HUMAN NATURE UNCHECKED BOOK OF MATTHEW LESSON 101Sermon Notes |
Date of Sermon: August 3, 2020
Main Idea: Human nature unchecked can be very ugly
Key Verse: “And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.” Matthew 27:30
Bible Reading: 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him. 28 And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 30 And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. 31 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him.
Outline:
I. The Roots of Unchecked Contempt (27-29)
A. National prejudice
B. Prejudice against lawbreakers
C. Helpless in their power
D. There is no check on their contempt
II. The Result of Unchecked Contempt (30-31)
A. Physical demonstration of contempt (30a)
B. Escalation to repeated beatings (30b)
C. Hiding the contempt publicly (31a)
D. Death (31b)
Main Idea: Human nature unchecked can be very ugly
Key Verse: “And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.” Matthew 27:30
Bible Reading: 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him. 28 And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 30 And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. 31 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him.
Outline:
I. The Roots of Unchecked Contempt (27-29)
A. National prejudice
B. Prejudice against lawbreakers
C. Helpless in their power
D. There is no check on their contempt
II. The Result of Unchecked Contempt (30-31)
A. Physical demonstration of contempt (30a)
B. Escalation to repeated beatings (30b)
C. Hiding the contempt publicly (31a)
D. Death (31b)