Companion Texts: Isaiah 53:3-5 and II Corinthians 5:20, 21

Sermon Texts: Matthew 27:45-46

1.The Timing “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice. . .”

2.The Tenor “From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.”

3.The Trauma “Jesus cried out with a loud voice. . .”

4.The Trust “Jesus cried out with a loud voice, ‘my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’”

5.The Truth “and about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, ‘my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’”

6.The Treasure “No longer do I call you servants . . .I call you friends.”