 The title of our text this morning is it is finished. It is finished. We're part two and our text is John chapter 19 verses 17 through 30 and John chapter 19 verses 17 through 30 as we come again to consider the events and the circumstances attending the burial or the brutal crucifixion and the victorious death the burial of our Lord Jesus Christ as We consider those events. We consider those circumstances Recorded by the Apostle John in the historical narrative here We're also attempting as we go a careful consideration of their Theological significance we have the narrative in verses 17 through 30. This narrative is expounding for us great profound central apex level theological truths associated here with the central focus of the Christian faith the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ and I refer to it as an attempt to Carefully consider their theological significance because we're treading on holy ground here as we go That holy ground at the very center of our faith and no matter no matter what attempt we make No matter how thorough the pulpit or how engaged the pew The preaching of the cross will stretch into eternity and here we feel as though we're just scratching the surface No, we feel weak and inadequate to these things and words fail us so with the Lord's help and We need the Lord's help. I pray we're making a faithful attempt here And I pray he'd be blessed to Or pleased to bless our efforts with much fruit For his glory and for our eternal good so At the very center of our faith is the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ First Corinthians chapter 1 verse 23 Paul says we preach Christ what? Crucified we preach Christ crucified to the Jews a stumbling block to the Greeks foolishness But to those who are called both Jews and Greeks Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God So necessary to our redemption necessary to our right standing with God Necessary to forgiveness necessary to pardon necessary to justification necessary to adoption Necessary to sanctification necessary to our ultimate and eventual glorification Necessary to the demands of God's holiness Necessary to the demands of his perfect justice Necessary to the free offer of grace Necessary to the free offer of his mercy his love in the gospel Is the sacrificial and substitutionary death of the only begotten son of God 1st John chapter 4 verse 9 John says In this the love of God was manifested toward us That God has sent his only begotten son into the world to die That we might live through him The preaching of the gospel the preaching of the good news is the preaching of Christ crucified Paul again in 1st Corinthians 15 verse 3 Paul says for I delivered to you first of all that which I also received that Christ died for our sins According to the scriptures And that he was buried and then he rose again the third day according to the scriptures but the death of Christ The cross of Christ the suffering of Christ Has been decreed by God in eternity past According to the scriptures His death these events that we look at that we talk about that we examine in John chapter 19 verses 17 through 30 These events all that take place here in the historical narrative Are according to the scriptures According to the scriptures The Lord Jesus Christ is the the promised seed of Genesis chapter 3 that would crush the serpent's head And here as we look at our text in John chapter 19 We also see the foretold bruising of his heel 700 years prior to the cross Speaking in the prophetic past tense the foretold events so certain They're spoken of as already completed The prophet Isaiah said he was wounded for our transgressions He was bruised for our iniquities The chastisement for our peace was upon him and by his stripes. We are healed The Lord Jesus knew all along exactly what would come to past He knew all along that he came into the world for the purpose of suffering and dying Jesus said in mark chapter 10 verse 32 He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them the things that would happen to him Behold We are going up to Jerusalem And the son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes And they will condemn him to death And deliver him to the Gentiles and they will mock him and scourge him And spit on him and kill him And the third day he will rise again Was said that the the disciples didn't understand these sayings that the truth of these sayings were hidden for them We come to see on this side of the cross how clearly the Lord proclaimed his coming death. He was eyes forward facing the cross Jesus again in mark chapter 10 verse 45 the son of man did not come to serve to be served But the son of man came to serve and to give his life a ransom for many All of this was according to the scriptures According to the old testament the old testament pointing pointing forward to the death of christ the cross of christ Even the words of our lord the gospel records pointing forward to his destiny with the cross so as we consider then The theological significance of the events and the circumstances recorded in the historical narrative of our text We're also to see these profound biblical theological truths The truthfulness think with me right the truthfulness the faithfulness and the veracity of god's word the holy scriptures We're not understand from these things. This is god's book This is god's plan. These are god's decrees. This is god's holy word and everything that god has said will come to pass The truthfulness the faithfulness the veracity of god's word Jesus christ did come into the world to save sinners. Jesus christ did live a perfect life Jesus christ suffered and died the sacrificial lamb of god And substitution for sinners his own whom he would come to save We're here to see in this text the depravity of man the wickedness of this world the sin Which was born for his own in his body on the tree We're to see the holiness of god The justice of god the judgment of god the wrath of god We're to see the infinite and boundless love of god the mercy of god the grace of god the cross is where as it