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And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.  
                                                                                            Mark 12:30
much more than any man had ever endured, He stood with a crown of thorns beaten down
into his brow by the Romans.  His eyes were perhaps swollen from the buffeting; blood
coursing down His face and neck from having His beard ripped out.

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He stands with a purple robe around His body, crown of thorns on His head, Beaten and
bloody.  Then we hear the words of Pontius Pilate, "Behold your King!"

I. Behold Your King Experiencing Shame and Suffering

Isaiah 53                Psalm 22

  •        He Bore our Stripes
  •        He Bore our Sin

II. Behold Your King Extending Salvation

Romans 5:13 & 6:23       Titus 2:11 & 3:5

  •        Totally Free
  •        To Everyone

III. Behold Your King Exceeding in Splendor

Revelation 4:1-11
scourged him.  (2)  And the soldiers platted
and they put on him a purple robe,  (3)  And
said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote
went forth again, and saith unto them,
Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may
came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of
thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith
chief priests therefore and officers saw him,
they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify
him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him,
scourged him.  (2)  And the soldiers platted
and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.  (7)  
a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, a
crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and
they put on him a purple robe,  (3)  And
said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote
went forth again, and saith unto them,
Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may
came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of
thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith
chief priests therefore and officers saw him,
they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify
him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him,
and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.  (7)  
The Jews answered him, We have a law,
and by our law he ought to die, because he
made himself the Son of God.  (8)  When
Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was
the more afraid;  (9)  And went again into the
judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus,
Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no
answer.  (10)  Then saith Pilate unto him,
Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou
not that I have power to crucify thee, and
have power to release thee?  (11)  Jesus
answered, Thou couldest have no power at
all against me, except it were given thee
from above: therefore he that delivered me
unto thee hath the greater sin.  (12)  And
from thenceforth Pilate sought to release
him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou
let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend:
whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh
against Caesar.  (13)  When Pilate therefore
heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth,
and sat down in the judgment seat in a
place that is called the Pavement, but in the
Hebrew, Gabbatha.  (14)  And it was the
preparation of the passover, and about the
sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews,
Behold your King!  (15)  But they cried out,
Away with him, away with him, crucify him.
Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your
King? The chief priests answered, We have
no king but Caesar.  (16)  Then delivered he
him therefore unto them to be crucified. And
they took Jesus, and led him away.  (17)  
And he bearing his cross went forth into a
place called the place of a skull, which is
called in the Hebrew Golgotha:  (18)  Where
they crucified him, and two other with him,
on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.  
(19)  And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on
the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF
NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.  
(20)  This title then read many of the Jews:
for the place where Jesus was crucified was
nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew,
(1)  Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and
and Greek, and Latin.  (21)  Then said the
chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not,
The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am
King of the Jews.  (22)  Pilate answered,
What I have written I have written.  (23)  
Then the soldiers, when they had crucified
Jesus, took his garments, and made four
parts, to every soldier a part; and also his
coat: now the coat was without seam, woven
from the top throughout.  (24)  They said
therefore among themselves, Let us not
rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be:
that the scripture might be fulfilled, which
saith, They parted my raiment among them,
and for my vesture they did cast lots. These
things therefore the soldiers did.  (25)  Now
there stood by the cross of Jesus his
mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the
wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.  
(26)  When Jesus therefore saw his mother,
and the disciple standing by, whom he
loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman,
behold thy son!  (27)  Then saith he to the
disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that
hour that disciple took her unto his own
home.  (28)  After this, Jesus knowing that
all things were now accomplished, that the
scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.  
(29)  Now there was set a vessel full of
vinegar: and they filled a spunge with
vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to
his mouth.  (30)  When Jesus therefore had
received the vinegar, he said, It is finished:
and he bowed his head, and gave up the
ghost.
Sunday Morning April 17th, 2011
Service Times

Sunday School             10:00AM
Morning Worship         11:00AM
Evening Worship            6:00PM
Wednesday                       7:30PM
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