Sunday’s sermon from the Community Evangelical Free Church in Soap Lake, WA. Our text for this week is Matthew 27:45-56. Over the past several weeks we have been moving through the sufferings of Jesus as He was tried, scourged, and crucified on a Roman cross. Although we’ve spent much time detailing the physical sufferings of Jesus, our text today highlights the spiritual sufferings of Jesus as He cried out from the cross quoting Psalm 22:1, “my God, my God, why have You forsaken Me?”. As we dwell on the magnitude of this statement, along with Jesus yielding up His spirit, and the Temple veil being torn in two, the response should be nothing other than awe and wonder. Just as the Roman centurion who witnesses these things stood in awe and acknowledged that Jesus was in fact deity in the flesh - so too as we by God’s Spirit encounter these events our hearts should be overwhelmed with awe, gratitude, and wonder at the love of God in Christ Jesus for us who are HIs by faith. That we are no longer alienated but reconciled; we are no longer enemies but now have relationship; we are no longer condemned but securely justified by His grace. We pray this sermon will encourage you to look to Christ and behold His glory. If you have any questions or comments you can contact us at [email protected]