They Watched Him

Matthew 27:36

Today is February fourteenth, the day that we give flowers, candy, cards, and other expressions of our love to the ones we truly care about. The greatest expression of love ever made took place on Calvary nearly 2000 years ago. This morning, and over the next few weeks, I want us to turn our attention toward the cross, and the love of God manifest toward us through Christ. Paul told us that God showed His love for us by giving His Son to die for us while we were yet sinners!

In Matthew 27 we find the account of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Lord has been betrayed, arrested, falsely tried, and now sentenced to die the cruel death of crucifixion. He had been brutally beaten and then turned over to the execution detail who would finish the job. Look, if you would, at verse 27 of our text. (Read: v27-36)

Note the final verse we just read. "And sitting down they watched him there."

I. THEY WATCHED COMPLACENTLY IN THE HOUR OF THE CRUCIFIXION

II. THEY WATCHED CALMLY IN THE HOUR OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST CRISIS

III. THEY WATCHED CARELESSLY IN THE HOUR OF GOD'S GREATEST EXAMPLE OF CARING

CONCLUSION: WHAT DOES THE DEATH OF CHRIST MEAN TO YOU? HOW DOES HIS DEATH AFFECT YOUR LIFE? TRUST THE ONE WHO DIED FOR YOU