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and you read about the lamb in John

chapter 19.

beginning at verse 17 and reading

and he bearing his cross went forth into

a place called the place of a skull

which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha

were they crucified him and two others

with him

on either side one

and Jesus in the midst

and pilate wrote a title and put it on

the cross and the writing was Jesus of

Nazareth the king of the Jews

this title then read many of the Jews

for the place where Jesus was crucified

was near to the city

and it was written in Hebrew and Greek

and Latin

then said the chief Priests of the Jews

to pilate write not the king of the Jews

but he said I am King of the Jews

pilate answered what I have written

I have written

then the soldiers when they had

crucified Jesus took his garments and

made four parts

to every Soldier apart

and also his cult

now the coat was without seem woven from

the top throughout

they said therefore among themselves let

us not tear it but cast lots for it

whose it shall be

that the scripture might be fulfilled

with Seth

they parted my Raymond among them

and for my vesture they did cast lots

these things therefore the soldiers did

now they're stood by the cross of Jesus

his mother

and his mother's sister

Mary the wife of clopus

and Mary Magdalene

when Jesus therefore saw his mother and

the disciples standing by whom he loved

he saith unto his mother woman

woman

Behold thy son

then saith he to the disciple

Behold thy mother

and from that hour that disciple took her

her

unto his own home

if you and I had been in Jerusalem

that Passover afternoon when our lord

I wonder how near

we would have been

it's one thing for us to sing

Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross

and it's quite something else to

it took some courage for those people to

be near the cross the soldiers were

Four Women and John were there out of devotion

and it wasn't the easiest place to be

and it wasn't the most popular place to be

but it's the place where their hearts

took them

kind of a place is that

of course I'm not talking about geography

geography

no one today can stand near The Cross

were you to make a trip to the holy land

they would show you two locations

but no one has a spiritual blessing from

a geographical position

we're talking about spiritual geography

we're talking about a step of faith that

takes us near to Jesus Christ

we're talking about what it means

I think this third word from the cross

woman Behold thy son

Behold thy mother

helps us to understand the distinctives

of this place

near The Cross

four of these persons who were standing

near The Cross

and I want to ask each of them one question

what kind of a place is it

near The Cross

what are its distinctives let's begin

what kind of a place is it near the cross

cross

and Mary Magdalene looks at us and she

says to me

what do we know about Mary Magdalene

well not a great deal

we're told in Luke chapter 8 and verse 2

that Mary Magdalene at one time had been

possessed by seven demons

there was a time when modern society

raised their eyebrows and smiled at

things like demon possession now they

we're having a multitude of books come

off the press written not by Evangelical Christians

Christians

but by people who make no pretense of

Evangelical theology talking about demon possession

possession

Mary Magdalene at one time had been the home

home

of seven demons

and one day she came to Jesus Christ and

Jesus Christ set her free he redeemed

her and someone is saying oh I'm glad

and yet I read in Ephesians chapter 2

that all of those who have never trusted

Jesus Christ as their savior

are indwelt by

and possessed by the spirit that now

worketh in the children of disobedience

in other words it's possible that

someone is listening to me right now who

is in the same condition spiritually as

Mary Magdalene was and you desperately

need to come near The Cross because that

a modern world's sometimes laughs at a

but I would read to you

from Acts chapter 26

verse 18.

