Big Idea: Take courage to tell others the good news of Jesus Christ the Son of God, risen from the dead.
Three Steps toward Courageous Evangelism
1. Observe his finished work of salvation. (15:40-41)
2. Align yourself publicly with his kingdom. (15:42-47)
3. Bear witness to your experience of his resurrection power. (16:1-8)
Big Idea: Religion replaced the Messiah with a murderer
1. Jesus' undeniable innocence (23:13-16)
2. The religious leaders' unrelenting madness (23:18-23)
3. The sentence of unthinkable injustice (23:24-25)
Big Idea: Jesus grasped the cup of suffering in our place
1. Purposefully, he approached the cup (39-40)
2. Prayerfully, he received the cup (41-42)
3. Passionately, he braced himself to drink the cup (43-46)