THE CRADLE, THE CROSS AND THE CROWN

TEXT: Philippians

2:5-11

I. THE CRADLEI. THE CRADLE

I Corinthians 15:3

II. THE CROSSII. THE CROSSThe cruellest instrument of

death

Such helplessness

Such finality

Such horror

The cross was hell on earth!

Yet, Jesus, God’s Son was born under

the shadow of the Cross!

"Take this cup from me" - Mark 14:36

"endured the cross, scorning its shame ..." Hebrews 12:2

"But God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our

Lord Jesus Christ by whom the world is crucified unto me and I unto the world"!

Galatians 6:14 KJV

III. THE CROWNIII. THE CROWN

Philippians 2:10.11; Daniel 7:13,14; I Corinthians 15:24,25