HAMPTON ROADS CHURCH Gospel of John Sermons Hampton Roads Church

As we read through John 19, we tread on holy ground, sacred narrative of the very hour toward which this Gospel, all of human history, and all of God’s love has been pointing. Jesus, dead on a cross, is both a Curse and the Cure. Scriptural references include Deut 21:23, Heb 12:2, Zech 12:10, Exodus 12:46, Numbers 9:12, Heb 9:22, John 1:29, Heb 10:10, Act 2:24, Romans 6:23, Heb 2:14-15, 1Cor 15:55, 15:57-58 Plus Hebrews 2:9-18, 7:25-27, 9:11-10:31 as an assignment for further study.

As a Roman cohort bears down to apprehend Jesus, He reveals Himself to them (“I Am”) with such weight of glory that it causes the great company to fall backwards. Despite maintaining full control of the arrest, Jesus surrenders to the crowd as He has surrendered Himself to take our cup of wrath. Clearly Judas and his conspirators could not apprehend the glory of this Jesus even as they sought to apprehend Him.