Luke 23:37
1) There are several points that spring from Lk. 23.
2) For instance, Jesus closed out His life just as He had started it. Compare Lk. 3:21.
3) As we reflect back over the last year how well have we done with prayer during this past year?
a) Did we wait until hard times came and then started to pray?
b) Or, did we start to pray when things were not troublesome?
4) We see another useful point in the Lord’s prayer on the cross.
a) Prayer was one of the final things that Jesus did with His earthly life.
b) Suppose that we had less than a day to live – what would we do?
c) “We want to be focused on spiritual things.”
5) Not only did Jesus pray, He prayed for those who were helping take Him from this earthly realm.
a) There may be times in life when we find it difficult to pray for someone.
6) When was the last time in our life when we encountered an enemy?
a) How long has it been since someone has really wronged or wounded us?
b) If we can think back to when that time was, how did we respond?
7) Fulfilled prophecy says something has been predicted in advance and this prediction has come true.
8) Isa. 53:12 – READ
a) The word “intercession” is another way of describing Jesus’ prayer in Lk. 23.
b) Jesus makes intercession for people now (1 Tim. 2:5).
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9) Jesus’ prayer on the cross reminds us that we can and must accept the Bible as the word of God.
10) When we look at the cross of Christ we find something else that merits our attention.
a) The words in Lk. 23 say “they know not what they do.”
11) Acts 3:17 tells us that Peter said some people were ignorant about their actions.
a) 1 Cor. 2:8.
b) Our world is a place where ignorance still abounds.
12) There were “times of ignorance” (Acts 17:30) that God “overlooked” (the KJV says “winked at”).
13) The middle of this verse says BUT NOW – times have changed.
14) Now God says religious ignorance is not an excuse.
15) When we look at Jesus’ final words on the cross in this first saying we see something else:
16) We find man’s greatest need.
17) Jesus had a wish (a desire) for humanity.
18) He wanted people to find forgiveness.
a) This gift is worth more than all the presents that will ever be given in the history of man.
b) This gift is the gift of salvation from sin.
19) Sin creates a debt that we cannot pay; sin is like a chain around our necks.
20) No matter how hard we try, we cannot break free from this chain without God’s help.
21) We need God’s gift of salvation. The Bible says this gift is “free” (Rom. 6:23).
22) God’s gift is free to those who are “in Christ.”
23) The Bible says “baptism” puts us into Christ (Gal. 3:27) & thus allows us to have forgiveness of sins.
