And to show you how deeply committed they were to their lifestyle,

here they are hanging on a cross in the hours of their own death

and they're still firing insults to one who claims to be the Son of God.

They're blasphemers of another sort who mock Jesus because they have a greater love

for the things of the world than they do for the things of God.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur. I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

Imagine you were there 2,000 years ago on that hillside watching the nails pierced

Jesus' hands and feet, an onlooker to the crucifixion.

What would your thoughts be? What would you make of all that Christ endured and the things

he said? Well, obviously you can't go back to that pivotal moment,

but John MacArthur will show you the responses of those who were in attendance and

what these messages might reveal about you and how you should respond to the death of Christ.

It's all part of his series titled The Murder of Jesus. And with that, here is John now with today's

message. Open your Bible with me to Matthew chapter 27. It portrays for us

the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ. By way of introduction, may I remind you that Jesus said in

Matthew 16-4 that his generation was a wicked generation. He said the leaders of Israel in Luke 1139

were full of wickedness. When they approached him in Matthew 22-18, he perceived their wickedness.

And Paul identifying unbelieving Christ rejecters in general says that basically they are filled

with all wickedness, Romans 129. All of this is true because of what Jeremiah identified as the

heart of man being desperately wicked. One thing is made abundantly clear throughout the pages

of Holy Scripture and that is that man is wicked, that he is sinful, and given over to his own

devices unrestrained will perpetrate crimes beyond imagination. Now the wickedness of man is no more

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