Suffering, Death, Redemption

As Good Friday approaches we should be thinking more about the way Jesus suffered for us and eventually gave up His life for us.

Jesus was tortured and humiliated.  He took the mocking, the crown of thorns, beatings, flogging, bearing the cross, and then came the crucifixion.

Then came the crucifixion: crude and jagged nails like railroad spikes were driven into his wrists and feet.    His body was lifted up on the cross so that he would hang and suffocate, and then have to inch his body up to catch breath.

The thought of the suffering and pain of our Lord helps us to appreciate the price paid for us.  But it is not just the physical pain that Jesus suffered.  It also speaks of a greater price of his soul.  We often think of the blood that he shed, but think now of the blood running through his heart which was broken and guilty of the sins of the world.

the price He paid was awesome.  If you want to listen to Sunday’s sermon in it’s entirety, you can visit the sermon page on the website or click the play below.

Below is from Spurgeon’s “Bought with a Price” that helped me (emphasis mine)

We speak of the drops of blood, but we must not confine our thoughts to the crimson life-floods which distilled from the Savior’s veins; we must think of the pangs which he endured, which were the equivalent for what we ought to have suffered, what we must have suffered had we endured the punishment of our guilt for ever in the flames of hell. But pain alone could not have redeemed us; it was by death that the Savior paid the ransom.

Death is a word of horror to the ungodly. The righteous hath hope in his death; but as Christ’s death was the substitute for the death of the ungodly, he was made a curse for us, and the presence of God was denied him. His death was attended with unusual darkness; he cried, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” O think ye earnestly on this. The Ever-living died to redeem us; the Only Begotten bowed his head in agony, and was laid in the grave that we might be saved.

Practical Proverbs for Husbands

This morning was part 2 of the Relationslips series. Once again, this is pretty touchy territory but I feel certain that these issues need to be discussed. God’s Word has some very powerful truths about sexuality and temptation; about marriage and purity.

Husbands are you destroying your marriage by looking at other women or making comparisons? Are you violating the trust of your one and only? Proverbs says that you must build your house on God’s wisdom. Listen to the sermon today to get some practical wisdom for building your home.

Here is the main text for today: Proverbs 5:15-20
15 Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.
16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares? 17 Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers. 18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. 19 A loving doe, a graceful deer—may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

The audio from the sermon today for husbands is available below.

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Sermon Audio – “Murder”

Here is the audio from Sunday’s sermon.  You can also hear past messages by going to the webpage www.teamchurch.org/sermons.  Enjoy!

Play or download the audio from the sermon:
download here: “Murder,” from the series Spinning the Moral Compass

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Sermon audio – “Honor”

I’m beginning a new feature today by posting the audio from Sunday’s sermon here in the blog.  Audio sermons are still available and you can get past sermons by going to the webpage www.teamchurch.org/sermons.  Enjoy!

Play or download the audio from the sermon:
download here: “Honor,” from the series Spinning the Moral Compass

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