Ep. 223 - Lent Series: From the Eyes of Those Who Were There - The Centurion

He had seen it all. War. Blood. Death. Nothing shook him until this moment.In this sermon from our Lent Series: From the Eyes of Those Who Were There, stand at the foot of the cross through the eyes of a Roman centurion—a hardened soldier confronted with things he couldn’t explain.An innocent man who didn’t fight back.A king crowned with thorns.A dying man who still forgave.As darkness falls and the earth begins to shake, everything changed for him and for the world. It compelled that Centurion to cry out:“Truly this man was the Son of God.”What did he see and what did he believe that made him say that? What do you see? What do you believe about the man on the cross?Sermon Text: Mark 15:33-39At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34 And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).35 When some of those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.”36 Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,” he said.37 With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.38 The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 39 And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died, he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!”