Sheridan Lake Bible Church
Good Friday 2026

      • Psalms 22:1-3ESV

      • Psalms 22:4-7ESV

      • Psalms 22:8-11ESV

      • Psalms 22:12-14ESV

      • Psalms 22:15-18ESV

      • Psalms 22:19-22ESV

      • Psalms 22:23-24ESV

      • Psalms 22:25-27ESV

      • Psalms 22:28-30ESV

      • Psalms 22:31ESV

  • Were You There
  • Come Behold The Wondrous Mystery
  • At The Cross (Love Ran Red)
  • When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
  • The Power Of The Cross
  • Behold The Lamb
  • Forsaken (Psalm 22)
  • Let’s begin our time this evening with a word of prayer;
    Heavenly Father,
    We come together this evening to remember,
    to think through the events of the Crucifixion, what was, at the time, the darkest day in all of history. Yet it bridged the insurmountable chasm created by our sin. A chasm that put all mankind on the wide path of destruction, with no hope of escape. That is until you provided another way, the narrow path leading to Your presence, a path purchased by the blood of Jesus, shed on the Cross of Calvary.
    Father, I pray that as we think through the events of the Crucifixion, especially as we look through Psalm 22 and the incredibly detailed look that it provides to us of much of what took place that day, I pray our thoughts, our hearts and our minds would be drawn to You, You who were forsaken of God, in our stead, that we might be clothed in Your righteousness.
    We pray this in the Name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen
    Now, would you please stand, in honor of the reading of God’s Word? As I read this, I would like you to keep in mind that this was recorded by King David over 1,000 years before the crucifixion. Listen and follow along as I read the first 8 verses.
    Psalm 22:1–8 ESV
    My God, my God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from saving Me, from the words of My groaning? 2 O My God, I cry by day, but You do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest. 3 Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. 4 In You our fathers trusted; they trusted, and You delivered them. 5 To You they cried and were rescued; in You they trusted and were not put to shame. 6 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people. 7 All who see Me mock Me; they make mouths at Me; they wag their heads; 8 “He trusts in the Lord; let Him deliver Him; let Him rescue Him, for He delights in Him!”
    May the Lord add His blessing to the reading of His Word. Please be seated.
    I believe it was the summer of 1977 when I first really paid attention to Psalm 22. By that time I had heard many many sermons at Good Friday and Easter. Had participated in too many Bible studies to count, yet I don’t remember ever looking at this powerful Messianic Psalm.
    I was floored when I read it, even at 17 I immediately recognized how closely this Psalm mirrored the events of the crucifixion. Over the years, as I have taken an even deeper look, I marvel all the more. As we move forward tonight, I think you will see why.
    Oftentimes Jesus was addressed by the title “Rabbi”, which for Jewish people acknowledged the individual as a teacher, and a Jewish Scholar.
    From early on Jewish students would attend religious education at the local Synagogue. They began as early as 5-6 years old and they would study the Torah, the first 5 books of the Old Testament. This teaching continued, and for the best and brightest students, they would eventually attend Talmid, where they would sit under the teaching of famous Rabbi’s.
    While synagogues had scrolls to be used by the Rabbi’s, because they were so rare, expensive and hand copied, students did not have scrolls of their own. As a result, students from the very youngest on up memorized large portions of the Torah. It was not uncommon for a student to memorize the Torah in it’s entirety and most had the Torah memorized by age 10. They would then move into other portions of the Old Testament including the poetic books. Which, of course included the book of Psalms.
    This is where it gets interesting. Until 1205 AD, Scripture was not divided into chapters, and verses didn’t come onto the scene until 1560. As a result, people in the Nation of Israel generally identified a portion of Scripture by the first phrase of sentence.
    As students, they would listen to their Rabbi teaching. He may introduce a teaching time by stating; “Today we are going to have a quiz. I want to see how well you all are doing at memorizing the Torah. Tell me where I am in the Torah, and for extra credit, quote what immediately follows this passage ;
    “Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.”
    Before long, students hands would shoot high in the air and someone would say;
    “That is where Moses see’s the burning bush! (You and I would recognize it as the beginning of Exodus 3) And immediately following this passage is; “And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.” 4 When the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” 5 Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” 6 And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.”
