's

the thief on my right, or your left.

I don't know which one phase of what it does, not matter, but

one of these things said, Lord, remember me when you come again

and the Lord whom it is said today, you could be with me in

Paradise. If there's any way to jump for

joy while hanging on the cross, I'm sure he did it.

Today you're going to be with me.

Here's the deal. I want everybody to understand

when you die and you are saved that day, you're going to be

with him in Paradise, that day. So don't go doing anything

foolish. Anything that could cost you

your soul, put the Lord first. Let nobody let nothing get in

your way of living a Christian Life.

Today shot the be with me in Paradise.

Now, let's look at number three, and number three.

Now you go to the Gospel of John and John 1926, Jesus now, looked

down and he saw his mother. The Bible says, tell his mother

shantabai and the disciple whom he loved.

When you read all four accounts, you find out to be the Apostle

John the John the wrote, the Gospel of John, the John that

wrote the book of Revelation. The John wrote five books of the

New Testament, he wrote the Gospel of John Savage on 3rd,

John and revelation. So he wrote these four books,

that's a John, the same John, Peter James and John, that were

a very close confidants of Jesus.

And he spoke to Johnny said and smoked his mother.

He said and the King James version and this is a respect

for terminology is not being disrespectful of.

We might we think it'll be King. James version says woman Behold

thy son, son, Behold thy. Mother Gina was not about to

die. Leaving his mother without care

and safe keeping John I'm asking you take care of my mother

mother be the John like a mother, John beating my mom like

a son, you all take care of each other.

I love the verses says from that our John took Mary home with him

to take care of her. So they left Mary was not there.

When Jesus died. Shielding, John's home.

So therefore Jesus, important number one reached out to the

masses of the people and saying, father, forgive then in reach

down and talk to an individual, the thief on the cross beside

him. And now he looks to Earthly

matters, his mother's wealth and his mother's health and

well-being. John take care of my mother.

Let me tell you what a son who's not worthy to and willing to

take care of his mother's, not worthy to be called to say,

Jesus was Jesus on a journey here, he was in a transition and

he knew that he was just a little while from dying for what

he do. Look at those three things, the

Masters individual caring for his mother, then Darkness came

from the land and it was dark for several hours.

He brought that Silence by saying my God, my God, why has

Thou forsaken me? Aloha. hello, Lyle a toolbox and

I And Matthews account, Matthew 27 and 46.

Jesus reached out to God the father and said why did this

happen? You remember, Jesus, in The

Garden of Gethsemane pralines that father if there's any way

possible, let this cup pass from me.

Not my will, but thy will be done.

Now listen, Jesus said this seven, several time.

John 5:30. He said, John sits in 38.

John 5:30

He said not my will but thy will be done.

Jesus was committed to doing the father's will whatever it was,

Dear friend, please adopt that as your commitment to do, what

the Lord said. Even if you've got to make

changes and job and and hobbies and habits and all the do what

it takes to do, what Jesus needs you to do, he did, all he could

for us, we need to do all we can for him, and they may need to

make changes. We talked about the deal about

making change it last night. But on this occasion Point

number four, this is now 3:00 in the afternoon.

These four go very quickly and the time frame in which our Lord

lived and died. Now, Point number five.

Jesus said I thirst John 19 and 28 notice here.

Five and six is just two verses away.

One of them verse 30, the others verse 28, I'm thinking it is so

sad that the Son of God, the Water of Life had to be thirsty.

Thirst. I'm sure he did he'd been

hanging on that cross now for six hours and that doesn't even

say anything about the way he is training, before he got put on

that cross, the third hour of the day, He got nailed to the

cross. six hours later, he said, I thirst Oh, my friends that to

me is among all the things that is sad thing.

Jesus, that he had to be thirsty. and then two verses

later and John 19, verse 30, Jesus said it is Finished.

John 19:30

Wow. Isn't it nice to start a project

but it's also super nice to finish the project.

It's very nice to start a trip, but it feels so good to finish

the trip. It is finished.

And the prayer that Jesus prayed the true Lord's Prayer.

John 17, Jesus began that prayer in John 17.

And you've got red letter dishes.

You can say all red there he said O Father.

Glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had

with you before the world was and verse 4.

He said I have finished the work.

You gave me to do. He was saying I'm ready to come

home. I I wanted to be like was

between me and you before the world even was, I want to be

bad, like he used to be. I'm tired of living on this

Earth. He was only 33 years old, but

oh, did he ever work? Oh, did he accomplish a lot my

friends? He accomplished salvation for

you for you and for me. We can never repay that, but we

can say thank you, Jesus. And we can thank God for

allowing Jesus to die. And Jesus is willing to die.

Who's the Lord? Thank you and we can live our

lives. Like, we should commit our life,

like, we should and not let Jesus died in vain, anybody who

dies and goes to hell. Jesus, his death meant, nothing

to that individual. It meant everything to those who

died in our save. It meant nothing to those who

died in the Lost. Please do not The Bible calls it

new not receive the grace of God in vain.

