The Crossing
Jesus was opposed before He was born.
Jesus was opposed as an infant.
Jesus faced opposition from his own people in Nazareth.
Luke 4:14-30 NIV
Jesus was opposed by the entire religious establishment.
When He took His last breath, had a spear thrust into His side after He died, His body pried off that horrible cross, and His body entombed, they said there…He’s cancelled!
But, three days later there was a rude awakening coming! They had that cancellation all wrong. Jesus wasn’t cancelled, He was doing the cancelling! He cancelled His own death by rising from death.
He cancelled the separation between God and us. He cancelled the payment of all your sin, He cancelled the power of the law over us, He cancelled the power of sin over your life, He cancelled your death, He cancelled your hell, He cancelled Satan himself!
Isaiah 53:3 NIV
Mark 12:10-11 NIV
1 Peter 2:7-8 NIV
Saving you was His plan.
Matthew 5:10-12 NIV
Matthew 10:24-26 NIV
Matthew 10:35-38 NIV
Jesus was encircled by opposition. When we step into his circle, we step into opposition.