    Now, I want you to imagine yourself at the foot of the Cross. For the past 3 hours it has been completely dark, so dark you could feel it. Not only dark, but mostly silent, an eery silence. All of the sudden, from the cross on which Jesus hung you hear a loud piercing cry;
    “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” Which means “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
    Keep in mind, before the crowds turned there back on Jesus just a day or so before this event, He was widely seen as a highly respected Rabbi. As a Rabbi, many there that day at the foot of the cross would have immediately had their memories drawn to what we know as Psalm 22. While Psalm 22 was always credited to King David, many saw it as some sort of prophetic Psalm, as much of what is described in this Psalm didn’t appear to be anything David himself experienced. It wasn’t attributed as a Messianic Psalm in Jesus day, largely because they could not imagine the Messiah coming as a suffering servant. Their expectation was He would be a conquering king. For many, that changed as Jesus shouted from the cross. Even more so in light of the fact that moments after this shout, the darkness quickly disappeared. The light came so quickly it hurts their eyes.
    For many, their minds were quickly drawn to the remainder of the Psalm, some of which we will look at together now, and in this Psalm, we see a magnificent picture of the Suffering Servant. They would have seen this too, as well as seeing how precisely Jesus fulfilled the prophecies contained in this Psalm. For many, from this day forward they considered it a Messianic Psalm. Let’s look through part of the Psalm together.
    Psalm 22:1 ESV
    22 TO THE CHOIRMASTER: ACCORDING TO THE DOE OF THE DAWN. A PSALM OF DAVID. 1  My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
    By the way, don’t miss the heading of this Psalm. While the headings were not included when they were written, by the times of Jesus, they had been around for close to 500 years, identifying who wrote them, and possibly the tune you would sing as you quoted them. So the heading would have also been recognized by many. I find it somewhat interesting that the heading of this Psalm mentions “the Dawn” especially when you consider that directly after Jesus began quoting this Psalm, the sun reappeared. Psalm 22:2-5
    Psalm 22:2–5 ESV
    O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest. Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. 4 In You our fathers trusted; they trusted, and You delivered them. 5 To You they cried and were rescued; in You they trusted and were not put to shame.
    Verse 2 begins with the Psalmist crying out to God, yet not receiving a reply, as if forsaken by God, which is how the Psalm begins. Yet God listened to the rest of His people. Well just as I mentioned in my opening prayer, Jesus was forsaken of God, that the one who trust in Jesus would never be forsaken by God.
    The Psalm continues;
    Psalm 22:6 ESV
    But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
    The Hebrew word here used for worm was to-law, or scarlet or crimson worm. There are a couple things I want to highlight about this worm. According to Biblical scholar Henry Morris, in his book Biblical Basis for Modern Science, "When the female of the scarlet worm species was ready to give birth to her young, she would attach her body to the trunk of a tree, fixing herself so firmly and permanently that she would never leave again. The eggs deposited beneath her body were thus protected until the larvae were hatched and able to enter their own life cycle. As the mother died, the crimson fluid stained her body and the surrounding wood. From the dead bodies of such female scarlet worms, the commercial scarlet dyes of antiquity were extracted. What a picture this gives of Christ, dying on the tree, shedding his precious blood that he might 'bring many sons unto glory' (Hbr 2:10)! He died for us, that we might live through him! Psa 22:6 describes such a worm and gives us this picture of Christ. (cf. Isa 1:18)"
    The second thing to note is this, after giving birth to her young, the young would then eat he outer skin of their mother, which was packed with life giving nutrients. In other words, she gave her life, that they could live. Just as Jesus gave His life, that we could live.
    Psalm 22:7 ESV
    All who see Me mock Me; they make mouths at Me; they wag their heads;
    On the top of the screen we see Psalm 22:7, and directly beneath it we see the fulfillment in Matthew 27:39.
    Moving to verse 8;
    He trusts in the LORD; let him deliver him; let him rescue him, for he delights in him!” Psalm 22:8
    He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ” Mt. 27:43
    It’s fulfillment is seen in Matthew 27:43 He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”
    Psalm 22:12–13 ESV
    Many bulls encompass Me; strong bulls of Bashan surround Me; 13 they open wide their mouths at Me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
