CrossWay Church
March 12, 2023: Final Words of Christ
These are the Bible passage and sermon notes for our Sunday morning worship services.
Locations & Times
CrossWay Church Battle Ground
311 N Parkway Ave, Battle Ground, WA 98604, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
Luke 23:32-49: Paradise today!
I) Three men are sentenced to death.
A) Jesus extended _______________ to those that disparaged him.
1) Religious leaders ______________ that Jesus was making messianic claims.
2) Romans viewed this as a ______________ claim.
3) Both groups encouraged Jesus to save himself to __________ his claims.
B) One career criminal tried to _________ Jesus to save them both.
C) The other criminal rebuked the other rebel and encouraged him to ponder God’s holy ______________.
II) Two unlikely men turn to Jesus.
A) The second thief declared his ___________ in Jesus in his final moments.
1) He admitted his own __________ deeds.
2) He acknowledged Jesus’s ______________.
3) He looked to Jesus’s ______________ to enter into God’s kingdom.
B) Jesus _____________ him home.
1) He ensures him that he will be in God’s presence __________!
2) Paradise is the _________________ place where the righteous are in the presence of God.
3) This is different the __________ heaven spoken of when Christ comes again.
C) A Roman ____________ also acknowledges Jesus’s righteousness.
III) One torn temple curtain
A) The temple curtain was __________ from top to bottom.
B) This showed that Jesus had removed the ______________ for humanity to enter into the holy God.
IV) Our response
A) We can ignore or belittle Jesus’s claims.
B) We can turn to Jesus.
1) We can admit that we will never ________________ up to God’s holy standards because of our sin.
2) We trust the _________ and forgiveness of Jesus!
C) We can _________ that our loved ones who do not know Christ will turn to him (even in their final hour).
I) Three men are sentenced to death.
A) Jesus extended _______________ to those that disparaged him.
1) Religious leaders ______________ that Jesus was making messianic claims.
2) Romans viewed this as a ______________ claim.
3) Both groups encouraged Jesus to save himself to __________ his claims.
B) One career criminal tried to _________ Jesus to save them both.
C) The other criminal rebuked the other rebel and encouraged him to ponder God’s holy ______________.
II) Two unlikely men turn to Jesus.
A) The second thief declared his ___________ in Jesus in his final moments.
1) He admitted his own __________ deeds.
2) He acknowledged Jesus’s ______________.
3) He looked to Jesus’s ______________ to enter into God’s kingdom.
B) Jesus _____________ him home.
1) He ensures him that he will be in God’s presence __________!
2) Paradise is the _________________ place where the righteous are in the presence of God.
3) This is different the __________ heaven spoken of when Christ comes again.
C) A Roman ____________ also acknowledges Jesus’s righteousness.
III) One torn temple curtain
A) The temple curtain was __________ from top to bottom.
B) This showed that Jesus had removed the ______________ for humanity to enter into the holy God.
IV) Our response
A) We can ignore or belittle Jesus’s claims.
B) We can turn to Jesus.
1) We can admit that we will never ________________ up to God’s holy standards because of our sin.
2) We trust the _________ and forgiveness of Jesus!
C) We can _________ that our loved ones who do not know Christ will turn to him (even in their final hour).