Sermon

Mocking Jesus

Tim Keller |  March 18, 2007

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Topics:
  • Atonement
  • Redemption
  • Jesus' Death & Resurrection
Duration:
37:09
Scripture:
Mark 15:16-32
SKU:
RS 191-22

Overview

In the first half of the crucifixion account, there’s a theme. That theme is the fact that Jesus is mocked, insulted, jeered at, laughed at, humiliated, and shamed.

The soldiers are jeering at him, spitting on him. He is stripped naked and crucified naked. The passersby are insulting him. The religious leaders are mocking him. And at the very end, even the thieves on the crosses beside him are making fun of him, insulting him.

Jesus didn’t only get killed on the cross—he also got shamed and humiliated. This is important because it teaches us three things: 1) the mocking tells us about our own hearts, 2) the mocking reveals Jesus’ heart, and 3) if we let it, the mocking can change our hearts so ours become like his.

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