what our ministry is today what Jesus

does for people like Mary Magdalene

God said to the Apostle Paul I'm sending

you to open their eyes

to turn them from Darkness to light from

the power of Satan unto God that they

may receive forgiveness of sins and

inheritance among them who are

Sanctified by faith that is in me

now this verse describes for us what

happened to Mary and what happened to

many of us and what can happen to some

of you

there was a time when she was blind but

then her eyes were open and she could see

see

there was a time when she was in

darkness but then she was translated out

of darkness in the light

there was a time when Mary Magdalene was

possessed by Satan but now by faith in

Jesus Christ she experiences the power

of God there was a time when she was

weighed down by the guilt of sin but

she's been moved from guilt to forgiveness

forgiveness

there was a time when she was poor

Satan always makes people poor

the thief cometh not but for to steal

and to kill and to destroy but there was

a time when Mary trusted Jesus Christ

and she was moved out of poverty into

the inheritance

that belongs to those who are Christians

someone listening to me right now is

guilty in darkness your eyes are blinded

Satan has enslaved you guilt has

weighted you down

and you're getting more and more spiritually

spiritually poor

poor

your spiritual Investments are zero

and the only wages you are receiving are

the wages of sin

and I say to you why don't you come to

the cross

Mary says that near the cross is the place

place

of redemption

and if the sun shall make you free you

will be free indeed no wonder Luke

chapter 8 verse 3 tells me that after

Mary was redeemed

when our eyes were open and her burden

was lifted and she moved into the light

no wonder

she ministered to Jesus Christ out of

her means I don't know what means she had

had

but everything she had she gave to Jesus Christ

Christ

because he'd redeemed her

and her unsafe friend said Mary why are

you doing that because I'm not my own

I've been bought with a price

but Mary why are you giving him that

because it's his

he redeemed me

and when Mary stood there near The Cross

she saw her Redeemer and she realized

that for him to be able to deliver her

he could not be delivered

his eyes were open but our Lord's eyes

were blindfolded

Mary was moved out of Darkness into

light but Jesus went out of light Into

Darkness Mary was moved out of the

kingdom of Satan into the kingdom of God

but Jesus had to have all the waves and

the Billows of judgment go over him

Mary's guilt was washed away but Jesus

bore on his body our sins

Mary became rich

because Jesus Christ became the poorest

of the poor

on the cross

near The Cross

let's talk to uh Mary's

Mary's sister

sister

who was standing there

her name was Salome

she was the mother of James and John the

wife of Zebedee

two of your sons are disciples yes

they forsook all to follow Christ yes

you're standing here near The Cross

is it because you want to be near your

sister Mary

well partly

why are you standing here what is this

place like near The Cross

and Salome says to us to me

it's a place of rebuke

do you remember one day

this woman came up to the Lord Jesus and

she bowed before him and she said to him

I would that you'll give to me whatever

I ask

and Jesus said what do you want

she said Lord I want that these two sons

of mine James and John

sit on either side of you on Thrones in

now let's give credit where credit is

due she believed in a kingdom

she believed in prayer she believed that

Jesus would one day reign

but it was a very selfish prayer now

don't criticize her you and I have

prayed selfish prayers

you and I have lived long enough to be

Lord I will that you put my two sons on throne

throne

and when the other disciples heard about

it they were angry and there was an

argument you know why they were angry

and Jesus said to her very quietly

can you drink the cup that I'm going to drink

drink

that's how you get to the throne

can you experience the baptism that I'm

going to experience that's how you get

to the throne James you want to throne

then go find

a cross

and as Mary as Salome stood there

near The Cross

it was a place of rebuke

as she saw Jesus wearing a crown of thorns

thorns

as she saw the Lord Jesus reigning not

she must have shed some very hot bitter tears

tears

said oh God

how selfish I've been

James indeed did drink of the cup he was

the first of the Apostles to be slain

John did indeed go through the baptism

he lived the longest and spent his

latter years in Exile on the Isle of

Salome tells me that near the cross is a

place of

salami could have stood there and sung

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

on which the young prince of Glory died

my richest gain I count but lost

forbid it Lord that I should boast

save in the Cross of Christ

my God

all the vain things that charm me most I

sacrifice them to his blood the cross

rebukes our worldliness

it rebukes our selfish ambitions

it rebukes our Christian competition it

near The Cross is a place of rebuke

and whenever you hear someone telling

you how great he is

you mark it down he's not been near The Cross

Cross

when you have someone showing you all

that he has accumulated and all that he

is worth you mark it down he's never