is said justice and mercy kiss We're to see the glory and the majesty Of the lord jesus christ the lamb slain from before the foundation of the world holy Harmless undefiled separate from sinners made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death It was now become higher than the heavens crowned with glory and honor And having loved his own who were in the world. He loved them to the very end Now our historical setting We want to remind ourselves of in our text Historical setting has been developed from us for us with Three perspectives or from the basis Of the perspective of three primary locations get gethsemane and gabbatha and golgatha Think about them in terms of the three g's gethsemane gabbatha and golgatha in gethsemane We see the lord Acknowledging in matthew chapter 26 that his soul was exceedingly sorrowful sorrowful even to the point of death And the lord here is facing A death that no christian martyr has ever faced It's different here and why? Because he faces the cup The dreadful cup of the wine of the fierceness of the wrath of god that wrath Poured out full strength into the cup of god's indignation against sin So the lord in gethsemane agonizes in prayer to the father the sweat of his brow mingled with blood as he confronts the suffering and death that awaits him at the cross And submitting himself perfectly to the will of the father in love The lord is betrayed into the hands of sinners. He's arrested. He's bound Let away delivered over awaiting the cross The mockeries of justice known as the ecclesiastical trial and the civil trial of the lord jesus christ ends at gabbatha Gabbatha was the name for the pavement outside of pilot's praetorium Where pilot would address the crowd from the judgment seat The jews are there on the pavement at gabbatha stirring up the gathering crowd They're whipped into a maddened frenzy and they crowd for blood crucify him A pilot finds no fault in the lord jesus christ He is innocent of the charges that they claim against him And jesus as a lamb before its shears is silent. He opens not his mouth to defend himself He opens not his mouth to revile in return And a corrupt and cowardly pilot delivers them over to be scourged And finally to be crucified And so we come again today then To the place of execution the place of the skull or galgatha in verse 17 Our text reads and he bearing his cross Went out to a place called the place of a skull which is in hebru galgatha Where they crucified him and two others with him One on either side and jesus in the center The last lord's day We had determined to work through the text our text under five headings And considering the lord's own victory cry in verse 30 it is finished Our five headings are these one it is finished at the cross Two it is accomplished by the king Three it is affirmed by the word Four it is motivated by love And five it is proclaimed in victory and you'll find those on your notes in the bulletin now last week We looked at the setting of the cross under point one it is finished at the cross This week we begin with point two on your notes. It is accomplished by the king It is accomplished by the king and we see this in verse 19 read with me verse 19 now pilot wrote a title And put it on the cross And the writing was jesus of nazareth the king of the jews Then many of the jews read this title For the place where jesus was crucified was near the city And it was written in hebru greek and latin And therefore the chief priest of the jews said to pilot Do not write the king of the jews, but he said i am the king of the jews The pilot answered what i have written i have written And roman crucifixion at the time it was common it was customary for a notice of charge Or an inscription to be written on a placard and draped around the neck of the offender As they carried the cross beam of their cross to the place of execution Where that placard would then be nailed to the cross above the head of the criminal as a public display of the crimes The charges against them The crucifixion was a public display it was meant to be a public Warning and this charge this inscription Nailed to their cross was meant to be a deterrent don't follow in this path don't commit this same crime The inscription would traditionally include the criminal's name And their crime as we see here now in verse 19 So in verse 19 says here that pilot himself Chooses the words and pilot himself writes the inscriptions. There's a reason for that This is a final antagonistic insulting jab Aimed at the jews and pilot wanted to wanted to write this himself. He wrote Jesus of nazareth the king of the jews That's interesting here all four gospel writers Make it a point to record the inscription And so we want to take some time and unpack the importance of this under three headings considering the the inscription Verses 19 to 22 We'll see the title of the king We'll discuss the scope of his kingdom And lastly the implications of his kingship the title of the king The scope of his kingdom and the implications of his kingship first the title of the king Matthew calls it an accusation Mark and luke Call it an inscription here in verse 19. John refers to it as a royal title Jesus of nazareth is the royal Son of god. He is the king of the jews A pilot. It was simply a charge There was a way to continue his prideful sparring with the jewish leaders whom he despised And so it was a way to get back of them a way to poke them But both pilot and the jews refuse to acknowledge the significance here of what pilot has written on the placard The jews actually considered Jesus being from nazareth As evidence that he was not the messiah Matthew tells us that being from nazareth is actually evidence that he is the messiah and Matthew chapter two verse 23 Joseph being warned by god in a dream to stay away from judia This was after the event of hered right seeking the life of all Sons all male children in beflehem under two years old Joseph being warned by god to stay away from judia Says there in Matthew 223 that he came and dwelt in a city called nazareth So