Dealing with Suffering & Death

Dealing with Suffering & Death

Dealing with Suffering and Death

A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church

I. PLAN

A. PUBLIC EXAMPLE

1. CROSS Matthew 20:17a  And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem,

2. COURAGE Mark 10:32b and Jesus was walking ahead of them.

3. CONCERN Mark 10:32c And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid.

B. PRIVATE INSTRUCTION

1. CONFIDENTIALITY Matthew 20:17b He took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way He said to them,

2. CERTAINTY Matthew 20:18a “See, we are going up to Jerusalem.

3. CULMINATION Luke 18:31b and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.

II. PROPHECY

A. PERIL

1. CARRIED OUT Matthew 20:18b And the Son of Man will be betrayed

2. CHIEF PRIESTS Matthew 20:18c to the chief priests and scribes,

3. CONDEMNATION Matthew 20:18c and they will condemn Him to death

B. PUNISHMENT

1. CONSTRAINED Matthew 20:19a then hand Him over to the Gentiles

2. CONTEMPT Matthew 20:19b  to be mocked  and flogged Mark 10:34b and spit on Him,

3. CRUCIFIXION Matthew 20:19d and crucified.

C. PROCLAMATION

1. CALLED Matthew 20:19e And He will be raised on the third day.”

2. COME FORTH Luke 18:33b and on the third day He will rise.

III. PERCEPTION

A. PERSPECTIVE

1. CONTEMPLATION Luke 18:34a But they understood none of these things

2. CONCEIVE

B. PERPLEXED

1. CLOUDED Luke 18:34b This saying was hidden from them

2. COMPREHENSION Luke 18:34c and they did not grasp what He said.