much that passes for glamor in our

Evangelical world today

let's talk to Mary

our lord Jesus did not speak to Salome

and he did not speak to Mary Magdalene

what kind of a place is it what are the

distinctives of this place where you're standing

standing

and Mary quietly says it's a place of reward

reward

John begins his gospel chapter 2 with

Mary and Jesus and John as he draws his

gospel to a close in chapter 19 brings

us Mary and Jesus

and what a contrast

chapter 2 a wedding chapter 19 a funeral

chapter 2 Joy wine is flowing and to the

Jew that was a symbol of joy

you first meet Mary in the Gospel of

John and there's a miracle and he

Reveals His glory there's no miracle

there's weakness not power

in John chapter 19 Jesus speaks to Mary

The Silence of Mary at the cross is significant

significant

the only person in all of Jerusalem who

could have delivered Jesus from the

all she had to do was walk up to the priests

priests

and the leaders and say I am his mother

what he has told you is not true

but she didn't say that

she knew he was the son of God she knew

he was the Messiah of Israel she knew

who he was and what he was and what he

came to do and her silence says to me I

now she was not standing by the cross to

she was standing by the cross

because years before

a prophecy had been given do you

remember when Joseph and Mary took Jesus

into the temple to have him registered and

and

and they met Simeon

and Simeon took that baby

and he said Lord now permit your servant

to be pardon peace for mine eyes have

and he looked at Mary and said yay

a sword shall pierce through thine own

soul also

and it did

from the very conception of Jesus

through to the crucifixion of Jesus Mary

was experiencing that sword of Sorrow

the shame of his conception

and then when he's just a little infant

because of him innocent babies were

when Jesus was 12 years old

for three days he stayed away from his

mother and

Foster father and they found him and

Mary said why is it we have been seeking

and then he came down to the Jordan

River and he was baptized and he left

the carpenter's shop

and his brothers thought he was crazy

and one day Jesus was teaching a group

of people and the room was so jammed

nobody else could get in someone said

and Jesus said who is my mother who are

my brethren whoever does the will of God

and she was seeing a growing alienation

69 puts it I have become an alien

under my mother's children a stranger

under my brethren

now his death

the last of the chords is going to be

cut the sword is going to pierce deeper

than ever now he's dying it's bad enough

that he's dying but where he is dying

out in public how he is dying on a cross

like a criminal why he is dying because

and Jesus in all of his Agony and pain

notices Mary that's unusual

you know when you're going through pain

you are selfish

did you know that we're all made this way

way

when you and I have pain we don't care

in Jesus hurt

but he had shown love to his enemies

father forgive them they know not what

they do and he showed love to a

repentant sinner today you'll be with me

in paradise and he showed love now to

and he rewarded Mary

he said to her woman

now that was a title of a dress he was

not being disrespectful it's a good

thing he didn't say mother

because someone would have caught that

hey there's his mother he would spare

her the shame and the pain woman

woman

Behold thy son he wasn't talking about himself

himself

he was talking about John

then he looks at John and says Behold

thy mother

Salome could have raised your hand and

but she kept quiet it was all part of

the rebuke

you know what he's saying he's saying woman

woman

this is the disciple that I love

he's the one who was always close to my heart

heart

now I'm going back to heaven

and you can no longer know me after the

flesh all physical Human Relationships

now end and we move much higher into

spiritual relationships

but Mary woman

woman

my brethren don't believe in me

I can't turn you over to them

so I'm giving you John all of her

suffering was rewarded I would love some

time to talk with you about the greatest

gift that God can give us next to Salvation

Salvation

you know what that is people

people

when you've got that you've got everything

everything

the greatest gift in the world is not

and Jesus said to her woman I'm going to

establish from this cross a whole new

relationship here's a whole new family

here's my choice disciple

to marry being near The Cross meant

being in a place

of reward you've suffered

you felt the sore

you've misunderstood you've questioned

you've wondered but you're standing

there by the cross and I say to you

near The Cross is a place of reward now

John you're the only one of the

we all forsook him and fled well he told

us that we would

he said this night they're going to

Smite the shepherd and the Sheep shall

be scattered this night all of you are

but where's Peter Peter had said Lord I

who says John I didn't say that openly

but we all said that in our hearts don't

criticize Peter all of us are to blame

John what kind of a place is it that

you're standing at

to Mary Magdalene it's a place of Redemption

Redemption

and to Salome it was a place of rebuke

and to Mary it's a place of reward what

has asked me

he was the son who was caring for the