that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets. He shall be called a nazarene Now the term nazarene Was considered an insult The jews used it as an insult the people viewed it as an insult. It was a term of derision nazareth Had come to be considered a disreputable place a rough place People might use derisive terms like hillbilly Or when they say here, you know, we're from the sticks. That's often not a not a good thing It's usually a term of derision or term of insult The term used here nazarene was often used for people who are rough around the edges someone who is rude Someone who is crude That's why nathaniel asked philip in john chapter 1 verse 46. Can any good thing come out of nazareth? It was shocking to nathaniel That the messiah could possibly come from nazareth So not only does the title of john or the title of john chapter 19 verse 19 in reference to the fulfillment Of that which was spoken by the prophets in matthew chapter 2 verse 23 But it also points to the reproach that the lord jesus christ would suffer at the hands of sinners The reproach of this world that he would be born the son of god and from nazareth isiah chapter 53 verse 3 He is despised and rejected by men He was despised We did not esteem him isiah chapter 49 verse 7 He is despised by man Abhorred by the nation this nazarene right Psalm chapter 22 verse 6 He is a reproach of men despised by the people All those who see me ridicule me the psalmist says they shoot out the lip they shake their head So we have the name jesus of nazareth The next we see the charge or the accusation that was written Jesus of nazareth was the king of the jews As we saw we remember from john chapter 18 verse 33 the original charge that was brought to pilot was essentially sedition It was a charge that jesus christ claimed to be a king Now remember as the jews were coming to pilot They're rattling off charges left and right right to get pilot to approve the death penalty They wanted pilot to approve their plot to put jesus to death At first he was simply an evil doer right if we if he weren't an evil doer we would not have brought him to you After that he was perverting the nation leading them astray He was preventing people from paying taxes right all these charges that were hurled up before pilot However pilot in his questioning of the lord jesus christ quickly dispelled any notion That jesus was any kind of seditious threat and he determined that jesus was innocent of these charges Finally They informed pilot In john chapter 19 verse 7 They informed pilot of their own death penalty charge against him They said that he made himself the son of god Now making himself the son of god In their eyes Made the lord jesus christ a blasphemer so we know from john the jews felt that making himself the son of god made himself equal With god and so according to their law according to leviticus The jews said that he ought to die for blasphemy And what they wanted written above his head was that charge They wanted blasphemer jesus of nazareth a blasphemer Unbeknownst to pilot unbeknownst to the jews what they get is the truth What they get is the truth written on the placard above his head Jesus christ is king of kings. He is lord of lords to the glory of god the father and so pilot Takes his last opportunity then Before the crucifixion and death of the lord jesus christ He takes his last opportunity to insult the jews and he writes the title Jesus of nazareth the king of the jews and he strings it out above his head in three languages verse 20 Then many of the jews read this title For the place where jesus was crucified was near the city And it was written in hebru greek and latin And we looked at the title of the king Consider with me now the scope of his kingdom John says in verse 20 the place where jesus was crucified was near the city A likely the place where he was crucified Near a roadway a common roadway in and out of the city of drusselm The crucifixion was meant to be again a public spectacle So you have a large Passover crowd coming in and out of the city Many of them coming in and out through this gate this roadway In and out of the city of drusselm they would have made their way along that roadway and so the title As john alludes to in verse 20 would have been clearly Visible to anybody walking in or walking out And john says in verse 20 that many then of the jews read this title The title was written in hebru or here aramaic The language of judaism is the language of many ethnic jews Pilate wrote it in greek language of the roman provinces to the east of juda A common language spoken by most everyone in that area at that time And then he wrote the title in latin the official language of the roman empire or the language of the army Far beyond the intentions of pilot in writing the title he gets far more than he bargains for pilot essentially Announces to the known world of that time That jesus christ is the king whether you spoke hebru greek or latin To any one of that pass hour Passover crowd coming into the city or out of the city of drusselm This was a picture here of the universal offer of the gospel to jews and to gentiles To jews or greeks circumcised or uncircumcised barbarians syphians slave or free I saw 9610 say among the nations the lord reigns Here pilot with his inscription says among the nations Jesus of nazareth is the king of the jews It's a beautiful demonstration of the universal offer of the gospel What's also interesting here to consider A beautiful demonstration of this Is the conversion of two sinners at the cross That we see in scripture one We look at last week the conversion of the jewish zealot that hangs on a cross next to the lord jesus christ And his miraculous conversion The lord granting to him repentance and faith and then you have with the thief on the cross We also see and we'll talk about next week the likely conversion of a roman centurion Standing nearby who witnessed the crucifixion Having seen the work of god the miraculous events that attended the crucifixion of the lord jesus christ And then having seen the person the work