Don't let that happen. You be the man and woman you

stand up and you say to your spouse.

Honey, I'm not live. Like I should have lived.

I'm not been who I should have been, but I'm going to start

today, and I'm going to do better, and if you catch me not

doing, or saying, or acting or behaving, like, I should be

praying to my attention, I'm going to live and I'm going to

start today, living the life, the Lord needs me to live.

Give the Lord needs me and I'm going to be there for him.

I needed him. He was there for me.

Dear friends. You can have a new beginning,

you start to spiritual life all over again, you can start and

you can accomplish to go the Lord wanted for you and that you

one time wanted for yourself. It is finished.

That here is bittersweet. Is much more sweet than this

better is better than he was in pain and Agony and gone through

all he did. But it's so sweet.

He finished the work, the lord gave him to do.

And the last phrase he said, and did I hands?

I commend my spirit. Back to Luke 23 and verse 46.

The Bible said with a loud voice.

He prayed to the father into thy hands, I commend my spirit.

That phrase with a loud voice has been studied by many many

scholars, because most people when they hang on the cross

hours of Jesus did, they can barely even speak and when they

do it just whisper, they just don't have the body.

So used that you don't have room to talk, then you can't talk not

very much at all. But Jesus is different because

he laid down his life for his friends.

And Jesus cried with a loud voice.

Listen, your best friend is now in the process of dying.

You've been by your loved one, you've held the hand of those.

I don't know how many times I've been there and I've held the

hands of people that breathe their last breath.

They died. I don't know how many times I've

been with parents and grandparents and friends and

Brothers and Sisters in Christ at that time.

We were praying together and they died right there.

I don't know how many times we've been singing.

Amazing Grace. How sweet the sound that saved a

Wretch? Like Me I once was lost but now

I'm found was blind but now I see and that person died.

All those events are tough. So tough there many times

tougher on us and them if they're saved.

I mean, where's head, praise God, they're saved.

But for us, we're going to miss him.

You remember what Paul said about efford itís, he was sick

unto death. Paul said God spared him, he

spared his life. So I would not have sorrow upon

sorrow, but the Bible does say they get ahold of this Hebrew,

1927, it is appointed unto man once to die and after this the

Judgment, if the Lord delays his coming.

But yeah, In Our Lifetime that we had time, he'll come, but

we're going to that. We can all die everybody here.

You're going to die. If you wait 20 years me to come

back and Pans Road, many of you are going to be dead.

I may not be able to come back in 20 years from now.

I'll be 80 years old. I may be dead.

But, you know, that's insignificant.

What's important is am I ready to meet my maker and are you

ready to meet your maker today? Now, this very moment, eleven

twenty, nine point. Forty right now.

Are you living? They are you dead spiritually.

You've got to make that decision.

Jesus cried out to his daddy. And he said in thy hands.

I commend my spirit. The Bible said he bowed his head

and gave up the ghost. Your best friend, just died.

I want you to think about that. Because I had Jesus, not died.

There's no way any of us could be saved.

But Jesus did die. So all of us can be saved but

it's up to us individually to make the right decision.

Lord, I commit my life to thee. Take it, and make it on how

about own way. Lord Have Thine Own Way.

Many great songs have been written that kind of touch your

heart. I'm going to ask you today, are

you ready to meet your maker? But I'm going to go a step

further. I've asked out of the time.

Through this meeting. Now, I'm going to ask, are you

ready to make your commitment to serving the lord and turn your

back on Satan? Turn your back on sin, turn your

back on evil. Now, you're going to rise up.

You say, Lord, You Can Count On Me, I'm going to be there for

you and for your calls the called for what you guys. any

time, a president of the United States dies, some very popular

figure, it may be musician and maybe politician to maybe

whoever, you know, they many time will televise it for days

and they will show people coming by and looking at Usually it's a

closed casket passing by the casket Liberty walk today.

You can be in this little building right here at plans

road. You can get your life right with

the Lord. If you never been baptized this

baptistry back here behind this board.

It only takes 15 minutes. To fill.

You can be baptized today and become a member of the Lawrence

Family. You can call your brothers and

sister other baptized Believers Brothers and Sisters in Christ.

And if you have been baptized, you've not lived like you should

own up to it, be man or woman. I have to say I have sinned.

And ask for prayer, the church and made that commitment that

repentance. That turn, turn away from Satan

sin and evil. You're ready to meet your maker.

Now, here's the situation. You can make the decision today.

The Lord will make the decision of the Judgment Day based on

your decision today and Future Days Ahead.

We thank you for listening to our podcast, put on by the

Church of Christ at 22:15 plans. Road in Bakersfield, if you

would like any additional information, or you would like

to receive a free Bible correspondence, course by mail.

Please email us at info at her Church of Christ

Bakersfield.com. Our service times are on Sundays

at 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. and Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m.

Please make plans to join us. We would love for you to be our

honored guest.