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My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?
Friday, March 21st, 2008My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?  What words of anguish we hear in our Lord Jesus’ cry on the cross! My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Surely our mind is filled with questions when we consider this cry of our Lord. For this very word forsaken is a word full of woe. The word forsaken is defined as “To leave altogether; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from”. Why would God forsake his loving, faithful, and righteous son? Why would God abandon the one who has been most faithful to Him? Surely, we could understand if God forsook the wicked, but why the Christ? What is the answer to Jesus’ question? Why is God forsaking him?
Passage: Psalm 22; Matthew 27:27-54
Author: Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div.
Sermon originally preached during the Good Friday Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 03/21/2008 in Novato, CA.
O Lord, Save Us! - A Palm Sunday Sermon
Sunday, March 16th, 2008Our sermon for today is on Psalm 118, which was the psalm that was taken up on the lips of the Jews and applied to Jesus during the Triumphal Entry on Palm Sunday. In our reading from Matthew we saw that the crowd of Jews exclaimed, “Hosanna,” meaning, “save” or “save now”. They exclaimed “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD! Hosanna in the highest!” And so as we celebrate Palm Sunday today, and remember the start of what is often called the Passion Week or the Holy Week, it is quite fitting that we consider this psalm today. This psalm was in the back of the minds of those who cried out to Jesus on that Palm Sunday some 2000 years ago. And so as we look at this psalm, we’ll learn a little bit more about what may have been in the mind of those Jews who welcomed Jesus into Jerusalem on the first Palm Sunday. But more importantly, as we analyze this psalm and understand its meaning, we’ll see how it ultimately finds its fulfillment in Christ and the cross.
Passage: Psalm 118
Author: Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div.
Sermon originally preached during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 03/16/2008 in Novato, CA.
Other Scripture Readings: Matthew 21:1-17; 1 Peter 2:1-10
Westminster Shorter Catechism Questions 7-8, Part 2
Sunday, March 16th, 2008Topic: Westminster Shorter Catechism Questions 7-8
Author: Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div.
Adult Sunday School at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 03/16/2008 in Novato, CA. This is a continuation from last week’s topic.
Lord even of the Sabbath
Sunday, March 9th, 2008In our passage for today, Jesus’ authority is again being questioned, this time with regards to the Sabbath. Our passage for today has two different scenes in it, both with opposition against Jesus, and both dealing with the question of his authority concerning the Sabbath. The question that is being raised is, “Who has authority to interpret God’s law on what is permissible to do on the Sabbath?” Who has authority to declare God’s purpose and intentions of the Sabbath? Is it the Pharisees with all their man-made laws which they had erected around the Sabbath? No! Mark shows us that Jesus is the authority even on the Sabbath.
Passage: Mark 2:23-3:6
Author: Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div.
Sermon originally preached during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 03/09/2008 in Novato, CA.
Other Scripture Readings: 1 Sam 21:1-9; Revelation 7:9-17