of the lord jesus christ even in his crucifixion This roman centurion was gloriously converted Matthew mark and luke all record that the roman centurion upon jesus christ Breathing his last said truly this man was the son of god luke adds That the centurion this roman glorified god and attested to the righteousness of the lord jesus christ The scope of his kingdom right the title of the king the scope of his kingdom lastly The implications of his kingship the implications of his kingship look with me with me at verse 21 Therefore the chief priest of the jews Said to pilot Do not write the king of the jews but He said i am the king of the jews And pilot answered them in verse 22 what i have written i have written Now the jews all of this Was abhorrent to the jews They of course despised the notion Of jesus as their king And they despised and resented Pilates ridicule And so we're not surprised in verse 21 To see the chief priests Upon seeing the placard the pilot had written immediately going to pilot wanting it changed Right they use the imperatives in verse 21. This is no request. This is the demand. They're demanding That the sign be changed They say imperative do not write the king of the jews, but right instead Right instead. He said i am the king of the jews in other words They want the sign to appear as a claim of the lord jesus christ and not as a title This title was obviously meant by pilot to mock the jews and they felt the brunt of that mockery They didn't want the the the sign in essence pointing at them They wanted the sign pointing at what they believe was a false claim of jesus christ So pilot answers in verse 22 The answer is in verse 22 with two perfect tense verbs In other words, it's completed two perfect tense verbs back to back signify Absolute finality what i have written i have written i'm not changing it. It's done Now we'll talk about the use of perfect tense when we get to the lord's statement in verse 30 that it is finished The lord uses that same tense in his statement Now whether the jews like it or not whether the jews like it or not What i have written pilot says i have written he is their king Whether the jews acknowledge it or not He is their king whether they submit to him or not He is the promised davidic king. He is the messiah He will rule upon the throne of david forever and ever Whether the jews like it or not And of his kingdom there shall be no end Whether the jews like it or not luke chapter one Verse 33 he will reign over the house of jacob forever And of his kingdom there will be no end Term of me to isaia chapter nine isaia chapter nine And again, one of the things that we're looking at as we walk through the text Is how these events These circumstances that are recorded here by the gospel writers Having taken place Around the cross of the lord jesus christ These events were foretold in scripture the lord jesus christ foretold in scripture god's word Affirming jesus christ as the promised king as the promised messiah We see an example of this in isaia chapter nine verse six You're verse six Again think with me these words written 700 years before christ It's also interesting to think about isaia we have the kumran scrolls the dead sea scrolls found in the kumran caves the scroll of isaia Dating from before the time of christ found in those caves These words written before the time of christ for unto us verse six A child is born unto us A son is given and the government Will be upon his shoulder And his name will be called wonderful counselor mighty god everlasting father prince of peace Of the increase of his government and peace there will be No end upon the throne of david And over his kingdom To order it and to establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward even forever The zeal of the lord of hosts will perform this Look there his government is continually increasing right day by day by day the government Of the messiah the government of the davidic king the government of the lord jesus christ is continually increasing People day by day by day by day Turning from their sin and putting their faith and trust in christ Day by day by day people being saved sometimes we we think you know Like we're in our study of ezra. We see those israelites coming out of captivity few in number And to them may be a cause for despair a cause for discouragement But there is a multitude of heaven which no man can number worshiping lamb Here day by day by day. It's like the mustard seed right day by day people are turning to the lord People turning from their sin trusting christ alone and where his government increases and continues to increase There's an increase of peace as his government increases peace with god increases and of that increase there will be No end no end Where are you today? Have you turned to the lord? Multitudes are pressing into the kingdom right violent men take it by force Turning from their sin trusting christ Don't sit on your laurels turn from your sin trust him He reigns it says upon the throne of david He has ordered it and established it He has settled it with judgment In justice and he reigns henceforth forever From that time forward even for forever And he says he ends verse There is a chapter nine the lord the zeal of the lord of hosts will perform this The zeal of the lord of hosts the zeal of the lord of hosts having overcome all opposition The very gates of hades unable to stand against the pressing forward of this kingdom He the zeal of the lord of hosts. He will perform this You know gates. We've talked about this before gates are defensive Mechanism gates are put in place to defend a stronghold And the bible says that the gates of hades will not stand will not be able to prevail against the spread of the lord's kingdom The spread of the church the zeal of the lord of hosts will perform this now pilot Back in john chapter 19 pilot simply wrote Here what god has already written Pilot simply writes what god had beforehand written Upon the throne of david and over his kingdom to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward Even