Jesus Dies in Triumph

Mark 15:35-37 Gospel of Mark

In "Jesus Dies in Triumph," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Mark 15:33-41, focusing on Christ's cry of abandonment, the reaction of the bystanders, and His triumphant shout, "It is finished." Martin highlights the depravity of the human heart apart from God's grace, God's absolute sovereignty even in the midst of human evil, and the complete sufficiency of Christ's atoning work. He urges believers to find comfort and assurance in Christ's finished work, especially in the face of death, and pleads with unbelievers to abandon indifference and trust in Christ alone for salvation.

3 illustrations in this sermon

The Unusual Activity: Jesus Receives Vinegar (Mark 15:36)

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Lemon Water for Parched Mouth

In this part of the sermon: This section examines the act of giving Jesus vinegar, clarified by John's Gospel, explaining it as a common refreshment for laborers and soldiers, and crucially, as Jesus'…

The analogy of lemon water clearing a parched mouth is used to explain how the sour, diluted wine would have refreshed Jesus' mouth and loosened his tongue, enabling him to speak clearly.

One of them being Ruth chapter two and verse 14, and with it's more fast. It would be perhaps the closest thing we could say if you take water and squeeze some lemon into it and put no sugar in it. You know that will what that will do if you have a parched mouth caked with your own dried saliva. And you take water into which lemon or lime juice has been squeezed and it's very sourness clears out the mouth and loosens the tongue and brings refreshing.

28:10 - 28:45 Read in full sermon

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Preacher's Dry Mouth

Martin shares his personal experience of struggling with a dry mouth while preaching, having to physically pull his tongue from the roof of his mouth, to help the congregation understand Jesus' dehydration on the cross.

Our language of Psalm 22 in verse 15 had his tongue cleaving to his jaw. And in some little way I can identify with that. With the problem. Of constantly.

31:46 - 32:01 Read in full sermon

Application: Lessons from the Reaction and God's Sovereignty

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Classmate's Tragic Death

The point: Reflect on how your own heart, left to itself, returns to sin after temporary sobering experiences, and recognize its need for God's changing grace.

The story of a classmate killed in a drunk driving accident is used to illustrate how the human heart, apart from grace, is temporarily sobered by tragedy but quickly returns to its sinful ways.

Some of you left to yourself. You can think of times when God has sobered you. Some classmate in school was suddenly killed on a weekend, went out with his buddies and filled his belly full of beer and booze. Driving a car too fast went out of control and the whole was sent into a state of shock for a week.

35:36 - 36:02 Read in full sermon

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