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This feed broadcasts the latest sermons and Sunday schools from Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Novato, CA. Our sermons seek to exposit Scripture, preaching Christ and the cross, and understanding the impact and demand of the Word on our lives. Church, Novato, Marin, Hankins, Sermon, Christian, OPC, San Rafael Rev. W. Reid Hankins Rev. W. Reid Hankins info@trinityopcnovato.org no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/04/22/finished/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/04/22/finished/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 05:37:08 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/?p=1327 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/04/22/finished/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Sermon preached on John 19:17-30 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Good Friday Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 4/22/2011 in Novato, CA. Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. John 19:17-30 04/22/10 “It is Finished” It is finished[...] Sermon preached on John 19:17-30 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Good Friday Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 4/22/2011 in Novato, CA. Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. John 19:17-30 04/22/10 “It is Finished” It is finished. Three little words in the English. Actually, only word even in the Greek. A single word of Jesus from the cross. And yet what significance it contains. This is a rich word in the original. It has the idea of accomplishment. It’s bringing an end to something; completing something. So many of Jesus’ words on the cross spoke of his sufferings. This one spoke of his accomplishment. This one spoke of how he had finished the work his Father had given him to do. Finally, it was complete. The suffering was at an end. The cross was finally at its end. And yet as we’ll see, this is not really a word of exhaustion. At the end of some long exhausting task, you might say something like this. I’m done. It might just mean you made it through. Certainly that’s part of what Jesus is saying. And yet surely this was not just a marker of completion for Jesus, but also for victory. Even one of a measure of peace. He had entrusted himself to his Father’s plan, and the plan had been accomplished. That’s a striking perspective then. The world at that time might have looked at this moment as the height of Jesus’ failure. There are unbelieving scholars today who have suggested that. That the cross represented the crowning failure of Jesus’ ministry. But that’s not how Jesus saw it. When he said it is finished, he was saying, “Mission Accomplished!” Well, how? If the cross looks like defeat, how is this mission accomplished? How is this victory? How can he peacefully give up his spirit here? That’s what we’ll consider today. We’ll consider first what was finished here. We’ll consider six things that have found their finish here at the cross. We’ll walk briefly through six things that have been accomplished and put to an end by what Jesus did here on Good Friday. These things are interrelated, but they are different nuances brought out by Scripture about what happened on Golgotha. After that, we’ll spend a few moments assessing all this and applying it to our lives today. So, let’s dig in. Jesus said, “It is finished.” What was finished? What was accomplished? Well, first let’s see that in light of prophecy. The prophecy was accomplished. The prophecy that spoke about Jesus’ suffering had come to its end; its conclusion; its fulfillment. Now, in general, we can say this of all the prophecies in the Scriptures about his sufferings. All his predicted sufferings had either come to pass or have been put into motion. Though, to be fair, there certainly are some remaining prophecies about his sufferings that had not yet come to pass. I’m thinking of prophecies about his actual death and burial. Those are to be imminently fulfilled. Certainly, in anticipation of those, Jesus statement of being finished would still apply. So, in a broad sense, we can see the accomplishment of prophecy with his word here. Even in the preceding verse, in verse 28, it says that Jesus knew all things were accomplished – that’s the same word as when he says it is finished. But then after it says in verse 28 that all things were accomplished, he proceeds with seeing that yet another scripture was fulfilled – his being given sour wine to drink. So, in other words, the fact that all things have been accomplished, doesn’t preclude a few final prophecies being fulfilled, like the sour wine, and his death, and his burial. I think the point is that all those prophecies about his suffering find their climax in the cross. They were about him coming to the cross and suffering in our place; for our salvation. Those had all c[...] Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2009/03/22/darkness-over-the-whole-land/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2009/03/22/darkness-over-the-whole-land/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:15:04 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.novatoopcsermons.org/?p=322 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2009/03/22/darkness-over-the-whole-land/feed/ 0 0:35:37 Who do you want Jesus to be?  Of course, who you want Jesus to be, is quite different than who he really is.  Yet it is a common temptation for us to want to tell Jesus who he is supposed to be.  Or what he is supposed to do for us, or for our life.[...] Who do you want Jesus to be?  Of course, who you want Jesus to be, is quite different than who he really is.  Yet it is a common temptation for us to want to tell Jesus who he is supposed to be.  Or what he is supposed to do for us, or for our life.  Mark, however, has been presenting us with the Biblical Jesus. Throughout the book, Mark has been asking the question, “Who is Jesus?”  And so as we look at this climactic passage in the book of Mark, I want to remind us of this question Mark has been asking.  I want us to look again today at who Jesus is.  I want us to look again at what it means for him to be the Christ and what it means for him to be the Son of God.  It’s quite fitting that Mark drives home this message with the story of the cross. Passage: Mark 15:33-41 Author: Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. Sermon originally preached during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 03/22/2009 in Novato, CA. Manuscript: Darkness Over the Whole Land Mark Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2009/03/15/that-we-may-see-and-believe/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2009/03/15/that-we-may-see-and-believe/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:31:57 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.novatoopcsermons.org/?p=307 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2009/03/15/that-we-may-see-and-believe/feed/ 0 0:38:28 Though Jesus is the King of all kings, no one in our passage is recorded here as recognizing it.  In fact, it’s quite the opposite.  Jesus had been condemned to death for claiming to be the King of Jews.  That was the final charge that warranted the[...] Though Jesus is the King of all kings, no one in our passage is recorded here as recognizing it.  In fact, it’s quite the opposite.  Jesus had been condemned to death for claiming to be the King of Jews.  That was the final charge that warranted the Roman death penalty.  And so in this passage, we finally see Jesus crucified.  And in these last few scenes, we see Jesus mocked as king.  We see him suffer and die as king.  And sadly, we see people completely miss him as king.  And so whether it was the mob mentality, or just plain the sinfulness of man, everyone in this passage seems to be turning against Jesus, denying that he is the Christ, and therefore denying that he is the King.  The inscription that identified him in verse 26, “The King of the Jews” was ironically so right, and yet so fully denied.  ANd yet even as the masses mocked and denied him as king, God’s Word was being fulfilled that foretold that this king would suffer exactly in this way. Passage: Mark 15:16-32 Author: Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. Sermon originally preached during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 03/15/2009 in Novato, CA. Manuscript: That We May See and Believe Mark Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/10/12/what-do-you-want-me-to-do-for-you/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/10/12/what-do-you-want-me-to-do-for-you/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:35:00 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.novatoopcsermons.org/?p=158 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/10/12/what-do-you-want-me-to-do-for-you/feed/ 0 0:38:04 In our passage for today, we have three specific events all of which are very similar to things that have already happened in Mark.  I mean, yes, they are new and distinct events in the history of Jesus’ ministry, but what’s going on and the general[...] In our passage for today, we have three specific events all of which are very similar to things that have already happened in Mark.  I mean, yes, they are new and distinct events in the history of Jesus’ ministry, but what’s going on and the general lessons that are being taught are some of the very same specific points that have just been taught in the last few chapters.  And so our temptation today might be to zone out.  We could say, yes, yes, I’ve heard these lessons before.  And yet the fact that Jesus is reteaching even the disciples here some of the same lessons, shows that we sometimes need these lessons repeated.  And so let’s look at what this passage has to say about Jesus’ mission of suffering, and even how we relate to that mission. Passage: Mark 10:32-52 Author: Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. Sermon originally preached during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 10/12/2008 in Novato, CA. Click here for the manuscript. Mark Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no