forever the zeal of the lord of hosts will perform this what i have written pilot says i have written really is god saying What i have written i have written and no matter how much the jews want it changed No matter how much you in your own life might want that changed what god has written he has written absolute finality There is no changing it Now how will you respond to that? How are we to respond to that the rule and reign of the lord jesus christ is established from forever And for forever from eternity past into eternity future and what has been written has been written And here that kingdom established in judgment and justice at the cross the zeal of the lord of hosts performing this Turn from your from your sin right follow christ Brothers sisters, we're sojourners and pilgrims here our citizenship is in heaven We're looking forward to that kingdom Which is coming follow christ follow christ all of this The title of the king the scope of his kingdom the implications of his kingship all being affirmed here At the cross by the writers of the gospels Ultimately by the holy spirit all being affirmed here by the word of god the truth of this the veracity of this the the fact Of all these events that attend to the crucifixion of lord jesus christ and all of the theological implications of that being affirmed here by the word of god That's point three on your notes all this is affirmed by the word and as john's writing through the historical narrative He gives us an example One of many we'll take a look at more next week. He gives us more one here of many examples of how these events and the theological Importance or the theological significance of those events how all of that is affirmed by the word of god Beforehand look at verse 23 point 300 notes. It is affirmed. It is affirmed by the word First 23 then the soldiers When they had crucified jesus they took his garments and made four parts to each soldier apart And also the tunic Now the tunic was without seam Woven from the top in one piece They said therefore among themselves Let us not tear it But cast lots for it whose it shall be That the scripture might be fulfilled which says they divided my garments among them and for my clothing they cast lots Therefore the soldiers did these things I remember here The lord jesus christ has been stripped He hangs on the cross in nakedness. The purpose of this is to humiliate him right the shame they keep upon the lord The shame of nakedness was first experienced by the fall of man in the garden and he therefore who Became sin for us He bears that shame now he was stripped So that we could be robed in white robes right That's interesting here And we consider the import of the cross of the lord jesus christ to have our focus diverted To what happens here in john 19 with his clothes And all four gospel writers Mention this All four gospel writers record this account of the soldiers Casting lots for the lord's clothing and john's very specific here versus 23 and 24. He gives us a lot of detail So I wanted us to think about these two verses In terms one of the action Of the soldiers the actions of the soldiers and the aim of john Ultimately the aim of the holy spirit in recording this detail Let me consider this with me first the action to the soldiers In verse 23 it was customary again. It was common To assign a detachment of four soldiers to each prisoner So these four soldiers assigned to each prisoner would come under the command of a centurion. So Maybe josh dodge can help you with the math. We have three people crucified four soldiers each person 12 soldiers one centurion All right, all right If you remember from act chapter 12 when peter was arrested Peter's arrested in act chapter 12 and in verse 4 he was placed under the guard of four soldiers This was a common practice, right? So you have four soldiers around the cross of christ one centurion Matthew henry remarked here about the lord's clothes He said the wages With which these soldiers paid themselves for crucifying christ referring to the the clothes of the lord jesus christ Those were their wages They were willing to do it for his old clothes He says nothing is to be done so bad But there will be found men bad enough to do it for a trifle So in verse 23 these soldiers then When they had crucified jesus they took his garments and made four parts To eat soldier apart and also the tunic there would have been a long outer garment called the cloak And then there would have been a long inner garment inner garment worn next to the skin Often sleeveless made of leather or linen It was called the tunic Nothing special about the cloak Nothing special about the tunic nothing special about the clothes nothing mystical here by all kinds of Wild sort of fanciful symbolic interpretations of the the meaning of the tunic sewn from top to bottom in one piece a lot said about the Reluctance of the soldiers to divide it Because that'd be like dividing the church and this is obviously a symbol of the unity and the peace of the church The tunic wound and top woven from top to bottom without any seams without being split nothing mystical here going on with the clothes They simply divided his clothes among themselves the garment they took they split it likely along the seams to each soldier They got a part however the tunic being seamless it would have ruined the tunic for them to have divided it Rendering the tunic useful to no one And so they decided to have a little sport among themselves They decided to cast lots for it instead so in the second part of verse 23 Says the tunic was without seam woven from the top in one piece They said therefore amongst themselves Let us not tear it but cast lots for it whose it shall be so while the lord hangs and agony upon the cross roman soldiers are entertaining themselves And dividing the spoils Among themselves at his feet These are the actions of the soldiers But next we see the aim of john or the aim of the holy spirit at the end of verse 24 the end of verse 24 John records So that the scripture might be fulfilled which says they divided my garments