Hope Community Church
A casual, topical bible study to help "fill up your tank" in the middle of the week. Come as you are and dig deeper into the Word!
• Coffee bar at 6:30 in the auditorium
• Child Care (ages 6wks-5yrs) & Kids "Mid-Week Mania" (grades K-5th) provided
“What Jesus Could Not Do”
(Luke 23:32-43)
"I am abandoned by God and man. Doctor, I will give you half of what I am worth if you will give me six month's life. I shall go to Hell. O Christ, O Jesus Christ.”
–Voltaire
(Sworn enemy of Christ and His church)
"I am still in the land of the dying; I shall be in the land of the living soon.”
–John Newton
(wrote hymn Amazing Grace)
Luke 23:32-33 NKJV
• Jesus began His public ministry with prayer
Luke 3:21 NKJV
• Jesus began His public ministry with prayer
• Jesus ended His public ministry with prayer
Luke 23:34 NKJV
Let's consider what Jesus is told to do 3 times, by 3 different groups.
1. By the people and rulers
Luke 23:35 NKJV
Let's consider what Jesus is told to do 3 times, by 3 different groups.
1. By the people and rulers
In life:
• He saved people from their LIFESTYLE
John 8:10-11 NKJV
Luke 19:9 NKJV
Let's consider what Jesus is told to do 3 times, by 3 different groups.
1. By the people and rulers
In life:
• He saved people from their LIFESTYLE
• He saved people from their LIMITATIONS
John 9:6-7, 30 NKJV
Let's consider what Jesus is told to do 3 times, by 3 different groups.
1. By the people and rulers
2. By the soldiers
Luke 23:36-37 NKJV
Matthew 26:53 NKJV
Let's consider what Jesus is told to do 3 times, by 3 different groups.
1. By the people and rulers
2. By the soldiers
3. By the unrepentant thief
Luke 23:38-39 NKJV
Isaiah 53:12 NKJV
He said "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do"
• Couldn't He forgive their sin?
• Why then did He ask the Father to do so?
A– In life, He could. In Death, He could not.
Leviticus 5:15-16 NKJV
"IGNORANCE IS NOT EQUAL TO INNOCENCE"
Jesus could not SAVE HIMSELF and US!
