LBC Sermons & Messages

Matt 27:45-54

The events surrounding the cross gives testimony to the uniqness of Jesus, to his claims as to who he is, and to the fact that redemption comes thru faith in him.

On the cross for three hours, sudden darkness falls upon the scene, quickly the mocking, jeering, and hatred towards Jesus stops. The crowd becomes fearful and anxious.

What does the darkness mean? What does it signify?

1). It authenticated Christ’s character. A year earlier Jesus told the people, “I am the Son of God”, and the people tried to kill him. They asked him for a sign, they now have their sign. The Roman soldiers picked up on this and said “truly this was the Son of God”.
2). It interpreted his death and mission. Mankind is in darkness, in the shadow of death. Jesus came to deliver us from that darkness. In order to do this he had to go thru it himself. God the Father answered Jesus prayer of Heb 5:7, by bring him out of death three days later.
3). It demonstrated God’s holiness and the barrier that sin creates. Our sin was placed upon Jesus, The Father turns away and Christ cries out “my God, my God, why have you forsaken me”..
4). It was a prophesy of the doom that awaits the unbeliever. The Bible teaches that a day of wrath is coming, and all those who have rejected Christ and his work at Calvary, will themselves experience the horror of God turning away from them for all eternity..
5). It is a symbol of the darkness of the human soul. Lost and separated from God. John 3:19, tells us “that man loves the darkness because his deeds are evil”.

Are you in darkness or light? John 1:12 states – “but to all who believe in His name, He gave the right to become children of God”.

Just knowing the facts is not enough. Each individual must personally see and recognize his own sin, repent from it (turn your thinking around concerning it) and accept what Jesus has done for you at the cross by asking Him to save you,