mother now I am the son who's caring for

the mother he has given to me the

greatest responsibility anybody ever

could have I am taking his place on this Earth

and so we glibly sing beneath the cross

of Jesus I feign would take my stand

don't you sing like that unless you know

many Christians today don't know the

meaning of responsibility

fun yeah

enjoyment sure praise

praise yes

yes

responsibility yeah

we're paying other people to do it I'm

not responsible to witness we pay people

one of the great weaknesses in the

Evangelical church today is that

Christians don't get near enough to the

Cross to feel their responsibility

before God

I'm not responsible to pray I'm not

responsible to witness I'm not

when I was privileged to minister in

Kenya a few weeks ago

I sat and listened to a national

evangelist one of the

converts in the Kenya Church give a

message I do not understand Swahili I

except that the fellow sitting next to

me was quickly and occasionally giving

me highlights

I said what's he talking about he's so

enthusiastic and the other man there

were five or six hundred of them were

saying hey man how about you they were

happy with the message

that he's talking about giving

yeah giving he's saying to these pastors

and church leaders that if they don't

lead the way in giving nobody can I

looked at the crowd and nobody was

nobody was well dressed

nobody looked as though he had very much

to give and yet he gave a message on

giving that brought Revival to the conference

conference

that man had been near The Cross

you say I want to get near to the cross

all right expect responsibility

our Lord is going to say I've got

something for you to do

you're going to take my place

I'm no longer there on Earth I'm up here

in heaven I'm going to give you the holy

spirit's power but I can't go

to those neighbors you go

you're taking my place

I can't go to Nigeria but you go by the

way right now they're crying for

thousands of teachers to come to Nigeria

responsibility

and sometimes I think the heart of our

savior must be broken the way we flippantly

joyfully carelessly

glide through life and let everybody

thank you

Jesus Christ gave to John the greatest

privilege anybody could have the

privilege of taking his place in the

world and we beseech you in Christ's dead

dead

that's an easy theme to sing about

I don't mean geographically I mean spiritually

spiritually

perhaps you need Redemption you've never

been saved and you say I want to get

near the cross I need a savior what do I

do you reach out by faith and you say

look you died for me

I am a sinner it's hard to find guilty

very few people want to admit that

they're Sinners and so if I speak to a

Lost Sinner and you say I need Redemption

Redemption

I say to you reach out by faith come by

faith and receive Jesus Christ and

you'll be near the cross that is the

place of redemption

I speak to some selfish saint

this last week you were hurt because you

had selfish plans and it didn't get

fulfilled and you're hurt somebody hurt

I would just simply say

come to the Cross come to Jesus Christ

I speak to some Christian who's been suffering

suffering

you've been faithful you've been true to

God but you've been suffering

Satan is saying to you all you're one of

God's children how come you're suffering

so much

I say to you by faith come near The Cross

Cross

that's the place to come

share in The Fellowship of his suffering

it's a place of reward now if you've

never experienced it don't criticize it

but if you've known

The Fellowship of his suffering you also

experience the power of his resurrection

don't ask me how it's the strange

chemistry of the grace of God that you

come to the cross

and suddenly suffering turns to Glory

and burdens take wings and become

blessings it's a place of reward [Music]

perhaps you're a careless indifferent

and God wants to put some responsibility

come near The Cross [Music]

[Music]

you say that's a place of Shame yeah

let us therefore go without the camp

bearing his reproach [Music]

[Music]

but I'd rather share in his shame today

and have his praise tomorrow

then have the praise of men today and be

ashamed before him tomorrow

tomorrow

you come nearby faith

the Lord's Supper doesn't bring you near

only as you apprehend Jesus

my sermon doesn't even bring you near

it's possible for someone to have a

Sentimental emotional kind of an

experience that will just evaporate when

it hits the cold air

the thing that brings us near The Cross

is honesty and submission and surrender

in faith and a willingness to

bear his reproach and feel his sword

but oh how wonderful it is when he

speaks to you he reigns from the cross

he was running their lives from the

cross and I want him to run my life from

the cross he's the lamb upon the throne

he Bears upon his body the marks of

I pray that these next minutes

minutes

will not be wasted by argument

will not be

father May these next minutes

bring about

spiritual revolution in our lives

help us by faith to come

to the Cross help that lost sinner to come

help oh God those of us who are

Christians who are selfish and

irresponsible to come

and I pray father that as a result of

our faith

and obedience

you might use us

to accomplish the work that you have for

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