As Jesus suffers on the cross, we see three different responses. The crowds depart in grief and confusion, the women friends of Jesus watch and wait, and the Roman officer is moved to worship. To a man who has seen so many suffer, there is something about the way that Jesus faces suffering that deeply moves the man. As we follow Jesus, how might God use our suffering to point others to God?

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Even from the cross, Jesus extends love those around him. He mourns for the mourners and the fate they will face, he calls out for forgiveness of those nailing him to the cross, and he welcomes the crucified robber's confession, promising him that he will be welcome in Jesus' kingdom. God's love never ends, even at the cross, especially at the cross!

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On Palm Sunday, the crowds had greeted Jesus with chants of "Hosanna!" and "Blessed is he!", but now -- just a few days later -- they chant, "Crucify him!" What changed? Jesus didn't change. The fickly crowds had changed, just as our emotions so quickly change. God knows that we need a much firmer foundation.

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Sermon #3 of Highrock's spring sermon series ("Deep: Moving Beyond Shallow Spirituality") from Genesis 44:12-34 (NLT)

Pilate the Roman governor and King Herod Antipas were political opponents who loved to undermine one another. In Jesus, they finally find common ground and put aside their differences! They are united by their desire to use Jesus to further their own goals, a tendency we probably share more than we might like to admit.

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A variety of cowardice and sin pushes Jesus to the cross. Peter's defnial left Jesus abandoned. Then there the guards whose "strength" allowed them to beat a helpless Jesus, followed by the council's pre-determined "justice". All of these people lacked the courage to face the truth, which is exactly why Jesus must be the one to face the truth of our sin, carrying it to the cross with him.

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Entering into the garden, Jesus tells his disciples to pray for strength during the time of trial. Jesus does exactly this and is miraculously fortified while the disciples fall asleep and are not. Why is it so hard to pray? Will we pray for strength during the times of our trials?

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During the last supper, the disciples begin to bicker about which of them will be the greatest. What's more, Peter and the rest will soon betray or abandon Jesus. What Jesus knows but they do not yet understand is that God will use their failures to lead to even greater faithfulness, if they will simply repent and return to him!

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Sermon #2 of Highrock's spring sermon series ("Deep: Moving Beyond Shallow Spirituality") from 1 Sam 17:12-40

Passover arrives, a time that Jesus eagerly desires to spend with his disciples -- including the one who will betray him. These disciples all had a closer walk with Jesus than any of us will have this side of eternity, yet they would all either betray or abandon him in a short while. It is a moment that invites us to examine ourselves with honesty and humility.

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