    While these 2 verses are not quoted by Jesus on the cross, they are very vividly seen in those that surrounded Jesus while on the cross. From the Roman soldiers to the religious leaders, to the Jewish people that had turned against Him. This is also seen in Psalm 22:16
    Psalm 22:16 ESV
    For dogs encompass Me; a company of evildoers encircles Me; they have pierced My Hands and Feet—
    Notice also the end of the verse; “they have pierced My Hands and Feet”. This is clearly seen in the crucifixion, which, by the way, didn’t even begin until 500 years after David wrote this Psalm, and most her were crucified in Rome were not nailed to the cross, they were tied to the cross. They only nailed the worst of the worst to the cross.
    Psalm 22:14 ESV
    …and all my bones are out of joint;
    Jesus was first nailed to the cross while He was laid n his back on the cross while it was laying on the ground. They would then lift the cross and drop it in a deep hole, at which point many of the bones would be jarred out of joint.
    Psalm 22:15 ESV
    my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.
    In His crucifixion, and leading up the crucifixion, Jesus had endured so much, His strength was gone, which is seen in the Roman guards forcing Simon the Syrene to carry His cross. Additionally, He was so dehydrated, His tongue would have stuck to the roof of His mouth.
    Psalm 22:18 ESV
    they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.
    Most believe Jesus had 5 garments. They divided 4 of the garments among themselves, but He had a seamless tunic and rather that tear it apart, they cast lots for it. Unwittingly the Roman guards were fulfilling prophecy from 1,000 years earlier! John also point out this was done specifically to fulfill Prophecy. We see this in John 19:24
    John 19:24 ESV
    so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” This was to fulfill the Scripture which says, “They divided My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots.” So the soldiers did these things,
    As we have been going through the Book of Daniel, and frankly, for the close to 3 years Pam and I have been here, you have heard me say countless times that we serve a sovereign God Who is in complete control of all things. This is yet another example of that truth, as powerful as these soldiers thought they were, God was in complete control.
    Moving forward in Psalm 22, beginning in verse 22 and for the remainder of the chapter, David, the Psalmist move to praise and worship of God. But I don’t want us to miss what is recorded in verse 27, because it fits well with the most memorized verse in all of Scripture; John 3:16
    John 3:16 ESV
    “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
    John 3:16 declares that Jesus death on the cross wasn’t just for the Nation of Israel, but for anyone from any nation that would trust in Him. We also see this in Psalm 22:27
    Psalm 22:27 ESV
    All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before You.
    In closing, let’s look at the last verse in Psalm 22, verse 31, where we read;
    Psalm 22:31 ESV
    they shall come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn, that He has done it.
    After the Disciples had a life-changing encounter with the resurrected Jesus, which we will discuss Sunday morning, they began to “proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn”. Many were soon born again! Their message continues to this day, Thank the sovereign God, we are the people yet born!
    But I want to look at the very last thing we read in verse 31; “He has done it”. The Hebrew word used here gives a picture of a completed task, which matches up perfectly with the last Words of Jesus on the Cross. We see them in John 19:30
    John 19:30 ESV
    30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished,” and He bowed His Head and gave up His Spirit.
    In John 19:30, the task Jesus completed was purchasing our salvation with His own blood. Like the crimson worm, He gave His life, that we might receive eternal life.
    Let’s close our time this evening in prayer.
    Lord Jesus, we love You today! What a beautiful portrait of You, the suffering Servant, we see in Psalm 22! From the deep agony we saw in verse 1, where You were forsaken of God, where You drank the cup of the wrath of God, that we wouldn’t have to. To the picture of the crimson worm, whose life was laid down to give life to her children. We are Your children, adopted into the family of God through the crimson blood You shed on the Cross of Calvary.
    Through Your blood, the victory has been won, for all generations, for all nations, for all times. And because of this we say, Thank You Jesus for the Blood!

      • Psalm 22:1–8ESV

      • Psalm 22:1ESV

      • Psalm 22:2–5ESV

      • Psalm 22:6ESV

      • Psalm 22:7ESV

      • Psalm 22:12–13ESV

      • Psalm 22:16ESV

      • Psalm 22:14ESV

      • Psalm 22:15ESV

      • Psalm 22:18ESV

      • John 19:24ESV

      • John 3:16ESV

      • Psalm 22:27ESV

      • Psalm 22:31ESV

      • John 19:30ESV

  • Thank You Jesus For The Blood
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