"Analyzing the powerful scene on the way to Golgotha between Jesus, a group of sympathetic women, and Simon of Cyrene."
Recorded on: Sunday, 01/25/2026 at 10:00 AM
Description:
Delivered during the Sunday Morning Worship Service, 1/25/2026. Jesus' trial is over, He has been exchanged for Barabbas and now more than likely carries the cross meant for him to His Crucifixion. Weakened severely by the abuse to His body, His Cross is laid upon a man named Simon from Cyrene, who follows Jesus, bearing His Cross, to Calvary. A huge multi-faceted multitude also follows Him, including a group of women who mourn and lament for Him as the solemn procession makes its way to Golgotha. It is then that Jesus turns to this group of sympathetic, well-wishing women and delivers one of the sternest personal warnings in Scripture. We will analyze Jesus' words and the chilling interpretation of His proverb concerning the nature of firewood. We will see in this both a warning of how Israel will be treated by Rome, and how God's fierce wrath will be faced by those who refuse to "repent and believe the Gospel". Ultimately, we will consider the entire scene, as a profound illustration of the only way of redemption and true discipleship. And in a phrase-- it is by taking the "via Simonis"!
