April 7th

In the wilderness, hope

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Bulletin Watch

April 7, 2023

Series:   A Table in the Wilderness

GOOD FRIDAY     

Scripture:      Psalm 42; Mark 15.33-39

Sermon:        ‘In the wilderness, hope’          

It isn’t a table of sustenance that Jesus is being offered, but a sponge dipped in vinegar with a drug mixed in to dull the senses. Some might have seen this as a gracious act, but others saw it as a way to extend Jesus’ suffering to see if he would be miraculously saved. But despite Jesus’ thirst (John 19:28) he did not drink (Matthew 27:34). Neither was he rescued. Nothing could be as bleak as this darkest time, this most profound loneliness. But still, somehow, God’s glory broke through and the Roman guard understood: “This man was surely the Son of God!” What light do we see in the wilderness?

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