among them And for my clothing they cast lots Therefore the soldiers did these things do you see The scripture said it Therefore the soldiers did it The aim of john The purpose of john in recording this In fact the aim of the gospel writers right the aim of the holy spirit Is once again to point us back to the word of god For us to understand these things happened exactly As god had intended for them to happen All of this happens according to the scriptures now imagine in the first century If you were one of the disciples of christ Disciples of christ charged the mission of the church To evangelize the lost to make disciples go And make disciples right Baptizing them in the name of the father son and the holy spirit Teaching them to observe all things that i've commanded you there to go and there to evangelize there to be witnesses for christ For the jews of that day to witness to another jew Steeped in the Judaism of the day It would have been important For that jew to whom they were witnessing to see all of these truths Revealed in the word of god In other words, jesus christ is not some upstart Nazarene despised usurper Jesus christ is the promised messiah He is the promised davidic king and we can prove it to you from the word of god Jesus christ is god the son god in the flesh and we can prove it to you from the scriptures When we witness when we evangelize It's important to do that from the word of god Take them to the bible Take them to the text of scripture. These things are prophesied. This is god's word. These are god's intentions. These are god's decrees And everything that is happening is happening exactly according to the will of god All that is true of the will of god spoken in the past is true And is equally as true as all those things that are yet fulfilled in the future If god has said it it will most certainly come to pass And we can consider those things even in our own christian lives in our own evangelism consider That all of those things yet to be fulfilled all of those things yet future will most certainly come to pass the evidence for that One of the evidences for that is the fact that everything that god has said in the past will most certainly or did most certainly come to pass Aim of john in recording. This is to point us back to the word of god. The word of god affirms the events of the cross of the lord jesus christ Now detail It might otherwise past unnoticed Considering the grave circumstances of the cross are these details related to the soldiers dividing his garments but From what might be considered By some to be an insignificant or a passing detail a minor detail All the way from that to the ultimate occurrence of the cross itself Every circumstance every action every deed every word every unbeknowing or unwitting participant Everything that happens falls within the eternal plans and purposes of god to fulfill all his word The therefore if you look at verse 24 the therefore At the end of verse 24 could be translated this way so this Is what the soldiers did or indeed the soldiers did these things, right? Affirming scripture these soldiers unwittingly do exactly what god said long ago that they would do The passage that's being referenced here in the old testament is psalm 22 and turn with me to psalm 22 And let's take a look at this passage together psalm 22 It's interesting considering psalm 22 as well that psalm 22 a fragment Or manuscript from psalm 22 found in kumran cave 4 likely dating before christ again these words Written by david written by the psalmist psalmist a thousand years before christ Written a thousand years before christ when crucifixion wasn't even heard of at the time And the words of this psalm written in penned Looking forward to the coming messiah the lord jesus christ Look at verse one My god my god Why have you forsaken me does that sound familiar? Why are you so far from helping me and from the words of my groaning? Mark's gospel records in mark 15 verse 33 He says now when the sixth hour had come There was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour And at the ninth hour jesus cried with a loud voice saying iloi iloi lama sabakthini, which is translated my god My god, why have you forsaken me? Lord says these words at the cross from psalm 22 verse 1 verse 2 Oh my god I cry in the daytime, but you do not hear And in the night season and am not silent He's feeling distance here Feeling the separation sensing the separation. But what is his response verse three, but you are holy And thrown in the praises of israel our fathers trusted in you they trusted and you delivered them They cried to you and they were delivered. They trusted in you and were not ashamed But verse six i am a worm And no man a reproach of men Despised by the people jesus christ that nazarene can anything good come out of nazareth And men are at best worms Men are at best worms. We are worms And yet he was made a worm and no man He was charged as a blast femur charged as a sabbath breaker Called a glutton or a wine bibber a false prophet in league with the devil Look at verse seven All those who see me ridicule me They shoot out the lip They shake their head they wag their head as matthew says right saying verse eight. He trusted in the lord Let him rescue him let him deliver him since he delights in him In matthew chapter 27 verse 39 they wagged their heads at him In mocking scorn in matthew chapter 27 verse 41 the chief priest where the scribes and elders said He saved others himself. He cannot save if he is the king of israel Let him now come down from the cross and we will believe him He trusted in god let him deliver him now if he will have him for he said i am the son of god It's in direct fulfillment of psalm chapter 22 verse eight Almost word for word verse nine But you are he who took me out of the womb You made me trust while on my mother's breast I was cast upon you from birth from my mother's womb. You have been my god in other words From the time of his birth right from the time That mary lays the baby in the manger so to speak Until this point where the lord of