{"id":899,"date":"2024-03-24T14:55:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T14:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/?p=899"},"modified":"2024-03-24T14:55:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T14:55:37","slug":"palm-sunday-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/2024\/03\/24\/palm-sunday-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Palm Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Todays sermon was given by our reader Julie Taylor for our Lent service on 24\/3\/24. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/240324\" width=\"500\" height=\"60\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Download Mp3\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/240324\/240324.mp3\">HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sermon starts at 4:45<\/p>\n\n\n\n<font color=\"red\">Mark 15 (selected verses)\n<br><br>\nJesus before Pilate<\/font>\n<br><br>\nVery early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the\nlaw and the whole Sanhedrin\u2026 bound Jesus, led him away and handed him\nover to Pilate.\n<br><br>\n\u201cAre you the king of the Jews?\u201d asked Pilate.<br>\n\u201c\u2018You have said so,\u201d Jesus replied.\n<br><br>\nThe chief priests accused him of many things. So again Pilate asked him,\n<br><br>\n\u201cAren\u2019t you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of.\u201d\nBut Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed.\n<br><br>\nNow it was the custom at the festival to release a prisoner whom the people\nrequested\u2026<br>\n\u201cDo you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?\u201d asked Pilate\u2026 But\nthe chief priests stirred up the crowd to get Pilate to release Barabbas instead.\n<br><br>\n\u201cWhat shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?\u201d Pilate asked\n[the crowd].\n\u201cCrucify him!\u201d they shouted.<br>\n\u201cWhy? What crime has he committed?\u201d asked Pilate.\n<br><br>\nBut they shouted all the louder, \u201cCrucify him!\u201d<br>\nWanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus\nflogged, and handed him over to be crucified.\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"red\">The soldiers mock Jesus<\/font><br>\n\nThe soldiers led Jesus away into the palace \u2026 and called together the whole\ncompany of soldiers. They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a\ncrown of thorns and set it on him. \n<br><br>\nAnd they began to call out to him, \u201cHail, king\nof the Jews!\u201d <br>Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and\nspat on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him. And when they\nhad mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him.\n<br><br>\nThen they led him out to crucify him.\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"red\">The death of Jesus<\/font><br>\n\u2026They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means \u2018the place of\nthe skull\u2019). And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see\nwhat each would get.\n<br><br>\nIt was nine in the morning when they crucified him. The written notice of the\ncharge against him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS.\n<br><br>\nThey crucified two rebels with him, one on his right and one on his left. Those\nwho passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, \u201cSo! You\nwho are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, come down\nfrom the cross and save yourself!\u201d \n<br><br>\nIn the same way the chief priests and the\nteachers of the law mocked him among themselves. <br>\u201cHe saved others,\u201d they\nsaid, \u201cbut he can\u2019t save himself! Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come\ndown now from the cross, that we may see and believe.\u201d Those crucified with\nhim also heaped insults on him.\n<br><br>\nAt noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And\nat three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice \u201dMy God, my God, why\nhave you forsaken me?\u201d\n<br><br>\n\u2026 With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.\n<br><br>\nThe curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And when the\ncenturion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died, he said, \u201cSurely\nthis man was the Son of God!\u201d<br><br>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Todays sermon was given by our reader Julie Taylor for our Lent service on 24\/3\/24. Download Mp3\u00a0HERE! 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