Matthew 27:27-56

I. The suffering criminals, who rage against God.

“The God of the gospel is the only God that doesn’t simply offer platitudes and perspective about pain, or say merely, ‘Here is an explanation for your pain.’ He’s a God that came down and shared in the forsakenness that we feel in a universe gone wrong. He’s the only God that did that.”

II. Creation itself, quaking under the weight of glory displayed.

III. The outsiders, who recognize He is doing this for them.

IV. Simon of Cyrene, who helps carry the cross.

“It wouldn’t matter if Jesus died 1000 times if no one ever heard about it!” Martin Luther