glory Hangs and agony upon a roman cross all of that time god was with him Never forsaking him Be not far from me verse 11 for trouble is near for there is none to help His disciples having abandoned him His disciples fleeing in the garden. He treads the wine press now alone on the cross What's true here of david is true the lord jesus christ is also true of you and i isn't it? From the time of your birth From the time that you were knit together in your mother's womb god is god over you He is near he's not a god who is far off And you can trust him When trouble is near There's none other to help but god and god alone verse 12 Many bulls have surrounded me Strong bulls of bachan have encircled me They gape at me with their mouths like a raging and roaring lion Judas the jews right the angry mob Pilate heartless soldiers this wicked godless god-hating world the wicked Plot against him and they snatch at him like a lion with his prey verse 14 I am poured out like water All my bones are out of joint just a bag of bones My heart is like wax it is melted within me My strength dried up like a poture like an old piece of clay dried up pottery Broken pottery my tongue clings to my jaws You have brought me to the dust of death to the very brink of the grave Dogs verse 16 have surrounded me The congregation of the wicked has enclosed me. They pierced my hands and my feet You know a thousand years before jesus was crucified David writes of crucifixion when crucifixion didn't exist as a method of execution Right here in verse 16 they pierced my hands they pierced my feet verse 17 I can count all my bones They look They stare at me Notice the the emphasis on humiliation shame on scorn Again by the way this portion of Psalm 22 found in kumran cave 4 Psalm 22 written a thousand years before christ and now the oldest manuscript that we have of Psalm 22 likely before the time of christ verse 18 Here it is again They divide my garments among them and for my clothing they cast lots Exactly as it occurs in john chapter 19 You know this fact verse 18 The fact that they divide his garments Or for the tunic they cast lots Doesn't contribute much To our understanding of the suffering of christ Doesn't contribute much to the our understanding of the shame that was heaped upon him at the cross But what this fact contributes because of psalm 18 Because of the word of god says so what this fact contributes is profound. Isn't it jesus christ is the messiah Jesus christ is the son of god We see it prophesied here in scripture verse 19 But you oh lord Do not be far from me. Oh my strength hasten to help me Deliver me from the sword my precious life from the power of the dog Save me from the lion's mouth And from the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me That statement at the end of verse 21 A statement of triumph a statement of victory you have answered me We have our answer from the lord It would be here in the psalm so to speak Where the lord would proclaim it is finished it is finished That which had been prophesied That which had been decreed that the son of god would come to the earth to suffer and die for sinners That has been accomplished And the psalm As does our narrative in john chapter 19 the psalm ends in triumph look at verse 22 This Brings to mind our remembrance of hebrus chapter 2 right verse 22. I will declare Your name to my brethren. He's not ashamed to call us brothers In the midst of the assembly. I will praise you You who fear the lord praise him all you descendants of jacob Glorify him and fear him all you offspring of joseph off offspring of israel Now think with me for a moment Verses 22 23 these terms the assembly Descendence of jacob off spring of israel no longer here only applying to the jews Because of the person and work of the lord jesus christ the middle wall of separation has been torn down The jews and gentiles now won by faith in christ one people of god So when he says in the midst of the assembly We know and understand that now the the fulfilling of that jewish assembly in the new testament is the church The fulfillment of god's plans and purposes all come about in the church jew and gentile together no middle wall of separation When he says descendants of jacob You are descendants of jacob by faith in christ if you turn from your sin and trust him amen We are the spiritual offspring of abraham here the spiritual offspring of israel All this applies finds its ultimate fulfillment in the church The spiritual seed of abraham by faith Look at verse 24 For he is not despised Nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted nor has he hidden his face from him, but when he cried to him he heard My praise shall be of you in the great assembly When we gather together every tribe every tongue every people every nation The praise of him will be on his lips will be on our lips I will pay my vows before those who fear him the poor shall eat and be satisfied those who seek him will praise the lord Let your heart live forever verse 27 All the ends of the world jew and gentile alike Shall remember and turn to the lord and all the families of the nation shall worship before you For the kingdom is the lord's and he rules over the nations I note here Verse 27 the first you must remember and turn to the lord You're to remember remember the prodigal son the prodigal son in the first country first he comes to his senses And then he comes to his father Right he first remembers he comes to his senses And then he comes to his father Verse 27 all the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the lord peoples of every tribe tongue and nation Remember that you are made I remember that you are not your own remember that you have a purpose to glorify god remember that you are made to worship him Remember that you are a sinner I remember that you have offended him with your sin that you've turned from that purpose From your first breath you are at enmity with god. You're an enemy of god by your wicked works Remember here that you are a lawbreaker Remember that your days are numbered remember that sin Leads to