Suffering King: The North Star of Eternity
Suffering King: The North Star of Eternity
Speaker: Pastor Lee Cummings
Date: April 10, 2022
What kind of king chooses suffering over splendor—a Roman cross over a royal throne? The road to our redemption was lonely and pitted with pain, but through it all, Jesus overcame every temptation and learned obedience to the Father through what He suffered. In Suffering King, join us as we journey with Jesus to Calvary and dive deeper into what it means to truly follow Him!
In this Palm Sunday sermon from Pastor Lee Cummings, hear how to live with an eternal perspective and awareness to walk in joy knowing there is another side to suffering.
Sermon Highlights
Matthew 16:21-28 (ESV)
“21 From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. 22 And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you.” 23 But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? 27 For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done. 28 Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
Jesus was able to finish the work of the Cross – because His joy was found on the other side of His suffering
His North Star was not in this life, but in eternity
This is what enabled Him to walk past the adoring crowds, overturn tables in the Temple and confront His conspirators without fear or compromise
His biggest obstacle to accomplishing His purpose – was a temporal, human mindset that was focused upon today and self-preservation
Forming An Eternal Perspective That Produces Joy:
The suffering of this life is temporal
The joy of knowing and obeying God is eternal
Realizing that injustice in this life, will be made right in the next
Living sacrificially so that others may know Christ – will have a reward that is far surpassing of the price we pay here and now