death Verse 27 turn to the lord right turn to the lord Peter said in first Peter chapter 3 verse 18 for christ also suffered once for sins The just for the unjust why? That he might bring us to god and he might bring us to god They saw him 22 verse 29 All the prosperous of the earth Shall eat and worship All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him even he who cannot keep himself alive So in verse 29 rich poor old young strong weak Up-and-comers down and outers All Will Eat it says and worship all who go down to the dust shall bow before him Even he who cannot keep himself alive Verse 30 apostarity shall serve him a people the apple of his eye Those who he has called those who he has redeemed apostarity shall serve him It will be recounted of the lord to the next generation. That's interesting here How will it be recounted? How will that posterity who serves him recount That to the next generation it will be recounted of the lord verse 30 to the next generation Verse 31 they will come and declare his righteousness To a people who will be born that he has done this on verse 31 those who come Knowing these truths right this is our response to the gospel when we consider john chapter 19 and what jesus cross has Done on the cross for sinners when we consider he is the king He is the king and his kingdom is established in judgment and injustice It has been affirmed by the word of god even with such Seemingly insignificant details as those soldiers casting lots for his clothing at the foot of the cross What are we to then declare They'll declare two things verse 31. They'll declare That there is a righteousness It's a righteousness not found in ourselves But only in the lord jesus christ. It is his righteousness That righteousness is the foundation of our hopes right? It's the fountain of our justification the fountain of our hopes His righteousness they'll declare his righteousness And they'll declare at the end of verse 31 that he has done this The lord jesus christ has done this at the work of our redemption Is finished at the cross of our lord jesus christ The work of our salvation Is finished by jesus christ. He has done this. He's done it and not we ourselves a witness to um two Mormons on saturday And the thrust of almost our entire conversation Was their insistence Upon works to be saved We talked about the equation right grace Equals salvation not grace plus works. We were saved by grace Through faith that not of ourselves. It is the gift of god not of works that anyone should boast If you put works on the wrong side of that equation Grace plus faith plus works equal salvation. You've got works righteousness. You go to hell when you die it is his Righteousness that we are to proclaim Secondly, we're to proclaim that he has done it The work of our redemption is finished by the lord jesus christ that he has done this And we as people are to proclaim that If you've turned from your sin and you put your faith and trust in christ You are the posterity of god being spoken of here You'll stand in the great assembly with the lord jesus christ We will praise the lamb who is slain worship god And his posterity verse 30 shall serve him we are to Having understood these truths Having seen this affirmed by the word of god Having understood that the lord jesus christ has finished this for us who have put their faith and trust in christ who have turned from their sin We are then to Serve him and declare that triumph We are the posterity that should come and declare his righteousness to a people who are born We're to declare that these this has been done by the lord jesus christ that he has done it That's our mission. Those are our marching orders, right? We are his posterity to declare his righteousness that he has done this All praise honor and glory to the one who has finished the work of our redemption. Amen Right We'll look more at john 19 next week and wrap up this text and looking at the accomplished work of christ on the cross For now, let's pray together silently And consider the text of scripture consider what the lord has done consider the affirmation The lord is made of these glorious truths in his word Consider how we are to live and to respond to these truths asking the lord's help asking the lord's blessing Now as we consider this sermon and as we consider his word to us, let us pray silently together. Let's pray father in heaven Lord, we pray now in consideration of these things that you would by your spirit Lay the implications of these texts To our heart there's anyone here lord not saved. I pray They would see The truth the fact Of your kingdom it has been established And that is affirmed by your word beforehand So that we know it's our god Who knows the future who has written history? It's our god who has done this. I pray that my brothers and sisters that Along with me that we would lord understand the implications of these passages on our Christian lives That as your posterity we would serve you Looking lord at the implications of your kingdom being established that our Citizenship is not here Our citizenship is in heaven and we are mere pilgrims Aliens and foreigners here Here lord to declare your righteousness to declare Among this wicked and perverse generation that you have done it You have accomplished salvation And it is finished And its sinners must turn from their sin and trust christ Help us lord to be faithful to these truths Spirit of god give us the strength give us the understanding the wisdom To pursue faithfulness to you and these things for your glory To trust you by faith and look for with great hope Great anticipation To the full consummation of all that that kingdom is The end of all things where you will finally Conquer Sin put an end to sin finish the transgressions as daniel says And usher in full consummation of your kingdom we look forward with great hope to that day or jesus christ come We look forward to worshiping you and praising you unfettered by sin Help us now lord as we serve you serve you faithfully Strengthen us lord to that end for your glory in jesus name. Amen